Sustainability Appraisal
An evaluation of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of allocations and policies to assess whether they align with sustainable development objectives.
Habitat Regulation Assessment
A study analysing the impacts of policies and site allocations on Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar sites.
Housing
This provides a new Local Housing Need for Uttlesford in 2023 based on the Standard Method, it also looks at the need for affordable housing and other specific groups, e.g. older people.
The main aim of this report is to assess sites submitted to the council under the ‘call for sites’ (April 2021) for suitability, availability, and achievability. Sites included in this report do not allocate sites for development.
Download the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment
Summary of Uttlesford Districts approach to selecting strategic sites for housing allocation.
Download the Housing Site Selection Topic Paper
Download the Housing Site Selection Topic Paper - Appendix A
Study that provides up to date evidence on the change in government policy and the scale of development permitted in the green belt since the 2016 green belt assessment. It also looks at opportunities to enhance the use of the Districts Green Belt land over the plan period.
This report looks at the methodology behind the housing requirement figure for our Larger Villages.
Download the Rural Area and Large Village Housing Requirement Topic Paper
Report looking at the deliverability of sites allocated in the plan.
Report setting out the council’s position regarding housing supply through our strategic allocations and committed development.
Employment
Updated report on Uttlesford’ Employment Land Needs, following the economic uncertainty in the Covid-19 pandemic, more recent monitoring data and significant recent planning commitments.
Summary of Uttlesford Districts approach to selecting strategic sites for employment allocation.
Retail
Assessment of trends in retail and town centre uses and retail capacity projections for the district.
Climate Change
A paper assessing the options available within the local planning system in achieving net zero carbon development, to align the local plan with the councils’ objectives to achieve net zero status by 2030.
Environmental Protection
Study on Air Quality Management Areas in Uttlesford and the impact of the allocations on them.
Water Management
Study on the impact of the site allocations on the water cycle in the district – it focuses on Chalk Stream Protection, Water Resources and Supply, Wastewater treatment and Water quality.
Analysis of the strategic flood risk associated with our allocated sites.
Transport
Summary of outputs from the various transport evidence and how they can inform the local plan.
Baseline report detailing the transport context that future housing growth will be provided, and the supporting infrastructure and services will be identified.
Download the Transport Study Baseline Assessment
Download the Settlement Model Outputs (top 2 tiers of Settlement Hierachy)
Infrastructure
Report that provides an assessment of facilities and services in each settlement in the district and provides a hierarchy order based on sustainability through access to these services and facilities.
Report that looks at the leisure and built provision in the district.
Report looking at open space provision in the district.
Study to look at whether the development identified in the plan would be viable once the policies of the plan are applied alongside typical costs of development and national requirements.
Up to date plan that identifies the existing infrastructure provision, the current shortfalls and assesses the existing and future needs to support new development and growing populations, it helps inform the new local plan and provides a snapshot in time to indicate need and identified future delivery.
A report setting out the potential for delivering green and blue infrastructure in Uttlesford and sets out a series of strategic opportunities to enhance the network.
Includes an interactive map, providing additional information and context.
Landscape and Heritage
A sense check of assessments produced in 2021-22 to assess whether the updated allocations in the local plan appropriately align with the Landscape Character Areas.
Assessment looking at the variety of landscape character areas in the district.
Study looking at the heritage impacts of our allocations in the plan and how they impact the sustainability appraisal.
Other
Report that demonstrates how Uttlesford has met its responsibility in accordance with duty to corporate, meaning that UDC has engaged with public bodies “constructively” and “actively”.