B318
Sustainable Development Working Party 23 November 2010
St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report
Summary
1. The paper accompanies the sixth Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to be produced by the Council.
2. The Working Party is asked to recommend to Cabinet that:-
(1) the 2009/10 Annual Monitoring Report be approved for submission to GO-East; and
(2) the Head of Planning and Economic Development Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, be authorised to incorporate into the submitted Annual Monitoring Report any further minor changes as are necessary to update it and make any spelling, grammatical, factual, formatting and numbering corrections, provided they do not materially affect the substance or meaning of the Report.
1. Purpose of Report
1.1 Local Planning authorities are required to submit an AMR to the Government annually. This report presents the draft AMR for consideration by the Working Party. This Report accompanies the sixth Annual Monitoring Report to be prepared by the Council. The AMR reports against a number of local and national targets to assess the Council’s planning policies in terms of the delivery of sustainable development.
2. Background
2.1 The regulations covering the preparation of Local Development Frameworks require local planning authorities to prepare and submit to their Regional Government Office, an Annual Monitoring Report covering the previous financial year. The reports have to be received by the Government Office on or before 31 December of the following year.
-1 - 2.2 Guidance was published on the content of Annual Monitoring Reports in March 2005, to accompany Planning Policy Framework 12: Local Development Frameworks. Further guidance was published in October 2005 to clarify the required data to be submitted in the report. Essentially the document reports on the amount of housing being delivered as well as the range of planning policies being used in the Borough and their success at delivering sustainable development.
2.3 It is the sixth report to be prepared by the Council and has been prepared in the same format as that for previous year in order to provide a level of consistency.
Summary of the AMR
2.4 Key messages from the 2009/2010 Annual Monitoring Report include:-
(a) Housing completions - The net annual number of housing completions in 2009/2010 was 362 dwellings. This falls short of the Structure Plan annual requirement of 440 homes per annum, but it should be noted that the annual average completion rate between 1996-2010 is 480 homes which is in excess of the annual requirement.
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(b) Housing completions on previously developed land - In 2009/2010 the total number of completions on previously developed land equates to 56.9%. This is in excess of the 40% target in the Replacement Local Plan.
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(c) Housing Land Availability – Taking into account current planning consents and land that is allocated in a Development Plan, there is sufficient land identified to meet the planned housing requirements for at least the next 20 years.
(d) Employment completions – 19,283 square metres of employment floorspace have been developed in the 2009/2010 monitoring period. This is a decrease in comparison to completions in the 2008/2009 monitoring period. However, 100% of employment completions in the monitoring period took place on previously developed land.
(e) Unemployment – Early 2010 figures (February) indicate that the unemployment rate has seen a slight decrease since 2008/2009 from 3.2% to 2.5%. The 2009/2010 figure still remains below the County figure of 2.9%.
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(f) Ageing population – The 2009 mid-year population estimates show that the growth of the age group of 65+ residents has increased in St Edmundsbury by a third more than the County rate. The latest Government projections indicate that the proportion of the population beyond working age is set to increase significantly over the next 20 years.
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(g) Average wage - Gross earnings in St Edmundsbury at the end of 2009 were at an average of £508 per week. The Borough’s average earnings have now equalled that of the County, although still remain significantly lower than the regional and national averages.
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2.5 Under current planning regulations the Council is required to have an up to date timeline for the delivery of the documents within the Local Development Framework. This is called the Local Development Scheme. Section 2 of the AMR provides an update on the progress made on achieving the timescales set out in the 2009 Local Development Scheme as at 1 April 2010.
3. Recommendation
3.1 The Panel is asked to recommend to Cabinet that:-
(1) the 2009/2010 Annual Monitoring Report be approved for submission to GO-East; and
(2) the Head of Planning and Economic Development Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, be authorised to incorporate into the Annual Monitoring Report any further minor changes as are necessary to update it and make any spelling, grammatical, factual, formatting and numbering corrections, provided they do not materially affect the substance or meaning of the Report.
For further information contact: Ian Poole, Planning Policy & Specialist Services Manager, Planning and Economic Development Services Telephone: (01284) 757350 Email: [email protected]
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1 Introduction 1
2 St Edmundsbury Local Development Scheme 2
3 Borough Profile 5 3.1 Characteristics of St Edmundsbury 5 3.2 Population and Demographics 7 3.3 Community Indicators 12 3.4 Economic Indicators 17 3.5 Housing and Planning 22
4 Development Strategy 26
5 Housing 30 5.1 Scale of Housing Provision 31 5.2 Affordable Housing 34 5.3 Housing Density 38 5.4 Mix of Housing 39 5.5 Provision for Gypsies and Travelling Show People 39 5.6 Housing Trajectory 40
6 Employment 47 6.1 Scale of Employment Development 47 6.2 Employment Land Availabilty Figures 50
7 The Rural Area 53
8 Leisure 55
9 Town Centres and Retailing 56
10 Travel 58
11 Heritage and Conservation 62
12 Natural Environment 64
13 Facilities for the Community 66 Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10
14 Significant Effects Indicators 69
Appendices
Appendix A Glossary of Terms lxxi
Appendix B Saved Replacement Local Plan Policies lxxvi
Appendix C LDF Evidence Base lxxx
Appendix D Use Classes Order 2010 lxxxii
St Edmundsbury Borough Council Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10
1 Introduction
This is the sixth Annual Monitoring Report for St Edmundsbury’s planning policies. It covers the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 and has been prepared in accordance with the governments published guidance Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide published in March 2005. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires every local planning authority to submit an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to the Secretary of State by 31 December.
The AMR is required to:
review actual progress in terms of local development document preparation against the timetable and milestones in the local development scheme; assess the extent to which policies in local development documents are being implemented; where policies are not being implemented, explain why and to set out what steps are to be taken to ensure that the policy is implemented; or whether the policy is to be amended or replaced; identify the significant effects of implementing policies in local development documents and whether they are as intended; and set out whether policies are to be amended or replaced.
Borough Planning Policy context
The Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016 was adopted by the Borough Council on 27 June 2006 and used the Suffolk County Structure Plan as its strategic framework in terms of the amount and location of growth. This Annual Monitoring Report uses figures relating to housing and employment land supply and the contextual analysis prepared in relation to content of the Replacement Local Plan.
However in May 2008, the East of England Plan (Regional Spatial Strategy) was published by the Government. The plan, sets out strategic planning policies for the period to 2021 and house building targets to 2031.
The decision of the Council to plan for the same extended period will ensure there is synergy between the review of the Regional Plan and the strategy for development in St Edmundsbury. However, it will be some time before the full Local Development Framework is in place to identify specific sites for the location of planned development.
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2 St Edmundsbury Local Development Scheme
This section reviews the progress achieved by the borough council in meeting the milestones set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and establishes whether the timetable set out in the 2009 LDS is likely to be met during the year ahead.
The first LDS was approved in 2005 and has subsequently been subject to a number of revisions. The 2008/9 AMR noted that the LDS for 2009/10 set out the following milestones;
The submission of the Core Strategy for Examination in January 2010 with adoption in September 2010 Consultation on the Development Management Submission document in February/March 2010, with submission of the document for Examination in July 2010 Commencement of consultation on the Area Action Plans for Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill in October 2009
Achievements in 2009/10
The Core Strategy DPD was submitted in January 2010 and will be subject to examination in accordance with the 2009 LDS in April/May 2010.
Community engagement on the Rural Site Allocations Preferred Options DPD and the Development Management Submission DPD is due to commence in April 2010, one month later than planned. This is due to the extensive officer resource required in the lead up to the examination of the Core Strategy.
Community engagement on the Area Action Plans for Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill has not yet commenced. This delay has primarily been due to the need to provide certainty for the process of preparation through an adopted Core Strategy.
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
The SCI was submitted to the Secretary of State for examination in early June 2007 with the independent examination taking place in October 2007. The SCI was formally adopted in February 2008 which met the milestones set out in the March 2008 LDS amendment. The adopted version is available to download on the council's website. It is not considered that the SCI needs to be reviewed at this time.
Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD)
The programme for completing the Core Strategy has been amended since the last AMR and is set out below for comparison. In December 2008 an application was made to the Government Office for the East of England to save a number of our existing Local Plan policies to cover the period up to the adoption of our new Development Control Policies DPD. This was approved by the Government Office on 30 April 2009. A list of the saved policies is included at Appendix B.
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Table 2.1
Revised Core Strategy and Policies progress 2009/10
Stage March November 2009 Comments on progress 2008 LDS LDS
Pre-submission Scoping report for Strategic consultation/ Environmental Assessment / commencement of Sustainability Appraisal document preparation completed in April 2007
Issues and Options Mar-Apr Mar-Apr 2008 Consultation took place from consultation 2008 14 March until 25 April 2008
Consideration of Apr-Sep Apr-Sep 2008 Comments considered and comments 2008 presented to Sustainable Development Panel in July 2008
Preparation for Apr-Sep Apr-Sep 2008 Preferred Options document Preferred Options 2008 prepared and presented to consultation Sustainable Development Panel in October 2008
Preferred Options Nov-Dec Nov-Dec 2008 Consultation took place Nov consultation 2008 2008 - Jan 2009
Consideration of Jan-Feb Jan-Feb 2009 Comments considered and comments 2009 presented to Sustainable Development Panel in February 2009
Preparation of LDD Jan-Feb Jan-Feb 2009 February 2009-June 2009 2009
SEBC to agree Feb 2009 Submission DPD agreed by Full Council July 2009
Public consultation Mar 2009 Aug-Oct 2009 Submission Consultation took place from 12 August to 7 October 2009
Submission of LDD to Mar 2009 Jan 2010 Submitted first week in SoS January 2010
Pre-examination Jun 2009 Mar 2010 Took place on 3 March meeting
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Consideration of Jul-Aug 2009 Jan-Mar 2010 Took place Jan-Mar 2010 comments and preparation of examination evidence
Independent Sep 2009 Apr 2010 Examination hearings April examination and May 2010
Receive Inspectors Mar 2010 July 2010 Report
Adopt LDD May 2010 Sep 2010
Local Development Scheme 2010
A formal update of the Local Development Scheme document, which under the current planning regulations will need to be agreed with the Government Office for the East of England and will take place in 2010/2011 once a decision has been made by the Council concerning the adoption of the Core Strategy.
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3 Borough Profile
3.1 Characteristics of St Edmundsbury
Area: 654.5 km²
Population: 103,600 ( 2009, Source - Office for National Statistics)
Major Towns:
Bury St Edmunds with a population of 37,150 (2009, Source - ONS) Haverhill with a population of 23,700 (2009, Source - ONS)
Number of Conservation Areas: 35
Number of Listed Buildings: 3,244
Natural environment
Within the borough there are a number of internationally, nationally and locally important nature conservation sites. Special Landscape Areas cover the Lark Valley, Breckland and areas south of Bury St Edmunds. In addition to these, the important natural environment sites include the Historic Parks and Gardens at Culford, Euston, Ickworth and the Abbey Gardens and Precincts in Bury St Edmunds, and county and local wildlife sites. The borough also has a range of assets in terms of the built environment and these will continue to be preserved and enhanced. However, it is recognised that there are shortfalls in open space provision around some areas of population. A recreational open space assessment was prepared for the council in 2005, also a Green Infrastructure Study was commissioned and was published in September 2009. Nearly 40% of the borough is covered by some form of environmental designation as the following table shows:
Table 3.1
Area type Size of area (ha) % of borough
Special Protection Areas 3,473.00 5.3%
Sites of Special Scientific 5,449.58 8.3% Interest
National Nature Reserves 169.99 0.25%
Special Landscape Areas 16,687.52 25.5%
Environmental Designations 25,780.09 39.5% Total
Total Area of Borough 65,450.00 -
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St Edmundsbury Borough Environment Designation Map
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3.2 Population and Demographics
Population
Approximately 43% of the population of St Edmundsbury live in the rural areas outside Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. According to the 2001 Census, within St Edmundsbury there are marked variations between the two urban centres and the rural area at both ends of the age profile. However, the central age band (25-64 years) is very similar. In the rural areas only 27% of the population is aged 0-24 compared to 33% in Haverhill. This situation is reversed for the 65+ population where 24% of the rural population is in this age group compared to only 17% in Haverhill. Table 3.2 illustrates this Census data and compares it with county figures. There is no more recent data available at this local level.
Table 3.2
Population by age (% of total population). Source: 2001 Census
0-15 16-24 25-44 45-64 65-74 75+
St Edmundsbury 19.3 9.7 28.9 20.4 13.9 7.8
Bury St Edmunds 18.6 9.9 30.0 19.3 13.4 8.9
Haverhill 22.5 10.8 32.1 18.1 11.5 5.0
Rural St 18.3 9.0 26.2 22.5 15.7 8.4 Edmundsbury
Suffolk 20.0 9.6 27.1 25.1 9.4 9.0
However, according to the mid-2008 population estimates Office for National Statistics (ONS) the current age profile for St Edmundsbury is similar to that of Suffolk, the East of England and England. However the borough does have a slightly larger proportion of 25-44 year old residents than that of Suffolk. This could be linked to the fact that St Edmundsbury has a good level of employment opportunities.
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1. Demographic profile.
1.1 Population At the time of the 2001 Census 98,193 people lived in St Edmundsbury Borough. Since mid-2001 the population has increased by 5.7% reaching 103,747 by mid- 2008. Over the same period, the poulation of the county has grown by 6.8%. The age structure of the Borough is set out below. St Edmundsbury Males FemalesPersons All ages 51,833 51,914 103,747 0-4 3,124 3,029 6,153 5-9 2,929 2,811 5,740 10-14 3,241 2,958 6,199 15-19 3,148 2,909 6,057 20-24 3,109 2,400 5,509 25-29 3,250 2,650 5,900 30-34 3,247 2,980 6,227 35-39 3,879 3,713 7,592 40-44 4,117 4,130 8,247 45-49 3,524 3,528 7,052 50-54 3,157 3,245 6,402 55-59 3,178 3,347 6,525 60-64 3,487 3,866 7,353 65-69 2,691 2,818 5,509 70-74 2,229 2,345 4,574 75-79 1,584 1,939 3,523 80-84 1,081 1,540 2,621 85-89 656 1,127 1,783 Annual Monitoring Report 2009/1090+ 202 579 781 85+ 858 1,706 2,564 Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) 2001 & 2008 mid-year population estimates.
1.2 Age pyramid Figure 3.1
ONS mid-2008 estimate for St Edmundsbury - Age pyramid by gender
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Population by age (mid-year population estimates 2009). Source: ONS
0-15 16-24 25-44 45-64 65-74 75+ Total
St 18,100 11,000 27,300 27,700 10,600 8,900 103,600 Edmundsbury (persons)
St 17.5 10.6 26.2 26.7 10.3 8.6 100 Edmundsbury (%)
Suffolk 123,400 79,700 179,200 191,800 72,100 67,700 714,000 (persons)
Suffolk (%) 17.1 11.2 25.1 26.9 10.1 9.6 100
Where St Edmundsbury differs from Suffolk in terms of age profiles is in the levels of growth for each of the three main age groups. Table 3.4 below shows how the demographics of St Edmundsbury have changed over the past eight years compared to that of Suffolk. The growth of the group of 65+ residents has increased in St Edmundsbury by a third more than the county rate. The children and young persons population is now showing a small increase, however it is still below the average figure.
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Table 3.4
Change in population 2001-09 (% of total population) Source: ONS
All Ages Children and Working age Older people young people (under 18)
St Edmundsbury +5.5% +2.1% +0.2% +22.5%
Suffolk +6.8% +2.9% +4.5% +16.3%
The graph below provides a time line for population growth in St Edmundsbury. The graph shows a comparison between borough population estimates since the 2001 Census and population projection statistics published by the ONS. The graph indicates that the growth of the population of St Edmundsbury appears to be following the ONS 2008-based projection closely (pink line).
Figure 3.2
Comparison of population estimates and projections for St Edmundsbury
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Ethnicity
The population of St Edmundsbury borough is predominantly white, British. The 2001 Census recorded 94.81% for this group. This is significantly higher than the average for the East of England and England as a whole. The main ethnic groups found within the borough are indicated in Table 3.5 below and are represented as a percentage of the total population.
Table 3.5
Comparison of the population of Ethnic groups for 2001 and 2007 (% of total population). Source: 2001 Census and ONS Population Estimates
St Edmundsbury Suffolk
2001 2007 2001 2007
White 98.03 95.6 97.20 94.4
White British 94.81 91.2 93.80 89.6
Mixed 0.73 1.2 1.10 1.5
Asian or Asian 0.47 1.2 0.6 1.8 British
Black or Black 0.35 1.0 0.6 1.3 British
Chinese or Other 0.91 1.0 0.5 1.0 Ethnic Group
Black or Minority 2.91 4.3 2.8 5.6 Ethnic Total
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The population of St Edmundsbury has grown significantly since 2001, well above the published RSS (Regional Spatial Strategy) figure, and appears to be following the ONS 2006-based projection closely.
1.5 Ethnicity
At the time of the 2001 census St Edmundsbury had a population of 98,193 people, of whom 98.03% (96,263) were white, all but 3,168 of whom were white British. 2,854 (2.91%) of Borough residents in 2001 came from black or minority ethnic origin. This was broadly in line with the proportion of BME residents in the county overall.
Black Asian Black or or or Minority All White Asian Black Chinese Ethnic District people White British Mixed British British or other Total No. 98,193 96,263 93,095 716 459 341 1,338 2,854 St Edmundsbury % 98.03% 94.81% 0.73% 0.47% 0.35% 1.36% 2.91% Suffolk 668,553 97.20% 93.80% 1.10% 0.60% 0.60% 0.50% 2.80%
The latest ethnicity data are the ONS 2007 district estimates. The table below shows how the county and the borough have become more diverse, with an increasing percentage of residents from black and minority ethnic communities.
Asian Black Black or All White or or Chinese Minority White Mixed people British Asian Black or other Ethnic 2007 ONS mye British British Total No. 709,400 669,500 635,400 10,600 12,900 9,100 7,200 39,800 Suffolk Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10 % 100.0% 94.4% 89.6% 1.5% 1.8% 1.3% 1.0% 5.6% St Edmundsbury 95.6% 91.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 4.3% Figure 3.3 Ethnicity Comparison 2001 and 2007 Source: ONS
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Table 3.5 and Figure 3.3 compare the figures recorded for ethnicity from the 2001 Census against figures based on the Office of National Statistics mid-2007 population estimates and Source: SCC Diversity Profile. http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/01BF34CC-7881-4765- shows that the demographics of St Edmundsbury are changing although the population of 8655-6FDEF50F83D3/0/20091103SuffolkDiversityProfile.pdf the borough is still predominantly white, which is still above the level of the rest of the East of England. It is anticipated that the 2011 Census data will provide more comprehensive and accurate figures rather than the most recent estimates published by the ONS.
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3.3 Community Indicators
Health
Table 3.6
Life Expectancy Figures (Average Age) 2009 Source: Suffolk Observatory
Male Female
St Edmundsbury 78.5 82.4
Suffolk 78.7 82.5
National 76.5 80.8
Overall, residents within the borough and Suffolk as a whole are amongst the healthiest in the country with Standard Mortality Ratios (SMR) well below the UK average. Comparing wards across Suffolk, there is a clear diversity of health levels reflected in the SMR values. Pakenham has the second-lowest of any ward in the county, with two others in the lowest 10%, but these contrast starkly with Haverhill South which has the highest SMR of all the wards in the county and Stanton which is also in the highest 10%. This diversity in health standards reflects the diverse nature of the borough itself, reinforcing the fact that the borough is overall very affluent but with local pockets of deprivation.
Standard Mortality Ratio (SMR) - is a method of comparing mortality levels in different years, or for different sub-populations in the same year, while taking account of differences in population structure. The ratio is of (observed) to (expected) deaths, multiplied conventionally by 100. Thus if mortality levels are higher in the population being studied than would be expected, the SMR will be greater than 100.
Under 18 Teenage Conception Rates
St Edmundsbury has a lower rate of teenage conception at 27.9 per 1,000 girls, (2006-2008) when compared to the average for Suffolk which was recorded as 30.9 per 1,000 girls, (2006-2008). This shows a decrease on the previous period’s rate of 30.5 (2004-2006) and reflects a drop of 20.1% since 1998. St Edmundsbury's teenage conception rate and is below the county, regional and national rates.
Crime and anti social activity
The crime rate for St Edmundsbury has decreased considerably from 81.1 (crimes per 1000 population) in 2005-6 to 60.4 in 2008-9. This significant decrease reflects a county-wide decline in crime rates with the rate for Suffolk standing at 65.6 in 2008-9.
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Table 3.7
Crime Rates 2008/9 (crimes per 1000 population) Source: Suffolk Observatory
Crime Rate Rate of Burglaries Violent Crimes
St Edmundsbury 60.4 5.7 9.3
Suffolk 65.6 6.6 10.4
National 87.0 10.7 17.0
The rate of burglaries at 5.7 per 1000 of population in 2008-9 for St Edmundsbury is lower than the National rate of 10.7 and the Suffolk rate of 6.6. This shows a decrease from the rates recorded for 2006-7 and 2007-8. The rate of violent crimes in St Edmundsbury has fallen from 15.3 (per 1000 population) in 2007-8 to 9.3 in 2008-9. This represents a rate lower than both Suffolk (10.4) and the national rate of 17.0.
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Deprivation
A National Index of Multiple Deprivation was produced by the government in 2007 based on indicators such as education, health, crime and employment and is used to rank relative deprivation for each local authority in England. St Edmundsbury Borough is ranked as 260th out of the 354 local authorities, with 1 being the most deprived. Put another way, the borough is the 94th best district in England. The rank scores for multiple deprivation by lower super output area* (LSOA) indicates that a LSOA in Northgate is the most deprived within the borough scoring 27.41 and ranked as the 9,361 (out of 34,378 LSOAs nationally), which is within the worst 30% in the country. However, the rankings show that LSOAs in Haverhill are more consistently deprived, suggesting that deprivation in Haverhill is more widespread rather than just concentrated in small pockets. The three least deprived LSOAs in the borough are all in the ward of Moreton Hall, the least deprived of these being in the best 6% in the country. Whilst the overall rank of St Edmundsbury is good, both the borough’s score and ranking has declined since the last Index of Deprivation in 2004.
*Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) - are a geography designed for the collection and publication of small area statistics. They are small areas with an average population of about 1,500 residents. They are created in order to identify pockets of deprivation which may be overlooked when using larger ward level data.
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Access to services and facilities
The 2009 Village Services and Facilities Study indicates that many parishes in our rural areas lack essential services. For example 73% do not have a food shop or general store and 74% do not have a post office, a statistic which may worsen due to the possibility of further future closures. However 58% have a public house and 64% have a village hall or community centre.
Despite many of the parishes lacking essential services, this is less of a problem when households with cars/vans are taken into consideration. Within the borough the percentage of households with no car/van is 16.8 which is lower than the national average (27%) giving St Edmundsbury a rank of 281 out of 376. However this masks discrepancies within the borough as several wards have significantly more households with no car/van such as Eastgate, where 36.4% of households have no car/van.
Water and air quality
The quality of water within the borough’s rivers is generally fair to good in terms of chemical and biological quality.
For the most part air quality in St Edmundsbury is good. The annual mean air quality objective for nitrogen dioxide is exceeded at locations along The Street, Great Barton and an Air Quality Management Order is expected in the near future. Road traffic emissions continue to be the main source of pollution where pollutant levels approach objective levels.
Recycled household waste
In 2009/10 St Edmundsbury was the second highest performing council in the county in terms of recycling. St Edmundsbury’s recycling rate is at 50.1% compared with an average county figure of 46.13%.
Percentage of household waste recycled:
Table 3.8
Percentage of household waste recycled
2005/6 46.6%
2006/7 50.1%
2007/8 50.4%
2008/9 51.3%
2009/10 50.1%
St Edmundsbury was awarded Beacon Council status in 2001 and 2006 by the government. This award recognised that the Borough Council was a national leader in the field of waste management and recycling. Since then the Council has been involved in helping other councils across the country to improve their recycling rates.
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St Edmundsbury is also part of the Suffolk Recycling Consortium, a partnership of six Suffolk district and borough councils and Viridor Waste Management. Through the work of the consortium the total amount of recyclable material collected is approximately 43,000 tonnes per year. By working together with all Suffolk councils St Edmundsbury has helped achieve significant improvements in recycling rates across the county.
Energy consumption and climate change
St Edmundsbury’s consumption of electricity is high for domestic use. 2008 figures indicate that average domestic energy consumption in the borough is above both that for the East of England and Great Britain. Rates for industrial and commercial consumption in 2008 were also above that for the East of England. Available figures also show that St Edmundsbury is gradually decreasing in both domestic and industrial electrical energy consumption since 2005.
2008 figures for the consumption of gas by domestic users shows St Edmundsbury to be less than the average for the East of England and Great Britain. However, commercial and industrial gas consumption is the highest in the county and is three times above the regional rate. Available figures also appear to show a decreasing consumption of gas by domestic users since 2005.
Local estimates for 2007 show that St Edmundsbury has a higher domestic carbon emissions output (11.80 tonnes per capita) compared to the regional (7.80) and national (8.40) figures of CO2 per capita. This is a 1.20 tonnes per capita decrease from the previous year.
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3.4 Economic Indicators
Employment
The 2009/10 population survey statistics show that in St Edmundsbury 79.6% economically active people aged 16-74 were in full time employment, which is a 12.1% decrease from the 2008/9 figure of 91.7% and is reflective of the country being in recession. The employment rate is defined as the proportion of the working age population in employment. St Edmundsbury has an employment rate of 73.7%, which is lower than the county figure of 74.8%, but slightly higher than the regional rate of 73.5%.
Table 3.9
Economic activity & employment rates 2009 source: Suffolk Observatory
Economic Activity Rate Employment Rate (%) (%)
St Edmundsbury 79.6 73.7
Suffolk 79.8 74.8
East of England 78.9 73.5
Business formations
The table below presents the most recent data on VAT registrations and de-registrations and also calculates the business formation rate typically registrations as a % of stock. During the 1990s the rate of formations in St Edmundsbury was consistently below the regional rate but from 2000 to 2004 they were broadly comparable. In 2008 St Edmundsbury’s business formation rate was slightly higher than Suffolk's rate but below that of the East of England. St Edmundsbury's business formation rate did however increase from the 2007 figure of 8.0.
Table 3.10
VAT registrations and de-registrations 2008 source: Suffolk Observatory
Registrations De-registrations Stocks at end Net-change Business of year Formation Rate
St 410 400 4,410 10 9.30 Edmundsbury
Suffolk 2,600 2,530 28,170 70 9.23
East of 26,160 21,955 236,355 4,205 11.07 England
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Employment structure
Table 3.11
Employment by sector in St Edmundsbury source: Suffolk Observatory
2005 2006 2007 2008
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Agriculture 735 1.4 702 1.4 870 1.4 902 1.8
Energy ------435 0.9
Manufacturing 9,088 17.7 9,002 17.7 8,670 17.7 8,429 16.8
Construction 2,257 4.4 2,585 4.4 2,702 4.4 2,331 4.6
Distribution 12,508 24.4 12,892 24.4 12,186 24.4 13,016 25.9
Transport 1,828 3.6 1,830 3.6 1,671 3.6 1,663 3.3
Banking 7,026 13.7 6,929 13.7 6,547 13.7 6,655 13.2
Public Administration 15,334 29.9 15,607 29.9 15,036 29.9 14,660 29.2
Other 2,366 4.6 2,227 4.6 2,319 4.6 2,199 4.4
Total 51,142 51,774 50,001 50,290
Table note: Where a '-' is supplied this means the figures have been suppressed under the Data Protection Act.
Unfortunately figures for 2009 are yet to be published, however the latest employment figures available for 2008 indicate that 50,290 people were in employment in St Edmundsbury. Bury St Edmunds accounts for 57% of total employment and Haverhill 16%. The three largest sectors in the borough (public administration, manufacturing and distribution) account for 71% of total employment. There are major differences in employment between the borough’s principal urban areas of Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. Haverhill is more industrial in nature with more than three times the proportion of manufacturing employment compared to Bury St Edmunds which is dominated by public sector employment, accounting for almost one third of total employment.
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Unemployment
Early 2010 figures (February) indicate that the unemployment rate has seen a decrease since 2008/9 from 3.2% to 2.5%. The 2009/10 figure still remains below the County figure of 2.9%.
Table 3.12
Unemployment rate within St Edmundsbury Source: Suffolk Observatory
2007 2008 2009 2010 Rate Rate Rate Rate (%) (%) (%) (%)
St Edmundsbury 1.6 1.6 3.2 2.5
Bury St Edmunds 1.6 1.9 3.3 2.5
Haverhill 0.9 2.2 5.2 3.9
Suffolk 1.9 1.8 3.4 2.9
East of England 1.8 1.7 3.5 3.2
The figure for the number of job seekers allowance claimants in August 2009 was at a rate of 3.0%, this figure has nearly doubled since 2008 which indicated a figure of 1.6%. However the number of job seekers allowance claimants in St Edmundsbury is still lower than Suffolk's rate at 3.2%. Haverhill has significantly higher unemployment than the rest of the borough.
Earnings
Gross earnings in St Edmundsbury at the end of 2009 averaged £508 per week. The borough’s average earnings have now exceeded that of the county, although still remain significantly lower than the regional and national averages. Earnings did increase by 5.9% between 2004 and 2005, which was above the county average of 3%, this decreased significantly during 2006 and 2007 to around 3.5%. However, the gross weekly wage growth for 2009 in St Edmundsbury experienced only a small increase of 1.2%.
The earnings figures in the table below relate to gross earnings for full-time employees.
Table 3.13
Average weekly earnings in St Edmundsbury Source: Suffolk Observatory
Gross weekly pay Gross weekly pay Gross weekly pay 2007 (£) 2008 (£) 2009 (£)
St Edmundsbury 466 502 508
Suffolk 484 506 507
East of England 540 575 569
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Average weekly earnings in St Edmundsbury Source: Suffolk Observatory
Gross weekly pay Gross weekly pay Gross weekly pay 2007 (£) 2008 (£) 2009 (£)
England 560 585 597
Figure 3.4
Average weekly earnings timeline
700
600
500
400 St Edmundsbury Suffolk Eats of England 300 England Weekly Pay (£) Pay Weekly
200
100
0 2007 2008 2009 Year
Table 3.14
Average hourly earnings in St Edmundsbury Source: Suffolk Observatory
Hourly pay 2007 Hourly pay 2008 Hourly pay 2009 (£) (£) (£)
St Edmundsbury 11.47 12.40 12.62
Suffolk 11.84 12.47 12.62
East of England 13.53 14.35 14.33
England 14.21 14.79 15.29
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Education
The average percentage of year 11 students attaining five A-C grades at GCSE level for Suffolk was 70.0% in 2009. The rate for St Edmundsbury was 75.8% and was the highest in the county, and significantly higher than the regional and national percentages of 71.6% and 62.6% respectively.
Workforce skills
Around 7,100 people have low or no qualifications in St Edmundsbury, which equates to 11.7% of the working age population according to figures for 2008. Almost 19,300 people of working age have NVQ level 4+ qualifications (degree or higher) accounting for 31.8%. This is an increase on the 2007 figures and represents the highest proportion since 2001. The proportion of people with low/no qualifications is a lesser figure than the Suffolk, East of England and national figure and all but two of the other Suffolk districts (Babergh and Mid Suffolk). The proportion of the working age population with NVQ level 4+ qualifications in St Edmundsbury is slightly higher than the county but remains slightly lower than the regional and national proportion.
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3.5 Housing and Planning
Housing
Table 3.15
Number of occupied households (Source: 2001 Census)
St Edmundsbury 40,560
Bury St Edmunds 15,591
Haverhill 9017
The results of the 2001 Census show that overall housing tenure in St Edmundsbury reflects that of the national average. However marginal differences indicate that there is a higher percentage of owner occupied households in the borough principally with a mortgage or loan. The statistics are illustrated in table 3.16 below.
Table 3.16
Housing tenure source (%) (Source: 2001 Census)
St Edmundsbury East of England England and Wales
Owner occupied: 30.0 30.9 29.7 owns outright
Owner occupied: 40.8 41.7 38.9 with a mortgage or loan
Rented from: council 13.9 11.7 13.2 (local authority)
Rented from: 3.4 4.9 6.2 housing association/registered social landlord
Rented from: private 7.5 7.6 8.8 landlord/letting agency
Rented from: other 4.4 3.2 3.3
In 2004 the borough council transferred its housing stock to Havebury Housing Association.
According to the 2008 House Condition Survey there were a total of 45,100 dwellings identified in St Edmundsbury of which, 37,200 (82%) are Private Sector housing and 7,900 (18%) are Social housing. Using a combination of sources, including survey, Council Tax
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lists, the Census and the Council's own figures, the study indicates that there are 1,390 dwellings, or 3.7%, of the private housing stock within St Edmundsbury that are considered as vacant. The national average is approximately 3.5%. Based on the House Condition Survey data 9,900 dwellings (26.6%) can be classified non decent, which is lower than the proportion in England (27.1%). Classification of 'non decent' could be for reasons of being hazardous, in need of repair, lacking modern facilities and a poor degree of thermal comfort.
In St Edmundsbury the number of households on the Home-Link Register as at 1 April 2010 was 1,858, which was a large decrease from the 5,094 in the previous year. This makes it appear as if demand has gone down, but actually processes have since changed due to the removal of non-bidders.
Basically, as the Home-Link is not a 'waiting' list and no priority is given for waiting, there was a huge number of applicants who had registered previously with a future need in mind. The new process seeks to inform applicants that Home-Link is for those seeking to move urgently. Therefore, applications are now removed after 12 months of non-bidding (after contacting them) and hence the figures appear distorted. Demand for the service is increasing considerably and there has already been over 1,300 applications received prior to 1 April 2010.
House prices
The average house price in St Edmundsbury is £215,008 in the first quarter of 2010, an increase since 2009. In comparison to the rest of Suffolk it is the fourth most expensive borough to live in. Table 3.17, below, indicates the first quarter figures in 2010 for each respective house type.
Table 3.17
House prices first quarter 2010 source: Suffolk Observatory
Flats Terraced Semi- Detached Average detached
St £118,674 £170,828 £185,935 £294,268 £215,008 Edmundsbury
Suffolk £121,393 £148,625 £169,240 £298,044 £206,341
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Figure 3.5
Average House Price Timeline
250,000
200,000
150,000 Suffolk St Edmundsbury
Value (£) 100,000
50,000
0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year
Table 3.18
Annual house price changes source: Suffolk Observatory
2008-09 % change 2009-10 % change
St Edmundsbury -5.03% 22.0%
Suffolk -10.1% 18.9%
Housing affordability
Housing affordability has become an increasingly more talked about subject over the past few years. House prices in particular had been ever inflating over the last decade or so. However, in 2008 the market declined in response to the 'credit crunch'. Figures in 2009, as seen in figure 3.4, show that the market experienced a decrease for the first time in over a decade. House prices decreased in St Edmundsbury by over 5%. However, although St Edmundsbury experienced the least change in house prices in the entire county, other areas such as Ipswich Borough, Waveney and Forest Heath saw a much higher change in price. Early figures in the first quarter of 2010 show that average house prices are once again on the increase with a annual change of +22.0%.
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The most widely used method to determine affordable housing, is the Housing Affordability ratio. This determines the affordability of housing by comparing the average house price for each housing category against average incomes. The calculation assumes a 5% deposit therefore the ratio is that of average house price multiplied by 95% to average income. It is evident from the table below that housing affordability is not improving and that ratio for 2009/10, show that housing affordabilty in St Edmundsbury is worse than the previous year.
Table 3.19
Housing affordability for 2010 quarter 1 Source: Suffolk Observatory
Detached Semi Terraced Flats / Average 2008/09 ratio detached ratio maisonettes ratio AMR ratio ratio 2009/10 average
St 10.58 6.69 6.14 4.27 7.78 6.83 Edmundsbury
Suffolk 10.74 6.10 5.36 4.37 7.44 6.48
National 10.40 6.19 5.87 6.67 7.19 6.60
The 'average ratio' column represents housing affordability across all housing groups.
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4 Development Strategy
The Replacement Local Plan 2006 promotes the economic, social and environmental well-being of all sections of the community. It tries to improve health and the quality of life by setting a positive framework for the sustainable provision of jobs, housing and facilities, balanced against a need to protect the natural and built environment. The main aim of the Plan is to maintain and enhance the environmental resources and character of the borough while also coping with significant levels of growth.
Policy assessment
The tables within this section monitor the policies that are in place within the 'Development Strategy' chapter of the 2006 Replacement Local Plan. They monitor through the use of targets/indicators and assess the progress that has been made towards their implementation.
Table 4.1
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
DS1: Monitor the geography of housing Net Gross settlement completions hierarchy Bury St 239 281 Edmunds
Haverhill 85 85
Rural 38 55 areas
Total 362 421
Table 4.2
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
Square Metres
DS1: Monitor the geography of employment Bury St settlement completions Edmunds 9,454 hierarchy (B1, B2 + B8 use classes) Haverhill 0
Rural Areas 1,906
Total 11,360
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Table 4.3
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
DS2: The Monitor the percentage of housing completions Net Gross Sequential on previously developed land Approach to 56.9% 61.8% Development
Table 4.4
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
DS2: The Monitor the percentage of employment 100% Sequential completions on previously developed land Approach to Development (B1, B2 + B8 use classes)
Table 4.5
Policy Indicator
DS4: Total Hardwick Industrial Estate - adopted June 2006 Masterplans number of Chedburgh (former fireworks factory site) - adopted masterplans January 2007 adopted West Suffolk College - adopted February 2007 West Suffolk House - adopted February 2007 Risby Business Park redevelopment - adopted June 2007 Moreton Hall East - revised - adopted February 2008 Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds - adopted March 2009 North West Haverhill - adopted June 2009
Number of Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds masterplans Land off Crown Lane, Ixworth currently Land East of Suffolk Business Park, Bury St Edmunds being prepared
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Table 4.6
Policy Indicator
DS5: Design Design The Suffolk Design Guide was adopted by the guidance and Guidance council when it was published in 1993 development adopted by CABE, Buildings for Life Initiative briefs council
Development Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds - adopted May 2008 Briefs Upthorpe Road/Hepworth Road, Stanton - adopted adopted by September 2009 council
CABE, Buildings for Life Initiatives within the period 2009/10
Table 4.7
Policy Location Number Assessment of plots Results
CABE - Bury St Part of Area A, Mount Road, Moreton 63 10.5 Building Edmunds Hall (SE/06/2573) for life initiative Part of Area F, Mount Road, Moreton 57 11.5 Hall (SE/06/1113)
Haverhill Land to rear of Burton End fronting 14 13.5 York road (SE/07/0434)
Fullers Yard and Bradnams Sawmill, 62 11.5 Withersfield Road (SE/06/2342)
Land off Chalkstone Way 76 10.5 (SE/05/1608/P)
Risby School Road (Hanbury Paddocks) 19 14.0 (SE/02/2246/P)
Building for Life Scores
The scores are expressed out of a maximum of 20 points.
Points are awarded in 4 categories:
• Character
• Roads, parking & pedestrianisation
• Design and Construction
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• Environment and Community
16 points or more is classed as ‘Very Good’ (also known as ‘Gold Standard’)
14 to 15.5 points is classed as ‘Good’ (also known as ‘Silver Standard’)
10 to 13.5 points is classed as ‘Average’
Below 10 points is classed as ‘Poor’
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5 Housing
Strategic Aim A
To meet the requirements for housing in such a way that is sustainable and will best serve the whole community.
To achieve this aim the key objectives are:
a) to ensure that enough land is available to meet the identified housing need; b) to concentrate housing development in the main urban areas, giving priority to re-using previously developed land and buildings within urban areas; and c) to make sure a variety of housing is provided to meet the community's needs.
St Edmundsbury is located in an area of strong economic growth. Not only is pressure for new housing driven by local needs, but also by the significant numbers of people moving into the area to service the growing economy of the borough and of neighbouring areas, such as Cambridge sub-region. Planning for new homes in St Edmundsbury over the period to 2016 will focus on providing a greater choice of housing to meet the needs of all in the community. At the same time, it will be necessary to encourage sustainable patterns of development by promoting housing on previously developed land in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill and by specifying higher standards of design.
The Suffolk County Structure Plan Review was adopted in 2001 and the saved policies of that Plan provided the strategic guidance for the Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016. In particular, the Structure Plan makes provision for 8,800 new homes (annual requirement of 440 homes) in St Edmundsbury in the period 1996-2016 and provides the strategy for the location of growth within the borough.
The Suffolk Structure Plan 2001 sets out requirements for housing growth in each district/borough in the county covering the period from mid 1996 to mid 2016. However, the Regional Spatial Strategy (East of England Plan) supersedes this, with new housing targets set out for the borough extending to 2021 and beyond. It is these new requirements that are being monitored in this report. The East of England Plan makes an allocation of 10,000 additional homes in St Edmundsbury in the period 2001 to 2021
The Borough Council, as local planning authority, has to comply with the East of England Plan requirements and, under the plan, monitor and manage approach required from the development plan system, ensure that development is delivered in accordance with this strategic and locational guidance.
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5.1 Scale of Housing Provision
The Plan aims to achieve at least 40% of new homes built on previously developed land over the plan period (1996- 2016) across the whole borough. The national (60%) and regional (50%) targets are much higher than this but the fact that many brownfield sites have already been developed and the rural nature of the borough will make the achievement of a 40% target very challenging.
The Borough Council monitors development rates on previously developed land.
Table 5.1
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
H1: Scale of Annual housing Net Gross Housing completions (2009/10) Provision 362 421 Housing stock changes in Structure Plan annual requirement: 440 relation to Structure Plan homes rates of development Annual average completions 1996 - 2010: 480 homes
Housing completions – based on net figures - 1996 – 2010
Table 5.2
Year Bury St Haverhill Rural Area Total Edmunds
1996-97 278 331 144 753
1997-98 203 273 110 586
1998-99 177 261 140 578
1999-00 135 317 116 568
2000-01 137 244 97 478
2001-02 92 182 64 338
2002-03 321 83 64 468
2003-04 306 206 100 612
2004-05 86 47 37 170
2005-06 190 135 42 367
2006-07 285 109 142 536
2007-08 320 168 58 546
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Year Bury St Haverhill Rural Area Total Edmunds
2008-09 159 107 85 351
2009-10 239 85 38 362
Total 2,928 2,548 1,237 6,713
Annual 209 182 88 480 average
Completions 2028 1,122 630 3,750
(2001 - 2010)
Annual Average 225 125 70 417
(2001 - 2010)
Housing Completions on Previously Developed Land (PDL) (net figures)
Table 5.3
Location Greenfield PDL Total % completions on PDL
2008/9 2009/10 2008/9 2009/10 2008/9 2009/10 2008/9 2009/10
Bury St 56 81 103 158 159 239 45.3 66.1 Edmunds
Haverhill 73 56 34 29 107 85 30.5 34.1
Rural areas 26 19 59 19 85 38 24.2 50.0
St 155 156 196 206 351 362 55.8 56.9 Edmundsbury
Distribution of development across the Borough
Paragraph 3.6 of the Replacement Local Plan states that approximately 43% of the borough’s structure plan housing allocation will be built in Bury St Edmunds, 38% in Haverhill and the remaining 18% in the rural areas. Between 1996 and 2010, the proportion of housing completions (based on net figures) in these centres was as follows:
Table 5.4
Bury St Edmunds 66.0%
Haverhill 23.5%
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Rural Area 10.5%
Commentary: The Council's performance is measured in line with the National Indicator Set (NIS). National Indicator, NI 154 deals particularly with net housing completions:
NI 154 - Encourages a greater supply of new homes in England to address the long term housing affordability issue.
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5.2 Affordable Housing
Meeting a community’s need for affordable housing is a key issue for the Local Plan and other council strategies and programmes. There are many people in St Edmundsbury who do not have their own housing or are living in unsuitable or inadequate homes, and who are unlikely to be able to meet their needs in the housing market without some help.
The term “affordable housing” is used to encompass both low-cost market housing and subsidised housing, irrespective of tenure or ownership (whether exclusive or shared) or financial arrangements, that will be available to people who cannot afford to rent or buy houses generally available on the open market.
Number of affordable housing completions and commitments over 2009/2010 period
Table 5.5
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
H3: Number of affordable Net Gross Affordable housing completions housing 67 108 Number of units for 11 17 affordable housing approved
Affordable housing completions (based on gross figures)
A total of 108 affordable homes were completed across the borough in 2009/10. This is a decrease on the 144 that were completed across St Edmundsbury in 2008/9 and represents around 25.6% of all completions during the year.
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Figure 5.1
Annual affordable housing completions since 2001 (gross figures)
160
140
120
100
80
Number of Completions of Number 60
40
20
0 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
Table 5.6 Affordable Housing completions 2009/10 (gross figures)
Sites Settlement Housing Dwelling Dwelling association numbers Numbers(net)
(gross)
17-29 Spring Lane BSE Havebury 4 0 Housing Partnership
26-30 Blomfield BSE Havebury 4 -4 Street Housing Partnership
36-43 Springfield BSE Havebury 4 -4 Road Housing Partnership
67-70 Grove Park BSE Havebury 4 -2 Housing Partnership
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Sites Settlement Housing Dwelling Dwelling association numbers Numbers(net)
(gross)
Plots 37-40, 61, BSE Granta 21 21 62, 69-77, Housing 149-154, Area B, Moreton Hall
Plots 19-27, BSE Havebury 9 9 Hardwick Housing Industrial Estate Partnership
Plots 1-10, Land BSE Havebury 10 10 between 82-104 Housing Out Westgate Partnership
Plot 35, Land Off Haverhill Granta 1 1 Chalkstone Way Housing Society
Plots 1-14, Land Haverhill Havebury 14 14 to rear of Burton Housing End fronting York Partnership Road
Plots 95-106, BSE Iceni 12 12 Peach Maltings, Homes/SHS Thingoe Hill
Plots 9-14, BSE Havebury 6 -8 Queens Close Housing Partnership
Plots 98-101, Haverhill Iceni 11 11 105-111, South of Homes/SHS Apple Acre Road
The Wardens BSE Havebury 2 1 House, Redwood Housing Gardens Partnership
Plots 1-6, Troston Honington Orwell 6 6 Road Housing Association
Total Gross: 108 Net: 67
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Commentary: The Council's performance is measured in line with the National Indicator Set (NIS). National Indicator, NI 155 deals with the number of affordable homes delivered (gross):
NI 155 - To promote an increase in the supply of affordable housing.
The proportion of affordable housing completed during the year shows a percentage below the standards set out in the Replacement Local Plan of 40%. However, it must be recognised that the policy in the Replacement Local Plan refers to sites over a certain threshold. More detailed monitoring is being undertaken to assess delivery on sites that meet this threshold.
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5.3 Housing Density
The Suffolk Design Guide for Residential Areas has been jointly prepared by the Suffolk Planning Authorities. The Guide makes a positive contribution towards improving the environmental quality of new residential schemes in Suffolk and has been adopted as informal planning guidance by the Borough Council. The general principle to be followed is that all residential development proposals should be of a scale and form and at a density which is appropriate to the locality, within the context of national guidance and the Suffolk Design Guide. Higher densities will generally be most appropriate in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill, particularly in and around the town centres, and in locations with good access to public transport services.
The Borough Council monitors the densities of all new housing sites and has recorded the figures in the following format:
Percentage of new dwellings completed and location (based on gross figures) at:
Table 5.7
Density Bury St Edmunds Haverhill Rural
No. % No. % No. %
1) Under 30 dwellings a 8 1.8 1 0.2 39 9.3 hectare
2) 30 – 50 dwellings a 85 20.2 56 13.1 9 2.0 hectare
3) Above 50 dwellings a 188 45.4 28 6.4 7 1.6 hectare
Commentary: Housing density figures for Bury St Edmunds indicate that the majority of new development was above 50 dwellings per hectare. This figure is unusually high because of a number of high density flat developments which were completed in the 2009/10 period. These developments include:
Cattle Market (The arc) Lydgate Court, Laundry Lane Peach Maltings, Thingoe Hill
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5.4 Mix of Housing
New residential development in St Edmundsbury must create mixed and inclusive communities, through a variety of house types and tenures. Analysis of planning permissions in the borough shows that many smaller schemes (those less than ten dwellings) often consist of just one or two house sizes or formats and often include only three or four bedroom properties, especially in smaller developments in the borough’s villages. This justifies a policy where all developments on a site of five dwellings or more must include an element of either one or two-bedroom homes for those households who are able to meet their needs in the market and would like to live in a new home.
The table below indicates figures for housing mix and this will enable the council to monitor the type of stock available within the borough. This will try to ensure that their is an adequate balance within the local market.
Table 5.8
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
H5: Mix House Net Gross of sizes housing 1 bedroom 70 82 2 bedrooms 138 173
3 bedrooms 92 97
4+ bedrooms 62 69
Total 362 421
5.5 Provision for Gypsies and Travelling Show People
In considering the needs of gypsies and travelling show people, the Borough Council will have regard to government and rural policy.
Table 5.9
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
H8: Number of Accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Provision pitches Show people in the East of England Regional Spatial Strategy for Gypsies required Single Issues Review - Published July 2009: requires and within the minimum of 20 pitches. Travelling borough Show People
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5.6 Housing Trajectory
East of England Plan
The East of England Plan was published in May 2008 and sets out the regional strategy for planning and development in the East of England to the year 2021 and includes housing requirements. These superseded the Suffolk County Structure Plan, against which the Replacement Local Plan 2006 was prepared. It covers economic development, housing, the environment, transport, waste management, culture, sport and recreation, mineral extraction and more. In July 2010 the Coalition Government abolished Regional Plans, but for the purposes of this AMR, the housing requirement is used to assess the current housing land supply.
The Plan makes an allocation of 10,000 additional homes in St Edmundsbury in the period 2001 to 2021 with provision for 540 homes per year for the period 2021-2031. In order to monitor how the delivery of the RSS is being met, a simple calculation has been undertaken as follows:
Table 5.10
East of England Plan housing requirement 15,400
Minus housing completions to date 3,750
Residual total 11,650
Divided by remaining years of the 555 homes per annum Development Plan (21 years)
Table 5.11 below provides an update of the housing requirements compared with the RSS requirements. It takes account of the housing numbers contained in the LDF Core Strategy that was submitted for examination in January 2010.
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Table 5.11 Updated projected additional dwellings up to 2016 (RSS requirements)
(a) Commitments at 31/3/2010 (planning permissions)
Bury St Edmunds 542
Haverhill 150
Rural areas 224
Borough total 916
(b) Remaining Allocated Sites in the Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016
Bury St Edmunds 530
Haverhill 928
Rural allocations 240
Borough total 1,698
(c) Local Development Framework Core Strategy Sites
Bury St Edmunds 4,350
Haverhill 2,500
Rural sites 780
Borough Total 7,630
(d) Other development potential
Unidentified Urban Capacity Sites 671
Strategic Local Plan sites 350
Less 5% deduction for non-implementation 46 of permissions
Borough total 975
Total (a) + (b) + (c) = 11,219
Based on the East of England Plan requirement of 555 dwellings per annum, this figure would provide for 21.8 years of housing land. However, if the residual requirement for the remainder of the regional plan period is taken into account, having regard to the amount of housing already completed, the figure would provide 20.2 years supply of housing.
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The housing trajectory graph, Figure 5.2, illustrates both past and projected future completion rates for housing across the borough. It compares these figures with the annualised Regional Spatial Strategy requirement (the green line) and indicates a projected annual requirement for each year based on the delivery of the Regional Spatial Strategy figure (the red line). The graph also indicates a projected annual completion rate based on the number of homes that the council expects to be built over the 20 year period and where it is realistically considered these may be built, given special regard to the current economic climate. Projected growth is calculated from the information gathered plus the allowance for rural windfall completions and urban capacity sites provided for in the Replacement Local Plan.
NI 159 - Supply of ready to develop housing sites
Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) requires local planning authorities to maintain a 5 year supply of deliverable sites for housing through their Local Development Framework. To ensure there is a continuous 5 year supply, the Council monitors the supply of deliverable sites on an annual basis, through this Annual Monitoring Report (AMR).
This indicator supports PPS3, and links to the AMR requirement, as a means of ensuring that a five year supply of deliverable sites is being identified and maintained.
To ensure that plans maintain a continuous approach to housing delivery; as well as regular monitoring through AMRs, authorities are also required to collect evidence of sites with potential for housing by undertaking Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments (SHLAA).
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44 St Edmundsbury Annual Picture 5.1 Moni B or toring ough 2014/15 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 Policy Site Capacity Remaining 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 LOCAL PLAN SITES R Counci BSE1 b Jacqueline Close 50 50 10 20 20
BSE1 c Telephone Exchange 30 30 30 eport BSE1 d Hospital Road 65 65 10 30 25 BSE1 e Garages & Bus Depot 50 50 10 25 15 BSE1 h Coach Park, Cotton Lane 45 45 20 25 l
BSE2 Vinefields 50 50 25 25 2009/10 BSE6 Station Hill 140 140 25 50 65 BSE9 Tayfen Road 100 100 25 50 25 HAV1 a Gasworks 10 10 10 HAV1 b Telephone Exchange 24 24 24 HAV1 c Hamlet Croft 100 100 50 50 HAV1 Atterton & Ellis 39 39 14 25 HAV2 North-west Haverhill 755 755 50 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 30 RA1 Reeves Farm, Ixworth 20 20 20 RA2 Stanton 70 70 25 45 RA2 Ixworth 70 70 10 50 10 RA2 Barrow 20 20 20 RA2 Clare 60 60 20 40
TOTAL 1698 1698 0 75 209 295 250 200 165 220 200 30 0 0 54 0
LARGE SITES BSE Peach Maltings 106 15 15 BSE Area A Moreton Hall 123 57 30 27 BSE Area B Moreton Hall 86 37 37 BSE Area F Moreton Hall 301 132 50 50 32 BSE1 i Cattle Market, Bury St Edmunds 62 4 4 BSE1 f Hardwick Industrial Estate 163 94 40 54 BSE Queens Road 10 10 10 BSE 5a Kings Road 19 19 19 BSE Rear 10 Risbygate Street 14 14 14 BSE r/o 82-104 Out Westgate 30 20 20 BSE Borough Offices, Angel Hil 11 11 11 HAV Appleacre Road 111 35 35 HAV Anglian House, Burton End, Haverhill 27 15 15 HAV York Rd, Haverhill 17 17 8 9 HAV Horace Eves Close, Withersfield Rd 24 24 24 RUR Barningham 12 1 1 RUR Norse Close, Stanningfield 22 22 22 RA1 Fireworks Factory, Chedburgh 52 52 17 35 Small Sites Consents 337 337 67 67 67 67 67
TOTAL 1138 916 389 257 134 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 Picture 5.2 2014/15 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 Policy Site Capacity Remaining 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 OTHER POTENTIAL CAPACITY BSE Station Hill additional capacity 260 260 30 50 60 60 60 BSE Eastgate Grange 30 30 30 BSE Shire Hall 100 100 20 50 30 BSE Maltings, Mildenhall Road 35 35 35 BSE7 Town Centre Development Area 11 11 11 HAV North-west Haverhill phase 2 350 350 70 100 100 100 25 HAV Gurteens 80 80 40 40 Other Urban Capacity 671 671 54 54 54 54 54 54 69 69 69 69 71
TOTAL 1537 1537 54 89 105 114 104 114 69 99 119 199 231 160 100
Rural Windfall Allowance 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
LDF Strategic Sites BSE Fornham 900 900 50 100 100 100 100 100 150 200 BSE Westley 450 450 100 100 150 100 BSE Moreton Hall 500 500 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 50 BSE Compiegene Way 1250 1250 100 100 100 100 150 150 150 150 150 100 BSE Rougham Road 1250 1250 100 100 100 170 150 150 150 100 100 130
HAV NE Haverhill 2500 2500 150 250 250 250 220 250 250 300 300 280
TOTAL 6850 0 50 100 150 150 150 150 250 350 400 450 450 450 520 520 550 550 550 550 510 LDF Rural Sites 780 780 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50
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Commentary: This trajectory would see the delivery of at least 11,219 new homes in St Edmundsbury in the Regional Plan period. This projection is dependent on the actual numbers of dwellings allocated in the Local Development Framework. Based on these projections, it is estimated that by 2016/17 an additional 5,022 new homes will have been built in the borough, and that in the period 2008/9 – 2010/11 the net additional completions will amount to just under 23% of this total.
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6 Employment
6.1 Scale of Employment Development
Strategic Aim B
To secure economic vitality and wealth creation in all communities without causing unacceptable harm to the environment.
Employment completions by location
B1, B2 and B8 completions (floor space –m²) 2009/10
Table 6.1
Location Greenfield Brownfield Total Policy (floorspace m²) (floorspace m²)
E1: Bury 0 9,454 9,454 Employment land and Haverhill 0 0 0 premises Rural areas 0 1,906 1,906
Total 0 11,360 11,360
Employment completions by type:
In the monitoring period 2009/10, the following amount of employment floorspace has been developed in St Edmundsbury:
Table 6.2
Policy Use Class Greenfield Brownfield Total (floorspace (floorspace m²) m²)
E1: B1a + b + c 0 11,360 11,360 Employment (Offices, research and land and development and light industrial) premises B2 (General Industry) 0 0 0
B8 (Storage and Distribution) 0 0 0
A1 (Shopping) 0 6,046 6,046
A2 (Financial and professional) 0 155 155
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Policy Use Class Greenfield Brownfield Total (floorspace (floorspace m²) m²)
A3 (Restaurants and cafes) 0 0 0
A4 (Drinking establishments) 0 0 0
A5 (Hot food take-away) 0 0 0
D1 (Non-residential institutions) 576 468 1044
D2 (Assembly and leisure) 0 339 339
Sui-Generis (Other employment 260 79 339 uses within their own category)
Total 836 18,447 19,283
Employment planning commitments by location
B1, B2 and B8 commitments (floor space –m²) 2009/10
Table 6.3
Policy Location Greenfield Brownfield Total (floorspace m²) (floorspace m²)
E1: Bury 14,381 56,492 70,873 Employment land and Haverhill 10,825 19,155 29,980 premises Rural areas 2,170 160,869 163,039
Total 27,376 236,516 263,892
* The rural areas total is distorted by the IKEA site with extant planning permission on 32.78 hectares of land, and the former mushroom processing factory comprising approximately 23 hectares of land and buildings (same part of Shepherds Grove Industrial Estate as the IKEA site).
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Employment planning commitments by type
In the monitoring period 2009/10, the following amount of employment floorspace has been developed in St Edmundsbury:
Table 6.4
Policy Use Class Greenfield Brownfield Total (floorspace (floorspace m²) m²)
E1: Existing B1a + b + c 16,337 50,360 66,697 Employment (Offices, research and land and development and light premises industrial)
B2 (General Industry) 2,477 28,263 30,740
B8 (Storage and Distribution) 8,562 157,893 166,455
A1 (Shopping) 2,798 23,755 26,553
A2 (Financial and 0 461 461 professional)
A3 (Restaurants and cafes) 48 2,348 2,396
A4 (Drinking establishments) 0 536 536
A5 (Hot food take-away) 0 469 469
D1 (Non-residential 11,171 31,195 42,366 institutions)
D2 (Assembly and leisure) 1,305 5,454 6,759
Sui-Generis (Other 36,714 18,228 54,942 employment uses within their own category)
Total 79,452 318,962 398,374
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6.2 Employment Land Availabilty Figures
Employment land availability 2009/10
Table 6.5, below, indicates the number of hectares of allocated employment land which still remains available for future development.
Table 6.5
Bury St Edmunds 83.38 hectares
Haverhill 28.1 hectares
Rural Areas 69.78* hectares
Total 181.26 hectares
* The Rural areas total is distorted by the IKEA site with extant planning permission on 32.78 hectares of land, and the former mushroom processing factory comprising approximately 23 hectares of land and buildings (same part of Shepherds Grove Industrial Estate as the IKEA site).
Employment land available by location:
At 31 March 2010 the following land was available for employment use:
Land available on sites defined and allocated in the Replacement Local Plan
Table 6.6
Site Total area (ha) Land remaining available (ha)
Bury St Edmunds
Anglian Lane - BSE 4 (a) 6.4 0.4
Barton Road - BSE 4 (b) 0.4 0.29
Blenheim Park - BSE 4 (c) 10.5 0.77
British Sugar, Hollow Road - BSE 34.2 0 4 (d)
Suffolk Business Park - BSE 4 (e) 27.7 6.33
Chapel Pond Hill - BSE 4 (f) 20.6 0.88
Eastern Way - BSE 4 (g) 18.4 0.68
Enterprise Park, Etna Road - BSE 1.0 0 4 (h)
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Site Total area (ha) Land remaining available (ha)
Mildenhall Road - BSE 4 15.8 3.5 (i)
Moreton Hall - BSE 4 (j) 29.7 0
Northern Way - BSE 4 14.1 0.34 (k)
Western Way - BSE 4 (l) 21.1 1.91
Greene King, Friars Lane - BSE 7.5 0 4(m)
Rougham Industrial Estate 68.28 68.28 Strategic Employment Site Extension
Total 294.48 83.38
Haverhill
Bumpstead Road - HAV 4 14.7 7.81 (a)
Falconer Road - HAV 4 21.4 3.73 (b)
Haverhill Industrial Estate – HAV 74.3 1.7 4 (c)
Homefield Road Business Park – 11.2 0.26 HAV 4 (d)
Project Office Furniture, Stour 5.5 2.6 Valley Rd -HAV4 (e)
Hanchet End Business Park (not 12.1 12.1 GEA)
Total 139.2 28.1
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Site Total area (ha) Land remaining available (ha)
Rural areas
Barrow Business Park 1.0 1.0
Chedburgh 13.3 1.1
Clare, Bridewell Industrial Estate 0.5 0
Gorse Industrial Estate, Barnham 11.8 0
Ingham 2.1 0
Risby Business Park 3.2 2.47
Rougham 16.8 0
Saxham 24.0 2.5
Shepherd’s Grove, 92.5 53.11 Stanton
Wratting 9.6 9.6
Total 174.8 69.78
Overall 608.48 181.26
Commentary: The Replacement Local Plan which was adopted in June 2006 makes significant provision for additional employment land across the borough, including the allocation of a strategic site at Bury St Edmunds that is expected to last beyond the Local Plan period.
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7 The Rural Area
Strategic Aim C
To sustain and enhance rural communities while maintaining and where possible improving the rural environment.
To achieve this aim the key objectives from the Replacement Local Plan 2010 are:
a) to encourage appropriate rural diversification initiatives; b) to encourage the retention of, and where possible improvement to, shopping and service facilities in rural areas; c) to encourage business development and innovation; d) to support rural tourism and related activities; and e) to conserve and enhance the countryside.
The rural area is defined as everywhere in the borough outside of the urban edge of Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill as defined on the Proposals Map. This includes:
The Rural Service Centres. These are Barrow, Chedburgh, Clare, Ixworth, Stanton and Kedington; Other villages with Housing Settlement Boundaries, as defined in Appendix A and on the Proposals Map; and the area designated as countryside on the Proposals Map, which includes the smaller villages and rural settlements that do not have a Housing Settlement Boundary.
Table 7.1
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
RU2: Farm Approvals for 16 diversification farm diversification
RU3: Equine-related Number of 10 activities outside consents housing settlement boundaries
Table 7.2
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
RU4: Re-Use of Rural Number of 8 Buildings in the consents Countryside
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Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
RU5: Replacement of Number of 0 Buildings in the Rural consents Areas
Rural housing development within the rural area
Table 7.3
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
RU8: Rural Housing Exception Number of 0 Sites Rural Exception sites Approved in 2009/10
Rural methods of transport to work
Table 7.4
Percentage of rural population travelling to 10.26% work by sustainable means 2001
Percentage of rural population travelling to 72.04% work by private means 2001
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8 Leisure
Strategic Aim D
To maintain and develop leisure, cultural, educational and community facilities to meet the needs of residents and visitors to the borough.
To achieve this aim, the key objectives are to:
a) Encourage the sustainable provision of sports, leisure, and cultural facilities and public art; b) Protect important open areas for their amenity and recreation value; c) Encourage improvements in open space provision and provide good quality, accessible facilities; d) Ensure that new housing development makes appropriate provision for new and improved facilities; and e) Allow recreation and tourist facilities to be accommodated in the countryside,where they can be provided without harm to the local environment.
Leisure/cultural/educational/community facilities completions and commitments 2009/10
D1 and D2 completions and planning commitments (floor space – m²) 2009/10
Table 8.1
Location Completions (m²) Commitments (m²)
Bury 146 17,744
Haverhill 766 16,208
Rural areas 471 15,173
Total 1,383 49,125
Table 8.2
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
L2: Tourism Number of consents 9 development
L5: Safeguarding Number of 0 parks and open recreational facilities spaces lost as a result of development
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9 Town Centres and Retailing
Strategic Aim E
To provide opportunities for people to shop for all their needs by sustainable means in towns, local and district centres, which are thriving and viable locations
To achieve this aim, the objectives are to:
a) promote the development of defined shopping centres as diverse, multi-functional areas which are a focus for the community, by encouraging mixed use developments, incorporating a range of activities and services and meeting the accessibility needs of the whole community; b) encourage uses which extend the hours during which a defined shopping centre is active by encouraging an ‘evening economy’ appropriate to the scale and function of that centre; and c) improve and enhance the environment of defined shopping centres generally through such measures as environmental enhancement schemes, managed access, signing, street furniture and maintenance.
The term shopping centres is used within this plan to refer to all types of centres listed below. Policy TCR1 provides details of the uses which are acceptable within shopping centres.
Completions and commitments within shopping centres 2009/10 by location (floor space – m²)
Table 9.1
Policy Location Completions (m²) Commitments (m²)
TCR1: Shopping Bury 2,326 7,386 Centres (Use classes Clare 0 82 A1-A5, B1(a), C1 and D1 and Haverhill 0 925 D2) Ixworth 0 0
Total (m²) 2,326 8,393
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Completions and Commitments for retail, office and leisure development in shopping centres by type
Table 9.2
Policy Use Class Completions Commitments (gross internal (gross internal floorspace floorspace m²) m²)
TCR1: Shopping Centres A1 (Shopping) 0 2,332 A2 (Financial and 155 1,723 professional services)
A3 (Restaurants and 0 1,843 cafes)
A4 (Drinking 0 274 establishments)
A5 (Hot food 0 77 take-away)
B1(a) (Office) 2,171 1,374
C1 (Hotels) 0 0
D1 (Non residential 0 770 institutions)
D2 (Assembly and 0 0 leisure)
Total (m²) 2,326 8,393
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10 Travel
Strategic Aim F
To enable people and goods to move around efficiently and safely to the benefit of the economy and community, with minimum harm to the environment and by seeking to reduce car dependency and encouraging more sustainable forms of transport where appropriate and providing greater accessibility to services for all.
To achieve this vision, the objectives of this chapter of the Local Plan are to:
a.) encourage and promote sustainable development which will minimise travel and traffic generation; b.) seek development patterns that will give people choice of travel modes, encourage the use of more sustainable forms of transport and reduce dependence on the car; c.) reduce the impact of the movement of goods on communities and the environment as a whole; d.)reduce the effects on communities of the physical impact of traffic (air pollution, noise etc.) by careful e.) use of traffic management and reducing the growth in the use of motor vehicles; and e.) create and maintain an efficient system of transport which will provide accessibility for all, particularly the vulnerable and the mobility impaired.
Table 10.1
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
T1: Transport Transport Assessments 2 assessments undertaken during monitoring year
Table 10.2
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
T3: Number of employers St Edmundsbury Borough Suffolk County Travel in the county with Council Council plans green travel plans 11 80
Number of Planning 2 applications where a green travel plan is Lark Valley Business Park, Bury submitted or required St Edmunds and Thurlow CEVC by a condition or legal Primary School agreement
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In order to satisfy Local Plan Strategic Aim F the Borough Council tries, where reasonably practicable, to ensure all new developments are located within reasonable distance from important services.
Housing completions with access to services
2009/10 percentage of completed houses within 30 minutes of:
Table 10.3
GP 66.7%
Hospital 91.2%
Primary School 94.5%
Secondary School 87.9%
Employment* 87.6%
Major retail centre** 66.7%
* Only applicable to Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill
** Only applicable in Bury St Edmunds
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Figure 10.1 Percentage of new homes built within 30 minutes public transport travel of key services (based on gross figures)
100 90 80 70 GP 60 Hospital Primary School 50 Secondary School 40 Employment Major retail Centre 30 20 10 0 Services
Travel to work
Table 10.4
Percentage of journeys to work by public transport 2001 1.8%
Percentage of journeys to work by bicycle 2001 2.5%
Percentage of journeys to work on foot 2001 8.3%
Percentage of journeys to work by car 2001 62.4%
Table 10.4 from the 2001 Census revealed that of all people in the borough aged 16 – 74 in employment 62.45% usually travel to work by driving a van or car. This is higher than the levels for both Suffolk as a whole (60.57%) and the East of England (58.87%).
Current planning policy at both the borough and national level directs most residential development towards towns. It is anticipated that this approach will, in time, restrict the rate of growth in car-based travel, particularly for short trips.
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Commuting Patterns
The 2001 Census provides the only comprehensive assessment of commuting across the whole of the country. The data shows that a large majority of people who live in St Edmundsbury also work in the borough (71%), furthermore 76% of the borough’s residents work within Suffolk and 92% work within the East of England.
The table below provides information on the commuting patterns for residents in St Edmundsbury.
Table 10.5
Commuting patterns of residents in employment source: 2001 Census
All People 50,181
Works mainly at or from home 10.1%
Less than 2km 27.5%
2km to less than 5km 15.6%
5km to less than 10km 9.2%
10km to less than 20km 12.2%
20km to less than 30km 9.9%
30km to less than 40km 3.9%
40km to less than 60km 3.3%
60km and over 3.5%
No fixed place of work 4.5%
Working outside of UK 0.2%
Working at offshore installation 0.1%
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11 Heritage and Conservation
Strategic Aim G
To maintain and improve the quality of the built environment
To achieve this aim, the objectives are to:
a) retain and enhance the character and appearance of the historic environment and ensure that new development is sensitive to the character of the locality; b) safeguard listed buildings, conservation areas and parks and gardens of special historic or design interest and their settings from inappropriate development; c) protect and conserve the fabric of historic buildings, structures and other features, and the archaeological remains related to them; and d) protect and conserve sites of archaeological importance and their settings.
2010 Listed Building numbers
Table 11.1
Grade I 98
Grade II* 160
Grade II 2,986
Total 3,244
Conservation Areas
Table 11.2
Number of conservation areas 35
Area of conservation areas 2008/9 1,864 ha
Number of listed buildings applications submitted in 2009/10
Table 11.3
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
HC1: Number of Total determined 144 Alterations applications and submitted Approved 136
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Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
extensions requiring Refused 8 to listed listed building buildings consent
Number of properties protected by an Article 4 Direction 2009/10
Table 11.4
Policy Indicator
HC4: Buildings of local Number of properties 1,015 architectural or historic protected by an Article significance or protected by an 4 Direction article 4 direction
Development affecting parks and gardens of special historic or design interest 2009/10
Table 11.5
Policy Indicator
HC8: Development Historic parks Ickworth Park affecting parks and and gardens gardens of special (all grades) Euston Park historic or design interest Culford School Abbey Gardens and precincts, Bury St Edmunds
Buildings at risk 2009/10
Table 11.6
Number of buildings at risk 31 March 2010 21
Number of buildings taken off at risk register 7 (4 added) 31 March 2010
Listed Building grants 2009/10
Table 11.7
Number of listed building grants offered 2009/10 2
Total (£) of listed building grants offered 2009/10 £3,753
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12 Natural Environment
Strategic Aim H
To achieve a balanced natural environment where the use of resources and energy is minimised, materials and waste recycled and development undertaken with minimum adverse impact, giving close regard to the principles of sustainability.
To achieve this aim the key objectives of the Natural Environment Chapter are to:
a) promote the prudent use of land,water and other natural resources; b) value, conserve, enhance and restore the distinct landscapes and biodiversity within the borough; and c) protect human health and amenity through a safe, clean and pleasant environment.
Table 12.1
Policy Indicator
NE1: Impact of Areas The Special Landscape Area is identified in the development on designated Local Plan sites of biodiversity for landscape and geological value Brecks Special Protection Area importance
Change in areas and populations of biodiversity importance
The borough has the following number of designated ecological sites:
Table 12.2
Site type No. of sites
Wetland of International Importance 0 (RAMSAR)
Special Protection Area (SPA) 1 - Brecks Area
Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) 2 Brecks (part), and Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens (part)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) 22 (1,881 ha)
County Wildlife Sites (CWS) 145 (3,541 ha)
Local Nature Reserves (LNR) 3 (42.4 ha)
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Site type No. of sites
Haverhill Railway Walks Moreton Hall Community Woods Rede Wood
Number of confirmed Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) 2009/10
Table 12.3
Confirmed TPOs as of 31 March 2010 615
TPOs created in 2009/10 17
Amount of eligible open spaces managed to Green Flag Award Standard.
There are 3 accredited Green Flag sites:
East Town Park Nowton Park Abbey Gardens
They add up to 85.48 hectares, meaning out of a total of 335 hectares managed this represents 25.52% managed to a Green Flag Standard.
Number of planning permissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality.
No planning applications were granted during 2009/10 for development that would constitute either:
1) inappropriate development in the flood plain or,
2) development that adversely affects water quality.
Renewable energy capacity installed by type.
There has been one renewable energy installation which has been granted planning permission in the 2009/10 period.
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13 Facilities for the Community
Strategic Aim I
To ensure that existing and new development is adequately served by community facilities and public services which are accessible by sustainable forms of transport.
To achieve this vision the key objectives are to ensure that:
a) developers provide and/or contribute to appropriate social and public service infrastructure; and b) social facilities are provided to meet the changing needs and requirements of local communities.
Facilities for the community are the range of services essential for day-to-day activities. The Borough Council is keen to ensure that land is allocated and buildings provided for these activities.
Community services include:
Community centres, meeting halls and similar buildings available to the public either free or for hire; Health facilities including doctors and dental surgeries; Day care centres or similar buildings for the elderly, those with learning, mental health, mobility and sensory disabilities and other groups with special needs; Educational premises including playgroups, day nurseries (private or attached to a primary school), after school and school holiday childcare services; and Library facilities
S106 agreements requiring the provision of community facilities 2009/10
Table 13.1
Policy Indicator
FC1: S106 agreements 1 (SE/08/0632 Former Fireworks Factory, Community requiring the Chedburgh ) services provision of community facilities
Masterplans with North West Haverhill Development requirements for Chedburgh, Former Fireworks Factory the provision of Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds community facilities
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Permissions granted for electricity generating capacity using renewable energy 2009/10
Table 13.2
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
FC4: Electricity generating capacity using 1 Renewable renewable energy energy (SE/09/0806 - Symonds Farm proposals Risby)
Amount of S106 money secured 2009/10
Table 13.3
Policy Indicator Achievements 2009/10
IM1: Amount of £ 22,000 - SE/09/1546 - Wickhambrook Developer S106 money £ 25,000 - SE/08/1457 - Bury St Edmunds contributions secured
Access to health care
Households within 30-60 minutes of a hospital by public transport 2004:
Table 13.4
30 minutes 23,849 (58.8%)
60 minutes 38,666 (95.3%)
Households without access to a car within 30-60 minutes of a hospital by public transport 2004:
Table 13.5
30 minutes 5,030 (73.8%)
60 minutes 6,657 (97.7%)
Households within 15-30 minutes of a GP or surgery by public transport 2004:
Table 13.6
15 minutes 27,912 (68.8%)
30 minutes 38,339 (94.5%)
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Households without access to a car within 15-30 minutes of a GP or surgery by public transport 2004:
Table 13.7
15 minutes 5,563 (81.6%)
30 minutes 6,676 (97.9%)
Access to shops
Households within 15-30 minutes of a food shop by public transport 2004:
Table 13.8
15 minutes 26,295 (64.8%)
30 minutes 6,086 (88.9%)
Households without access to a car within 15-30 minutes of a food shop by public transport 2004:
Table 13.9
15 minutes 5,325 (78.5%)
30 minutes 6,452 (94.7%)
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14 Significant Effects Indicators
The significant effects indicators are being developed through the Sustainability Appraisal and DPD preparation process. In some instances they will overlap with some of the contextual indicators included in this report. These indicators will be used to ensure a robust assessment of the implementation of the council’s planning policies and towards achieving sustainable development.
The Borough Council has worked in partnership with the other Suffolk local planning authorities to develop indicators as part of the Suffolk’s Environment project. The headline objectives are listed in the box below and as the council continues to develop DPD’s appropriate monitoring methodology will be developed to assess plan performance against the indicators.
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Headline Sustainability Appraisal Objectives.
Social objectives
1. To improve the health of the population overall. 2. To maintain and improve levels of education and skills in the population overall. 3. To reduce crime and anti-social activity. 4. To reduce poverty and social exclusion. 5. To improve access to key services for all sectors of the population. 6. To offer everybody the opportunity for rewarding and satisfying employment. 7. To meet the housing requirements of the whole community. 8. To improve the quality of where people live and to encourage community participation.
Environmental objectives
9. To maintain and where possible improve water and air quality. 10. To conserve soil resources and quality. 11. To use water and mineral resources efficiently, and re-use and recycle where possible. 12. To reduce waste. 13. To reduce the effects of traffic on the environment. 14. To reduce contributions to climate change. 15. To reduce vulnerability to climatic events. 16. To conserve and enhance biodiversity. 17. To conserve and where appropriate enhance areas of historical and archaeological importance. 18. To conserve and enhance the quality and local distinctiveness of landscapes and townscapes.
Economic objectives
19. To achieve sustainable levels of prosperity and economic growth throughout the plan area. 20. To revitalise town centres. 21. To encourage efficient patterns of movement in support of economic growth. 22. To encourage and accommodate both indigenous and inward investment.
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Appendix A Glossary of Terms
List of acronyms and technical terms used in St Edmundsbury documents
Items in italics each have a definition.
Glossary
Acronym Term Definition
Accessibility The ability of everybody to go conveniently where they want.
Adoption The final confirmation of a Local Development Document as having statutory status by a Local Planning Authority.
Affordable housing Affordable housing includes social rented and intermediate housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing should:
– Meet the needs of eligible households including availability at a cost low enough for them to afford, determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices.
– Include provision for the home to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or, if these restrictions are lifted, for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.
Rural Site The document within the St Edmundsbury Local Allocations DPD Development Framework that will contain site specific allocations for rural areas. It will have the status of a Development Plan Document.
AMR Annual Monitoring Annual report on the progress of preparing the Local Report Development Framework Report and the extent to which policies are being achieved.
Areas subject to Gardens, open areas with grass and trees, greens, planning and other areas of visually important gaps and open restrictions spaces within Housing Settlement Boundaries where proposals for development will not be considered favourably
BAP Biodiversity Action A strategy prepared for a local area aimed at Plan conserving biological diversity.
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Acronym Term Definition
Brownfield land Brownfield land (also known as Previously Developed Land) is that which is or was occupied by a permanent structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed surface infrastructure. The definition covers the curtilage of the development. Opposite to greenfield land.
Conservation Area Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character, appearance or setting of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.
Core Strategy The Local Development Framework document which sets out the long term spatial vision for the local planning authority area, and the spatial objectives and strategic policies to deliver that vision. The Core Strategy will have the status of a Development Plan Document.
CAP Community Action Community-led processes for identifying local needs Plan and priorities, prepared within the context of the Community Plan.
CP Community Plan The long term vision and action plan for St Edmundsbury articulating the aspirations, needs and priorities of the local community – prepared by the Local Strategic Partnership.
Development Plan The statutory Development Plan comprises the Regional Spatial Strategy and the Development Plan Documents contained in the Local Development Framework.
DPD Development Plan Development Plan Documents outline the key Document development goals of the Local Development Framework.
Development The document within the St Edmundsbury LDF which Management DPD will contain detailed policies guiding particular forms of development. It will have the status of a Development Plan Document.
Greenfield land Land (or a defined site) which has never been built on before or where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape over time (opposite of brownfield land). Applies to most land outside the Housing Settlement Boundary.
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Acronym Term Definition
Housing Needs A study which assesses the future housing needs of Study the District, in terms of the size, type and affordability of dwellings. The St Edmundsbury Housing Needs Study was published in 2005.
HSB Housing Housing Settlement Boundaries represent the Settlement development limits or residential areas within which Boundary development proposals would be acceptable, subject to complying with other policies contained in the Development Plan. They seek to prevent development from gradually extending into the surrounding countryside.
Issues and Document(s) produced during the early production Options stage of the preparation of Development Plan Documents and issued for consultation.
LDD Local Development The various individual documents (DPD, SCI, SPD) in Document the LDF.
LDF Local Development The name for the portfolio of Local Development Framework Documents. It consists of Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents, a Statement of Community Involvement, the Local Development Scheme and Annual Monitoring Reports. Together these documents will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for St Edmundsbury.
LDS Local Development A public statement setting out which documents will Scheme make up the LDF, and when they will be produced.
Local Plan The plan produced under the former planning system by District Councils. The St Edmundsbury Local Plan will be replaced by the LDF.
LTP Local Transport The transport strategy prepared by the local transport Plan authority, ie. Suffolk County Council.
PPG Planning Policy Guidance produced by the Government on planning Guidance matters (being replaced by PPSs).
PPS Planning Policy Statements of National Planning Policy issued by the Statement Government (to replace PPGs).
Preferred Options Document(s) produced as part of the preparation of Development Plan Documents, and issued for formal public participation. It shows the preferred “direction” of a Development Plan Document.
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Acronym Term Definition
Recreational Open An area that is primarily used for children’s play, Space and/or formal or informal organised games, but may also be visually important.
RPG Regional Planning The strategic plan for the region prepared under the Guidance former planning system, now replaced by the Regional Spatial Strategy.
RSS Regional Spatial The broad spatial strategy for the region prepared by Strategy the East of England Regional Assembly, and forming part of the statutory Development Plan.
Rural Service A larger village that fits within the Spatial Strategy Centre set out in policies SS1 and SS4 of the East of England Plan, i.e. villages thatinclude some or all of the services and facilities listed in paragraph 3.17 of the East of England Plan.
SA Sustainability Identifies and evaluates the effects of the strategy or Appraisal plan on social, environmental and economic conditions.
SCI Statement of Document setting out how and when stakeholders Community and other interested parties will be consulted and Involvement involved in the preparation of the LDF (and in the consideration of individual planning applications).
SEA Strategic An assessment of the environmental effects of a plan Environmental or programme required by EU Directive 2001/42/EC. Assessment Combined with the Assessment Sustainability Appraisal.
Site specific Allocations of sites for specific or mixed uses or allocations development, to be contained in the Allocations DPD. Policies will identify any specific requirements for individual proposals. The sites themselves will be shown on a Proposals Map.
Spatial planning The concept of spatial planning is intended to be at the heart of the new planning system. Previously, the focus of the planning system was narrow and regulatory. The new spatial planning system of RSS and LDF is much wider and more inclusive. Spatial planning concerns itself with places, how they function and relate together – and its objectives are to manage change to secure the best achievable quality of life for all in the community, without wasting scarce resources or spoiling the environment. It will include
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Acronym Term Definition
policies which can impact on land use, for example by influencing the demands on, or needs for, development, but which are not capable of being delivered solely or mainly through the granting or refusal of planning permission, and which may be implemented by other means.
SPD Supplementary Elaborates on policies or proposals in DPDs, and gives Planning additional guidance. Document
SPG Supplementary Provides guidance or development briefs to Planning Guidance supplement policies and proposals in a Local Plan (being replaced by SPD).
Structure Plan The strategic plan produced under the former planning system by County Councils. The Suffolk Structure Plan (and the St Edmundsbury Local Plan) will be replaced by the RSS and LDF.
The Act Planning and Puts in place the new statutory framework for Compulsory preparing RSS and LDFs. Purchase Act 2004
The Town and Country The formal Government regulations that define how Regulations Planning (Local the LDF is produced. Development) (England) Regulations 2004
UCS Urban Capacity A study produced (and kept under review) to assess Study the amount of land available for housing on brownfield land (previously developed land). The latest St Edmundsbury Urban Capacity Study was published in September 2005.
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Appendix B Saved Replacement Local Plan Policies
Details of all our policies can be found in our replacement local plan at www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/localplan/
Policy number Policy name
DS1 Settlement Hierarchy
DS3 Development Design and Impact
DS4 Master plans
DS5 Design guidance and Development Briefs
H2 Housing Development Within Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill
H3 Affordable Housing
H4 Housing Density
H5 Mix of Housing
H6 Alterations or Extensions to Dwellings
H7 Special Housing Needs
H8 Provision for Gypsies and Travelling People
E1 Existing Employment Land and Premises
RU1 Employment Development in the Rural Areas
RU2 Farm Diversification
RU3 Equine-related Activities Outside Housing Settlement Boundaries
RU4 Re-use of Rural Buildings in the Countryside
RU5 Replacement of Buildings in the Rural Areas
RU6 Housing Development in the Rural Areas
RU7 Removal of Agricultural Occupancy Conditions
RU8 Rural Housing Exception Sites
RU9 Retail Proposals Within Rural Housing Settlement Boundaries
RU10 Protection of Rural Services
RU11 Touring Holiday Caravan and Camping Sites
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Policy number Policy name
L1 Golf Courses and Related Facilities
L2 Tourism Development
L3 Visitor Accommodation
L4 Standards of Open Space and Recreation Provision
L5 Safeguarding Parks and Open Spaces
L6 Allotments
L7 Public Rights of Way
TCR1 Shopping Centres
TCR2 Protection of Primary Shopping Areas and Shopping Centres
TCR3 Shopfronts and Advertisements
TCR4 Amusement Arcades
TCR5 Street Trading and Street Cafes
TCR6 Ancillary Retail Uses
T1 Transport Assessments
T2 Hierarchical Approach to Site Access
T3 Travel Plans
T4 Private Non-residential Parking
T5 Parking Standards
T6 Off-Street Car Parking
T7 Lorry Parking
HC1 Alterations and Extensions to Listed Buildings and development within their curtilage
HC2 Demolition of Listed Buildings
HC3 Enabling Development
HC4 Buildings of Local Architectural or Historic Significance or Protected by an Article 4 Direction
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Policy number Policy name
HC5 Demolition of Unlisted buildings, structures or features within Conservation Areas
HC6 New Development in Conservation Areas
HC7 New Uses for Historic Buildings
HC8 Development affecting Parks and Gardens of Special Historic or Design Interest
HC9 Sites and Features of Archaeological Importance
FC1 Community Services
FC2 Utility Services
FC3 Telecommunications Development
FC4 Renewable Energy Proposals
IM1 Developer Contributions
BSE1 Housing on brownfield sites – Bury St Edmunds
BSE2 Vinefields Farm
BSE3 Strategic Site – Suffolk Business Park, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds
BSE4 General Employment Area
BSE5 British Sugar
BSE6 Station Hill Development Area
HAV1 Housing on Urban Sites - Haverhill
HAV2 Strategic Site – North West Haverhill
HAV3 Strategic Employment Site – Hanchett End, Haverhill
HAV4 General Employment Areas - Haverhill
HAV5 Haverhill Town Centre Masterplan
HAV6 Haverhill Retail Park
HAV7 New Local Centres and Facilities - Haverhill
HAV8 Haverhill Northern Relief Road
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Policy number Policy name
RA2 Greenfield Allocations – Rural Service Centres
RA3 General Employment Areas – Rural Areas
RA4 New open space provision
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Appendix C LDF Evidence Base
St Edmundsbury Borough Evidence Base
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Document Author Date
A14 Corridor Study ITP Planning 2005
Bury St Edmunds and Donaldson’s 2007 Haverhill Retail, Offices and Leisure Study
Bury St Edmunds Transport Faber Maunsell 2006 Study and Strategy
Bury St Edmunds Transport Aecon 2009 Impact Assessment – Local Development Framework
Economic Development SEBC 2005 Strategy
Green Infrastructure Study Land Use Consultants 2009 and Summary Document
Housing Strategy SEBC 2008
Industrial and Business SEBC 2007 Land Availability Study
Open Space Assessment White Young Green Planning 2005
Retail Appraisal of Bury St Cheserton 2001 Edmunds and Haverhill
St Edmundsbury LDF Suffolk County Council and AECOM 2009 Haverhill Transport Impacts
St Edmundsbury Local SEBC 2010 Development Framework, Infrastructure Delivery Plan
St Edmundsbury Housing SEBC 2009 Requirements Study
Urban Capacity Study White Young Green Planning Review 2005
Village Services and Opinion Research Services 2005 Facilities Study
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Evidence Base Created with Partnering Authorities
Document Author Date
Affordable Housing Economic Adams Integra 2009 Viability Study (with Forest Heath, Fenland and East Camb’s districts and Cambridgeshire Horizons
Cambridge sub-region Cambridgeshire Horizons 2008 Housing Market Assessment
Infrastructure & Nathanial Lichfield and Partners 2009 Environmental Capacity Appraisal (with Forest Heath)
Strategic Flood Risk Hyder Consulting 2009 Assessment and Water Cycle Study (with Forest Heath)
Strategic Housing Land SEBC, FHDC, Babergh, Mid-Suffolk 2009 Availability Assessment (SHLAA) (with Forest Heath, Mid Suffolk and Babergh)
Water Cycle Study for the Entec 2008 Stour Valley (with Braintree district)
Western Suffolk Employment GVA Grimley 2009 Land Review (with Forest Heath and Mid Suffolk districts)
Western Suffolk Local WSLSP 2007 Strategic Partnership Community Profile
West Suffolk Sustainable WSLSP 2006 Community Strategy
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Appendix D Use Classes Order 2010
Use classes order
The classes of use for England are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and its subsequent amendments (2010). The following list gives an indication of the types of use which may fall within each use class. Please note that this is only a guide and it is down to local planning authorities to determine, in the first instance, depending on the individual circumstances of each case, which use class a particular use falls into
Use Use Description Class
A1 Shops Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices (but not sorting offices), pet shops, sandwich bars, showrooms, domestic hire shops, dry cleaners, funeral directors and internet cafes.
A2 Financial and Professional Financial services such as banks and building societies, Services professional services (other than health and medical services) including estate and employment agencies and betting offices.
A3 Restaurants and Cafes For the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises - restaurants, snack bars and cafes.
A4 Drinking Establishments Public houses, wine bars or other drinking establishments (but not night clubs).
A5 Hot Food Takeaway Use for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises.
B1 Business Offices (other than those that fall within A2), research and development of products and processes, light industry appropriate in a residential area.
B2 General Industrial Use for industrial process other than one falling within class B1 (excluding incineration purposes, chemical treatment or landfill or hazardous waste).
B8 Storage or Distribution Storage or distribution centres (this class includes open air storage).
C1 Hotels Hotels, boarding and guest houses where no significant element of care is provided (excludes hostels).
C2 Residential Institutions Residential care homes, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, residential colleges and training centres.
C2A Secure Residential Use for a provision of secure residential accommodation, Institution including use as a prison, young offenders institution, detention centre, secure training centre, custody centre, short term holding centre, secure hospital, secure local authority accommodation or use as a military barracks.
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Use Use Description Class
C3 Dwelling Houses This class is formed of 3 parts: • C3(a) covers use by a single person or a family (a couple whether married or not, a person related to one another with members of the family of one of the couple to be treated as members of the family of the other), an employer and certain domestic employees (such as an au pair, nanny, nurse, governess, servant, chauffeur, gardener, secretary and personal assistant), a carer and the person receiving the care and a foster parent and foster child. • C3(b): up to six people living together as a single household and receiving care e.g. supported housing schemes such as those for people with learning disabilities or mental health problems. • C3(c) allows for groups of people (up to six) living together as a single household. This allows for those groupings that do not fall within the C4 HMO definition, but which fell within the previous C3 use class, to be provided for i.e. a small religious community may fall into this section as could a homeowner who is living with a lodger.
C4 Houses in Multiple small shared dwelling houses occupied by between three Occupation and six unrelated individuals, as their only or main residence, who share basic amenities such as a kitchen or bathroom.
D1 Non-Residential Institutions Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres, schools, art galleries (other than for sale or hire), museums, libraries, halls, places of worship, church halls, law court. Non residential education and training centres.
D2 Assembly and Leisure Cinemas, music and concert halls, bingo and dance halls (but not night clubs), swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums or area for indoor or outdoor sports and recreations (except for motor sports, or where firearms are used).
Sui Generis Certain uses do not fall within any use class and are considered 'sui generis'. Such uses include: Petrol filling stations and shops selling and/or displaying motor vehicles. Retail warehouse clubs, nightclubs, launderettes, taxi businesses, amusement centres and casinos.
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