Sustainability Appraisals will be used at every stage of the plan-making process in order to ensure that documents achieve sustainable development. 'Sustainable development' means development which meets the needs of today without compromising the needs of future generations. Sustainability Appraisals will assess the environmental, economic and social merits of each LDD.  An explanation of the stages involved in the SA process is set out below.

Stage A
The first stage of the Sustainability Appraisal for each LDD is the production of a Scoping Report. 

This report:

1. Details the baseline data for the District (i.e. the social, environmental and economic issues in the plan area);
2. Establishes a Sustainability Framework against which the issues and options of all the LDDs will be tested to verify their sustainability;
3. Decides the assessment methods to be used throughout the SA process; and
4. Sets out the structure and contents of the final SA Report, which will accompany the LDD when it is adopted. 

Stage B: SA of Issues and Options;
 
Stage C: SA of Preferred Options and preparation of draft SA Report; and 

Stage D: SA of Submission Document and preparation of final SA Report. 

The following links provide an overview of the SA Reports produced to date for each specific Local Development Framework document:

Core Strategy

Craven District Council commissioned Land Use Consultants to carry out a joint Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) of the Core Strategy Documents.

SA/SEA Non Technical Summary

SA Stage A: SA/SEA Volume 1 - Scoping Report  and SA/SEA Volume 1a - Scoping Report Appendices

SA Stage B: SA/SEA Volume 2 - Issues and Options

SA Stage C: SA/SEA Volume 3 - Final Report of Core Strategy Preferred Option and SA/SEA Volume 3a - Preferred Option Appendices

CONSULTATION EVENT - The Council will be seeking your views on the SA/SEA of the Core Strategy Preferred Option, presented as volumes 3 and 3a above, as part of the Core Strategy Preferred Option Consultation, running from 12th October to 23rd November 2007.  For further details and to get involved with this consultation event please click here.

SA Stage D: Submission SA Report of Core Strategy

Allocations DPD
SA Stage A: Allocations DPD Scoping Report

SA Stage B: SA Work in Conjunction with Issues and Options of Allocations DPD

SA Stage C: Final SA Report for Preferred Options of Allocations DPD

SA Stage D: Submission SA Report of Allocations DPD