To ensure that policies and proposals in the Local Development Framework (LDF) contribute to sustainable development, each document produced for the LDF will be subject to a Sustainability Appraisal (SA), incorporating the requirements of the EU Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

Current Consultation

City Centre Area Action Plan

We are currently consulting on the City Centre Area Action Plan (CCAAP) Issues and Options document until 22nd September 2008. To accompany the CCAAP we have produced a Sustainability Statement, which provides a sustainability commentary to all the options put forward in the main document. If you would like to comment on the CCAAP and/or the Sustainability Statement please view the City Centre Area Action Plan webpage for a response form. A copy of the Sustainability Statement can be downloaded below. Please go to the City Centre Area Action Plan webpage to view the main document.

• City Centre Area Action Plan Sustainbility Statement

The statement uses the sustainability framewoirk set out in the City Centre Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report. More information about this document can be found in item 4 on this webpage.

Existing Sustainbility Appraisal Documents

1. Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal

The first stage of the Sustainability Appraisal process is to appraise the Issues and Options which are set out in the council's Core Strategy document. A full Sustainability Appraisal will accompany the Preferred Options Stage (view Local Development Framework – Core Strategy for more information on the next steps).

The Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report sets out the objectives and indicators which provide the framework for the Sustainability Appraisal. You can download a copy of Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report below.

The Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 document produced in Summer 2007 took into consideration comments made on the initial Issues and Options document. Consultation was held on the Issues and Options 2 between September and October 2007. A Sustainability Statement was produced to accompany this consultation, a copy of which can be downloaded below.

• Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 1
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 2
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 3
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 4
• Core Strategy SA Scoping Report Annex 5
  
• Core Strategy Issues an Options Sustainability Statement (June 2006)
• Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 Sustainability Statement (September 2007)

View more information on the Local Development Core Strategy

2. Key Allocations DPD Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Scoping Report for the Sustainability Appraisal for the Draft Key Allocations Issues & Options DPD sets out the key issues and the methodology to be considered in the SA and how these have been derived.  The completed Key Allocations DPD will set out all the sites which have been specifically identified for development in order to meet the Council's vision and objectives and the strategic policies of the Core Strategy. The Initial Sustainability Assessment which asccompanied the Issues and Options Call for sites (May 2008) is also available to download below

You can download a copy of the Key Allocations DPD SA Scoping Report anmd the Initial sustainability Assessment below:

• Key Allocations DPD Scoping Report
  
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 1
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 1
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 2
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 3
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 4
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 5
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 6
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 7a
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 7b
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 8
• Key Allocation Initial Sustainability Assessment Annex 2 map 9

View more information on the Key Allocations DPD.

3. York Northwest Area Action Plan

The York Northwest Area Action Plan (AAP) debates the key issues and opportunities relating the York Northwest area.

Consultation on the Issues and Options report ran for ten weeks between the 5th November 2007 and 14th January 2008. You can download a copy of the Issues and Options sustainability Statement that accompanied this consultation and the York Northwest AAP SA Scoping Report below:

• York Northwest AAP Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
  
• York Northwest AAP Sustainability Statement (November 2007)

View more information on the York Northwest Area Action Plan.

4. City Centre Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The City Centre Area Action Plan SA Scoping Report sets out the objectives and indicators, which will provide the framework for the sustainability appraisal. View more information on the City Centre Centre Area Action Plan.

Consultation on this scoping report ran until the 23rd May 2008. The final Scoping Report can be downloaded below:

• CCAAP SA Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 1
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 2
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 3
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 4
• CCAAP SA Scoping Report Annex 5