Evidence Base
To support the formulation of options for future development, the development of planning policies and to ensure a sound evidence base there are a number of studies, assessments and background documents that underpin the Local Plan for South Staffordshire.
These studies may be updated as and when necessary and the most up to date version will be included in the Evidence Base on the website. For copies of earlier documents please contact the Local Plans Team.
The current local planning strategy for South Staffordshire (Core Strategy and SAD) is set out in a number of themes. The first is the overarching Spatial Strategy which informs all other themes, and the remainder are the Sustainable Community Strategy Themes.
SAD Preferred Options
- Landscape Sensitivity Study - Housing
- Landscape Sensitivity - Employment
- Sub Regional Employment Study 2014 - Stage 1
- Sub Regional Employment Study 2015 - Stage 2
- West Midlands - Strategic Employment Sites Study (2015)
Sustainability Appraisal
Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA)
Environmental Quality Evidence Base
- Green Belt Review (2014)
Cannock Chase SAC
South Staffordshire Council has a duty to ensure that planning application decisions comply with the Habitats Regulations. Local Plan policy EQ2 safeguards the Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC), which has been designated for its unique heathland habitat.
- Cannock Chase SAC Financial Contributions
- Cannock Chase SAC Habitats Regulations Assessment - Local Plan Addendum (2018)
- Cannock Chase SAC Memorandum of Understanding (2017)
- Cannock Chase SAC FAQs 2020
- Cannock Chase SAC Visitor Survey 2018
- Cannock Chase SAC Consultation Responses 2020
Implementation of the following plans on SCC land is subject to formal consideration and endorsement by the County Council.
Cannock Chase SAC Appropriate Assessment Evidence Base
- JSB Evidence and MoU Report Appendix A
- Cannock Chase Visitor Observation Study (June 2012)
- Impacts of Recreation to SAC (September 2012)
- Mitigation Report (December 2012)
- SAC Visitor Survey (February 2013)
- Visitor Survey - Map Annex (September 2012)
- Cannock Chase AONB - Management Plan (2014 - 2019)
- Cannock Chase AONB - Assessment of Agricultural Landscapes
- Cannock Chase AONB - Landscape Character Framework 2017
- Cannock Chase AONB - Monitoring Horsiculture
- Enhancing Biodiversity (across the West Midlands)
- Staffordshire - Biodiversity Action Plan
- Staffordshire - Geodiversity Action Plan
- Planning for Landscape Change SPG
- Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans
- West Midlands - Farmsteads and Landscapes Project
- Stafford County Council - Historic Farmstead Guidance
Historic Environment Character Assessment January - 2011
- Historic Environment Character Assessment Document (January 2011)
- Appendix 1 - Brewood and Codsall
- Appendix 2 - Coven, Essington and Featherstone
- Appendix 3 - Great Wyrley and Huntington
- Appendix 4 - Kinver and Pattingham
- Appendix 5 - Penkridge and Perton
- Appendix 6 - Swindon, Wombourne and Wheaton Aston
- Staffordshire - Renewable Energy Study
- South Staffordshire - Climate Change Strategy
- Water Cycle Study
- Surface Water Management Plan
- Penkridge (Surface Water Management Plan)
- Severn Trent Water - (Water Resources Management Plan)
- South Staffordshire - Water Resources Management Plan
- River Trent (Catchment Flood Management Plan)
- River Severn (Catchment Flood Management Plan)
- Severn River Basin Management Plan
- Humber River Basin Management Plan
- Air Quality Action Plan
- Air Quality Annual Progress Report
- South Staffordshire - Sustainable Development Strategy
- South Staffordshire - Contaminated Land Strategy
- Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent - Joint Waste Core Strategy
- Staffordshire County Council - Minerals Core Strategy
- Staffordshire Rural Economy Report (July 2015)
Housing Evidence Base
Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area Strategic Locations Study 2018
- Position Statement February 2018
- Position Statement September 2020
- GBHMA Strategic Growth Study 2018
- GBHMA Strategic Growth Study Appendix 2018
South Staffordshire Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment - 2014
South Staffordshire Council appointed Arc4 to undertake a refresh of its Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) to ensure that the latest needs information can be used for allocating new Gypsy and Traveller pitches through the Site Allocations work.
The Affordable Housing Viability Study
- Affordable Housing Viability Study 2011 (February 2011)
- Affordable Housing Viability Study - Appendices
- Homelessness Strategy (2007 - 2012)
- Housing Market Briefing (January 2011)
- South Staffordshire - 2010 Housing Market Assessment (2010)
- South Staffordshire - 2012 Housing Market Assessment (2012)
- LSP Housing Delivery Plan (2009 - 2012)
- South Staffordshire - Older Persons Strategy
- South Staffordshire - Empty Property Strategy
- A Strategic Housing Market Assessment - C3 Housing Market Area of the West Midlands
- Southern Staffordshire, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Rugby - Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Assessment
- Background Report - Provision of New Accommodation (Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople)
Economic Vibrancy Evidence Base
ROF Featherstone Option Assessment Framework Report Nov 2018
ROF Featherstone GVA Impacts Technical Note July 2018
ROF Featherstone Land Value Uplift Technical Note Aug 2018
ROF Featherstone Viability and Delivery Options Study (Stage 1) - December 2013
Following comments in the Council's Core Strategy Inspectors Report regarding the need to address the deliverability of the ROF Featherstone strategic employment site, the Council has commissioned WECD to undertake the following study examining the site constraints and overall viability of the site:
- ROF Featherstone - Viability and Delivery Options Study 2013 (Stage 1) (December 2013)
- Black Country and Southern Staffordshire - Regional Logistics Site (RLS) Study
- South Staffordshire - Employment Land Study (ELS)
- West Midlands - Employment Sites Study
- Black Country and South Staffordshire - Sub Regional High Quality ELS 2014 (Stage 1) Report (2014)
- Black Country and South Staffordshire - Sub Regional High Quality ELS 2014/2015 (Stage 2) Report (2014/2015)
- Connecting to Success - West Midlands Economic Strategy
- Southern Staffordshire Tomorrow - An Economic Regeneration Strategy
- Local Economic Assessment for Staffordshire
- Understanding the Economy - Rural Staffordshire
- Staffordshire Economic Bulletin
- Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent - Economic Bulletin
- Southern Staffordshire - Tourism Economic Impact Assessment
- South Staffordshire Tourism Strategy
- Destination Staffordshire - Tourism Review, Strategy and Action Plan
- Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire - A Proposal for A Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)
- Staffordshire Destination - Management Partnership Plan (2008 - 2011)
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust
- LHCRT ARUP Report (September 2006)
- LHCRT Atkins Report (February 2009)
- Cycling Strategy
- Staffordshire - Local Transport Plan Strategy (2011)
- Highways Agency Business Plan (2010 - 2011)
- Centro Integrated Public Transport Prospectus
Community Evidence Base
- South Staffordshire Community Safety
- Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner - Safer, Fairer, United Communities for Staffordshire (2013 - 2018)
Health and Well Being Evidence Base
South Staffordshire Sports Halls Need Assessment 2016
South Staffordshire Swimming Pool Assessment January 2019
Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategy - 2014
- Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategy - Document (2013 - 2028)
- Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategy (Appendices)
- Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategy - Technical Summary
- Open Space Audit (2008)
Sports Facilities Statement - 2011
- Sports Facilities Statement - Indoor Sports Statement (January 2011)
- Map 1 - Swimming Pools Unmet Demand
- Map 2 - Swimming Pools Aggregate Unmet Demand
- Map 3 - Swimming Pools Relative Share
- Map 4 - Sports Hall Unmet Demand
- Map 5 - Sports Hall Aggregate Unmet Demand
- Map 6 - Sports Hall Relative Share
- Map 7 - AGPs Combined Unmet Demand
- Map 8 - AGPs Combined Aggregate Unmet Demand
- Map 9 - AGPs Combined Relative Share
Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategy - 2013 - 2028
- Adopted Report (August 2017)
- Technical Summary (August 2017)
- Report (Appendices) (August 2017)
- Open Space Strategy
- Open Space Strategy and Audit (2014 - 2028)
- Play Strategy (2007 - 2010)
- Playing Pitch Strategy and Audits (October 2007)
- Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent - Facilities Framework (2009 - 2021)
Contact
The Local Plans Team
Email: localplans@sstaffs.gov.uk
Telephone: (01902) 696000