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oad range of mitigation measures will be used, for example, provision of a car club or car share scheme; provision of electric charging points or biogas facilities; improvements to public transport fleet (low emission buses); agreements with service vehicles to achieve specified emissions standards. Development in Runnymede – Policy LP01 9.113 Redevelopment of former DERA site (1500 residential units) will constitute the largest development in Runnymede (one third of the total number of units). Large developments of over 100 units (other than DERA) will constitute another third of the total. The final third of all development will consist of applications for up to 100 residential units, of which 96% will be applications for up to 50 units (all data IDP): DERA development – 33% Other developments over 100 units – 33% Developments of 50‐100 units – 4% Developments of up to 50 units – 30% Development in Addlestone – Policy LP03 9.114 According to the IDP, 60% of the proposed developments in Addlestone are applications for medium‐size developments of above 100 units. The further 18% are applications for 11‐50 units and the remainder are expected be for small applications of below 10 units. 9.115 It is recommended that applications for larger developments are accompanied by the following assessments: Transport Assessment ‐ to provide details of transport impacts and identify traffic issues. Air Quality Assessment – to assess air quality impacts. Energy Assessment – to provide details of energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures. 9.116 The findings of the above assessment should be used to take a decision regarding appropriate mitigation / offsetting measures. Road layout (e.g. for the junction of the High Street and Station Road) and traffic management (e.g. traffic light optimisation) are examples of schemes aimed at improving traffic flows in the town centre and benefiting air quality. Larger developments could also be required to prioritise low‐emission vehicles for parking spaces/deliveries and contribute to cycling infrastructure (shelters, dedicated paths), public transport improvements and alternative fuel provision. Development in Chertsey – Policy LP06 9.117 Larger developments over 100 units have been proposed for Pretoria Road, Hanworth Lane and Franklands Drive in Addlestone. 9.118 Franklands Drive development has already commenced and the site is located out of the main town centre, at the south outskirts of Chertsey (Row Town). It can be expected that the new residents will commute on the M25, which may cause further delays at Junction 11 of the M25 – nearest to the development. 9.119 Future residents of both Pretoria Road and Hanworth Lane developments can be expected to commute on the A320 (to reach the M25), A317 and A318 to destinations in Woking, Weybridge and Byfleet. In an unlikely scenario where all new residents of Pretoria Road and Hanworth Lane developments (altogether 271 residential units) choose to commute on the A317, this would increase the existing traffic by approximately 3% i ,well below the significance threshold determined by the Highways Agency (Appendix 16, Table 2). 9.120 It is recommended that applications for larger developments are accompanied by Transport, Air Quality and Energy Assessments. The development at Pretoria Road already has a full planning permission. However, the Hanworth Lane development of 150 residential units has Page | 138 Runnymede BC FINAL Sustainability Appraisal Report – Feb 2013
not been approved yet and can be required to implement/contribute to suitable redesign, mitigation and offsetting measures. Development in Egham and Englefield Green – Policy LP04 9.121 About 50% of the proposed residential developments in Egham will consist of applications for less than 50 units. Two larger developments of over 100 units were already granted a planning permission– Wapshott Road a full planning permission and, very recently, Brunel University was granted an outline permission. 9.122 An application for a development of 90 residential units at Wick Road, Englefield Green, has been recently submitted. It is recommended that the developer carry out traffic and air quality assessments to determine traffic and air quality impacts on the A30 and the Egham By‐Pass and Runnymede roundabouts. Redevelopment of the former DERA site – Policy LP08 9.123 New development at the former DERA site will by far constitute the largest development in the Borough. An application for the development of the northern site has been recently submitted to the Council. The application is supported by Transport and Air Quality Assessments. Several points should be raised regarding the provided assessments. 9.124 The assessments demonstrated negligible transport and air quality impacts. This conclusion was reached after comparing the Proposed Development scenario (up to 76,970 sqm and up to 200 dwellings) with the already Consented Development scenario (approximately 90,000 sqm of office space with ancillary uses). The developer’s argument is that compared to the development that has already been consented, the Proposed Development will not produce additional traffic. Therefore, when compared to the Consented Development, the Proposed Development will have a neutral effect on air quality in respect of both human health and ecological receptors. 9.125 It is recommended that the developer resubmits the transport and air quality assessments, taking into account the fact that neither commercial nor residential development exists so far at the site. Therefore, the traffic baseline should not include either the permitted (but not yet built), or the proposed developments. 9.126 Another issue to be raised is that the developer has not considered the whole site (northern and southern part) in the assessment. Traffic and air quality impacts should be considered cumulatively and take account of the total number of residential units proposed for the whole site, which amounts to 1,500. 9.127 In addition, as nitrogen dioxide in Runnymede have not been reducing as predicted by national models, it is recommended that 2012 emission factors are used to determine air quality impacts of the development as a worse‐case scenario. Should the development be completed in 2020, nitrogen dioxide concentrations will be higher than when modelled for 2035. The developer has not considered the fact that (part or all of) the development might be completed earlier than 2035. Finally, given the sensitivity of the location, it is suggested that the significance criteria used to assess the magnitude of change in concentration for annual mean NO 2 and PM 10 should be more stringent than the ones adopted by EPUK 58 and used by the Developer in their Air Quality Assessment. 9.128 Regarding the Energy Statement prepared to support the application for the development of DERA’s northern site, the developer proposed to achieve compliance with Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and expressed commitment to exceed by at least 10% the carbon reductions mandated under Part L of the 2010 Building Regulations. It is also proposed to provide 10% of the of energy demand from renewable sources, with preference given to incineration and gas – fired Combined Heat and Power. 9.129 In response to this Energy Statement, it is recommended that the developer meets CSH Level 4 as CSH level 3 energy standard is already incorporated in the 2010 Building Regulations. Since level 4 of the Code will be required from 2013 under 2013 Building Regulations, it 58 EPUK (2010) Development Control: Planning For Air Quality (2010 Update) Page | 139 Runnymede BC FINAL Sustainability Appraisal Report – Feb 2013
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CONTENTS List of Tables ...........
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SECTION 8. [ER04] WATER RESOURCES A
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Local Plan Policy Context Conclusio
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Table 59 - ER04 - Water Resource an
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Commenting on this SAR Report Pleas
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Glossary of terms TERM Baseline Dat
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Section 1. Section 1 Introduction t
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Section 16 Conclusions 1.17 This se
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Section 2. Legal and Statutory Requ
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effects on the environment of certa
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Box 1 ‐ Elements of an Environmen
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Table 2 - Assessment Chapter Compon
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Date Key stage in SA/SEA Effect on
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Section 3. Introduction Framework a
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3.16 Monitoring reports will be aug
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Figure 4 - Compatibility between SA
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Table 6 - Meeting the requirements
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Environmental Receptor ER03 Land an
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the SEA. Each policy and its altern
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Table 10 - Additive and interactive
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3.43 In terms of environment, asses
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Section 4. Assessment of RBC’s Lo
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LP Objective Strategic Policy Objec
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No. Policy LP04 Development in Egha
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Location Policy 2 (LP02) - Housing
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4.41 The approach in Policy LP04 ac
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4.56 Policy LP08 seeks to provide
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4.73 To summarise, Policy SP03 prom
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4.90 However, the policy appears to
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Policy and Alternatives Considered
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Section 5. Introduction [ER01] Natu
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Protecting and enhancing valued lan
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Sites of International Importance a
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SSSI Area (ha) Reason for designati
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Evolution of Baseline in Absence of
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scenario) will have a similar impac
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5.63 LP07 overall in the SA conside
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Policy SP08 - Employment Developmen
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Cumulative Effects Assessment 5.100
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Section 6. Introduction [ER02] Welf
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European Nitrates Directive (1991)
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Provision of sustainable homes for
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of urban developments and supportin
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of their natural beauty). Runnymede
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SEA and SA Conclusion of the Local
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16.191 Alternative SP02 ‐ A1 does
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team saw a positive effect due in p
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Section 17. Data Used Data, Data Un
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Section 18. Plan Uncertainty and Ri
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Section 19. Monitoring 19.1 The SEA
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Section 20. Next Stages 20.1 A key
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