Our policies, plans and strategies - Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessments - New Local Plan
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Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessments involve assessing the extent to which an emerging plan contributes to the achievement of sustainable development. The main aim of the SA/SEA process, which runs in parallel with the preparation of plan, is to ensure that the social, economic and environmental effects of emerging policies are understood and taken into account. Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessments are about asking at various stages in the plan-making process: how sustainable is the plan? They help planning authorities to identify and mitigate any potential adverse effects that the plan might otherwise have. The local planning authority is responsible for ensuring that the SA/SEA process has been carried out in accordance with relevant legislation and guidance.
A second Sustainability Appraisal report was prepared to support the consultation on the preferred option set out in the Proposed Submission Draft Harborough Local Plan 2020-2041(March 2025) which took place in March-May 2025. The report is available to download here: Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal (Feb 2025) The Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal report was available for consultation alongside the HDC New Local Plan (Regulation 18) Issues and Options Consultation Document and other evidence-based studies during January-February 2024.The document is available to download here: Issues and Options Consultation Sustainability Appraisal (Jan 2024) |
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