Our Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal (2018) Volume 2: Options Assessments July 2018 114 Contents Volume 2 (This Volume) 5: OPTIONS, ASSESSMENTS & APPRAISALS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 121 5.1 Summary of Earlier SA Assessments for the Local Plan 2033 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 121 5.1.1 Timeline of SA Assessments .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 121 5.1.2 Sustainability Appraisal 2015 (Issues and Approaches) Regulation 18 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 121 5.1.3 Sustainability Appraisal for Regulation 18 – Sites Consultation (October 2016) .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149 5.1.4 Sustainability Appraisal for Regulation 18 – Potential Garden Village Locations (August 2017) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 151 5.2 SA of Our Local Plan: 2033 - Vision ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 153 5.3 SA of Our Local Plan: 2033 Spatial Objectives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154 5.4 SA of Options: Overall Housing Numbers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156 5.5 SA of Options: Meeting Affordable Housing Need ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 158 5.6 SA of Options: Relationship of New Residential Allocations to Existing Built Form /Settlement Boundaries ............................................................................................................................................................................. 159 5.7 SA of Options: Residential Allocations within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 160 5.8 SA of Options: Delivery Strategy Approaches .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161 5.8.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161 Table 15: Summary of SA Assessments of Delivery Approaches and Settlement Hierarchy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 162 5.8.2 SA of Delivery Strategy Options and Approaches ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 163 Table 16: SA of Approach 7a – Tier 1 and 2 Settlements plus ‘New/extended settlement’ ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 163 Table 17: SA of Approach 7b – Tier 1 and 2 Settlements plus ‘New/extended settlement’ – all at higher density ....................................................................................................................................................................... 164 Table 18: SA of Approach 7c – Tier 1 and 2 Settlements at standard density plus ‘New/extended settlement’ at higher density ......................................................................................................................................... 164 Table 19: SA of Approach 8a – Tier 1, 2 and 3 Settlements plus ‘New/extended settlement’ – all at standard density ............................................................................................................................................................. 165 Table 20: SA of Approach 8b– Tier 1, 2 and 3 Settlements plus ‘New/extended settlement’ – all at higher density ‘Maximum Capacity’.......................................................................................................................... 165 5.9 SA of Economic Options: Quantity and Strategy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 172 5.10 SA of Options: Individual Settlements – their Status in the Strategic Settlement Hierarchy and its Implications for their Suitability for Growth..............................................................................................174 5.11 SA of Options: Individual Residential Sites ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 176 5.11.1 Consideration of Sites for Different Uses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 176 5.11.2 Classification of Sites.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 176 5.11.3 Reasonable Options ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 176 5.11.4 Sustainability Appraisal Process ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 177 5.11.5 Bletchingley .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 178 5.11.6 Blindley Heath .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................