East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Kingston upon Hull City Council Joint Minerals Development Plan Document Preferred Approach Sustainability Appraisal Report January 2012 East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Kingston upon Hull City Council Joint Minerals Development Plan Document Preferred Approach Sustainability Appraisal Report January 2012 Notice This report was produced by Atkins Ltd. for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Kingston upon Hull City Council for the specific purpose of Sustainability Appraisal of the Joint Minerals Development Plan Document. This report may not be used by any person other than the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull City Councils without than the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull City Councils’ express permission. 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EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Contents Section Page Glossary v Non-Technical Summary I Contents and Main Objectives of the JMDPD I Review of Other Relevant Plans and Programmes II Sustainability Baseline II Key Sustainability Issues III SA Framework IV Initial Compatibility Assessment of JMDPD Objectives with SA Objectives VI Assessment of Strategic Policy Options VII Assessment of Plan Policies VII Assessment of Plan Sites IX Assessment of Cumulative, Synergistic and Indirect Effects from Proposed Policies and Sites XII Mitigation Measures XIII Monitoring of Significant Effects XIII Conclusions XIII 1. Introduction 1 Joint Minerals Development Plan Document 1 Plan Area 1 Requirement for Strategic Environmental Assessment 2 Requirement for Sustainability Appraisal 3 The SA Process 4 SA and Consultation 5 Purpose of the SA Report 6 Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) 6 2. Appraisal Methodology 9 Meeting the Requirements of the SEA Directive 9 Appraisal Process 10 Appraisal Methodology 10 Stage A: Setting the Context and Objectives, Establishing Baseline and Deciding on Scope 11 Stage B: Developing and Refining Options 12 Stage C: Preparing the Sustainability Appraisal Report 16 3. Other Relevant Plans and Programmes 17 Introduction 17 Identification of Additional Plans and Programmes 17 4. Baseline Information 25 Introduction 25 Minerals Baseline: Key Features 31 Data Gaps 39 5. Key Sustainability Issues 41 Introduction 41 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx i EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Summary of Key Sustainability Issues 41 6. Sustainability Appraisal Framework 47 Joint Minerals DPD SA Framework 47 SA Baseline Data and Trends 53 7. Compatibility between DPD Objectives and SA Objectives 59 JMDPD Core Policy OBJ 1 64 Results of Compatibility Assessment 64 8. Plan Issues and Options 69 Development of Strategic Options 69 Results of Assessment of Strategic Options 73 9. Assessment of Plan Policies 81 Joint Minerals Development Plan Document Policies 81 Results of the Policy Component Assessment 100 Recommendations 102 10. Assessment of Plan Sites 105 Joint Minerals Development Plan Document Sites 105 Sustainability Assessments 106 Results of the Site Assessments 108 11. Assessment of Cumulative, Synergistic and Indirect Effects from Proposed Policies and Sites115 12. Mitigation and Enhancement 119 Mitigation and enhancement measures 119 13. Implementation and Monitoring 123 Proposals for Monitoring 123 14. Conclusions 133 List of Tables Table 1.1 – Alignment of Stages Involved in DPD Preparation with SA tasks 4 Table 1.2 – Key SA Tasks and Outputs 5 Table 2.1 – Schedule of SEA Requirements 9 Table 2.2 - Sustainability Effects Scoring 14 Table 2.3 - Criteria for Assessing Significance of Effects 14 Table 3.1 – Additional Plans and Programmes 17 Table 3.2 – Key Sustainability Themes 20 Table 4.1 – East Riding and North Lincolnshire Sand and Gravel and Crushed Rock Production and Reserves 39 Table 5.1 – Key Sustainability Issues Relevant to the JMDPD 41 Table 6.1 – Sustainability Appraisal Framework 48 Table 6.2 – SA Baseline Data and Trends Summary 54 Table 6.3 – Summary of Projected Baseline Conditions (Short Term) 56 Table 6.4 – Summary of Projected Baseline Conditions (Medium to Long Term) 57 Table 7.1 – Assessment Rationale 59 Table 7.2 – Compatibility Matrix between JMDPD Objectives and SA Objectives 66 Table 8.1 – Strategic Policy Options 69 Table 8.2 – Scoring of Options Assessment 73 Table 8.3 – Summary of Assessment of Strategic Options 78 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx ii EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Table 9.1 – JMDPD Policy Components 83 Table 9.2 – Summary of Significance of Direct Effects of the JMDPD Policy Components 103 Table 10.1 – Candidate Mineral sites 105 Table 10.2 – Summary of Direct Effects of Mineral extraction at Candidate sand and gravel Sites 111 Table 11.1 - Summary of Cumulative, Synergistic and Indirect Effects 115 Table 13.1 – Proposed Monitoring Programme 125 List of Figures Figure 1.1 – JMDPD Plan Area 2 Figure 2.1- Relationship between SA Stages and Tasks 10 Figure 4.1 - Landscape Character Areas within the JMDPD Plan Area 29 Figure 4.2 – Key Environmental Constraints within East Riding of Yorkshire 30 Figure 4.3 - East Riding of Yorkshire – Simplified Geology 33 Figure 4.4 - Yorkshire and the Humber – Mines and Quarries 34 Figure 4.5 - Yorkshire and the Humber – Mineral Planning Permissions, Licenced Areas and Mineral Assessment Areas. 35 Appendices Appendix A - Baseline Data Tables A Appendix B – Strategic Options Assessment Tables B Appendix C – Policy Components and Sites Assessment Tables C C.1 Nominated Sites Assessments C-5 C.2 Policy Components Assessments C-44 Appendix D – Consultation Comments on Scoping Report D Appendix E – ERYC and KHCC LDF SA Objectives E E.1 ERYC LDF SA Objectives E-1 E.2 KHCC LDF SA Objectives E-1 List of Tables Table A.1 – Updated and Additional Baseline Data, Indicators and Trends A-1 Table C.1 - Assessment Tables – Terms and Symbols C-5 Table D.1 - Consultation Comments on Scoping Report D-1 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx iii EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report This page has been left intentionally blank. 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx iv EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Glossary Term Meaning AMR Annual Monitoring Report AOS Area of Search BAP Biodiversity Action Plan BMV Best and most versatile agricultural land DM Development Management CLG Communities and Local Government DPD Development Plan Document ERY East Riding of Yorkshire ERYC East Riding of Yorkshire Council JMDPD Joint Minerals Development Plan Document JMLP Joint Minerals Local Plan (Adopted 2004) KH Kingston upon Hull KHCC Kingston upon Hull City Council LDD Local Development Document LDF Local Development Frameworks LGS Local Geological Sites (formerly known as RIGS) LPA Local Planning Authority MPS Minerals Policy Statement MW Megawatt NNR National Nature Reserve ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now CLG) PA Preferred Area PCPA Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) PPS Planning Policy Statement RIGS Regionally Important Geological Sites (now LGS) RSS Regional Spatial Strategy (for Yorkshire and the Humber) SA Sustainability Appraisal SAC Special Area of Conservation SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SM Scheduled Monument 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx v EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Term Meaning SPA Special Protection Area SPD Supplementary Planning Document SPZ Source Protection Zone SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest 5049925 ERYC-KHCC JMDPD SA-SAE V5 ISSUE 26.01.2012.docx vi EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL AND KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL – SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE JOINT MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PREFERRED APPROACH Sustainability Appraisal Report Non-Technical Summary This Sustainability Appraisal Report (SAR) for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) and Kingston upon Hull City Council (KHCC) Joint Minerals Development Plan Document (JMDPD) has been prepared to fulfil the requirements for Sustainability Appraisal (SA) arising from The Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 and the requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) arising from the SEA Directive1. The SEA Directive requires that certain plans and programmes undergo an environmental assessment, due to the likelihood that they will have significant environmental effects once implemented. This SA is expanded beyond environmental sustainability concerns to include the