Table 3 - Sustainability Appraisal Indicators

These indicators have been derived from the plan’s sustainability appraisal. They assess progress on key themes as set out in the SEA Directive. In some cases, there is an overlap with the plan and local contextual indicators in table 1.

Theme in the SEA Directive	Indicator	Scale and frequency	Target
Air	Concentration of NO2, PM10 and PM2.5	Annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Air	Traffic flows on main roads	Bi-annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Air	Rates of public transport uptake	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Biodiversity, flora and fauna	Percentage of SSSIs in favourable condition	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Biodiversity, flora and fauna	Number of Planning Approvals granted contrary to the advice of Natural England or Norfolk Wildlife Trust or the Broads Authority	Annually, Plan area wide	Zero
Biodiversity, flora and fauna	Percentage loss of the ecological network	Annually, Plan area wide	Zero
Climatic factors	CO2 emissions per capita (see Local Contextual Indicator SGS8)	Annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Climatic factors	Renewable energy generation (see Plan Indicator SC5)	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Cultural Heritage	Number of Conservation Area appraisals (see Plan Indicator EPE2)	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Cultural Heritage	Number of heritage assets identified as ‘heritage at risk’ (see Plan Indicator EPE3)	Annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Human health	Percentage of physically active adults	Bi-annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Human health	Number of GP Surgeries	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Landscape	Number of planning approvals granted contrary to the advice of the Broads Authority on the basis of adverse impact on the Broads landscape (see Plan Indictor EPE4)	Annually, Plan area wide	Zero
Landscape	Quantity of non self or custom-build housing development in the open countryside	Annually, Plan area wide	Zero
Population and material assets	Number of affordable housing completions (see Plan Indicator H1)	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Population and material assets	Percentage of economically active residents	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Population and material assets	LSOAs in Greater Norwich within the 10% most deprived in Great Britain	Every 3 to 4 years, Plan area wide	Decrease
Population and material assets	Quantity of household waste generation	Annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Soil	Percentage of dwellings built on Previously Developed (brownfield) land (see Plan Indicator SGS7)	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Soil	Number of dwellings built on Best and Most Versatile Agricultural land (Grades 1, 2 or 3a)	Annually, Plan area wide	Decrease
Water Quality/Flood	Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency flood risk advice (see Plan Indicator SC6)	Annually, Plan area wide	Zero
Water Quality/Flood	Quality of watercourses	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase
Water Quality/Flood	Water Efficiency in new homes (see Plan Indicator SC7)	Annually, Plan area wide	Increase