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3.3 Relationship of the LTP with other Plans and Programmes
What DfT guidance on SEA says…
A plan will be affected by, and will affect, a wide range of other relevant plans and programmes, and environmental objectives both within and outside an authorityÂ’s jurisdiction. It is important to determine whether the plan gives rise to conflicts with such plans/programmes. Approaches to deal with any such conflicts should also be identified.
The SEA Regulations (see schedule 2) state that an Environmental Report should outline:
- The planÂ’s relationship with other relevant plans and programmes; and
- 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.
In order to fulfil this requirement, a review of the other relevant plans, policies, programmes was undertaken to identify environmental objectives which may provide constraints or synergies with the plan being formulated. Such objectives are to be taken into account in the plan and SEA. This review has taken in international conventions and EU Directives through to local plans and strategies. The following section provides a summary of the main outcomes of the review (Table 3-1), with the full review appearing in Appendix B.
Table 3-1 Documents reviewed
International
- EU Habitats Directive [Directive 92/43/EC]
- European Commission White Paper on the European Transport Policy (2001)
- Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
- The EC Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds 79/409/EEC
- The Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro 1992
- Directive 2000/60/EC Establishing a Framework for the Community Action in the Field of Water Policy (The Water Framework Directive)
- Directive 1996/62/EC on Ambient Air Quality and Management
- The Johannesburg Declaration of Sustainable Development 2002
- European Spatial Development Perspective 1999
- Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice (EU Sixth Environment Action Programme)
- ĂĄrhus Convention
National
- PPS 1
- PPG 2
- PPG 3
- PPS 6
- PPG
- PPS
- PPS
- PPG 13
- PPG 15
- PPG 16
- PPG 21
- PPS
- PPG 24
- PPG 25
- Defra
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended)
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW)
- UK Biodiversity Action Plan
- ‘Working with the Grain of Nature’: A Biodiversity Strategy for England
- Our Energy Future – Creating a Low Carbon Economy
- Climate Change: The UK Programme.
- Air Quality Strategy: Working Together for Clean Air
- DfT (2000) Ten Year Plan for Transport
- DfT (2004) The Future of Transport: A Network for 2030.
- DETR (2000) Government Urban White Paper: Our Towns, Our Cities, the Future. Delivering an Urban Renaissance.
- The Historic Environment: A Force for Our Future
Regional
- West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (2004)
- West Midlands Regional Sustainable Development Framework (RSDF) (2005)
- ‘A Premier European Region’ West Midlands European Strategic Framework (2003)
- Delivering Advantage: West Midlands Economic Strategy and Action Plan, 2004-2010
- West Midlands Regional Housing Strategy (RHS) (Draft for Consultation,
- West Midlands Waste Planning Strategy (2001)
- West Midlands Energy Strategy
- Smart Growth – The Midlands Way
- West Midlands Cultural Strategy
- West Midlands Visitor Economy Strategy
- West Midlands Regional Forestry Framework ‘Growing Our Future’ (2004)
- West Midlands Biodiversity Strategy ‘Restoring the Region’s Wildlife’ (2005)
Local
- Birmingham Community Strategy
- The Birmingham Unitary Development Plan (UDP)
- North West Birmingham, SRB6 Area Development Framework
- Birmingham Contaminated Land Strategy
- Coventry Development Plan
- Coventry Community Plan
- Coventry Contaminated Land Strategy
- Dudley Borough Challenge
- Dudley Borough Community Plan
- Dudley UDP
- Dudley Contaminated Land Strategy
- Sandwell UDP
- Sandwell Community Strategy
- Solihull Community Strategy
- Solihull Environmental Strategy
- Solihull Unitary Development Plan
- Solihull Nature Conservation Development Plan
- Solihull Economic Development Strategy
- Solihull Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy
- Framework for Urban Capacity in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire
- Walsall UDP
- Walsall Community Strategy
- Walsall Contaminated Land Strategy
- Wolverhampton UDP
- Wolverhampton Community Plan
- Wolverhampton Partnership – Local Area Agreement
- Birmingham and Black Country Biodiversity Action Plan
- Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Biodiversity Action Plan