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Relevant external and internal plans, programmes, policies are continually reviewed and updated by the impact assessment team. This enables potential synergies and constraints to be identified and acted upon where they may impact on the sustainable development of the Borough.
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Please see below for the most recent list of PPPs (Plans , Policies and Programmes) regarded as relevant to Runnymede:
Up to date PPP list (produced September 2007)
If you would like to comment on the list of PPPs please do so by email to:
iau@Runnymede.gov.uk
Relevance to Runnymede
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Documenting a full review of plans, programmes and policies from international to local level was one of the requirements of the draft scoping SA/SEA report and will be used as the basis for ongoing review.
Runnymede's approach
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The common themes drawn from the objectives in the most recent plans, programmes and policies review will be used to review and development the Council's Environmental Policy.
Historically, a first Environmental Policy Statement for the Council was formally adopting on the 27th February 1991 (one year before the Rio Summit in 1992 which gave rise to Agenda 21). The Council's position on Local Agenda 21 is best summed up within a committee item for the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE on 25 March 1998 that states:
"The Council's current policy [on Local Agenda 21] is that this should not become a separate issue, but should be taken into account in conjunction with planning policies and decisions. If the Council's policy needs to change, it will be necessary to identify measurable targets against which the performance of any Local Agenda 21 strategies can be judged, rather than adopt a strategy which is strong on rhetoric, but weak on objectives."
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