East Devon Local Development Framework - Sustainability Appraisal
Generic Scoping Report for Core Strategy and Other LDF Documents
Sustainability appraisal is a process used to evaluate the potential impacts that development proposals and polices will have on the environment and on social and economic wellbeing. Through assessing potential impacts at an early stage, and on an ongoing basis through document production, we can plan for potential adverse impacts to be minimised and ensure positive benefits are realised.
Prior to actually undertaking a sustainability appraisal of any LDF document we are required to produce a document called a scoping report. The scoping report sets out background information about relevant sustainability issues and also includes a framework of key sustainability objectives against which planning policies are to be assessed. We have produced a generic scoping report that will be used for appraisal of:
- the East Devon Core Strategy;
- the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document; and
- other documents that will make up the East Devon LDF (subject to inclusion of appropriate changes or additional information, potentially in the form of addendums).
The Scoping Report can be downloaded here (4651KB - PDF Help) and the appendix to the Scoping Report can be downloaded here (241KB - PDF Help)
Consultation was undertaken on the Scoping Report in 2008 though changes have not yet been made in the light of comments received. In 2009 East Devon District Council appointed Land Use Consultant to lead on Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) of the East Devon Core Strategy.
