Strategic Environmental Assessment

As part of preparing the Pentewan Valley Neighbourhood Plan, it is necessary to decide whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment is required, in line with European Directive 2001/42/EC and the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004. It is also necessary to consider whether a Habitats Regulations Assessment is required under Articles 6 or 7 of the Habitats Directive. Cornwall Council provides this advice through an SEA Screening Opinion.

Cornwall Council has completed the screening and concluded the following:

Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA).
Screening identified a potential for significant effects on the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation through recreational disturbance. An Appropriate Assessment was undertaken. Strategic mitigation is in place through Policy 22 of the Cornwall Local Plan, and there will be no significant effects on the features of the SAC. In combination with the Local Plan policy, there will be no adverse effect on the integrity of the European site.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
The assessment does not reveal any likely significant effects on the environment from the Pentewan Valley Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan is small in scale, around 40 homes with criteria-based policies. Environmental protection is secured through Cornwall Local Plan Policies 23 and 24, together with policies in the emerging Neighbourhood Plan. SEA is therefore not required.

You can download Cornwall Council’s full Screening Opinion from this page.