Local Plan 2045 Scoping Consultation

Plan area

To assess housing and employment needs and define housing and functional economic market areas (HMA and FEMA), will consider all types of housing required including affordable and specialist housing in line with draft NPPF. Will also assess employment land supply and horticultural development land requirements.

Internal housing, regeneration and economic development colleagues. Neighbouring authorities with overlapping HMAs and FEMAs

Plan area

To determine future gypsy and traveller and travelling showpeople accommodation needs. Including caravan and houseboat needs.

Internal housing colleagues

Plan area.

To determine the future need for retail, tourism and leisure growth. Health check to understand land uses present on high street in Chichester to assess performance of town centre.

Internal regeneration, leisure, tourism and economic development colleagues.

Plan area – but potential for wider study area.

To assess need for and potential for renewable energy

Internal colleagues.

Plan area.

To assess available land for development and other uses to be considered for the spatial strategy. Assessment of sites will determine suitability, availability and deliverability.

Site promoters, parishes. Internal specialists to inform site assessment.

Plan area – but potential for wider study area.

Potential to use adopted Local Plan SFRA Level 1 work.

To understand risk of flooding from all sources, enable application of sequential and exception tests. To understand if need exists for coastal change management area.

Environment Agency, Coastal Partners

Plan area – but potential for wider study area linked to catchments.

To understand water supply and wastewater capacity over plan period.

Environment Agency, Natural England, Western Sussex Rivers Trust, water supply companies and wastewater companies.

Plan area – but potential for wider study area for character assessment, sensitivity and capacity.

To identify the character of the landscape in the plan area, as a baseline for then assessing the sensitivity and capacity for change. Then assessing the impact of potential development and may include details on how to mitigate these impacts. Will also include identification of potential landscape gaps to avoid coalescence of settlements.

Internal landscape specialist. Chichester Harbour National Landscape, South Downs National Park Authority, Parishes

Plan area.

A clear settlement hierarchy helps to ensure that developments are directed to the most sustainable locations within the plan areas.

Parishes

Plan area.

Will use a standard methodology to amend settlement boundaries

Parishes

Plan area.

Understand housing density to inform density standards

N/A

Plan area

This is essentially a new piece of evidence required in the draft NPPF, which states that it should entail an evaluation of the area’s existing characteristics and potential.

Internal - Conservation

Potential to do a focus group with local architects.

Plan area

The draft NPPF requires that it is necessary to identify the main heritage features within the plan area, including those heritage assets at most risk through neglect, decay or other threats, set out the key issues facing them and create a positive strategy for their conservation and enhancement, including where these assets can be used to support sustainable growth.

Internal - Conservation

District wide.

To inform IDP, site allocation policies and open space and recreational facilities standards. Identify shortfalls and potential surpluses of open space and sport and leisure facilities and identify open space which needs to be safeguarded. Will look at supply, including quality and accessibility of these spaces and provision.

Internal leisure colleagues

Plan area - but potential for wider area or combining with Open Space Study

To map and assess the connectivity, quality and function of the green and blue infrastructure network. Including review of the Strategic Wildlife Corridors, opportunities for enhancing biodiversity, developing climate resilience and multifunctional use.

Internal specialists, Local Nature Recovery Partnership, Natural England, Environment Agency

Plan area – but potential for wider model area for A27 corridor – providing sufficient level of detail to understand local plan impacts.

Updated transport modelling is required to assess the transport impacts of development.

National Highways, Local Highway Authority.

Plan area

Setting baseline and then considering the transport impacts of the development levels proposed in the local plan. Setting a clear transport vision and validation framework to shift to sustainable transport use.

National Highways, Local Highway Authority.

Plan area

The IDP will assess the baseline infrastructure provision and assess the infrastructure provision required to support the level and distribution of growth

Stakeholders who provide infrastructure services

Plan area.

Ensures that the policies and allocations in the plan are fair and do not discriminate against any protected characteristic

N/A

Plan area.

To evaluate the potential health effects of the proposed plan policies and allocations, to ensure decision making prioritises health and well-being, addresses health inequalities and minimises adverse effects on health

WSCC HIA Team, Internal specialists

The viability assessment will assess the plan’s viability to ensure that the policies proposed will not undermine the deliverability of the plan and to ensure any strategic sites with on-site infrastructure are viable.

Developers, infrastructure providers

Plan area

Informs the development of the plan.

Internal specialists

Plan area.

Determines whether plan proposals could negatively impact on designated protected European sites.

Natural England, Environment Agency, Internal specialists