Annual Monitoring Report 2018/2019
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Local Plan Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report 2018/2019 December 2019 Three Rivers District Council Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report 2018/2019 Covering the period: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 Published December 2019 Economic & Sustainable Development Three Rivers District Council Three Rivers House Northway Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1RL Tel: 01923 776611 Email: [email protected] Summary Local Authorities are required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act to produce an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). The AMR provides an update of progress made in developing planning policies for the District, and uses information against a variety of indicators and targets to assess the extent to which policy objectives are being achieved. This is Three Rivers District Council’s fifteenth AMR covering the monitoring year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. Current Planning Policy During the 2018/19 monitoring year, the Three Rivers Local Plan consisted of the following documents: The Core Strategy (adopted on 17 October 2011). The Development Management Policies Local Development Document (adopted on 26 July 2013). The Site Allocations Local Development Document (SALDD) (adopted on 25 November 2014). Planning Applications Determined There were a total of 834 full planning applications determined during the 2017/18 monitoring year. Of these, 765 were approved (92%) and 69 were refused (8%). Planning Appeals Of the 35 planning appeals that were determined by the Planning Inspectorate in the monitoring year, 13 were allowed (37%), 20 were dismissed (57%) and 2 were part allowed and part dismissed (6%). Provision of Homes 149 (net) new homes were built between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Once adjusted to take account of previous dwelling delivery, the residual annual housing target for Three Rivers is 617 dwellings per annum. As Three Rivers’ Local Plan is more than 5 years old and has not been reviewed, the housing need figure has been calculated using the standard method, with the five year housing land supply being calculated from this. At 2 years, Three Rivers is not able to demonstrate a five year + 20% supply of deliverable housing. 65.5% of new homes were built on previously developed land. 22 new affordable homes were completed between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Provision of Jobs There was a net decrease of 9,136sqm of floorspace for employment uses between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Safeguarding the Environment No applications were granted planning permission against Environment Agency advice on water quality grounds. Conditions regarding flood risk were placed on approval notices at the request of the Environment Agency. i No new commercial renewable energy facilities were given planning permission or installed between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Within the District there is 3.11MW installed commercial renewable energy capacity provided by a wind turbine at Kings Langley and a co-firing biomass facility at Maple Cross. Carbon emissions have continued to fall. Maintaining the Green Belt 10 new dwellings were completed within the Green Belt. Of these, four were on previously developed land, three changes of use from agricultural buildings (agricultural buildings are not considered ‘greenfield’ land) and a further three were the stationing of caravans. Securing Good Services and Facilities 47% of units in identified retail centres across the District are in use for retail and the majority of the remaining units are complementary non-retail uses such as financial and professional services, restaurants, and cafes. Only 5% of units in the District are vacant. Achieving a Sustainable Transport Vision 90% of new residential developments were within 30 minutes public transport time of a GP surgery whilst 100% were within 30 minutes public transport time of a primary school. 93% of residential developments were within 30 minutes public transport time of a secondary school. These figures all exceed the Core Strategy target of 90%. 85% of new residential developments were within 30 minutes public transport time of a retail centre whilst 47% of new residential developments were within 30 minutes public transport time of a hospital. ii Table of Contents Summary ............................................................................................................................... i Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2: Local Development Scheme Implementation .................................................. 2 Local Development Scheme .................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 3: Duty to Co-operate ............................................................................................ 4 Chapter 4: Local Plan Monitoring-Core Strategy ............................................................... 8 Core Strategy Place-Shaping Policies Monitoring .................................................................. 8 Policies PSP1-PSP4 .............................................................................................................. 8 Core Strategy Core Policies Monitoring ............................................................................... 10 Policy CP2: Housing Supply ................................................................................................. 12 Policy CP3: Housing Mix and Density .................................................................................. 17 Policy CP4: Affordable Housing ........................................................................................... 18 Policy CP5: Gypsy and Traveller Provision .......................................................................... 19 Policy CP6: Employment and Economic Development ......................................................... 20 Policy CP7: Town Centres and Shopping ............................................................................. 21 Policy CP8: Infrastructure and Planning Obligations ............................................................ 22 Policy CP9: Green Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 23 Policy CP10: Transport and Travel ....................................................................................... 24 Policy CP11: Green Belt ...................................................................................................... 27 Policy CP12: Design of Development ................................................................................... 27 Chapter 5: Local Plan Monitoring-Development Management Policies Local Development Document .................................................................................................... 29 Development Management Policies Monitoring .................................................................... 29 Policy DM1: Residential Design and Layout ......................................................................... 29 Policy DM2: Green Belt ........................................................................................................ 29 Policy DM3: The Historic Built Environment ......................................................................... 30 Policy DM4: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and On-Site Renewable Energy ............................. 31 Policy DM5: Renewable Energy Developments ................................................................... 31 Policy DM6: Biodiversity, Trees, Woodlands, Watercourses and Landscaping..................... 32 Policy DM7: Landscape Character ....................................................................................... 32 Policy DM8: Flood Risk and Water Resources ..................................................................... 33 Policy DM9: Contamination and Pollution Control ................................................................ 34 Policy DM10: Waste Management ....................................................................................... 34 Policy DM11: Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities and Children’s Play Space ....... 35 Policy DM12: Community, Leisure and Cultural Facilities ..................................................... 36 Policy DM13: Parking ........................................................................................................... 36 Chapter 6: Local Plan Monitoring-Site Allocations Local Development Document ...... 37 Housing Site Allocations Monitoring ..................................................................................... 37 Employment Site Allocations Monitoring .............................................................................. 38 Office to Residential Prior Approvals within the Employment Site Allocations ...................... 39 Employment Lost to Residential Outside of the Designated Employment Areas .................. 40 Education Allocations Monitoring ......................................................................................... 43 Retail Allocations Monitoring ................................................................................................ 43 Open Space Allocations Monitoring ..................................................................................... 44 Appendix 1: Infrastructure Delivery Against Infrastructure Delivery Schedule ............. 45 Appendix 2: Financial Contributions Received During the 2018/19 Monitoring Year