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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Local Development Plan2011 – 2026
Sustainability AppraisalAddendum
(September 2014)
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11.1 Introduction
11.2 Overview of Representations
32 Schedule of Sustainability Appraisal Representations
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1 Sustainability Appraisal of the Deposit LDP - Addendum1.1
Introduction
1.1.1 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council as Local Planning
Authority publishedits Deposit Local Development Plan (LDP)(1) for
the purposes of consultation in August2013.
1.1.2 In preparing LDPs Local Planning Authorities are required
to undertake aSustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Plan to assess
whether sustainability issues have beenadequately addressed. The SA
incorporates a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)and also
considers impacts on health, equalities and the Welsh Language as
part of thecoordinated appraisal.
1.1.3 The SA Report(2), along with full details of the
assessments undertaken, werepublished alongside the Deposit LDP in
August 2013. Comments were invited on thecontents of the report and
assessments as part of the wider public consultation exercise.
1.1.4 Following consideration of the representations received
and also new informationthat emerged following the Council's
decision to place the LDP on 'deposit', the Councilconsiders it
appropriate to recommend a number of 'focussed changes' to the
advertisedDeposit Plan. These changes were also assessed through
the SA process and thesefindings are set out in a separate
document(3).
1.1.5 This document is an addendum to the SA Report and should
therefore be read inconjunction with the main report and also the
SA of Proposed Focussed Changes. Thedocument sets out the comments
received along with the Council's response to the pointsraised.
1.1.6 It should be highlighted that this document only relates
to the representationsreceived in regard to the SA Report.
Responses to those comments received in regard tothe Deposit LDP
and Register of Alternative Sites respectively are dealt with in
the LDPConsultation Report(4).
1.2 Overview of Representations
1.2.1 Following consultation, the Council received a total of 34
representations, all ofwhich were submitted by Natural Resources
Wales (NRW).
1.2.2 Whilst a schedule of all representations received are set
out in the next section,the main points raised can be summarised as
follows:
1 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Deposit Local
Development Plan (August2013).
2 Sustainability Appraisal of the Deposit LDP - Main Report
(August 2013).3 Sustainability Appraisal of Proposed Focussed
Changes (September 2014).4 LDP Consultation Report - Volume 3:
Deposit Consultation (Regulation 17); and LDP
Consultation Report - Volume 4: Alternative Sites Consultation
(Regulation 20).
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The identified priority growth areas have constraints that will
need to be overcome,including flood risk, air quality and land
contamination in Port Talbot and flood risk inPontardawe;
Flooding issues have not been resolved for some sites, in
particular the HarboursideStrategic Regeneration Area and Rheola
allocations;
Information given about waste landfill capacity is out of
date;
Greater recognition should be given to the relevance of
accessible natural greenspaceto health and wellbeing;
It should be acknowledged that construction is also a
contributing factor in decliningair quality;
It would have been helpful to have had more specific information
about the protectionandmitigation policies and a list of
outstanding concerns not covered by these policies;and
Monitoring Indicators: detailed comments / suggestions for
additional indicators.
1.2.3 Broadly in respect of these representations, the Council
acknowledges that somechanges and additions would be appropriate to
update, clarify and correct the SA Report.Such changes to the SA
are not however considered to be fundamental in that they donot
affect the underlying methodology or approach taken or the detailed
assessmentsmade of the LDP proposals and policies. Consequently,
the representations received arenot considered to warrant any
reassessment of the LDP.
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hedu
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raisalRep
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Respo
nse
Rep
resentation
Paragrap
hRep
No.
Noted
.Th
eprioritygrow
tharea
siden
tifiedha
vesomeconstra
intsthat
willne
edto
beovercome,
fore
xampleflood
risk,airq
ualityan
dland
contam
inationwithinPort
Talbot
andflood
riskinPon
tardaw
e.
1.5.9
SA1
Noted
-the
paragrap
hsetsou
tthe
intention
behind
Stra
tegicReg
enerationAreas
only.
Weha
vemajor
concerns
inrelationtotheStra
tegicReg
enerationAreaiden
tified
atHarbo
urside
(PortTalbo
t)du
eto
thepo
tentialdetrim
entto3rdpa
rties
asa
resultof
flood
water
displacemen
t.
1.5.20
SA2
Noted
-amen
dmen
ttothepa
ragrap
hwou
ldbe
approp
riate
toindicate
that
concerns
abou
tflood
ingremainon
somesites.
Thispa
ragrap
hstates
that
'...th
eeffectsof
ach
anging
clim
ate(fo
rexa
mple,
flood
risk)
have
been
take
ninto
acco
unta
sfara
spo
ssible
inallthe
Planalloca
tions
andpo
licies'.F
lood
riskha
sno
tbee
nfully
quan
tifiedfors
omesites,fore
xample
Harbo
urside
andRhe
ola.
1.5.24
SA3
Noted
.NaturalResou
rces
Wales
welcomes
thisreferenceto
theHab
itatsReg
ulations
App
raisal.P
leaseno
tethat
wewillbe
providingasepa
rate
respon
seto
this
consultation.
2.5
SA4
Noted
.In
relationto
restrictingde
velopm
ent'with
inarea
sthat
pose
aflo
odris
kthat
cann
otbe
mitiga
tedag
ains
t'-d
oesthismea
nthat
theAutho
ritywillallow
developm
entw
ithinZo
neC,a
slong
asmitiga
tioncanbe
implem
ented?
We
wou
ldrefery
outo
the'justificationtest'tha
tsho
uldbe
appliedto
conform
with
TAN15
(July20
04).
3.0.23
SA5
Noted
-add
ition
alinform
ationno
tcurrently
available.
Itwou
ldbe
helpfultoha
veatim
escaleforthe
fullelectrificationof
themainline
railw
ayto
Lond
on,a
swellasaqu
antificationof
howthismight
resultin
'asign
ifica
ntim
prov
emen
tinem
ission
s'.
5.1.12
SA6
Noted
-upd
ates
tothepa
ragrap
hwou
ldbe
approp
riate
torefertothe'Collections,
Infra
structurean
dMarketsSectorP
lan'an
d
With
rega
rdto
non-ha
zardou
swaste
land
fillcap
acity,w
earealread
yat
theen
dof
2013
.Wha
tfacilitiesareinplaceto
man
ageno
n-ha
zardou
swaste
from
now
onwards?
5.1.35
SA7
inform
ationinthe'W
aste
TopicPap
er'sho
wing
that
theremaining
land
fillvoidspa
ceat
the
Pwllfaw
atkinland
fillfacilityinNea
thPortTalbo
teq
uatesto
19.65years.
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Noted
.Pleaseno
tethat
theFo
restry
Com
mission
isno
wpa
rtof
NaturalResou
rces
Wales.
5.1.46
SA8
Noted
.Weareplea
sedto
note
that
habitatfragm
entationha
sbe
eniden
tifiedas
akey
issuean
dwelcomethede
tailedconn
ectivity
map
sprod
uced
bytheAutho
rity.
Plea
seno
tethatfunctions
ofCou
ntryside
Cou
ncilfor
Wales
have
nowtra
nsferre
dto
NaturalResou
rces
Wales.
5.1.50
SA9
Noted
.Pleaseno
tethat
therelevant
functions
ofEnviro
nmen
tAge
ncyWales
have
now
transferred
toNaturalResou
rces
Wales.
Table5.1.2
SA10
Noted
-add
ition
alinform
ationab
outaccessible
naturalgreen
spacewou
ldbe
approp
riateinthis
section.
Noinform
ationisprovided
onthevitallinks
betwee
nthena
turalenviro
nmen
tan
dhu
man
healthan
dwellbeing
.Asraised
inCCW'srespon
setotheSAInterim
Rep
ort(da
tedOctob
er20
11),wewou
lden
courag
erecogn
ition
here
ofthe
5.1.96
SA11
impo
rtanceof
accessiblena
turalgreen
spaceto
thistopicarea
,buildingon
work
that
theAutho
rityha
sun
derta
kenusingCCW's(now
NaturalResou
rces
Wales')
Green
spacetoolkit.
Noted
.NaturalResou
rces
Wales
isplea
sedto
note
that
ourrecom
men
dedlifetimeof
developm
enthas
been
incorporated
andwetru
stthatthiswillbe
adop
tedforthe
Dep
ositPlan.
Pleaseno
tethat
theEnviro
nmen
tAge
ncyha
veno
wtra
nsferred
toNaturalResou
rces
Wales.
5.2.5
SA12
Noted
.Wesharethe'significan
tcon
cern'expressed
abou
tthe
continuing
loss
ofbiod
iversitythroug
hde
velopm
enta
ndtherecogn
ition
that
thisiscontrary
toEurop
eanan
dna
tiona
lpolicy.Th
ePlanmuste
nsurethat
mea
suresareinplace
toha
lt,or
asaminimum
redu
ce,thisloss.
5.2.16
SA13
Noted
-itw
ouldbe
approp
riate
toad
dconstru
ctionto
thepa
ragrap
h.Con
structionitselfisalso
acontrib
utingfactor
inthede
clineof
airq
ualityan
dshou
ldbe
acknow
ledg
ed.
5.2.19
SA14
Thesectionrelatesto
curren
tide
ntified
prob
lemsrather
than
newprop
osals.
Wewou
ldliketo
seeacknow
ledg
emen
therethat
someof
theiden
tifiedkey
developm
entsitesareat
riskof
flood
ing-for
exam
pleHarbo
urside
.5.3.1
SA15
Thepa
ragrap
hisconsidered
toreflectthe
guidan
ceinTA
N15
correctly.
Itshou
ldbe
notedthatTA
N15
indicatesthatthereshou
ldbe
no'highlyvulnerab
le'
developm
entw
ithinZo
neC(bothC1an
dC2).
5.3.3
SA16
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Itisno
tthe
roleof
theSAto
prom
otepa
rticular
sites.
Thissectionshou
ldprom
otetherede
velopm
ento
fbrownfieldsites,no
tjust
high
lightthefinan
cialimplications
ofremed
iation.Th
esecostscouldbe
obtained
viade
velopm
entcon
tribu
tions.
5.3.8
SA17
Noted
-the
paragrap
hisconsidered
tobe
areason
ablesummaryof
theexistingsituation.
Develop
men
titself(constru
ctionetc.)h
asthepo
tentialtomakeasign
ificant
contrib
utionto
airq
ualityissues.O
ther
form
sof
pollution,
such
astheimpa
cton
controlledwaters,canbe
grea
tlyinfluen
cedby
developm
ent.
5.4.10
SA18
Noted
.Wewelcometheam
endm
entsto
thevision
,asaresultof
SAap
praisal,that
has
resultedingrea
tere
mph
asison
protectionan
den
hancem
entofthe
naturalbea
uty
anden
vironm
entalimpo
rtanceof
thewaterfro
ntan
dcoastalcorrid
or.
7.2.2
SA19
Noted
.Wewelcomean
dsupp
ortthe
mainpo
intsiden
tifiedas
aresultof
theap
praisal
oftheLD
Pob
jectives.A
shigh
lighted
elsewhe
reinthisrespon
se,w
eare
particularly
concerne
dab
outd
evelop
men
thavingthepo
tentialtoconflictw
iththeob
jectiveto
haltne
tlossof
biod
iversity.
7.3.4
SA20
Thean
alysisrelatesto
thebroa
deffectsof
the
high
levelgrowth
options:con
side
rationof
mitiga
tionpo
liciesiscoveredintherelevant
sections
oftherepo
rt.
Weag
reewith
thefinding
thatthehigh
erlevelofgrowthchosen
scores
relatively
badlyinrelationto
theen
vironm
entalobjectives
withintheSAFram
ework.
Whilewewelcometheiden
tificationof
nega
tiveeffectsiden
tifiedas
aresultof
theap
praisal,itwou
ldbe
helpfultolinkthistospecificmitiga
tionmea
sures/po
licies
putinplaceto
redu
cead
verseeffects.Asitstan
ds,d
etailabo
utmitiga
tionis
7.4.1.4
SA21
vagu
e-for
exam
pleforlan
dscape
,the
Rep
ortcurrentlyread
s'...th
eim
pactsof
high
ergrow
thon
thisob
jectivewillde
pend
onmea
surestake
nto
redu
cead
verse
effects'.W
hata
rethesemea
sures?
TheSAraises
concerns
inrelationto
flood
ing
intheHarbo
urside
area
.The
detailedissues
relatingto
effectson
third
parties
willde
pend
onthefinalform
ofthede
velopm
entw
hich
isno
tset
outinthePlanallocation.
Theeffectsthat
thispo
tentialdevelop
men
tmight
have
onthird
party
land
and
prop
ertiesisno
tackno
wledg
ed.T
heincrea
seinflood
ingto
existingprop
erties
iden
tifiedwithintheStrategicFloo
dCon
sequ
encesAs
sessmen
tisno
taccep
table,
butthisdo
esno
tapp
eartoha
vebe
enrecogn
ised
withinthepo
licy.
7.5.2.6
SA22
Weag
reethatthearea
sliabletoflood
ingshou
ldbe
avoide
d.How
ever,thisdo
esno
tapp
eartoha
vebe
entra
nslatedintotherege
nerationprop
osalforH
arbo
urside
,which
places
reside
ntialdevelop
men
twithinthearea
offlood
risk.
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.Glana
fanCom
preh
ensive
Schoo
l-theriskof
flood
ingwillne
edto
beassessed
intheform
ofaFloo
dCon
sequ
encesAssessm
ent.
7.5.2.8
SA23
Noted
.Con
cernswith
rega
rdto
flood
riskha
vebe
enno
tedinthissectionan
dare
iden
tifiedintheSAassessmen
tfinding
s.Th
eflood
riskha
syettobe
fully
quan
tified.
7.5.2.10
SA24
Noted
-itisconsidered
that
thepa
ragrap
hreflectsthesituationinrelationtothesiteslisted.
Wewou
ldag
reethat
area
sof
flood
riskshou
ldbe
exclud
edfro
mde
velopm
ent.
TheSFC
A,how
ever,advises
thattherewillbe
third
party
detrimen
tifsom
earea
sarede
velope
d,fore
xampleHarbo
urside
.Thisisno
taccep
tablean
discontrary
toTA
N15
.
7.5.3.4
SA25
Noted
.Th
eassessmen
tfinding
sforthispo
licyag
ainstS
AObjective7(Hea
lthan
dWellbeing
)state
that
providinga'...goo
dstan
dard
ofop
enan
dgree
nsp
ace'will
have
positiveeffectson
health
andwellbeing
.
7.5.3.40
SA26
NaturalResou
rces
Wales
accessiblena
turalgreen
spacetoolkitrecom
men
dsthat
noon
eshou
ldlivemorethan
300metresfro
mtheirn
earestna
tural
gree
nspa
ce.W
ewou
lden
courag
etheAutho
rityto
usethetoolkit(an
dwork
alread
yun
derta
kenintheCou
ntyon
gree
nspa
ceprovision)
toinform
future
gree
nspa
ceprovisionan
den
hancem
ent.
Com
men
trelates
totheconten
tofthe
LDP.
Con
cernswith
rega
rdto
flood
riskareiden
tifiedintheSAassessmen
tfinding
s.Th
eflood
riskat
thissite
hasyettobe
fully
quan
tified.
Thispo
licyshou
ldmake
itclea
rtha
tany
developm
entw
illne
edto
complywith
environm
entalprotection
policies,includ
ingflood
risk.
7.5.3.54
SA27
Noted
.Pleaseno
teou
rcom
men
tsea
rlier
inthisrespon
sethat,for
somesites,flood
risk
hasyettobe
fully
quan
tified.
7.6.2
SA28
Noted
.Weareen
courag
edto
seethat
theiterativeap
proa
chto
theSAprocessha
sresultedinpo
liciesbe
ingincorporated
into
theLD
Pto
addresssomeof
the
concerns
raised
abou
tadverse
effects.
7.6.10
SA29
Toaidtra
nspa
rencywithintheSAprocess,itwou
ldha
vebe
enhe
lpfultoha
veha
dmorespecificinform
ationab
outthe
se'protectionan
dmitiga
tion'po
licies-
fore
xample,
which
adverseeffectsthesepo
liciesareintend
edto
address.
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Wealso
note
thestatem
enttha
tpoliciesha
vebe
enincorporated
that
address
'som
eof
theconcerns
raised
'.Itwou
ldbe
helpfultoha
vealisto
foutstan
ding
concerns
notcovered
bytheprotectionan
dmitiga
tionpo
licies,so
thatthesecan
berecogn
ised
and/or
addressedby
othe
rmea
nsas
theLD
P/SAprocess
continue
s.
Noted
.Wewelcomethestatem
enttha
tanu
mbe
rofsitesha
vebe
enam
ende
dor
omitted
from
thePlaninorde
rtoavoidha
ving
unacceptab
leeffectson
biod
iversity.
7.6.5
SA30
Noted
-itisacknow
ledg
edthat
inform
ation
abou
tflood
ingisno
tyet
complete,
andwhe
rerelevant
theSAraises
concerns
abou
tflood
Ascoveredthroug
hout
thisrespon
se,itsho
uldbe
notedthat
thereareseveral
policies/a
llocations
whe
reinform
ationab
outflood
ingisno
tyet
completean
dde
velopm
entisprop
osed
fora
reas
offlood
risk.
9.0.5
SA31
risk.Fu
lldetailsofprop
osed
developm
entsan
dthereforefullde
tails
oftheflood
conseq
uences
willno
tbeavailableun
tilthede
tailedplan
ning
applicationstag
e.
Noted
.Weno
tewith
concernthat
theSustainab
ilityApp
raisaliden
tifiesthat
theDep
osit
Planprop
osalsmay
resultinapo
tentialincreaseintheloss
ofbiod
iversitythat
cann
otbe
easilymitiga
tedor
compe
nsated
for.Th
emea
suresspecified
here,
includ
ingPolicyEN6,
willbe
vitalincrea
tingafra
mew
orkthat
protectsan
den
hances
biod
iversity.
9.0.10
SA32
Noted
.NaturalResou
rces
Wales
isplea
sedto
note
that
itha
sbe
enacknow
ledg
edthat
focusing
developm
enta
long
thecoastalcorrid
orcouldlead
tocompo
unding
air
quality
issues
withinPortTalbo
t.
9.0.16
SA33
Objective1A
(Clim
ateCha
nge):Ind
icator
1is
aou
tput
indicatoride
ntified
intheLD
PMan
ual
andisconsidered
tobe
approp
riate.
Objec
tive1A
(Clim
ateCha
nge)
-for
indicator(1),a
clea
rerind
icator
might
be'Develop
men
tpermitted
inZo
neCcontrary
tothead
vice
ofNaturalResou
rces
Wales'.
10SA34
Objective2B
(Resou
rces
andWaste):itis
considered
thatthemon
itorin
gofwater
resource
availabilityan
dqu
ality
isthedo
mainof
othe
r
Objec
tive2B
(Resou
rces
andWaste)-
wewou
ldliketo
seeinclusionof
anindicatorrelatingto
availabilityof
water;w
ater
quality/con
ditionof
water
bodies
(linked
toWater
Fram
eworkDire
ctive).
agen
cies
andiden
tifying
specificSAmon
itorin
gindicators
toad
dressthisissuewou
ldno
tbe
approp
riate
orachievab
le.
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hRep
No.
Objec
tive3B
(Biodiversity)-
wesugg
estincluding
anindicatorc
oncerned
with
ecolog
icalconn
ectivity,for
exam
plelinking
totheAutho
rity's'NaturalNetworks'
project.
Objective3B
(Biodiversity):itisun
clea
rhow
ecolog
icalconn
ectivity
couldbe
mea
sured
effectivelyform
onitorin
gpu
rposes.
Objective7A
(Hea
lthan
dWellbeing
):itis
considered
that
thispo
intisad
equa
tely
addressedby
thesubseq
uentob
jective'The
net
chan
ge,typean
dspatialdistribu
tionof
open
spaceprovision'.
Objec
tive7A
(Hea
lthan
dWellbeing
)-wesugg
esttha
tthe
indicator'Th
eprovision
ofpu
blicrealm
improvem
ents'nee
dsto
bemad
emorespecific,targeted
and
mea
surable.Wewou
ldwelcometheuseofNaturalResou
rces
Wales'green
space
toolkitinorde
rtoseta
nindicatorfor
accessiblena
turalgreen
spaceprovision.
2 . Schedule of Sustainability Appraisal Representations
Sustainability
Appraisalofthe
DepositLD
P-A
ddendum(Septem
ber2014)
8
-
www.npt.gov.uk/ldp
Local Development Plan
Cynllun Datblygu Lleol
September 2014ENVT1563
1 Sustainability Appraisal of the Deposit LDP - Addendum1.1
Introduction1.2 Overview of Representations
2 Schedule of Sustainability Appraisal Representations
