Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Development Framework
Annual Monitoring Report
December 2009
Newcastle-under-Lyme Annual Monitoring Report 2008/09
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – 2008/09 ...... 3
1. Introduction ...... 6
2. The monitoring framework...... 7
3. Local Development Implementation...... 8
4. The key characteristics of the Borough of ...... 11
5. Policy monitoring...... 19
5.1 Sustainability ...... 19 5.2 Housing ...... 26 5.3 Employment ...... 32 5.4 Town centres...... 36 5.5 Community facilities ...... 38 5.6 Natural environment...... 39 5.7 Historical environment...... 42 5.8 Transport...... 43
Appendix 1 – Significant effects indicators...... 44
Appendix 2 – ‘Saved’ Local Plan 2011 policies...... 50
Appendix 3 – Detailed policy monitoring tables ...... 54
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NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – 2008/09
Local Policy Implementation
Sustainable development
• 71.2% of all new housing development was built on previously developed land, substantially less than last year (86.3%). This was due to a large number of completions on greenfield sites, namely, Lyme Valley allotments and Keele Road. It should be noted that there are a significant number of completions yet to come forward on the Keele Road site. (This development was granted permission prior to the adoption of the 2011 Local Plan.)
• 100% of all new housing permissions granted in 2008/09 are on previously developed land.
• 16.2% of all completed development took place in the Green Belt. Leisure uses accounted for most of this and included the site developed to accommodate the Railway Heritage Museum at Apedale (4.4ha) and a 15m² extension to the rugby club changing facilities at Lilleshall Road, Newcastle (1.42ha).
• Three new housing developments completed in 2008/09 were assessed by the Council’s Building for Life Accredited Assessor. The scores ranged from 8.0 (poor) to 10.5 (average) out of a possible maximum of 20. These developments were granted permission before the Design Review Panel was introduced and therefore it is anticipated that residential developments granted permission more recently will achieve better scores.
• 15 residential development proposals were assessed by the Design Review Panel.
• 44% of all new housing was built within the Renew North Staffordshire boundary.
• 92% of all non-housing development took place within the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone.
• No development took place that was contrary to Environment Agency advice on water quality or flood risk grounds.
• Permission was granted for six small wind turbines across the borough and four domestic solar panel units as part of small housing scheme.
Housing
• 277 net additional dwellings were completed in 2008/09. The gross figure for completions was 364, the highest figure achieved since 1995. Despite this, the annual target for net additional homes (298) has not been met due to the large number of demolitions (87) that have also taken place in 2008/09.
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• The borough has a 5.7 year housing land supply.
• An application for two additional pitches and construction of a new amenity block at the Gypsy site at Cemetery Road, Silverdale was granted permission in March 2009.
• 37 affordable dwellings were completed in 2008/09. This is a substantial increase on recent years. A further 42 flats at Stanier Street were acquired during 2008/09 by Sanctuary Housing making them available for rent to social tenants. It is anticipated that the number of affordable dwellings delivered each year will continue to rise as there are currently 70 affordable dwellings under construction (at the end of March 2009) and planning permissions for a further 320.
• The average density of residential development in 2008/09 was 30 dwellings per hectare. This is slightly less that last year’s figure of 32 and largely down to the large number of detached and semi-detached houses completed on the Borough’s two largest development sites at Keele Road and Wolstanton Colliery.
Employment and economic development
• 47,161m² of additional employment floorspace was completed in 2008/09
• 100% of all new employment development took place on previously developed land.
• As of 31st March 2009 the borough has a supply of 61 hectares of available employment land including 2.18ha currently under construction, 46.1ha with planning permission and a further 10.84ha allocated in the 2011 Local Plan. The 18ha Regional Investment Site at Chatterley Valley is excluded from this total.
• Only 22% of ‘town centre uses’ floorspace completed in the monitoring year was located within the town centre.
• The RSS states that the target provision of employment land for 2006-26 in the Borough is 112 ha. The supply of land in the borough (including completions since 2006) is currently 109.4 ha
• Retail surveys suggest that the Town Centre continues to offer a healthy mix of shopping and services. However, there has been an increase in the vacancy rate, from 8% in 2008 to 13% in 2009.
Community facilities
• There was no loss of essential community facilities in 2008/09.
Natural environment
• The area of land designated as Sites of Biological Importance increased from 590ha to 686ha. The area covered by Local Nature Reserve designation increased from 69ha in 2008 to 86ha in 2009.
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• The total area of land designated as SSSI in the Borough has not changed this year. However, 17% of the designated area at Betley Mere has been reclassified as ‘unfavourable recovering’. Last year this portion of land was classed as being in favourable condition.
• As a result of survey work carried out by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust during the year, the area of land designated as Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs) has increased by 96 ha to 686ha.
Access and transport
The accessibility of new residential development to employment areas and key local services is no longer a statutory Core Output Indicator. However, since this data provides a valuable indicator of whether current local and regional planning policy is achieving genuinely sustainable patterns of new development, the County Council are continuing to provide this at a district/borough level.
Data shows that, of the total number of dwellings completed in the year 89% had access via public transport to hospitals, 94% to town centres, 95% to GPs, 92% to High Schools, 93% to primary schools and 90% to industrial estates.
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1. Introduction
1.1 The role of the Annual Monitoring Report
This report covers the period from 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009.
Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires every local planning authority to produce an annual report for submission to the Secretary of State containing information on:-
• The progress made towards implementing the programme outlined in the authority’s Local Development Scheme.
• The progress made towards achieving objectives and targets identified in local Development Plan Documents.
• The impact of policies upon national and regional targets – Local Planning Regulations 48(7) specifically requires information on net additional dwellings.
• The significant effects of policy implementation upon the social, economic and environmental sustainability of the plan area.
• Whether policies in local Development Plan Documents need to be updated, adjusted or replaced in order to achieve identified targets, and to reflect changes in national or regional policy.
1.2 The importance of monitoring
Monitoring is no longer an error-correcting mechanism to bring land use plans back on track but an important aspect of evidence based policy making, working to identify the key issues and challenges within a local authority. This, in turn, will inform the future development, revision and adjustment of Local Development Framework (LDF) policies.
The AMR is an invaluable tool for the planning policy team, providing a means for –
• Supporting the central role of planning within the local authority
• Providing accessible information on the performance of local policies
• Highlighting the key issues, challenges and opportunities in the borough
• Providing a comprehensive evidence base for the development of future policy
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2. The monitoring framework
2.1 Local indicators
No Development Plan Documents had been formally adopted prior to, or during, the monitoring period April 08 – Mar 09. Therefore this report will continue to focus upon the monitoring of ‘saved’ policies in the adopted Local Plan 2011. A number of the indicators used in previous AMRs were specifically aimed at monitoring the performance of policies that now no longer exist. However, despite this, it is felt that until the Borough has a comprehensive set of LDF policies, the continued use of the existing local indicators provides a valuable picture of the key local issues and challenges within the Borough.
2.2 Core Output Indicators
These are a set of indicators that authorities are required to monitor on an annual basis. Data produced by local authorities will be used by regional planning authorities to build up a picture of spatial planning performance within the region. These indicators also provide an additional means for measuring the performance of local policies.
2.3 Contextual Indicators
Contextual indicators reflect the need to take into account the social, economic and environmental issues and circumstances, that exist within a locality. They provide the essential background information which informs both the development of and future monitoring of local polices.
2.4 Significant Effects Indicators
Local authorities must undertake sustainability appraisals of all policies within the LDF. Significant effects indicators should be drawn from the indicators and objectives developed for the sustainability appraisal. Significant effects indicators will enable local authorities to compare the predicted effects of a policy against the actual effects.
The ‘Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy’ establishes a new monitoring and implementation framework. The adoption of the ‘Core Spatial Strategy’ will lead to the introduction of new monitoring arrangements aimed at measuring the progress made towards achieving its Strategic Aims and Core Policies. The next AMR will, therefore, include a new list of monitoring targets and local indicators.
Appendix 1 to this report provides data for 2007/08 and 2008/09 for the significant effects monitoring framework for the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy.
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3. Local Development Implementation
3.1 The Local Development Scheme
The Local Development Scheme sets out the timetable for the production of individual Local Development Documents (LDDs) which collectively make up the Local Development Framework for the Borough. It is a three year rolling programme.
The 2007 – 2010 LDS programme monitored in this report was brought into effect in September 2007. However, following the introduction of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, a new LDS was formulated and brought into effect by the Council in January 2009. This has led to a number of significant changes to the earlier programme..
The 2007 – 2010 LDS programme included -
• Statement of Community Involvement (adopted August 2006)
• North Staffordshire Core Spatial Strategy
• Newcastle Town Centre Area Action Plan
• Generic Development Control Policies DPD
• Developer Contributions SPD (adopted October 2007)
• Knutton and Cross Heath Design Brief SPD
• Conservation and Heritage Guidance SPD
• North Staffordshire Generic Design Guidance
3.2 Progress on the production of the Local Development Framework in 2008/09 –
North Staffordshire Core Spatial Strategy
LDS Date Actual Date Submission March 08 December 08 Pre-Hearing Meeting August 08 March 09 Commencement of public examination (the October 08 April 09 Hearing)
*Now formally titled the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy.
In May 2008 the Core Spatial Strategy programme was rescheduled to take advantage of the greater flexibility provided by the introduction of the new Local Development (Amendment) Regulations 2008. In accordance with the new procedural guidance, the Submission Draft was published for receipt of formal
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representations between the 24th August and 24th October 2008. No substantial challenge was made to the content of the document and submission to the Secretary of State for independent examination by the Planning Inspectorate took place in December to enable both Councils sufficient time to consider all submitted representations. Consequently the pre-hearing meeting took place later than expected in March 2009.
The full hearing took place in April and May 2009 for two weeks. The binding report was received on the 23rd June. It concluded that the document was sound, subject to a number of changes. The document is scheduled to be adopted by the Council in October 2009.
Newcastle Town Centre Area Action Plan
LDS Date Actual Date Receipt of Inspector’s Report April 08 Withdrawn Adoption May 08
The AAP was removed from the programme on the 27th Feb 08 in response to a direction which had been sought in November 07. A decision was made by the Council to prepare an SPD for the town centre instead and the SPD was subsequently adopted in January 2009.
Generic Development Control Policies
LDS Date Actual Date Public Participation on Preferred Options April 08 ---- Submission Nov 08 ---- Pre-Examination Meeting March 09 ----
Previously a Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report was published for statutory consultation in September 2007. However, advancement of this DPD has been postponed in preference to the production of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD. This document has now been temporarily removed from the programme.
Knutton and Cross Heath Design SPD
LDS Date Actual Date Representations and finalise SPD Jan 08 June 08 Adoption and Publication of SPD March 08 July 08
*Now formally entitled the Knutton and Cross Heath Development Sites (Phase 1).
Delays in the preparation of the SPD were experienced due to the protracted land assembly negotiations between the lead developer and English Partnerships, land owner of one of the development sites.
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Conservation and Heritage Guidance
LDS Date Actual Date Draft SPD Nov 08 ----
The timescale for production has been revised to take account of the availability of staff, the timetable of the Core Spatial Strategy and the Council’s conservation area appraisal and management plan programme (CAAMPs). The latest LDS schedules publication of a draft SPD in December 2011.
North Staffordshire Urban Design Guide
LDS Date Actual Date Public Participation (6 weeks) April 08 ---- Finalise draft SPD June 08 Adoption Feb 09 ----
*Now formally entitled the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Urban Design Guidance SPD.
This urban design guide has been jointly commissioned for the Borough and Stoke- on-Trent, and will set new standards for the design of new development. Consultants have been commissioned to undertake the sustainability appraisal and draft the SPD. Initially delays occurred due to the need to negotiate a financial package but latterly more time has been allowed to prepare the technical guidance in order to ensure that SPD is of an appropriate standard. The period of consultation on the draft SPD, which was rescheduled to February 09 in the latest 2008 LDS, has consequently been further delayed. A new consultation date has not yet been identified, although significant progress has now been made.
Detailed, up to date progress on the Local Development Framework is provided in the Local Development Scheme 2008 and in the monthly LDF newsletter. Both can be accessed at: www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/LDF
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4. The key characteristics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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4.1 Geography
The Borough of Newcastle under Lyme is one of eight districts within Staffordshire. It covers an area of 210 square kilometres in the north western corner of the county. Newcastle town, which adjoins the western edge of the City of Stoke on Trent, is the borough’s largest settlement, with the town of Kidsgrove in the north eastern corner of the borough, the second largest. The area to the west and south of the conurbation is dominated by green belt.
4.2 Population
The 2001 Census recorded the total population of the borough as 122,030. The population is predominantly urban, with 79% of the population residing in either Newcastle town (73,944) or Kidsgrove (22,145), the remainder residing within the numerous villages to the west of the urban areas.
Recent data produced by TEMPRO (Trip End Model Presentation Program – which provides future modelling of trips, car ownership and population/workforce data based upon current Regional Planning Policy) suggests that the Borough will see a decline in population of approximately 1400 residents (1.2% of total population). However, Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2006 sub-national projections (based upon past trends), predicts a significant increase of approximately 10,000 residents (8.3%) in the Borough over the same time period. In terms of additional households this suggests an increase from 53,000 in 2006 to 60,000 in 2026.
ONS 2008 mid-year estimates of population age structures suggest that the Borough has a population marginally older than regional and national averages, a trend which current projections suggest will continue.
As part of the Revision of the North-West Regional Spatial Strategy, a study has been commissioned to examine the linkages between North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. Data was sourced on internal migration flows in 2007. The information relevant to Newcastle is summarised in the table below. Whilst there are marginal net losses of population to the South Cheshire districts, the most significant movements are between the Borough and Stoke-on-Trent, with a net gain of just over 400 residents.
Internal migration – 2007
To Newcastle From Newcastle
Congleton 240 290 Crewe & Nantwich 170 190 Macclesfield 40 40 Staffordshire Moorlands 280 250 Stoke-on-Trent 2470 2030 North Shropshire 110 140 Rest of England & Wales 2990 2760 Source: ONS Migration Statistics Unit
4.3 Economic Development
The economy of the borough was traditionally dominated by coal extraction and heavy manufacturing industries. The borough has also traditionally had very strong ties with the local ceramics industry and the economy of the neighbouring City of Stoke on Trent. The decline of these industries over the last few decades and the resultant transition of the borough’s economic and occupational structures has
12 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 created both challenges to, and opportunities for, the future growth and prosperity of the borough. These changes have seen significant regeneration activity, in particular the reclamation of former coal mine sites for service and logistics uses.
The table below clearly shows the dramatic transformation of the Borough’s employment structure in recent years with significant losses in manufacturing as expected, accompanied by growth in transport/communications/logistics industries far in excess of regional and national averages. Also of note is a significant growth in the banking, financial and insurance services sector.
Changes in employment between 1998 - 2007
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c a na s e & u ce t tion r uring d th t l e c
a ltu ran
ran , port & truc c ing, fi n i s i l su ribution els and au ing t n t nufa ricu b nk h m o u d nd he Ag fis Ma Cons Dis ,h rest Tra Communic Ba & in P a a Other
Newcastle-under-Lyme -50% -61% -10% -10% 211% 42% 20% -12
Stoke-on-Trent -37% -53% -21% -10% 28% 2.5% 3.4% 19%
West Midlands -23% -42% 28% -1% 19% 22% 19% 28%
England and Wales -22% -36% 9% -4% 2% 16% 14% 11%
Source ONS – ABI/Nomis 2008
The table below shows the broad employment in the Borough. The Borough clearly has an over representation of distribution and transport/communications industries and lower levels of banking and financial industries.
Employment structure 2007
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c a na s e & u ce t tion r uring d th t l e c
a ltu ran
ran , port & truc c ing, fi n i s i l su ribution els and au ing t n t nufa ricu b nk h m o u d nd he Ag fis Ma Cons Dis ,h rest Tra Communic Ba & in P a a Other
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1% 9% 4% 31% 12% 14% 26% 3%
Stoke-on-Trent 0% 18% 5% 22% 7% 12% 30% 6%
West Midlands 2% 14% 5% 23% 6% 19% 27% 5%
England and Wales 1% 11% 5% 23% 6% 22% 27% 5%
Source ONS – ABI/Nomis 2008
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This over-representation of transport/logistics industries is arguably reflected in workplace earnings within the Borough, which are, as the table below demonstrates, higher than in Stoke-on-Trent but significantly lower than at regional and national levels.
Earnings by residence and workplace 2008
ONS – hours and Newcastle Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands Great Britain earnings (2008)
Earnings by £455.30 £397.40 £450.00 £479.30 residence
Earnings by £414.50 £418.20 £448.90 £479.10 workplace Source: Nomis 2008
Interestingly, earnings by residence are higher than regional averages and very close to the national average. This tends to suggest that a significant level of the Borough’s high earners actually hold positions in neighbouring authorities. It may also be reasonable to suggest that this is indicative of the unbalanced nature of the housing offer within Stoke-on-Trent; the City simply unable to meet the needs of its upwardly mobile residents; a need that is perhaps partially met by the Borough’s most attractive urban and rural neighbourhoods.
The proportion of Job Seeker Allowance claimants within the Borough is lower than at regional and national levels -
JSA claimants – as % of Newcastle Stoke-on- West Great working age pop (NOMIS July Trent Midlands Britain 2009)
All people 3.7% 5.9% 5.4% 4.1% Males 5.3% 8.5% 7.7% 5.8% Females 1.8% 3.0% 2.9% 2.3%
The critical need to create a more diverse, balanced and flexible economic base, with a greater presence of high value employment opportunities is universally recognised. The Borough’s economic regeneration strategy – Building Prosperity; The Core Spatial Strategy; and the recently published North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership Business Plan 2008-11; all place great emphasis upon the importance of creating growth in high tech/high value employment opportunities; and identify the key assets within the Borough central to achieving this aim. These assets are –
• Newcastle Town Centre – The Town Centre currently offers a vibrant mix of retail, leisure and evening/night time activities, alongside an established and growing Financial and Professional Services sector, all set within an attractive and distinctive historical market town environment. In addition, the Town Centre is also a highly sustainable location for residential development. Providing jobs for over 10,000 people, the Town Centre is also the Borough’s largest employment area. As such it is central to the future prosperity of the Borough. The Newcastle Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document, adopted in January 2009, establishes the planning framework for ensuring
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that the optimum and most sustainable use of developable sites within the Town Centre is achieved.
• Keele University and Science Park – The Keele University and Science Park is a regionally influential growth pole for medical and healthcare technologies and research – the fastest growing business sector in North Staffordshire. As such, the expansion of the Campus will be central to achieving the aim of raising the quality of opportunities in future years.
• Chatterley Valley – The mix of hi–tech manufacturing, enterprise centres, and warehousing, all built to the highest environmental/sustainability performance standards and set within an attractively landscaped environment will make a significant impact upon the quantitative and qualitative nature of employment opportunities within the borough.
4.4 Housing
The 2001 Census records that owner occupation within the borough, at approximately 72.5% of all households, is marginally higher than for the West Midlands region (69.5%) and for England (68.7%). The majority of the remaining stock is provided through local RSLs (the largest being Aspire), and a relatively small percentage of private rented housing.
Whilst average house prices within the Borough have increased significantly over the last decade, they still remain significantly lower than national and regional averages.
Jan – March Detached Semi - Terraced Flat/Apartment Average 2009 Detached Price Newcastle 216399 123836 90515 72692 134230 Stoke 150467 85295 47779 61871 81167 Staffordshire 210272 112432 84670 83820 133735 West Midlands 227463 118301 89142 91296 121075 England 235162 144104 119663 140891 154498 Source: Land Registry
There are significant levels of market differentiation within the borough, with relatively buoyant markets within Newcastle town centre and the rural villages; and several areas - specifically those areas targeted by the Renew HMR programme – Knutton, Cross Heath, Chesterton and Galleys Bank, Kidsgrove, which suffer from market stagnation, low demand, an imbalance of housing types and tenures, and in the case of the Lower Milehouse estate - relatively high levels of vacant dwellings.
This market differentiation means that the provision of affordable housing is a key issue for the borough. Evidence suggests that the cost of entry level market housing is increasingly beyond the means of many new households. The table below shows the inter-borough variations in average house price/average household income ratios. This is, admittedly, a relatively crude indicator; however, it clearly shows the disparity between incomes and house prices, the cost of an average house now appearing to be beyond the financial means of the average household.
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Post Area* Average Average Ratio of Code House Household income Sector Price income to house 2008/09 2008** price ST5 0 Wolstanton/May Bank & Porthill East 132062 32362 4.08 ST5 1 Town East 125166 28133 4.45 ST5 2 Thistleberry and Town West 146025 30913 4.72 ST5 3 Westlands and Seabridge West 184962 39827 4.64 ST5 4 Seabridge East, Butterton & Rural South 162571 36330 4.47 ST5 5 Baldwins Gate, Maer & Rural South West 226900 45144 5.03 ST5 6 Knutton & Silverdale 104148 24528 4.25 ST5 7 Chesterton & Holditch 108741 32202 3.38 ST5 8 Bradwell & Porthill West 113640 30046 3.78 ST5 9 Cross Heath 126504 24496 5.16 ST7 1 Butt Lane, Talke and Kidsgrove West 105730 28400 3.72 ST7 4 Kidsgrove East & Newchapel 132310 31468 4.2 ST7 8 Audley, Halmerend & Alsagers Bank 130670 33437 3.91 CW2 5 Rural North West 259204 35151 7.37 CW3 9 Madeley, Betley and Rural West 166917 34889 4.78 TF9 2 Rural South West 353666 45144 7.03 TF9 4 Loggerheads, Ashley and Rural South West 240568 45144 5.33 Totals 141753 32215 4.40 Source: Land Registry, CACI, NOMIS 2008/9
*Broad estimate of Ward/Postcode sector relationship **Based upon an average 2.25% increase in average household incomes within the Borough in 2007
In June 2007 the Council joined with partners to commission a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), to ensure that it has a robust evidence base to support the development of a consistent policy framework. The SHMA identified a significant quantitative need for additional affordable housing within the Borough. The Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, adopted by the Council in January 2009, sets out the Council’s approach to securing affordable housing to address this need.
4.5 Social inclusion
Education
The table below shows educational achievements as a percentage of the working age population. As can be seen, whilst educational achievements in the Borough are higher than in Stoke-on-Trent, they remain lower than national and regional averages.
Newcastle Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands Great Britain
NVQ4 and above 22.0% 14.4% 24.5% 29.0% NVQ3 and above 42.6% 32.3% 42.3% 47.0% NVQ2 and above 65.7% 53.8% 61.6% 65.2% NVQ1 and above 82.2% 69.8% 76.4% 78.9% Other qualifications 6.8% 6.9% 7.6% 8.7% No qualifications 11.1% 23.3% 16.0% 12.4% Source: Nomis (Jan 2008 - Dec 2008)
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Community Safety
Crime indicators BVPI 2008/09 Newcastle Stoke-on- Trent Domestic burglaries per 1000 households 8.67 16.21 Violent crime per 1000 population 21.03 32.59 Robberies per 1000 population 0.42 1.30 Vehicle crime per 1000 population 7.98 14.83 Source: NULBC Performance Plan 2008/09
In addition, data from the Newcastle Crime Audit 2007 suggests that 31.3% of older people suffer from a genuine fear of being a victim of crime. Data from the 2007/08 Customer Satisfaction Survey carried out by the Borough Council suggests the majority of people feel safe in their own homes during the daytime (98.9%) and outside in their localities (92.2%) but this dropped in Newcastle Town Centre (79.9%) and Kidsgrove Town Centre (77.4%).
Health
The tables below provide a brief picture of the general health of the Borough’s population. In general residents are healthier than their neighbours in Stoke but marginally less so than at regional and national levels.
ONS 2001 Percentage of pop Newcastle Stoke-on- West England in good health Trent Midlands
Good 66% 63% 67% 69% Fairly good 23% 24% 23% 22% Not good 11% 13% 10% 9%
ONS 2005/07 Life expectancy Newcastle Stoke-on- West England at birth Trent Midlands Males 76.6 75.0 76.9 77.65 Females 81.5 80.0 81.4 81.81
4.6 Built environment
The borough has a unique and distinctive historical built environment with 20 designated Conservation areas and 365 nationally listed buildings. The historical landscapes, townscapes and buildings of the borough are irreplaceable; not only for their intrinsic architectural and aesthetic value and their contribution towards creating a collective sense of place and civic pride, but also for their contribution towards making the borough an economically attractive and competitive focus for inward investment. The distinctive market town character and atmosphere of Newcastle Town Centre is central to its vitality and viability and the role it plays within the North Staffs sub-region as a strategic centre. Similarly, the spacious, leafy streets of the Bramptons Conservation area provide a locally unique and attractive location for Finance and Professional Service industries.
A key future challenge will be to balance the need for growth and inward investment with the need to protect and enhance the borough’s urban and rural landscapes, a challenge best achieved by first recognising that growth and conservation can play complementary rather than mutually exclusive roles.
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Urban Vision North Staffordshire are playing a key role in ensuring that the design of new development contributes towards the enhancement of the borough environmental distinctiveness, through both the assessment of new applications and LDF documents at their Design Review Panel meetings and through a programme of educational/training events.
Furthermore the Borough, in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Urban Vision, has commissioned the drafting of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on- Trent Urban Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPD). This SPD will establish the key design and planning principles for the design of new development across Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent. It will place the built environment policies in the core strategy in a local context.
4.7 Natural and rural landscape
The borough benefits from a distinct and diverse natural and rural landscape. The borough falls within two ‘Natural Areas’ (as defined by Natural England); the uplands, wooded valleys and ancient agricultural landscapes of the Potteries and Churnet Valley Natural Area in the north east of the borough; and the gently rolling plains and wetlands of the Meres and Mosses Natural Area to the west and south of the borough.
The borough has two sites identified under the 1971 Ramsar Convention as internationally important wetland sites – Betley Mere, and Black Firs & Cranberry Bog. The borough also benefits from five sites designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a number of Grade 1 County Sites of Biological Importance (SBI), several high quality country parks and approximately 330 hectares of woodland identified as ‘ancient semi-natural woodland’.
The borough’s urban centres, Newcastle and Kidsgrove, benefit from an extensive network of formal and informal green spaces which provide valuable contributions towards recreational space, amenity, and wildlife habitats within the urban fabric. The North Staffordshire Green Space Strategy (September 2007) provides the strategic framework for the future provision and management of the borough’s parks, playgrounds etc. Crucially, the strategy recognises that the provision of sufficient high quality greenspace is vital not only for the general health and well being of the community but also for attracting the people and investment needed to support the borough’s housing market renewal and economic regeneration initiatives and strategies.
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5. Policy monitoring
5.1 Sustainability
Core Output Indicator H3 – New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – H3
% of new dwellings on Brownfield Total brownfield sites New Builds Completed 236 335 70.4% Net Conversions and Changes of Use 23 29 79.3% Total 259 364 71.2%
2006/07 2007/08 % development on previously developed land (including conversions) 66.5% 86.3%
Ensuring the optimum use of brownfield land resources continues to be a key priority in local, regional and national planning policy. As the table above clearly shows, a significant amount of new residential development in 2008/09 took place on brownfield sites. However, this marks a significant reduction on the previous year’s performance when 86.3% of housing development took place on previously developed land.
This decrease is largely due to the number of homes (95 in total) completed in 2008/09 on the large greenfield sites at Keele Road and Lyme Valley Allotments. Both these sites were granted permission before the Governments policy on the prioritisation of brownfield land was published in 2003. The Lyme Valley Allotments site is very advanced now with only 12 dwellings still to be completed. At Keele Road the bulk of the development has yet to commence and it is anticipated that performance, for the next two years at least, is unlikely to improve substantially as a result.
The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision, when adopted, will set a target for the North Staffordshire conurbation of 90% of all residential development to 2016 to be on brownfield land.
100% of dwellings granted permission in 2008/09 were proposed to be built on previously developed land.
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Local indicator - Amount and types of development in the Greenbelt
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S3
Total Completions % of total Completions Use Class within the Green completions within within Borough Belt (ha) the Green Belt (ha) A 0.87 0.00 0.00% B 17.21 0.10 0.58% C (excl. C3) 0.00 0.00 0.00% C3* 11.29 0.24 2.13% D 6.28 5.81 92.52% Sui generis 1.19 0.00 0.00% Totals 36.84 6.15 16.69% * Conversions have been excluded from these figures
2006/07 2007/08 % of completed development in the Green Belt 2.28% 3.05%
One dwelling (use class C3) was completed in the green belt in 2008/09. This dwelling was granted permission originally in 2001 because it constituted enabling development that would ensure the restoration of an adjacent listed building that had been vacant for a number of years and had fallen into a state of disrepair.
The large amount of land developed for class D uses consisted of two sites: a small extension (15m²) to the Newcastle RUFC building at Lilleshall Road and development of a Railway Heritage Centre at Apedale Road, Chesterton. The Heritage Centre, within Apedale Country Park, was granted consent as it represented a unique opportunity to preserve and display the history of industrial narrow gauge railway in the Borough in an existing educational environment. Additionally it would work to promote tourism and local cultural history, a key aim of the 2003 Local Plan. The large total site area of the Heritage Centre is primarily due to the extent of the railway line and not the heritage museum itself.
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Core Output Indicator H6 – Housing quality: Building for Life Assessments
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S15, S17 (unsaved policies)
In March 2009, a member of the Planning Policy team attended the CABE Building for Life Assessor training day and, after completing an examined assessment, was granted Accredited Assessor status formalising the process of assessing completed developments in the Borough. Three large developments were completed in 2008/09.and their Building for Life scores are provided below. The assessments, including details of the evidence supporting the scores, will be registered with CABE. Random checks of submitted assessments are carried out by CABE each year for quality purposes.
Building for Life Development Location Score (max = 20)
52 dwellings Enderley Street, Newcastle 8.0
45 dwellings Hassell Street, Newcastle 9.0
25 dwellings Newcastle Road, Madeley 10.5
The Building for Life scoring system allocates points for issues such as on–site renewable energy provision, innovative use of building techniques/materials, the provision of affordable housing etc., all of which have only emerged as key priorities relatively recently and arguably after these developments were granted permission. Therefore the potential for these particular developments to score highly was very limited.
Building for Life is the national standard for well designed homes and neighbourhoods in England. It was established by CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment), the government advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. The standard has been used in housing audits conducted by CABE since 2004. In, July 2008, CLG introduced a requirement for each Local Authority to complete a Building for Life Assessment for all new build completions and to report this in the AMR. The Assessment involves evaluating each development against 20 standard Building for Life criteria, phrased as questions, which are each worth one point. A scheme can, therefore, score up to twenty points, which translate to -
• Very good = 16 or more
• Good = 14 - 15
• Average = 10 - 13
• Poor = 9.5 or less
The aim is to encourage new housing schemes to demonstrate a commitment to high design standards, good place making and sustainable development. However, whist a Building for Life Assessment is a valuable tool to assess design quality in new housing schemes, it only measures the standard achieved. This is useful
21 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 because it can promote best practice and contribute to a wider understanding of why a scheme works well, but if we are to drive up standards other measures are needed. The adopted Core Spatial Strategy includes a policy CSP1 - Design Quality to ensure that all development has regard to key design principles. More detailed practical advice and guidance will be set out in the Urban Design Guide SPD to be adopted in the coming months. This could ultimately lead to the Assessment being used as the basis for writing development briefs, assessing planning applications and interpreting design and access statements.
Local indicator – Developments assessed by Design Review Panel
Source: NULBC monitoring
The Council continues to work closely with Urban Vision North Staffordshire to ensure that new development within the Borough meets the highest standards of design quality. 15 development proposals were examined by the Urban Vision Design Review Panel, which draws upon the knowledge and skills of a wide range of architects, urban designers, town planners and other built environment professionals. In addition, the draft design policies for the Newcastle Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document, the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Urban Design Guidance and the Submission Draft Core Spatial Strategy were also assessed by the panel.
2006/07 2007/08 Number of development proposals assessed by 5 13 Design Review Panel
Local indicator - Amount of new development within the Renew North Staffordshire/North Staffs Regeneration Zone boundaries
Source: NULBC monitoring
Completions % Completions Total Completions Use Class within within Regeneration within the Borough Regeneration Zone Zone A 638 239 37.46% B1(a) 685 685 100.00% B1(b) 0 0 - B1(c) 50 50 100.00% B1 0 0 - B2 3124 1993 63.80% B8 36255 36255 100.00% B1/B2/B8 5612 5612 100.00% C (excl. C3) 0 0 - D 2346 66 2.81% Sui Generis 814 814 100.00% Totals 49524 45714 92.31%
2006/07 2007/08 Amount of new development (non-residential) 30.0% 79.9% within North Staffs Regeneration Zone
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The North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone boundary is shown on page 10 of this report.
The table above shows that the majority of completed employment development was located within the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone. Only a small proportion of retail and community facilities development took place within the Regeneration Zone in 2008/09. (These figures do not include changes of use.)
The Core Spatial Strategy strengthens the focus upon the Regeneration Zone as the priority location for new employment development.
Completions % Completions Total Completions Use Class within Renew Area within the Renew within the Borough of Intervention Area of Intervention C3* 335 149 44.48%
*Conversions have been excluded from these figures
2006/07 2007/08 Amount of new housing development within the 21.40% 43.24% Renew Area
The Renew North Staffordshire area of intervention boundary is shown on page 10 of this report.
Current regional policy and emerging local policy emphasises the need to concentrate new development within the Renew Housing Market Renewal Area of Intervention and to demonstrate a degree of restraint outside of these areas. As can be seen in the table above, a relatively large proportion of new residential development was on sites outside of the Renew area. However, it should be noted that a significant number of these sites were granted permission prior to the designation of the area as a Housing Market Renewal Area.
The Core Spatial Strategy sets out the level and broad locations of additional housing development to 2026 and aims to make the optimum use of locations within the Renew area of intervention. However, neighbourhoods outside of the Renew area such as May Bank, Wolstanton, Porthill and Bradwell to the north of the town centre; and Clayton and the Westlands to the south, do provide highly sustainable locations for additional residential development. As such, a degree of managed growth within these neighbourhoods is desirable to ensure their continued vitality and sustainability and to make the optimum use of the Borough’s finite brownfield resources.
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Core Output Indicator E1 – Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality grounds
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S8 (unsaved policy)
No permissions were granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on water quality. The table below provides details of the applications which EA objected on water quality grounds –
Outcomes of applications subject to objection from the Environment Agency on the grounds of water quality Application Type of Environment Agency's Planning Application Number Development grounds for objection Outcome 08/00831/FUL Residential - Major Insufficient Information Application withdrawn 08/00557/FUL Residential - Major Insufficient Information Application withdrawn Currently pending Heavy Industry / decision - EA withdrew 08/00559/HSC Warehousing - Insufficient Information objection after reviewing Major additional information. Light Industry / Currently pending 08/00659/FUL Insufficient Information Offices - Minor consideration
No permissions were granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding. The table below provides details of the applications which EA objected on flood risk grounds -
Outcomes of applications subject to objection from the Environment Agency on the grounds of flood risk Application Type of Environment Agency's Planning Application Number Development grounds for objection Outcome Insufficient Information - 08/00163/DEEM4 Other - Major Application withdrawn Flood Risk Currently pending decision Heavy Industry / PPS25 / TAN15 - Request - EA withdrew objection 08/00539/HSC Warehousing - for FRA / FCA after reviewing additional Major information. EA withdrew objection after Insufficient Information - 08/00595/FUL Other - Major reviewing additional Flood Risk information. Heavy Industry / EA withdrew objection after PPS25 / TAN15 - Request 08/00825/FUL Warehousing - reviewing additional for FRA / FCA Major information.
In September 2007, Newcastle and Stoke Councils commissioned a joint Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) in accordance with PPS25. This assessed and mapped all forms of flood risk from groundwater, surface water, sewer, and river sources, taking into account climate change predictions. The SFRA was signed off by the Environment agency in July 2008.
The SFRA will be used as an evidence base to help locate future development primarily in low flood risk areas. The outputs from the SFRA will help the Council to
24 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 prepare sustainable policies for the long-term management of flood risk and improve existing emergency planning procedures.
The SFRA is a ‘living’ document and will be reviewed on a regular basis in light of new information as it becomes available. Up-to-date details of the SFRA will be available at - www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/ldf
Core Output Indicator E3 – Renewable energy generation
Source: NULBC monitoring
E3(a) – Renewable energy developments / installations granted permission in 2008/09
Planning Location Development details Installed Reference Capacity (MW) 09/00014/FUL Tesco, Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove Two micro wind turbines 0.006 08/00858/CPO Apedale Country Park Two 15m high turbines 0.005 and ground source heat pump 07/984/FUL Green Shutters Farm, High Lane, Domestic wind turbine 0.0011 Alsagers Bank 08/605/FUL Grove Place, London Road, Four domestic solar unknown Chesterton panels on four dwellings 08/517/FUL Lower Stoney Low Farm, Three Two free standing wind 0.02 Mile Lane, Stoney Low, Madeley turbines
E3(b) – Completed renewable energy developments / installations
Planning Location Development details Installed Reference Capacity (MW) 06/898/FUL 14 Watlands Road, Bignall End Wind turbine 0.0015 07/984/FUL Green Shutters Farm, High Lane, Domestic wind turbine 0.0011 Alsagers Bank 08/605/FUL Grove Place, London Road, Four domestic solar Unknown Chesterton panels on four dwellings 07/1144/REM Blue Planet, Lowlands Road, 4 Biodiesel generators 10.8MW Chatterley Valley
2006/07 2007/08 Amount of renewable energy development 0 0 completed in the Borough Amount of renewable energy development 16.78 MW 0 permitted in the Borough
The Blue Planet development at Chatterley Valley is, as yet, unoccupied. The 10.8MW biodiesel power plant that was constructed as part of the scheme will, when in use, provide heat and power to the buildings on the site plus enough additional power to meet the needs of 650 local homes. Beyond this particular development it is clear that, to date, only a small amount of renewable energy technology is being installed in the borough. The Core Strategy Policy CSP3 – Sustainability and Climate Change addresses this by requiring that all new development complies with on-site or near site renewable energy targets set out in current or future national guidance.
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5.2 Housing
Core Output Indicator H1 – Plan period and housing targets
Source: NULBC monitoring
The plan period and housing targets are as follows –
• Plan period: 2006-2026
• Housing targets: 5700 net additional dwellings (4800 urban, 900 rural)
These are derived from the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision submitted to the Secretary of State in December 2007 and examined in public in June 2009.
The plan period and housing targets are also included at a local policy level in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy.
It should, however, be noted that the Phase 2 RSS examination report has allocated a further 6000 net additional dwellings to the North Staffordshire conurbation. How this additional requirement will be divided between Stoke and Newcastle has yet to be confirmed.
Core Output Indicator H2 (a) – Net additional dwellings – in previous years
Source: NULBC monitoring
New Gain/Loss Net Year Dwellings from Change Demolitions Additional Completed of Use Dwellings 2003/04 238 41 12 267 2004/05 181 35 8 208 2005/06 235 29 28 236 2006/07 215 45 52 208 2007/08 185 19 62 142 Totals 1054 169 162 1061
Core Output Indicator H2 (b) – Net additional dwellings – for the reporting year
Source: NULBC monitoring
New Gain/Loss Net Year Dwellings from Change Demolitions Additional Completed of Use Dwellings 2008/09 335 29 87 277
As the tables above clearly show, the level of delivery of net additional dwellings in 2008/09 was substantially higher than previous years. Nearly 75% of these completions took place on six of the borough’s largest development sites. This increased number of completions is welcome considering under-performance in previous years and the current downturn in the housing market. Developers on the two largest sites at Keele Road and Wolstanton Colliery appear to be keen to deliver on these sites as scheduled. There are still many dwellings to come forward on both
26 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 sites so there is potential for completions in 2009/10 to again exceed the cautious estimate recorded for Indicator H2 (c).
Core Output Indicator H2 (c) – Net additional dwellings – in future years Source: NULBC monitoring
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Gross Completions 216 188 269 345 411 375 Gross Completions (Ha) 5.19 4.1 6.65 10.66 11.72 9.82 Demolitions 48 61 31 16 16 16 Net Completions 168 127 238 329 395 359
Most of the above projected development is already committed (i.e. has planning permission).
It is estimated that the Borough will have 1700 outstanding commitments (assessed as likely to come forward) at the beginning of the next five year period commencing April 2010. With an estimated annualised net build rate of 298 dwellings required to meet the plan period target, this approximately equates to a 5.7 year housing land supply.
The indicator also requires the projected additional dwellings for the period 2015/16 to 2025/26 and this is set out in H2 (d) on the following page. This development will take place on the remaining sites with existing commitments and on sites identified through the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and allocated in the proposed Site Allocations and Policies DPD.
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Core Output Indicator H2 (d) - Managed delivery target Source: NULBC monitoring
Cumulative Completions Gross Net Year Demolitions to the end of Completions Completions the plan period 2006/07 260 52 208 208 2007/08 204 62 142 350 2008/09 364 87 277 627 2009/10 216 48 168 795 2010/11 188 61 127 922 2011/12 269 31 238 1160 2012/13 345 16 329 1489 2013/14 411 16 395 1884 2014/15 375 16 359 2243 2015/16 427 16 411 2654 2016/17 421 16 405 3059 2017/18 432 16 416 3475 2018/19 427 16 411 3886 2019/20 437 16 421 4307 2020/21 367 16 351 4658 2021/22 331 16 315 4973 2022/23 307 16 291 5264 2023/24 268 16 252 5516 2024/25 108 16 92 5608 2025/26 108 16 92 5700 Totals 6265 565 5700
H2d - Managed Delivery Target 500 Gross Completions 450 Demolitions Net Completions 400
350
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0 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16 /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 /25 /26 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
It should be noted that if Newcastle’s housing target is increased significantly as a result of the changes to the Regional Spatial Strategy housing allocation (as
28 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 mentioned earlier) then clearly this additional provision would necessarily have to be phased towards the end of the plan period. Premature delivery of any additional requirement could potentially undermine the efforts of the Council and Renew North Staffordshire to revitalize those neighbourhoods currently suffering from weak/low demand housing markets.
The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment – a summary
The Council completed and published the first stage of its Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment in September 2008 (available to view on the Council’s SHLAA webpage). The assessment is essentially an evaluation of the quantity and quality of the land potentially suitable for housing development in the Borough. It provides the evidence base for demonstrating that the Borough has adequate suitable land available to meet the requirements of Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing i.e. a 5 year supply of deliverable sites and a further 10 years supply of specific developable sites or broad locations potentially suitable for housing development.
Currently 130 sites have been judged to have a theoretical potential for housing development, although it should be noted that further work is underway to assess the viability of these sites and any site specific constraints to delivery. In June 2009 the Council called for developers and their agents to nominate additional sites for assessment. A number of sites have been suggested and these will be assessed in the same manner as those submitted in the previous year. It is hoped that a final report detailing the findings of the SHLAA will be available to view from February 2010..
The broad locations and indicative capacities of the sites assessed to date are detailed in the table below -
Brownfield % of Total Greenfield % of Green Belt % of Total Total Capacity Capacity Total Capacity Chesterton 489 72.0% 190 28.0% 0 0.0% 679 Kidsgrove 175 31.3% 384 68.7% 0 0.0% 559 Knutton & Cross Heath 241 61.6% 150 38.4% 0 0.0% 391 Newcastle East 67 17.5% 215 82.5% 0 0.0% 282 Newcastle South 162 20.8% 237 79.2% 0 0.0% 399 Thistleberry 25 18.5% 110 81.5% 0 0.0% 135 Silverdale 23 25.3% 68 74.7% 0 0.0% 91 Town 500 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 500 Rural 208 12.2% 72 4.2% 1423 83.6% 1703 Totals 1890 36.20% 1426 36.50% 1423 27.30% 4739
The full SHLAA Summary report is accessible at www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/ldf
Core Output Indicator H4 – Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller)
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – H19, H20 (unsaved policies)
An application for two additional pitches and construction of a new amenity block at the Gypsy site at Cemetery Road, Silverdale was granted permission in March 2009.
The Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment for five local authorities (East Staffordshire Borough Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Stafford
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Borough Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council) identifies the quantitative future need for additional Gypsy and Traveller pitches within the sub region to 2026. The Phase 3 Review of the Regional Spatial Strategy is currently considering options for translating this need into pitch requirements for individual authorities.
If the Regional Spatial Strategy requires additional pitches to be identified within the borough, provision will be made through the Council’s Site Allocations and Policies DPD. The identification of additional sites will be in conformity with Circulars 1/2006 and 4/2007 and the criteria set out in policy CSP7 – Gypsy and Travellers of the Core Spatial Strategy.
Core Output Indicator H5 – Gross affordable housing completions
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – H11 (unsaved policy), H12
Affordable Total Year % of Total Completions Completions 1999/00 52 352 14.77% 2000/01 30 173 17.34% 2001/02 22 116 18.97% 2002/03 20 159 12.58% 2003/04 28 279 10.04% 2004/05 25 216 11.57% 2005/06 10 264 3.79% 2006/07 0 260 0.00% 2007/08 1 204 0.49% 2008/09 37 364 10.16% Totals 225 2387 9.43%
As the table above clearly shows, an encouraging number of affordable new build homes were completed in 2008/09. The Local Area Agreement reported a figure of 77 additional affordable homes delivered in the reporting year. This included the 37 new build dwellings as well as 42 flats, acquired by Sanctuary Housing in 2008/09. (2 dwellings were lost through conversion.)
Policy H11 of the Local Plan 2011 came into effect in 2003 and required all developments of 25 dwellings or more to contribute towards the provision of affordable housing where there was a proven local need. The policy was not ‘saved’ beyond September 2007 as it was deemed to be contrary to affordable housing guidance in PPS3: Housing. In accordance with PPS3 the Council started to use the national minimum threshold of 15 dwellings in 2007. This has now been enshrined in the Affordable Housing SPD, adopted in January 2009 together with a threshold of 5 in the rural area. The effects of this are now starting to become evident i.e. 70 affordable dwellings were under construction at 1st April 2009, and further permissions were granted for 105 dwellings in 2008/09 (bringing the total permissions for affordable dwellings to 320).
The West Midlands North Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), published early in 2008 provides the most up-to-date evidence of affordable housing need throughout the Borough.
The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision proposes a minimum annual delivery target of 500 affordable housing dwellings per annum for
30 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 the North Housing Market Area (Newcastle-under-Lyme, the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stafford Borough and East Staffordshire). The approach towards delivery of affordable housing set out in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy will deliver approximately 60-70 affordable dwellings per annum within the Borough.
Local indicator: Density of residential development
Source: NULBC monitoring
Relevant policies: H16 (unsaved policy)
Urban Rural Borough Site Site Year No. Density per No. Density No. Site Area Density Area Area Completed ha Completed per ha Completed (ha) per ha (ha) (ha) 1999-00 273 10.51 26 63 4.68 13 336 15.19 22 2000-01 136 5.34 25 35 2.33 15 171 7.67 22 2001-02 73 2.56 29 43 2.66 16 116 5.22 22 2002-03 77 2.82 27 82 4.68 18 159 7.50 21 2003-04 144 4.93 29 94 6.61 14 238 11.54 21 2004-05 144 3.75 38 37 2.96 13 181 6.71 27 2005-06 201 3.90 52 34 3.07 11 235 6.97 34 2006-07 185 4.35 43 30 2.17 14 215 6.52 33 2007-08 156 3.45 45 29 2.29 13 185 5.74 32 2008-09 297 9.00 33 38 2.24 17 335 11.24 30 Totals 1686 50.61 33 485 33.69 14 2171 84.3 26
PPS3: Housing suggests a minimum development density of 30 dwellings per hectare. As is clear from the table above, the average densities of completed development five years ago was less than this but the situation had improved dramatically even before PPS3 was published in 2006.
There is a significant difference in densities between rural and urban developments. Whilst the overall level of rural development is relatively low, a significant amount of this involves the conversion of existing dwellings and rural buildings that are frequently at very low densities, as expected. Therefore, whilst recent urban developments have predominantly been at relatively high densities, the Borough wide average is significantly skewed by the low rural figures.
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5.3 Employment
Core Output Indicator BD1 – Total amount of additional employment floorspace by type
Source: NULBC monitoring
Net Gross Loss through Floorspace Use Class Floorspace changes of use Developed Developed (m²) (m²) (m²) B1(a) 1122 950 172 B1(b) 0 0 0 B1(c) 390 0 390 B1 0 0 0 B2 3124 785 2339 B8 36913 0 36913 B1/B2/B8 5612 0 5612 Total 47161 1735 45426
2006/07 2007/08 Amount of additional employment floorspace by 16121 115145 type (m²)
As the table above clearly shows, employment development for 2008/09 was largely for B8 – warehousing/distribution use. There was in fact only one very large development which contributed most of the floorspace recorded for B8 uses. This development was a 36000m² warehouse unit at Lowlands Road, Chatterley Valley, reflecting the continued importance of logistics/distribution industries to the Borough and the attractiveness of the Borough for these types of industries.
However, there is an aspiration to attain a more balanced and diverse economic base. As such the Core Spatial Strategy, in line with the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy and the West Midlands Regional Economic Strategy, seeks to promote inward investment to raise the quality of the employment offer. These aspirations are further amplified in the North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership Business Plan 2008-11.
Core Output Indicator BD2 – Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land – by type
Source: NULBC monitoring
m² completed in the m² on previously % borough developed land Class B1(a) 1122 1122 100.00% Class B1(b) 0 0 - Class B1(c) 390 390 100.00% Class B1 0 0 - Class B2 3124 3124 100.00% Class B8 36913 36913 100.00% Class B1/B2/B8 5612 5612 100.00% Totals 47161 47161 100.00%
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2006/07 2007/08 Amount of employment floorspace completed on 72.80% 100.00% previously developed land
Whilst Local Plan 2011 policy S4: Development and brownfield, derelict or potentially contaminated land was not saved beyond September 2007, the preference for developing brownfield land rather than greenfield sites remains a key local priority. The table above clearly demonstrates the past effectiveness of this policy.
The effective use of brownfield resources is a central aspect of national and regional planning policy. The Core Spatial Strategy reinforces this strategic aim whilst recognising that the Borough’s brownfield resources are finite and greenfield sites may need to be identified for development to meet the employment needs of the Borough to 2026 and beyond.
Core Output Indicator BD3 – Employment land available – by type Source: NULBC monitoring
No allocation Covered Allocated Sites under or planning by in Local construction permission Sub-Total Planning Plan at 31.3.2007 but clearly Permission available Class B1(a) 0.00 2.73 0.19 0.00 2.92 Class B1(b) 0.00 0.58 0.00 0.00 0.58 Class B1(c) 0.70 0 0.00 0.00 0.70 Class B1 0.00 7.36 0.00 0.00 7.36 Class B2 0.00 2.73 0.94 0.00 3.67 Class B8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Class B1/B2/B8 10.14 31.85 1.13 2.30 45.42 Total 10.84 45.25 2.26 2.30 60.65
2006/07 2007/08 Amount of employment land available (ha) 97.05 77.46
These figures do not include the 18ha Regional Investment Site at Peacock Hay, Chatterley Valley as this does not contribute towards employment land requirements proposed in the RSS revision.
The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision sets the following targets for employment development in the Borough to 2026 –
• A 5 year rolling supply of 28 hectares of readily available employment land • An indicative long term supply of 84ha
This has been interpreted in the Core Spatial Strategy as a broad target of 112ha of additional employment land for the period 2006-26.
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Available to Completions Total 2026 2006-2009
Class B1(a) 2.92 0.16 3.08 Class B1(b) 0.58 0.95 1.53 Class B1(c) 0.70 0.00 0.7 Class B1 7.36 1.09 8.45 Class B2 3.67 1.99 5.66 Class B8 0.00 38.74 38.74 Class B1/B2/B8 45.42 5.84 51.26 Total 60.65 48.77 109.42
The table above clearly shows that there are existing commitments to satisfy the need for a 5 year supply and a significant amount of the longer term requirement. However, it should be noted that there are some concerns as to whether some of the available sites are of sufficient quality to meet the future needs of the Borough (particularly in light of the aspiration to raise the quality of employment opportunities). The potential for commissioning a joint Employment Land Review is now actively being discussed with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the NSRP. This will establish whether the current mix of employment land provision is appropriate to the needs of modern business. It will also help determine the scale and nature of the provision of additional employment sites that may need to be brought forward through the Local Development Framework process. The review will be both quantitative and qualitative.
Local Indicator: Progress towards meeting plan period employment development targets
Plan period 2006-2026 employment land development (as at 31/03/2008) Hectares
Completions 01/04/2006 - 31/03/2009 48.77 Sites under construction as at 31/03/2009 2.26 Sites with outstanding planning permission on 'new' sites as at 31/03/2009* 7.67 Sites with outstanding planning permission on 'redevelopment for new use' sites 25.27 as at 31/03/2010 Sites with outstanding planning permission on 'redevelopment for similar use' 12.29 sites as at 31/03/2011 Sites proposed in 2011 Local Plan 6.07 Commitment to renew expired planning permissions not yet granted permission 4.79 as at 31/03/2009 No planning permission but obviously available for employment use 2.3
Total employment land as at 31/03/2009 109.42
Indicative 20 year supply for 2006-2026 (from RSS Phase 2 Revision) 112
Additional employment land requirements to 2026 2.58
The additional employment land requirement to 2026 of 2.58 hectares is much lower than the shortfall of 28.59 hectares identified in 2008. The primary reason for this is that permissions and completions are now considered in gross terms; i.e. their entire land take including associated infrastructure such as access roads and landscaping. This is consistent with the approach of neighbouring authorities, and better reflects
34 Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2009 progress towards Regional Spatial Strategy targets; which are understood to be gross.
Although on face value it appears that there is now less employment land to find to meet the needs of the borough up until 2026, in reality this may change in the future. As discussed above, an Employment Land Review will be commissioned to examine the ‘fitness for purpose’ of identified employment land. It is therefore possible that some of the existing supply is deemed to be of insufficient quality, and that further land for employment purposes needs to be identified.
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5.4 Town centres
Core Output Indicator BD4 – Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ Source: NULBC monitoring
Completed A1 Gross Internal Trading A2 B1a D1 Total Floorspace Total space (m²) Within the 771 421 595 1122 57 2966 Borough Within the 664 0 0 595 27 Town Centre 42 (22.38%)
2006/07 2007/08 Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ 0% 6.54% within the town centre
‘Town centre uses’ are defined as – retail, financial and professional services, offices, and leisure facilities. Existing national and regional planning policy (and emerging local policy) places great importance upon the need to reverse recent trends towards decentralised out of town locations and to focus such development, once again within town centres.
As the table above clearly shows, the level of new development in 2008/09 was limited and much of this did not take place within Newcastle Town Centre. The Core Strategy will address this by focussing development within the Town Centre in line with emerging national policy. (See Core Strategy policies SP1, SP2 and ASP4)
Local indicator: Percentage of primary shopping frontage within Newcastle town centre for A1 use classes
Source: NULBC monitoring
Primary Retail Frontage Town Centre Use Class No. of Units % of Total No. of Units % of Total A1 - Shops 81 64.3% 164 50.0% A2 - Financial and Professional 12 9.5% 37 11.3% A3 - Restaurants/Cafes 8 6.3% 26 7.9% A4 - Drinking Establishments 6 4.8% 24 7.3% A5 - Hot Food Takeaways 1 0.8% 9 2.7% B1a - Offices 0 0.0% 5 1.5% D1 - Non Residential Institutions 0 0.0% 10 3.0% D2 - Assembly and Leisure 0 0.0% 5 1.5% Sui Generis 0 0.0% 6 1.8% Vacant 18 14.3% 42 12.8% Total 126 100.0% 328 100.0%
2006/07 2007/08 % town centre vacancies 6.94% 8.06%
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The West Midlands RSS categorises Newcastle Town Centre as a ‘strategic centre’ within the region along with Stoke on Trent City Centre. The vibrant mix of retail and entertainment it offers complements rather than competes with the offer of the city centre.
The Newcastle Town Centre SPD serves to provide effective guidance on what is appropriate development within the Town Centre and defines an expanded primary shopping frontage to now include Castle Walk.
As the table on the previous page shows, the Town Centre continues to offer a very healthy mix of services. However there has been an increase in the number of vacancies (12.8% in 2008/09 compared to 8.06% in 2007/08). This is clearly largely due to the current global recession and is an issue that will be affecting many towns and cities nationwide.
Local indicator: Shopping provision in District centres
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 R12, R13, R14, R15
District Centres Use Class Kidsgrove Wolstanton Chesterton Silverdale A1 - Shops 45 38 22 18 A2 - Financial and Professional 8 3 4 1 A3 - Restaurants/Cafes 5 0 1 0 A4 - Drinking Establishments 2 3 1 2 A5 - Hot Food Takeaways 9 5 6 3 D1 - Non Residential Institutions 4 9 4 1 D2 - Assembly and Leisure 1 3 0 0 B1a - Offices 0 0 0 0 Sui Generis 3 2 1 1 Vacant 6 6 9 2 Totals 83 69 48 28 % A1 (Shops) 54% 55% 46% 64%
Number of units in district Kidsgrove Wolstanton Chesterton Silverdale centres 2006/07 74 59 45 28 2007/08 83 59 46 28
The table above demonstrates that all of the major district centres within the Borough continue to offer a relatively healthy mix of services. The Core Strategy defines Kidsgrove, Wolstanton, Chesterton and Silverdale as Significant Urban Centres and states that they will play a complementary role to the Strategic Centres of Newcastle and Stoke on Trent over the plan period. It will be very important in the future to protect the vitality of these secondary centres in order to provide for local need whilst at the same time achieving a balance of development that will not threaten the sustainability of the larger strategic centres or smaller local centres within the urban area.
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5.5 Community facilities
Local indicator: Additional community facilities
Source: NULBC monitoring
Use Completions in 2008/09 Class Area Type of development North Staffs NHS Trust, The Change of use from offices to D1 0.19 Midway, Newcastle consultation rooms Unit 7, Fellgate Court, Froghall, Change of use from offices to D1 0.01 Newcastle information and advice centre. Change of use from beauty salon to 27A George Street, Newcastle D1 0.01 reflexology, aromatherapy and massage salon. Old Hall Drive, Bradwell (Huggies Change of use from offices to day D1 1.7 Day Nursery) nursery Change of use from hair and beauty 30 King Street, Newcastle D1 0.01 salon to physiotherapy clinic 3 Orme Road, Newcastle D1 0.13 Single storey extension to surgery Change of use to a Railway Heritage Moseley Railway Trust, Apedale D1 4.39 Museum, erection of storage building Road, Chesterton and narrow guage railway line Moser Centre, Keele University D1 0.32 New Postgraduate Research Building RUFC, Lilleshall Road, Newcastle D2 1.42 Single storey side extension (15sqm) Extension to provide meeting hall in Garden Street, Newcastle D2 0.02 Masonic Lodge Total 8.20
At first glance the amount of new community facilities development seems impressive. In fact the large total area is only due to 3 developments taking place on very large sites. There was only one significant development that took place in 2008/09; the Railway Heritage Museum at Apedale.
Local indicator: Loss of existing community facilities
Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – C22
There was no loss of existing community facilities in 2008/09
Gains and Losses of community facilities Gains Losses (number of developments) 2006/07 8 3 2007/08 7 0
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5.6 Natural environment
Core Output Indicator E2 – Change in areas of biodiversity importance
Source: NULBC monitoring, Natural England, Staffs Ecological Record Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 - N1 – N22 (N1, 5, 6, 11, 15 – unsaved)
Current site area of ‘local sites’ -
Site Area Site Area Type of local site (hectares) (hectares) 2007/08 2008/09
Sites of Special Scientific Interest 88.80 88.80 (SSSIs)*
Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs)** 590.40 686.40
Local Nature Reserves LNRs** 69.00 85.6
*Includes Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) and sites designated as Ramsar sites.
**Within the Borough there are both LNRs within SBIs and SBIs within LNRs, therefore we cannot add these figures up to give us a total site area.
Bradwell Woods (16.6ha) were designated as a Local Nature Reserve in 2008/09.
The area covered by SBIs increased as a result of surveys carried out by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. The details of these designations are provided by the Staffordshire Ecological Record.
Local Indicator: Condition of SSSIs
Source: Natural England Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 - N5, N6 (unsaved policies)
The borough has five sites identified nationally as Sites of Special Scientific Interest: (SSSI)
• Balterley: Black Firs and Cranberry Bog (11.00 ha)
• Betley: Betley Mere (29.64ha)
• Loggerheads: Burnt Wood (41.39ha)
• Maer: Maer Pool (9.08ha)
• Newcastle: Former Metallic Tileries (Geological interest) (0.76ha)
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In addition the borough has two sites – Betley Mere and Black Firs and Cranberry Bog, established under the 1971 Ramsar Convention as internationally important wetland sites.
The table below summarises an audit of the condition of the SSSIs within the borough updated by Natural England in August 2009.
SSSI name: Betley Mere % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area meeting favourable unfavourable unfavourable no unfavourable destroyed / PSA* recovering change declining part target destroyed 71.13% 32.31% 38.32% 28.87% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – A significant decline in the % classified as favourable (down from 50.5%) The area now not classed as favourable has been added to the area classed as ‘unfavourable recovering’
SSSI name: Black Firs & Cranberry Bog % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area meeting favourable unfavourable unfavourable no unfavourable destroyed / PSA* recovering change declining part target destroyed 86.00% 45.18% 40.82% 14.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – No change since 2008
SSSI name: Burnt Wood** % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area meeting favourable unfavourable unfavourable no unfavourable destroyed / PSA* recovering change declining part target destroyed 100.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – A decline in the % classified as favourable since 2007 (3%). No change from 2008
SSSI name: Maer Pool % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area meeting favourable unfavourable unfavourable no unfavourable destroyed / PSA* recovering change declining part target destroyed 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments - No change since 2008
SSSI name: Metallic Tileries, Parkhouse % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area meeting favourable unfavourable unfavourable no unfavourable destroyed / PSA* recovering change declining part target destroyed 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments - No change since 2008
Favourable condition - means that the SSSI land is being adequately conserved and is meeting its 'conservation objectives’; however, there is scope for the enhancement of these sites.
Unfavourable recovering – means that the SSSI is not yet conserved but all the necessary management measures are in place.
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Unfavourable condition - means that the special interest of the SSSI unit is not being conserved and will not reach favourable condition unless there are changes to site management or external pressures.
*PSA – Public Service Agreement target - 95% of SSSIs in favourable or recovering condition by 2010.
**A significant proportion of this site is in the Borough of Stafford.
Policy CSP4 – Natural Assets in the Core Spatial Strategy makes a commitment to work closely with relevant partners to achieve significant improvements to the internationally, nationally and locally designated natural areas/sites. In particular Natural England have suggested that a partnership is established between themselves, the Borough, East Cheshire Council, the Parish Council, the Environment Agency and United Utilities, to investigate the potential for eliminating the adverse water quality impacts of existing and future development upon the Black Firs and Cranberry Bog Ramsar site. CSP4 (5) states that development that is likely to contribute additional nutrients to the Ramsar site ‘will not be permitted’.
Local indicator: Number of Green Flag Awards
Source: NULBC monitoring
Borough Council owned/managed open spaces in possession of Green Flag Awards
Newcastle Crematorium 5.84ha Brampton Park 2.92ha Queens’s Gardens 0.23ha Lyme Valley Park 2.76ha
Total 11.75ha
Total area of Borough Council owned/managed open spaces 738ha
% of Borough Council owned/managed open space in 1.59% possession of Green Flag Awards (ha)
Amount (ha) and % of Council owned/managed Hectares % open spaces in possession of Green Flag awards 2006/07 8.99 1.22% 2007/08 11.75 1.59%
The Green Flag scheme is managed by the Civic Trust on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Green Flag Advisory Board. The scheme is the national standard for quality parks and green spaces. The Borough Council is the only authority in Staffordshire to receive four Green Flags.
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5.7 Historical environment
Local indicator: Number of listed buildings
Source: English Heritage Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 – B2-B20
There are 366 statutory listed buildings within the Borough –
• 3 buildings listed as Grade I
• 340 buildings listed as Grade II
• 23 buildings listed as Grade II*
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5.8 Transport
Local indicator: Amount of new residential development within 30 minutes public transport time of: a GP; a hospital; a primary school; a secondary school; areas of employment; and a major retail centre(s)
No. of Total no. of Service completions % Accessible completions accessible
Hospitals 298 335 88.96
Town centres 314 335 93.73
GPs 319 335 95.22
High Schools 308 335 91.94
Primary Schools 312 335 93.13
Industrial Estates 302 335 90.15
With the exception of primary schools and secondary schools the proportion of housing development that is considered accessible to facilities has increased on last years figures, all be it only slightly.
Local indicator: Number of green Travel Plans produced, amount of new cycle and pedestrian facilities and amount of funding from development
The relevant policy within the 2011 Local Plan (T2) was not saved beyond September 2009. However, policy SP3 in the Adopted Core Spatial Strategy states that one of the spatial principles of movement and access is to promote travel awareness and encourage the production of green travel plans. The table below shows that four developments yielded Minimalist Travel Plans (where the developer is required to encourage and promote travel by sustainable modes for a period of 5 years).
Source: Staffordshire County Council
Actions taken / Site Location Development means imposed
Minimalist Travel Former Georgia Pacific, Lower Ground floor food store and five Plan secured through Street, Newcastle storey hotel Section 106 Agreement Minimalist Travel 63 Extra Care flats and new Furnace Lane, Madeley Plan – unilateral community building undertaking Minimalist Travel Former Cannons, Barracks Change of use from leisure use to Plan secured through Road, Newcastle retail Section 106 Minimalist Travel Michelin Sports Academy, Trent Development of new sports Plan – unilateral Vale pavilion undertaking
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Appendix 1 – Significant effects indicators
This sets out the baseline position for the indicators in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy Sustainability Appraisal.
Sustainability Appraisal Source 2007/8 2008/09 Indicator Baseline Data
1. To help to meet the housing needs of the whole community The number of non local authority BVPI 2007/08 32 45 owned vacant dwellings returned to occupation or demolished as a direct result of action by the local authority. Percentage of new homes built in NULBC monitoring 1% 9.6% the year which are affordable Percentage of new homes NULBC monitoring 86.3% 100% permitted on previously developed land. Changes in house prices relative Land Registry 97% of Regional 103% of Regional to the regional average average Average Number of houses completed NULBC monitoring 204 gross 364 gross annually 142 net 277 net Proportion of households accepted Repeat .003% 26 homelessness as statutory homeless by the homelessness decisions = Authority within the last two years database 0.05% 2. To increase life expectancy and improve the health of the population overall Percentage of population ONS 2001 66% 66% with good health Life expectancy at birth ONS 2004/06 Males - 76.9 Males – 76.6 Females – 81.5 Females – 81.5 3. To provide the best possible environment to encourage and increase economic enterprise and employment Average weekly earnings by NOMIS 2007 £457.10 £455.30 residence
Average weekly earnings by NOMIS 2007 £400.70 £414.50 workplace
Jobs Density (ration of total jobs to NOMIS 2007 0.66 0.61 working age population) Changes in the percentage of the NOMIS 2007 75.3% 80.8% population who are economically active 5 or more GCSE passes at grade ONS 2001 55.7% 55.7% A-C NVQ2 Number of VAT registrations NOMIS 2007 Registrations 265 2980 in total (includes rural businesses) Registrations Deregistrations 290, 230 deregistrations 220) Number of Jobseeker Allowance NOMIS 2009 1641 (2.1%of 3060 (3.9% of claimants in Borough population) population) (March 2009) Sq metres of Class B development NULBC monitoring 115145m² 47161m² completed in year
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Percentage of Class B NULBC monitoring 100% 100% development completed that has taken place on brownfield sites Quantity of national and regional NULBC monitoring 18ha 18ha quality employment land.
4. To enable access to the widest range possible of shopping and commercial services for the resident population Percentage retail/ commercial floor NULBC monitoring 491m² of 771m² of space by type additional retail additional retail floorspace. 15 m² floorspace. 0m² was in Town was in the Town Centre Centre Loss of Community Facilities NULBC monitoring None None
5. To protect and enhance the vitality and viability of the city, town and district centres within the conurbation and village centres in the rural area Rank of centre Experian Newcastle 237th Newcastle 237th (vitality 107th) out (vitality 107th) out of the top 500 of the top 500 centres centres Number of vacant shop units in NULBC monitoring 25 42 town centre Percentage of primary shopping NULBC monitoring 74% 64% frontage within town/city centre in A1 use 6. To provide a more equitable society where the provision of the widest possible range of community, cultural, educational, health, recreational and leisure facilities are available to all sectors of the population with particular emphasis on deprived neighbourhoods
Pattern of deprivation Indices of Multiple The borough is The borough is Deprivation 2007 ranked 138th ranked 138th most deprived most deprived local authority out local authority out of 354 of 354 Participation rates in sport NBC LPI 2007/08 – 714,135 Local Indicator visits to indoor LCS 2a – total leisure facilities per number of people annum accessing leisure, recreation and cultural services. 672,287 The number of playgrounds and NBC LPI 2007/08 2.97 2.86 play areas provided by the Council per 1,000 children under 12 Percentage of Local Authority BVPI 156 - 2007/08 72.73% 85.29% buildings open to the public in which all public areas are suitable for and accessible to disabled people 7. Reduce crime and the fear of crime Domestic burglaries per 1000 BVPI 2007/08 8.67 8.17 (Crime Audit households and Strategy 2005-2008)
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Violent crimes per 1000 population BVPI 2007/08 21.03 25.58 (Crime Audit and Strategy 2005- 2008) Vehicle crimes per 1000population BVPI 2007/08 7.98 9.57 (Crime Audit and Strategy 2005-2008) The level of fear of crime in older LPI-Crime Audit 31.3% No longer people 2007 monitored 8. To reduce the need to travel while increasing accessibility for all Journey to work- modal split (% of LTP 2006 Car 65%, Car 65%, car, bus, rail and other means of Motorcycle 1%, Motorcycle 1%, travel) Cycling 2%, Cycling 2%, Walking 13%, Walking 13%. Taxi 1%, Work at Taxi 1%, Work at Home 9%, Train Home 9%. Train 1%, Bus 8%. 1%, Bus 8% (LTP 2007/08 Delivery Report) Percentage of new residential Staffordshire Hospitals 86%, Hospitals 89%, development within 30 minutes by County Council town centres Town Centres public transport of GP, hospital, Accession analysis 92%, GPs 94%, 94%, GPs 95%, primary and secondary schools, high schools High Schools employment and major health 92%, primary 92%, Primary centre schools 94%, Schools 93%, industrial estates Industrial Estates 88% 90% 9. To encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking Cycle trips (annualised index) LTP 2006 94.6 (2004/05) 106.5 (2007/08) Total journeys by bus LTP 2006 16623 18007 (000’s) (2007/08) Access to major shopping centre LTP 2006 Within 15 Within 30 by bus minutes 28.9%, minutes 86.9% within 30 minutes (2007/08) 82.4% Patterns and levels of congestion LTP 2006 Average delay Update not on primary highway and public per vehicle mile – available transport network. 44.2 (secs/vm).
Proportion of workforce covered by LTP 2006 LTP 2006 Update not travel plans 12.8% 2004/5 available
Percentage of new residential Staffordshire Hospitals 86%, Hospitals 89%, development within 30 minutes by County Council town centres Town Centres public transport of GP, hospital, Accession analysis 92%, GPs 94%, 94%, GPs 95%, primary and secondary schools, high schools High Schools employment and major health 92%, primary 92%, Primary centre schools 94%, Schools 93%, industrial estates Industrial Estates 88% 90% 10. To increase the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in existing and new development and redevelopment. Energy created from new NULBC monitoring No renewable 0.0026 MW renewable energy development energy (installed development took capacity) place in 2007/08 Energy efficiency of dwellings NULBC monitoring Newcastle SAP rating: 57 Housing Stock (71 for Aspire Condition Survey Housing 2002 SAP rating properties) 49
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11. To improve air quality, creating cleaner and healthier air Number of days per year that air LTP 2006 LTP 2006 Data not quality is below national standards See LTP available at indicator M18 present (NULBC (LTP8) Local Air Quality Management Progress Reports)
12. Retain and enhance the species and habitats targeted for improvement in the Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan No reduction in the abundance and Staffordshire Data not yet distribution of BAP species/ habitat Biodiversity Action available Meeting to be Plan/Staffordshire arranged with Ecological Record representative of Increase in the area of managed Staffordshire Data not yet Staffordshire native broadleaved woodland Biodiversity Action available Ecological Plan/Staffordshire Record/ Ecological Record Staffordshire Reversal in the decline of farmland Staffordshire Data not yet Wildlife Trust to birds Biodiversity Action available discuss collection Plan/Staffordshire of data for Ecological Record 2010/11 (and Endangered species Staffordshire Data not yet where possible Biodiversity Action available 2009/10). Plan/Staffordshire Ecological Record
13. Ensure that there is no loss in the extent and quality of SBIs, LNRs, RIGs Percentage loss of SBIs (known as Staffordshire No data currently See note NHAs in Stoke-on-Trent) and Ecological Record available regarding number of Grade 1 sites meeting with downgraded Staffordshire Ecological Record above.
SSSI land of “unfavourable” English Nature/ 62ha is in 72.68 ha out of a condition Natural England favourable possible 88.8 ha condition out of a in favourable or total of 82ha ‘unfavourable (75%) improving’ condition (81.85%)
Number and size of local wildlife NULBC monitoring NBC Local Plan 3 LNRs (94.6ha) sites e.g. LNRs SBIs 57 SBIs 59 SBIs (686.4ha)
The area of Council owned parks NI 197 monitored 660.98 hectares. 5.1% (different and green spaces managed for countywide by measure used for biodiversity. Staffordshire NI 197) Wildlife Trust
14. Increase the amount accessible natural green space Total area of Council owned parks NULBC monitoring 738 hectares 738 ha (North and green spaces Staffordshire Green Space Audit 2005)
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15. Reduce the amount of land in SSSIs classified in an ‘unfavourable’ condition Area and Number of SSSIs in Natural England 62Ha is in 72.68 ha out of a ‘favourable’ condition favourable possible 88.8 ha condition out of in favourable or 82Ha ‘unfavourable Target of 95% by improving’ 2010 condition (81.85%) 16. To reduce contamination, regenerate degraded environments, maintain soil resources and air quality and minimise development on greenfield sites Percentage of new homes built on NULBC monitoring 86.3% 72.1% previously developed land 2007/8 Amount and type of development NULBC monitoring 1.31ha of 6.15 ha of in the Green Belt 2007/8 development development = =3.05% of total 16.69% of total development. 9 development. dwellings and some community facilities Amount of waste collected per BVPI 2007/08 416.99kg N1 191 – Per head of population head of population = 678Kg Percentage of BVPI 2007/08 18.19% NI 192 – household/commercial waste Percentage of recycled household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting = 27.08% Amount of derelict/contaminated Derelict Land 53.69ha derelict 31.64ha derelict land Monitoring 2007/08 17. To reduce the amount of development within the floodplain and promote the use of sustainable drainage systems (SUDS). Number of applications contrary to NULBC monitoring None None EA advice on flood risk grounds and water quality Development incorporating SUDs NULBC monitoring None None
18. To increase the efficient use of water resources. Water consumption/extracted Environment 136 litres per 137 litres per Agency head per day head per day in unmetered households, 111 litres per head per day in metered households. 19. To improve water quality and meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive Percentage of rivers/canals Environment Newcastle – 29% Newcastle – classed as good/fair water quality Agency good biological 31%* good quality, 40% biological quality, good chemical 48%* good quality chemical quality. *These figures are not comparable with previous years as the number of sampling points has been reduced through the introduction of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The new system of monitoring has produced a baseline figure of 11% of the length of water bodies in the Newcastle area that meet good ecological status/potential or better. More information on the changes to the monitoring of water quality are available on the Environment Agency website: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
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20. To help to maintain distinctiveness and foster interest in and concern for the heritage of the area Number of listed buildings NULBC monitoring 365 340 Grade 2 including those at risk 22 Grade 2* 3 Grade 1 Archaeological features and NULBC monitoring 13 scheduled 13 scheduled remains ancient ancient monuments monuments Number and area of listed parks NULBC monitoring 2 2 and gardens Number and area of conservation NULBC monitoring 20 20 areas; 21. To help to provide a safe and efficient highway network Patterns and levels of congestion LTP 2006 LTP data only Data not on primary highway and public covers access to available for transport network City Centre 2008/09
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Appendix 2 – ‘Saved’ Local Plan 2011 policies
The Adopted Core Strategy now replaces saves Local Plan policies H3, H12, R1, T11 and N7.
mber Policy Name Policy Nu
S3 Development in the Green Belt
H1 Residential Development: Sustainable Location and Protection of The Countryside H3 Residential Development -Priority to Brownfield Sites – Now replaced by Core Spatial Strategy Policy SP1 H4 Housing Development and Retention of Parking Facilities
H6 Encouragement of The Provision of Living Accommodation By The Conversion of Existing Non-Residential Urban Buildings H7 Protection of Areas of Special Character
H8 Large Residential Buildings
H9 Conversion of Rural Buildings For Living Accommodation
H10 Renewal of Existing Permissions for Residential Development
H12 Affordable Housing in Rural Areas – Now replaced by Core Spatial Strategy Policies ASP6 & CSP6 H13 Supported Housing
H15 Small Additional Dwelling Units Within The Curtilages of Existing Dwellings H18 Design of Residential Extensions, Where Subject to Planning Control E2 Chatterley Valley E3 Lymedale Park Extension
E4 London Road, Chesterton
E5 Church Lane, Knutton
E6 Chemical Lane
E7 Kidsgrove Station Yard
E8 Keele University and Keele Science Park
E9 Renewal of Planning Permissions for Employment Development
E11 Development of Employment Land for Other Uses
E12 The Conversion of Rural Buildings
R1 Major Retail and Leisure Development – The Sequential Approach - Now replaced by Core Spatial Strategy Policies SP1, ASP4 & ASP5 R12 Development in Kidsgrove Town Centre
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mber Policy Name Policy Nu
R13 Non- Retail Uses in Kidsgrove Town Centre
R14 Development in District Centres
R15 Non- Retail Uses in District Centres and Other Groups of Shops
T9 Rail Freight
T10 Taxi and Private Hire Bases
T11 Canals – Now replaced by Core Spatial Strategy Policies SP3, ASP6 & CSP4 T12 M6 Corridor
T16 Development – General Parking Requirements
T17 Parking in Town and District Centres
T18 Development – Servicing Requirements
T19 Telecommunications Development – General Concerns T20 Telecommunications Development – Required Information
C2 Retention of Allotment Gardens
C3 Publicly Accessible Open Space, Poolfields, Newcastle
C4 Open Space in New Housing Areas
C8 Country Parks
C9 Countryside Parks
C11 New Footpaths, Horse Routes and Cycleways
C13 Additional Facilities at Apedale Community Country Park
C14 Extension of The Keele Conference Centre at The Hawthorns
C16 Restrictions On Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation
C17 Camping and Caravan Sites
C19 Burial Ground Bradwell
C20 Madeley Village Hall
C21 White Rock – Apedale Road
C22 Protection of Community Facilities
N2 Development and Nature Conservation - Site Surveys
N3 Development and Nature Conservation – Protection and Enhancement Measures N4 Development and Nature Conservation – Use of Local Species
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mber Policy Name Policy Nu
N7 Protection of Local Sites – Now replaced by Core Spatial Strategy Policy CSP4 N8 Protection of Key Habitats
N9 Community Woodland Zones
N10 New Woodland – Considerations
N12 Development and The Protection of Trees
N13 Felling and Pruning of Trees
N14 Protection of Landscape Features of Major Importance to Flora and Fauna N16 Protection of a Green Heritage Network
N17 Landscape Character - General Considerations
N18 Areas of Active Landscape Conservation
N19 Landscape Maintenance Areas
N20 Areas of Landscape Enhancement
N21 Areas of Landscape Restoration
N22 Areas of Landscape Regeneration
N24 Water Based Landscape Features
B2 Scheduled Ancient Monuments
B3 Other Archaeological Sites
B4 Demolition of Listed Buildings
B5 Control of Development Affecting The Setting of a Listed Building
B6 Extension Or Alteration of Listed Buildings
B7 Listed Buildings - Change of Use
B8 Other Buildings of Historic Or Architectural Interest
B9 Prevention of Harm to Conservation Areas.
B10 The Requirement to Preserve Or Enhance The Character Or Appearance of a Conservation Area B11 Demolition in Conservation Areas
B12 Provision of Services in Conservation Areas
B13 Design and Development in Conservation Areas
B14 Development in Or Adjoining The Boundary of Conservation Areas
B15 Trees and Landscape in Conservation Areas
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mber Policy Name Policy Nu
B16 Shop Fronts in Conservation Areas
B17 Awnings, Canopies and Blinds in Conservation Areas
B18 Security Shutters in Conservation Areas
B19 Illuminated Signs in Conservation Areas
B20 Illuminated Fascia and Other Signs in Conservation Areas
IM1 Provision of Essential Supporting Infrastructure and Community Facilities.
IM2 Compliance with Policy Concerns
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Appendix 3 – Detailed policy monitoring tables
BD1 - Amount of completed floorspace - Gross and Net
Planning North Staffs Brownfield/ Use Class (m² floorspace developed) Site ID Location Completed Application Regen. Zone Greenfield B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8 Rockwood Pigements, K293 07/327/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 381 Jun-08 Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove XJK Ltd, Albany N1527 06/161/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 24 Mar-09 Road, Newcastle Lymedale N1589 Employment Park 06/817/FUL Yes Brownfield 5612 Jun-08 Extension Hempstalls Lane, N1593 07/69/FUL Yes Brownfield 59 Dec-08 Newcastle Land at Brock Way, N1600 07/147/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 458 Jun-08 Knutton Land at Brock Way, N1614 07/558/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 505 Sep-08 Knutton James T Blakeman, N1625 High Carr Business 07/762/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 554 Sep-08 Park
Hoben International, N1632 Spencroft Road, 07/883/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 975 Jun-08 Chesterton
Thorp Precast, N1636 Apedale Road, 07/949/FUL No Brownfield (E) 688 Sep-08 Chesterton 10-12 Water Street, N1641 07/1036/FUL Yes Brownfield 27 Sep-08 Newcastle Lowlands Road, N1652A 07/1144/REM Yes Brownfield (E) 35750 Mar-09 Chatterley Valley Unit 3a, Cannel N1660 08/241/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 50 Dec-08 Row, Silverdale Unit 3, Cannel Row, N1661 07/801/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 200 Sep-08 Silverdale The Lloyd, Hales, R107 07/1142/FUL No Brownfield (E) 395 Mar-09 Market Drayton Eternit Clay Tiles, R92 05/320/FUL No Brownfield (E) 48 Mar-09 Madeley Heath Slaughterhouse, K304 Acres Nook, 07/1087/COU No Brownfield 110 Sep-08 Kidsgrove Seagrave Street, N1672 08/810/COU Yes Brownfield (E) 548 Mar-09 Newcastle Nantwich Road, R101 07/813/FUL No Brownfield 437 Sep-08 Audley Brookhouse Farm, R88 Newcastle Rd, 08/168/COU No Brownfield 340 Mar-09 Madeley Totals 1122 0 390 0 3124 36913 5612
Planning North Staffs Brownfield/ Use Class (m² floorspace developed) Site ID Location Completed Application Regen. Zone Greenfield B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8 The Midway, N1584 06/153/COU Yes Brownfield 605 Sep-08 Newcastle Unit 7, Fellgate N1596 06/903/COU Yes Brownfield 67 Mar-09 Court, Newcastle 137 Liverpool Road, N1653 08/227/COU Yes Brownfield (E) 237 Sep-08 Newcastle Old Hall Drive, N1655 08/276/FUL Yes Brownfield (E) 278 Dec-08 Bradwell Seagrave Street, N1672 08/810/COU Yes Brownfield (E) 548 Newcastle Totals 950 0 0 0 785 0 0
Use Class (m² floorspace developed) B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8 Net 172 0 390 0 2339 36913 5612
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BD3 - Employment land available – by type
Use Class (Hectares Available) LP Policy/ Planning Site No. Location Totals Application Number B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B2 B8 B1/B2/B8 A. Allocated in 1996-2011 Local Plan K275 Kidsgrove Station Yard E7 0.7 0.7 N1474 London Road, Chesterton E4 5.35 5.35 B. Policy to renew planning permission in 1996-2011 Local Plan N1477 Centre 500, A500 E9/4 3 3 N1471 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton E9/2 1.79 1.79 Totals (Hectares) 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.00 0.00 10.14 10.84 C. Covered by Planning Permission K278 Congleton Road, Butt Lane 05/629/FUL 0.04 0.04 K279 Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove 05/622/OUT 0.27 0.27 K286* Oldcott Cres, Kidsgrove 06/228/COU 0.03 0.03 K295 West Ave, Kidgrove 06/777/OUT 1.83 1.83 N1451 Lymedale Park Extension 03/560/OUT 1.00 1.00 N1466 Brymbo Road, Chesterton 04/693/FUL 0.04 0.04 N1470 Chatterley Sidings, Ch. Gateway 04/546/OUT 22 22 N1479 Cemetery Road, Silverdale 04/1136/FUL 1.09 1.09 N1487 Pepper Street, Keele 04/1321/FUL 0.34 0.34 N1489 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 04/482/FUL 0.88 0.88 N1490 Lyme Valley Road , Newcastle 05/870/FUL 0.03 0.03 N1523 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 05/973/CD 1.3 1.3 N1541 Howle Close, Chesterton 06/684/FUL 0.04 0.04 N1562* High Street, Wolstanton 06/610/COU 0.3 0.3 N1586* Knutton Lane, Knutton 05/1119/DEEM3 0.12 0.12 N1608 Watermills Road, Chesterton 06/374/OUT 1.2 1.2 N1609 Watermills Road, Chesterton 06/375/OUT 0.45 0.45 N1616 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 06/906/FUL 1.87 1.87 N1628C Liverpool Road, Ashfields New Road 06/1180/OUT 0.36 0.36 N1642 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 06/401/FUL 0.27 0.27 N1659 Brock Way, Knutton 08/391/FUL 0.16 0.16 N1669* Brampton Workshops, Croft Road 08/841/COU 0.01 0.01 N1677* Wolstanton Retail Park 08/488/COU 0.04 0.04 N893 Lowlands, Chatterley Valley 04/546/OUT 3.5 3.5 R68 Keele Science Park (Phase 3) 05/1146/OUT 7.09 7.09 R69 Keele Science Park (Phase 2) 04/1005/OUT 0.58 0.58 R114 Keele University (Home Farm) 08/617/FUL 0.91 0.91 R115* Betley Court Farm, Main Rd, Betley 08/489/FUL 0.39 0.39 Totals (Hectares) 3.54 7.67 0.34 2.74 0.00 31.85 46.14 D. Sites 'under construction' at 31.03.08 N1599 Brock Way, Knutton 06/976/FUL 0.94 0.94 N1576 Watermills Road, Chesterton 07/499/FUL 1.13 1.13 N1615 Brock Way, Knutton 07/590/FUL 0.19 0.19 Totals (Hectares) 0.19 0 0 0.94 0 1.13 2.26 E. No allocation or planning permission but clearly available K309 West Ave, Kidsgrove N/A 2.3 2.3 Totals (Hectares) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.30 2.30
F. Completed during April 2006 to Mar 2009 Grand Total (Hectares) 3.73 7.67 1.04 3.68 0.00 45.42 61.54
* These sites have permission to change the use of a current building on the site to a B class use. They do not officially count towards the total amount of land available for employment uses for indicator BD3 but are included here for completeness. The total area covered by Change of Use planning permissions is 0.89ha (61.54 - 0.89 = 60.65ha)
Regional Investment Site - not counted towards the RSS Employment Land Target N1468 Peacock Hay, Chatterley Valley 04/546/OUT 18 18
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H2 (a) – Net additional dwellings in previous years
New Dwellings Dwellings provided by Conversion or Change of Net additional Demolitions (c) completed (a) Gained Lost Net (b) dwellings (a)+(b)-(c) Year Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total 2003/04 146 92 238 53 23 76 27 8 35 26 15 41 5 7 12 167 100 267 2004/05 144 37 181 43 13 56 17 4 21 26 9 35 1 7 8 169 39 208 2005/06 201 34 235 29 20 49 11 9 20 18 11 29 25 3 28 194 42 236 2006/07 185 30 215 45 29 74 23 6 29 22 23 45 46 6 52 161 47 208 2007/08 156 29 185 35 12 47 21 7 28 14 5 19 56 6 62 114 28 142 Totals 983 168 1151 190 88 278 93 28 121 97 60 157 209 28 237 871 200 1071
H2 (b) – Net additional dwellings in current year
New Dwellings Dwellings provided by Conversion or Change of Net additional Demolitions (c) completed (a) Gained Lost Net (b) dwellings (a)+(b)-(c) Year Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total 2008/09 297 38 335 38 14 52 21 2 23 17 12 29 81 6 87 233 44 277
Local indicator – Housing densities
Total Site Total no on Less than Between 50 and Site ID Site Location Density Area (Ha) site 30 30 and 50 above
N713 Hassell St.,Newcastle (former Evans Halshaw) 0.25 45 180 45 N758 High St.,May Bank (Marsh Head PH) 0.11 14 127 7 N764 Pilsbury Street, Wolstanton, (Adj. 14) 0.01 1 100 1 N770 Friarswood Road, Newcastle (12) 0.02 2 100 2 N727 Sparrow Terrace,Porthill (8) 0.04 3 75 3 K418 Church St.,Rookery (adj No 20) 0.03 2 67 2 N691 Peake St.,Knutton (adj.No.10) 0.03 2 67 2 N680 Enderley St.,Newcastle (Enderley Mills) 0.85 52 61 14 N654 Heath St.,Chesterton (adj.46) 0.02 1 50 1 R583A Newcastle Rd.,Madeley (Madeley WMC) 0.54 25 46 23 N760 Oxford Rd.,Basford (Brooks Laundry) 0.45 20 44 17 N647 Clayton Rd., (Allotments),Newcastle 3.5 135 39 28 N664A Wolstanton Colliery, Wolstanton (South) 5.8 205 35 56 N731 Church St.,Silverdale (rear 96) 0.03 1 33 1 R511 Station Rd.,Madeley (Town House) 0.03 1 33 1 R527 New Rd.,Bignall End (adj 27) 0.03 1 33 1 K440 Banbury Nursery School, Butt Lane 0.19 6 32 3 N635 Farcroft Ave.,Chesterton 1.56 49 31 32 N648A Keele Rd.,Newcastle 12.4 274 22 67 N710 Downing Ave.,Basford (between 36-38) 0.1 2 20 2 R517 The Butts, Betley 0.05 1 20 1 K427 Whitehill Rd.,Kidsgrove (49) 0.06 1 17 1 K444 Kinnersley Ave.,Kidsgrove (adj. 1) 0.06 1 17 1 R581 Broom Lea, Loggerheads (rear 'Eversley' & 'Ranworth') 0.12 2 17 2 N349 Keele Rd.,Newcastle (Norton House & Tresagion)) 0.53 8 15 8 R552 Newcastle Rd.,Baldwins Gate ('rear of Lodore House') 0.07 1 14 1 R521 Main Rd.,Betley (Rear Ivydene Garage) 0.34 4 12 4 K386 Stonebank Rd.,Kidsgrove (rear 82-84) 0.1 1 10 1 R594 Eccleshall Rd.,Loggerheads ('The Bungalow') 0.12 1 8 1 R542 Oak Tree Drive.,Loggerheads (Plot 4) The Paddock 0.14 1 7 1 K432 Newchapel Rd./Whitehill Rd.,Kidsgrove 0.15 1 7 1 R601 Station Road, Onneley, (Mediolanum) 0.16 1 6 1 N659 Talke Rd.,Chesterton(Dimsdale Hall Farm) 0.45 2 4 2 R609 Newcastle Road, Wrinehill (Adj The Summerhouse) 0.24 1 4 1 R582 Woodside, Baldwins Gate ('Slymansdale') 0.44 1 2 1 Totals 29.02 868 30 96 162 77 28.7% 48.4% 23.0%
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