5.9 Reporting

At the Part 1 Appraisal stage, the Scottish Government and its agency Transport Scotland does not expect authorities to have modelled and appraised options in a high degree of detail, with qualitative information on impacts being all that is required at this stage, but where available quantitative information should also be provided.

The Part 1 Appraisal reporting should concentrate on the following areas:

• An initial appraisal of the likely impacts of options against Transport Planning Objectives - which should record the performance using the seven point assessment scale;
• An initial appraisal of the likely impacts of options against the STAG Criteria - which should record the performance  using the seven point scale assessment criteria;
• An initial appraisal of the fit of options with established policy directives - i.e. relevant established transport, land-use planning and other policies; and
• An initial appraisal of the feasibility, affordability and likely public acceptability of options.

An outline of the appraisal work undertaken during the initial Part 1 Appraisal should be provided together with Part 1 Appraisal Summary Tables (ASTs) for all options considered during the Part 1 Appraisal.