Section 2 - Understanding the impact of the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service
2A. Is the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service likely to impact on people in rural areas?
Yes.
2B. Please explain how the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service is likely to impact on people in rural areas.
The Planning Application Validation Checklist applies to all areas of the city, urban and rural equally. It does not differentiate between any specific community whether urban or rural. As the process is aimed at improving the quality of planning applications on submission, to enable a more efficient and effective planning decision making process, it is likely that the Planning Application Validation Checklist will have an overall positive impact on communities in rural areas.
The proposed Planning Application Validation Checklist, the draft Rural Needs Impact Assessment and the draft Equality Screening Assessment for the Planning Application Validation Checklist will all be presented together during a ten-week public consultation for consideration and comment.
2C. If the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service is likely to impact on people in rural areas differently from people in urban areas, please explain how it is likely to impact om people in rural areas differently.
Not applicable as the Planning Application Validation Checklist applies to all areas of the city, urban and rural equally.
2D. Please indicate which of the following rural policy areas the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service is likely to primarily impact on.
Rural Businesses
Rural Tourism
Rural Housing
Jobs or Employment in Rural Areas
Education or Training in Rural Areas
Broadband or Mobile Communications in Rural Areas
Transport Services or Infrastructure in Rural Areas
Rural Development
Agri-Environment
2E. Please explain why the Policy, Strategy, Plan or Public Service is NOT likely to impact on people in rural areas.
Not applicable.
