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Sustainability and habitats

Access the full process of sustainability appraisal and habitat regulations assessment undertaken in support of the Craven local plan.

The following evidence demonstrates that the Craven local plan has fulfilled important obligations with respect to sustainable development and habitat protection, through the processes of sustainability appraisal (SA) and habitat regulations assessment (HRA). All of the SA and HRA work carried out in support of the Craven local plan has been brought together so that the processes undertaken and the outcomes achieved can be set out in full and clearly understood.

Sustainability appraisal (SA)

 Final SA report (pdf / 9 MB)
 Statement of environmental particulars (pdf / 818 KB)
 Preparatory work for the SA (pdf / 1 MB)

Habitat regulations assessment (HRA)

 Final HRA appropriate assessment report (pdf / 7 MB)
 HRA screening assessment report (pdf / 7 MB)
 Iteration I of the HRA appropriate assessment report (pdf / 4 MB)
 Iteration II of the HRA appropriate assessment report (pdf / 2 MB)
 Iteration III of the HRA appropriate assessment report (pdf / 2 MB)


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