Equalities Impact Assessment for Local Development Plan (Deposit Consultation) Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan 2 2017-2033 November 2019 Note: Due to the nature of the LDP it has been identified that a full Equality Impact Assessment was needed and as a result a screening exercise was not undertaken. 1 Table of Contents Description of the policy/decision/proposal ................................................................................................. 4 Context Setting ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Equality Impact Assessment ..................................................................................................................... 4 Delivery Agreement ................................................................................................................................. 6 National Planning Policy ........................................................................................................................... 6 Background Papers .................................................................................................................................. 6 Sustainability Appraisal ............................................................................................................................ 7 Welsh Language ....................................................................................................................................... 7 National Wellbeing Goals ......................................................................................................................... 7 What are the Impacts of the Plan on ............................................................................................................ 8 Customers, stakeholders and the public in general .................................................................................. 8 The work undertaken by PCC ................................................................................................................... 8 The long-term work of PCC ...................................................................................................................... 8 Staff ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Evidence base .............................................................................................................................................10 Age .........................................................................................................................................................10 Disability .................................................................................................................................................20 Gender Reassignment .............................................................................................................................38 Sex (Gender) ...........................................................................................................................................41 Pregnancy and Maternity ........................................................................................................................51 Race ........................................................................................................................................................52 Religion and Belief ..................................................................................................................................59 Sexual Orientation ..................................................................................................................................66 Data Gaps ...................................................................................................................................................69 Identifying Impact .......................................................................................................................................72 Age .........................................................................................................................................................72 Disability .................................................................................................................................................85 Gender Reassignment .............................................................................................................................93 Sex (Gender) ...........................................................................................................................................96 Pregnancy and Maternity ........................................................................................................................99 Race ......................................................................................................................................................101 Religion, Belief and Non Belief ..............................................................................................................104 Sexual Orientation ................................................................................................................................108 Assessing Impact in relation to the General Duty ......................................................................................111 Addressing any adverse impact .................................................................................................................114 2 Monitoring and Review .............................................................................................................................116 Declaration ...............................................................................................................................................116 Appendix 1:Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 – Pembrokeshire LSOAs.................................117 Appendix 2: Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation Health Domain ......................................................119 Appendix 3 Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation Education Domain ..................................................121 3 Description of the policy/decision/proposal 1. The purpose of the Local Development Plan Deposit Plan Consultation is to set out the long term vision for Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning area and the objectives and land use policies needed to deliver that vision. 2. The document outlines includes a Vision, Objectives, Strategic Policies and General Policies. It also includes specific land use allocations for a range of land-use types. 3. It is a full draft of the replacement Local Development Plan. 4. The Deposit Plan includes site-specific allocations including for example housing, employment and community facility sites. 5. Details of all stages of Local Development Plan preparation can be found in the Authority’s Delivery Agreement. 6. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 provides the framework for Local Development Plans in Wales. 7. The Plan should be seen and read as a whole. https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/local- development-plan-review/deposit. Often there will be more than one policy relevant to a proposed development, and all policies will be taken into consideration. In order to make the Plan simple to follow and easily understood policies have been expressed as directly as possible. Issues such as landscape, amenity, access, and design will arise with practically all applications for development and specific general development policies (GN 1 and GN 2) cover these aspects. 8. The Deposit Local Development Plan is underpinned by a large amount of technical studies, assessments, evidence and supporting information which includes a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA). It was also informed by the Equalities Impact Assessment on the Preferred Strategy and this updated Equalities Impact Assessment at the Deposit Plan stage. Context Setting Equality Impact Assessment 9. The specific equality duties in Wales are set out in the Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties) (Wales) Regulations 2011. They place a duty on Pembrokeshire County Council to assess and consult on the impact its proposed policies will have on people who are protected under the Equality Act 2010 (people who share a protected characteristic of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and 4 maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation) and its ability to meet the public sector equality duty. 10. The requirement to assess impact means that the Authority must consider relevant evidence in order to understand the likely or actual effect of policies and practices on protected groups. 11. This includes ensuring the policy or practice does not unlawfully discriminate, identifying any adverse impacts on protected groups, considering how the policy or practice could better advance equality of opportunity and considering whether the policy will affect relations between different groups. 12. This process requires listed bodies to consider taking action to address any issues identified such as access, addressing negative impacts, where possible. The Authority must have ‘due regard’ to the results of this process.1 13. Equality Impact Assessments are a systematic way of meeting this duty. The headings below set out the ways in which this