Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

The Corsican sustainable planning and development plan is subject to an environmental assessment under the conditions defined by chapter IV of the preliminary title of book I of the town planning code.

It includes a presentation report which:

1° Presents the objectives of the plan and, where appropriate, its relationship with other town planning documents and the plans or programmes mentioned in article L. 122-4 of the Environment Code with which it must be compatible or which it must take into consideration;

2° Analyses the initial state of the environment and the prospects for its development, setting out, in particular, the characteristics of areas likely to be significantly affected by the implementation of the plan;

3° Analyses the likely significant effects of implementing the plan on the environment, in particular, where appropriate, on human health, the population, biological diversity, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, noise, climate, architectural and archaeological cultural heritage and landscapes and the interactions between these factors and sets out the problems posed by its adoption on the protection of areas of particular environmental importance such as those designated in accordance with Articles R. 414-3 to R. 414-7 of the Environment Code as well as the article 2 of decree no. 2001-1031 of 8 November 2001 relating to the procedure for designating Natura 2000 sites ;

4°Explains the reasons why the plan has been chosen, in particular with regard to the environmental protection objectives established at international, Community or national level, and the reasons justifying the choice made with regard to the other solutions considered;

5° Presents the measures envisaged to avoid, reduce and, if possible, compensate where appropriate, for the harmful consequences of the plan on the environment and points out that the plan will be subject to an analysis of the results of its application no later than ten years after its approval;

6° Includes a non-technical summary of the preceding elements and a description of how the assessment was carried out.

The presentation report may refer to information relating to the environment contained in other studies, plans and documents.