DRAFT Sustainability Appraisal Report for the Emerging Local Plan ...

appropriate for the CEA to go any further. To do so would be to place a disproportionate
burden on the Council.
Mitigation/Enhancement Recommendations
8.91 No specified mitigation/enhancement has been suggested.
Suggested Monitoring Regime
Table 59 ‐ Suggested Monitoring of Impacts and Effects of the LP on ER04
Indicator to be
monitored
Frequency
of data
collection
When should
remedial action
be taken?
What remedial action should
be taken?
Population within
water resource zones
that are in deficit
(LSF Indicator)
Rivers of good
chemical and
biological water
quality (LSF Indicator)
Compliance with EC
Bathing Waters
Directive (LSF
Indicator)
Annual
When a planning
application is
submitted.
When annual review of
inland water quality
shows results below
‘good’ water quality
standard.
When annual review of
bathing water quality
shows unsatisfactory
results.
Appropriate water conservation
measures will need to be considered.
Promote development, which meets
Code for Sustainable Homes Levels 3, 4,
and 5 and commercial buildings meeting
BREEAM ‘very good standard’.
Would be specific to the identified cause.
Would be specific to the identified cause.
Per Capita
Consumption of
Water (LSF Indicator)
When annual review of
water consumption
shows unsatisfactory
results.
Promote water conservation measures
and development, which meets Code for
Sustainable Homes Levels 3, 4, and 5 and
commercial buildings meeting BREEAM
‘very good standard’.
Number of new
developments
utilising SuDs and/or
water efficiency
measures to
minimise water
consumption
When annual review of
water consumption
shows unsatisfactory
results.
Promote water conservation measures
and development, which meets Code for
Sustainable Homes Levels 3, 4, and 5 and
commercial buildings meeting BREEAM
‘very good standard’.
Properties at risk of
flooding (LSF
Indicator)
When a planning
application is
submitted.
At the planning application stage, a Flood
Risk Assessment (FRA) will be required
for development proposals of 1 hectare
or greater in Flood Zone 1 and all
proposals for new development located
in Flood Zones 2 and 3. Assessment of
surface water, drainage, and residual risk
will be required as part of a FRA.
New developments will be encouraged to
use Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs)
to manage runoff and reduce flood risk.
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