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	Examiner’s Report on the Pannal and Burn Bridge Neighbourhood Plan- Decision Statement and Referendum
Brief description of proposal	To present the Examiner’s Report on the Pannal and Burn Bridge Neighbourhood Development Plan, included at Appendix A. To present a Regulation 18 Decision Statement, included at Appendix B, which sets out: · The modifications recommended by the examiner as necessary for the Pannal and Burn Bridge Neighbourhood Plan: Submission Version to meet the basic conditions and other relevant requirements along with the reasons for each modification; · The recommended decision North Yorkshire Council, as local planning authority, is asked to make in response to each of the examiner’s modifications, as suggested by planning policy officers; · Whether the council is satisfied that the Pannal and Burn Bridge 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	Natasha Durham, Planning Manager (Policy) Joe Varga Senior Policy and Delivery Officer, (Author of the report)
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	None

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	No effect on emissions	Decreases emissions	Decreases emissions
Waste	No effect on waste	No effect on waste	No effect on waste
Water use	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	No effect on pollution	Decreases pollution	Decreases pollution
Resilience to adverse weather/climate events (flooding, drought etc)	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience
Ecological effects (biodiversity, loss of habitat etc)	No effect on ecology	Positive impact on ecology	Positive impact on ecology
Heritage and landscape	No effect on 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 to Members included in the report relate to the examination of the Pannal and Burn Bridge Neighbourhood Plan. Neighbourhood Plans are prepared by qualifying bodies external to North Yorkshire Council and seek to put in place planning policy to guide future development and the use of land in a neighbourhood area. This Neighbourhood Plan has been prepared by Pannal and Burn Bridge Parish Council and relates to the parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge. Should Members decide that the Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions and other necessary requirements it will proceed to a referendum where electors in the parish will be asked whether North Yorkshire Council should bring the plan into force. Subject to the above and adoption by the council, the plan’s policies will guide development in parish, alongside other development plan policies, including those within the Harrogate District Local Plan 2014-2035. Screening in the chart above indicates that the Pannal and Burn Bridge Neighbourhood Plan would have both positive and neutral environmental effects, but importantly no negative effects. While positive effects are identified a full CCIA is not included. This is in-line with the council’s guidance on preparing a full CCIA, which states that it may not be necessary to undertake a full CCIA if the proposal will be subject to planning permission, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). As the policies in the Neighbourhood Plan would be used to assess proposals seeking planning permission, it is considered that it is not necessary to undertake a full CCIA. In addition, the Neighbourhood Plan has been subject to SEA and HRA screening processes. Through these exercises it was concluded that the plan is unlikely to have significant environmental effects and, as such, a full SEA and/or HRA is not required.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)	Trevor Watson- Assistant Director (Planning)
Date	30 May 2024