Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan Issues & Options Consultation Sustainability Appraisal – Annex B: Baseline Information NOVEMBER 2 0 1 6 Issues & Options SA Environmental Report: Annex B – November 2016 Contact Graham Gunby Senior Policy Officer: Minerals & Waste Policy Planning & Development Section Resource Management Suffolk County Council 8 Russell Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2BX Tel: 01473 264807 Email: [email protected] Website: www.suffolk.gov.uk For more information about our minerals and waste planning policy go to: https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/planning-waste-and-environment/planning-applications/minerals-and- waste-policy/ Cover photograph acknowledgements: 1. Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Facility, courtesy of SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd, and; 2. Cavenham Quarry, with permission from Allen Newport Ltd. Issues & Options SA Environmental Report: Annex B – November 2016 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Sustainability Baseline Information .................................................................................. 1 2. Economy and Employment .................................................................................................. 2 2.1. Economy ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Employment .................................................................................................................... 4 3. Housing.................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1. Existing Housing Stock .................................................................................................... 8 3.2. Homelessness ................................................................................................................. 9 3.3. Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation ............................................................................ 10 4. Population and Society ....................................................................................................... 11 4.1. Population ..................................................................................................................... 11 4.2. Education ...................................................................................................................... 12 4.3. Quality of Life ................................................................................................................ 13 4.4. Life Expectancy and Health ........................................................................................... 15 4.5. Physical Activity and Open Space ................................................................................. 15 5. Transport ............................................................................................................................. 16 5.1. Modes and Flows of Travel ............................................................................................ 17 6. Historic Environment .......................................................................................................... 18 6.1. Recorded Archaeological Sites and Finds in Uttlesford District ...................................... 18 6.2. Listed Buildings ............................................................................................................. 18 6.3. Scheduled Monuments .................................................................................................. 19 6.4. Historic Parks and Gardens ........................................................................................... 19 7. Biodiversity and Geodiversity ............................................................................................ 20 7.1. Designated Sites ........................................................................................................... 20 7.2. Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSIs) .................................................................... 22 8. Landscapes ......................................................................................................................... 24 8.1. Landscape Features ...................................................................................................... 24 8.2. Agricultural Land Classification ...................................................................................... 25 9. Water Environment ............................................................................................................. 27 9.1. Water Quality ................................................................................................................. 27 9.2. Flood Risk ..................................................................................................................... 28 10. Climate and Energy ............................................................................................................. 29 10.1. Energy Consumption and Emissions ............................................................................. 29 10.2. Climate Change ............................................................................................................. 30 11. Air Quality ............................................................................................................................ 32 12. Waste ................................................................................................................................... 33 12.1. Trends and future needs ................................................................................................ 34 13. Minerals ............................................................................................................................... 35 13.1. Material Assets .............................................................................................................. 35 13.2. Marine aggregate .......................................................................................................... 37 13.3. Mineral Extraction .......................................................................................................... 37 13.4. Looking Ahead .............................................................................................................. 37 Issues & Options SA Environmental Report: Annex B – November 2016 List of Tables Table 1: Business counts ................................................................................................................ 2 Table 2: Proportion of businesses by industry type ......................................................................... 3 Table 3: Economic activity and job density ...................................................................................... 4 Table 4: Gross weekly pay by residence and workplace ................................................................. 4 Table 5: Employee jobs by industry................................................................................................. 5 Table 6: Housing completions in Suffolk ......................................................................................... 7 Table 7 Households – Fuel Poverty % 2012 ................................................................................... 7 Table 8 Affordable housing supply in Suffolk (net) .......................................................................... 8 Table 9: Dwelling stock by tenure ................................................................................................... 8 Table 10 Homeless and in priority need .......................................................................................... 9 Table 11: Gypsy and Traveller accommodation ............................................................................ 10 Table 12 Population in Suffolk....................................................................................................... 11 Table 13: Population age structure ............................................................................................... 11 Table 14: Household projections (thousands) ............................................................................... 12 Table 15: Key Stage 4 – GCSE or equivalent ............................................................................... 12 Table 16: Qualifications................................................................................................................. 13 Table 17: Indices of multiple deprivation 2010 .............................................................................. 14 Table 18 Self-reported Health ....................................................................................................... 15 Table 19: Adult participation in 30 minutes, moderate intensity sport at least once a week ........... 15 Table 20: Private Vehicle Ownership ............................................................................................ 17 Table 21: Listed Buildings ............................................................................................................. 18 Table 22: International Designated Sites in Suffolk ....................................................................... 22 Table 23: Condition of Sites