Waste and Minerals Sustainability Appraisal – scoping report (consultation draft)

In partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council, we asked for comments on a draft Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for our Waste and Minerals Core Strategy and Mineral Site Development Plan Document.

The scoping report is the first stage of the sustainability appraisal process.

Consultation

The five-week period of formal public consultation on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report ended on Monday 23 April 2007.

The report and appendices, plus the comments we received and our responses can be downloaded, below.

Scoping workshops

Workshops involving key stakeholders including community groups, waste and minerals companies and parish councils were held in Eastbourne and Hove in March 2007. They considered the sustainability issues identified in the scoping report and the appraisal process.

A summary report of the two scoping workshops describing their purpose, the process used and main findings, as well as recommendations for the next stages of the SA, can be downloaded below.

The report and presentations from the workshops are available to download below.

Background

The scoping report includes:

• a review of relevant plans, policies and programmes to provide a policy background
• local baseline information which sets the baseline for future monitoring and identifies trends, challenges and opportunities within the plan area
• development of a Sustainability Appraisal Framework that includes sustainability objectives and indicators
• information on the next steps of the SA process.

Further information

For further details about sustainability appraisal or the scoping report consultation, please contact our Strategic Policy team:
Tel: 01273 481407
Email: strategic.policy@eastsussex.gov.uk

For further information on the Waste & Minerals Development Framework, please contact our Waste and Minerals Policy team:
Tel: 01273 481846
Email: wasteandmineralsdf@eastsussex.gov.uk

or Brighton & Hove City Planning Office:
Tel: 01273 292289

Please note that the results of this consultation were originally intended to form Appendix D of the Scoping Report.

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Comments and responses by respondent (216k) Comments received on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report consultation and our responses, alphabetically by respondent.
Comments and responses by report sections (195k) Comments received on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report consultation and our responses, listed according to sections of the report.
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (507k) Consultation draft of a Scoping Report for the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of East Sussex County and Brighton & Hove City Councils’ Waste and Mineral Core Strategy and Minerals Sites Development Plan.
Scoping Report - Appendix A (278k) Review of plans, policies and programmes.
Scoping Report - Appendix B (38k) Sustainability Appraisal framework.
Scoping Report - Appendix C (29k) Sustainability objectives matrix.
Scoping Report - Appendix E (12k) List of consultees.
Scoping Report - Appendix F (1159k) Baseline data – maps.
Scoping Report - Appendix G (130k) Baseline data.
Presentation 1 - By Land Use Consultants (249k) Powerpoint presentation: Sustainability Appraisal & Strategic Environmental Assessments explained.
Presentation 2 - By Tony Cook, Group Manager - Development Minerals & Waste (920k) Powerpoint presentation on the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove – Waste & Minerals Development Framework.
Scoping workshops - report (438k) Report by land use consultants on the Sustainability Appraisal workshops held in Eastbourne and Hove, in March 2007.