which whilst beneficial, is not considered to be significant. The relevance of the plan or Not significant The policy is not considered relevant to None programme for the Community Environmental legislation. implementation of Community legislation on the environment Criteria 2 from Schedule 1 of 2004 SEA Regulations Characteristics of the effects and of the area likely to be affected, – having regard, in particular, to: The probability, duration, Not significant The policy is intended to help to reduce None frequency and reversibility of the impacts of climate change over the the effects longer term through improved energy efficiency which whilst beneficial, is not considered to be significant. The cumulative nature of the Not significant The cumulative effects of the policy None effects be an overall improvement in energy efficiency in Frome which whilst positive, is not considered to be significant in the overall context of the district. The transboundary nature of Not significant There are not considered to be any None the effects transboundary effects arising from this policy. The risks to human health or Not significant The policy does not have any impacts None the environment (for example, upon to human health or the due to accidents) environment. The magnitude and spatial Not significant Whilst improvements in energy efficiency None extent of the effects may contribute to mitigating the impacts of (geographical area and size of climate change would be a positive the population likely to be impact over a wider geographic area, the affected)
which whilst beneficial, is not considered to be significant. The relevance of the plan or programme for the implementation of Community legislation on the environment Not significant The policy is not considered relevant to Community Environmental legislation. None Criteria 2 from Schedule 1 of 2004 SEA Regulations – Characteristics of the effects and of the area likely to be affected, having regard, in particular, to: The probability, duration, frequency and reversibility of the effects Not significant The policy is intended to help to reduce the impacts of climate change over the longer term through improved energy efficiency which whilst beneficial, is not considered to be significant. None The cumulative nature of the effects Not significant The cumulative effects of the policy be an overall improvement in energy efficiency in Frome which whilst positive, is not considered to be significant in the overall context of the district. None The transboundary nature of the effects Not significant There are not considered to be any transboundary effects arising from this policy. None The risks to human health or the environment (for example, due to accidents) Not significant The policy does not have any impacts upon to human health or the environment. None The magnitude and spatial extent of the effects (geographical area and size of the population likely to be affected) Not significant Whilst improvements in energy efficiency may contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate change would be a positive impact over a wider geographic area, the None
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