Review of Plans, Policies and Programmes

Identifying relevant plans, programmes, and sustainability objectives

Any appraisal has to be framed in the context of national, regional and local objectives already published, and strategic planning, transport, environmental, social and economic policies. Therefore a comprehensive review of all relevant Policies, Plans and Programmes (PPPs) was carried out accordingly.

This ensures that the objectives of the appraisal are not in conflict with those in other PPPs and also highlights other areas of potential conflict which may need to be addressed, for example meeting development needs whilst considering issues such as biodiversity and heritage.

A list of the plans reviewed can be downloaded from the right-hand side of this page.

Higher tier guidance was excluded in most instances as it was felt that lower tier PPPs would already reflect the higher tier requirements.