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4.37 The Vision for Addlestone and the southern urban areas of the Borough is that it will see the majority of new growth over the early period of this plan. The town centre will provide a range of facilities for the needs of its residents and businesses, as well as for the surrounding areas and will take opportunities for improvement and regeneration presented by vacant sites and underutilised sites along Station Road and adjoining area. Existing infrastructure will need to be enhanced and supported to accommodate this redevelopment. Table 17 – LP03 Policy Options Considered Policy and Alternatives Considered Assessment ID. Policy/Alternative Policy Text Location Policy 3 (LP03) – Development in Addlestone This approach promotes Addlestone as an area for ‘new town centre development’ that will largely replicate the form and function of the existing town centre. LP03‐A1 LP03‐A2 No additional growth proposed, but responds to development schemes as they arise in the context of the approach to be taken to sustainable development as set out in the NPPF. Significant development to be promoted in Addlestone (using the base information that formed the early work on the Sustainable Community Strategy). In other areas, development schemes would be responded to as A1. 4.38 Three policy approaches have been considered: The approach in policy LP03 is to promote Addlestone as an area for ‘new town centre development’. This will see changes to the scale of development in the town centre; The approach suggested by alternative A1 is that no additional growth is planned growth is identified but the Council will respond to development as it arises and is considered to be a reactive approach; and, The approach in alternative A2 is to promote significant development to be promoted in Addlestone. This would see the focus of most additional development in the Borough to be focused in Addlestone and as such would become the lead centre. Location Policy 4 (LP04) – Development in Egham/Englefield Green Urban Area 4.39 There are a number of issues that are relevant to all the urban area policies. These have been captured in Box 2. 4.40 The vision for Egham/Englefield Green is to recognise the growth potential and links of the College with the town. The focus of the policy is to direct development to Egham town centre to secure long term viability and vitality. The town centre is expected to provide a range of facilities for the needs of its residents and businesses as well as for the surrounding areas and will take opportunities for improvement and regeneration. Existing infrastructure will need to be enhanced and supported to accommodate this redevelopment. The policy approach is considered to be a more ad hoc approach to development and is summarised in Table 18. Table 18 – LP04 Policy Options Considered Policy and Alternatives Considered Assessment ID. Policy/Alternative Policy Text Location Policy 4 (LP04) – Development in Egham and Englefield Green This approach makes specific reference to Royal Holloway UoL but it would act as a development control policy for the town centre in that any development coming forward will have to largely replicate the existing form and function of the existing town centre. LP04‐A1 No additional growth proposed, but responds to development schemes as they arise in the context of the approach to be taken to sustainable development as set out in the NPPF. Page | 54 Runnymede BC FINAL Sustainability Appraisal Report – Feb 2013
4.41 The approach in Policy LP04 acts as a development control policy for the town centre in that any development coming forward will have to largely replicate the existing form and function of the existing town centre. 4.42 Whereas the alternative approach is to not to promote planned growth but to respond to market driven demand. Location Policy 5 (LP05) – Royal Holloway UOL 4.43 Royal Holloway University of London brings educational, economic, and social benefits to the Borough, and one of the Council’s aspirations is therefore to retain RHUL in the Borough. However, in common with other higher education establishments, RHUL is under increased pressure to develop and grow. The University is committed to both enhancing its reputation and to maintaining its national position and Government Policy supports the University’s desire for the future growth of the college. The university is therefore developing a masterplan to allow the University to grow and maintain its position, making provision for additional floorspace for academic and research purposes, student residences and ancillary support purposes. 4.44 The University wish to remain on the campus but indicate that it is too constrained to accommodate their growth aspirations. The Council has always wished to retain the campus within the Borough and to accommodate growth where consistent with policy. It is therefore necessary to consider how we can develop a policy to reasonably accommodate the aspirations of the university and retain the institution in the Borough, whilst affording a level of control over future development. At present the site is occupied by College buildings and gardens and has a mixture of college uses. The main College campus includes the Grade I listed Founder’s Building 4.45 The Local Plan considered three policy options for Policy LP05 to deliver its objective and have been summarised in Table 19. The preferred policy is to allow the university to expand on the site whilst remaining in the Green Belt. Table 19 – LP05 Policy Options Considered Policy and Alternatives Considered Assessment ID. Policy/Alternative Policy Text Location Policy 5 (LP05) – Royal Holloway UoL This approach provides Royal Holloway UoL with a level of weight in order to relax the strict Green Belt policy to permit this education provider to meet a goal to accommodate 45% of its students on site LP05‐A1 Maintain the Green Belt designation and not allow the site to expand. LP05‐A2 Remove the site from the Green Belt and allow the site to expand. 4.46 Royal Holloway UOL Policy LP05 relies upon a ‘Master Plan’ coming forward in order to set the context of the future development requirements. It is reported to include the development of the playing field area to permit the accommodation of 45% of the total student population by 2031. LP02‐A1 maintains a strict green belt approach, whilst LP05 –A2 would remove the site from the green belt. Location Policy 6 (LP06) – Development in Chertsey Urban Area 4.47 Chertsey’s urban area has a wide ranging, diverse and complex character containing town centre uses and large areas of housing, as well as notable areas of commercial and light industrial areas, all of which contribute to the viability and vitality of the urban area. The Council has identified eight broad character areas in Chertsey as follows: the historic town centre core, which equates to the Conservation Area; a central area of open space; the Gogmore Lane commercial/industrial area; the former Chertsey Revitalisation Area in proximity to the centre and the station; the Hanworth Lane reserve housing site south of the railway line; an area of late C19 housing off Station Road; an area of predominantly post‐war housing to the west side of the urban area; and an area of housing of mixed period to the east side of the urban area. 4.48 Chertsey town centre is, in the main, a convenience and service centre. The lack of a significant comparison goods offer is not in itself a cause for concern, as a town’s vitality can be driven by several factors and a strong service and convenience goods offer can perform this function, so long as the needs of the town’s catchment in these regards are met. However, although the centre is both lively Page | 55 Runnymede BC FINAL Sustainability Appraisal Report – Feb 2013
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2013 DRAFT Sustainability Appraisal
Page 3 and 4: Draft Sustainability Appraisal Repo
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS List of Tables ...........
Page 7 and 8: SECTION 8. [ER04] WATER RESOURCES A
Page 9 and 10: Local Plan Policy Context Conclusio
Page 11 and 12: Table 59 - ER04 - Water Resource an
Page 13 and 14: Commenting on this SAR Report Pleas
Page 15 and 16: Glossary of terms TERM Baseline Dat
Page 17 and 18: Section 1. Section 1 Introduction t
Page 19 and 20: Section 16 Conclusions 1.17 This se
Page 21 and 22: Section 2. Legal and Statutory Requ
Page 23 and 24: effects on the environment of certa
Page 25 and 26: Box 1 ‐ Elements of an Environmen
Page 27 and 28: Table 2 - Assessment Chapter Compon
Page 29 and 30: Date Key stage in SA/SEA Effect on
Page 31 and 32: Section 3. Introduction Framework a
Page 33 and 34: 3.16 Monitoring reports will be aug
Page 35 and 36: Figure 4 - Compatibility between SA
Page 37 and 38: Table 6 - Meeting the requirements
Page 39 and 40: Environmental Receptor ER03 Land an
Page 41 and 42: the SEA. Each policy and its altern
Page 43 and 44: Table 10 - Additive and interactive
Page 45 and 46: 3.43 In terms of environment, asses
Page 47 and 48: Section 4. Assessment of RBC’s Lo
Page 49 and 50: LP Objective Strategic Policy Objec
Page 51 and 52: No. Policy LP04 Development in Egha
Page 53: Location Policy 2 (LP02) - Housing
Page 57 and 58: 4.56 Policy LP08 seeks to provide
Page 59 and 60: 4.73 To summarise, Policy SP03 prom
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Page 63 and 64: Policy and Alternatives Considered
Page 65 and 66: Section 5. Introduction [ER01] Natu
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Page 69 and 70: Sites of International Importance a
Page 71 and 72: SSSI Area (ha) Reason for designati
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Page 81 and 82: Cumulative Effects Assessment 5.100
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Page 97 and 98: Section 7. Introduction [ER03] Land
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Policy SP07: Thames Basin Heaths Sp
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Table 52 - Suggested Monitoring of
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Section 8. Introduction [ER04] Wate
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Local 8.11 Strategic Flood Risk Ass
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Figure 11 - Source Protection Zone
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8.32 An increase in population with
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the final development schemes. Ther
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encourages proposals that enhance t
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Cumulative Effects Assessment 8.87
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Section 9. Introduction [ER05] Air
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9.11 The Air Quality Strategy for E
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to 23 μg/m 3 in 2011 55 . It is as
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9.45 LP02 overall in the SA conside
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9.67 The overall conclusion of the
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Policy SP08: Employment Development
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and from ER06 Climate change. Syner
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The dispersion software used to mod
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not been approved yet and can be re
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Table 66 - Suggested Monitoring of
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11.8 The Directive requires buildin
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11.36 By the 2050s, it has been pro
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11.83 SP06 has a neutral effect on
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No. Policy Impact 66 Location Polic
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Suggested Monitoring Regime Table 7
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(MEW2). However, the impact is unce
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Policy SP06: Tourism, Recreation an
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Cumulative Effects Assessment 12.67
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Section 13. Introduction [ER08] Bui
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Runnymede Urban Area Character Appr
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14.74 SP06 has an adverse effect on
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15.11 Soil Strategy for England (20
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Policy SP01: Green Belt Areas 15.44
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16.14 Cumulative effects are consid
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covers the capacity to create oppor
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Provision of sustainable homes for
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16.70 Policy LP03 and its two alter
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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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the Core Strategy have identified s
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16.154 The overall conclusion in th
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16.173 The approach in LP07‐A1 is
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16.191 Alternative SP02 ‐ A1 does
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16.210 The overall conclusion of SE
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16.232 The overall conclusion of SA
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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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