Object

Representation ID: 32644

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA/SEA for the Submission Document does not include the JAAP's impacts on archaeology and this should be rectified given the known archaeology of the area covered by the JAAP. Annex 1 of the Directive 2001/42/EC includes at criterion (f) 'cultural heritage including architectural and archaeological heritage', but Table 4.1 of the JAAP Submission Document SA/SEA Sustainability Framework does not include consideration of this issue. Further, section 4.4.3 of the SA/SEA for the Submission Document fails to identify the omission of this sustainability objective as a main change to the SA/SEA Framework between the Issues and Options stage and the Preferred Options and Submission documents. It is noted that in the Sustainability Appraisal historic environment assets may require further assessment (section 4.4.3) and Appendix 4-24 (Landscape and Towns) the document states the JAAP could contain policies on protecting the historic environment, and the protection of the historic heritage including built features, landscape features and buried archaeology is identified.

Further, it should be noted that the proposed South Essex Rapid Transit (SERT) project has been discontinued and all references to SERT should be replaced by reference to 'High Quality Public Transport Corridors'.