Eastbourne Borough Council Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report September 2019 Planning Policy [email protected] 01323 410000 Table of Contents List of abbreviations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iv Section 1: Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Purpose of the report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Invitation to comment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Section 2: The Sustainability Appraisal and the Strategic Environmental Assessment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Background ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Five Stages of the Sustainability Appraisal -------------------------------------------------------------- 6 What is required at the Scoping stage? ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Section 3: Relevant Policies, Plans, Programmes and Sustainability Objectives (Stage A1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Summary of relevant plans, programmes, policies, strategies and initiatives ------------------ 8 Eastbourne Full Council Resolution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Eastbourne Core Strategy Local Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Eastbourne Borough Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Eastbourne Town Centre Local Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Eastbourne Employment Land Local Plan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Eastbourne Economic Development Needs Assessment -------------------------------------------------- 10 Eastbourne Borough Council Corporate Plan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Eastbourne Borough Council Sustainability Policy ----------------------------------------------------------- 11 Environment Strategy for East Sussex, Pride of Place ----------------------------------------------------- 11 The East Sussex Growth Strategy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 East Sussex Waste and Minerals Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 East Sussex Local Flood Risk Management Strategy 2016-2026 --------------------------------------- 12 Climate Change Strategy for East Sussex --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Wealden Local Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 South Downs National Park Authority Local Plan ------------------------------------------------------------ 13 The National Planning Policy Framework ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Key messages from the PPPSI review ----------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Section 4: Baseline Information (Stage A2) ----------------------------------------------- 26 General Characteristics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Table of Contents SA Scoping EBC Local Plan Environmental Characteristics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Climate change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Flood Risk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Water availability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Waste ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Air quality --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Water quality ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Brownfield land availability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Soils and Contaminated land -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Habitats and biodiversity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Landscape ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Historic environment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Social Characteristics --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Population -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Housing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Deprivation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Public Health ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Obesity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47 Crime -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Access to services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Infrastructure ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Economic Characteristics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Business Enterprise ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Business Survival Rates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Employment Land ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Gross Added Value -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Earnings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Employment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Unemployment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Education qualification ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Tourism ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Travel to Work -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 Transport --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 Section 5: Key Sustainability Issues and Problems (Stage A3)--------------------- 59 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 Key sustainable issues and problems ------------------------------------------------------------------ 59 Table of Contents SA Scoping EBC Local Plan Section 6: Sustainability Assessment Framework, (Stage A4). --------------------- 68 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 The Sustainability Framework ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 Compatibility of the sustainable objectives ------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Methodology for Testing Options ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78 Section 7: Consultation (Stage 5) and next steps --------------------------------------- 80 Consultation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 Next Steps ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 Appendices to this document: Appendix A: Table of relevant Policies, Plans, Programmes, Strategies and Initiatives Appendix B: Baseline information Appendix C: Requirements of SEA Directive Appendix D: Information on the indicators Appendix E: Consultation first Draft Scoping Report Table of Contents SA Scoping EBC Local Plan List of abbreviations AQMA Air Quality Management Area BOA Biodiversity Opportunity