Strategic Environmental Assessment of the East Wittering and Bracklesham Neighbourhood Development Plan SEA Scoping Document July 2015 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Strategic Environmental Assessment of the East Wittering and Bracklesham Neighbourhood Development Plan Scoping Report ! ! LC-176 Document Control Box Client Chichester District Council Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report of the East Wittering Report Title and Bracklesham Neighbourhood Development Plan Number 1 Status Final Filename LC-176_East_Wittering_NP_Scoping_4_010715AGP.docx Date 1st July 2015 Author AGP Reviewed SBS Approved NJD Front cover: Bracklesham Bay SSSI Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0 SEA of the East Wittering and Bracklesham NP: Scoping Report July, 2015! LC-176_East_Wittering_NP_Scoping_4_010715AGP.docx! ! Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 This report ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 East Wittering and Bracklesham ..................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Strategic Environmental Assessment ........................................................................................... 2 1.4 The Neighbourhood Development Plan ...................................................................................... 5 2 Presenting the Environmental Information ........................................................................................ 6 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Policy and plan review ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.3 Baseline data collection ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Key sustainability issues ..................................................................................................................... 9 3 Accessibility and Transport .................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................ 10 3.2 Baseline data ........................................................................................................................................ 10 4 Air Quality ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................. 12 4.2 Baseline data ......................................................................................................................................... 12 5 Biodiversity and Geodiversity ................................................................................................................. 14 5.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................. 14 5.2 Baseline data ......................................................................................................................................... 14 6 Climate Change ............................................................................................................................................ 18 6.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................. 18 6.2 Baseline data ......................................................................................................................................... 18 7 Economic Factors ....................................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................ 23 7.2 Baseline data ........................................................................................................................................ 23 8 Health .............................................................................................................................................................. 26 8.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................ 26 8.2 Baseline data ........................................................................................................................................ 26 9 Historic Environment and Townscape ............................................................................................... 28 9.1 Summary of policy and plan review ............................................................................................ 28 9.2 Summary of baseline data ............................................................................................................... 28 10 Housing ............................................................................................................................................................ 31 10.1 Summary of policy and plan review .......................................................................................... 31 10.2 Baseline data ....................................................................................................................................... 31 11 Material Assets ............................................................................................................................................. 33 11.1 Summary of policy and plan review ......................................................................................... 33 11.2 Baseline data ...................................................................................................................................... 33 12 Population and Quality of life ................................................................................................................ 36 12.1 Summary of policy and plan review ......................................................................................... 36 12.2 Baseline data ...................................................................................................................................... 36 13 Water and Soil ............................................................................................................................................ 40 13.1 Summary of policy and plan review ........................................................................................ 40 13.2 Baseline data ..................................................................................................................................... 40 14 SEA Framework ......................................................................................................................................... 46 14.1 The purpose of the SEA Framework ....................................................................................... 46 14.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment objectives ............................................................... 46 15 Subsequent stages to be carried out ................................................................................................ 48 15.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 48 15.2 Refining options and assessing effects .................................................................................. 48 15.3 Environmental Report and Publication and Referendum ............................................... 48 © Lepus Consulting for Chichester District Council! i! SEA of the East Wittering and Bracklesham NP: Scoping Report July, 2015! LC-176_East_Wittering_NP_Scoping_4_010715AGP.docx! ! 15.4 Draft Environmental Report ....................................................................................................... 50 15.5 Consultation Version of the Environmental Report .......................................................... 50 16 Consultation on the Scoping Report ................................................................................................... 51 16.1 Purpose of Consultation ................................................................................................................. 51 16.2 Consultation Details ......................................................................................................................... 51 Appendix A: Full SEA Framework Appendix B: Plan, policy or programme review ! ! ! ! © Lepus Consulting for Chichester District Council! ii! SEA of the East Wittering and Bracklesham NP: Scoping Report July, 2015! LC-176_East_Wittering_NP_Scoping_4_010715AGP.docx! ! Acronyms AQMA Air Quality Management Area CAMS Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies CO2 Carbon Dioxide CPRE Campaign to Protect Rural England DCLG Department of Communities and Local Government DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change DEFRA Department