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LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping5 . Scoping the Core Strategy specific “Policies”AMBITION 9 – “Building a prosperous and sustainablelocal economy” may play a major role in future planningproposals for mineral extraction.3.Do the policies reduce healthinequalities?4.What resources are availableto carry out a full HIA?Further commentsCSP 39 Contaminated LandIt is difficult at this stage to clearly establish the healthimplications of this policy and therefore a more detailedassessment is proposed into specific sites.At present only limited resources are available.-AMBERREDCriteria1.Will the policies impact onhealth of the variouscommunities?Potential Health BenefitsAlthough health is not specifically mentioned in the policy,it clearly illustrates the need to consider the healthimplications for contaminated land when redevelopmentproposals are put forward.More detail of this policie's possible health implicationswill be found in a Supplementary Planning Documentwhich will be prepared in the near future. It is proposedthat a future scoping exercise is carried out on the.Supplementary Planning document.AssessmentAMBER2.Do the polices contribute to theambitions of the communitystrategy?This again contributes towards:AMBITION 1 of the SCS – Our communities are attractive,clean and sustainable places to live and the policy alsocontributes towards:AMBITION 1 of the SCS – Our communities are attractive,clean and sustainable places to liveGREEN3.Do the policies reduce healthinequalities?By ensuring users or occupiers of contaminated land takeaccount of the health implications of their developmentproposals, this policy will ensure that the current healthof the local population is taken into account. In areas ofparticularly poor health the impact on health inequalitiescould be significant. However, more detail about how thepolicy will consider the present health inequalities of thelocal community will be required in the forthcomingSupplementary Planning document. As with CSP 36 ToAMBER47
LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping5 . Scoping the Core Strategy specific “Policies”ascertain the benefits to health and the Public HealthDirectorate should be consulted on the draftSupplementary Planning document prior to publication.4.What resources are availableto carry out a full HIA?Further commentsAt present only limited resources are available.-REDCSP 40 Pollution Control and ProtectionCriteria1.Will the policies impact onhealth of the variouscommunities?2.Do the polices contribute to theambitions of the communitystrategy?Potential Health BenefitsThe policy complements the following policy regarding airquality and as a result is likely to benefit local communitiesin health terms this is likely to benefit the by helping toreduce the number of hospital admissions and GP referralsfor respiratory illness. This policy will control and mitigatepotential sources of pollution in the future. However, thispolicy will require careful monitoring.This again contributes towards:AMBITION 1 of the SCS – Our communities are attractive,clean and sustainable places to liveAssessmentAMBERGREEN3.Do the policies reduce healthinequalities?4.What resources are availableto carry out a full HIA?Further commentsAs areas of poor Air Quality, noise and smell tend to focusaround the major routes into and out of the town centreswhere less affluent members of the population resides.Consequently restricting development based on this policyis likely to help reduce heath inequalities.At present only limited resources are available.-AMBERREDCSP 41 Development in Air Quality Management AreasCriteria1. Will the policies impact onhealth of the variouscommunities?Potential Health BenefitsPolicies which improve local air quality in the borough,which currently has six Air Quality Management Areas(AQMA), are to be welcomed. The benefits to health oflower levels of traffic pollution are well documented andcould contribute towards a lower level of hospitalAssessmentGREEN48
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