The Equalities Impact Assessment considers the possible impacts of the draft Core Strategy on specific groups within the community.  Considering equalities issues throughout the preparation of the Core Strategy will assist us in anticipating policy outcomes and avoiding inadvertent negative or discriminatory consequences for particular sections of the community.  These specifically include race, gender, disability (physical and mental), religion, sexuality, and/or age, and includes people who may be within more than one of these groups.

Comments on this Equalities Impact Assessment, and any improvements which we could make to this aspect of the Core Strategy are welcomed.  The latest version of the Core Strategy Equalities Impact Assessment can be downloaded below:

Further Options Core Strategy Equalities Impact Assessment [PDF] (72k)