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Rochford District Council Draft Core Strategy DPD Regulation 25 Version Strategic Environmental Assessment And Sustainability Appraisal Environmental Report Prepared for Rochford District Council By Essex County Council 2 Contents Page Title Number Non Technical Summary 9-26 Chapter 1 – Methodology 27-33 Methodology 27-33 Introduction to Sustainable Development 28 Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment 28-29 Scope of the Report 30-31 Methodology Adopted in the SEA 31-33 Chapter 2 – Background 34-39 Background 35 Purpose of this Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment 35 Rochford District Council Draft Core Strategy Regulation 25 Consultation and the 35-39 Objectives Chapter 3 – SEA Objectives, Baseline and Context 40 SEA Objectives and Baseline and Context 41 Review of the Plans and Programmes 41-46 Baseline Characteristics 46-47 Key Trends and Predicting Future Baseline 47 Location 48 Population 49-58 Deprivation 59-69 Education and Employment 70-74 Transport and Access 74-80 Housing 81-92 Human Health 92-99 Cultural Heritage and Material Assets 99-110 Biodiversity 110-123 Air 124-128 Water 129-136 Soil 137-144 SEA Objectives and Sustainability Framework 145-155 Assessing the Compatibility of the Objectives 155-157 3 Chapter 4 – Core Strategy Policy and Options Appraisal 158-211 Significant Social, Environmental and Economic Effects of the Options 159-160 Greenbelt and Strategic Gaps Between Settlements 161-164 Protection and Enhancement of the Upper Roach Valley 165-167 Protection and Enhancement of the Special Landscape Areas 168-171 Housing Numbers 172-174 General Development Locations 175-177 Affordable Housing 178-180 Accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers 181-183 Rural Exceptions 184-187 Employment 188-190 Good Design and Design Statements 191-193 Character of Place 194-196 Landscaping 197-199 Energy and Water Conservation 200-202 Renewable Energy 203-205 Compulsory Purchase 206-208 Community, Leisure and Tourism Facilities 209-211 Chapter 5 – Monitoring Implementation of the Core Strategy 212-223 Monitoring Implementation of the Core Strategy 213-223 Appendices 224-318 Appendix 1 – Review of the Plans and Programmes 225-318 Map 1 Illustrating the Location of the Rochford District 48 Map 2 Metropolitan Green Belt 48 Map 3 Listed Buildings in Rochford District 100 Map 4 Rochford District Heritage Designations 102 Map 5 Rochford District RAMSARs, SPAs and SACs 114 Map 6 Landscape Character Areas within Rochford District 116 Map 7 Special Landscape Areas within Rochford District 117 Map 8 Potentially Significant Junctions in Rochford District 126 4 Map 9 Aquifers within Essex 132 Map 10 High Flood Risk Areas in Rochford District 135 Map 11 Geology of Essex 139 Map 12 Essex Agricultural Land Classification 140 Map 13 Rochford District Agricultural Land Classification 143 Graph 1 The 2001 and projected population change in Rochford District 49 Graph 2 Total and projected population for Essex County 2001-2021 51 Graph 3 Total age composition 2001-2021 52 Graph 4 Population and projected- TGSE area 2001-2021 53 Graph 5 Percentage of total population composition TGSE area 2001 54 Graph 6 Percentage Marital Status of people aged over 16 in 2001 56 Graph 7 Percentage Household Composition 2001 57 Graph 8 Proportion of Small Areas that are Seriously Deprived 63 Graph 9 Travel to Work Distances of Residents within Rochford Population in 70 Employment Graph 10 Household Car Ownership 75 Graph 11 Number of Net Commuters and Distances Travelled 76 Graph 12 Number of commuters and mode of transportation 2001 77 Graph 13 Percentage of Residential Dwellings in 2001 81 Graph 14 Average House Prices in 2001 82 Graph 15 Proportion of Residential Dwellings Constructed on Brownfield Land 83 Graph 16 Health of the Population 92 Graph 17 Perception of Health in Resident Population 93 Graph 18 Average Domestic Water Consumption in Essex 134 Graph 19 Performance of the Green Belt and Strategic Gaps between 162 Settlements Options Graph 20 Performance of the Protection and Enhancement of the Upper Roach 166 Valley Options Graph 21 Performance of the Protection and Enhancement of Special 169 Landscape Areas Options Graph 22 Performance of the Housing Numbers Options 173 Graph 23 Performance of the General Development Locations Options 176 Graph 24 Performance of the Affordable Housing Options 179 Graph 25 Performance of the Accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers 182 Options Graph 26 Performance of the Rural Exceptions Options 185 5 Graph 27 Performance of the Employment Options 189 Graph 28 Performance of the Good Design and Design Statements Options 190 Graph 29 Performance of the Character of Place Options 195 Graph 30 Performance of the Landscaping Options 198 Graph 31 Performance of the to Energy and Water Conservation Options 201 Graph 32 Performance of the Renewable Energy Options 204 Graph 33 Performance of the Compulsory Purchase Options 207 Graph 34 Performance of the Community, Leisure and Tourism Facilities 210 Options Table 1 The Rochford District Council Draft Core Strategy DPD Regulation 37-39 25 Version Objectives Table 2 Plans and Programmes Reviewed 42-46 Table 3 Population Density within Rochford District 2001 55 Table 4 Index of Multiple Deprivation scores for all the Districts within Essex 60 Table 5 Percentage of Small Areas that are Seriously Deprived on each 62 Domain Score Table 6 Deprivation Statistics 65 Table 7 Total offences per 1000 population 66 Table 8 Type of crime per 1000 population 67 Table 9 Community Safety 68 Table 10 Economic Well Being 72-73 Table 11 Education and Life Long Learning 73 Table 12 Transport and Access 79 Table 13 Housing Type Needs and Preferences within the District of Rochford 87 Table 14 Annual Household Income Needed 89 Table 15 Affordable Housing 90 Table 16 Housing Statistics 90 Table 17 Perception of Health 94 Table 18 Health Services within Rochford District and Surrounding Area 95 Table 19 Households with One or More Persons with Limiting Long Term 96 Illness Table 20 Health and Social Well Being 98 Table 21 Location and Type of Listed Building in Rochford 102-103 Table 22 The Number of Buildings at Risk in 2003, 2004, and 2005 104-105 Table 23 The Total Number of Listed Buildings Removed from the Risk 106 6 Register Table 24 Culture and Leisure 108-109 Table 25 EBAP targets: Habitats in the District of Rochford 110-112 Table 26 Condition of Rivers in Rochford District 122 Table 27 Air Quality Statistics 128 Table 28 Geological Stratigraphy of Essex 141-142 Table 29 Rochford District Council Core Strategy Regulation 25 Consultation 215-223 – Monitoring Framework Matrix 1 Compatibility Appraisal of the Sustainability Objectives 156 Matrix 2 Compatibility Matrix for the SEA Objectives against the Rochford 157 District Council Core Strategy Regulation 25 (May, 2006) Objectives Matrix 3 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Green Belt and 164 Strategic Gaps Between Settlements Options Matrix 4 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Protection and 167 Enhancement of the Upper Roach Valley Matrix 5 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Protection and 171 Enhancement of Special Landscapes Options Matrix 6 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Housing Numbers 174 Options Matrix 7 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the General 177 Development Locations Options Matrix 8 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Affordable Housing 180 Options Matrix 9 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Accommodation for 183 Gypsies and Travellers Options Matrix 10 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Rural Exceptions 187 Options Matrix 11 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Employment Options 190 Matrix 12 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Good Design and 193 Design Statement Options Matrix 13 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Character of Place 196 Options Matrix 14 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Landscaping 199 Options Matrix 15 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Energy and Water 202 7 Conservation Options Matrix 16 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Renewable Energy 205 Matrix 17 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Compulsory 208 Purchase Options Matrix 18 Performance of the SEA Objectives against the Community, Leisure 211 and Tourism Facilities Options 8 Non Technical Summary 9 Non Technical Summary Non Technical Summary Chapter 1 - Methodology Introduction to Sustainable Development Sustainable development is defined as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). The UK Government has adopted 5 principles of for sustainable development they include; • Living within environmental limits, • Ensuring a strong, healthy and just society, • Achieving a sustainable economy, • Promoting good governance, • Using sound science. Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment The European Directive 2001/42/EC (EC, 2001) ensures that a Strategic Environmental Assessment of a wide range of plans and programmes shall be conducted. The Rochford District Council Draft Core Strategy DPD Regulation 25 Version therefore requires a Strategic Appraisal that incorporates the dual statutory requirement of both Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). This report has been prepared in accordance with the following Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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