Comment

Minerals Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

Representation ID: 30548

Received: 10/01/2018

Respondent: Friends of the Earth England, Wales, Northern Ireland

Representation Summary:

The MPA should consider Committee on Climate Change's findings when scoring for relevant hydrocarbon, especially unconventional hydrocarbon policies e.g. 'reducing climate change'.

Assuming the UK Government cannot meet CCC's 3 tests, when additional factors are taken into consideration, our view is that likely impacts for the 'reducing climate change' objectives are more likely to be:

o "Higher negative effects on the achievement of the SA objective. For example, a significant negative contribution to an issue or receptor of more than local significance"
o "Uncertain impacts of the objective on the baseline".