Sustainable Community Strategy Review: Evidence Base

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Derbyshire Dales & High Peak Local Strategic Partnership

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY REVIEW: EVIDENCE BASE

April 2008

Area covered by the

A6024 Derbyshire Dales & High Peak MANCHESTER A628(T) Local Strategic Partnership

GLOSSOPGLOSSOP

A626 A57 A624

Ladybow er SHEFFIELD NEWNEW MILLSMILLS Resr.

A6 A6187 HathersageHathersage Chapel-en-le-frithChapel-en-le-frith WhaleyWhaley BridgeBridge Chapel-en-le-frithChapel-en-le-frith A623

A5004 A6 A625 A621 TideswTidesw ell ell

BUXTONBUXTON BaslowBaslow CHESTERFIELD River Wye A54 A619 A6 River Derwent

A53 A515 BAKEWELLBAKEWELL

HartingtonHartington A632 MATLOCKMATLOCK A5012 A6

A515  WIRKSWORTHWIRKSWORTH

Carsington Water KEY BELPER ASHBOURNEASHBOURNE Primary Road A517 A Road River A52

River Dove A515

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Community Strategy for High Peak and Derbyshire Dales 2006 – 2009 is being reviewed. An evidence base of statistics and other information has been assembled, to identify key issues and opportunities that the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales Local Strategic Partnership could consider in the review process. The evidence base aims to help LSP partners and others identify where they can work together to add value to their respective activities. This summary highlights key information for the LSP area, with suggestions of joint working to address opportunities and issues identified. Key Information Resident Population . The population growth of 3.8% over the past 10 years to 2006 is lower than that at County (4.7%), regional (6.2%) and national (4.1%) levels. Population growth has an impact on need for and access to services . Within the 10 year period to 2006, the young working age population (15-29) has decreased significantly (by 9%), a rate greater than that for the County and contrary to regional and national trends where the proportion of young working age people in the population has increased. This has implications for economic growth and development . Population projections to 2029 suggest a continuing trend of decline in the school age population and a significant increase in the proportion of 65+ age group (by 70% in Derbyshire Dales and 77% in High Peak). Population projections will therefore continue to have implications for economic development and service provision . Issues of multiple deprivation (combining issues such as low incomes, unemployment, health and disability issues and crime) identify that, whilst much of the LSP area is better than the national average, there remain parts of some wards with deprivation issues within the worst 20% wards nationally; namely within the wards of Matlock St Giles, Gamesley (Glossop) and Stonebench (Buxton) Economy . Workplace earnings are 8% less than the regional average and nearly 16% less than the GB average . There are above average levels of self employment and people working from home. However low workplace earnings suggest that self employment and working from home is not generating high earnings levels . 86% of all businesses in the LSP area are micro businesses (under 10 employees) . The LSP area has below average employment in the knowledge based industries at 8%, compared with 13% regionally and 17% nationally . Employment growth has been below regional and national average over the 10 years to 2005 . There are higher than regional average numbers of VAT registered businesses in the LSP area – up to 734 per 10,000 population in Derbyshire Dales compared with 398 in the East Midlands, reflecting the high numbers of self employed and small businesses. However growth in VAT registered businesses is low with losses in agricultural and manufacturing but gains in the hotel and restaurant sector, financial services, business services and in health/education/social work

Environment . The LSP area contains nationally important landscapes with nearly 66% of its area in the Peak District National Park; 25 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and more that 2326 hectares of Special Areas of Conservation . The LSP has a high quality of built environment with 64 Conservation Areas and 1712 listed buildings, part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Hertage Site, scheduled ancient monuments and Parks and Gardens on the Register of Special Historic Interest . The environmental quality of the LSP area underpins economic activity and particularly the value of tourism which is estimated to contribute XXX to the Peak District economy . 24% of residents in the LSP area responding to a 2005 Quality of Life Survey state the Peak District as the place they most identify with (which is more than the 14% who state Derbyshire as the place they most identify with) . Annual house building rates have exceeded predictions, taking advantage of brownfield sites. However there could be a growing challenge to maintain this momentum as land supply reduces . The LSP area’s ecological footprint (hectares per capita) is above the England median with both transport and housing ecological footprints being higher than the England median . Derbyshire Dales’ carbon footprint (CO2 tonnes per capita) is also higher than the England median, again with housing and transport being the poor performers; although the High Peak carbon footprint is below the England median Services . The volume of traffic on the roads was a key issue for 48% of residents in a Quality of Life Survey in the LSP area in 2005 . Community transport Dial a Bus services have experienced a growth in patronage of 29% by individual users and nearly 10% by group users over the three years to 2006/7 . Car ownership is above average (2001) with 36.5% of LSP residents having 2 or more cars compared to 31% in the East Midlands . The majority of journeys to work in the LSP area are by car with the average journey to work being just over 10km. However the LSP area has a net out commuting balance which has grown since 1991. The average distance to work masks some considerably longer journey patterns e.g. to employment in the Greater Manchester area, Derby and Nottingham . Residents in Derbyshire Dales are less able to access 10 key services within 2km of where they live than residents in High Peak. Lack of local access to services could be a reason for higher levels of travel and associated carbon emissions Health . Whilst lifestyle indicators (smoking, drinking and physical activity) are better than average across the whole LSP area, both Derbyshire Dales and High Peak have higher than average rates of obesity. . High Peak performs consistently poorly in respect of death rates from smoking, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Buxton and Glossop communities fare worst. . Deaths and injuries from traffic accidents are considerably higher than the national average across the LSP area.

. The larger than average proportion of elderly within the LSP area place particular pressures on local health and social care systems. Glossop attendance allowance rates are almost 10% above national averages Crime and Community Safety . Crime levels within the LSP area are low in comparison to the County and national rage. Derbyshire Dales has lower recorded crime than High Peak . There has been a reduction in crime over the past five years and crime levels are lower in the LSP area than in Derbyshire or nationally . Public concern regarding crime is significant with 48% of people in High Peak and 36% in Derbyshire Dales very or fairly worried about crime . Neighbourhood satisfaction is relatively high though a significant proportion of High Peak residents (just over a quarter) think that their neighbourhood has got worse over the last 2 years Housing . The LSP area has a higher proportion of high priced stock and much lower proportions of stock in bands A and B than county and regional averages. . Affordability of housing is a key issue in both the Derbyshire Dales and High Peak. In 2006, the house price to income ratio for Derbyshire Dales was 7.8:1 and for High Peak 8.1:1. . A recent Housing Needs Survey identified that the least affordable locations1 are Matlock, Darley Dale, Tansley, Wirksworth, Middleton, Cromford, Matlock Bath, Ashbourne, Hope Valley and Bakewell. . The key groups in greater need of affordable housing are single person households (54.4%), single person with children households (17.2%) and couples with children (15.8%). . The High Peak area experienced strong growth in housing stock between 2001 and 2004 (2.2%). However housing growth has been consistently low in the Derbyshire Dales (1.6%) in comparison to other areas (2.8% in Derbyshire and the East Midlands.) . The range and tenure of housing is restricted since there area high levels of owner occupation and a small social rented sector . Second home ownership is an issue at 1.4% of housing stock compared to a regional average of 0.3% and primarily in areas within the Peak National Park and Derbyshire Dales Sports . Higher than average levels of adults participate in sport across the LSP area with 22.1% of adults in High Peak and 24.1% in Derbyshire Dales taking part in sport and active recreation for 3 x 30 minute sessions per week compared to 21% in Derbyshire and nationally . Higher earning households participate in greater levels of exercise . Higher than average rates of recreational walking at 26% in High Peak and 29% in Derbyshire Dales compared to 20% nationally . Higher than average rates of recreational cycling at 10% in High Peak and 9.7% in Derbyshire Dales, compared to 8% nationally

1 Determined by the proportion of the population who can afford to buy the lower quartile 2 bedroom property in key settlements within and outside the National Park.

. Satisfaction with local sports provision is lower than average. The lowest levels of satisfaction are from Buxton (40.5%) and Dales Central (40.2%) residents. Opportunities for Joint Working Include . Addressing the challenges of population growth to 2029, bringing together work on housing, economic regeneration and service provision . Utilising volunteering as routes to and links with different activities such as health, regeneration and employment . Targeting community engagement on hard to reach groups including elderly people and ethnic minority groups . Targeting initiatives to address issues of multiple deprivation in wards with particular problems . Targeting initiatives to raise workplace earnings, e.g. through value added opportunities, building on new technologies and applying new knowledge . Encouraging out commuters to work part of their time in the LSP area with consequent benefits of reducing travel and carbon emissions and increasing use of local facilities . Maintaining the high environmental quality of the LSP area whilst also maximising its benefits as an economic driver . Exploring alternative ways of service provision to overcome access issues, including solutions that do not require travel . Addressing obesity levels, combining sports, healthy eating and other healthy living initiatives . Reducing the need to travel to service and facilities but also ensuring that alternatives such as walking and cycling are carefully planned in order not to create conflicts and contribute to the already high level of road deaths and injuries in the LSP area . Addressing poor perceptions of crime and community safety, which are not borne out by the low actual levels of crime in the LSP area, linking into other initiatives such as community regeneration . Addressing affordability of housing alongside initiatives to raise workplace earnings . Addressing the challenge of balancing environmental quality with housing development needs as land supply becomes more difficult as brownfield land sites as used up . Using quality of life benefits to attract and retain younger working age people, provided their housing, employment and social needs can be met . Seeking to increase participation rates in sports, with opportunities to increase participation in both formal sports and informal recreational activities, and to target initiatives to encourage more participation amongst lower income groups.