Sustainability Appraisal

There is an international and national commitment to achieving sustainable development and this has been incorporated into laws, guidance and advice.

 

As economic, social and environmental needs are often conflicting, it can sometimes be hard to balance all these issues.

 

In response the government has set out a requirement for a Sustainability Appraisal of emerging Local Development Framework documents to ensure that this balance of issues is achieved as far as possible.

 

A set of sustainability objectives and indicators have been devised which aim to ensure that the sustainability of the Borough is improved. These objectives and indicators are set out and explained in the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report below.