Sustainability Appraisal July 2017

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Staffordshire Moorlands
Local Plan
Sustainability Appraisal Report
of Preferred Options Local Plan
July 2017

Draft Sustainability Appraisal Report July 2017
1 Consultation questions 5
2 Introduction 8
3 Appraisal methodology 14
4 SA Scoping stage 37
4.1 SustainabilityAppraisal Framework 52
5 Summary of findings 61
5.1 Appraisal of housingrequirementoptions 62
5.2 Appraisal of alternative employment land requirements 82
5.3 Appraisal of site options 91
5.3.1 Gypsy and Traveller site options 218
5.4 Appraisal of alternative developmentapproachesfor Cheadle 227
5.5 Appraisal of preferred option policies 238
6 Cumulative Effects 253
7 HRA and EqIA 261
7.1 Introduction 261
7.2 Habitats RegulationsAssessment - methodology 261
7.3 Habitats RegulationsAssessment - Summary of findings 261
7.4 EqualityImpact Assessment - methodology 264
7.5 EqualityImpact Assessment - Summary of findings 265
8 Monitoring Proposals 270
9 Quality Assurance Checklist 275
10 Next steps 282
11 Consultation responses 284
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12 Appraisal of site options 292
12.1 Leek 293
12.1.1 Other uses 362
12.1.2 Sites outside current development boundary 403
12.2 Biddulph 467
12.2.1 Urban extension 499
12.2.2 Other uses 504
12.2.3 Sites within Green Belt 518
12.3 Cheadle 607
12.3.1 Urban extension 653
12.3.2 Other uses 658
12.3.3 Sites outside the development boundary 672
12.4 Larger villages 826
12.4.1 Larger Villages: Brown Edge to Cheddleton 958
12.4.2 Larger villages: Endon to Kingsley 1056
12.4.3 Larger villages: Upper Tean to Werrington & Cellarhead 1177
12.5 Smaller villages: Bagnall to Checkley 1316
12.5.1 Smaller villages: Dilhorne to Foxt 1371
12.5.2 Smaller villages: Hollington to Longsdon 1398
12.5.3 Smaller villages: Lower Tean to Rushton Spencer 1453
12.5.4 Smaller villages: Stockton Brook to Whiston and other areas 1508
12.6 Gypsy and Traveller sites TR001-TR016 1554
12.7 Gypsy and Traveller sites TR017-TR033 1624
12.8 Additionalsite appraisals July 2017 1701
12.8.1 Leek 1702
12.8.2 Biddulph 1716
12.8.3 Villages 1738
13 Appraisal of alternative housing requirement options 1757
14 Appraisal of alternative options for an employment land
1839
requirement
15 Appraisal of alternative development approaches for Cheadle 1876
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16 Appraisal of preferred option policies 1916
16.1 Strategic policies 1917
16.2 DevelopmentManagement Policies 2013
16.2.1 Sustainable Development 2014
16.2.2 Economy and Employment 2044
16.2.3 Housing 2074
16.2.4 Town Centres and Retailing 2104
16.2.5 Design and Conservation 2122
16.2.6 Sustainable Communities 2147
16.2.7 Natural Environment 2166
16.2.8 Transport 2172
16.3 DevelopmentSite Policies 2184
17 Site Appraisals - Constraints maps 2186
17.1 Locationof Gypsy and Traveller site options 2202
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Consultation questions
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1 Consultation questions
1.1 The purpose of this consultation is to seek your views on this SA Report prepared to
accompany the Preferred Options Local Plan July 2017. We would particularly welcome
your comments on the following:
Question 1
Do you support the overall approach taken to the appraisal of options?
Question 2
Have we correctly identified the main significant effects and potential mitigation
measures?
Question 3
Do you wish to make a comment on the appraisal of one or more Local Plan policy
option(s)?
Question 4
Doyouwishtomakeacommentontheappraisalofoneormorehousingoremployment
requirement option(s)?
Question 5
Doyouwishtomakeacommentontheappraisalofoneormoreproposeddevelopment
site option(s)?
Question 6
Doyouwishtomakeacommentontheappraisalofalternativedevelopmentapproaches
for Cheadle?
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Question 7
Do you wish to make a comment on the monitoring proposals, in particular the
sustainability effects to be monitored and the information to be collected, including by
whom and when?
Question 8
Do you wish to make any other comments about this SA Report?
Question 9
Does this July 2017 draft SA Report, together with the SA Scoping Report, provide
sufficientinformationatthisstagetoensurethatanappropriateSAiscarriedoutofthe
emerging Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan?
Question 10
Do you wish to make a comment on either or both of the supporting documents: the
HabitatsRegulationsAssessmentreportoftheStaffordshireMoorlandspreferredoption
LocalPlanJuly2017,ortheEqualityImpactAssessmentreportoftheemergingLocal
Plan at this stage? Both these reports are available alongside this draft SA Report.
1.2 Details of how to respond are provided from paragraph 2.22 of this report.
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Introduction
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2 Introduction
2.1 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is in the process of preparing a Local Plan
which, when adopted, will guide future development across the plan area, up to the year
2031.
2.2 This draft Sustainability Appraisal Report has been published to accompany the
Preferred Options Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan July 2017. Sustainability Appraisal
(SA)isanongoingprocess. ThisSAReportfollowsonfromtheInitialSustainabilityAppraisal
ReportthataccompaniedtheLocalPlanPreferredOptionsSitesandBoundariesconsulted
on between 28th April 2016 and 13th June 2016; and the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping
Report, consulted on between 13th August 2014 and 26th September 2014.
2.3 National Planning Practice Guidance describes how sustainability appraisal is a
systematicprocessthatmustbecarriedoutduringthepreparationofaLocalPlan. Itsrole
istopromotesustainabledevelopmentbyassessingtheextenttowhichtheemergingplan,
when judged against reasonable alternatives, will help to achieve relevant environmental,
economic and social objectives.
2.4 This process is an opportunity to consider ways by which the Plan can contribute to
improvements in environmental, social and economic conditions, as well as a means of
identifyingandmitigatinganypotentialadverseeffectsthatthePlanmightotherwisehave.
By doing so, it can help make sure that the proposals in the Plan are the most appropriate
giventhereasonablealternatives. ItcanbeusedtotesttheevidenceunderpinningthePlan
andhelptodemonstratehowthetestsofsoundnesshavebeenmet. Sustainabilityappraisal
should be applied as an iterative process informing the development of the Local Plan.
2.5 ThesustainabilityappraisalprocessisgovernedbyEuropeanandnationallegislation,
supported by government policy, which includes:
ThePlanningandCompulsoryPurchaseAct2004whichrequiressustainabilityappraisal
of emerging Development Plan Documents and SupplementaryPlanning Documents.
The requirements of European Directive 2001/42/EC (often known as the Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive) which requires the preparation of an
environmental report that considers the significant environmental effects of a plan or
programme. ThisDirectiveistransposedintoUKlawbyTheEnvironmentalAssessment
ofPlansandProgrammesRegulations2004:StatutoryInstrument2004No.1633(SEA
Regulations).
Planning practice guidance issued by the Department for Communities and Local
Government on Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal;
(1)
published 9 February 2015 .
2.6 This sustainability appraisal incorporates the requirements of the SEA Directive, by
combining the more environmentally-focused considerations of SEA with wider social and
economic effects.
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2.7 The Staffordshire Moorlands Core Strategy was adopted in March 2014. The plan
identifiedahousingrequirementof300homesperyearandanemploymentlandrequirement
of at least 24ha over the period 2011 to 2026. The Core Strategy also established the
1 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-environmental-assessment-and-sustainability-appraisal
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