Sustainability Appraisal is a process which must be undertaken alongside the preparation of a new Local Plan. It is a mechanism for considering the likely social, economic and environmental effects of a draft plan.
The aim is to ensure that the plan contributes to the achievement of sustainable development.
The documents published to support the preparation of the Wirral Local Plan 2022 to 2040 are set out below:
On 31st March 2025 the Council approved the following document to accompany the adoption of the Wirral Local Plan 2022 to 2040, to comply with Regulation 16 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004:
In September 2024 the Council published the following document to inform representations on the main modifications to the Local Plan:
In May 2022 the Council published the following documents to inform representations on the Submission Draft Local Plan:
In January 2020 the Council published the following documents to inform public consultation on the Issues and Options for the Local Plan:
- SA1.1 Interim Sustainability Appraisal 2019
- SA1.2 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2019 A
- SA1.3 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2019 B (10.5MB)
- SA1.4 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2019 C
- SA1.5 Equality Impact Assessment Scoping Report 2019
- SA1.6 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Consultation Responses 2019
Habitats Regulations Assessment
In September 2024 the Council published the following document to inform representations on the main modifications to the Local Plan:
In May 2022 the Council published the following documents to inform representations on the Submission Draft Local Plan:
In January 2020, the Council published the following documents to inform consultation on the Issues and Options for the Local Plan:
Scoping Consultation
Consultation on the scope of the Sustainability Appraisal and Equalities Impact Assessment for the new Wirral Local Plan took place in March 2019.