Planning Supporting Statement - Partnerships for Renewables

Louth Canal Wind Energy Development
PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control
5.3.17 PPS23 sets out the national planning policy on pollution control. Paragraph 15 of PPS23 states
that - development control decisions can have a significant effect on the environment. LPAs
must be satisfied that planning permission can be granted on land use grounds taking full
account of environmental impacts. This will require close co-operation with the Environment
Agency and/or the pollution control authority, and other relevant bodies such as English
Nature, Drainage Boards, and water and sewerage undertakers, to ensure that in the case of
potentially polluting developments:
The relevant pollution control authority is satisfied that potential releases can be
adequately regulated under the pollution control framework; and
The effects of existing sources of pollution in and around the site are not such that the
cumulative effects of pollution when the proposed development is added would make
that development unacceptable.
PPS25: Development and Flood Risk
5.3.18 PPS25 outlines government planning policy on development and flood risk.
5.3.19 PPS25, as amended in March 2010, defines wind turbines as Essential Infrastructure within
the Flood Risk Vulnerability Classification. Essential Infrastructure development is considered
to be appropriate for Flood Zones 3a and 3b (functional flood plain) but is required to firstly
pass the Sequential Test, then to pass the Exception Test and also must be accompanied by a
FRA Consultation on a Planning Policy Statement: Planning for a Low Carbon Future in a
Changing Climate.
PPG 13: Transport
5.3.20 PPG 13 sets out the national planning policy on Transport. This states that where proposed
development will have significant transport implications a Transport Assessment should be
completed.
5.4 Draft National Planning Policy Framework
5.4.1 On 25 th July 2011, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published
the draft of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The draft NPPF is a key part of
the Government‟s reforms to make the planning system less complex and more accessible;
and follows Planning Minister Greg Clark‟s announcement in December 2010 to consolidate
planning policy and guidance into a single national framework.
5.4.2 The objectives of the new planning system are set out within three inter-related components:
Planning for prosperity (an economic role);
Planning for people (a social role); and
Planning for places (an environmental role).
5.4.3 The draft Framework sets out a presumption in favour of sustainable development, and states
that the Government is committed to ensuring that the planning system does everything it can
to support sustainable growth (paragraph 13). Paragraph 14 states that “At the heart of the
planning system is a presumption in favour of sustainable development, which should be seen
as golden thread running through ....decision making” (paragraph 14, page 4).
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