Initial Climate Change Impact Assessment (Form created August 2021)

The intention of this document is to help the council to gain an initial understanding of the impact of a project or decision on the environment. This document should be completed in consultation with the supporting guidance. Dependent on this initial assessment you may need to go on to complete a full Climate Change Impact Assessment. The final document will be published as part of the decision-making process.

If you have any additional queries, which are not covered by the guidance please email climatechange@northyorks.gov.uk

Title of proposal	NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING – Examiner’s Report on the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Development Plan
Brief description of proposal	To present the Examiner’s Report on the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Development Plan, as set out at Appendix A. To present a Regulation 18 Decision Statement, as set out at Appendix B which sets out: · The modifications to the submitted Bradley Neighbourhood Plan recommended by the Examiner and reasons contained within the Examiner’s report; · The recommended decision North Yorkshire Council, as the Local Planning Authority, is asked to take in response to each recommended modification, as suggested by Planning Policy Officers; · Whether the Bradley Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions; and · Whether the Council is satisfied that the Plan can proceed to referendum.
Directorate	Community Development
Service area	Planning
Lead officer	Trevor Watson, Assistant Director (Planning) Ruth Parker Principal Spatial Planning Officer, CDC (Author of the report)
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Jos Holmes, Climate Change Policy Officer

The chart below contains the main environmental factors to consider in your initial assessment – choose the appropriate option from the drop-down list for each one.

Remember to think about the following;

· Travel

· Construction

· Data storage

· Use of buildings

· Change of land use

· Opportunities for recycling and reuse

Environmental factor to consider	For the council	For the county	Overall
Greenhouse gas emissions	Increases emissions	Increases emissions	Increases emissions
Waste	Increases waste	Increases waste	Increases waste
Water use	Increases water usage	Increases water usage	Increases water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	Increases pollution	Increases pollution	Increases pollution
Resilience to adverse weather/climate events (flooding, drought etc)	Increases resilience	Increases resilience	Increases resilience
Ecological effects (biodiversity, loss of habitat etc)	Positive impact on ecology	Positive impact on ecology	Positive impact on ecology
Heritage and landscape	Increases protection of heritage and landscape	Increases protection of heritage and landscape	Increases protection of heritage and landscape

If any of these factors are likely to result in a negative or positive environmental impact then a full climate change impact assessment will be required. It is important that we capture information about both positive and negative impacts to aid the council in calculating its carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Decision (Please tick one option)	Full CCIA not relevant or proportionate:	X	Continue to full CCIA:
Reason for decision	The recommendations included in the report relate to the examination of the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan prepared by the Parish Council.  A neighbourhood plan puts in place planning policy for a neighbourhood area to guide future development and is about the use and development of land. If the Bradley’s Both Neighbourhood Development Plan proceeds to referendum, is successful and then made/adopted, the policies contained within it will guide development in that area and will seek to implement the council’s climate change and environmental ambitions through the provision of new development, infrastructure, and protection of the environment. The chart above indicates that the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan would have both positive and negative environmental impacts.  The Council’s guidance on preparing a full CCIA, however states that it may not be necessary to undertake a full CCIA if the proposal will be subject to Planning Permission, Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment. Given that the policies contained in the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan relate to the use and development of land which would be used to guide future development that would require planning permission, it is considered that, in line with the Council’s supporting guidance on CCIA, is not necessary to undertake a full CCIA. The draft Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Development Plan has been subject to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA) screening processes.  The conclusion of the SEA screening process is that the policies and development proposed by the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan are not likely to lead to any adverse effects of a social, environmental or economic dimension over the lifetime of the neighbourhood plan.  The conclusion of the HRA screening process is that the development proposed by the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan is not likely to lead to any significantly adverse effects on the European designated sites. The potential impacts on the North Pennine Moors SAC and SPA and the South Pennine Moors SAC and SPA Phase 2 were examined, and there are no negative impacts envisaged. The SEA screening process also considered cumulative impacts arising from the Bradleys Both Neighbourhood Plan in combination with other plans.  The most significant is the Craven Local Plan (adopted in November 2019), which has an accompanying HRA Appropriate Assessment that concludes that there is an unlikely to be any negative cumulative effects arising from the proposals within it. Analysis of the effective mitigation measures in the Craven Local Plan’s Appropriate Assessment, along with green infrastructure provision and development avoidance measures in the southeast of the Craven Local Plan area, shows that there will not be significant cumulative effects from the neighbouring plans in the area.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)	Trevor Watson
Date	22/05/2023