Local Transport Strategy for the District of Mole Valley

1 Surrey Transport Plan Local Transport Strategy for the District of Mole Valley Report on the determination of the need for Environmental Assessment under Regulation 9 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004 (Statutory Instrument 2004 ) July 2014 LTS for the District of Mole Valley : Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004, Regulation 9 Screening Report August 2014 LTS for the District of Mole Valley : Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004, Regulation 9 Screening Report August 2014 Contents Page Part 1 Introduction & Legal Context 1 Part 2 Overview of the Local Transport Strategy for the District of Mole Valley 3 Part 3 Determining the need for Environmental Assessment of the Local Transport Strategy for the District of Mole Valley 7 Annex 1 Categories of projects listed in Schedule 1 & Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)

2 Regulations 2011 15 Annex 2 Review of the need for project level EIA & Habitat Regulations Assessment with reference to the schemes listed in the Forward Programme for the Mole Valley LTS 23 Annex 3 Extracts from Appendix 1 to the Environmental Report for the Surrey Transport Plan: Congestion Programme Major Schemes located in the District of Mole Valley 29 Acronyms & Abbreviations AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AQMA Air Quality Management Area BC Borough council CIL Community Infrastructure Levy CO2 Carbon dioxide DC District council DfT Department for Transport EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EU European Union HRA Habitat Regulations Assessment LEP Local Economic Partnership LTB Local Transport Body LTP Local Transport Plan LTS Local Transport Strategy NNR National Nature Reserve PIC Planning Infrastructure Contribution RBMP River Basin Management Plan SAC Special Area of Conservation SCC Surrey County

3 council SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SoS Secretary of State SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest LTS for the District of Mole Valley : Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004, Regulation 9 Screening Report August 2014 Classifications of Impact Type & Significance (Annex 3) Classification Explanation Significant Adverse Impact Where the potential risk of an adverse impact arising from implementation of a scheme has been determined to be significant, that judgement has been made on the basis that the scheme is likely to require Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), with respect to the environmental receptor concerned, or Appropriate Assessment (AA)

4 With respect to sites designated under the EU Habitats Directive or the EU Wild Birds Directive, as part of the project consent or licensing process. Adverse Impact Where the scheme has been determined to have the potential to give rise to adverse impacts on an environmental receptor via a specified pathway, but would not be likely to require EIA or AA at the project consent or licensing stage, those impacts have been classified as non-significant. Significant Beneficial Effect Where the potential opportunities for beneficial effects arising from the scheme have been determined to be significant, that judgement has been made on the basis that the scheme would be responding to known and significant problems ( addressing areas of the highways network with a poor safety record).

5 Beneficial Effect Where the scheme has been determined to have the potential to give rise to beneficial effects on an environmental receptor via a specified pathway, but would not be addressing location specific issues those effects have been classified as non-significant. Adverse impacts & beneficial effects Where the scheme has been determined to have the potential to give rise to a combination of adverse impacts and opportunities for beneficial effects on an environmental receptor via a specified pathway. No impact or effect Where the scheme has been determined to be unlikely to give rise to risks of adverse impacts or opportunities for beneficial effects on an environmental receptor via a specified pathway.

6 Not assessed Where insufficient information has been provided about the scheme for a judgement to be made as to the types of impacts and effects that its implementation might give rise to. LTS for the District of Mole Valley : Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004, Regulation 9 Screening Report August 2014 1 Part 1: Introduction & Legal Context The Environmental Assessment of Plans & Programmes Regulations 2004 (the SEA Regulations) implement the requirements of EU Directive 2001/42/EC (on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment) in England.

7 Under the terms of the Directive and the Regulations certain types of plans and programmes, including those prepared and adopted by any authority at national, regional or Local level, and required by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions, must be subject to an assessment of their likely implications for the environment. The environmental assessment must be undertaken during the preparation of the plan or programme, in order to inform its development, and must be completed, and reported on, prior to the adoption of the plan or programme. The SEA Regulations make provision (under Regulation 9 (determinations of the responsible authority)) for public authorities to decide whether a particular plan or programme requires environmental assessment, in cases where implementation of the plan or programme would not result in significant impacts on the environment.

8 In making a determination under Regulation 9, the responsible authority must establish whether the plan or programme is one: For which the first formal preparatory act was carried out after 21 July 2004 (Regulation 5, paragraph 1(a) and paragraph 4(a)); That is concerned with activities in one of the following sectors agriculture; forestry; fisheries; energy; industry; Transport ; waste management; water management; telecommunications; tourism; or town and country planning or land use (Regulation 5, paragraph 2(a)); That sets the framework for future development consent of projects1 listed in Annex I or II to council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive), as amended by council Directive 97/11/EC (Regulation 5, paragraph 2(b) and paragraph 4(b)).

9 That has been determined to require assessment pursuant to Article 6 or 7 of the Habitats Directive (Directive 91/43/EC) ( it would give rise to adverse impacts on the integrity of sites of European importance for nature conservation) (Regulation 5, paragraph 3). In making a determination under Regulation 9 the responsible authority must also take account of the criteria specified in Schedule 1 to the SEA Regulations (Regulation 9, paragraph 2(a)), and must consult Natural England, the Environment Agency and English Heritage (the consultation bodies as specified in Regulation 4, paragraph 1 of the SEA Regulations).

10 The criteria specified in Schedule 1 of the SEA Regulations include: Paragraph 1 The characteristics of the plan or programme, having regard, in particular to (a) The degree to which the plan or programme sets a framework for projects & other activities, either with regard to the location, nature, size & operating conditions or by allocating resources; (b) The degree to which the plan or programme influences other plans & programmes including those in a hierarchy; 1 Article 1, paragraph 2 of the EIA Directive defines projects as the execution of construction works or of other installations or schemes, or as other interventions in the natural surroundings and landscape including those involving the extraction of minerals.