Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment

Historic England Advice Note 8

Published 1 December 2016

• Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment: Historic England Advice Note 8

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This Historic England Advice Note seeks to provide advice on historic environment considerations as part of the Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment process. It is aimed at all relevant local planning authorities, neighbourhood groups, developers, consultants, landowners and other interested parties.

This updated guidance builds on previous versions of the document published in 2010 and 2013.

We are currently reviewing our advice in light of the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, and will amend it, where necessary, in due course.

Contents

• Introduction
• Sustainability Appraisal, Strategic Environmental Assessment and the historic environment
• Stage 1 – Screening (SEA only)
  Neighbourhood Plans
  World Heritage Site management plans
  Supplementary planning documents
• Stage 2 – Scoping
  Review of relevant plans, programmes and policies
  Baseline information
  Identifying sustainability issues and problems
  Developing the SA/SEA framework
  Decision-making criteria
  Indicators and monitoring
• Stage 3 – Developing plan options, refining alternatives and assessing likely effects
  Evaluating potential significant effects
  Mitigation
• Stages 4 & 5 – preparing, publishing and consulting on the report