DPS004A Sustainability Appraisal of the Draft Plan Strategy 2035 Incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment Sustainability Appraisal Report August 2018 - APPENDICES 1 to 6 1 DPS004A Contents APPENDIX 1 ................................................................................................................... 6 BELFAST LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TIMETABLE ............................................ 6 APPENDIX 2 ................................................................................................................... 8 CHECKLIST: ............................................................................................................... 8 DEVELOPMENT PLAN PRACTICE NOTE 04: ANNEX 9 .......................................... 8 APPENDIX 3 ................................................................................................................. 10 LINKS BETWEEN THE BELFAST LDP & SA ........................................................... 10 APPENDIX 4 ................................................................................................................. 12 PLAN, POLICY & PROGRAMME REVIEW ............................................................... 12 APPENDIX 5 ................................................................................................................. 56 BASELINE INFORMATION FOR BELFAST ............................................................. 56 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 56 A SOCIAL BASELINE ........................................................................................... 60 A.1 Population and human health .................................................................. 60 A.2 Age structure ............................................................................................ 61 A.3 Life expectancy ......................................................................................... 62 A.4 Population projections ............................................................................. 62 A.5 Housing ..................................................................................................... 64 A.6 Housing Needs Assessment and Housing Market Analysis .................. 66 A.7 Social inclusion and deprivation ............................................................. 66 A.8 Disability and health ................................................................................. 69 A.9 Human health ............................................................................................ 69 A.10 Education, skills and training .................................................................. 70 A.11 Crime ......................................................................................................... 71 A.12 Levels of segregation ............................................................................... 72 A.13 Culture, leisure and recreation ................................................................ 73 2 B ECONOMIC BASELINE ..................................................................................... 78 B.1 Employment .............................................................................................. 78 B.2 Skills & Employability Issues ................................................................... 79 B.3 Qualifications of the Resident Population .............................................. 79 B.4 Business sectors in Belfast ..................................................................... 81 B.5 Self-employment ....................................................................................... 83 B.6 Earnings .................................................................................................... 83 B.7 Employment Outlook ................................................................................ 84 B.8 Reliance on Skilled Commuters............................................................... 84 B.9 Foreign Direct Investment ........................................................................ 84 B.10 Key Employment Areas ............................................................................ 85 B.11 Belfast Harbour ......................................................................................... 85 B.12 Belfast City Centre .................................................................................... 86 B.13 Giant’s Park ............................................................................................... 88 B.14 Tourism ..................................................................................................... 89 B.15 Transport ................................................................................................... 94 B.16 Digital Infrastructure................................................................................. 98 B.17 Direct Connectivity ................................................................................... 98 B.18 Superfast Northern Ireland ..................................................................... 104 B.19 Mobile ...................................................................................................... 105 B.20 Super-Connected Belfast Programme................................................... 106 C ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ....................................................................... 108 C.1 Biodiversity, flora & fauna...................................................................... 108 C.2 International ............................................................................................ 108 C.3 Belfast Lough SPA ................................................................................. 108 C.4 Belfast Lough Open Water SPA ............................................................. 109 C.5 National ................................................................................................... 114 C.6 Local ........................................................................................................ 116 C.7 Trees & woodland ................................................................................... 120 C.8 Air quality ................................................................................................ 121 C.9 Water ....................................................................................................... 125 C.10 Water infrastructure: Water supply ....................................................... 130 C.11 Water infrastructure: Wastewater .......................................................... 131 3 DPS004A C.12 Soil ........................................................................................................... 134 C.13 Agriculture .............................................................................................. 136 C.14 Areas of Natural Constraint ................................................................... 137 C.15 Contaminated land ................................................................................. 138 C.16 Current contaminated land regime ........................................................ 138 C.17 Development within the urban footprint ............................................... 139 D CULTURAL & BUILT HERITAGE BASELINE ................................................. 142 D.1 State Care sites ....................................................................................... 142 D.2 Scheduled monuments .......................................................................... 142 D.3 Unscheduled monuments ...................................................................... 143 D.4 Undesignated heritage assets including local listings ........................ 143 D.5 Listed buildings ...................................................................................... 143 D.6 Built Heritage at Risk .............................................................................. 144 D.7 Conservation areas ................................................................................ 144 D.8 Areas of Townscape Character ............................................................. 145 D.9 Areas of Significant Archaeological Interest ........................................ 145 D.10 Areas of archaeological potential .......................................................... 145 D.11 Historic parks, gardens and demesnes ................................................. 146 D.12 Defence heritage ..................................................................................... 146 D.13 Industrial heritage ................................................................................... 146 D.14 Shipwrecks .............................................................................................. 147 D.15 Landscape ............................................................................................... 147 D.16 Northern Ireland Regional Landscape Character Assessment ........... 152 D.17 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) ...................................... 153 D.18 Countryside recreation ........................................................................... 154 D.19 Green belt ................................................................................................ 155 D.20 Seascape ................................................................................................. 155 E MATERIAL ASSETS BASELINE ....................................................................