Sustainability

At the Plenary on 1 March, the Assembly approved the submission of the draft South East Plan to the Secretary of State. The decision was informed by the Sustainability Appraisal.

The Sustainability Appraisal incorporates Strategic Environmental Assessment and has been carried out by Environmental Resource Management (ERM). The appraisal process has been an iterative one that provides an independent appraisal of the likely implications of proposals and policies as they are developed.

To assist in the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) process, the Assembly established a Sustainability Appraisal Sounding Board. The Board offered advice to the Assembly throughout the process and ensured input from outside the Assembly into the process which provided greater legitimacy to the process.

A non-technical summary of the Sustainability Appraisal Report was submitted to Government along with the draft South East Plan and is available below.
Non-Technical Summary - 474 KB

A pdf of the full Sustainability Appraisal Report (March 2006) (854 KB) Sustainability Appraisal Report is also available to download.

The Sustainability Appraisal Supporting Annexes are available below.
Annex A - Review of Regional and National Strategies - 320 KB
Annex B - Review of Baseline Data - 3,874 KB
Annex C - Detailed Sustainability Appraisal of the Preferred Spatial Strategy - 149 KB
Annex D - Detailed Sustainability Appraisal of the Regional Policy Framework - 342 KB
Annex E - Detailed Sustainability Appraisal of the Sub-regional Policy Framework - 1,641 KB
Annex F - Summary of recommendations and actions taken (the detailed audit trail) - 156 KB
Annex G - List of all Recommendations/Mitigation Measures - 104 KB
Annex H - Quality Assurance Checklist - 80 KB
Annex I - Glossary - 75 KB
Annex J - Responses to Issues Raised in Public Consultation - 78 KB
Annex K - Members of the Sustainability Sounding Board - 63 KB
Annex L - Analysis of Potential Cumulative Impacts - 156 KB

This builds on earlier drafts of the Sustainability Appraisal Report.

The consultants commissioned to undertake the SA produced a Scoping Report that sets out the scope of the Sustainability Appraisal.
Scoping Report (October 2004)

The Sustainability Appraisal draws closely on the regional vision of sustainable development, set out in the Integrated Regional Framework (IRF).

To assist the Assembly carry out the SA, consultants were commissioned in Spring 2004 to provide guidance on what is required to comply with the SEA directive and PPS11.
Guide to SA/SEA of the South East Plan - 561 KB

Sustainability Appraisal of Implementation Plan

A key recommendation of the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the draft South East Plan was that an independent SA of the draft Implementation Plan (March 2006) should be undertaken. This was completed in August 2006. This SA has informed the further development of "Delivering the South East Plan" (the revised Implementation Plan - October 2006). This revised Implementation Plan has also been appraised. An audit of how the recommendations arising from the SA of the original Implementation Plan have been incorporated into this revised Plan is included below as annex B.
Final Sustainability Appraisal of Implementation Plan (October 2006) - 344 KB
Annex A (Detailed Appraisal Matrix) - 139 KB
Annex B ( Audit Trail) - 103 KB
Annex C (Cross-Cutting Policies Audit) - 192 KB

Initial Sustainability Appraisal of draft Implementation Plan - 324 KB

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