The purpose of sustainability appraisal is to appraise the social, environmental and economic effects of strategies and policies in a development plan document or supplementary planning document from the outset of the preparation process. This is to ensure that decisions are made that accord with sustainable development. Being subject to a sustainability appraisal is one of the legal tests for a development plan document at independent examination.
The sustainability appraisal process incorporates a strategic environmental assessment in line with government guidance. This concentrates purely on the environmental impacts of a plan at a strategic level.
- Sustainability Appraisal of Wigan Core Strategy (August 2011) (.PDF, 2385KB)
- Appendix A (.PDF, 28KB)
- Appendix B (.PDF, 88KB)
- Appendix C (.PDF, 200KB)
- Appendix D (.PDF, 624KB)
- Appendix E (.PDF, 124KB)
- Appendix F (.PDF, 20KB)
- Appendix G (.PDF, 212KB)
- Appendix H (.PDF, 130KB)
- Non technical summary of the Sustainability Appraisal (.PDF, 4567KB)
Information on the independent examination of the Core Strategy can be viewed on the Core Strategy Examination webpage.
You can also view our Sustainability Appraisal (previous stages) from the scoping stage, Issues and Options and Preferred Options.
