Sustainability Appraisal of Draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL: Draft LOCAL PLAN FOR LAMBETH NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY AND FULL REPORT February 2013 Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 CONTENTS PAGE PAGE NO. Non-technical Summary iv – xxi 1.0 Introduction 1 Objectives and Structure of the SA Report 2 Equality Impact Assessment 3 Health and Well-being Impact 3 Habitat Regulations Assessment 3 2.0 Lambeth Local Plan 4 3.0 SA/SEA Methodology 5 Relationship to Strategic Environment Assessment 7 Consultation and Approach and Influence of SA to date 8 Assumptions and Difficulties encountered 10 Next Steps 10 4.0 Characterisation and SA Framework 11 SA Framework 14 Tensions between SA Objectives 14 5.0 Likely Significant Effects of the draft Local Plan 24 5A Draft Local Plan Objectives Appraisal 24 5B Spatial Strategy and Reasonable Alternatives 28 5C Policies Appraisal 30 5C1 Crime 34 5C2 Good Health and Reduced Health Inequalities 48 5C3 Access and Services 69 5C4 Infrastructure 82 5C5 Equalities and Diversity 97 5C6 Housing 113 5C7 Liveability and Place 130 5C8 Built and Historic Environment 151 5C9 Transport and Travel 165 5C10 Biodiversity 180 5C11 Climate Change and Energy 190 5C12 Water Resources and Flood Risk 203 5C13 Waste 214 5C14 Air Quality 224 5C15 Education and Skills 232 5C16 & 18 Local Economy and Tacking Worklessness 240 5C17 Regeneration and Efficient Use of Land 254 6.0 Summary and Conclusions 264 The Local Plan 264 Sustainability Effects 266 Conclusion 268 i Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 Appendices Appendix 1: SA Recommended Policy Changes Appendix 2: Planning policy review: analysis of proposed approach Appendix 3: Scoping Report Consultation Responses and Actions Appendix 4: Summary of Appraisal Results for Key Strategic Options Appendix 5: Updated Scoping Report 2012 (available electronically or on request) List of Tables page Table 1 SA process and outputs 6 Table 2 Checklist of SEA requirements contained in the SA Report 7 Table 3 Key Sustainability Issues in Lambeth 12 Table 4 Sustainability Objectives 14 Table 5 Compatibility of draft Local Plan Objectives and SA Objectives 25 Table 6 Key symbols used in the Appraisal 31 Table 7 Screening of draft Local Plan policies for potential to impact SA Objectives 32 Table 8 Lambeth Crime Statistics 35 Table 9 Significance criteria for SA Objective 1: Crime 42 Table 10 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 1: Crime 43 Table 11 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Crime objective 47 Table 12 Excess Winter Deaths in Lambeth 49 Table 13 Significance criteria for SA Objective 2: Health 64 Table 14 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 2: Health 65 Table 15 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Health objective 68 Table 16 Disabilities in Lambeth 70 Table 17 Significance criteria for SA Objective 3: Access and Services 77 Table 18 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 3: Access 78 Table 19 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Access objective 81 Table 20 Significance criteria for SA Objective 4: Infrastructure 92 Table 21 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 4: Infrastructure 93 Table 22 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Infrastructure 96 Table 23 Significance criteria for SA Objective 5: Equality 110 Table 24 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 5: Equality 110 Table 25 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Equality objective 112 Table 26 Significance criteria for SA Objective 6: Housing 125 Table 27 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 6: Housing 126 Table 28 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Housing objective 129 Table 29 Significance criteria for SA Objective 7: Liveability and Place 145 Table 30 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 7: Liveability 146 Table 31 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Liveability objective 150 Table 32 Significance criteria for SA Objective 8: Built and Historic Environment 159 Table 33 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 8: Built and Historic Environment 160 Table 34 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Built and Historic Environment objective 164 Table 35 Significance criteria for SA Objective 9: Transport and Travel 174 Table 36 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 9: Transport 175 Table 37 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Transport objective 179 Table 38 Significance criteria for SA Objective 10: Biodiversity 186 Table 39 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 10: Biodiversity 187 Table 40 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Biodiversity objective 189 Table 41 Significance criteria for SA Objective 11: Climate Change 197 Table 42 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 11: Climate Change 198 Table 43 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Climate Change objective 202 Table 44 Significance criteria for SA Objective 12: Water resources and flood risk 209 ii Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 Table 45 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 12: Water resources and flood risk 210 Table 46 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Water resources and flood risk objective 212 Table 47 Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste 214 Table 48 Municipal Waste Management by Type 2011/12 215 Table 49 Significance criteria for SA Objective 13: Waste 220 Table 50 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 13: Waste 221 Table 51 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan Waste objective 223 Table 52 Significance criteria for SA Objective 14: Air quality 228 Table 53 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 14: Air quality 229 Table 54 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan Air quality 231 Table 55 Significance criteria for SA Objective 15: Education and Skills 237 Table 56 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 15: Education and Skills 238 Table 57 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Education and Skills objective 239 Table 58 Significance criteria for SA Objectives 16 & 18 Economy and Tackling Worklessness 249 Table 59 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objectives 16 & 18 Economy and Tackling Worklessness 250 Table 60 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Economy and Tackling Worklessness objectives 252 Table 61 Significance criteria for SA Objective 17: Regeneration 260 Table 62 Assessment of Sites against criteria for SA Objective 17: Regeneration 261 Table 63 Summary assessment of effects of draft Local Plan on Regeneration objective 263 Table 64 Summary of SA Scores 267 List of Figures Figure 1 Lambeth Red Box 50 Figure 2 Areas of Deficiency for Access to Nature 71 Figure 3 Percentage of private sector dwellings occupied by vulnerable households 101 Figure 4 Housing Estates in the Borough 116 Figure 5 Main public transport provision in Lambeth 168 Figure 6 Percentage of households in fuel poverty 191 Figure 7 Flood zone map 206 iii Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY Sustainability Appraisal on Draft Local Plan February 2013 iv Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY CONTENTS PAGE 1. Introduction vi 2. The Local Plan vi 3. The Sustainability Appraisal vii 4. Baseline Characteristics of Lambeth viii 5. Likely Evolution Without Implementation of the Local Plan x 6. Key Sustainability Issues x 7. Sustainability Appraisal Framework xii 8. Appraisal Findings xiii Effects of Local Plan policies and site allocations on SA Objectives xiii SA Recommendations xiii Mitigation xv Reasonable Alternatives xv 9. Designated Sites including European Nature Conservation sites xv 10. Technical Difficulties / Data Limitations xvi 11. Conclusion xviii List of Tables Table 1 SA process thus far vii Table 2 Key baseline statistics in Lambeth ix Table 3 Summary of key sustainability issues in Lambeth x Table 4 Revised Sustainability Objectives and SEA Topic Requirement xii Table 5 Key symbols used in the appraisal xv Table 6 Summary of SA findings xviii v Sustainability Appraisal draft Local Plan for Lambeth February 2013 1. Introduction 1.1 This Non-Technical Summary summarises the findings of the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Draft Local Plan for the London Borough of Lambeth. Section 39 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires local authorities to undertake a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) for Development Plan Documents and Supplementary Planning Documents. An SA promotes sustainable development through the integration of social, environmental and economic considerations into the preparation of new planning documents. 1.2 The Non-Technical Summary is part of the Sustainability Report for the draft Local Plan. The SA report has been produced alongside the emerging draft Local Plan (prepared under Regulation 25 of the Town and Country Planning Local Development (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008) in order to provide guidance on its development. The SA Report is available for consultation at the same time as the draft Local Plan to provide the public and statutory bodies with an opportunity to express their opinions on the SA Report and to use it as a reference in commenting on the draft Local Plan. This report presents the key findings to date of the Sustainability Appraisal on the draft Local Plan and provides background and ancillary information as appropriate. 2 The Local Plan 2.1 A new Local Plan for Lambeth is proposed to incorporate the existing Core Strategy 2011 and new detailed planning policies for development management and sites. The vision, strategic objectives and spatial strategy of the Core Strategy will not change (other than factual updating), as they are recently developed and adopted.