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Sustainability Appraisal of the South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller DPDIssues and Options Report 2: Site Options and Policies Initial SA Report Prepared for South Cambridgeshire District Council June 2009

South Cambridgeshire District Council Sustainability Appraisal of the South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller DPD Issues and Options 2

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Revision Schedule

Sustainability Appraisal of the South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller DPD Issues and Options 2 – Initial SA Report June 2009

Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by

01 June 2009 Draft report for consultation

Mark Fessey Environmental Consultant

Steve Smith Associate

Jeremy Richardson Technical Director


Table of Contents

Non-Technical Summary................................................................................ i1 Introduction......................................................................................... 11.1 The South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller DPD..................................................... 11.2 This SA Report ................................................................................................................. 11.3 Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment.................................. 11.4 Report structure................................................................................................................ 31.5 Meeting the requirements of the SEA Directive................................................................ 4

2 Stage A............................................................................................... 62.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 62.2 The sustainability context (A1) ......................................................................................... 62.3 The sustainability baseline (A2) ....................................................................................... 92.4 Sustainability Issues (A3) ............................................................................................... 102.5 SA objectives (A4).......................................................................................................... 13

3 Stage B............................................................................................. 183.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 183.2 Testing the DPD Objectives (B1) ................................................................................... 183.3 Developing the Options (B2) .......................................................................................... 213.4 Predicting and evaluation the effects (B3 & B4) ............................................................. 243.5 Summary of assessment findings .................................................................................. 383.6 Monitoring (B5)............................................................................................................... 39

4 What happens next? ........................................................................ 40

Annexes

Annex I: Plan Vision Assessment Table Annex II: Plan Objectives Assessment Table Annex III: Site Assessment Tables Annex IV: Policy Assessment Tables


List of Figures

Figure 1.1: Five stage SA process. .................................................................................................................2

List of Tables

Table 1.1: SEA Directive requirements checklist ............................................................................................4Table 2.1: Extracts from the sustainability context review ..............................................................................7Table 2.3: Unauthorised Gypsy & Traveller Caravans in South Cambridgeshire ...........................................9Table 2.4: Pitch and Plot Provision in South Cambridgeshire at 31 March 2009 ........................................ 10Table 2.5: Gypsy & Traveller Pitches and Travelling Showpeople Plots Granted Planning Permission or

Allowed on Appeal between 1 January 2006 and 31 March 2009........................................................ 10Table 2.6 Summaries of South Cambridgeshire District Council Gypsy and Traveller DPD additional

Sustainability Issues.............................................................................................................................. 11Table 2.7: The SA framework....................................................................................................................... 14Table 3.1: Assessment of the draft vision .................................................................................................... 19Table 3.2: Assessment of the draft objectives.............................................................................................. 20Table 3.3: Gypsy and Traveller site options ................................................................................................. 22Table 3.4: Transit site option ........................................................................................................................ 23Table 3.5: Travelling Showpeople site option............................................................................................... 23Table 3.6: Policy options .............................................................................................................................. 23Table 3.7: Assessment scoring definitions ................................................................................................... 24Table 3.8: Options appraisal summary table............................................................................................... 26Table 3.9: Site 1 – Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road, Milton .................................................................... 29Table 3.10: Site 2 – Plots 1, 3 & 5 Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road, Milton............................................ 29Table 3.11: Site 3 – Cambridge East ........................................................................................................... 29Table 3.12: Site 4 – North West Cambridge – Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road............. 29Table 3.13: Site 5 – North West Cambridge – Land between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road

(University Site) ..................................................................................................................................... 29Table 3.14: Site 6 - Northstowe.................................................................................................................... 30Table 3.15: Site 7 - Cambourne ................................................................................................................... 30Table 3.16: Site 8 – Ida Darwin Hospital Fulbourn....................................................................................... 30Table 3.17: Site 9 – Grange Park, Foxes Meadow, Iram Drove (off Priest Lane) Willingham..................... 30Table 3.18: Site 10 – Plots 1 & 2 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road Willingham .................................................. 30Table 3.19: Site 11 – Plots 3 & 4 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road Willingham .................................................. 30Table 3.20: Site 12 – Plots 5 & 6 Cadwin Lane, Scholes Road Willingham ................................................ 31Table 3.21: Site 13 – Land to rear of Long Acre and Green Acres, Meadow Road Willingham.................. 31Table 3.22: Site 14 – Land to rear of Long Acre, Meadow Road (1) Willingham......................................... 31Table 3.23: Site 15 – Land to rear of Long Acre Meadow Road (2) Willingham.......................................... 31Table 3.24: Site 16 – Site of storage/agricultural buildings east of Long Acre, Meadow Road Willingham 31Table 3.25: Site 17 – The Oaks, Meadow Road Willingham........................................................................ 32Table 3.26: Site 18 – Land at Spring Lane Bassingbourn............................................................................ 32Table 3.27: Site 19 – Rose & Crown Road Swavesey................................................................................. 32Table 3.28: Site 20 – New Farm, Old North Road, Whaddon...................................................................... 32Table 3.29: Site 21 – Blackwell Caravan Site, Mere Way, Milton (edge of Cambridge).............................. 32Table 3.30: Site 22 – Bidalls Boulevard, Kneesworth Road Meldreth ......................................................... 32Table 3.31: OPTION OPT1 - If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances, they

should remain in the Green Belt............................................................................................................ 33Table 3.32: REJECTED OPTION OPT2 - If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional

circumstances they should be removed from the Green Belt. .............................................................. 33


Table 3.33: OPTION OPT3 - If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of Chesterton Fen Road should remain in the Green Belt ........................................................................ 33

Table 3.34: REJECTED OPTION OPT4 - If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of Chesterton Fen Road should be removed from the Green Belt. .............................................. 34

Table 3.35: OPTION OPT5 - Sites delivered through major developments should be within but on the edge of a development, or outside but in close proximity except in the Green Belt. ..................................... 34

Table 3.36: OPTION OPT6 - The GTDPD should include a policy covering specific issues relating to the design and location of Gypsy and Traveller sites within or close to major developments, covering the following issues: .................................................................................................................................... 34

Table 3.37: OPTION OPT7 - Major developments should be required to provide a specific number of pitches through the GTDPD, and how that number is split into individual sites should be left to masterplanning of the development. ..................................................................................................... 35

Table 3.38: OPTION OPT8 - Delivery of sites should be phased so that key services and facilities are available in a new development before Gypsy and Traveller pitches are completed........................... 36

Table 3.39: OPTION OPT9 - Gypsy and Traveller pitches should be delivered early in a development, so that sites are established before most of the development takes place but before key services and facilities are available. ........................................................................................................................... 36

Table 3.40: OPTION OPT10 - Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should not be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document. ............................................................................. 36

Table 3.41: REJECTED OPTION OPT11 - Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document and continue to apply. ......................... 37

Table 3.42: OPTION OPT12 - Policy regarding sites for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople on unallocated land outside development frameworks: ............................................................................. 37

Table 3.43: OPTION OPT13 - The GTDPD should include a policy regarding design of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites (text detailed in plan document)....................................................... 37

Table 3.44: OPTION OPT14 - The monitoring indicators currently included in the Annual Monitoring Report are sufficient to monitor the performance of the Gypsy and Traveller DPD. ........................................ 38


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Non-Technical Summary

Introduction This section provides a non-technical summary of the findings set out in this Initial Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Report of the South Cambridgeshire Gypsies and Travellers DPD: Issues and Options 2.

Sustainability Appraisal What is Sustainability Appraisal?

SA is the process of assessing the likely impacts of a plan on the environment, the community and the economy. By law, an SA must be carried out of plans that set out the spatial planning requirements of a local authority. At the moment, local authorities are in the process of preparing new plans which will guide spatial planning in their district for the next few years - the Local Development Framework (LDF). The LDF consists of a number of Local Development Documents (LDDs). There are two types of LDDs – Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs).

European Directive 2001/42/EC also requires certain plans to undergo a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to ascertain their effects on the environment. This Directive was incorporated into UK law in 2004. The Government recommends that the two processes of SA and SEA are integrated and simply referred to as SA. The Government has produced guidance for undertaking both processes which is available here:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/sustainabilityappraisal

How was it done?

Government Guidance separates the SA process into five stages. These five stages run in parallel to the development of the DPD. The figure below shows the different stages of the SA process.


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The five stage SA process

Stage E�� Monitor the implementation of the plan (including

its sustainability effects)

Stage A�� Assemble the evidence base to inform the

appraisal�� Establish the framework for undertaking the

appraisal (in the form of sustainability objectives)

Stage B�� Appraise the plan objectives, options and

preferred options / policies against the framework taking into account the evidence base.

�� Propose mitigation measures for alleviating the plan’s adverse effects as well as indicators for monitoring the plan’s sustainability

Stage C�� Prepare a Sustainability Appraisal Report

documenting the appraisal process and findings

Stage D�� Consult stakeholders on the plan and SA Report

Scoping Report

Sustainability Appraisal Report

LDF Annual Monitoring Report

(AMR)

Stages A and B are key stages of the SA process. The outcomes of Stage A – the scoping stage - are set out in a Scoping Report (published in 2006 and available on the council’s website1) and two addendums to this Scoping Report, which related specifically to the SA of the Gypsies and Traveller DPD (one which was produced in 2006 and one in 2009). The purpose of Stage A is to gather evidence and set the scope for the forthcoming assessment stage (Stage B).

Stages B and C are iterative. In 2006 the Council prepared a document for consultation setting out ‘issues and options’ relating to the ‘general approach’ to dealing with Gypsy and Travellers. An SA was undertaken of the options in this document (Stage B) and an SA Report was published (Stage C) entitled ‘Sustainability Appraisal of Gypsy & Traveller DPD: Issues & Options 1’.

The Council has now produced a second document for consultation setting out site options for Gypsy and Traveller pitches as well as the Council’s preferred options for a small number of Gypsy and Traveller development control policies. An SA has now been undertaken of these latest options and preferred options (SA Stage B) and findings are presented in this SA Report (SA Stage C).

In the future the Council may wish to consult on further site options, in which case further SA will be undertaken and reported. Once the Council has established its final set of preferred options it will draft a ‘submission version’ of the Gypsy and Travellers DPD for consultation, which will also be appraised with findings set out in an SA Report.

1 Available at: http://www.scambs.gov.uk/documents/retrieve.htm?pk_document=3616 (Accessed 09/08)


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The South Cambridgeshire Gypsies and Travellers DPDThe Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document (DPD) will identify the allocations in order to deliver Gypsy and Traveller pitches in the District required by the East of England Plan. It will also set out planning policies that will become part of the Council's Local Development Framework.

The East of England Plan single issue review will establish pitch requirements for all local authorities in the region.2 The emerging East of England Plan requires at least 69 new permanent pitches to be provided in South Cambridgeshire between 2006 and 2011, and an allowance for future household growth beyond 2011, adding up to a total of minimum requirement of 127 pitches between 2006 and 2021. Taking account of completed sites since 2006 and outstanding permissions at 2009, the residual minimum requirement to be found through new permanent sites is 88 pitches.

The council’s Local Development Framework must include land allocations to demonstrate how these pitches will be delivered. A range of site options have been tested, using criteria that were consulted on in 2006. A total of 42 sites were tested. Many of those were rejected at the initial stage of the site assessment process because they failed fundamental planning considerations, such as access problems or flood plain. The shortlist has now been reduced to 20 site options and it is these that are set out in the Council’s ‘Issues and Options 2’ document for consultation, and are the focus of the SA. The site options are set out in the Table below.

Gypsy and Traveller site options

SiteNumber Location Address Number of

Pitches

1 Edge of Cambridge Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen 28

2 Edge of Cambridge Plots 1, 3 & 5 Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road 17

3 Edge of Cambridge Cambridge East 20

4 Edge of Cambridge

North West Cambridge – Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road 10

5 Edge of Cambridge

North West Cambridge – Land between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road (University Site) 10

6 Northstowe Northstowe 207 Cambourne Cambourne 108 Fulbourn Ida Darwin Hospital 5

9 Willingham Grange Park, Foxes Meadow, Iram Drove (off Priest Lane) 1

10 Willingham Plots 1 & 2 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 211 Willingham Plots 3 & 4 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 212 Willingham Plots 5 & 6 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 2

2 A pitch is the space required to accommodate one household and will vary according to the size of the household in a similar way to housing for the settled community. The number of caravans can be considered comparable to the number of bedrooms in a house.


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Pitches

13 Willingham Land to rear of Long Acre and Green Acres, Meadow Road 3

14 Willingham Land to rear of Longarce, Meadow Road (1) 1


16 Willingham Workshop Adjacent To Longacre, Meadow Road 1

17 Willingham The Oaks, Meadow Road 1

18 Bassingbourn Land at Spring Lane 5

19 Swavesey Rose & Crown Road 8

20 Whaddon New Farm, Old North Road 2

TOTAL 149

Transit sites are temporary stop-offs used by Gypsies and Travellers who are simply passing through an area for a specific period of time. There is currently no Transit provision in Cambridgeshire and views are sought on whether the following site should become a Transit site:

Transit site option


Transit Pitches

21 Milton (edge of Cambridge)

Blackwell Traveller site, Milton - Transit Site option 10

The Gypsy and Traveller DPD must also address the needs of Travelling Showpeople. The emerging East of England Plan requires at least 30 plots to be delivered in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough between 2006 and 2021. There are two existing sites in South Cambridgeshire, both at Meldreth. There is potential capacity within one of these sites to accommodate additional plots – see Table below.


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Travelling Showpeople site option


Plots

22 Meldreth Bidalls Boulevard, Kneesworth Road, Meldreth Travelling Showpeople Site option 6

The Issues and Options 2 consultation document also sets out some proposed development control policies that should be judge planning applications (including planning applications that will continue to come forward for land that is not allocated). All of the draft policies represent the Council’s preferred options at this time. They are not yet finalised and the Council are seeking views on all options. For some of the preferred options the Council have also provided other options, which they consider suitable to reject. The list of options is set out below.

Policy options

Option LocationOPTION OPT1 If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances,

they should remain in the Green Belt. REJECTED OPTION OPT2 If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances they

should be removed from the Green Belt. OPTION OPT3: If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of

Chesterton Fen Road should remain in the Green Belt. REJECTED OPTION OPT4: If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of

Chesterton Fen Road should be removed from the Green Belt. OPTION OPT5: Sites delivered through major developments should be within but on the

edge of a development, or outside but in close proximity except in the Green Belt.

OPTION OPT6: The GTDPD should include a policy covering specific issues relating to the design and location of Gypsy and Traveller sites within or close to major developments (detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT7: Major developments should be required to provide a specific number of pitches through the GTDPD, and how that number is split into individual sites should be left to masterplanning of the development.

OPTION OPT8: Delivery of sites should be phased so that key services and facilities are available in a new development before Gypsy and Traveller pitches are completed.

OPTION OPT9: Gypsy and Traveller pitches should be delivered early in a development, so that sites are established before most of the development takes place but before key services and facilities are available.

OPTION OPT10: Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should not be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document.

REJECTED OPTION OPT11: Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document and continue to apply.

OPTION OPT12: The GTDPD should include a policy regarding sites for gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople on unallocated land outside development frameworks.


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Option Location(detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT13: The GTDPD should include a policy regarding design of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites. (detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT14: The monitoring indicators currently included in the Annual Monitoring Report are sufficient to monitor the performance of the Gypsy and Traveller DPD.

The SA Objectives This SA essentially sets out to test the options and preferred options against a list of aspirational sustainability objectives. These objectives were developed at the scoping stage of the SA, and set out in the SA Scoping Report (2006). These objectives are collectively known as the SA framework. The framework sets the boundaries and scope of the assessment and the objectives provide the yardstick against which the likely significant effects of the plan have been predicted and evaluated. The prediction and evaluation of effects in terms of the objectives is also informed by other evidence gathered at the scoping stage (including through the two Gypsy and Traveller Scoping Report Addendums). The full list of sustainability objectives is set out below.

Sustainability appraisal objectives 1.1 Minimise the irreversible loss of undeveloped land and productive agricultural holdings

1.2 Reduce the use of non-renewable resources, including energy sources

1.3 Limit water consumption to levels supportable by natural processes and storage systems

2.1 Avoid damage to designated sites and protected species

2.2 Maintain and enhance the range and viability of characteristic habitats and species

2.3 Improve opportunities for people to access and appreciate wildlife and wild places

3.1 Avoid damage to areas and sites designated for their historic interest, and protect their settings.

3.2 Maintain and enhance the diversity and distinctiveness of landscape and townscape character

3.3 Create places, spaces and buildings that work well, wear well and look good

4.1 Reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants (including air, water, soil, noise, vibration and light)

4.2 Minimise waste production and support the recycling of waste products

4.3 Limit or reduce vulnerability to the effects of climate change (including flooding)

5.1 Maintain and enhance human health

5.2 Reduce and prevent crime, and reduce the fear of crime

5.3 Improve the quantity and quality of publicly accessible open space

6.1 Improve the quality, range and accessibility of services and facilities (e.g. health, transport, education, training, leisure opportunities)

6.2 Redress inequalities related to age, gender, disability, race, faith, location and income

6.3 Ensure all groups have access to decent, appropriate and affordable housing

6.4 Encourage and enable the active involvement of local people in community activities

7.1 Help people gain access to satisfying work appropriate to their skills, potential and place of


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Sustainability appraisal objectives residence

7.2 Support appropriate investment in people, places, communications and other infrastructure

7.3 Improve the efficiency, competitiveness, vitality and adaptability of the local economy

The findings of the Sustainability AppraisalEach of the site options and policy options was assessed against each of the SA objectives, with the aim of highlighting the sustainability strengths and weaknesses of each. In terms of the site options, the aim was to allow a more informed comparative assessment of the relative merits of each site, thus aiding the process of deciding upon which should be selected as a ‘preferred option’. In terms of the policy options, the aim was to highlight the absolute strengths and weaknesses of each and suggest ways in which each might be improved.

The options appraisal was a qualitative exercise based on professional judgement on the part of Scott Wilson taking into account the information gathered in the Scoping Report as well as information gathered by the Council as part of their criteria based to generating the shortlist of site options. For each option, the significance of effects in terms of each SA objective was evaluated by means of a commentary and also given a broad categorisation using the scoring system as shown below.

Assessment scoring definitions3

++ Option will result in a positive impact on the SA Objective

+The impact on the SA Objective is dependant on implementation, but if there were to be an impact it would most likely be positive. (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty)

0Neutral or negligible effect (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty; or a + or – symbol to indicate the likely direction of any minor effects)

-The impact on the SA Objective is dependant on implementation, but if there were to be an impact it would most likely be negative. (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty)

-- Option will result in a negative impact on the SA Objective

?

The relationship between the Option and the SA Objective is unknown, or there is not enough information to make an assessment. (Note that a + or – symbol may be added to indicate the likely direction of any uncertain effects)

Set out below is the options appraisal summary table.

3 N.B. In some cases, differing symbols have been used to score the appraisal. Where this occurs the first symbol takes priority. For example an -? score will technically be a negative score, with some uncertainty, a ?- score will technically be a uncertain score but with the potential to be negative.

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Summary of the effects of the plan The SA has highlighted that perhaps the greatest factor that distinguishes between the sustainability of the site options is there location in relation to a range of services and facilities. A number of the site options are located within major development sites. Such locations are likely to have good access to local services and facilities. It is also the case that most of the major development sites are likely to have good access to Cambridge, where it will be possible to access a greater range of services and facilities. The proposed sites in the Chesterton Fen area also benefit from being in relatively close proximity to Cambridge (although local services and facilities are more limited). Other sites will have access to more basic services and facilities in small villages such as Bassingbourn and Swavesey, or larger villages such as Willingham, but are more isolated from Cambridge. The assessment has recognised that it can not be taken for granted that Gypsies and Travellers will make full use of public transport and so become less dependent on the car. Rather, minimising the distance that must be travelled in order to reach services and facilities has been given considerable weight as a sustainability benefit.

There are likely to be other benefits to locating sites within major development sites. In particular, it is thought that this is likely to lead to the best chance of the sites ‘integrating well’ and a good relationship being established between Gypsies and Travellers and the settled community. It is thought that policy option OPT5 – which suggests that sites should be on the edge of major developments or outside but in close proximity - should support the successful integration of Gypsy and Traveller sites at major developments. It is also thought that policy option OPT6 – which relates to the design of sites that come forward as part of major developments – should also support successful integration.

Design of Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople is an important factor more generally, particularly in terms of the well-being of Gypsy and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople and the satisfaction of the settled community with their local environment. It is thought that policy options OPT12 and OPT13 – both of which relate to design – should both successfully ensure that any potential problems are minimised and opportunities maximised. However, there are some local sustainability issues that cannot adequately addressed through good design. The assessment has highlighted that some of the locations do have significant constraints that may mean that they might be less suitable than alternative locations. For example, it is noted that some issues exist in relation to visual impact on the landscape/townscape, flood risk and location within areas of existing poor air quality.

To conclude, it is clear that this DPD is not being developed with a ‘lowest common denominator’ approach to meeting Gypsy and Traveller needs. Rather, it has been identified that there are opportunities within the District to locate Gypsy and Traveller sites where there is the potential for real benefits – in particular through exploring the potential at several major development sites, as well as other options around the district.


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Contact Information For further information please contact:

Planning Policy Team South Cambridgeshire District Council South Cambridgeshire HallCambourne Business ParkCambourneCambridgeCB23 6EA

Tel: 08450 450 500Fax: 01954 713152Website: www.scambs.gov.uk


Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report June 2009 1

1 Introduction

1.1 The South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller DPD 1.1.1 South Cambridgeshire District Council (‘the Council’) is in the process of preparing the South

Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document (DPD). The plan will go through a number of stages of preparation before it is finally adopted. The Council is currently at the second stage of considering ‘issues and options’. The issues and options currently under consideration relate to ‘site options and policies’.

1.1.2 Site options have been identified by the Council following an assessment process using criteria resulting from the previous stage of plan preparation (which involved consulting on a document known as ‘Issues and Options 1: General Approach’ in 2006). The Council have now produced a document that will seek views from the public on these site options and policies, known as 'Issues and Options 2: Site Options and Policies'. The consultation also provides a further opportunity for any other site options to be suggested. The document also consults on potential planning policies that could be included in the plan.

1.2 This SA Report 1.2.1 The Issues and Options 2 document has been subject to Sustainability Appraisal (SA), carried

out by Scott Wilson consultants in accordance with Government regulations. This is to ensure that the site options and policies can be considered in the light of full information on their social, environmental and economic impact. This SA Report documents the SA process to date, focusing on the findings of the recent assessment of the Issues and Options 2 document. It is intended that the Council can take on-board the findings of the assessment, and also that the findings of the assessment are available to inform the consultation on Issues and Options 2.

1.3 Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment

1.3.1 Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (PCPA) (2004), all DPDs produced by the Council as part of their Local Development Framework (LDF) must undergo a process of Sustainability Appraisal (SA). SA involves the identification and evaluation of the DPD’s impacts on economic, social and environmental objectives – i.e. its compatibility with the three dimensions of sustainable development. The SA process incorporates the requirements of a European law requiring certain plans and programmes to undergo a formal Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

1.3.2 SEA involves the systematic identification and evaluation of the environmental impacts of a strategic action (e.g. a plan or programme). In 2001, the EU legislated for SEA with the adoption of Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (the ‘SEA Directive’). The Directive entered into force in the UK on 21 July 2004 and applies to a range of English plans and programmes including DPDs.

1.3.3 SA and SEA are therefore both statutory requirements. The Government’s approach to this dual requirement is to incorporate the requirements of the SEA Directive into the SA process. The SA, which considers all three pillars of sustainability, therefore incorporates the



requirements of the SEA Directive, but does not have any bias towards giving consideration to environmental issues. To this end, the Government published guidance4 on undertaking SA of spatial plans (‘the Guidance’) in November 2005. The combined SA / SEA process is referred to in the Guidance and in this document as ‘Sustainability Appraisal (SA)’.

1.3.4 The Guidance advocates a five-stage approach to undertaking SA (see Figure 1.1).

Figure 1.1: Five stage SA process.

Stage E�� Monitor the implementation of the plan (including

its sustainability effects)

Stage A�� Assemble the evidence base to inform the

appraisal�� Establish the framework for undertaking the

appraisal (in the form of sustainability objectives)

Stage B�� Appraise the plan objectives, options and

preferred options / policies against the framework taking into account the evidence base.

�� Propose mitigation measures for alleviating the plan’s adverse effects as well as indicators for monitoring the plan’s sustainability

Stage C�� Prepare a Sustainability Appraisal Report

documenting the appraisal process and findings

Stage D�� Consult stakeholders on the plan and SA Report

Scoping Report

Sustainability Appraisal Report

LDF Annual Monitoring Report

(AMR)

1.3.5 Stages A and B are key stages of the SA process. The outcomes of Stage A – the scoping stage - are set out in a Scoping Report (published in 2006 and available on the council’s website5) and two addendums to this Scoping Report, which related specifically to the SA of the Gypsies and Traveller DPD (one which was produced in 2006 and one in 2009). The purpose of Stage A is to gather evidence and set the scope for the forthcoming assessment stage (Stage B).

4 Available from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/sustainabilityappraisal5 Available at: http://www.scambs.gov.uk/documents/retrieve.htm?pk_document=3616 (Accessed 09/08)



1.3.6 Stages B and C are iterative. In 2006 the Council prepared a document for consultation setting out ‘issues and options’ relating to the ‘general approach’ to dealing with Gypsy and Travellers. An SA was undertaken of the options in this document (Stage B) and an SA Report was published (Stage C) entitled ‘Sustainability Appraisal of Gypsy & Traveller DPD: Issues & Options 1’.

1.3.7 The Council has now produced a second document for consultation setting out site options for Gypsy and Traveller pitches as well as the Council’s preferred options for a small number of Gypsy and Traveller development control policies. An SA has now been undertaken of these latest options and preferred options (SA Stage B) and findings are presented in this SA Report (SA Stage C).

1.3.8 In the future the Council may wish to consult on further site options, in which case further SA will be undertaken and reported. Once the Council has established its final set of preferred options it will draft a ‘submission version’ of the Gypsy and Travellers DPD for consultation, which will also be appraised with findings set out in an SA Report.

1.4 Report structure 1.4.1 This report is structured as follows:

� Section 1 – Sets the context of the DPD and the Sustainability Appraisal

� Section 2 – Summarises the findings of Stage A of the SA process (the ‘scoping’ stage’)

� Section 3 – Sets out the methodology, appraisal findings (Stage B) and monitoring proposals

� Section 4 – Describes what will happen next in the plan-making process



1.5 Meeting the requirements of the SEA Directive 1.5.1 The SEA Directive sets out a legal assessment process that must be followed. In light of this,

this report clearly sets out the relevant requirements of the SEA Directive and explains how these have been satisfied (or will be satisfied).

1.5.2 Table 1.1 below indicates where specific requirements of the SEA Directive can be found within this Initial SA Report and the Final SA Report.

Table 1.1: SEA Directive requirements checklist Environmental Report requirements6 Section of this report

an outline of the contents, main objectives of the plan or programme and relationship with other relevant plans and programmes;

� Initial SA Report Section 1.1

the relevant aspects of the current state of the environment and the likely evolution thereof without implementation of the plan or programme;

� Scoping Reports

� Initial SA Report Section 2

the environmental characteristics of areas likely to be significantly affected;

� Scoping Reports

� Initial SA Report Section 3 and Annex 3, which draw on the site appraisal work undertaken by SCDC.

any existing environmental problems which are relevant to the plan or programme including, in particular, those relating to any areas of a particular environmental importance, such as areas designated pursuant to Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC;

� Scoping Reports


the environmental protection objectives, established at international, Community or Member State level, which are relevant to the plan or programme and the way those objectives and any environmental considerations have been taken into account during its preparation;

� Scoping Reports


the likely significant effects7 on the environment, including on issues such as biodiversity, population, human health, fauna, � Initial SA Report

6 As listed in Annex I of the SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmeson the environment).

Signposting For ease of access, where the SEA Directive or Regulations require a specific task to be completed, or information to be present, there will be signposted boxes, similar to this, that highlight which aspects of the Directive and Regulations have been met by that section



Environmental Report requirements6 Section of this report flora, soil, water, air, climatic factors, material assets, cultural heritage including architectural and archaeological heritage, landscape and the interrelationship between the above factors;

Section 3 and annexes.

the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any significant adverse effects on the environment of implementing the plan or programme;

� Initial SA Report Section 3 and annexes.

an outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives dealt with, and a description of how the assessment was undertaken including any difficulties (such as technical deficiencies or lack of know-how) encountered in compiling the required information;


a description of the measures envisaged concerning monitoring in accordance with Article 10;


� Final SA Report

a non-technical summary of the information provided under the above headings.

� Initial SA Report Non-Technical Summary section

7 These effects should include secondary, cumulative, synergistic, short, medium and long-term permanent and temporary, positiveand negative effects.



2 Stage A

2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Stage A in the SA process involves five key tasks:

� A1 – Review other relevant policies, plans, programmes, strategies and initiatives that set the ‘sustainability context’ within which the LDF is being produced.

� A2 – Collect relevant social, environmental and economic sustainability baseline information

� A3 – Identify key sustainability issues specific to the LDF to be considered as part of the SA

� A4 – Develop the SA framework, consisting of the SA objectives, indicators and targets

� A5 – Produce a Scoping Report and consult relevant authorities, the public and other key stakeholders on the scope of the appraisal and evidence base collected.

2.1.2 Stage A involves collecting evidence that can inform the development a set of locally specific sustainability objectives and other decision-making criteria (the ‘SA framework’ – Stage A4). Other evidence collected at Stages A1 – A3 is also available to inform the appraisal of the LDF against the SA framework. The SA framework and evidence base were documented in a Scoping Report, which was adopted (following consultation – Stage A5) in 2006, and is now available on the council’s website. 8 Two addendums to this Scoping Report have also been produced to identify evidence relating specifically to Gypsies and Travellers – one which was produced in 2006 and one in 2009.

2.1.3 As agreed with SCDC, the Scoping Report (2006) and most recent Scoping Report Addendum (2009) have been the key source of information used to guide and inform this SA. In addition to this, further evidence used to inform the plan-making process has been made available by SCDC, and has been drawn upon in order to inform the SA.

2.2 The sustainability context (A1) 2.2.1 The first task in Stage A of the SA process involved reviewing the policy and sustainability

context in which the South Cambridgeshire District Council LDF is being prepared. This entailed reviewing a large number of policies, plans, programmes, strategies and initiatives prepared at international, national, regional and local level considered relevant to the LDF. This review identified a number of pre-requisites (including targets) that LDF policies must reflect in the light of local circumstances. Table 2.1 lists relevant extracts from the sustainability context review.

8 Available at: http://www.scambs.gov.uk/documents/retrieve.htm?pk_document=3616 (Accessed 09/08)



Table 2.1: Extracts from the sustainability context review

National Key messages for the DPD:

The Human Rights Act 1998 � The DPD will need to reflect the rights to travel and occupy caravans as an integral part of social identity and respect needs for long term settlements

ODPM Circular 01/2006 Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites

� To increase the number of Gypsy and Traveller sites in appropriate locations and reduce the number of unauthorised encampments.

� To identify and make provision for resultant land and accommodation requirements

� Support and create inclusive communities, the DPD must be fair, realistic and inclusive in its policies

� Avoid Gypsy and Traveller evictions and increasing homelessness � Provide long term and transit sites that meet economic and social

needs � Consider need for the ability to travel as a key feature of

accommodation need � Consider underused land as possible locations � New sites should respect and not dominate the nearest settled

community � Sites may need to provide for mixed uses � Vehicular access and parking are key considerations

ODPM - Sustainable Communities: Homes for all 2005

� The DPD must promote sustainable and mixed communities

CLG Circular 04/2007 Planning for Travelling Showpeople

Key issues when assessing the sustainability of the identified sites will be:� The impact of the proposed site(s) on existing communities, both in

terms of scale and pressure on existing local infrastructure. � Accessibility to existing local facilities such as health services,

schools and shops. � The ability of the site(s) to protect and facilitate a respectful,

inclusive and integrated co-existence between the residents of the site and the local community.

� Regard for highways considerations, including access to / from the site as well as the provision of parking, turning and servicing on the site.

� The potential for noise and other disturbance to the residents of the site, including from the movement of vehicles.

CLG Designing Gypsy & Traveller Sites: Good Practice Guide (May 2008)

Key issues when assessing the sustainability of the identified sites will be:� Accessibility to existing local facilities such as health services,

schools, shops and recreation areas for children. � The location of the site(s) in relation to the settled community and

the possible development of community cohesion. � Regard for highways considerations, including access to / from the



site for residents, emergency services and waste disposal vehicles, as well as the provision of parking, turning and servicing on the site.

� The location of the site(s) in relation to industrial sites and other hazardous places that could have a detrimental effect on the health, well-being and safety of residents.

� The relationship of the site(s) with the surrounding environment. � Accessibility to services such as mains water, electricity, drainage

and sanitation.

Proposed Changes to the draft Policy on Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation in the East of England (March 2009)

� Local authorities should make provision through DPDs for the number of net additional residential pitches for Gypsies & Travellers as set out in draft policy H3.

� Local authorities should work together to establish a network of transit pitches, distributed as set out in draft policy H3.

� Policies should recognise the diversity of the Gypsy & Traveller communities, for instance new Gypsy & Travellers may require a different form of site development.

� Local authorities should make provision through DPDs for the number of net additional plots for Travelling Showpeople as set out in draft policy H4.

� Local authorities should work in county groupings with local Travelling Showpeople and the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain to identify sites.

� Local authorities should consider the need for rural exception sites and alterations to the Green Belt boundary, where necessary, to meet the required provision.

� Identified sites should be in locations attractive to Gypsy & Travellers and Travelling Showpeople as well as avoiding areas at risk of flooding, and where there would be adverse effects on areas of wildlife and landscape importance.

Cambridge Sub-Region Strategic Housing Market Assessment (May 2008)

The DPD must respond to and consider the following issues: � The pressing need for more Gypsy & Traveller sites of all kinds –

public, private, transit and long-stay. � The wishes of Gypsy & Travellers: they would prefer small, self-

owned, long stay sites for family groups, preferably on the edge of villages and near established Gypsy & Traveller communities.

� The need for 110-130 additional pitches in South Cambridgeshire between 2005 and 2010, concentrated on permanent sites.

� The investigation of suitable land in Council ownership for use as either transit sites or permanent sites, and the encouragement of suitable sites provided by social housing providers.

� Family networks and informal reciprocal arrangements are influential in accommodation arrangements and preferences, as well as being important for encouraging and sustaining economic activity.

� The high level of serious health problems, educational disadvantage, racism, feelings of isolation, drug abuse and loss of identity of the Gypsy & Traveller population.



2.3 The sustainability baseline (A2) 2.3.1 Research was undertaken to assemble a baseline dataset which quantifies local conditions on

40 parameters, including river water quality, air quality, loss of high quality agricultural land, the area and condition of important wildlife habitats, housing completion rate and the achievement of energy efficiency ratings in new dwellings, levels and patterns of commuting and travel to school, availability of shops and other amenities in the District’s villages, unemployment levels, educational achievement rates, etc. Data on conditions in adjacent local authority areas, in the East of England, or nationally, was used to determine whether environmental, economic and social conditions in the District were favourable, average or typical of the surrounding region, or unsatisfactory and in need of specific corrective policy.

2.3.2 The findings of the baseline review are documented in the Scoping Report. Updated baseline information can be found in the South Cambridgeshire District Council Annual Monitoring Report.9

2.3.3 Set out below is some recent baseline information of relevance to Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. Tables 2.3 and 2.4 show the number of authorised and unauthorised Gypsy & Traveller caravans and plots and the number of authorised Travelling Showpeople plots within the district. Table 2.5 shows the number of pitches and plots given permission since January 2006. The data shows that South Cambridgeshire has a high ratio of private authorised Gypsy & Traveller pitches to Council owned Gypsy & Traveller pitches. A number of pitches have now received temporary planning permission, reducing the number of caravans recorded on unauthorised sites with no planning permission.

Table 2.3: Unauthorised Gypsy & Traveller Caravans in South Cambridgeshire10

Number of Caravans

July 2007

January 2008

July 2008

January 2009

Unauthorised private sites with no planning permission

79 75 34 29

Unauthorised tolerated sites with temporary planning permission

72 83 139 122

Unauthorised tolerated sites 2 8 3 1

Illegal encampments 2 2 3 0

9 Available at: http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Planning/DistrictPlanning/LocalDevelopmentFramework/Annual_Monitoring_Report.htm(Accessed 09/08) 10 Source: South Cambridgeshire District Council Caravan Counts



Table 2.4: Pitch and Plot Provision in South Cambridgeshire at 31 March 200911

Pitches / Plots

Private Local Authority /

Housing Association

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches - Authorised 188 29

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches - transit 0 1

Travelling Showpeople Plots 21 0

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches - permanent, unimplemented

26 0

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches - temporary planning permission

72 0

Table 2.5: Gypsy & Traveller Pitches and Travelling Showpeople Plots Granted Planning Permission or Allowed on Appeal between 1 January 2006 and 31 March 200912

1 Jan 2006 – 31 March 2009

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches Authorised 39

Gypsy & Traveller Pitches - transit 0

Travelling Showpeople Plots 0

2.4 Sustainability Issues (A3) 2.4.1 Stage A3 involves taking account of the evidence gathered at stages A1 and A2 to identify the

main sustainability issues for South Cambridgeshire. Table 2.6 lists some sustainability issues relating to Gypsies and Travellers. These come from the first Scoping Report Addendum (2006),and in some places have been updated to reflect the current situation.

11 Source: South Cambridgeshire District Council – Planning and New Communities 12 Note that Planning permission for 26 pitches on Chesterton Fen Road, Milton has not yet been implemented. Source: South Cambridgeshire District Council – Planning and New Communities



Table 2.6 Summaries of South Cambridgeshire District Council Gypsy and Traveller DPD additional Sustainability Issues

Sustainability problem Supporting evidence and issues for consideration Social

Location based needs:

Access to services (local shops, doctors and health centres, schools, employment)

� Consider locations in or near existing settlements with access to local shops, doctors and schools

� Consider access to sites. No disabled access reported for some council sites

� Wider benefits of easier access to GP and other health services � Children attending school on a regular basis � Need to provide sites, including transit sites, in locations that meet

the current working patterns of gypsies and travellers � Consideration must be given to vehicular access from the public

highway, provision for parking, turning and servicing on site, and road safety for occupants and visitors

� High incidence of educational disadvantage � High incidence of serious health problems

Health inequality and wider determinants

� Gypsies are believed to experience the worst health and education status of any disadvantaged group in England

� Health outcomes and status significantly poorer than that found in the lowest socio-economic group in the UK population Accommodation is overriding factor as the context for bad health effects, this is due to: - Increased evictions - Restricted access to healthcare and education - Increase in unsafe conditions on roadside sites - Breakdown of social and community support networks - Road side sites with limited access to clean water

� Wider health determinants include: - High levels of racism from neighbours - Feelings of isolation and loss of identity

� Access to services � Breakdown of support networks

Ability of family groups to be located together or in close proximity

� Family networks and informal reciprocal arrangements are important for encouraging and sustaining economic activity

� Some communities of gypsies and travellers live in extended family groups and often travel as such. This is a key feature of their traditional way of life that has an impact on planning for their accommodation needs

� Council sites have been criticised for lack of expansion space which undermines the structure of extended families

� When household sizes reach around six individuals they seem to displace to unauthorised sites, perhaps because of the difficulty in accessing a large enough pitch on an authorised site

Effect on and integration with settled communities

� Sites should respect the scale of, and not dominate the nearest settled community. They should also avoid placing undue pressure



Sustainability problem Supporting evidence and issues for consideration on the local infrastructure

� Promotion of peaceful and integrated co-existence between the site and the local community

� Consider potential for noise and other disturbance from movement of vehicles on the site and on site business activities

Range of sites available, and levels of permanence must meet needs of Gypsy/Traveller population

� Sites to address need being planned on a regional basis through the East of England Plan.

� Need for more sites of all kinds: public, private, long-stay and transit

� Gypsy/Traveller preference for small self-owned long stay sites for family groups, on edge of a village and near established Gypsy/Traveller communities

� Even if every Gypsy/Traveller family in the country had their own long-stay or ‘settled’ base, there would still be a need for transit sites for those who are travelling

� Transit and residential sites should not be placed at the same location

� SCDC recorded 183 unauthorised caravans in July 2005, second highest count in the country. The figure is now lower, and in January 2009 there was only 30 caravans on land without planning permission.

� The creation of quality living environments will help reduce inequalities

Economic

Type of work available to Gypsies and Travellers changing (and higher risk of economic deprivation)

� Types of work have changed over recent years contributing to severe economic disadvantage and social exclusion

� The South Cambridgeshire district has a high ratio of private authorised to council accommodation. This does not address the needs of those Gypsies/Travellers who lack resources to buy their own land

Environmental

Consideration of Nature and Heritage Designations

� Criteria should be tightly and reasonably defined, e.g. conditions such as ‘the site does not impact on any area with natural/wildlife interest’ is too wide

� Conservation sites are vulnerable to the impacts of unauthorised occupation, including woodlands areas which have accessible and open rides and sites with rare species

General Environmental Impacts � Provision of a settled base that reduces the need for long-distance travelling and possible environmental damage caused by unauthorised encampment

� Use of brownfield, untidy or derelict land can be encouraged as this may help to enhance the environment and increase openness

� Sites should be connected to the public foul sewer for appropriate disposal of foul drainage. In the eventuality of a connection to the public sewer not being available, the suitability of non-mains



Sustainability problem Supporting evidence and issues for consideration sewerage must be effectively demonstrated

� The appropriate collection of waste must be considered on sites, and appropriate access to recycling facilities

Environmental considerations � Avoid areas at high risk of flooding given the particular vulnerability of caravans

� Avoid contaminated land � Noise and visual impacts (overlooking) should be considered both

on areas adjoining Gypsy and traveller sites and also impact on Gypsy and Traveller sites.

2.5 SA objectives (A4) 2.5.1 SA is fundamentally based on an objectives-led approach whereby the potential impacts of a

plan are gauged in relation to a series of objectives for sustainable development. In other words, the objectives provide a methodological yardstick against which to assess the effects of the plan.

2.5.2 As part of Stage A of the SA process, a series of 22 sustainable development objectives and other decision-making criteria (the SA framework) were established. The SA framework is set out in Table 2.7 below.



Table 2.7: The SA framework

Sustainability topic

Sustainability appraisalobjectives

Decision-making criteria

Will it use land that has been previously developed?

Will it use land efficiently?

1.1 Minimise the irreversible loss of undeveloped land and productive agricultural holdings

Will it protect and enhance the best and most versatile agricultural land?

Will it reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by reducing energy consumption?

1.2 Reduce the use of non-renewable resources, including energy sources

Will it lead to an increased proportion of energy and other resources being met from renewable sources?

Will it reduce water consumption?

Land and waterresources

1.3 Limit water consumption to levels supportable by natural processes and storage systems

Will it conserve ground water resources?

2.1 Avoid damage to designated sites and protected species

Will it protect sites designated for nature conservation interest?

Will it conserve species, reversing declines, and help to enhance diversity?

Will it reduce habitat fragmentation?

2.2 Maintain and enhance the range and viability of characteristic habitats and species Will it help achieve Biodiversity Action Plan targets?

Will it improve access to wildlife, and wild places?

Will it maintain and, where possible, increase the area of high-quality green space in the District?

Will it promote understanding and appreciation of wildlife?

Biodiversity

2.3 Improve opportunities for people to access and appreciate wildlife and wild places

Will it improve access to the wider countryside through the network of public rights of way?






3.1 Avoid damage to areas and sites designated for their historic interest, and protect their settings.

Will it protect or enhance sites, features of areas of historical, archaeological, or cultural interest (including conservation areas, listed buildings, registered parks and gardens and scheduled monuments)?

Will it maintain and enhance the diversity and distinctiveness of landscape and townscape character?

Will it protect and enhance open spaces of amenity and recreational value?

3.2 Maintain and enhance the diversity and distinctiveness of landscape and townscape character Will it maintain and enhance the character of settlements?

Will it improve the satisfaction of people with their neighbourhoods as places to live?

Landscape, townscape andarchaeology

3.3 Create places, spaces and buildings that work well, wear well and look good

Will it lead to developments built to a high standard of design, and good place making?

Will it reduce emissions of greenhouse gases?

Will it improve air quality?

Will it reduce traffic volumes?

Will it support travel by means other than the car?

Will it reduce levels of noise or noise concerns?

Will it reduce or minimise light pollution?

4.1 Reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants (including air, water, soil, noise, vibration and light)

Will it improve water quality including by reducing diffuse and point source water pollution?

Will it reduce household waste? 4.2 Minimise waste production and support the recycling of waste products

Will it increase waste recovery and recycling?

Climatechange and pollution

4.3 Limit or reduce vulnerability to the effects of climate change (including flooding)

Will it minimise risk to people and property from flooding, storm events or subsidence?

Will it reduce substantially reduce mortality rates? 5.1 Maintain and enhance human health Will it encourage healthy lifestyles, including travel choices?

Healthycommunities

5.2 Reduce and Will it reduce actual levels of crime?






prevent crime, and reduce the fear of crime

Will it reduce fear of crime?

5.3 Improve the quantity and quality of publicly accessible open space

Will it increase the quantity and quality of publicly accessible open space?

Will it improve the quality and range of services and facilities, including health, education, shopping, sport, leisure, arts and cultural activities?

Will it improve accessibility to key local services and facilities, including health, education and leisure (shops, post offices, pubs etc)?

Will it improve accessibility by means other than the car and improve the attractiveness of environmentally better modes including public transport, cycling and walking?

6.1 Improve the quality, range and accessibility of services and facilities (e.g. health, transport, education, training, leisureopportunities)

Will it support and improve community and public transport?

Will it improve relations between people from different backgrounds or social groups?

Will it reduce poverty and social exclusion in those areas most affected?

6.2 Redress inequalities related to age, gender, disability, race, faith, location and income Will it promote accessibility for all members of society,

including the elderly and disabled?

Will it support the provision of a range of housing types and sizes, including affordable and key worker housing, to meet the identified needs of all sectors of the community?

Will it reduce the number of unfit homes?

6.3 Ensure all groups have access to decent, appropriate and affordable housing

Will it meet the needs of the travelling community?

Will it increase the ability of people to influence decisions?

Inclusive communities

6.4 Encourage and enable the active involvement of local people in community activities

Will it encourage engagement with community activities?

Will it encourage businesses development? Economic activity

7.1 Help people gain access to satisfying work appropriate to their

Will it improve the range of employment opportunities to provide a satisfying job or occupation for everyone who wants one?






Will it improve accessibility to local employment by means other than the car?

skills, potential and place of residence

Will it encourage the rural economy and diversification?

Will it improve the level of investment in key community services and infrastructure?

Will it support provision of key communications infrastructure, including broadband?

7.2 Support appropriate investment in people, places, communications and other infrastructure Will it improve access to education and training, and support

provision of skilled employees to the economy?

Will it improve business development and enhance competitiveness?

Will it support the Cambridge area’s position as a world leader in research and technology based industries, higher education and research, particularly through the development and expansion of clusters?

Will it support sustainable tourism?

7.3 Improve the efficiency, competitiveness, vitality and adaptability of the local economy

Will it protect the shopping hierarchy, supporting the vitality and viability of Cambridge City Centre, town, district, and local centres?



3 Stage B

3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Stage B involves undertaking the assessment itself. The box below sets out the purpose of the

assessment stage.

3.1.2 The guidance sets out a six stage approach to completing Stage B:

� B1 - Testing the DPD objectives against the SA framework

� B2 - Developing the DPD options – carried out by the Council

� B3 - Predicting the effects of the draft DPD

� B4 - Evaluating the effects of the draft DPD

� B5 - Considering ways of mitigating adverse effects and maximising beneficial effects

� B6 - Proposing measures to monitor the significant effects of implementing the DPD

3.2 Testing the DPD Objectives (B1) 3.2.1 The guidance requires that the plan objectives undergo an assessment against the SA

framework (see box below). Furthermore, the consultation document sets out a draft vision for the DPD. This vision has also been appraised and the findings set out in this section.

Assessment of the draft vision

3.2.2 The draft vision was assessed against the SA framework. The full findings can be found in Appendix I, and are summarised in Table 3.1 below.

The SEA Directive requires the environmental assessment to identify, describe and evaluate’…‘the likely significant effects on the environment of a plan or programme’ Annex II of the SEA Directive provides criteria which help determine the likely significance of an effect.

SEA Directive, Article 5 & Annex II

The Guidance states that the ‘purpose of this task is to predict the social, environmental and economic effects of the options being considered in the DPD process’. Also, the Guidance states that ‘having identified and described the likely effects of the DPD, an evaluation of their significance needs to be made’.

Sections 3.3.11 and 3.3.15, Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Documents, DCLG, 2005.

‘It is important for the objectives of the DPD to be in accordance with sustainability principles. The objectives should be tested for compatibility with the SA objectives.’

Section 3.3.4, Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Documents, DCLG, 2005



Table 3.1: Assessment of the draft vision

Summary Careful location and design of Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites has the potential to lead to a range of benefits for both the travelling and settled communities. It is likely that careful planning - as is occurring through the process of developing the DPD - to take account of the full range of important constraints and opportunities, and thus minimise potential negative sustainability effects and maximise positive effects. In particular, sites will be better located and designed, and so the potential for negative effects on the receiving environment and neighbouring communities is lessened, and there should be the potential for successful integration between communities. This will be important in terms of meeting the needs of Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. Another key issue is accessibility to services and facilities. This will be a key locational criterion when identifying suitable locations for authorised sites, which will go some way to redressing existing inequalities in terms of health, education and wider deprivation.

The vision does not currently refer explicitly to the benefits of meeting needs in a well planned way, but this is implicit. However, the vision does currently refer to the fact that meeting needs will minimise occurrences of illegal and unplanned Travelling encampments and development, which can be seen as a secondary effect that also has a range of associated benefits.

Recommendations 1) The vision could be more positive if it referred to meeting needs in appropriate locations with well designed sites, with reduced unauthorised sites as a positive by-product.

2) Clarify whether well planned sites will also have mechanisms put in place to encourage good management over time.



Assessment of the draft objectives

3.2.3 The draft vision was assessed against the SA framework. The full findings can be found in Appendix II, and are summarised in Table 3.2 below.

Table 3.2: Assessment of the draft objectives

Summary:The second and fourth objectives are related as meeting needs will result in minimising occurrences of illegal and unplanned encampments and developments, which can be associated with a range of sustainability issues. However, rather than simply seeking to meet needs, perhaps a greater focus of the DPD is to meet needs in the most appropriate way, which should increase the chance of success. The first objective refers to ‘address[ing] the full range of land-use and planning issues that need to be taken into account regarding Gypsy and Traveller sites and Travelling Showpeople sites’. Although it is thought that the wording could be improved to be more explicitly positive, it is thought that the essence is that careful planning will be undertaken, which leads to sites in the most appropriate locations where benefits can be maximised for both the travelling and settled communities.

The fifth objective makes a useful link to the South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller Community Strategy. The Strategy is currently in draft form, but once adopted will aim to ensure that these communities inform council planning, enjoy equality of service provision and are part of cohesive communities within which people from different backgrounds participate together and share equal rights and responsibilities. The strategy will promote social cohesion and ensure effective service delivery by: � Providing a consistent, co-ordinated approach across the council, and through its partnerships, to its

work with Gypsies and Travellers. � Improving access to services and the responsiveness of mainstream services. � Promoting engagement between Gypsies and Travellers and the council and its partnerships aimed at

developing community cohesion. � Promoting equality of opportunity.

This focus on good engagement with the Gypsy and Traveller community is likely to result in a range of sustainability benefits, including in terms of addressing existing health issues and access to appropriate services and facilities. It is uncertain whether the South Cambridgeshire Gypsy and Traveller Community Strategy will work with the Gypsy and Traveller community to address the need to find suitable employment, or how best to reduce fear of crime.

Recommendations:1) The objectives refer to ‘taking into account land-use and planning issues’, but could also refer to ‘facilitating good design and management over time’

2) It is not clear that the term ‘address the full range of land-use and planning issues’ is sufficiently positive to imply that opportunities will be taken to maximising sustainability benefits, such as through ensuring that location contributes to redressing health inequalities. ‘Addressing land-use and planning issues’ could be interpreted as sounding like a rather constraints based exercise.



3.3 Developing the Options (B2) 3.3.1 Developing meaningful alternatives, or ‘options’ is a key component of SEA and SA – see box

below. It is only once options have been developed that they can be subsequently assessed.

3.3.2 The Council have developed their site options taking account of the requirements made of the District by the emerging East of England Plan, which will establish pitch requirements for all local authorities in the region.13 The emerging East of England Plan requires at least 69 new permanent pitches to be provided in South Cambridgeshire between 2006 and 2011, and an allowance for future household growth beyond 2011, adding up to a total of minimum requirement of 127 pitches between 2006 and 2021. Taking account of completed sites since 2006 and outstanding permissions at 2009, the residual minimum requirement to be found through new permanent sites is 88 pitches.

3.3.3 The council’s Local Development Framework must include land allocations to demonstrate how these pitches will be delivered. A range of site options have been tested, using criteria that were consulted on in 2006. A total of 42 sites were tested. Many of those were rejected at the initial stage of the site assessment process because they failed fundamental planning considerations, such as location in the access problems or flood plain. The shortlist has now been reduced to 20 site options and it is these that are set out in the Council’s ‘Issues and Options 2’ document for consultation, and are the focus of the SA. The site options are set out in the Table 3.3.

13 A pitch is the space required to accommodate one household and will vary according to the size of the household in a similar wayto housing for the settled community. The number of caravans can be considered comparable to the number of bedrooms in a house.

The SEA Directive requires the environmental assessment to identify, describe and evaluate’…‘the likely significant effects on the environment of a plan or programme’ Annex II of the SEA Directive provides criteria which help determine the likely significance of an effect.

SEA Directive, Article 5 & Annex II

The Guidance states that the ‘purpose of this task is to predict the social, environmental and economic effects of the options being considered in the DPD process’. Also, the Guidance states that ‘having identified and described the likely effects of the DPD, an evaluation of their significance needs to be made’.

Sections 3.3.11 and 3.3.15, Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Documents, DCLG, 2005.



Table 3.3: Gypsy and Traveller site options


Pitches

1 Edge of Cambridge Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen 28

2 Edge of Cambridge Plots 1, 3 & 5 Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road 17

3 Edge of Cambridge Cambridge East 20

4 Edge of Cambridge

North West Cambridge – Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road 10

5 Edge of Cambridge

North West Cambridge – Land between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road (University Site) 10

6 Northstowe Northstowe 207 Cambourne Cambourne 108 Fulbourn Ida Darwin Hospital 5

9 Willingham Grange Park, Foxes Meadow, Iram Drove (off Priest Lane) 1

10 Willingham Plots 1 & 2 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 211 Willingham Plots 3 & 4 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 212 Willingham Plots 5 & 6 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road 2

13 Willingham Land to rear of Long Acre and Green Acres, Meadow Road 3



16 Willingham Site of storage/agricultural buildings east of Long Acre, Meadow Road Willingham 1

17 Willingham The Oaks, Meadow Road 1

18 Bassingbourn Land at Spring Lane 5

19 Swavesey Rose & Crown Road 8

20 Whaddon New Farm, Old North Road 2

TOTAL 149

3.3.4 Transit sites are temporary stop-offs used by Gypsies and Travellers who are simply passing through an area for a specific period of time. There is currently no Transit provision in



Cambridgeshire and views are sought on whether the following site should become a Transit site – see Table 3.4.

Table 3.4: Transit site option Site

Number Location Address Number of Transit Pitches

21 Milton Blackwell Site 10

3.3.5 The Gypsy and Traveller DPD must also address the needs of Travelling Showpeople. The East of England Plan requires at least 30 plots to be delivered in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough between 2006 and 2021. There are two existing sites in South Cambridgeshire, both at Meldreth. There is potential capacity within one of these sites to accommodate additional plots – see Table 3.5.

Table 3.5: Travelling Showpeople site option Site

Number Location Address Number of Plots

22 Meldreth Travelling Showpeople Site option 6

3.3.6 The Issues and Options 2 consultation document also sets out some proposed development control policies that should be judge planning applications (including planning applications for land that is not allocated). All of the draft policies represent the Council’s preferred options at this time. They are not yet finalised and the Council are seeking views on all options. For some of the preferred options the Council have also provided other options, which they consider suitable to reject. The list of options is set out below.

Table 3.6: Policy options

Option LocationOPTION OPT1 If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances,

they should remain in the Green Belt. REJECTED OPTION OPT2 If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances they

should be removed from the Green Belt. OPTION OPT3: If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of

Chesterton Fen Road should remain in the Green Belt. REJECTED OPTION OPT4: If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of

Chesterton Fen Road should be removed from the Green Belt. OPTION OPT5: Sites delivered through major developments should be within but on the

edge of a development, or outside but in close proximity except in the Green Belt.

OPTION OPT6: The GTDPD should include a policy covering specific issues relating to the design and location of Gypsy and Traveller sites within or close to major developments (detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT7: Major developments should be required to provide a specific number of pitches through the GTDPD, and how that number is split into individual sites should be left to masterplanning of the development.

OPTION OPT8: Delivery of sites should be phased so that key services and facilities are available in a new development before Gypsy and Traveller pitches are completed.

OPTION OPT9: Gypsy and Traveller pitches should be delivered early in a development, so



Option Locationthat sites are established before most of the development takes place but before key services and facilities are available.

OPTION OPT10: Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should not be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document.

REJECTED OPTION OPT11: Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document and continue to apply.

OPTION OPT12: The GTDPD should include a policy regarding sites for gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople on unallocated land outside development frameworks. (detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT13: The GTDPD should include a policy regarding design of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites. (detail of the draft policy is set out in the Issues and Options 2 document)

OPTION OPT14: The monitoring indicators currently included in the Annual Monitoring Report are sufficient to monitor the performance of the Gypsy and Traveller DPD.

3.4 Predicting and evaluation the effects (B3 & B4) Methodology

3.4.1 Each of the site options and policy options was assessed against each of the SA objectives, with the aim of highlighting the sustainability strengths and weaknesses of each. In terms of the site options, the aim was to allow a more informed comparative assessment of the relative merits of each site, thus aiding the process of deciding upon which should be selected as a ‘preferred option’. In terms of the policy options, the aim was to highlight the absolute strengths and weaknesses of each and suggest ways in which each might be improved.

3.4.2 The options appraisal was a qualitative exercise based on professional judgement on the part of Scott Wilson taking into account the information gathered in the Scoping Report as well as information gathered by the Council as part of their criteria based to generating the shortlist of site options. For each option, the significance of effects in terms of each SA objective was evaluated by means of a commentary and also given a broad categorisation using the scoring system as shown in Table 3.7.

Table 3.7: Assessment scoring definitions14

++ Option will result in a positive impact on the SA Objective

+The impact on the SA Objective is dependant on implementation, but if there were to be an impact it would most likely be positive. (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty)

0Neutral or negligible effect (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty; or a + or – symbol to indicate the likely direction of any minor effects)

-The impact on the SA Objective is dependant on implementation, but if there were to be an impact it would most likely be negative. (Note that a ? symbol may be added to highlight a degree of uncertainty)

14 N.B. In some cases, differing symbols have been used to score the appraisal. Where this occurs the first symbol takes priority. For example an -? score will technically be a negative score, with some uncertainty, a ?- score will technically be a uncertain score but with the potential to be negative.



-- Option will result in a negative impact on the SA Objective

?

The relationship between the Option and the SA Objective is unknown, or there is not enough information to make an assessment. (Note that a + or – symbol may be added to indicate the likely direction of any uncertain effects)

Difficulties encountered

3.4.3 In terms of evaluating the significance of effects, there was a constant need to take into account the ‘uncertainty’ and ‘likely magnitude’ of effects. In terms of uncertainty, the key constraint is that, at this strategic level of decision-making, there can be little certainty regarding how an allocation might actually be implemented. For example, the assessment has not been able to make use of site designs or masterplans. In terms of the magnitude of effects, the assessment has often highlighted that there is the potential for effects of low magnitude. In this instance a judgement must be made regarding overall significance.. It is important to remember that ‘significant effects’ must be significant at this strategic level of decision-making. Many less significant effects will be more appropriately addressed at the site specific scale of during implementation.

3.4.4 The other difficulty often encountered when undertaking a strategic appraisal of a large number of site options is that of collecting robust baseline information specific to each location. However, in this instance this has not been a major limitation, as it has been possible to make use of the local information gathered for each site by the Council to inform their criteria based assessment of the long-list of sites options (which resulted in the identification of the current shortlist of site options). It is also useful that the Council’s criteria were developed so that they took account of each of the SA objectives as best as possible. This meant that the evidence gathered by the Council was often of relevance to the SA.

Findings of the site options assessment

3.4.5 In order to allow the sustainability performance of each site option to be easily prepared a summary table of the ‘scores’ assigned in the assessment is set out in Table 3.8. These scores cannot tell the whole story, and should be read in conjunction with the summaries that have been prepared for each site, which are set out in Tables 3.9 – 3.30. The full findings of the site options assessment can be found in Annex III.

The SEA Directive requires ‘any difficulties (such as technical deficiencies or lack of know-how) encountered in compiling the required information’ be included in the report.

Annex 1h, the SEA Directive

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Table 3.9: Site 1 – Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road, Milton

Summary The site is a greenfield site within the Green Belt and is fairly isolated from public transport and facilities/amenities. However, the Chesterton Fen area is on the edge of Cambridge, which has a full range of services and facilities, and so reliance on making long journeys by car may be relatively low. Part of the site is within Flood Zones 2 & 3. However, the site does offer some benefits as there are unlikely to be adverse effects on nature conservation or landscape. Similarly, the allocation of the site will contribute towards meeting identified need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches and help to reduce associated social exclusion.

Table 3.10: Site 2 – Plots 1, 3 & 5 Sandy Park, Chesterton Fen Road, Milton

Summary The site is a greenfield site within the Green Belt and is fairly isolated from public transport and facilities/amenities. However, Chesterton Fen area is on the edge of Cambridge, which has a full range of services and facilities, and so reliance on making long journeys by car may be relatively low. The site is within Flood Zone 2. However, the site does offer some benefits as there are unlikely to be adverse effects on nature conservation or landscape. Similarly, the allocation of the site will contribute towards meeting identified need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches and so help to reduce associated social exclusion.

Table 3.11: Site 3 – Cambridge East

Summary Many of the effects are unclear at the current time as site provision would fall within the wider Cambridge East Major Development Site and is therefore subject to masterplanning. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as additional facilities will be provided as part of the wider development. Furthermore, there is good access to Cambridge.

Table 3.12: Site 4 – North West Cambridge – Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road

Summary Many of the effects are unclear at the current time as the site falls within the wider proposed Major Development Site and is therefore subject to masterplanning. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as additional facilities will be provided as part of the wider development. Furthermore, there is good access to Cambridge.

Table 3.13: Site 5 – North West Cambridge – Land between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road (University Site)

Summary Many of the effects are unclear at the current time as the site falls within the wider North West Cambridge Major Development Site and is therefore subject to masterplanning. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as additional facilities will be provided as part of the wider development. Furthermore, there is good access to Cambridge. It is noted that there may be air quality issues associated with this site that would need to be addressed.



Table 3.14: Site 6 - Northstowe

Summary Many of the effects are unclear at the current time as the site falls within the wider Northstowe Major Development Site and is therefore subject to masterplanning. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as additional facilities will be provided as part of the wider development. Furthermore, there is likely to be good access to Cambridge, via public transport.

Table 3.15: Site 7 - Cambourne

Summary Many of the effects are unlikely to be significant as the site falls within the wider Cambourne Major Development Site, which is currently under construction. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as additional facilities will be provided as part of the wider development. Cambourne is a considerable distance from Cambridge, and if it is accepted that Gypsies and Travellers are less likely to use public transport then it can be seen that car dependency from this site could be high.

Table 3.16: Site 8 – Ida Darwin Hospital Fulbourn

Summary Many of the effects are unclear at the current time as the site falls within the wider Ida Darwin Hospital Major Development Site and is therefore subject to masterplanning. However, it is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as the site is close to Fulbourn Village. However, Cambridge is some distance away and so there may be a reliance on the private car for longer journeys.

Table 3.17: Site 9 – Grange Park, Foxes Meadow, Iram Drove (off Priest Lane) Willingham

Summary There are unlikely to be many significant effects given the small scale of development proposed at this site. It is noted that there is the potential for adverse effects on the landscape character of the area as a result of the ‘urban’ frontage of the site, however, these can be mitigated through appropriate planting. Willingham is some distance from Cambridge and so there may be a high reliance on the private car for making long journeys.

Table 3.18: Site 10 – Plots 1 & 2 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road Willingham

Summary There are unlikely to be many significant effects given the small scale of development proposed at this site. It is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as the site is close to Willingham Village. However, Willingham is some distance from higher order settlements, and so there may be a high reliance on the private car for making long journeys.

Table 3.19: Site 11 – Plots 3 & 4 Cadwin Lane, Schole Road Willingham

Summary There are unlikely to be many significant effects given the small scale of development proposed at this site. It is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as the site is close to Willingham Village. However, Willingham is some distance from higher



order settlements, and so there may be a high reliance on the private car for making long journeys.

Table 3.20: Site 12 – Plots 5 & 6 Cadwin Lane, Scholes Road Willingham


Table 3.21: Site 13 – Land to rear of Long Acre and Green Acres, Meadow Road Willingham


Table 3.22: Site 14 – Land to rear of Long Acre, Meadow Road (1) Willingham


Table 3.23: Site 15 – Land to rear of Long Acre Meadow Road (2) Willingham


Table 3.24: Site 16 – Site of storage/agricultural buildings east of Long Acre, Meadow Road Willingham




Table 3.25: Site 17 – The Oaks, Meadow Road Willingham


Table 3.26: Site 18 – Land at Spring Lane Bassingbourn

Summary It is likely that there will be benefits in relation to access to facilities and amenities as the site is close to Bassingbourn Village. However, this location is relatively isolated from any higher order settlement, and the bus service is relatively infrequent. There is the potential to enhance the current planting along footpaths to the east and south of the site.

Table 3.27: Site 19 – Rose & Crown Road Swavesey

Summary The site is in an open position and can be seen over long distances, appearing as an ‘island’ in the open landscape. Facilities in Swavesey are located some distance from the site and this has the potential to reduce any benefits. Furthermore, the site is isolated from a higher order settlement, and so dependency on the private car for longer journeys could be relatively high.

Table 3.28: Site 20 – New Farm, Old North Road, Whaddon

Summary The site benefits from being an existing Gypsy and Traveller site, but it is not an ideal location in terms of access to facilities and amenities as the site is some distance from the nearest better served village.

Table 3.29: Site 21 – Blackwell Caravan Site, Mere Way, Milton (edge of Cambridge)

Summary There is the potential for benefits in relation to this site on the edge of Cambridge to access to facilities and amenities as the site has good access to public transport services including the guided bus providing services to Addenbrookes. Furthermore, there is good access to Cambridge, where there is a full range of services and facilities. However, the effects of changing the status of the site from permanent residential to transit in relation to meeting housing needs, addressing inequalities, crime and creating places is not known.

Table 3.30: Site 22 – Bidalls Boulevard, Kneesworth Road Meldreth

Summary There is the potential for an adverse effect in relation to access to facilities and amenities as the site is some distance from the built-up area of the village and public transport services are poor.



Findings of the policy options assessment

3.4.6 Set out below (Tables 3.31 – 3.22) are the summaries and recommendations from the assessment of the policy options. The full assessment findings can be found in Annex IV.

3.4.7 The recommendations aim to mitigate or enhance the absolute sustainability effects of implementing the Plan, and therefore it is important that the Council makes a statement in response to each.

Table 3.31: OPTION OPT1 - If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances, they should remain in the Green Belt.

Summary This option does not have wide ranging sustainability implications as it is not promoting the Green Belt as an appropriate location for Gypsy and Traveller sites (which might have some negative effects in terms of a number of sustainability objectives), but rather simply says that when this occurs the sites should remain designated as Green Belt land. The only real effect of this Policy is in terms of protecting the integrity of the Green Belt, which is essentially a landscape/townscape designation. This Policy seeks to ensure that a dangerous precedent is not set regarding removing areas of land from the Green Belt. The danger is that such a precedent might lead to erosion of the Green Belt’s continuity over time. The rejected option OPT2 would have resulted in the disbenefits described above, and so would score worse in terms of sustainability. Recommendations None

Table 3.32: REJECTED OPTION OPT2 - If sites are allocated in the Green Belt under exceptional circumstances they should be removed from the Green Belt.

See reference to this rejected option in the assessment summary for option OPT1

Table 3.33: OPTION OPT3 - If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of Chesterton Fen Road should remain in the Green Belt

Summary This Policy does not have wide ranging sustainability implications as it does not directly consider issues surrounding development of sites in this location, nor issues surrounding the Green Belt as an appropriate location for Gypsy and Traveller sites in general (which might have some negative effects in terms of a number of sustainability objectives). Rather, it simply says that should this occur in the area west of Chesterton Fen Road the sites should remain designated as Green Belt land (in order to avoid pressure for alternative uses that might have a higher land value).

The key effect of this Policy is to seek to ensure that the needs of Gypsies and Travellers can be met. The Policy has been prepared in response to a specific identified issue in relation to this site, namely that should it be identified as appropriate for a Gypsy and Traveller site and removed from the Green Belt then it would be likely that there could be pressure for alternative uses with a higher land value. This could result in Gypsy and Traveller needs not being met. The rejected option OPT4 would have resulted in the disbenefits described above, and so would score worse in terms of sustainability.



Recommendations None

Table 3.34: REJECTED OPTION OPT4 - If additional sites are allocated at Chesterton Fen Road, the area west of Chesterton Fen Road should be removed from the Green Belt.


Table 3.35: OPTION OPT5 - Sites delivered through major developments should be within but on the edge of a development, or outside but in close proximity except in the Green Belt.

Summary Designing in Gypsy and Traveller sites on the edge of major new developments could result in a range of sustainability benefits. These are likely to be good locations in terms of meeting the needs of Gypsies and Travellers. In particular, it is thought that sites on the edge of major new development should afford Gypsies and Travellers to make use of the good range of new services and facilities that will be available and accessible to residents, including open space.

It should be possible to effectively design and integrate sites in so that potential negative effects are addressed. In the long term it is thought that any negative effects are likely to decrease, assuming that any Gypsy and Traveller site is well managed and good relations can be established between settled and travelling communities. It may be that designing in sites from the outset of major new developments gives greater opportunity for the development of trust, understanding and harmonious relationships. Recommendations 1) It will be important that the location and design of any Gypsy and Traveller site is an issue that is considered as part of any community led planning that is undertaken when masterplanning major new developments.

2) Explore the opportunity for Gypsies and Travellers to have access to appropriate employment within major new developments, including during the construction phase. This could be one benefit to establishing Gypsy and Traveller sites at an early stage of development

Table 3.36: OPTION OPT6 - The GTDPD should include a policy covering specific issues relating to the design and location of Gypsy and Traveller sites within or close to major developments, covering the following issues:

Summary This Policy identifies sites within or on the edge of major development sites as suitable for Gypsy and Traveller sites, and also includes a range of principles that should guide the identification of suitable locations and design of sites. It therefore has a range of sustainability implications.

This Policy states that sites in the Green Belt would not be appropriate, unless exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated. This should effectively protect the Green Belt, which is essentially a landscape/townscape designation.

The other major benefits are that sites at the edge of major development sites are likely to have good access to services and facilities by sustainable modes of transport; and that designing in



sites from the outset of major new developments increases the chances of successful integration with the settled community. Some Gypsies and Travellers do have a preference for some detachment and rural locations, but this does not preclude suitably designed provision as part of major developments.

This Policy specifies that the site location should be compatible with its local environment as well as adjoining and / or nearby land uses. The Policy also states that the site location, design and layout should provide adequate safety, security and privacy for residents of the site and neighbouring uses. These stipulations should go some way to ensuring the satisfaction of both the settled and travelling communities with their neighbourhoods. Recommendations See recommendations associated with Policy OPT5 above.

Table 3.37: OPTION OPT7 - Major developments should be required to provide a specific number of pitches through the GTDPD, and how that number is split into individual sites should be left to masterplanning of the development.

Summary Allowing greater flexibility when designing in Gypsy and Traveller sites as part of Major New Developments should result in a range of sustainability benefits. It may be that it is easier to prevent negative effects in terms of landscape/townscape; and it may mean that Gypsies and Travellers can live in the most appropriate locations in terms of access to services and facilities. Furthermore, allowing greater flexibility when designing in Gypsy and Traveller sites should play an important role in terms of ensuring the satisfaction of the settled community with their new neighbourhoods and may lead to greater potential for successful integration between the settled and Gypsy and Traveller communities.

It is also important to consider the satisfaction of the Gypsy and Traveller community with their surroundings. The early work with the Gypsy and Traveller community has identified a preference for sites of up to 10 pitches in size. However, this Policy promotes a more flexible approach, but other policy will act to limit the size of sites to normally 15 pitches. Thus there could be potential for some degree of dissatisfaction from Gypsy and Travellers, although it is not clear that sites of 15 rather than 10 pitches will be a major problem. It is also important to consider that delivery of sites is important for needs to be met. This Policy may have the potential to increase the chances of successful delivery. Recommendations None



Table 3.38: OPTION OPT8 - Delivery of sites should be phased so that key services and facilities are available in a new development before Gypsy and Traveller pitches are completed.

Summary This option would ensure that a range of key services and facilities are available locally when a new site opens up for Gypsies and Travellers. It is likely that key services are likely to include health and education facilities, therefore ensuring the primary needs of Gypsies and Travellers can be met. This option could also help in terms of reducing car dependency. Recommendations None

Table 3.39: OPTION OPT9 - Gypsy and Traveller pitches should be delivered early in a development, so that sites are established before most of the development takes place but before key services and facilities are available.

Summary Bringing forward Gypsy and Traveller sites at an early stage of development could lead to some difficulties in terms of accessing key services and facilities if they are not available locally. However, it is not clear whether there would be a significant effect as it may still be possible for Gypsies and Travellers to access facilities that are further away by car (although this would possibly have the effect of fostering car dependency).

There may also be some benefits to bringing forward Gypsy and Traveller sites at an early stage of development. It is important to consider that putting Gypsy and Traveller sites in place at an early stage of development is likely to increase the chances of successful integration with the settled community; and, furthermore, there may be potential for Gypsies and Travellers to gain employment in construction (although this is uncertain at this stage). Recommendations None

Table 3.40: OPTION OPT10 - Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should not be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document.

Summary Saved Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004, which is an area-based policy relating to windfall sites in a particular location, does not meet the requirements of identifying specific site allocations for the delivery of an identified number of pitches and therefore would be less effective at meeting the housing needs of Gypsies and Travellers. There could be other sustainability benefits associated with identifying specific sites. In particular, it is thought that allocating a certain number of pitches to specific sites is important in terms of place-making. It is thought that an alternative approach (as promoted by rejected option OPT11) would be a less sustainable approach. Recommendations None



Table 3.41: REJECTED OPTION OPT11 - Policy CNF6 from the Local Plan 2004 should be included within the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document and continue to apply.


Table 3.42: OPTION OPT12 - Policy regarding sites for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople on unallocated land outside development frameworks:

SummaryPolicy addresses circumstances where windfall applications in the countryside may be acceptable, in the context of the wider GTDPD identifying sites to meet the need identified by the East of England Plan. The policy is likely to offer benefits in relation to conserving the character of existing settlements and the area by only allowing appropriately located sites. Similarly, it requires sites to be located with good access to a range of services and facilities by a range of transport modes and therefore there are likely benefits in relation to supporting travel by means other than the car and encouraging healthy lifestyle and travel choices. Requiring sites to be located in such places offers the potential to reduce social exclusion by ensuring that members of the Gypsy and Traveller community have access to a range of services and facilities.Recommendations None

Table 3.43: OPTION OPT13 - The GTDPD should include a policy regarding design of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites (text detailed in plan document).

Summary The policy is concerned with the design and layout of Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites and offers potential benefits in relation to providing sites with which residents are satisfied as a result of good design that meets the needs of all. The policy requires that residents and neighbouring uses are not affected by environmental pollutants such as noise, dust, fumes or lighting. The policy is also likely to offer benefits in relation to improving levels of recycling and recovery from Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites through the provision of on-site storage and collection facilities. There are likely to be minor benefits in relation to improving accessibility for all as sites will be required to take account of the needs of residents and allow ease of movement. There are also likely to be benefits associated with meeting the needs of the travelling community through ensuring that each pitch provides appropriate areas for vehicles and amenity buildings. Other related benefits are likely to be secured by good location, which will be addressed by other policies in the DPD.

The policy requires all larger sites to provide a communal recreation area for children and for smaller sites to do the same where suitable provision is not available within safe walking distance. This has the potential to increase the quantity and quality of open space but will be dependent upon the type of recreation area provided on a site-by-site basis. Recommendations None



Table 3.44: OPTION OPT14 - The monitoring indicators currently included in the Annual Monitoring Report are sufficient to monitor the performance of the Gypsy and Traveller DPD.

Monitoring is discussed in Section 3.6.

3.5 Summary of assessment findings 3.5.1 The SA has highlighted that perhaps the greatest factor that distinguishes between the

sustainability of the site options is there location in relation to a range of services and facilities. A number of the site options are located within major development sites. Such locations are likely to have good access to local services and facilities. It is also the case that most of the major development sites are likely to have good access to Cambridge, where it will be possible to access a greater range of services and facilities. The proposed sites in the Chesterton Fen area also benefit from being in relatively close proximity to Cambridge (although local services and facilities are more limited). Other sites will have access to more basic services and facilities in small villages such as Bassingbourn and Swavesey, or larger villages such as Willingham, but are more isolated from Cambridge. The assessment has recognised that it can not be taken for granted that Gypsies and Travellers will make full use of public transport and so become less dependent on the car. Rather, minimising the distance that must be travelled in order to reach services and facilities has been given considerable weight as a sustainability benefit.

3.5.2 There are likely to be other benefits to locating sites within major development sites. In particular, it is thought that this is likely to lead to the best chance of the sites ‘integrating well’ and a good relationship being established between Gypsies and Travellers and the settled community. It is thought that policy option OPT5 – which suggests that sites should be on the edge of major developments or outside but in close proximity - should support the successful integration of Gypsy and Traveller sites at major developments. It is also thought that policy option OPT6 – which relates to the design of sites that come forward as part of major developments – should also support successful integration.

3.5.3 Design of Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople is an important factor more generally, particularly in terms of the well-being of Gypsy and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople and the satisfaction of the settled community with their local environment. It is thought that policy options OPT12 and OPT13 – both of which relate to design – should both successfully ensure that any potential problems are minimised and opportunities maximised. However, there are some local sustainability issues that cannot adequately addressed through good design. The assessment has highlighted that some of the locations do have significant constraints that may mean that they might be less suitable than alternative locations. For example, it is noted that some issues exist in relation to visual impact on the landscape/townscape, flood risk and location within areas of existing poor air quality.

3.5.4 To conclude, it is clear that this DPD is not being developed with a ‘lowest common denominator’ approach to meeting Gypsy and Traveller needs. Rather, it has been identified that there are opportunities within the District to locate Gypsy and Traveller sites where there is the potential for real benefits – in particular through exploring the potential at several major development sites, as well as other options around the district.



Cumulative effects

3.5.5 It is a requirement of the SEA Directive (Annex 1 (f)) to assess the cumulative impacts of the plan15. This assessment has not yet taken into account any potential cumulative effects. This is because it is currently uncertain which site options will come forward. There will be an opportunity to consider cumulative effects once the Council’s preferred site options have been identified.

3.6 Monitoring (B5) 3.6.1 The SEA Directive includes a specific requirement for monitoring the significant environmental

effects of plans and programmes and the Environmental Report (incorporated within this report) should include a description of the measures envisaged for doing so – see box below.

3.6.2 Monitoring measures are not proposed at this stage, but will be proposed once the Council’s preferred site options have been assessed and significant effects (which must be the focus of monitoring measures) can be identified with more certainty.

15 This includes synergistic and secondary effects under this definition.

The SEA Directive states that ‘member States shall monitor the significant environmental effects of the implementation of plans and programmes’.

Article 10, the SEA Directive ‘Monitoring allows the actual significant effects of implementation of the DPD to be tested against those predicted in the SA’.

Section 3.3.22, Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Documents, DCLG, 2005



4 What happens next? 4.1.1 The Issues and Options 2 Report will be subject to public consultation. This SA Report will also

be available for consultation, in order to allow stakeholders to gain a better understanding of the sustainability effects of the plan and therefore make a more informed consultation response.

4.1.2 It may be that new site options are submitted to the Council as part of the public consultation. If this is the case then these options will require due consideration and, possibly, lead to the need for further consultation. If this is the case then a further SA Report will be prepared to support the consultation. Once all options have been considered the Council will prepare a draft submission version of the DPD, which will also be consulted upon alongside an SA Report.


Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report June 2009

Annex I: Plan Vision Assessment Table

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the

wid

er

coun

trysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic

right

s of

way

?

+?

3. Land

scap

e,to

wns

cape

and

arch

aeol

ogy

3.1

Avo

id

dam

age

to a

reas

an

d si

tes

desi

gnat

ed

for

thei

r hi

stor

ic

inte

rest

, an

d pr

otec

t th

eir

setti

ngs.

Will

it

prot

ect

or

enha

nce

site

s,

feat

ures

of

ar

eas

of

hist

oric

al,

arch

aeol

ogic

al,

or

cultu

ral

inte

rest

(in

clud

ing

cons

erva

tion

area

s,

liste

d bu

ildin

gs,

regi

ster

ed

park

s an

d ga

rden

s an

d sc

hedu

led

mon

umen

ts)?

+?

Ther

e is

som

e po

tent

ial

for

posi

tive

bene

fits

as w

ell

plan

ned

auth

oris

ed

site

s sh

ould

, t

ake

acco

unt

of a

reas

an

d si

tes

desi

gnat

ed fo

r th

eir

hist

oric

in

tere

st o

r the

ir se

tting

s.

Pla

nnin

g to

mee

t ne

eds

and

redu

ce

unau

thor

ised

si

tes

will

re

duce

ris

k th

at

site

s w

ould

be

lo

cate

d w

here

ha

rm t

o hi

stor

ic e

nviro

nmen

t w

ould

ta

ke p

lace

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

The

visi

on

coul

d ex

plic

itly

refe

r to

‘m

eetin

g ne

ed in

a w

ell-p

lann

ed w

ay

that

re

cogn

ises

co

nstra

ints

an

d op

portu

nitie

s’

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

5

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

mai

ntai

n

enha

nce

the

rsity

an

d di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

nd

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

char

acte

r?

and

dive

la0+

Will

it

prot

ect

and

enha

nce

open

sp

aces

of

amen

ity

and

recr

eatio

nal

valu

e?

+?

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

char

acte

r

Will

it

mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ch

arac

ter

of

settl

emen

ts?

?+

Ther

e is

som

e po

tent

ial

for

posi

tive

bene

fits

as w

ell

plan

ned

auth

oris

ed

site

s sh

ould

ens

ure

that

the

re i

s no

st

rate

gic

impa

ct

on

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er,

and

prev

entin

g an

y de

trim

ent

to

the

recr

eatio

nal

valu

e of

op

en

spac

es

or

amen

ity

land

.

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es

and

build

ings

that

w

ork

wel

l, w

ear

wel

l an

d lo

ok

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

pe

ople

w

ith

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

pla

ces

to li

ve?

+

Wel

l lo

cate

d an

d de

sign

ed s

ites

will

ha

ve b

enef

its f

or b

oth

the

trave

lling

an

d se

ttled

com

mun

ities

in

term

s of

sa

tisfa

ctio

n w

ith t

he l

ocal

are

a, a

nd

aid

the

proc

ess

of p

lace

mak

ing.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

6

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

good

Will

it

lead

to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hig

h st

anda

rd

of

desi

gn,

and

good

pl

ace

mak

ing?

+?

Will

emis

it re

duce

si

ons

of

gree

nhou

sega

ses?

0+

Will

it

impr

ove

air

qual

ity?

?+

Will

it

redu

ce

traffi

c vo

lum

es?

0?

Will

it

supp

ort

trave

l by

m

eans

ot

her

than

th

e ca

r?

0?

Will

it

redu

ce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or

nois

e co

ncer

ns?

0?

4.

Clim

ate

chan

ge

and

pollu

tion

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gass

es a

nd o

ther

po

lluta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, so

il, n

oise

, vi

brat

ion

and

light

)

Will

it

redu

ce

or

min

imis

e lig

ht

pollu

tion?

0?

Ther

e is

the

pot

entia

l fo

r au

thor

ised

si

tes

to b

e w

ell

loca

ted

in t

erm

s of

ac

cess

to

se

rvic

es

and

faci

litie

s,

whi

ch

mig

ht

have

th

e ef

fect

of

re

duci

ng d

epen

denc

y on

the

priv

ate

car.

How

ever

, it

is n

ot t

houg

ht t

hat

effe

cts

are

likel

y to

be

of a

sig

nific

ant

mag

nitu

de.

Wel

l pl

anne

d si

tes

are

likel

y to

be

able

to

min

imis

e th

e in

cide

nce

and

effe

cts

of p

ollu

tion,

whi

ch m

ay h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

im

pact

on

both

the

tra

velli

ng a

nd s

ettle

d co

mm

uniti

es.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

7

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

impr

ove

wat

er

qual

ity

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng

diffu

se

and

poin

t so

urce

w

ater

pol

lutio

n?

0+

Will

it

redu

ce

hous

ehol

d w

aste

? 0

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

supp

ort

the

recy

clin

g of

was

te

prod

ucts

Will

it

incr

ease

w

aste

re

cove

ry

and

recy

clin

g?

0+

Ther

e is

pot

entia

l for

impr

ovin

g w

aste

m

anag

emen

t at

aut

horis

ed s

ites,

but

ef

fect

s ar

e un

certa

in a

nd n

ot li

kely

to

be o

f a s

igni

fican

t mag

nitu

de.

4.3

Lim

it or

re

duce

vuln

erab

ility

to

th

e ef

fect

s of

cl

imat

e ch

ange

(in

clud

ing

flood

ing)

Will

it

min

imis

e ris

k to

peo

ple

and

prop

erty

fro

m

flood

ing,

st

orm

ev

ents

or

su

bsid

ence

?

+?

It is

like

ly th

at w

ell p

lann

ed s

ites

can

avoi

d flo

od ri

sk.

5.

Hea

lthy

com

mun

ities

5.1

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e hu

man

he

alth

Will

it

redu

ce

subs

tant

ially

re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

+

Hea

lth

ineq

ualit

ies

have

be

en

iden

tifie

d as

a

key

issu

e w

ith

the

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller

com

mun

ity.

It is

lik

ely

that

im

prov

ing

livin

g co

nditi

ons

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

8

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

enco

urag

e he

alth

y lif

esty

les,

in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

0+

thro

ugh

the

prov

isio

n of

aut

horis

ed

site

s ca

n ha

ve a

pos

itive

effe

ct.

Will

it

redu

ce

ctua

l le

vels

of

cr

ime?

a0

5.2

Red

uce

and

prev

ent

crim

e,

and

redu

ce

the

fear

of c

rime

Will

it

redu

ce f

ear

of c

rime?

+?

Aut

horis

ed

site

s ar

e le

ss

likel

y to

ge

nera

te a

fear

of c

rime

amon

gst t

he

loca

l set

tled

popu

latio

n.

It is

als

o im

porta

nt to

con

side

r fe

ar o

f cr

ime

expe

rienc

ed b

y th

ose

livin

g at

en

cam

pmen

ts.

Pla

nnin

g to

m

eet

need

s is

an

op

portu

nity

to

inte

grat

e co

mm

uniti

es,

impr

ove

rela

tions

and

dis

pel m

yths

.

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pu

blic

ly

acce

ssib

le

open

sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

ac

cess

ible

op

en

spac

e?

+

Pla

nned

site

s w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

be

acco

mpa

nied

by

play

spac

e to

mee

t ne

eds

of re

side

nts.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

9

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

and

ran

ge

se

rvic

es

and

litie

s, i

nclu

ding

lth

, ed

ucat

ion,

sh

oppi

ng,

spor

t, le

isur

e,

arts

an

d ul

tura

l act

iviti

es?

of faci

hea

c

0

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

to k

ey

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd

faci

litie

s, i

nclu

ding

he

alth

, ed

ucat

ion

and

leis

ure

(sho

ps,

post

of

fices

, pub

s et

c)?

+

6.

Incl

usiv

e co

mm

uniti

es6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ran

ge a

nd

acce

ssib

ility

of

se

rvic

es

and

faci

litie

s (e

.g.

heal

th,

trans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

train

ing,

le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

by

m

eans

oth

er t

han

the

car

and

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

be

tter

mod

es

incl

udin

g pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt,

cycl

ing

and

wal

king

?

+?

Acc

essi

bilit

y to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

will

be

a ke

y lo

catio

nal c

riter

ion

whe

n id

entif

ying

su

itabl

e lo

catio

ns

for

auth

oris

ed s

ites.

It is

un

certa

in

whe

ther

it

will

be

po

ssib

le

to

sign

ifica

ntly

re

duce

re

lianc

e on

the

priv

ate

car,

alth

ough

th

ere

may

be

som

e po

tent

ial,

and

so

effe

cts

are

reco

rded

as

unce

rtain

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

10

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

eco

mm

unity

an

d pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0

Will

back

gso

cia

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le

from

di

ffere

nt roun

ds

or

l gro

ups?

+?

Will

it

redu

ce

pove

rty a

nd s

ocia

l ex

clus

ion

in t

hose

ar

eas

mos

t af

fect

ed?

+?

6.2

Red

ress

in

equa

litie

s re

late

d to

ag

e,

gend

er,

disa

bilit

y,

race

, fa

ith,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it

prom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for

all

mem

bers

of

so

ciet

y,

incl

udin

g th

e el

derly

an

d di

sabl

ed?

?+

The

plan

ned

prov

isio

n of

si

tes

to

mee

t nee

ds h

as to

pot

entia

l to

redu

ce

soci

al e

xclu

sion

, an

d en

able

site

s to

be

lo

cate

d w

here

th

ere

is

good

ac

cess

to k

ey s

ervi

ces

and

amen

ities

su

ch

as

scho

ols

and

med

ical

fa

cilit

ies.

P

lann

ing

to m

eet

need

s is

an

op

portu

nity

to

in

tegr

ate

com

mun

ities

, im

prov

e re

latio

ns a

nd

disp

el m

yths

. ill

egal

an

d un

plan

ned

Trav

ellin

g R

ecom

men

datio

n:Th

e vi

sion

cou

ld b

e m

ore

posi

tive

if it

refe

rred

to

m

eetin

g ne

eds

in

appr

opria

te

loca

tions

w

ith

wel

l de

sign

ed

site

s,

with

re

duce

d un

auth

oris

ed s

ites

as a

pos

itive

by-

prod

uct.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

11

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

supp

ort

the

visi

on

of

a ra

nge

of

hous

ing

type

s an

d si

zes,

in

clud

ing

affo

rdab

le a

nd k

ey

wor

ker

hous

ing,

to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of

all

sect

ors

of

the

com

mun

ity?

pro

0

Will

it

redu

ce t

he

num

ber

of

unfit

ho

mes

?0

6.3

Ens

ure

all

grou

ps

have

ac

cess

to

dece

nt,

appr

opria

te

and

affo

rdab

leho

usin

g

Will

it

mee

t th

e ne

eds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

+

A k

ey o

bjec

tive

of t

he G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler

DP

D i

s cl

early

to

mee

t th

e ho

usin

g ne

eds

of

the

Gyp

sy

and

Trav

elle

r an

d Tr

avel

ling

Sho

wpe

ople

co

mm

uniti

es.

It is

use

ful

that

the

vis

ion

refe

rs t

o ‘m

eetin

g ne

eds

now

an

d in

th

e fu

ture

’, an

d al

so t

o th

e ne

ed f

or ‘

a ra

nge

and

choi

ce o

f acc

omm

odat

ion,

w

hich

w

ill

cont

ribut

e to

th

e im

prov

emen

t of l

ivin

g co

nditi

ons’

.

W d

ill it

incr

ease

the

abili

ty o

f peo

ple

to

influ

ence

ecis

ions

?

0+

6.4

Enc

oura

ge

and

enab

le

the

activ

ein

volv

emen

t of

lo

cal

peop

le

in

com

mun

ityac

tiviti

esW

ill

it en

cour

age

enga

gem

ent

with

co

mm

unity

activ

ities

?

0

The

fact

that

loca

l peo

ple

are

able

to

‘hav

e th

eir

say’

in

term

s of

pla

nnin

g fo

r G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler

and

Trav

ellin

g S

how

peop

le s

ites

shou

ld

mea

n th

at t

here

is

grea

ter

pote

ntia

l fo

r su

cces

sful

in

tegr

atio

n be

twee

n co

mm

uniti

es.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

12

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

enco

urag

e bu

sine

sses

ev

elop

men

t?

d+?

Will

itra

nge

empl

oyop

portu

nitie

impr

ove

the

of

m

ent s

to

prov

ide

a sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r ev

eryo

ne

who

w

ants

one

?

0

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

to

lo

cal

empl

oym

ent

by

mea

ns

othe

r th

an th

e ca

r?

0?

7.1

Hel

p pe

ople

ga

in

acce

ss

to

satis

fyin

g w

ork

appr

opria

te

to

thei

r sk

ills,

po

tent

ial

and

plac

e of

re

side

nce

Will

it

enco

urag

e th

e ru

ral

econ

omy

and

dive

rsifi

catio

n?

0+

Ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial

for

busi

ness

ac

tiviti

es

to

be

unde

rtake

n at

au

thor

ised

site

s, a

lthou

gh th

e de

gree

to

whi

ch th

is w

ill b

e th

e ca

se, a

nd th

e su

cces

s of

su

ch

sche

mes

is

so

mew

hat u

ncer

tain

.

It is

cer

tain

ly th

e ca

se th

at T

rave

lling

S

how

peop

le

are

heav

ily

relia

nt

on

wel

l pl

anne

d an

d de

sign

ed y

ards

to

supp

ort t

heir

busi

ness

nee

ds.

Pro

perly

pla

nned

site

s co

uld

addr

ess

acce

ssib

ility

issu

es,

incl

udin

g ac

cess

to

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort.

7.E

cono

mic

activ

ity

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

tein

vest

men

t in

pe

ople

, pl

aces

, co

mm

unic

atio

ns

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f inv

estm

ent

in k

ey c

omm

unity

se

rvic

es

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

13

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it su

ppor

t pr

ovis

ion

of

key

com

mun

icat

ions

infra

stru

ctur

e,

incl

udin

gbr

oadb

and?

0

and

othe

r in

frast

ruct

ure

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ss

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort

prov

isio

n of

sk

illed

empl

oyee

s to

the

ec

onom

y?

0

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,co

mpe

titiv

enes

s,vi

talit

y an

d ad

apta

bilit

y of

the

Will

it

impr

ove

busi

ness

deve

lopm

ent

and

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

14

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Will

it

supp

ort

the

Cam

brid

ge

area

’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld

lead

er i

n re

sear

ch

and

tech

nolo

gy

base

d in

dust

ries,

hi

gher

ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

expa

nsio

n of

cl

uste

rs?

0

Will

it

supp

ort

sust

aina

ble

tour

ism

?0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it

prot

ect

the

shop

ping

hier

arch

y,su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of

Cam

brid

ge C

ity

Cen

tre,

tow

n,

dist

rict,

and

loca

l ce

ntre

s?

0

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

15

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

Sign

ifica

nce

scor

e C

omm

ents

Sum

mar

yC

aref

ul lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

of G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r an

d Tr

avel

ling

Sho

wpe

ople

site

s ha

s th

e po

tent

ial t

o le

ad to

a r

ange

of b

enef

its fo

r bo

th th

e tra

velli

ng a

nd s

ettle

d co

mm

uniti

es.

It is

like

ly th

at c

aref

ul p

lann

ing

- as

is o

ccur

ring

thro

ugh

the

proc

ess

of d

evel

opin

g th

e D

PD

- to

take

acc

ount

of t

he fu

ll ra

nge

of im

porta

nt c

onst

rain

ts a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties,

and

thus

min

imis

e po

tent

ial n

egat

ive

sust

aina

bilit

y ef

fect

s an

d m

axim

ise

posi

tive

effe

cts.

In

parti

cula

r, si

tes

will

be

bette

r loc

ated

and

des

igne

d, a

nd s

o th

e po

tent

ial f

or n

egat

ive

effe

cts

on th

e re

ceiv

ing

envi

ronm

ent

and

neig

hbou

ring

com

mun

ities

is

le

ssen

ed,

and

ther

e sh

ould

be

th

e po

tent

ial

for

succ

essf

ul

inte

grat

ion

betw

een

com

mun

ities

. Th

is w

ill b

e im

porta

nt in

term

s of

mee

ting

the

need

s of

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs a

nd T

rave

lling

Sho

wpe

ople

. A

noth

er k

ey

issu

e is

acc

essi

bilit

y to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies.

Thi

s w

ill b

e a

key

loca

tiona

l crit

erio

n w

hen

iden

tifyi

ng s

uita

ble

loca

tions

for a

utho

rised

site

s,

whi

ch w

ill g

o so

me

way

to re

dres

sing

exi

stin

g in

equa

litie

s in

term

s of

hea

lth, e

duca

tion

and

wid

er d

epriv

atio

n.

The

visi

on d

oes

not

curr

ently

ref

er e

xplic

itly

to t

he b

enef

its o

f m

eetin

g ne

eds

in a

wel

l pla

nned

way

, bu

t th

is is

impl

icit.

H

owev

er,

the

visi

on d

oes

curr

ently

refe

r to

the

fact

that

mee

ting

need

s w

ill m

inim

ise

occu

rren

ces

of il

lega

l and

unp

lann

ed T

rave

lling

enc

ampm

ents

and

de

velo

pmen

t, w

hich

can

be

seen

as

a se

cond

ary

effe

ct th

at a

lso

has

a ra

nge

of a

ssoc

iate

d be

nefit

s.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

1) T

he v

isio

n co

uld

be m

ore

posi

tive

if it

refe

rred

to m

eetin

g ne

eds

in a

ppro

pria

te l

ocat

ions

with

wel

l de

sign

ed s

ites,

with

red

uced

un

auth

oris

ed s

ites

as a

pos

itive

by-

prod

uct.

2) C

larif

y w

heth

er w

ell p

lann

ed s

ites

will

als

o ha

ve m

echa

nism

s pu

t in

plac

e to

enc

oura

ge g

ood

man

agem

ent o

ver t

ime.



Annex II: Plan Objectives Assessment Table

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

The

follo

win

g ob

ject

ives

are

pro

pose

d:

1) T

o ad

dres

s th

e fu

ll ra

nge

of la

nd-u

se a

nd p

lann

ing

issu

es th

at n

eed

to b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

rega

rdin

g G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s an

d Tr

avel

ling

Show

peop

le s

ites.

2)

To

ensu

re a

n ad

equa

te a

nd a

ppro

pria

te s

uppl

y of

site

s to

mee

t the

num

bers

requ

ired

by th

e Ea

st o

f Eng

land

Pla

n.

3) T

o pr

ovid

e a

clea

r fra

mew

ork

for m

akin

g de

cisi

ons

on p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

rega

rdin

g G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s an

d Tr

avel

ling

Show

peop

le

site

s.4)

To

min

imis

e th

e nu

mbe

r of u

naut

horis

ed e

ncam

pmen

ts a

nd u

naut

horis

ed d

evel

opm

ents

. 5)

Con

trib

ute

to a

chie

ving

the

aim

s of

the

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller C

omm

unity

Str

ateg

y.

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it u

se la

nd t

hat

has

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?+

00

00

Will

it

use

land

ef

ficie

ntly

?+

00

+0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd

and

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l hol

ding

s

Will

it

prot

ect

and

enha

nce

the

best

an

d m

ost

vers

atile

ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d?

+0

0+

0

Pos

itive

pla

nnin

g fo

r new

site

s ca

n lo

ok to

us

e pr

evio

usly

de

velo

ped

land

, an

d de

sign

site

s to

use

land

effi

cien

tly.

Min

imis

ing

the

num

ber

of

unau

thor

ised

en

cam

pmen

ts s

houl

d m

ean

that

less

land

is

deg

rade

d, o

r st

erili

sed

in o

ne w

ay o

r an

othe

r as

a

resu

lt of

un

auth

oris

ed

enca

mpm

ents

.

1.

Land

an

d w

ater

reso

urce

s

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

lere

sour

ces,

incl

udin

g en

ergy

Will

it

redu

ce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

ga

ses

by r

educ

ing

ener

gy

cons

umpt

ion?

0?0

00?

0?

Ther

e is

gre

ater

pot

entia

l to

wor

k w

ith th

e G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler

com

mun

ity

to

impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y of

the

ir re

sour

ce

use

at

auth

oris

ed

site

s,

alth

ough

th

e po

tent

ial f

or s

igni

fican

t po

sitiv

e ef

fect

s is

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

1

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

2

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

sour

ces

Will

it

lead

to

an

in

crea

sed

prop

ortio

n of

en

ergy

an

d ot

her

reso

urce

s be

ing

met

from

ren

ewab

le

sour

ces?

00

00

0

unce

rtain

.

Will

it

redu

ce w

ater

ns

umpt

ion?

co

00

00?

01.

3 Li

mit

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion

to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by

natu

ral

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s

Will

it

cons

erve

gr

ound

w

ater

re

sour

ces?

0+0

00

0

Wel

l pl

anne

d si

tes

can

take

acc

ount

of

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s on

gr

ound

w

ater

aq

uife

rs.

Ther

e is

gre

ater

pot

entia

l to

wor

k w

ith th

e tra

velli

ng

com

mun

ity

to

impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y of

th

eir

reso

urce

us

e at

au

thor

ised

site

s, a

lthou

gh th

e po

tent

ial f

or

sign

ifica

nt p

ositi

ve e

ffect

s is

unc

erta

in.

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

des

igna

ted

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it

prot

ect

site

s de

sign

ated

fo

r na

ture

con

serv

atio

n in

tere

st?

+0

0+?

0

If ne

eds

are

not m

et th

ere

is a

hig

her r

isk

that

una

utho

rised

site

s a

re lo

cate

d w

here

it

coul

d w

ould

le

ad

to

impa

cts

on

desi

gnat

ed s

ites.

P

rope

rly p

lann

ed s

ites

can

avoi

d ha

rm to

site

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

3

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it

cons

erve

sp

ecie

s,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es,

and

help

to

en

hanc

e si

ty?

dive

r

00

00

0

Will

it

redu

ce

habi

tat

fragm

enta

tion?

0+0

00+

0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of

ch

arac

teris

tic

habi

tats

an

d sp

ecie

s

Will

it

help

ach

ieve

B

iodi

vers

ity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?

0+0

00+

0

Ther

e is

so

me

pote

ntia

l fo

r po

sitiv

e be

nefit

s as

wel

l pla

nned

aut

horis

ed s

ites

shou

ld

avoi

d co

nflic

ts

with

sp

atia

l bi

odiv

ersi

ty

obje

ctiv

es,

but

it is

no

t th

ough

t th

at e

ffect

s ar

e lik

ely

to b

e of

a

sign

ifica

nt m

agni

tude

.

Will

acce

sit

impr

ove

s to

w

ildlif

e,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

00

0?0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

po

ssib

le,

incr

ease

the

area

of

high

-qua

lity

gree

n sp

ace

in

the

Dis

trict

?

+0

0+?

0

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for

peop

le

to

acce

ss

and

appr

ecia

te

wild

life

and

wild

pl

aces

Will

it

prom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

w

ildlif

e?

00

00

0

Ther

e is

so

me

pote

ntia

l fo

r po

sitiv

e be

nefit

s as

wel

l pla

nned

aut

horis

ed s

ites

shou

ld

allo

w

both

th

e tra

velli

ng

and

settl

ed

com

mun

ities

to

ac

cess

an

d ap

prec

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wild

life

and

wild

pla

ces

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

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side

thr

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th

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twor

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pu

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way

?

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3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

are

as a

nd s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r the

ir hi

stor

ic

inte

rest

, an

d pr

otec

t th

eir

setti

ngs.

Will

it

prot

ect

or

enha

nce

site

s,

feat

ures

of

area

s of

hi

stor

ical

, ar

chae

olog

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, or

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l in

tere

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(incl

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eas,

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, re

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pa

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ens

and

sche

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)?

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Ther

e is

so

me

pote

ntia

l fo

r po

sitiv

e be

nefit

s as

wel

l pla

nned

aut

horis

ed s

ites

shou

ld ,

tak

e ac

coun

t of

are

as a

nd s

ites

desi

gnat

ed f

or t

heir

hist

oric

int

eres

t or

th

eir s

ettin

gs.

Pla

nnin

g to

m

eet

need

s an

d re

duce

un

auth

oris

ed s

ites

will

red

uce

risk

that

si

tes

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

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here

har

m t

o hi

stor

ic e

nviro

nmen

t wou

ld ta

ke p

lace

.

3.

Land

scap

e,

tow

nsca

pe a

nd

arch

aeol

ogy

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

char

acte

r

Will

it

mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

char

acte

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0

Ther

e is

so

me

pote

ntia

l fo

r po

sitiv

e be

nefit

s as

wel

l pla

nned

aut

horis

ed s

ites

shou

ld e

nsur

e t

hat

ther

e is

no

stra

tegi

c im

pact

on

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe

char

acte

r, an

d pr

even

ting

any

detri

men

t to

the

rec

reat

iona

l val

ue o

f op

en s

pace

s or

am

enity

land

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

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ire G

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it

mai

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e ch

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0

Will

it

impr

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actio

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pe

ople

w

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pl

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satis

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3.3

Cre

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plac

es,

spac

es

and

build

ings

tha

t w

ork

wel

l, w

ear

wel

l and

lo

ok g

ood

Will

it

lead

to

de

velo

pmen

ts

built

to

a h

igh

stan

dard

of

des

ign,

and

goo

d pl

ace

mak

ing?

+0

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0

Wel

l lo

cate

d an

d de

sign

ed G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler

site

s w

ill h

ave

bene

fits

for

both

th

e tra

velli

ng a

nd s

ettle

d co

mm

uniti

es i

n te

rms

of s

atis

fact

ion

with

the

loc

al a

rea,

an

d ai

d th

e pr

oces

s of

pla

ce m

akin

g.

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emis

sit

redu

ce

ions

of

gr

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gas

es?

0+0

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C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gass

es

and

othe

r po

lluta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, W

ill

it im

prov

e ai

r qu

ality

?+

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?+0

Ther

e is

the

pote

ntia

l for

aut

horis

ed s

ites

to b

e w

ell

loca

ted

in t

erm

s of

acc

ess

to

serv

ices

and

fac

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s, w

hich

mig

ht h

ave

the

effe

ct o

f red

ucin

g de

pend

ency

on

the

priv

ate

car.

How

ever

, it

is n

ot t

houg

ht

that

effe

cts

are

likel

y to

be

of a

sig

nific

ant

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h C

ambr

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shire

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light

)

Will

it im

prov

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qu

ality

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ludi

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y re

duci

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diffu

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poin

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pol

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mag

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Wel

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to b

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m

inim

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the

inci

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d ef

fect

s of

po

llutio

n, w

hich

may

hav

e th

e po

tent

ial t

o im

pact

on

both

the

tra

velli

ng a

nd s

ettle

d co

mm

uniti

es.

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

Will

it

redu

ce

hous

ehol

d w

aste

? 0

00

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Ther

e is

po

tent

ial

for

impr

ovin

g w

aste

m

anag

emen

t at

au

thor

ised

si

tes,

bu

t

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

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tric

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tain

abili

ty A

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effe

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and

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like

ly t

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of

a s

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nitu

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Rec

omm

enda

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The

obje

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refe

r to

‘ta

king

in

to

acco

unt

land

-use

and

pla

nnin

g is

sues

’, bu

t co

uld

also

ref

er t

o ‘fa

cilit

atin

g go

od

desi

gn a

nd m

anag

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t ove

r tim

e’

4.3

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it or

red

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vuln

erab

ility

to

the

effe

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge

(incl

udin

g flo

odin

g)

Will

it

min

imis

e ris

k to

pe

ople

an

d pr

oper

ty

from

flo

odin

g,

stor

m

even

ts

or

subs

iden

ce?

+0

0+?

0

New

site

s ca

n be

pla

nned

to a

void

ris

k of

flo

odin

g.

It

is

likel

y th

at

min

imis

ing

unau

thor

ised

site

s an

d en

cam

pmen

ts w

ill

succ

essf

ully

min

imis

e ris

k to

peo

ple

and

prop

erty

from

floo

ding

.

5.

Hea

lthy

com

mun

ities

5.1

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e hu

man

he

alth

Will

it

redu

ce

subs

tant

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red

uce

mor

talit

y ra

tes?

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?++?

Taki

ng

acco

unt

of

the

Sou

th

Cam

brid

gesh

ire

Gyp

sy

and

Trav

elle

r C

omm

unity

S

trate

gy

shou

ld

effe

ctiv

ely

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

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alth

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in

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trave

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ensu

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that

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wel

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dec

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g (a

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alth

in

equa

litie

s ha

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the

Gyp

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and

Trav

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mm

unity

).

Rec

omm

enda

tion

It is

not

cle

ar t

hat

the

term

‘ad

dres

s th

e fu

ll ra

nge

of

land

-use

an

d pl

anni

ng

issu

es’ i

s su

ffici

ently

pos

itive

to im

ply

that

op

portu

nitie

s w

ill b

e ta

ken

to m

axim

isin

g su

stai

nabi

lity

bene

fits,

suc

h as

thr

ough

en

surin

g th

at

loca

tion

cont

ribut

es

to

redr

essi

ng

heal

th

ineq

ualit

ies.

‘A

ddre

ssin

g la

nd-u

se

and

plan

ning

is

sues

’ cou

ld b

e in

terp

rete

d as

sou

ndin

g lik

e a

rath

er c

onst

rain

ts b

ased

exe

rcis

e.

5.2

Red

uce

and

prev

ent

crim

e, a

nd

Will

it r

educ

e ac

tual

le

vels

of c

rime?

0

00

00

Wel

l pl

anne

d si

tes

are

less

lik

ely

to

gene

rate

a f

ear

of c

rime

amon

gst

the

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

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of t

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loca

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po

pula

tion.

It is

al

so

impo

rtant

to

co

nsid

er

fear

of

cr

ime

expe

rienc

ed

by

thos

e liv

ing

at

enca

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.

Furth

erm

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go

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plan

ning

is

an

op

portu

nity

to

in

tegr

ate

com

mun

ities

, im

prov

e re

latio

ns a

nd d

ispe

l m

yths

.

It is

un

certa

in

whe

ther

th

e S

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C

ambr

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G

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d Tr

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Com

mun

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trate

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ill w

ork

with

the

G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler

com

mun

ity

to

addr

ess

the

need

to re

duce

fear

of c

rime.

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity

of

publ

icly

ac

cess

ible

op

en

spac

e

Will

it

incr

ease

the

qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

pu

blic

ly

acce

ssib

le

open

sp

ace?

+0

00?

0

It is

lik

ely

that

wel

l pl

anne

d si

tes

will

be

requ

ired

to b

e ac

com

pani

ed b

y pl

aysp

ace

to m

eet n

eeds

of r

esid

ents

.

6.

Incl

usiv

e co

mm

uniti

es6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

se

rvic

es

and

faci

litie

s (e

.g.

heal

th,

trans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

tra

inin

g,

leis

ure

Will

it

impr

ove

the

qual

ity a

nd r

ange

of

serv

ices

an

d fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n,

shop

ping

, sp

ort,

leis

ure,

ar

ts

and

cultu

ral a

ctiv

ities

?

00

00

0

Acc

essi

bilit

y to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

will

be

a

key

loca

tiona

l cr

iterio

n w

hen

iden

tifyi

ng s

uita

ble

loca

tions

for a

utho

rised

si

tes.

It is

unc

erta

in w

heth

er it

will

be

poss

ible

to

sign

ifica

ntly

red

uce

relia

nce

on th

e pr

ivat

e

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

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of t

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2

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obj

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Will

it

impr

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acce

ssib

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to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es

and

faci

litie

s,

incl

udin

g he

alth

, ed

ucat

ion

and

leis

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(sho

ps,

post

of

fices

, pu

bs

etc)

?

+0

0+

+

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ssib

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by

m

eans

ot

her

than

th

e ca

r and

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

be

tter

mod

es

incl

udin

g pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt,

cycl

ing

and

wal

king

?

+?0

0+?

+?

oppo

rtuni

ties)

Will

it

supp

ort

and

impr

ove

com

mun

ity

and

publ

ic

trans

port?

00

00

0

car,

alth

ough

th

ere

may

be

so

me

pote

ntia

l, an

d so

effe

cts

are

reco

rded

as

unce

rtain

.

Acc

essi

bilit

y to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

is

likel

y to

be

a m

ajor

foc

us o

f th

e S

outh

C

ambr

idge

shire

G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gy.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

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isal

of t

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ions

2

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obj

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Will

dif

it im

prov

e re

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ns

betw

een

peop

le

from

fe

rent

back

grou

nds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

+0

0+?

+

Will

it

redu

ce

pove

rty

and

soci

al

excl

usio

n in

th

ose

area

s m

ost

affe

cted

?

+0

0+?

+

6.2

Red

ress

in

equa

litie

s re

late

d to

ag

e,

gend

er,

disa

bilit

y,

race

, fa

ith,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it

prom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

fo

r al

l m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly

and

disa

bled

?

+?0

0?+

?+

Red

ress

ing

ineq

ualit

ies

is a

key

foc

us o

f th

e S

outh

C

ambr

idge

shire

G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler C

omm

unity

Stra

tegy

.

The

plan

ned

prov

isio

n of

site

s to

mee

t ne

eds

has

to p

oten

tial

to r

educ

e so

cial

ex

clus

ion,

and

ena

ble

site

s to

be

loca

ted

whe

re

ther

e is

go

od

acce

ss

to

key

serv

ices

and

am

eniti

es s

uch

as s

choo

ls

and

med

ical

fac

ilitie

s.

Pla

nnin

g to

mee

t ne

eds

is

an

oppo

rtuni

ty

to

inte

grat

e co

mm

uniti

es, i

mpr

ove

rela

tions

and

dis

pel

myt

hs.

6.3

Ens

ure

all

grou

ps

have

ac

cess

to

de

cent

, ap

prop

riate

an

d af

ford

able

hou

sing

Will

it

supp

ort

the

prov

isio

n of

a r

ange

of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s, in

clud

ing

affo

rdab

le a

nd k

ey

wor

ker

hous

ing,

to

m

eet

the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

00

00

0

A k

ey o

bjec

tive

of th

e G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r D

PD

is c

lear

ly to

mee

t the

hou

sing

nee

ds

of

the

trave

lling

co

mm

unity

, w

hich

w

ill

requ

ire c

aref

ul p

lann

ing

of s

ites,

tak

ing

into

acc

ount

thei

r spe

cific

nee

ds.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

12

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it

redu

ce

the

num

ber

of

unfit

ho

mes

?0

00

00

Will

it

mee

t th

e ne

eds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

0+?

+

Will

it

incr

ease

the

ab

ility

of

peop

le t

o ue

nce

deci

sion

s?

infl

+0

++

+

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le

the

activ

e in

volv

emen

t of

lo

cal

peop

le

in

com

mun

ityac

tiviti

esW

ill

it en

cour

age

enga

gem

ent

with

co

mm

unity

activ

ities

?

00

00

0?

The

obje

ctiv

es a

ll es

sent

ially

spe

ll ou

t tha

t th

e D

PD

mus

t be

an

exer

cise

in

good

go

vern

ance

, whi

ch le

ads

to p

eopl

e fe

elin

g th

at

they

ha

ve

had

the

oppo

rtuni

ty

to

influ

ence

dec

isio

ns.

7.E

cono

mic

activ

ity7.

1 H

elp

peop

le

gain

ac

cess

to

sa

tisfy

ing

wor

k

Will

it

enco

urag

e bu

sine

sses

de

velo

pmen

t?

+?0

0+?

0Th

ere

may

be

po

tent

ial

for

busi

ness

ac

tiviti

es t

o be

und

erta

ken

at a

utho

rised

si

tes,

alth

ough

the

deg

ree

to w

hich

thi

s

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

13

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it

impr

ove

the

rang

e of

em

ploy

men

t op

portu

nitie

s to

pr

ovid

e a

satis

fyin

g jo

b or

oc

cupa

tion

for

ever

yone

w

ho

wan

ts o

ne?

00

00

0

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

to lo

cal

empl

oym

ent

by

mea

ns

othe

r th

an

the

car?

+?0

00?

0

appr

opria

te t

o th

eir

skill

s, p

oten

tial a

nd

plac

e of

resi

denc

e

Will

it

enco

urag

e th

e ru

ral

econ

omy

and

dive

rsifi

catio

n?

00

00+

0

will

be

the

case

, and

the

succ

ess

of s

uch

sche

mes

is s

omew

hat u

ncer

tain

.

It is

ce

rtain

ly

the

case

th

at

Trav

ellin

g S

how

peop

le a

re h

eavi

ly r

elia

nt o

n w

ell

plan

ned

and

desi

gned

yar

ds t

o su

ppor

t th

eir b

usin

ess

need

s.

Pro

perly

pl

anne

d si

tes

coul

d ad

dres

s ac

cess

ibili

ty i

ssue

s, i

nclu

ding

acc

ess

to

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort.

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

tein

vest

men

t in

pe

ople

, pl

aces

, co

mm

unic

atio

ns

Will

it

impr

ove

the

leve

l of

inv

estm

ent

in

key

com

mun

ity

serv

ices

an

d in

frast

ruct

ure?

00

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

14

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it su

ppor

t pr

ovis

ion

of

key

com

mun

icat

ions

infra

stru

ctur

e,

incl

udin

gbr

oadb

and?

00

00

0

and

othe

r in

frast

ruct

ure

Will

it

impr

ove

acce

ss to

edu

catio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort

prov

isio

n of

sk

illed

em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

00

00

0

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,co

mpe

titiv

enes

s,vi

talit

y an

d ad

apta

bilit

y of

th

e

Will

it

impr

ove

busi

ness

deve

lopm

ent

and

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

00

00

0+

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

15

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

Will

it

supp

ort

the

Cam

brid

ge

area

’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld

lead

er

in

rese

arch

an

d te

chno

logy

ba

sed

indu

strie

s,

high

er

educ

atio

n an

d re

sear

ch,

parti

cula

rly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

expa

nsio

n of

cl

uste

rs?

00

00

0

Will

it

supp

ort

sust

aina

ble

tour

ism

?0

00

00

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it

prot

ect

the

shop

ping

hie

rarc

hy,

supp

ortin

g th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abili

ty

of

Cam

brid

ge

City

C

entre

, to

wn,

di

stric

t, an

d lo

cal

cent

res?

00

00

0

Sum

mar

y:Th

e se

cond

and

four

th o

bjec

tives

are

rel

ated

as

mee

ting

need

s w

ill r

esul

t in

min

imis

ing

occu

rren

ces

of il

lega

l and

unp

lann

ed e

ncam

pmen

ts

and

deve

lopm

ents

, w

hich

can

be

asso

ciat

ed w

ith a

ran

ge o

f su

stai

nabi

lity

issu

es.

How

ever

, ra

ther

tha

n si

mpl

y se

ekin

g to

mee

t ne

eds,

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

16

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

perh

aps

a gr

eate

r fo

cus

of th

e D

PD

is to

mee

t nee

ds in

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

way

, whi

ch s

houl

d in

crea

se th

e ch

ance

of s

ucce

ss.

The

first

ob

ject

ive

refe

rs t

o ‘a

ddre

ss[in

g] t

he f

ull

rang

e of

lan

d-us

e an

d pl

anni

ng i

ssue

s th

at n

eed

to b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

reg

ardi

ng G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler

site

s an

d Tr

avel

ling

Sho

wpe

ople

site

s’.

Alth

ough

it is

thou

ght t

hat t

he w

ordi

ng c

ould

be

impr

oved

to b

e m

ore

expl

icitl

y po

sitiv

e, it

is

thou

ght t

hat t

he e

ssen

ce is

that

car

eful

pla

nnin

g w

ill b

e un

derta

ken,

whi

ch le

ads

to s

ites

in th

e m

ost a

ppro

pria

te lo

catio

ns w

here

ben

efits

can

be

max

imis

ed fo

r bot

h th

e tra

velli

ng a

nd s

ettle

d co

mm

uniti

es.

The

fifth

obj

ectiv

e m

akes

a u

sefu

l lin

k to

the

Sou

th C

ambr

idge

shire

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gy.

The

Stra

tegy

is c

urre

ntly

in

draf

t for

m, b

ut o

nce

adop

ted

will

aim

to e

nsur

e th

at th

ese

com

mun

ities

info

rm c

ounc

il pl

anni

ng, e

njoy

equ

ality

of s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

and

are

par

t of

coh

esiv

e co

mm

uniti

es w

ithin

whi

ch p

eopl

e fro

m d

iffer

ent b

ackg

roun

ds p

artic

ipat

e to

geth

er a

nd s

hare

equ

al ri

ghts

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

The

st

rate

gy w

ill p

rom

ote

soci

al c

ohes

ion

and

ensu

re e

ffect

ive

serv

ice

deliv

ery

by:

�P

rovi

ding

a c

onsi

sten

t, co

-ord

inat

ed a

ppro

ach

acro

ss th

e co

unci

l, an

d th

roug

h its

par

tner

ship

s, to

its

wor

k w

ith G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

.�

Impr

ovin

g ac

cess

to s

ervi

ces

and

the

resp

onsi

vene

ss o

f mai

nstre

am s

ervi

ces.

�

Pro

mot

ing

enga

gem

ent b

etw

een

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs a

nd th

e co

unci

l and

its

partn

ersh

ips

aim

ed a

t dev

elop

ing

com

mun

ity c

ohes

ion.

�P

rom

otin

g eq

ualit

y of

opp

ortu

nity

.

This

foc

us o

n go

od e

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

he G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r co

mm

unity

is li

kely

to

resu

lt in

a r

ange

of

sust

aina

bilit

y be

nefit

s, in

clud

ing

in

term

s of

add

ress

ing

exis

ting

heal

th is

sues

and

acc

ess

to a

ppro

pria

te s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s. I

t is

unce

rtain

whe

ther

the

Sou

th C

ambr

idge

shire

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r Com

mun

ity S

trate

gy w

ill w

ork

with

the

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

unity

to a

ddre

ss th

e ne

ed to

find

sui

tabl

e em

ploy

men

t, or

ho

w b

est t

o re

duce

fear

of c

rime.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:1)

The

obj

ectiv

es re

fer t

o ‘ta

king

into

acc

ount

land

-use

and

pla

nnin

g is

sues

’, bu

t cou

ld a

lso

refe

r to

‘faci

litat

ing

good

des

ign

and

man

agem

ent

over

tim

e’

2) It

is n

ot c

lear

that

the

term

‘add

ress

the

full

rang

e of

land

-use

and

pla

nnin

g is

sues

’ is

suffi

cien

tly p

ositi

ve to

impl

y th

at o

ppor

tuni

ties

will

be

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

17

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

gcr

iteria

12

34

5C

omm

ents

take

n to

max

imis

ing

sust

aina

bilit

y be

nefit

s, s

uch

as th

roug

h en

surin

g th

at lo

catio

n co

ntrib

utes

to r

edre

ssin

g he

alth

ineq

ualit

ies.

‘A

ddre

ssin

g la

nd-u

se a

nd p

lann

ing

issu

es’ c

ould

be

inte

rpre

ted

as s

ound

ing

like

a ra

ther

con

stra

ints

bas

ed e

xerc

ise.



Annex III: Site Assessment Tables



Annex IV: Policy Assessment Tables

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

1

OPT

ION

OPT

1: If

site

s ar

e al

loca

ted

in th

e G

reen

Bel

t und

er e

xcep

tiona

l circ

umst

ance

s, th

ey s

houl

d re

mai

n in

the

Gre

en B

elt.

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

0 0

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

is o

ptio

n is

not

pro

mot

ing

the

Gre

en B

elt

as a

n ap

prop

riate

loca

tion

for

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

(whi

ch

mig

ht h

ave

som

e ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s in

term

s of

this

obj

ectiv

e), b

ut

rath

er s

impl

y sa

ys th

at w

hen

this

oc

curs

the

site

s sh

ould

rem

ain

desi

gnat

ed a

s G

reen

Bel

t lan

d.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

2

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

3

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0++

+

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0?+

+

The

only

real

effe

ct o

f thi

s op

tion

is in

term

s of

pro

tect

ing

the

inte

grity

of t

he G

reen

Bel

t, w

hich

is

ess

entia

lly a

la

ndsc

ape/

tow

nsca

pe

desi

gnat

ion.

Thi

s op

tion

seek

s to

en

sure

that

a d

ange

rous

pr

eced

ent i

s no

t set

rega

rdin

g re

mov

ing

area

s of

land

from

the

Gre

en B

elt.

The

dan

ger i

s th

at

such

a p

rece

dent

mig

ht le

ad to

er

osio

n of

the

Gre

en B

elt’s

co

ntin

uity

ove

r tim

e.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

0 0

0

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

4

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0 0

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

5

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0 0

0 5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

is o

ptio

n is

not

pro

mot

ing

the

Gre

en B

elt

as a

n ap

prop

riate

loca

tion

for

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

(whi

ch

mig

ht h

ave

som

e ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s in

term

s of

this

obj

ectiv

e, b

ecau

se

Gre

en B

elt l

ocat

ions

are

like

ly to

be

rela

tivel

y re

mot

e fro

m s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s), b

ut ra

ther

sim

ply

says

that

whe

n th

is o

ccur

s th

e si

tes

shou

ld re

mai

n de

sign

ated

as

Gre

en B

elt l

and.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

6

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

7

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

is o

ptio

n is

not

pro

mot

ing

the

gree

n be

lt as

an

app

ropr

iate

loca

tion

for G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler s

ites

(whi

ch m

ight

ha

ve s

ome

bene

fits

in te

rms

of

this

obj

ectiv

e, b

ecau

se it

wou

ld

allo

w a

num

ber o

f site

s w

ith

tem

pora

ry p

lann

ing

perm

issi

on to

at

tain

per

man

ent s

tatu

s), b

ut

rath

er s

impl

y sa

ys th

at w

hen

this

oc

curs

the

site

s sh

ould

rem

ain

desi

gnat

ed a

s G

reen

Bel

t lan

d.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

8

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

9

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

This

opt

ion

does

not

hav

e w

ide

rang

ing

sust

aina

bilit

y im

plic

atio

ns a

s it

is n

ot p

rom

otin

g th

e G

reen

Bel

t as

an a

ppro

pria

te lo

catio

n fo

r Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller

site

s (w

hich

mig

ht h

ave

som

e ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s in

term

s of

a n

umbe

r of s

usta

inab

ility

obje

ctiv

es),

but r

athe

r sim

ply

says

that

whe

n th

is o

ccur

s th

e si

tes

shou

ld re

mai

n de

sign

ated

as

Gre

en B

elt l

and.

The

onl

y re

al e

ffect

of t

his

Pol

icy

is in

term

s of

pro

tect

ing

the

inte

grity

of t

he G

reen

Bel

t, w

hich

is e

ssen

tially

a

land

scap

e/to

wns

cape

des

igna

tion.

Thi

s P

olic

y se

eks

to e

nsur

e th

at a

dan

gero

us p

rece

dent

is n

ot s

et re

gard

ing

rem

ovin

g ar

eas

of la

nd fr

om th

e G

reen

B

elt.

The

dan

ger i

s th

at s

uch

a pr

eced

ent m

ight

lead

to e

rosi

on o

f the

Gre

en B

elt’s

con

tinui

ty o

ver t

ime.

The

reje

cted

opt

ion

OP

T2 w

ould

hav

e re

sulte

d in

th

e di

sben

efits

des

crib

ed a

bove

, and

so

wou

ld s

core

wor

se in

term

s of

sus

tain

abili

ty.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

10

REJ

ECTE

D O

PTIO

N O

PT2:

If s

ites

are

allo

cate

d in

the

Gre

en B

elt u

nder

exc

eptio

nal c

ircum

stan

ces

they

sho

uld

be re

mov

ed fr

om th

e G

reen

B

elt.

See

refe

renc

e to

this

reje

cted

opt

ion

in th

e as

sess

men

t sum

mar

y fo

r opt

ion

OPT

1

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

11

OPT

ION

OPT

3: If

add

ition

al s

ites

are

allo

cate

d at

Che

ster

ton

Fen

Roa

d, th

e ar

ea w

est o

f Che

ster

ton

Fen

Roa

d sh

ould

rem

ain

in th

e G

reen

Bel

t. SA

Top

ic

SA o

bjec

tives

D

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

crite

riaSh

ort

term

M

ed te

rm

Long

term

C

omm

ents

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

00

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?0

00

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

is o

ptio

n do

es n

ot d

irect

ly c

onsi

der i

ssue

s su

rroun

ding

dev

elop

men

t of s

ites

in th

is lo

catio

n, n

or is

sues

su

rrou

ndin

g th

e G

reen

Bel

t as

an

appr

opria

te lo

catio

n fo

r Gyp

sy

and

Trav

elle

r site

s in

gen

eral

(w

hich

mig

ht h

ave

som

e ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s in

term

s of

this

obj

ectiv

e),

but r

athe

r sim

ply

says

that

sho

uld

this

occ

ur in

the

area

wes

t of

Che

ster

ton

Fen

Roa

d th

e si

tes

shou

ld re

mai

n de

sign

ated

as

Gre

en B

elt l

and

(in o

rder

to a

void

pr

essu

re fo

r alte

rnat

ive

uses

that

m

ight

hav

e a

high

er la

nd v

alue

).

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

12

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s

Will

it co

nser

ve g

roun

d w

ater

reso

urce

s?

00

0

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

00

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

00

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

00

0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

00

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

13

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

00

0

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

00

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0?+

+

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

e re

ason

w

hy th

is o

ptio

n su

gges

ts th

at th

e la

nd to

the

wes

t of C

hest

erto

n Fe

n R

oad

shou

ld re

mai

n in

the

Gre

en B

elt i

f allo

cate

d fo

r a

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ite is

not

di

rect

ly re

late

d to

the

land

scap

e fu

nctio

n of

the

Gre

en B

elt.

R

athe

r, it

is to

avo

id p

ress

ure

for

alte

rnat

ive

uses

that

mig

ht h

ave

a hi

gher

land

val

ue.

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

14

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

00

0

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

00

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

00

0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

00

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

00

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

supp

ort

the

recy

clin

g of

was

te

prod

ucts

W

ill it

incr

ease

was

te

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

15

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0 0

0 5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

00

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

. Th

is o

ptio

n do

es n

ot d

irect

ly c

onsi

der i

ssue

s su

rroun

ding

dev

elop

men

t of s

ites

in th

is lo

catio

n, n

or is

sues

su

rrou

ndin

g th

e G

reen

Bel

t as

an

appr

opria

te lo

catio

n fo

r Gyp

sy

and

Trav

elle

r site

s in

gen

eral

(in

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

16

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

00

0

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

00

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

00

0

whi

ch c

ase

acce

ss to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

wou

ld b

e a

key

cons

ider

atio

n), b

ut ra

ther

sim

ply

says

that

sho

uld

this

site

com

e fo

rwar

d it

shou

ld re

mai

n de

sign

ated

as

Gre

en B

elt l

and

(in

orde

r to

avoi

d pr

essu

re fo

r al

tern

ativ

e us

es th

at m

ight

hav

e a

high

er la

nd v

alue

)

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

00

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

17

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

00

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++++

++

The

key

effe

ct o

f thi

s op

tion

is to

se

ek to

ens

ure

that

the

need

s of

G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

can

be

met

. Th

e P

olic

y ha

s be

en

prep

ared

in re

spon

se to

a s

peci

fic

iden

tifie

d is

sue

in re

latio

n to

this

si

te, n

amel

y th

at s

houl

d it

be

iden

tifie

d as

app

ropr

iate

for a

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

and

re

mov

ed fr

om th

e G

reen

Bel

t th

en it

wou

ld b

e lik

ely

that

ther

e co

uld

be p

ress

ure

for a

ltern

ativ

e us

es w

ith a

hig

her l

and

valu

e.

This

cou

ld re

sult

in G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler n

eeds

not

bei

ng m

et.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

18

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

00

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

00

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

00

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

00

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

19

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

00

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

00

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

00

0

Sum

mar

y:

This

Pol

icy

does

not

hav

e w

ide

rang

ing

sust

aina

bilit

y im

plic

atio

ns a

s it

does

not

dire

ctly

con

side

r iss

ues

surr

ound

ing

deve

lopm

ent o

f site

s in

this

loca

tion,

no

r iss

ues

surr

ound

ing

the

Gre

en B

elt a

s an

app

ropr

iate

loca

tion

for G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s in

gen

eral

(whi

ch m

ight

hav

e so

me

nega

tive

effe

cts

in

term

s of

a n

umbe

r of s

usta

inab

ility

obj

ectiv

es).

Rat

her,

it si

mpl

y sa

ys th

at s

houl

d th

is o

ccur

in th

e ar

ea w

est o

f Che

ster

ton

Fen

Roa

d th

e si

tes

shou

ld

rem

ain

desi

gnat

ed a

s G

reen

Bel

t lan

d (in

ord

er to

avo

id p

ress

ure

for a

ltern

ativ

e us

es th

at m

ight

hav

e a

high

er la

nd v

alue

).

The

key

effe

ct o

f thi

s P

olic

y is

to s

eek

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e ne

eds

of G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

can

be

met

. Th

e P

olic

y ha

s be

en p

repa

red

in re

spon

se to

a

spec

ific

iden

tifie

d is

sue

in re

latio

n to

this

site

, nam

ely

that

sho

uld

it be

iden

tifie

d as

app

ropr

iate

for a

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ite a

nd re

mov

ed fr

om th

e G

reen

B

elt t

hen

it w

ould

be

likel

y th

at th

ere

coul

d be

pre

ssur

e fo

r alte

rnat

ive

uses

with

a h

ighe

r lan

d va

lue.

Thi

s co

uld

resu

lt in

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller n

eeds

not

be

ing

met

. Th

e re

ject

ed o

ptio

n O

PT4

wou

ld h

ave

resu

lted

in th

e di

sben

efits

des

crib

ed a

bove

, and

so

wou

ld s

core

wor

se in

term

s of

sus

tain

abilit

y.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

20

REJ

ECTE

D O

PTIO

N O

PT4:

If a

dditi

onal

site

s ar

e al

loca

ted

at C

hest

erto

n Fe

n R

oad,

the

area

wes

t of C

hest

erto

n Fe

n R

oad

shou

ld b

e re

mov

ed

from

the

Gre

en B

elt.

See

refe

renc

e to

this

reje

cted

opt

ion

in th

e as

sess

men

t sum

mar

y fo

r opt

ion

OPT

3

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

21

OPT

ION

OPT

5: S

ites

deliv

ered

thro

ugh

maj

or d

evel

opm

ents

sho

uld

be w

ithin

but

on

the

edge

of a

dev

elop

men

t, or

out

side

but

in c

lose

prox

imity

exc

ept i

n th

e G

reen

Bel

t. SA

Top

ic

SA o

bjec

tives

D

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

crite

riaSh

ort

term

M

ed te

rm

Long

term

C

omm

ents

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

??

?

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

??

?

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

??

?

Mee

ting

need

s w

ithin

a

deve

lopm

ent c

ould

util

ise

prev

ious

ly d

evel

oped

land

, but

th

e op

tion

also

allo

ws

site

s ou

tsid

e, w

hich

then

mig

ht b

e m

ore

likel

y to

be

on a

gric

ultu

ral

land

.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

??

?

Ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial t

o m

ake

use

of c

omm

unity

sca

le

rene

wab

le o

r low

car

bon

ener

gy

gene

ratio

n. H

owev

er, i

t is

not

clea

r whe

ther

this

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Tr

avel

lers

, and

so

effe

cts

rem

ain

unce

rtain

.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

22

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

23

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

?+

+

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

?+

+

Loca

tions

on

the

edge

of m

ajor

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to

prov

ide

the

best

opp

ortu

nity

to

inte

grat

e si

tes

effe

ctiv

ely.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

24

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

+?

+?+?

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?+

++

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

++

+

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to b

e re

lativ

ely

wel

l loc

ated

in te

rms

of

min

imis

ing

the

expo

sure

of t

he

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

unity

to

pol

luta

nts.

Furth

erm

ore,

goo

d lo

catio

n,

desi

gn a

nd th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

appr

opria

te fa

cilit

ies

can

mea

n th

at th

e G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

do

es n

ot im

pact

upo

n th

e ne

ighb

ourin

g se

ttled

com

mun

ity

in th

is s

ense

.

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

new

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to h

ave

good

acc

ess

to s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s by

sus

tain

able

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0+

0+

0+

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

supp

ort

the

recy

clin

g of

was

te

prod

ucts

W

ill it

incr

ease

was

te

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g?

0+

0+

0+

It m

ay b

e m

ore

prac

ticab

le to

de

sign

in g

ood

was

te

man

agem

ent f

acilit

ies

at m

ajor

ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

25

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0+

0+

0+

5.1

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e hu

man

hea

lth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

+?+?

+?

It is

thou

ght t

hat s

ites

on th

e ed

ge

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

allo

w G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to

mak

e us

e of

the

good

rang

e of

ne

w s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s th

at

will

be

avai

labl

e an

d ac

cess

ible

to

resi

dent

s, in

clud

ing

open

spa

ce.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

+?+?

+?

Fear

of c

rime

is a

key

reas

on fo

r te

nsio

ns b

etw

een

the

Gyp

sy a

nd

Trav

elle

r and

set

tled

com

mun

ities

. It

may

be

that

de

sign

ing

in s

ites

from

the

outs

et

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts g

ives

gr

eate

r opp

ortu

nity

for t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f tru

st,

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ha

rmon

ious

re

latio

nshi

ps.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

new

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to h

ave

good

acc

ess

to s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s by

sus

tain

able

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

26

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

++

+

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

+?+?

+?

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

++

+

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0+

0+

0+

Loca

tions

on

the

edge

of m

ajor

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to

prov

ide

the

best

opp

ortu

nity

to

inte

grat

e si

tes

effe

ctiv

ely.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

27

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

+

Som

e G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

ha

ve a

pre

fere

nce

for s

ome

deta

chm

ent a

nd ru

ral l

ocat

ions

, bu

t thi

s do

es n

ot p

recl

ude

suita

bly

desi

gned

pro

visi

on a

s pa

rt of

maj

or d

evel

opm

ents

.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

?

??

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

Rec

omm

enda

tion:

It

will

be im

porta

nt th

at th

e lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

of a

ny G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler s

ite is

an

issu

e th

at

is c

onsi

dere

d as

par

t of a

ny

com

mun

ity le

d pl

anni

ng th

at is

un

derta

ken

whe

n m

aste

rpla

nnin

g m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0?

0?

0?

7.

Eco

nom

ic

activ

ity

7.1

Hel

p pe

ople

gai

n ac

cess

to s

atis

fyin

g w

ork

appr

opria

te to

thei

r sk

ills, p

oten

tial a

nd

plac

e of

resi

denc

e W

ill it

impr

ove

the

rang

e of

em

ploy

men

t op

portu

nitie

s to

pro

vide

a

satis

fyin

g jo

b or

oc

cupa

tion

for e

very

one

who

wan

ts o

ne?

?+?+

?+

Ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial f

or

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

with

in

maj

or n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

that

are

ap

prop

riate

for G

ypsi

es a

nd

Trav

elle

rs.

Rec

omm

enda

tion:

E

xplo

re th

e op

portu

nity

for

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs to

hav

e

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

28

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

acce

ss to

app

ropr

iate

em

ploy

men

t with

in m

ajor

new

de

velo

pmen

ts, i

nclu

ding

dur

ing

the

cons

truct

ion

phas

e.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

29

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

Des

igni

ng in

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

on th

e ed

ge o

f maj

or n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

cou

ld re

sult

in a

rang

e of

sus

tain

abili

ty b

enef

its.

Thes

e ar

e lik

ely

to b

e go

od lo

catio

ns in

term

s of

mee

ting

the

need

s of

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs.

In p

artic

ular

, it i

s th

ough

t tha

t site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

affo

rd G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to m

ake

use

of th

e go

od ra

nge

of n

ew s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s th

at w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

and

acce

ssib

le to

resi

dent

s, in

clud

ing

open

spa

ce.

It sh

ould

be

poss

ible

to e

ffect

ivel

y de

sign

and

inte

grat

e si

tes

in s

o th

at p

oten

tial n

egat

ive

effe

cts

are

addr

esse

d. I

n th

e lo

ng te

rm it

is th

ough

t tha

t any

ne

gativ

e ef

fect

s ar

e lik

ely

to d

ecre

ase,

ass

umin

g th

at a

ny G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

is w

ell m

anag

ed a

nd g

ood

rela

tions

can

be

esta

blis

hed

betw

een

settl

ed

and

trave

lling

com

mun

ities

. It

may

be

that

des

igni

ng in

site

s fro

m th

e ou

tset

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts g

ives

gre

ater

opp

ortu

nity

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f tru

st, u

nder

stan

ding

and

har

mon

ious

rela

tions

hips

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

30

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:

1) It

will

be im

porta

nt th

at th

e lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

of a

ny G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

is a

n is

sue

that

is c

onsi

dere

d as

par

t of a

ny c

omm

unity

led

plan

ning

that

is

und

erta

ken

whe

n m

aste

rpla

nnin

g m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

2) E

xplo

re th

e op

portu

nity

for G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to h

ave

acce

ss to

app

ropr

iate

em

ploy

men

t with

in m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

dur

ing

the

cons

truct

ion

phas

e. T

his

coul

d be

one

ben

efit

to e

stab

lishi

ng G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s at

an

early

sta

ge o

f dev

elop

men

t

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

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ility

App

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al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

31

OPT

ION

OPT

6: T

he G

TDPD

sho

uld

incl

ude

a po

licy

cove

ring

spec

ific

issu

es re

latin

g to

the

desi

gn a

nd lo

catio

n of

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

with

in o

r clo

se to

maj

or d

evel

opm

ents

, cov

erin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

issu

es:

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

??

?

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

??

?

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

??

?

Mee

ting

need

s w

ithin

a

deve

lopm

ent c

ould

util

ise

prev

ious

ly d

evel

oped

land

, but

th

e po

licy

also

allo

ws

site

s ou

tsid

e, w

hich

then

mig

ht b

e m

ore

likel

y to

be

on a

gric

ultu

ral

land

.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

??

?

Mee

ting

need

s w

ithin

or o

n th

e ed

ge o

f a d

evel

opm

ent c

ould

in

crea

se th

e po

tent

ial t

o m

ake

use

of c

omm

unity

sca

le

rene

wab

le o

r low

car

bon

ener

gy

gene

ratio

n. H

owev

er, i

t is

not

clea

r whe

ther

this

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Tr

avel

lers

, and

so

effe

cts

rem

ain

unce

rtain

.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

32

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

33

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

++

+

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

This

pol

icy

stat

es th

at s

ites

in th

e G

reen

Bel

t wou

ld n

ot b

e ap

prop

riate

, unl

ess

exce

ptio

nal

circ

umst

ance

s ca

n be

de

mon

stra

ted.

Thi

s sh

ould

ef

fect

ivel

y pr

otec

t the

Gre

en B

elt,

whi

ch is

ess

entia

lly a

la

ndsc

ape/

tow

nsca

pe d

esig

natio

n.

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

++

+

This

pol

icy

spec

ifies

that

the

site

lo

catio

n sh

ould

be

com

patib

le w

ith

its lo

cal e

nviro

nmen

t as

wel

l as

adjo

inin

g an

d / o

r nea

rby

land

us

es.

The

Pol

icy

also

sta

tes

that

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

34

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

++

+

the

site

loca

tion,

des

ign

and

layo

ut

shou

ld p

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

safe

ty,

secu

rity

and

priv

acy

for r

esid

ents

of

the

site

and

nei

ghbo

urin

g us

es.

Thes

e st

ipul

atio

ns s

houl

d go

so

me

way

to e

nsur

ing

the

satis

fact

ion

of b

oth

the

settl

ed a

nd

trave

lling

com

mun

ities

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

+?

+?+?

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?+

++

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

++

+

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to b

e re

lativ

ely

wel

l loc

ated

in te

rms

of

min

imis

ing

the

expo

sure

of t

he

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

unity

to

pol

luta

nts.

Furth

erm

ore,

goo

d lo

catio

n,

desi

gn a

nd th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

appr

opria

te fa

cilit

ies

can

mea

n th

at th

e G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

do

es n

ot im

pact

upo

n th

e ne

ighb

ourin

g se

ttled

com

mun

ity

in th

is s

ense

.

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

new

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to h

ave

good

acc

ess

to s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s by

sus

tain

able

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

supp

ort

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0+

0+

0+

It m

ay b

e m

ore

prac

ticab

le to

de

sign

in g

ood

was

te

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

35

the

recy

clin

g of

was

te

prod

ucts

W

ill it

incr

ease

was

te

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g?

0+

0+

0+

man

agem

ent f

acilit

ies

at m

ajor

ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

.

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0+

0+

0+

5.1

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e hu

man

hea

lth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

+?+?

+?

It is

thou

ght t

hat s

ites

on th

e ed

ge

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

allo

w G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to

mak

e us

e of

the

good

rang

e of

ne

w s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s th

at

will

be

avai

labl

e an

d ac

cess

ible

to

resi

dent

s, in

clud

ing

open

spa

ce.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

+?+?

+?

Fear

of c

rime

is a

key

reas

on fo

r te

nsio

ns b

etw

een

the

Gyp

sy a

nd

Trav

elle

r and

set

tled

com

mun

ities

. It

may

be

that

de

sign

ing

in s

ites

from

the

outs

et

of m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts g

ives

gr

eate

r opp

ortu

nity

for t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f tru

st,

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ha

rmon

ious

re

latio

nshi

ps.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

36

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

++

+

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

+?+?

+?

6.1

Impr

ove

the

qual

ity,

rang

e an

d ac

cess

ibili

ty

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s (e

.g. h

ealth

, tra

nspo

rt,

educ

atio

n, tr

aini

ng,

leis

ure

oppo

rtuni

ties)

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Site

s on

the

edge

of m

ajor

new

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to h

ave

good

acc

ess

to s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s by

sus

tain

able

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt.

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

++

+

Loca

tions

on

the

edge

of m

ajor

de

velo

pmen

ts a

re li

kely

to

prov

ide

the

best

opp

ortu

nity

to

inte

grat

e si

tes

effe

ctiv

ely.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

37

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

+

Som

e G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

ha

ve a

pre

fere

nce

for s

ome

deta

chm

ent a

nd ru

ral l

ocat

ions

, bu

t thi

s do

es n

ot p

recl

ude

suita

bly

desi

gned

pro

visi

on a

s pa

rt of

maj

or d

evel

opm

ents

, as

prom

oted

by

this

pol

icy.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

?

??

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

Rec

omm

enda

tion:

It

will

be im

porta

nt th

at th

e lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

of a

ny G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler s

ite is

an

issu

e th

at

is c

onsi

dere

d as

par

t of a

ny

com

mun

ity le

d pl

anni

ng th

at is

un

derta

ken

whe

n m

aste

rpla

nnin

g m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

38

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0?

0?

0?

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

?+?+

?+

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0+

0+

0+

7.1

Hel

p pe

ople

gai

n ac

cess

to s

atis

fyin

g w

ork

appr

opria

te to

thei

r sk

ills, p

oten

tial a

nd

plac

e of

resi

denc

e

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial f

or

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

with

in

maj

or n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

that

are

ap

prop

riate

for G

ypsi

es a

nd

Trav

elle

rs.

Rec

omm

enda

tion:

E

xplo

re th

e op

portu

nity

for

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs to

hav

e ac

cess

to a

ppro

pria

te

empl

oym

ent w

ithin

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ents

, inc

ludi

ng d

urin

g th

e co

nstru

ctio

n ph

ase.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

39

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e lo

cal e

cono

my

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

40

Sum

mar

y:

This

Pol

icy

iden

tifie

s si

tes

with

in o

r on

the

edge

of m

ajor

dev

elop

men

t site

s as

sui

tabl

e fo

r Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites,

and

als

o in

clud

es a

rang

e of

pr

inci

ples

that

sho

uld

guid

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of s

uita

ble

loca

tions

and

des

ign

of s

ites.

It t

here

fore

has

a ra

nge

of s

usta

inab

ility

impl

icat

ions

.

This

Pol

icy

stat

es th

at s

ites

in th

e G

reen

Bel

t wou

ld n

ot b

e ap

prop

riate

, unl

ess

exce

ptio

nal c

ircum

stan

ces

can

be d

emon

stra

ted.

Thi

s sh

ould

effe

ctiv

ely

prot

ect t

he G

reen

Bel

t, w

hich

is e

ssen

tially

a la

ndsc

ape/

tow

nsca

pe d

esig

natio

n.

The

othe

r maj

or b

enef

its a

re th

at s

ites

at th

e ed

ge o

f maj

or d

evel

opm

ent s

ites

are

likel

y to

hav

e go

od a

cces

s to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

by s

usta

inab

le

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt; a

nd th

at d

esig

ning

in s

ites

from

the

outs

et o

f maj

or n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

incr

ease

s th

e ch

ance

s of

suc

cess

ful i

nteg

ratio

n w

ith th

e se

ttled

co

mm

unity

. S

ome

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs d

o ha

ve a

pre

fere

nce

for s

ome

deta

chm

ent a

nd ru

ral l

ocat

ions

, but

this

doe

s no

t pre

clud

e su

itabl

y de

sign

ed

prov

isio

n as

par

t of m

ajor

dev

elop

men

ts.

This

Pol

icy

spec

ifies

that

the

site

loca

tion

shou

ld b

e co

mpa

tible

with

its

loca

l env

ironm

ent a

s w

ell a

s ad

join

ing

and

/ or n

earb

y la

nd u

ses.

The

Pol

icy

also

st

ates

that

the

site

loca

tion,

des

ign

and

layo

ut s

houl

d pr

ovid

e ad

equa

te s

afet

y, s

ecur

ity a

nd p

rivac

y fo

r res

iden

ts o

f the

site

and

nei

ghbo

urin

g us

es.

Thes

e st

ipul

atio

ns s

houl

d go

som

e w

ay to

ens

urin

g th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

bot

h th

e se

ttled

and

trav

ellin

g co

mm

uniti

es w

ith th

eir n

eigh

bour

hood

s.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:S

ee re

com

men

datio

ns a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith P

olic

y O

PT5

abo

ve.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

41

OPT

ION

OPT

7: M

ajor

dev

elop

men

ts s

houl

d be

requ

ired

to p

rovi

de a

spe

cific

num

ber o

f pitc

hes

thro

ugh

the

GTD

PD, a

nd h

ow th

at n

umbe

r is

split

into

indi

vidu

al s

ites

shou

ld b

e le

ft to

mas

terp

lann

ing

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t. SA

Top

ic

SA o

bjec

tives

D

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

crite

riaSh

ort

term

M

ed te

rm

Long

term

C

omm

ents

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

++

+

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

The

flexi

bilit

y al

low

ed b

y th

is

Pol

icy

shou

ld a

llow

for a

n ef

ficie

nt

use

of la

nd.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

?+?+

?+

The

flexi

bilit

y al

low

ed b

y th

is

Pol

icy

may

incr

ease

the

pote

ntia

l to

mak

e us

e of

com

mun

ity s

cale

re

new

able

or l

ow c

arbo

n en

ergy

ge

nera

tion.

How

ever

, thi

s is

un

certa

in.

It is

als

o un

certa

in

whe

ther

this

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

, and

so

effe

cts

rem

ain

unce

rtain

.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

42

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

43

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

+?+?

+?

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

Allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r si

tes

may

mea

n th

at it

is e

asie

r to

prev

ent a

ny p

oten

tial n

egat

ive

effe

cts

and

seek

pos

itive

effe

cts

in te

rms

of la

ndsc

ape/

tow

nsca

pe.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

+?+?

+?

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

++

+

Allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r si

tes

shou

ld p

lay

an im

porta

nt

role

in te

rms

of e

nsur

ing

the

satis

fact

ion

of b

oth

the

settl

ed

com

mun

ity a

nd th

e G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler c

omm

unity

with

the

desi

gn o

f maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ents

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

44

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

+?

+?+?

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?+

++

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

++

+

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0+

0+

0+

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0+

0+

0+

Allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r si

tes

may

mea

n th

at it

is e

asie

r to

prev

ent n

egat

ive

effe

cts

in te

rms

of p

ollu

tion,

and

als

o ca

r de

pend

ency

. It

will

also

ena

ble

site

s to

be

plan

ned

to a

chiv

e ac

cess

ibili

ty.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

+?

+?+?

Allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r si

tes

may

mea

n th

at it

is e

asie

r to

desi

gn in

faci

litie

s fo

r goo

d w

aste

m

anag

emen

t.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

45

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

+?+?

+?

It m

ay b

e th

at a

llow

ing

grea

ter

flexi

bilit

y w

hen

desi

gnin

g in

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s m

eans

th

at G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

can

liv

e in

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

lo

catio

ns in

term

s of

acc

ess

to

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s. H

owev

er,

this

is s

omew

hat u

ncer

tain

.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

+?

+?+?

It is

like

ly th

at g

reat

er fl

exib

ility

coul

d le

ad to

gre

ater

pot

entia

l for

su

cces

sful

inte

grat

ion

betw

een

the

settl

ed a

nd G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler c

omm

uniti

es, b

ut th

is

impa

ct is

unc

erta

in.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

+?+?

+?

It m

ay b

e th

at a

llow

ing

grea

ter

flexi

bilit

y w

hen

desi

gnin

g in

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s m

eans

th

at G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

can

liv

e in

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

lo

catio

ns in

term

s of

acc

ess

to

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s. H

owev

er,

this

is s

omew

hat u

ncer

tain

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

46

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

+?+?

+?

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

+?+?

+?

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

It is

like

ly th

at g

reat

er fl

exib

ility

coul

d le

ad to

gre

ater

pot

entia

l for

su

cces

sful

inte

grat

ion

betw

een

the

settl

ed a

nd G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler c

omm

uniti

es, b

ut th

is

impa

ct is

unc

erta

in.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

47

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

??

?

The

early

wor

k w

ith th

e G

ypsy

an

d Tr

avel

ler c

omm

unity

has

id

entif

ied

a pr

efer

ence

for s

ites

of

up to

10

pitc

hes

in s

ize.

H

owev

er, t

his

Pol

icy

prom

otes

a

mor

e fle

xibl

e ap

proa

ch, b

ut o

ther

po

licy

will

act t

o lim

it th

e si

ze o

f si

tes

to 1

5 pi

tche

s. T

hus

ther

e co

uld

be p

oten

tial f

or s

ome

degr

ee o

f dis

satis

fact

ion

from

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

rs, a

lthou

gh it

is

not

cle

ar th

at s

ites

of 1

5 ra

ther

th

an 1

0 pi

tche

s w

ill b

e a

maj

or

prob

lem

. It

is a

lso

impo

rtant

to

cons

ider

that

del

iver

y of

site

s is

im

porta

nt fo

r nee

ds to

be

met

. Th

is P

olic

y m

ay h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

the

chan

ces

of s

ucce

ssfu

l del

iver

y.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

48

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

49

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

Allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s as

par

t of M

ajor

New

Dev

elop

men

ts s

houl

d re

sult

in a

rang

e of

sus

tain

abilit

y be

nefit

s. I

t may

be

that

it is

eas

ier t

o pr

even

t neg

ativ

e ef

fect

s in

term

s of

land

scap

e/to

wns

cape

; and

it m

ay m

ean

that

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs c

an li

ve in

th

e m

ost a

ppro

pria

te lo

catio

ns in

term

s of

acc

ess

to s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s. F

urth

erm

ore,

allo

win

g gr

eate

r fle

xibi

lity

whe

n de

sign

ing

in G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r si

tes

shou

ld p

lay

an im

porta

nt ro

le in

term

s of

ens

urin

g th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

settl

ed c

omm

unity

with

thei

r new

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

and

may

lead

to g

reat

er

pote

ntia

l for

suc

cess

ful i

nteg

ratio

n be

twee

n th

e se

ttled

and

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

uniti

es.

It is

als

o im

porta

nt to

con

side

r the

sat

isfa

ctio

n of

the

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

unity

with

thei

r sur

roun

ding

s. T

he e

arly

wor

k w

ith th

e G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r co

mm

unity

has

iden

tifie

d a

pref

eren

ce fo

r site

s of

up

to 1

0 pi

tche

s in

siz

e. H

owev

er, t

his

Pol

icy

prom

otes

a m

ore

flexi

ble

appr

oach

, but

oth

er p

olic

y w

ill ac

t to

limit

the

size

of s

ites

to n

orm

ally

15

pitc

hes.

Thu

s th

ere

coul

d be

pot

entia

l for

som

e de

gree

of d

issa

tisfa

ctio

n fro

m G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

rs, a

lthou

gh it

is

not

cle

ar th

at s

ites

of 1

5 ra

ther

than

10

pitc

hes

will

be a

maj

or p

robl

em.

It is

als

o im

porta

nt to

con

side

r tha

t del

iver

y of

site

s is

impo

rtant

for n

eeds

to b

e m

et.

This

Pol

icy

may

hav

e th

e po

tent

ial t

o in

crea

se th

e ch

ance

s of

suc

cess

ful d

eliv

ery.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

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ypsy

and

Tra

velle

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and

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ions

2

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Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

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shire

Dis

tric

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ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

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and

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ions

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OPT

ION

OPT

8: D

eliv

ery

of s

ites

shou

ld b

e ph

ased

so

that

key

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

are

avai

labl

e in

a n

ew d

evel

opm

ent b

efor

e G

ypsy

and

Tr

avel

ler p

itche

s ar

e co

mpl

eted

. SA

Top

ic

SA o

bjec

tives

D

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

crite

riaSh

ort

term

M

ed te

rm

Long

term

C

omm

ents

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

0 0

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

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velle

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

ire G

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and

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velle

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

0 0

0

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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ility

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al R

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009

54

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0+

0

0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

+?

0 0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0 0

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

Ens

urin

g th

at lo

cal s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ar

e in

pla

ce w

ill m

ean

that

ther

e is

the

pote

ntia

l for

G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to a

cces

s th

em b

y w

alki

ng a

nd o

ther

su

stai

nabl

e m

odes

of t

rans

port.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

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al R

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009

55

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

++

+5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

0 0

0

It is

like

ly th

at k

ey s

ervi

ces

are

likel

y to

incl

ude

heal

th a

nd

educ

atio

n fa

cilit

ies,

ther

efor

e en

surin

g th

e pr

imar

y ne

eds

of

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs c

an b

e m

et lo

cally

from

the

outs

et.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

++

+

Ens

urin

g th

at lo

cal s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ar

e in

pla

ce w

ill m

ean

that

ther

e is

the

pote

ntia

l for

G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to a

cces

s th

em b

y w

alki

ng a

nd o

ther

su

stai

nabl

e m

odes

of t

rans

port.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

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velle

r DP

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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usta

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ility

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al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

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56

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

+?+?

+?

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

57

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

58

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

59

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

This

opt

ion

wou

ld e

nsur

e th

at a

rang

e of

key

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

are

avai

labl

e lo

cally

whe

n a

new

site

ope

ns u

p fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs.

It is

like

ly

that

key

ser

vice

s ar

e lik

ely

to in

clud

e he

alth

and

edu

catio

n fa

cilit

ies,

ther

efor

e en

surin

g th

e pr

imar

y ne

eds

of G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

can

be

met

. Th

is

optio

n co

uld

also

hel

p in

term

s of

redu

cing

car

dep

ende

ncy.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

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al R

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ne 2

009

60

OPT

ION

OPT

9: G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r pitc

hes

shou

ld b

e de

liver

ed e

arly

in a

dev

elop

men

t, so

that

site

s ar

e es

tabl

ishe

d be

fore

mos

t of t

he

deve

lopm

ent t

akes

pla

ce b

ut b

efor

e ke

y se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

are

avai

labl

e.

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

0 0

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

61

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

62

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

0 0

0

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

63

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

-?

0 0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0 0

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

Ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

pote

ntia

l for

ca

r dep

ende

ncy

if se

rvic

es a

nd

faci

litie

s ar

e no

t ava

ilabl

e lo

cally

.H

owev

er, i

t is

not t

houg

ht th

at

this

Pol

icy

is li

kely

to h

ave

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

64

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

-?

0 0

5.1

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e hu

man

hea

lth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

0 0

0

Ther

e co

uld

be s

ome

diffi

culti

es

in te

rms

of a

cces

sing

key

se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

if th

ey a

re

not a

vaila

ble

loca

lly.

How

ever

, it

is n

ot c

lear

whe

ther

ther

e w

ould

be

a s

igni

fican

t effe

ct a

s it

may

st

ill b

e po

ssib

le fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Tr

avel

lers

to a

cces

s fa

cilit

ies

that

ar

e fu

rther

aw

ay b

y ca

r.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

?

0 0

Pub

licly

ava

ilabl

e op

en s

pace

m

ay n

ot b

e in

pla

ce, b

ut it

is

thou

ght t

hat t

his

is li

kely

to b

e of

se

cond

ary

impo

rtanc

e (in

term

s of

mee

ting

the

need

s of

Gyp

sies

an

d Tr

avel

lers

) to

prov

idin

g he

alth

care

and

med

ical

faci

litie

s.

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

Ther

e co

uld

be s

ome

diffi

culti

es

in te

rms

of a

cces

sing

key

se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

if th

ey a

re

not a

vaila

ble

loca

lly.

How

ever

, it

is n

ot c

lear

whe

ther

ther

e w

ould

be

a s

igni

fican

t effe

ct a

s it

may

st

ill b

e po

ssib

le fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

65

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

- o

o

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

-?

0 0

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Trav

elle

rs to

acc

ess

faci

litie

s th

at

are

furth

er a

way

by

car.

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

+?

0+

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

It is

impo

rtant

to c

onsi

der t

hat

putti

ng G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s in

pla

ce a

t an

early

sta

ge o

f de

velo

pmen

t is

likel

y to

incr

ease

th

e ch

ance

s of

suc

cess

ful

inte

grat

ion

with

the

settl

ed

com

mun

ity.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

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66

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

+?+?

+?

Ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

bene

fit to

br

ingi

ng s

ites

forw

ard

early

as

ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial f

or

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs to

gai

n em

ploy

men

t in

cons

truct

ion.

H

owev

er, t

his

is u

ncer

tain

at t

his

stag

e.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

67

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

68

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

Brin

ging

forw

ard

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

at a

n ea

rly s

tage

of d

evel

opm

ent c

ould

lead

to s

ome

diffi

culti

es in

term

s of

acc

essi

ng k

ey s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s if

they

are

not

ava

ilabl

e lo

cally

. H

owev

er, i

t is

not c

lear

whe

ther

ther

e w

ould

be

a si

gnifi

cant

effe

ct a

s it

may

stil

l be

poss

ible

for G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to

acce

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cilit

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that

are

furth

er a

way

by

car (

alth

ough

this

wou

ld p

ossi

bly

have

the

effe

ct o

f fos

terin

g ca

r dep

ende

ncy)

.

Ther

e m

ay a

lso

be s

ome

bene

fits

to b

ringi

ng fo

rwar

d G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r site

s at

an

early

sta

ge o

f dev

elop

men

t. It

is im

porta

nt to

con

side

r tha

t put

ting

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller s

ites

in p

lace

at a

n ea

rly s

tage

of d

evel

opm

ent i

s lik

ely

to in

crea

se th

e ch

ance

s of

suc

cess

ful i

nteg

ratio

n w

ith th

e se

ttled

com

mun

ity;

and,

furth

erm

ore,

ther

e m

ay b

e po

tent

ial f

or G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

to g

ain

empl

oym

ent i

n co

nstru

ctio

n (a

lthou

gh th

is is

unc

erta

in a

t thi

s st

age)

.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

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velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

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ility

App

rais

al R

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ne 2

009

69

OPT

ION

OPT

10: P

olic

y C

NF6

from

the

Loca

l Pla

n 20

04 s

houl

d no

t be

incl

uded

with

in th

e G

ypsy

and

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velle

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elop

men

t Pla

n D

ocum

ent.

SA T

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SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

+?+?

+?

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

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w

ider

are

a, is

like

ly to

ens

ure

a m

ore

effic

ient

use

of l

and.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

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ses

by

redu

cing

ene

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cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

70

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

71

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

+?+?

+?

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

+?+?

+?

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, m

ay m

ake

it m

ore

likel

y th

at s

ites

can

be w

ell

plan

ned

and

desi

gned

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

72

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0 0

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

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velle

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D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

73

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0 0

0 5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

0 0

0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0

0 0

In th

is in

stan

ce, i

dent

ifyin

g si

tes,

ra

ther

than

set

ting

a po

licy

for a

w

ider

are

a, is

not

like

ly to

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts

in te

rms

of th

is

obje

ctiv

e.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

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sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

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t Ju

ne 2

009

74

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

75

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

+

Iden

tifyi

ng s

ites

that

are

sui

tabl

e fo

r a c

erta

in n

umbe

r of p

itche

s w

ill be

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

way

to

mee

t the

hou

sing

nee

ds o

f G

ypsi

es a

nd T

rave

llers

.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

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brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

76

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

77

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

Sav

ed P

olic

y C

NF6

from

the

Loca

l Pla

n 20

04, w

hich

is a

n ar

ea-b

ased

pol

icy

rela

ting

to w

indf

all s

ites

in a

par

ticul

ar lo

catio

n, d

oes

not m

eet t

he

requ

irem

ents

of i

dent

ifyin

g sp

ecifi

c si

te a

lloca

tions

for t

he d

eliv

ery

of a

n id

entif

ied

num

ber o

f pitc

hes

and

ther

efor

e w

ould

be

less

effe

ctiv

e at

mee

ting

the

hous

ing

need

s of

Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs.

Ther

e co

uld

be o

ther

sus

tain

abili

ty b

enef

its a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith id

entif

ying

spe

cific

site

s. I

n pa

rticu

lar,

it is

thou

ght

that

allo

catin

g a

certa

in n

umbe

r of p

itche

s to

spe

cific

site

s is

impo

rtant

in te

rms

of p

lace

-mak

ing.

It i

s th

ough

t tha

t an

alte

rnat

ive

appr

oach

(as

prom

oted

by

reje

cted

opt

ion

OP

T11)

wou

ld b

e a

less

sus

tain

able

app

roac

h.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

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al S

usta

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ility

App

rais

al R

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t Ju

ne 2

009

78

REJ

ECTE

D O

PTIO

N O

PT11

: Po

licy

CN

F6 f

rom

the

Loc

al P

lan

2004

sho

uld

be i

nclu

ded

with

in t

he G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r D

evel

opm

ent

Plan

D

ocum

ent a

nd c

ontin

ue to

app

ly.

See

refe

renc

e to

this

reje

cted

opt

ion

in th

e as

sess

men

t sum

mar

y fo

r opt

ion

OPT

10

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

79

OPT

ION

OPT

12: P

olic

y re

gard

ing

site

s fo

r gyp

sies

, tra

velle

rs a

nd tr

avel

ling

show

peop

le o

n un

allo

cate

d la

nd o

utsi

de d

evel

opm

ent f

ram

ewor

ks:

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

0 0

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0

0 0

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s W

ill it

cons

erve

gro

und

wat

er re

sour

ces?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

80

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s. Is

sues

ad

dres

sed

by o

ther

pol

icie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s. Is

sues

ad

dres

sed

by o

ther

pol

icie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s. Is

sues

ad

dres

sed

by o

ther

pol

icie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

81

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s. I

ssue

s ad

dres

sed

by o

ther

pol

icie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

++

+

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

+?+?

+?

The

polic

y re

quire

s th

at th

e si

te,

or th

e cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

of t

he

site

in c

ombi

natio

n w

ith e

xist

ing

or p

lann

ed s

ites,

wou

ld re

spec

t th

e sc

ale

of th

e ne

ares

t co

mm

unity

and

wou

ld n

ot h

arm

th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd/o

r app

eara

nce

of th

e ar

ea.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

0 0

0

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

82

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

0

00

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

++

+

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

0 0

0

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

The

requ

irem

ent f

or s

ites

to b

e lo

cate

d in

a s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

n w

ith a

cces

s to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s th

at c

an b

e ac

cess

ible

on

foot

, by

cycl

e or

by

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort w

ill o

ffer b

enef

its

in te

rms

of s

uppo

rting

trav

el b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r.

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 4.

2 M

inim

ise

was

te

prod

uctio

n an

d su

ppor

t th

e re

cycl

ing

of w

aste

pr

oduc

ts

Will

it in

crea

se w

aste

re

cove

ry a

nd re

cycl

ing?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s. Is

sues

ad

dres

sed

by o

ther

pol

icie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

83

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0 0

0 5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

++

+

The

requ

irem

ent f

or s

ites

to b

e lo

cate

d in

a s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

n w

ith a

cces

s to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s th

at c

an b

e ac

cess

ible

on

foot

, by

cycl

e or

by

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort w

ill o

ffer b

enef

its

in te

rms

of e

ncou

ragi

ng h

ealth

y lif

esty

les,

incl

udin

g tra

vel c

hoic

es.

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0 5.

2 R

educ

e an

d pr

even

t cr

ime,

and

redu

ce th

e fe

ar o

f crim

e W

ill it

redu

ce fe

ar o

f cr

ime?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

0 0

0

The

requ

irem

ent f

or s

ites

to b

e lo

cate

d in

a s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

n w

ith a

rang

e of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

that

are

acc

essi

ble

by a

ra

nge

of m

odes

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

su

stai

nabl

e m

odes

of t

rans

port.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

84

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

+?+?

+?

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? +?

+?+?

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

0 0

0

Ther

e is

the

pote

ntia

l to

redu

ce

soci

al e

xclu

sion

thro

ugh

requ

iring

si

tes

to b

e w

ell-r

elat

ed to

a

settl

emen

t with

a ra

nge

of

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s th

at a

re

acce

ssib

le b

y a

rang

e of

tran

spor

t m

odes

.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

85

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

+

The

polic

y se

eks

to a

ddre

ss

issu

es re

latin

g to

site

s fo

r G

ypsi

es, T

rave

llers

and

Tr

avel

ling

Sho

wpe

ople

on

unal

loca

ted

site

s fo

r whi

ch

plan

ning

per

mis

sion

will

be

requ

ired.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

86

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

87

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

Pol

icy

addr

esse

s ci

rcum

stan

ces

whe

re w

indf

all a

pplic

atio

ns in

the

coun

trysi

de m

ay b

e ac

cept

able

, in

the

cont

ext o

f the

wid

er G

TDP

D id

entif

ying

site

s to

m

eet t

he n

eed

iden

tifie

d by

the

Eas

t of E

ngla

nd P

lan.

The

pol

icy

is li

kely

to o

ffer b

enef

its in

rela

tion

to c

onse

rvin

g th

e ch

arac

ter o

f exi

stin

g se

ttlem

ents

an

d th

e ar

ea b

y on

ly a

llow

ing

appr

opria

tely

loca

ted

site

s. S

imila

rly, i

t req

uire

s si

tes

to b

e lo

cate

d w

ith g

ood

acce

ss to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s by

a

rang

e of

tran

spor

t mod

es a

nd th

eref

ore

ther

e ar

e lik

ely

bene

fits

in re

latio

n to

sup

porti

ng tr

avel

by

mea

ns o

ther

than

the

car a

nd e

ncou

ragi

ng h

ealth

y lif

esty

le a

nd tr

avel

cho

ices

. R

equi

ring

site

s to

be

loca

ted

in s

uch

plac

es o

ffers

the

pote

ntia

l to

redu

ce s

ocia

l exc

lusi

on b

y en

surin

g th

at m

embe

rs o

f the

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r com

mun

ity h

ave

acce

ss to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s..

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

88

OPT

ION

OPT

13: T

he G

TDPD

sho

uld

incl

ude

a po

licy

rega

rdin

g de

sign

of G

ypsi

es, T

rave

llers

and

Tra

velli

ng S

how

peop

le s

ites

(text

det

aile

d in

pl

an d

ocum

ent).

SA T

opic

SA

obj

ectiv

es

Dec

isio

n-m

akin

g cr

iteria

Shor

tte

rm

Med

term

Lo

ngte

rm

Com

men

ts

Will

it us

e la

nd th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d?

0 0

0

Will

it us

e la

nd

effic

ient

ly?

0 0

0

1.1

Min

imis

e th

e irr

ever

sibl

e lo

ss o

f un

deve

lope

d la

nd a

nd

prod

uctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l ho

ldin

gs

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

best

and

m

ost v

ersa

tile

agric

ultu

ral

land

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses

by

redu

cing

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion?

0 0

0

1.2

Red

uce

the

use

of

non-

rene

wab

le

reso

urce

s, in

clud

ing

ener

gy s

ourc

es

Will

it le

ad to

an

incr

ease

d pr

opor

tion

of

ener

gy a

nd o

ther

re

sour

ces

bein

g m

et fr

om

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

1. L

and

and

wat

er

reso

urce

s

1.3

Lim

it w

ater

co

nsum

ptio

n to

leve

ls

Will

it re

duce

wat

er

cons

umpt

ion?

0+

0+

0+

Th

e re

quire

men

t for

the

prov

isio

n of

mai

ns w

ater

and

dra

inag

e on

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

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ility

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al R

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t Ju

ne 2

009

89

supp

orta

ble

by n

atur

al

proc

esse

s an

d st

orag

e sy

stem

s

Will

it co

nser

ve g

roun

d w

ater

reso

urce

s?

0+

0+

0+

site

and

for a

util

ity b

uild

ing

to b

e in

clud

ed o

n ea

ch p

itch

prov

ides

th

e op

portu

nity

for r

esid

ents

to

man

age

wat

er c

onsu

mpt

ion.

H

owev

er, i

t is

cons

ider

ed th

at th

e ef

fect

s w

ill be

min

imal

.

2.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

de

sign

ated

site

s an

d pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

Will

it p

rote

ct s

ites

desi

gnat

ed fo

r nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

inte

rest

? 0

0

0 N

o si

gnifi

cant

effe

cts.

Will

it co

nser

ve s

peci

es,

reve

rsin

g de

clin

es, a

nd

help

to e

nhan

ce

dive

rsity

?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

hab

itat

fragm

enta

tion?

0

0 0

2.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e ra

nge

and

viab

ility

of c

hara

cter

istic

ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es

Will

it he

lp a

chie

ve

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n ta

rget

s?0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

wild

life,

and

wild

pla

ces?

0

0 0

Will

it m

aint

ain

and,

w

here

pos

sibl

e, in

crea

se

the

area

of h

igh-

qual

ity

gree

n sp

ace

in th

e D

istri

ct?

0 0

0

2. B

iodi

vers

ity

2.3

Impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for p

eopl

e to

acc

ess

and

appr

ecia

te w

ildlif

e an

d w

ild p

lace

s

Will

it p

rom

ote

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ap

prec

iatio

n of

wild

life?

0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

90

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

the

wid

er c

ount

rysi

de

thro

ugh

the

netw

ork

of

publ

ic ri

ghts

of w

ay?

0 0

0

3.1

Avo

id d

amag

e to

ar

eas

and

site

s de

sign

ated

for t

heir

hist

oric

inte

rest

, and

pr

otec

t the

ir se

tting

s.

Will

it pr

otec

t or e

nhan

ce

site

s, fe

atur

es o

f are

as o

f hi

stor

ical

, arc

haeo

logi

cal,

or c

ultu

ral i

nter

est

(incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

list

ed b

uild

ings

, re

gist

ered

par

ks a

nd

gard

ens

and

sche

dule

d m

onum

ents

)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

dive

rsity

and

di

stin

ctiv

enes

s of

la

ndsc

ape

and

tow

nsca

pe c

hara

cter

?

++

+

Will

it p

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

open

spa

ces

of

amen

ity a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lue?

0 0

0

3.2

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e di

vers

ity

and

dist

inct

iven

ess

of

land

scap

e an

d to

wns

cape

cha

ract

er

Will

it m

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

the

char

acte

r of

settl

emen

ts?

++

+

Land

scap

ing

will

play

an

impo

rtant

role

in te

rms

of

ensu

ring

that

site

s in

tegr

ate

effe

ctiv

ely

with

the

min

imum

of

visu

al im

pact

3. L

ands

cape

, to

wns

cape

and

ar

chae

olog

y

3.3

Cre

ate

plac

es,

spac

es a

nd b

uild

ings

th

at w

ork

wel

l, w

ear w

ell

and

look

goo

d

Will

it im

prov

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

peo

ple

with

thei

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

as

plac

es to

live

?

+?+?

+?

The

requ

irem

ent f

or a

ppro

pria

te

boun

dary

trea

tmen

ts a

nd

land

scap

ing,

cle

ar d

elin

eatio

n of

pu

blic

and

priv

ate

spac

e an

d be

twee

n re

side

ntia

l and

non

-

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

91

Will

it le

ad to

de

velo

pmen

ts b

uilt

to a

hi

gh s

tand

ard

of d

esig

n,

and

good

pla

ce m

akin

g?

+?+?

+?

resi

dent

ial a

reas

is li

kely

to g

ive

rise

to g

ood

site

des

ign

whi

ch

shou

ld p

rovi

de n

eigh

bour

hood

s w

ith w

hich

peo

ple

are

satis

fied.

Will

it re

duce

em

issi

ons

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e ai

r qua

lity?

+?

+?+?

Will

it re

duce

traf

fic

volu

mes

?0

0 0

Will

it su

ppor

t tra

vel b

y m

eans

oth

er th

an th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

leve

ls o

f no

ise

or n

oise

con

cern

s?

+?+?

+?

Will

it re

duce

or m

inim

ise

light

pol

lutio

n?

+?+?

+?

4.1

Red

uce

emis

sion

s of

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

ses

and

othe

r pol

luta

nts

(incl

udin

g ai

r, w

ater

, soi

l, no

ise,

vib

ratio

n an

d lig

ht)

Will

it im

prov

e w

ater

qu

ality

incl

udin

g by

re

duci

ng d

iffus

e an

d po

int s

ourc

e w

ater

po

llutio

n?

0 0

0

The

requ

irem

ent t

o av

oid

adve

rse

or d

etrim

enta

l im

pact

s to

re

side

nts

of th

e si

te o

r ne

ighb

ourin

g us

es a

s a

resu

lt of

no

ise,

dus

t, fu

mes

or l

ight

ing

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

impr

ove

air q

ualit

y or

, in

the

wor

st c

ase,

not

ex

acer

bate

poo

r air

qual

ity.

Sim

ilarly

, it o

ffers

the

pote

ntia

l to

redu

ce le

vels

of n

oise

or n

oise

co

ncer

ns a

nd m

inim

ise

light

po

llutio

n.

4. C

limat

e ch

ange

an

d po

llutio

n

4.2

Min

imis

e w

aste

pr

oduc

tion

and

supp

ort

Will

it re

duce

hou

seho

ld

was

te?

0 0

0 Th

e re

quire

men

t for

the

prov

isio

n fo

r sto

rage

and

col

lect

ion

of

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

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rais

al R

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t Ju

ne 2

009

92

the

recy

clin

g of

was

te

prod

ucts

W

ill it

incr

ease

was

te

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g?

+?+?

+?

refu

se, i

nclu

ding

recy

clab

le

mat

eria

ls, h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o in

crea

se le

vels

of r

ecyc

ling

and

reco

very

on

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller

and

Trav

ellin

g S

how

peop

le s

ites.

4.3

Lim

it or

redu

ce

vuln

erab

ility

to th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

flo

odin

g)

Will

it m

inim

ise

risk

to

peop

le a

nd p

rope

rty fr

om

flood

ing,

sto

rm e

vent

s or

su

bsid

ence

? 0

0 0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it re

duce

su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

m

orta

lity

rate

s?

0 0

0 5.

1 M

aint

ain

and

enha

nce

hum

an h

ealth

Will

it en

cour

age

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s, in

clud

ing

trave

l ch

oice

s?

++

+

Goo

d de

sign

sho

uld

cont

ribut

e to

he

alth

y lif

esty

les

Will

it re

duce

act

ual

leve

ls o

f crim

e?

0 0

0

5. H

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es

5.2

Red

uce

and

prev

ent

crim

e, a

nd re

duce

the

fear

of c

rime

Will

it re

duce

fear

of

crim

e?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

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ility

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al R

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t Ju

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009

93

5.3

Impr

ove

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f pub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ope

n sp

ace

Will

it in

crea

se th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

sp

ace?

+?+?

+?

The

polic

y re

quire

s al

l lar

ger s

ites

to p

rovi

de a

com

mun

al re

crea

tion

area

for c

hild

ren

and

for s

mal

ler

site

s to

do

the

sam

e w

here

su

itabl

e pr

ovis

ion

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

with

in s

afe

wal

king

dis

tanc

e.

This

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of o

pen

spac

e bu

t will

be d

epen

dent

upo

n th

e ty

pe o

f rec

reat

ion

area

pr

ovid

ed o

n a

site

-by-

site

bas

is.

Will

it im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

an

d ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, in

clud

ing

heal

th, e

duca

tion,

sh

oppi

ng, s

port,

leis

ure,

ar

ts a

nd c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

?

0 0

0

6. In

clus

ive

com

mun

ities

6.

1 Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

, ra

nge

and

acce

ssib

ility

of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. hea

lth, t

rans

port,

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, le

isur

e op

portu

nitie

s)

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y to

key

loca

l se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

heal

th,

educ

atio

n an

d le

isur

e (s

hops

, pos

t offi

ces,

pub

s et

c)?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

94

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty b

y m

eans

ot

her t

han

the

car a

nd

impr

ove

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

en

viro

nmen

tally

bet

ter

mod

es in

clud

ing

publ

ic

trans

port,

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt an

d im

prov

e co

mm

unity

and

pu

blic

tran

spor

t?

0 0

0

Will

it im

prov

e re

latio

ns

betw

een

peop

le fr

om

diffe

rent

bac

kgro

unds

or

soci

al g

roup

s?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

pov

erty

and

so

cial

exc

lusi

on in

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t affe

cted

? 0

0 0

6.2

Red

ress

ineq

ualit

ies

rela

ted

to a

ge, g

ende

r, di

sabi

lity,

race

, fai

th,

loca

tion

and

inco

me

Will

it p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd

disa

bled

?

+?+?

+?

Site

des

ign

is re

quire

d to

take

ac

coun

t of t

he n

eeds

of r

esid

ents

an

d al

low

eas

e of

mov

emen

t, w

heth

er w

alki

ng, c

yclin

g or

dr

ivin

g. T

his

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

offe

r ben

efits

in re

latio

n to

im

prov

ing

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

95

Will

it su

ppor

t the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

ho

usin

g ty

pes

and

size

s,

incl

udin

g af

ford

able

and

ke

y w

orke

r hou

sing

, to

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d ne

eds

of a

ll se

ctor

s of

the

com

mun

ity?

0 0

0

Will

it re

duce

the

num

ber

of u

nfit

hom

es?

0 0

0

6.3

Ens

ure

all g

roup

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

dec

ent,

appr

opria

te a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

Will

it m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity?

++

+

The

polic

y re

quire

s th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

util

ity b

uild

ing,

am

enity

are

a an

d ap

prop

riate

har

dsta

ndin

g fo

r a

traile

r, to

urin

g ca

rava

n an

d ot

her v

ehic

le o

n ea

ch p

itch

and

is

ther

efor

e lik

ely

to m

eet t

he

hous

ing

requ

irem

ents

of t

he

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller c

omm

unity

.

Will

it in

crea

se th

e ab

ility

of p

eopl

e to

influ

ence

de

cisi

ons?

0

0 0

6.4

Enc

oura

ge a

nd

enab

le th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f loc

al

peop

le in

com

mun

ity

activ

ities

W

ill it

enco

urag

e en

gage

men

t with

co

mm

unity

act

iviti

es?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Will

it en

cour

age

busi

ness

es

deve

lopm

ent?

0

0 0

7.E

cono

mic

ac

tivity

7.

1 H

elp

peop

le g

ain

acce

ss to

sat

isfy

ing

wor

k ap

prop

riate

to th

eir

skills

, pot

entia

l and

pl

ace

of re

side

nce

Will

it im

prov

e th

e ra

nge

of e

mpl

oym

ent

oppo

rtuni

ties

to p

rovi

de a

sa

tisfy

ing

job

or

occu

patio

n fo

r eve

ryon

e w

ho w

ants

one

?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

96

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

ibili

ty to

loca

l em

ploy

men

t by

mea

ns

othe

r tha

n th

e ca

r?

0 0

0

Will

it e

ncou

rage

the

rura

l ec

onom

y an

d di

vers

ifica

tion?

0

0 0

Will

it im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f in

vest

men

t in

key

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e?

0 0

0

Will

it su

ppor

t pro

visi

on o

f ke

y co

mm

unic

atio

ns

infra

stru

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

broa

dban

d?

0 0

0

7.2

Sup

port

appr

opria

te

inve

stm

ent i

n pe

ople

, pl

aces

, com

mun

icat

ions

an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

Will

it im

prov

e ac

cess

to

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g,

and

supp

ort p

rovi

sion

of

skille

d em

ploy

ees

to th

e ec

onom

y?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

7.3

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y,

com

petit

iven

ess,

vita

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of th

e

Will

it im

prov

e bu

sine

ss

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

enha

nce

com

petit

iven

ess?

0 0

0

No

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

s.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

97

Will

it su

ppor

t the

C

ambr

idge

are

a’s

posi

tion

as a

wor

ld le

ader

in

rese

arch

and

te

chno

logy

bas

ed

indu

strie

s, h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

and

rese

arch

, pa

rticu

larly

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

expa

nsio

n of

clu

ster

s?

0 0

0

Will

it s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabl

e to

uris

m?

0 0

0

loca

l eco

nom

y

Will

it pr

otec

t the

sh

oppi

ng h

iera

rchy

, su

ppor

ting

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of C

ambr

idge

C

ity C

entre

, tow

n, d

istri

ct,

and

loca

l cen

tres?

0 0

0

Sum

mar

y:

The

polic

y is

con

cern

ed w

ith th

e de

sign

and

layo

ut o

f Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller a

nd T

rave

lling

Sho

wpe

ople

site

s an

d of

fers

pot

entia

l ben

efits

in re

latio

n to

pr

ovid

ing

site

s w

ith w

hich

resi

dent

s ar

e sa

tisfie

d as

a re

sult

of g

ood

desi

gn th

at m

eets

the

need

s of

all.

The

pol

icy

requ

ires

that

resi

dent

s an

d ne

ighb

ourin

g us

es a

re n

ot a

ffect

ed b

y en

viro

nmen

tal p

ollu

tant

s su

ch a

s no

ise,

dus

t, fu

mes

or l

ight

ing.

The

pol

icy

is a

lso

likel

y to

offe

r ben

efits

in re

latio

n to

impr

ovin

g le

vels

of r

ecyc

ling

and

reco

very

from

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller a

nd T

rave

lling

Sho

wpe

ople

site

s th

roug

h th

e pr

ovis

ion

of o

n-si

te s

tora

ge a

nd

colle

ctio

n fa

cilit

ies.

Th

ere

are

likel

y to

be

min

or b

enef

its in

rela

tion

to im

prov

ing

acce

ssib

ility

for a

ll as

site

s w

ill be

requ

ired

to ta

ke a

ccou

nt o

f the

nee

ds o

f res

iden

ts a

nd a

llow

ea

se o

f mov

emen

t. T

here

are

als

o lik

ely

to b

e be

nefit

s as

soci

ated

with

mee

ting

the

need

s of

the

trave

lling

com

mun

ity th

roug

h en

surin

g th

at e

ach

pitc

h pr

ovid

es a

ppro

pria

te a

reas

for v

ehic

les

and

amen

ity b

uild

ings

. O

ther

rela

ted

bene

fits

are

likel

y to

be

secu

red

by g

ood

loca

tion,

whi

ch w

ill be

add

ress

ed b

y ot

her p

olic

ies

in th

e D

PD

.

The

polic

y re

quire

s al

l lar

ger s

ites

to p

rovi

de a

com

mun

al re

crea

tion

area

for c

hild

ren

and

for s

mal

ler s

ites

to d

o th

e sa

me

whe

re s

uita

ble

prov

isio

n is

not

av

aila

ble

with

in s

afe

wal

king

dis

tanc

e. T

his

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f ope

n sp

ace

but w

ill be

dep

ende

nt u

pon

the

type

of

recr

eatio

n ar

ea p

rovi

ded

on a

site

-by-

site

bas

is.

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

98

Rec

omm

enda

tions

:N

one

Sout

h C

ambr

idge

shire

Dis

tric

t Cou

ncil

Sus

tain

abili

ty A

ppra

isal

of t

he S

outh

Cam

brid

gesh

ire G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DP

D Is

sues

and

Opt

ions

2

Initi

al S

usta

inab

ility

App

rais

al R

epor

t Ju

ne 2

009

99

OPT

ION

OPT

14: T

he m

onito

ring

indi

cato

rs c

urre

ntly

incl

uded

in th

e A

nnua

l Mon

itorin

g R

epor

t are

suf

ficie

nt to

mon

itor t

he p

erfo

rman

ce o

f the

G

ypsy

and

Tra

velle

r DPD

.

Mon

itorin

g is

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

XX

X