The Sheffield Plan: Our City, Our Future - Citywide Options for Growth

We are consulting on our approach that will be used to predict, appraise and monitor the impacts (positive or negative) of the Sheffield Plan on a range of social, economic and economic sustainability issues. This takes account of plans and strategies which will feed into the Sheffield Plan and the current social, economic and environmental conditions and trends in Sheffield. It meets the EU requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessments and is a statutory consultation.

The approach in the draft Scoping Report is used to appraise the likely impacts (positive and negative) of the options on social, economic and environmental sustainability issues. This report will inform the next plan-making stage, as will any comments on this report. The report reflects EU requirements on Strategic Environmental Assessments. This is a non-statutory consultation but is recognised as good practice.

Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) is the assessment of the potential impacts of implementing a plan or policy on a European Site, which is a site of exceptional importance for rare, endangered or vulnerable natural habitats and species within the European Community. European Sites include Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). The HRA of the Citywide Options for Growth assesses the potential impact of implementing any of the growth options on European Sites within a 15 km boundary of Sheffield’s Local Planning Authority area boundary.