Appendix A – Plans, policies, programmes and Sustainability Objectives

The following list comprises the most relevant policies, plans, programmes and sustainable development objectives (PPPs) that may affect or influence the DPD and SEA/SA process.

International

• EC Council Directive on the Conservation of Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora
• EC Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds
• The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
• European Spatial Planning Perspective
• The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC)
• The Air Quality Directive Framework Directive (96/62/EC) and daughter directives
• Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
• Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

National

• Securing the Future – Delivering the UK Sustainable Development Strategy
• UK Climate Change Programme
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006
• UK Air Quality Strategy for England Wales and Northern Ireland
• The Historic Environment: A Force for our Future 2001.
• Streets for All – English Heritage
• A Biodiversity Strategy for England Working with the Grain of Nature
• PPS 1 Creating Sustainable Communities
• PPS Planning and Climate Change – Supplement to PPS 1
• PPS 3 Housing
• PPG 4 Industrial Commercial Development and Small Firms
• PPS 6 Planning for Town Centres
• PPS 9 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation
• PPS 10 Planning for Sustainable Waste management
• PPG 13 Transport
• PPG 15 Planning and the Historic Environment
• PPG 16 Planning and Archaeology
• PPG 17 Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation
• PPG 21 Tourism
• PPS 22 Renewable Energy
• PPS 23 Planning and Pollution Control
• PPG 24 Planning and Noise
• PPS 25 Development and Flood Risk

Regional 

• South East Regional Spatial Strategy – South East Plan RPG9- draft
• Integrated Regional Framework ‘A better quality if life in the South East’
• Sustainable communities in the South East
• Action for Biodiversity in the South East
• Seeing the Woods for the Trees – Regional Forestry Framework
• No time to waste – Regional waste management strategy
• Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies
• Harnessing the elements. Energy efficiency and renewable energy– regional planning guidance
• Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
• South East Regional Housing Strategy
• From Crisis to Cutting Edge – regional transport strategy
• Regional Economic Strategy
• Regional Tourism Strategy Destination South East – tourism and related sport and recreation
• Framework for Employment and Skills Action South East (FRESA)
• Sussex Learning & Skills Council Strategic Plan 2001-2006
• South East Region Social Inclusion Statement
• English Heritage Streets for all – South East Region

County (sub regional) 

• East Sussex & Brighton & Hove Structure Plan 1991-2011
• East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Waste Local Plan
• Health Improvement Plan
• Environment Agency – indicative flood risk mapping
• Environment Agency – Catchment flood management plans
• East Sussex Local Transport Plan (LTP2)
• East Sussex County Landscape Assessment
• Sussex Biodiversity Action Plan

Borough (local)

• Hastings Urban Nature Conservation Strategy
• Hastings and St Leonards Community Strategy
• Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
• Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy 2005-2008
• Health Improvement Plan
• Youthink: Hastings & St Leonards Youth Strategy 2004-2014 making Hastings a better place for all young people
• Local Air quality management – detailed assessment of air quality
• Housing Strategy 2004 – 2009
• Empty Homes Strategy
• Homelessness Strategy
• Hastings & St Leonards Cultural Strategy ‘A Town that’s Good to live in’
• Parks and Open Spaces Strategy Draft
• Air Quality Management Plan