East Devon Local Development Framework - Sustainability Appraisal
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 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 to inform appraisal of:
- the East Devon Core Strategy; and
- other documents that will make up the East Devon LDF.
The Scoping Report can be downloaded here (4651KB - PDF Help) and the appendix to the Scoping Report can be downloaded here (241KB - PDF Help)
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.
The consultants have produced a sustainability appraisal or interim sustainability appraisal of our LDF Issues and Options report.
The Interim Sustainability Appraisal of the Issues and Options report can be downloaded here. (4308KB - PDF Help)
The consultants have also produced a draft screening report under the Habitat Regulation.
The Draft Screening Report under the Habitat Regulation can be downloaded here. (582KB - PDF Help)
