Including the closely related term sustainability.
… of land uses and consider reasonably available sites, applying the “exceptions test” only in circumstances where insufficient land is available in the lower risk extents. This is one part of an integrated process that takes account of many factors, including wider sustainability issues, the realism of site delivery and in response to consultation with the public, business and partner agencies…
… with PPS25; that is strategic, in that it covers a wide spatial area and looks at flood risk today an in the future; that supports sustainability appraisals of the local development frameworks; that identifies what further investigations may be required in flood risk assessments for specific development proposals. SFRA Box 1…
… that the Local Plan has been prepared taking account of flood risk, now and in the future. This paper has helped to inform the Sustainability Appraisal for the Local Plan. As the Local Plan has been progressed the sequential test, and where necessary the exceptions test, have been applied to inform site selection. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2012) (paragraphs 93 to 108) sets out how Local…