Object

Representation ID: 18417

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: The Wright Trust

Number of people: 2

Agent: Johnson Mowat

Regarding sites BA2/H and BA6/H

The site-specific text summarises the Sustainability Appraisal assessment, which refers to the predicted effects of development. The scores against the objectives are identical for both sites.

Over half of the 17 objectives of these sites are given a positive score, these relate to climate change resilience, transport, housing, social cohesion, culture and leisure, health, education, employment and economy. The minor adverse effects relate to the range of natural environment themed objectives as a result of the proposed development taking place on greenfield and Green Belt land. A minor adverse effect is predicted against cultural heritage, which is discussed in detail below.

A major adverse effect is predicted against the biodiversity and geodiversity objective, which we consider is negatively scored. There are significant opportunities to improve ecological connectivity at the site as well as provide new Green Infrastructure and significant new open space and landscape features. Existing trees are proposed to be retained. The opportunities here are not reflected in the negative SA scoring against objective 6, and should be revisited.