Sustainability Appraisal for Greater Cambridge Local Plan and North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

About

South Cambridgeshire District Council awarded a contract to Land Use Consultants Limited for sustainability appraisal at each stage of the plan-making process for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan and North East Cambridge Area Action Plan.

The contract, valued at £84,587, required the consultant to provide a clear audit trail of decision-making, including how options were identified, assessed, and policies and sites selected and rejected, demonstrating how the sustainability appraisal process engaged with and influenced the Plan's development.

The work had to meet the requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the European Directive 2001/42/EC (SEA Directive), and Statutory Instrument 2004 No.

1633.

The consultant was also required to demonstrate no conflicts of interest.