Sustainability Appraisal of the Revised Proposed Submission Development Management Plan
3.0 Stage 1 - Initial Sustainability Assessment
About the Revised Submission Development Management Plan
3.1 The schedule of significant changes to the Development Management Plan is set out in full in Appendix D of the Revised Proposed Submission Development Management Plan. These changes address issues arising from previous consultations and where appropriate, are reflective of updated advice and guidance, as well as those resulting from an updated evidence base. They have been taken forward into the Revised Proposed Submission Development Management Plan, which is to be published for formal consultation before submission to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination.
The initial assessment
3.2 The initial assessment of these significant changes, which determines whether a full sustainability appraisal of the change is required, is set out in full in Appendix B of this report. The initial assessment focuses primarily on the outcome of the proposed change or new policy; and whether the proposed change has been subject to sustainability appraisal in the earlier Sustainability Appraisal Report (November 2012), or whether a new appraisal is required.
3.3 The initial assessment has not looked at appraising each of the new site policies in Section 3 of the Revised Proposed Development Management Plan, unless there has been a change to the site capacity, or a new site has been included. Rather, it has looked at the principle of having a site policy as opposed to the previous situation where only supporting text was included. Neither has the initial assessment or subsequent sustainability appraisal looked at changes to the Monitoring Framework, Appendices or Policies Map, as these changes are all reflective of changes to the Plan policies and supporting text, which have been included within the appraisal methodology.
3.4 The summary table below takes account of the initial assessment of sustainability implications and signposts which changes require further sustainability appraisal as a result (see Appendix B for full analysis).
|
SA Ref |
Site ref |
Summary of significant change |
Additional SA required? |
|---|---|---|---|
|
RSD/1 |
N/A |
Amendments to introductory text relating to process, consultation etc |
No |
|
RSD/2 |
N/A |
New policy LP1: Overall Approach and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/3 |
N/A |
Amendments to Policy DM1: Design Principles and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/4 |
N/A |
Amendments to Policy DM2: Telecommunications Technology and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/5 |
N/A |
Deletion of paragraph 2.19 (old reference) |
No |
|
RSD/6 |
N/A |
Amendments to policy DM3: General Amenity |
Yes |
|
RSD/7 |
N/A |
Updating of text in relation to new Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document |
No |
|
RSD/8 |
N/A |
Amendments to Policy DM4: General Access |
Yes |
|
RSD/9 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy DM5: Ground Conditions |
No |
|
RSD/10 |
N/A |
New paragraph highlighting importance of water quality, supporting policy DM6: Pollution and Hazards |
Yes |
|
RSD/11 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy DM6: Pollution and Hazards and supporting text |
No |
|
RSD/12 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy DM7: Water Resource Availability and supporting text |
No |
|
RSD/13 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy HC1: Conversion of Existing Dwellings and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/14 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy HC2: Residential Institutions and Halls of Residence and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/15 |
N/A |
Amendment to remove references to Conservation Area Consent due to changes in legislation |
No |
|
RSD/ 16 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy HN2: Changing Doors, Windows and Roofs in Conservation Areas and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/17 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy HN3: Demolition involving Heritage Assets and supporting text |
No |
|
RSD/18 |
N/A |
New heritage Policy HN6: Former Convent of Holy Jesus Child, Magdalen Road and supporting text (moved from site allocations section) |
No |
|
RSD/19 |
N/A |
Re-drafted policy HN7: Green Infrastructure in New Developments and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/20 |
N/A |
New Policy HN8: Biodiversity and Green Space and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/21 |
N/A |
New Policy HN9: Areas of Landscape Value and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/22 |
N/A |
Re-drafted policy HN10: Amenity Green Space and supporting text, which combines several policies from the earlier version of the Plan |
Yes |
|
RSD/23 |
N/A |
New paragraphs relating to street trading and markets in Economic Policies section |
Yes |
|
RSD/24 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy SA1: Hastings Town Centre Shopping Area |
No |
|
RSD/25 |
N/A |
New paragraphs relating to temporary flexible uses in shopping areas |
No |
|
RSD/26 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy SA2: Other Shopping Areas |
No |
|
RSD/27 |
N/A |
New paragraphs setting out factors that will be taken in to account in change of use applications in designated shopping areas |
No |
|
RSD/28 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy CC1: Caravan, Camping and Chalet sites and supporting text |
Yes |
|
RSD/29 |
N/A |
Amendment to Policy CQ1: Cultural Quarters |
No |
|
RSD/30 |
All |
New site policies for all sites in Site Allocations section |
No |
|
RSD/31 |
LRA10 |
New site at Land North of Downey Close |
Yes |
|
RSD/32 |
GH3 |
Amendment to site boundary at Spyways School, Gillsmans Hill |
No |
|
RSD/33 |
GH5 |
Amendment to site name – now Land at Redgeland Rise (Former Wishing Tree Nursery |
No |
|
RSD/34 |
Former GH7 |
Removal of site at Land South of 12-17 Catsfield Close |
No |
|
RSD/35 |
GH12 |
New site at 63 Wishing Tree Road North (Former Wishing Tree Public House) |
Yes |
|
RSD/36 |
GH13 |
New site at 133 Battle Road (Former Tivoli Tavern) |
Yes |
|
RSD/37 |
FB2 |
Potential site capacity at Former West St Leonards Primary School increased |
Yes |
|
RSD/38 |
FB6 |
Potential site capacity at Cinque Ports Way, Former Stamco Timber Yard and TA Centre decreased, and site boundary amended |
Yes |
|
RSD/39 |
Former FB11 |
Removal of site at St Ethelburga’s Church Hall |
No |
|
RSD/40 |
FB13 |
New site at Hastings Garden Centre, Bexhill Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/41 |
FB14 |
New site at Land north of 31 Fern Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/42 |
FB15 |
New site at Land north of 14 Fern Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/43 |
SH2 |
Site boundary amended at Osborne House, The Ridge |
No |
|
RSD/44 |
SH3 |
Potential site capacity at Hurst Court reduced, and site boundary amended |
Yes |
|
RSD/45 |
Former SH5 |
Removal of site at Rear of Linley Drive |
No |
|
RSD/46 |
Former SH6 |
Removal of site at 195 The Ridge |
No |
|
RSD/47 |
SH7 |
Potential site capacity at 191 The Ridge reduced |
Yes |
|
RSD/48 |
SAP4 |
Potential site capacity at 347-349 London Road reduced |
Yes |
|
RSD/49 |
Former SAP6 |
Removal of site at The Langham Hotel, 16 Elphinstone Road |
No |
|
RSD/50 |
SAP7 |
New site at Bilmore Corner, Battle Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/51 |
SAP8 |
New site at 4 Wykeham Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/52 |
MBL2 |
Amendment to site name – now 37 Charles Road West (Filsham Nurseries) |
No |
|
RSD/53 |
Former MBL6 |
Removal of site at 49-52 Caves Road |
No |
|
RSD/54 |
Former MBL7 |
Removal of site at 36-40 Caves Road |
No |
|
RSD/55 |
MBL8 |
New site at Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road |
Yes |
|
RSD/56 |
CLB3 |
Potential site capacity at Sorting Office, Kings Road increased |
Yes |
|
RSD/57 |
Former CLBX |
Move into Historic Environment Section (see RSD/18) |
No |
|
RSD/58 |
HTC1 |
Amendment to allocated use of site – now mixed residential |
No |
|
RSD/59 |
Former HTC5 |
Removal of site at 36 & 37 Wellington Square |
No |
|
RSD/60 |
HTC6 |
Site boundary amended at Priory Quarter |
No |
|
RSD/61 |
HOV4 |
Potential site capacity at The Cheviots/Cotswold close increased, and site boundary amended |
Yes |
|
RSD/62 |
HOV5 |
Potential site capacity at 87-221 (odds) Farley Bank reduced |
Yes |
|
RSD/63 |
HOV6 |
Potential site capacity at Ore Business Park, Farley Bank reduced |
Yes |
|
RSD/64 |
Former HOV8 |
Removal of site at 2-20 (evens) Fellows Road |
No |
|
RSD/65 |
Former HOV10 |
Removal of site at 5-15 (odds) Fellows Road |
No |
|
RSD/66 |
HOV11 |
Site boundary amended at Ivyhouse Lane, Nothern Extension |
No |
|
RSD/67 |
Former CVO6 |
Removal of site at Former Hare & Hounds, 391 Old London Road |
No |
Table 4: Summary of significant changes to Development Management Plan