Appendix 13_SEA Screening Report

• The need for improved public transport featured in consultation response for both achieving carbon neutrality but improving economic efficiency, quality of life and increased access to the city’s economic and social life for all of its citizens and to incr eased housing supply. • The consultation submissions also reflected the city’s potential for placemaking and investment in community infrastructure from revitalising City centre and suburban areas to the rejuvenation of its Dockland areas and derelict buildings to creating a connected, sustainable chain of green spaces and Riverfront amenities. A Draft Plan High-Level Goals, Sustainable Community and Economic Objectives and their associated actions areas were prepared at the time of the preparation of this Screening Report for Strategic Environmental Assessment. More detailed commentary on the Draft Plan’s high-level goals, objectives (community and economic) and their action areas are provided in Annex A to this Screening Report. A new element of the Draft Plan compared with the previous LECP is the preparation of a two-year Implementation Plan (Stage 5). The delivery of the objectives and ultimate realisation of the outcomes are supported by practical, time-bound actions as part of the Implementation Plan process. There is a stronger emphasis on implementation of actions in this Draft Plan and follow-up on these through engagement with other agencies and support actions within the Council’s own functions. The key agencies and areas for action are identified under each of the objectives in the Draft Plan. The Implementation Plan will contribute to the delivery of these objectives and their associated action areas considering the relevant context and the resources available within the time period, including funding through various funding streams. This will then provide the information for the monitoring, evaluation and review of the Draft Plan required in Stage 6. The monitoring and evaluation framework is part of a cycle of planning, implementation, progress reporting (monitoring), identifying what has been achieved or the impact (evaluation), learning from the experience and applying that learning in subsequent plans.