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Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report to accompany the Regulation 14 version of the Neighbourhood Plan Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group March 2018 Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Pre-Submission version of the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Environmental Report Neighbourhood Plan Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by Rosie Cox Alastair Peattie Nick Chisholm-Batten Nick Chisholm-Batten Assistant Consultant Principal Consultant Associate Associate Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorised Name Position V1 07/03/18 Internal Draft for Review 07/03/18 Alastair Peattie Principal Consultant V2 08/03/18 Internal Draft for Review 08/03/18 Nick Chisholm-Batten Associate V3 08/03/18 Draft for Group comment 09/03/18 Nick Chisholm-Batten Associate V4 15/03/18 Consultation version 15/03/18 Rosie Cox Assistant Consultant Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Pre-Submission version of the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Environmental Report Neighbourhood Plan Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited Plumer House Ta i l yo ur Ro a d Plymouth PL6 5DH United Kingdom T +44-(0)1752-676700 aecom.com © 2018 AECOM Limited. 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Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Pre-Submission version of the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Environmental Report Neighbourhood Plan THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Pre-Submission version of the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Environmental Report Neighbourhood Plan Tabl e of C on te n ts Non-Te chn ica l Su mma ry .................................................................................................................................................i 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background.................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 SEA explained ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Structure of this Environmental Report.................................................................................................. 3 2. Local Plan context and vision for the EBWNP............................................................................................. 4 2.1 Local Plan context for the EBWNP .......................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Vision for the EBWNP ................................................................................................................................ 5 3. The Scope of the SEA ......................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 SEA Scoping Report .................................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Key sustainability issues ........................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 SEA Framework........................................................................................................................................... 9 4. What has plan making / SEA involved to this point?.............................................................................. 12 4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Overview of plan making / SEA work undertaken since 2014........................................................ 12 4.3 Assessment of reasonable alternatives for the Neighbourhood Plan.......................................... 13 4.4 Current approach in the Neighbourhood Plan and the development of Neighbourhood Plan policies .............................................................................................................................................. 33 5. What are the appraisal findings at this current stage?......................................................................... 36 5.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 36 5.2 Approach to the appraisal...................................................................................................................... 36 5.3 Biodiversity and geodiversity ................................................................................................................ 36 5.4 Climate change ........................................................................................................................................ 37 5.5 Landscape and historic environment .................................................................................................. 38 5.6 Land, soil and water resources ............................................................................................................. 40 5.7 Population and community.................................................................................................................... 40 5.8 Health and wellbeing ............................................................................................................................... 42 5.9 Tra nsp o rta tio n .......................................................................................................................................... 43 5.10 Conclusions at this current stage ........................................................................................................ 44 6. What are the next steps? ................................................................................................................................ 45 Appendix A Context review and baseline ............................................................................................................. 46 Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM SEA for the Egloshayle, St. Breock, and Wadebridge Pre-Submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report Prepared for Egloshayle, St. Breock, and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Prepared for: Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM SEA for the Egloshayle, St. Breock, and Pre-Submission version of the Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report Non-Te chnical Su m m ary What is strategic environmental assessment? A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been undertaken to inform the Egloshayle, St Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan (hereafter referred to as the EBWNP). This process is required by the SEA Regulations. Neighbourhood Plan groups use SEA to assess Neighbourhood Plans against a set of sustainability objectives developed in consultation with interested parties. The purpose of the assessment is to avoid adverse environmental and socio-economic effects through the Neighbourhood Plan, and identify opportunities to improve the environmental quality of the area covered by the Neighbourhood Plan and the quality of life of residents. What is the Egloshayle, St Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan? The Egloshayle, St Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan (EBWNP) presents a plan for the administrative areas of the three parishes of Egloshayle, St Breock and Wadebridge for the period to 2030. Prepared to be in conformity with the emerging Cornwall Local Plan it sets out a vision and a range of policies for the Neighbourhood Plan area. These relate to a range of topics, including, but not limited to, landscape and townscape character, the quality of life of residents, tourism and the protection and enhancement of the environment. It is currently anticipated that the Egloshayle, St. Breock and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Plan will undergo a referendum later in 2018. Purpose of this Environmental Report This Environmental Report, which accompanies the current consultation on the EBWNP, is the second document to be produced as part of the SEA process. The first document was the SEA Scoping Report (October 2017), which includes information about the Neighbourhood Plan