We are required by law to undertake a number of assessments at all stages throughout the plan making process. These assessments have been done as an Integrated Impact Assessment which will include a Sustainability Assessment (SA), a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA), a Health Impacts Assessment (HIA) and an Equalities Assessment (EqA). These assessments are necessary to ensure that the plan doesn’t adversely impact on these areas of interest.

The IIA for the Main Modifications can be found here. ^{(pdf, 982kb)}

The IIA for the further Main Modifications can be found here. ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}

The HRA is a document which is an assessment of the impact of the plan on protected animal species and where they live.  The aim is to keep any harm to an absolute minimum and, if we cannot avoid it, then to do something to compensate for it.  The HRA fed into and was used as a tool throughout the development of the Local Plan.

The HRA for the Main Modifications can be found here. ^{(pdf, 568kb)}

The HRA for the further Main Modifications can be found here. ^{(pdf, 173kb)}

All of the IIA and HRA documents can be found in the Local Plan Library