Lewisham local development framework Sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment Site allocations proposed submission DPD March 2012 Copy for public consultation NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY ......................................................................................................5 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................12 1.1 OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 LEWISHAM LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK .......................................................................... 13 1.3 LEWISHAM CORE STRATEGY .......................................................................................................... 13 1.4 SITE ALLOCATIONS DPD................................................................................................................. 16 1.5 LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL .................................................... 19 1.6 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DIRECTIVE ............................................................. 19 1.7 PURPOSE OF SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL ..................................................................................... 22 1.8 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 23 1.9 THE HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT (HRA) PROCESS .................................................. 31 1.10 EQUALITIES ANALYSIS ASSESSMENT............................................................................................. 31 1.11 WHO CARRIED OUT THE SA ............................................................................................................ 31 1.12 CONSULTATION ON THE SA............................................................................................................. 31 2. SEA OBJECTIVES BASELINE AND CONTEXT.................................................................32 2.1 PURPOSE OF THE SEA .................................................................................................................... 32 2.2 CURRENT AND PREDICTED FUTURE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................................................................ 33 2.3 AN OUTLINE OF THE BOROUGH ....................................................................................................... 33 2.4 PEOPLE.............................................................................................................................................. 35 2.5 HOUSING ........................................................................................................................................... 38 2.6 JOBS .................................................................................................................................................. 39 2.7 TOWN CENTRES................................................................................................................................ 42 2.8 TRANSPORT ...................................................................................................................................... 43 2.9 OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS................................................................................. 44 2.10 CHARACTER AND HERITAGE ASSETS.............................................................................................. 46 2.11 CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................................................................................. 47 2.12 WASTE MANAGEMENT...................................................................................................................... 48 2.13 FLOOD RISK....................................................................................................................................... 49 2.14 LOCAL AIR QUALITY .......................................................................................................................... 49 2.15 COMMUNITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 51 2.16 COMMUNITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 52 3. LIKELY TREND WITHOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SITE ALLOCATIONS DPD ......54 3.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS.............................................................................................................. 54 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS ............................................................................................................... 54 4. MAIN ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES FACING LEWISHAM ......56 4.1 IDENTIFIED ISSUES ........................................................................................................................... 56 4.2 DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN CARRYING OUT THE ASSESSMENT........................................... 60 5. SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................62 5.1 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS....................................... 62 5.2 TESTING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SITE ALLOCATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT ........ 68 5.3 TESTING THE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF THE SA OBJECTIVES ................................................ 70 6. OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................73 6.1 UNDERSTANDING THE APPRAISAL .................................................................................................. 73 6.2 DEVELOPING THE ISSUES AND OPTIONS (2005) ........................................................................... 73 6.3 PREFERRED OPTIONS (2007) ......................................................................................................... 75 6.4 FURTHER OPTIONS (2010) .............................................................................................................. 76 6.5 APPRAISING THE PROPOSED SUBMISSION SITE ALLOCATIONS (2012)....................................... 77 6.5.1 Appraisal of land uses ..............................................................................................78 6.5.2 Appraisal of collective land uses within each Core Strategy spatial area .................86 6.5.3 The Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) process ............................................88 6.5.4 Equalities Analysis Assessment...............................................................................89 LDF Sustainability Appraisal – Site Allocations Proposed Submission DPD 2 7. CUMULATIVE AND SHORT-MEDIUM TERM EFFECTS....................................................91 7.1 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 91 7.2 ASSESSMENT FINDINGS ................................................................................................................... 91 7.3 SA REPORT SITE ALLOCATIONS FURTHER OPTIONS CONSULTATION RESPONSES ................. 92 7.4 PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES................................................................................................ 93 7.5 UNCERTAINTIES................................................................................................................................ 96 7.6 RISKS ................................................................................................................................................. 96 8. IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................................97 8.1 MONITORING ..................................................................................................................................... 97 APPENDIX 1 LEWISHAM CORE STRATEGY VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES .........99 A1.1 CORE STRATEGY VISION FOR LEWISHAM 2026 .............................................................. 99 A1.2 CORE STRATEGY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES................................................................... 101 APPENDIX 2 SITE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ...............................................................105 APPENDIX 3 LAND USE ALLOCATION APPRAISAL .............................................................115 APPENDIX 4 APPRAISAL OF EACH SITE ALLOCATION OPTION AND ALTERNATIVE.....202 APPENDIX 5 MONITORING FRAMEWORK AND BASELINE INFORMATION AND TRENDS ....................................................................................................................................................359 APPENDIX 6 OTHER PLANS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES.............................................375 APPENDIX 7 CONSULTATION RESPONSES..........................................................................390 APPENDIX 8 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, SITE ALLOCATIONS FURTHER OPTIONS REPORT, OCTOBER 2010.......413 APPENDIX 9 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND SITE ALLOCATIONS PREFERRED OPTIONS REPORT, APRIL 2007 ..............................................................................................413 LDF Sustainability Appraisal – Site Allocations Proposed Submission DPD 3 Abbreviations AA Appropriate Assessment