Peak District National Park Authority Annual Housing Report 2007
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PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT 2007 for the Structure Plan period commencing 1 April 1991 Planning Research and Partnerships Service Peak District National Park Authority Annual Housing Report Member of the Association of National Park Authorities (ANPA) Aldern House Baslow Road Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1AE Tel: (01629) 816 200 Text: (01629) 816 319 Fax: (01629) 816 310 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.peakdistrict.gov.uk Your comments and views on this Housing Report are welcomed. Comments and enquiries can be directed to Joe Bawden, Research Technician on 01629 816 234. This report is also accessible from our website located under ‘publications’. We are happy to provide this information in alternative formats on request where reasonable. Published January 2008 Contents Page No. Annual Housing Report, 2007 – Summary 1 The Annual Housing Report 2007 3 Appendix A: Peak District National Parks: Housing Statistics 2007 19 Key to the Tables 20 Type Codes 20 Parish Map 21 Housing Data By District and Parish 22 Kirklees 22 North East Derbyshire 23 Barnsley 24 Oldham 25 Macclesfield 26 Sheffield 28 Staffordshire Moorlands 29 High Peak 32 Derbyshire Dales 35 Summary Tables 42 Appendix B: HousingTrends 45 Table 1: All Dwellings Built & Commitments 1/4/91-31/3/07 46 Table 2: Residential Dwellings Built & Commitments 1/4/91-31/3/07 47 Table 3: All Dwelling Completions by Year 1991/92-2006/07 48 Table 4: House Building Completions: Great Britain 1991-2007 49 Table 5: Annual House Building Completions: Great Britain 1991/92-2006/07 49 Table 6: All New Dwelling Commitments Each Year 1991/92-2006/07 50 Table 7: Number of Dwelling Applications Received 1991/92-2006/07 51 Table 8: Peak District National Park Authority/ East Midlands/ England Dwelling Applications Determined and Approved, 1991/92-2006/07 51 Appendix C: Local Needs Housing Applications Allowed 53 Table 1: Applications allowed (by year) 54 Table 2: Applications allowed (by Parish) 60 Appendix D: Applications for Removals of Occupancy Conditions 61 Table 1: Local Needs Occupancy Conditions 62 Table 2: Agricultural Occupancy Conditions 64 Table 3: Holiday Occupancy Conditions 66 Appendix E: Applications for Certificate of Lawful Use 69 PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY - ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT 2007 SUMMARY Purpose of Report 1. The Annual Housing Report 2007 updates information on housing development, land availability and contributions towards local housing needs in the Peak District National Park (PDNP) from 1991/92 to 2006/07. The information helps the Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) develop housing policy for the area. Findings 2. At the end of 2006/07 there were approximately 18000 dwellings in the PDNP. 1828 new residential and holiday dwellings have been built since 1991/92. 3. In this 16 year period, 1512 (approximately 95 per annum) residential dwellings have been built. Planning permission has been given for 1376 new residential dwellings (approximately 86 per annum) over the 16 year period. The difference between the permissions granted and completion rates has resulted in a slow reduction in incomplete schemes. 4. This reduction can be partly explained by the introduction of stricter policies by the PDNPA in the Structure Plan (adopted 1994)1. In addition, over the 16 years the completion of a few large residential schemes, by new build1 or conversion to conserve historic buildings, resulted in an inflation of the average completion rate. For example in 2006/07, 105 residential units were completed. This included three schemes providing affordable housing2. Supply of large sites suitable for or in need of redevelopment is likely to be finite, so in the future it is possible that the housing supply will be closer to the completion rate of small schemes (48 dwellings per annum). 5. If 48 dwellings are built per annum until 2026 the PDNP population is predicted to reduce by around 6% and the percentage of over 60 years olds will increase from around 26% to around 47%. If 95 dwellings per annum are built, the population will probably not decline but it will still age similarly. 6. These large schemes affect the PDNPA's performance against the government target of 60% of new dwellings to be built on brownfield land. The three large schemes2 are all on greenfield sites, hence only 23% were of all completions were on brownfield land. 7. 473 of the 1512 completions have been permitted specifically to meet a need for people to live or work in the area3. 2006/07 contributed 80 to this total, 70 from three large schemes2. 1 Allowing new build housing only to meet a local need or enhance the overall site. New build dwellings for other purposes have been reduced since 1994. 2 Highfields Drive, Bakewell (36 units), Michlow Drive, Bradwell (12 units) and Chantry Court, Tideswell (22 units) 3 110 are restricted just to those employed in agriculture or forestry, 355 are restricted to other people with this local need and 8 are restricted to either of the above. 1 8. 316 holiday units (19.8 per annum) have been completed in the 16 year period. 555 units (34. 7 per annum) have been permitted and for 84 (5.3 per annum) permission has lapsed. This suggests that drivers for the completion of holiday units have not been as strong as those for residential units. In 2006/07, 97 holiday units were permitted and unusually in the case of holiday accommodation this was due to one large scheme4. 9. Since 1991/92, PDNPA has received 52 (3.3 per annum) applications for the removal of local needs, agricultural or holiday occupancy restrictions on dwellings, 48% of which have been granted. 10. It has also received 38 (2.4 per annum) applications for certificates of lawfulness for the occupation of other buildings as dwellings or for non- compliance with an occupancy restriction attached to a dwelling; 61% have been granted. A cause for concern is that 21 of the 38 have occurred in the last three years. 11. Further work is underway to: • assess the local need for housing, • calculate house prices, and • investigate whether land for affordable housing can be adequately allocated and protected. Obtaining Copies or Further Information 12. A summary will be circulated to Members of the Peak District National Park Authority and the full report will be available via the internet site http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/pubs.htm. For further information please contact Joe Bawden on 01629-816-234 or by email: [email protected] 4 Marquis of Granby, Bamford (2 by conversion, 44 of which will be by new build). 2 PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY - THE ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT 2007 Introduction 1. The Peak District National Park Authority has a duty to 'seek to foster the economic and social well being of local communities' whilst pursuing its statutory purposes 'to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage' of the Peak District National Park and 'to promote understanding and enjoyment of its special qualities' (Section 61 of the Environment Act, 1995) 2. As a Local Planning Authority, we set policy, assist site searches and community liaison, determine and monitor planning applications, and work with community housing providers1. National guidance is provided in Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3) and also included in the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands (RSS8). Monitoring is a requirement in our Development Plan2 and we continue to meet changing national, regional and local requirements. 3. The report monitors policies in the National Park Management Plan 2006-2011 (published April 2007), which aims to provide more affordable homes for those who need them (People & Communities, Objective 4), and in the Development Plan (The Structure Plan, adopted on 1 April 1994 and the Local Plan, adopted on 30 March 2001). This report also informs the current review of the Development Plan. 4. For newly built housing, the Structure Plan focuses on provision for locally needed affordable housing and only allows new building for general housing demand to achieve enhancement of the National Park. It aims to sustain the population of the Park at about 38,000 residents (Para 4.28). The main policies are: for residential dwellings HC1-HC3; for barn conversions C2; and for holiday accommodation RT3. The monitoring period runs from 1 April 1991. The Government Office for the East Midlands agreed in September 2007 that all Peak District National Park Authority's housing policies should be saved beyond 27 September 2007, so monitoring will continue 5. The Local Plan includes policies permitting newly built locally needed affordable housing. In July 2003, the Authority adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance that gives additional information to people wishing to provide affordable housing in the National Park. Implementation is through a more robust Section 106 agreement to ensure affordability ‘in perpetuity’. 6. Since 1995 the Peak District Housing Forum, which includes representatives from this Authority, the Government Office for the East Midlands, Local Housing Authorities and other housing providers, has overseen housing monitoring in this area3. The Forum will consider the report at its next meeting. Structure of the Report 7. The report is divided into 4 sections. Section 1 considers all dwellings (residential and holiday units); Section 2 focuses on residential dwellings; Section 3 looks at holiday units; Section 4 considers further monitoring. 8. Care has to be taken in identifying annual trends in housing data for the Peak District. Because there are relatively few developments each year, data is prone to relatively wide annual fluctuations. For this reason the report will focus on the whole period monitored. Annual data which supports this report is available in Appendices A to E.