Mitigation, Enhancement and Monitoring Session 9 Health in SEA

Addressing Health Mitigation – Supportive, realistic, practical, timely, focused Enhancement – Cost-effective, deliverable, clear outcomes Monitoring – Time lag between plan, implementation, behavioural change and health outcome – Value of health indicators to planning?

Mitigation & Enhancement Negative Unclear Neutral Positive Can effect be enhanced? Yes No Yes No Can effect be mitigated? Consider deleting or modifying plan Implement miti- gation measures No change to plan Implement enha- ncement measures Can further information be obtained? Obtain further information to clarify impact

Mitigation and Enhancement Measures should be targeted and specific Avoid duplicating existing planning/ transport toolkits Lend support to existing proposals Suggest targeting of measures on specific communities/ areas

Mitigation and Enhancement Mitigation can include: – Changes to a specific proposal within the plan – Provision of new proposals – Technical measures during implementation – Issues to be addressed in project EIAs – Proposals to change other plans/programmes ODPM 2005: Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive

Monitoring Regulatory basis Annual Monitoring Reports Monitoring frameworks Responding to adverse effects Unforeseen adverse effects

SEA Monitoring SEA monitoring can be used to answer questions such as: – Were the predictions accurate? – Are plan or programme’s environmental objectives and targets being achieved? – Are mitigation measures performing as expected? – Are there any adverse environmental effects? – Are these acceptable or is remedial action needed? ODPM 2005: Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive

Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Every LPA must keep certain matters relating to its area under review Annual monitoring reports (AMR) to be prepared AMR to set out, among other things, the extent to which the policies in the core strategy and other DPDs are being achieved

Annual Monitoring Report Should include an assessment of : – Progress towards policy targets; – Where not on track to achieve policy targets - reasons for this; – Impact of policies on national, regional, local policy and any other targets ; – Need to replace or adjust policies which are not working; – Need to change policies to reflect changes in national or regional policy; – If policies need changing, actions needed to achieve this. ODPM: 2005: Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide

Annual Monitoring Report Should: – Analyse and report upon significant effects indicators: to identify early unforeseen adverse effects of policy to enable remedial action to be undertaken. – Establish and monitor performance trajectories – Use qualitative and quantitative information ODPM: 2005: Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide

Annual Monitoring Report Should: – Consider how the nature of analysis may change over time – Compare broader contextual trends against changes in the output indicators and significant effects indicators – Prepare interpretative commentaries ODPM: 2005: Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide

Monitoring Frameworks Factors to consider include : – Information to inform the evidence base; – Any data ‘gaps’ – Development of monitoring framework – Content of the annual monitoring report – Agreement with relevant regional planning body and key stakeholders

Monitoring Frameworks Sufficiently rigorous analytical approaches to understand how complex interactions work. Prepare for monitoring while preparing plan /programme Information often provided by others Ensure information up to date and reliable with sources referenced Indicators at more fine grained spatial scales (ward/Super Output Area level) information for specific areas to match area action plans Monitor across administrative boundaries

Monitoring Frameworks Document – What needs to be monitored (effects, other trends)? – What sort of information is required (indicator)? – Where can the information be obtained ? – Are there any gaps in existing information and how can these be resolved? – When should remedial action be considered? – What remedial action could be taken? ODPM 2005: Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive

Monitoring Frameworks Document: – Time, frequency, geographical extent – Who is responsible – How information is to be presented – Status of monitoring/problems encountered ODPM 2005: Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive

Responding to Adverse Effects Report should describe contingency arrangements for adverse effects Monitor for unexpected adverse effect – but how to monitor for unexpected? Focus on —Uncertainty in impact assessment —Where assumptions of impact assessment prove false. ODPM 2005: Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive