Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Local Development Framework
Annual Monitoring Report 2007/2008 www.welhat.gov.uk
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report 2007/2008
Published December 2008
C.J. Conway Chief Planning & Environmental Health Officer Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Council Offices The Campus Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 6AE
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Contents
Executive Summary...... iv
Glossary ...... vi
Introduction...... 1
Progress of the Welwyn Hatfield Local Development Framework ...... 7
Monitoring and Implementation of Saved Policies ...... 12
The Environment ...... 16
Safe, Healthy and Strong Communities...... 23
Work and Jobs ...... 28
Town Centres, Shopping and Leisure facilities ...... 35
Travel ...... 41
New Homes ...... 44
Homes for All ...... 53
Appendix A – National Core Output Indicators Summary Tables ...... 57
Appendix B – Local Output Indicators Summary Tables ...... 60
Appendix C – Trajectory Housing Sites...... 62
Appendix D – Trajectory Summary Table...... 72
Appendix E - Status of allocated housing sites ...... 73
Appendix F - Use Classes Order ...... 75
iii Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8 Executive Summary
This is the fourth Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) produced by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. The Annual Monitoring Report is one of the key components of the Local Development Framework (LDF). Its main purpose is to assess the implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS); report on key milestones and the extent to which policies in the Local Development Documents (LDDs) are being successfully implemented. This AMR reports on the period 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008, which is known as the reporting year.
Local Development Framework
• A number of key pieces of technical work were completed this year, including the Retail and Town Centre Needs Assessment, the Welwyn Garden City Conservation Area Appraisal and the Northern and Eastern Hertfordshire Gypsy and Traveller Identification of Potential Areas to Accommodate Gypsy and Traveller Pitches Study. • Work is well underway on the Core Strategy Issues and Options paper which is due to be published early 2009.
General
• The East of England Plan was adopted in May 2008, confirming a housing requirement of 10,000 additional dwellings in Welwyn Hatfield between 2001 and 2021. • A new set of National Core Output Indicators were published in July 2008. The majority of the old national indicators which were deleted have now become Local Indicators for Welwyn Hatfield. • The population of Welwyn Hatfield in 2007 was estimated to be 106,700, an increase of 1,200 from the estimated 2006 figure.
New Homes
• In the reporting year, 747 net additional dwellings were completed in Welwyn Hatfield. • 99.7% of all completed dwellings were on previously developed land. • Approximately 75% of new dwellings were built at a density of 50 dwellings per hectare or higher. • Of the 10,000 dwellings required in Welwyn Hatfield by the East of England Plan between 2001 and 2021, 4,155 have now been completed. This leaves 5,845 to build by 2021. • We were 445 dwellings above the cumulative requirement at the 31st March 2008 (5 years at 550 dwellings + 2 years at 480 dwellings = 3,710 dwellings) • Welwyn Hatfield currently has a 5 year housing land supply.
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Work and Jobs
• Average weekly earnings are above regional and national averages in Welwyn Hatfield. • Unemployment levels were below regional and national averages in Welwyn Hatfield. • There has been an overall loss of employment floorspace (B use class) of -18,404m² during the reporting year, although the majority of this is the part demolition and change of use of a B2 (general industry) site in Welwyn Garden City, which is due to be replaced as B1a (offices) next year. • According to NOMIS, the proportion of residents with no qualifications has increased from 11.0% in 2006 to 15.9% in 2007, which means it is now higher than the county, regional and national averages.
The Environment
• There has been no change in any areas of biodiversity importance during the reporting year. • Hertfordshire’s first eco-school has opened in Hatfield, with a wind turbine, solar panels and a heatstore located under its playground.
Quality of Life
• Life expectancy is above the national average in Welwyn Hatfield at 78.3 years for males and 82.8 years for females. • Crime in Welwyn Hatfield is below the national average and equal to the Hertfordshire average (based on British Crime Survey [BSC] offences per 1,000 population) • Welwyn Hatfield is in the least deprived half of all local authorities in England; however one small area of Hatfield Central ward is in the most deprived 20% in the country.
Town Centres, Shopping and Leisure facilities
• There has a net increase of 2,611m² of A1 (retail) floorspace and 584m² of A2 (financial and professional services) completed in the reporting year. The majority of this has been at Parkhouse Court (The District Centre) on the former Aerodrome site. • Shop front vacancy rates have stayed broadly similar in both Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield Town Centres between April 2007 and April 2008. Welwyn Garden only had 3% of retail frontage vacant at the time of survey whereas Hatfield had 11% vacant.
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Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): A report submitted to the Government by local planning authorities or regional planning bodies assessing progress with, and the effectiveness of a Local Development Framework.
Affordable Housing (including intermediate or sub-market housing): Includes social rented and intermediate housing provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing should: • meet the needs of eligible households including availability at a cost low enough for them to afford, determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices; and • include provisions for: (i) the home to be retained for future eligible households; or (ii) if these restrictions are lifted, for any subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision (CLG, 2006, Delivering Affordable Housing).
Amenity Green Space: Village greens, landscaped green space in and around housing and informal recreation spaces. Given their size and nature they tend to have local catchments, providing opportunities for passive recreation (e.g. reading) and informal children’s play for residents in close proximity. Amenity green spaces do not always need to be used for informal recreation purposes; they can also enhance the character or appearance of an area.
Best Value: The way an authority measures, manages and improves its performance in line with Government targets.
Bio-diversity: The whole variety of life encompassing all genetics, species and ecosystem variations, including plants and animals
Community Strategy: Prepared by the Local Strategic Partnership it co-ordinates the actions of local public, private, voluntary and community sectors with the aim of improving the social, environmental and economic well-being of its area.
Core Strategy: A Development Plan Document, forming part of the Local Development Framework for an area, which sets out the long-term spatial vision, and strategic policies and proposals to deliver the vision. A key diagram may be used to indicate broad locations for strategic developments.
Chelmer Model: The Chelmer Population and Housing Model is a demographic regional housing model developed by the Population and Housing Research Group as part of a research project supported by the Housing Research Foundation. It is based on projections of population, households, dwellings and labour supply over the period 2001-2021. The projections examine a number of variants, relating to assumptions about levels of net migration, net additions of dwellings and economic activity rates (Anglia Ruskin University).
Comparison shopping: Comparison retailing is the provision of items not obtained on a frequent basis. These include clothing, footwear, household and recreational goods.
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Convenience shopping: Convenience retailing is the provision of everyday essential items, including food, drinks, newspapers/magazines and confectionery.
Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO): An order issued by the government or a local authority to acquire land or buildings for public interest purposes. For example, for the construction of a major road or the redevelopment of certain brownfield sites
DCLG: Department of Communities and Local Government.
DTLR: Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, disbanded in May 2002.
Development Plan Documents (DPDs): Statutory planning documents that together with the Regional Spatial Strategy and the Waste and Minerals Development Framework will form the development plan for Welwyn Hatfield. DPDs are subject to independent examination. DPDs can include a Core Strategy, Site Specific Allocations of land and Area Action Plans. Other DPDs including generic Development Control Policies can be produced.
Dual Use Agreement: An agreement between a local community organisation such as a school and local authority over the use of the sporting facilities. This is so that the community can use the facilities in out of school hours.
Employment Land Availability Survey (ELA): A survey of all outstanding employment based planning permissions in order to assess the status of each development. Undertaken annually in April.
Enabling Development: Enabling development is development that is contrary to established planning policy, but which is occasionally permitted because it brings public benefits that have been demonstrated clearly to outweigh the harm that would be caused, and which could not otherwise be achieved. The key public benefit in the context of the historic environment is securing their long term future, but may include, for example, a degree of public access, or contributions to biodiversity.
Excluded Settlements: Towns and settlements which are excluded from the Green belt
Freedom of Information Act (2000): provides the public with a general right of access to information held by public authorities.
Green Corridor: An area that links housing, education and employment areas and different types of open space. It facilitates sustainable forms of transport and creates opportunities for wildlife migration. Examples include cycleways and rights of way.
Green Flag Award: is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The award scheme began in 1996 as a means of recognising and rewarding the best green spaces in the country. Awards are given on an annual basis and winners must apply each year to renew their Green Flag status.
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Green Infrastructure: Network of open space, woodlands, wildlife habitat parks and other natural areas, which sustain clean air, water, and natural resources and enrich their citizens' quality of life.
Grey Infrastructure: Roads, sewers, utilities etc.
GO East: Government Office for the East of England, which covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): is a key indicator of the state of the whole economy, In the UK, three theoretical approaches are used to estimate GDP: ‘production’, ‘income’ and ‘expenditure’.
Gross Value Added (GVA): measures the contribution to the economy of each individual producer, industry or sector in the United Kingdom.
Household: Households according to the Department for Communities and Local Government are defined as one person living alone or a group of people living at the same address with common housekeeping – that is, shared either a living room or at least one meal a day. Households are divided into five categories:
Married couple household: a household which contains one or more married couple families. Cohabiting couple household: a household which contains one or more cohabiting couple families, but no married couple families. Lone parent household: a household which contains one or more lone parent families, but no married couple or cohabiting couple families. Other multi person household: a multi person household that is neither a married couple household nor a cohabiting couple household nor a lone parent household. Examples include, lone parents with only non dependent children, brothers and sisters and unrelated (and non-cohabiting) adults sharing a house or flat. One person household: a person living alone who shares neither housekeeping nor a living room with anyone else, not necessarily in a one bedroom dwelling.
Housing Trajectory: The means of showing past and future housing performance by identifying the predicted provision of housing over the lifespan of the local development framework.
Indices of Deprivation 2007 (IMD): The IMD 2007 is a measure of multiple deprivation at small area level. The IMD is constructed from seven domains, with each of the domains measuring a separate aspect of deprivation. Various statistical techniques have been used to combine the domain indices into a single index of multiple deprivation which gives a score and a rank for each of the 32,482 Super Output Areas in England.
Intermediate affordable housing: housing at prices and rents above those of social rent but below market price or rents, and which meet the criteria set out for affordable housing (above). These can include shared equity (e.g. HomeBuy) and other low cost homes for sale, and intermediate rent (CLG, 2006, Delivering Affordable Housing).
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Local Area of Play (LAP): small area of unsupervised open space specifically designated for young children for play activities close to where they live. They mainly cater for 4-6 year olds and should be appropriate for low-key games such as hopscotch.
Local Development Document: the collective term used in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act for Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents and other LDF documents such as the Statement of Community Involvement, the Local Development Scheme and the Annual Monitoring Report.
Lifetime Homes: Houses designed to provide accessible and convenient homes for a large segment of the population from young children to frail older people and those with temporary or permanent physical or sensory impairments. Lifetime Homes have 16 design features that ensure that the home will be flexible enough to meet the existing and changing needs of most households.
Local Development Framework: the name for the portfolio of Local Development Documents and related documents which will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for the borough. A Local Development Framework can consist of:
• Development Plan Documents; • Supplementary Planning Documents; • Area Action Plans; • A Proposals Map; • A Local Development Scheme; • The Statement of Community Involvement; • The Local Development Scheme; and • Annual Monitoring Reports.
Local Development Scheme (LDS): sets out the programme for the preparation of the various Local Development Documents that will form the Local Development Framework.
Local Equipped Area for Play (LEAP): unsupervised play area equipped for children of early school age. These mainly cater for 4-8 year olds and should offer at least 5 types of play equipment.
Local Strategic Partnership (LSP): A partnership that brings together organisations from the public, private, community and voluntary sector within the borough, with the objective of improving people’s quality of life. In Welwyn Hatfield the LSP is known as the Welwyn Hatfield Alliance. There is also a county-wide LSP, known as Herts Forward which supports the ten district LSPs that are delivering the ten Local Community Strategies.
Mitigation: To seek to reduce the impact of a proposed action, such as the development of a site rich in biodiversity; for example, by modifying the development proposals in such a way that high quality habitats are damaged or destroyed to a lesser extent. Natural Green Space: Grasslands (e.g. commons and meadows) and areas of woodland which are either matured or semi-matured. They have recreational value, but their primary function is to protect and enhance biodiversity.
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Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAP): unsupervised site providing for a large residential area. Should cater for 8-14 year olds and should offer at least 8 types of play equipment.
Notifiable Offences: An offence on the designated list of crime types that constitutes total recoded crime. All of the more serious types of crimes that can be tried in the Crown Court (i.e. indictable and triable either way offences) are notifiable plus a few of the remaining crimes that can only be tried in the magistrates courts (i.e. summary offences). (ONS definition)
Open Space: According to PPG 17 Open Space is defined as any one of the following 9 typologies: allotments, amenity green spaces, cemeteries and graveyards, civic spaces, provision for children and teenagers, green corridors, outdoor sports facilities, parks and gardens and natural/semi-natural green space.
Output Indicators: measure the direct effects of a policy. Used to assess whether policy targets have been achieved using available information.
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004): Primary legislation which replaces parts of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, and introduces the new spatial planning system.
Planning Policy Statement (PPS): Are prepared by the Government to explain statutory provisions and provide guidance on planning policy and the operation of the planning system. Local authorities must take their contents into account in preparing plans. Guidance may also be relevant to decisions on individual planning applications.
Preferred Options Document: Produced as part of the preparation of Development Plan Documents and the Statement of Community Involvement. Sets out the Council’s preferred options. Made available for statutory public consultation in order that representations can be made.
Proposals Map: Illustrates on an Ordnance Survey map the policies and proposals in the Development Plan Documents. Inset Maps show policies and proposals for specific parts of the borough.
Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS): Prepared by Regional Planning Bodies such as the East of England Regional Assembly, to provide a broad development strategy for a region over a 15 to 20 year period. The Regional Spatial Strategy:
• identifies the scale and distribution of new housing in the region; • indicates areas for regeneration, expansion or sub-regional planning; and • specifies priorities for environment, transport, infrastructure, economic development, agriculture, minerals and waste treatment and disposal.
Replaces Regional Planning Guidance and policies contained within the county-wide Structure Plans and forms part of the development plan for the area.
Residential Land Availability Survey (RLA): A survey of all outstanding residential planning permissions in order to assess the status of each development. Undertaken annually in April.
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Retail warehouses: Large stores specialising in the sale of household goods (such as carpets, furniture and electrical goods), DIY items and other ranges of goods, catering mainly for car-borne customers. Secretary of State (SoS) (for planning and other matters): An appointed Government Minister with a specific portfolio covering local and regional government, housing, planning, fire, regeneration, social exclusion and neighbourhood renewal (currently the responsibility of the Department for Communities and Local Government and the First Secretary of State). The Secretary of State has powers to intervene on development plans and planning applications under certain circumstances.
Section 106 Agreement (S106): Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows a local authority (LPA) to enter into a legally-binding agreement or planning obligation, with a land developer over a related issue. Such agreements can cover almost any relevant issue and can include sums of money. S106 agreements can act as a main instrument for placing restrictions on the developers, often requiring them to minimise the impact on the local community and to carry out tasks, which will provide community benefits.
Site Specific Allocations Development Plan Document: A document identifying site allocations for a range of land uses such as housing, employment, retail, leisure, community uses, urban open spaces, cemeteries, education, as appropriate.
Social rented housing: rented housing owned and managed by local authorities and RSLs, for which the guideline target rents are determined though the national rent regime. It may also include rented housing owned or managed by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements as to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the housing corporation as a condition of grant (CLG, 2006, Delivering Affordable Housing).
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI): sets out how the Local Planning Authority will involve the community in the preparation, alteration and review of Local Development Documents and in the consideration of planning applications.
Statutorily Homeless: Those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority. Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.
Strategic Environmental Assessment: European Directive 2001/42/EC and the SEA Regulations 2004 require a strategic assessment of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.
Submission Document: The Council’s final version of a Development Plan Document or a Statement of Community Involvement, produced following consultation on a preferred options document, and which the Council submits to the Secretary of State for independent examination.
Super Output Areas (SOA) Sub-ward areas, with average populations of around 1500.
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Supplementary Planning Document: Provide supplementary information to support the policies in Development Plan Documents. They do not form part of the Development Plan and are not subject to independent examination.
Sustainability Appraisal (SA) including Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): A systematic and iterative appraisal process, incorporating the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. The purpose of sustainability appraisal is to appraise the social, environmental and economic effects of the strategies and policies in a local development document from the outset of the preparation process. This will ensure that decisions are made that accord with sustainable development.
Translocation: Is the movement of a species, by people, from one location to another.
Urban Fringe: Open land which is on the edge of an existing urban area.
Welwyn Hatfield Alliance: This is the Local Strategic Partnership for the borough. The Alliance is made up of the Executive Board (Steering Group), the Wider Alliance and nine forums, dealing with specific issues, i.e. Community Safety partnership, Learning Forum, Environmental forum, Business Forum, Health and Community partnership, Strategic Housing Partnership, Cultural Consortium, Transport Forum and Children and Young People Partnership.
Disclaimer
This Glossary is neither a statement of law nor an interpretation of the law, and its status is only as an introductory guide to planning issues and it should not therefore be used as a source for statutory definitions.
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Introduction What is an Annual Monitoring Report?
1. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is responsible for producing the Local Development Framework (LDF), which is a portfolio of documents that collectively deliver the spatial planning strategy for the local area. In accordance with section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act and regulation 48 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004, the Council is required to produce an Annual Monitoring Report. The main purpose of the AMR is to:
• review actual progress in terms of local development document preparation against the timetable and milestones in the local development scheme; • assess the extent to which policies in local development documents are being implemented; • where policies are not being implemented, explain why and set out the steps to be taken to ensure that the policy is implemented; or whether the policy is to be amended or replaced; • identify the significant effects of implementing policies in local development documents and whether policies are to be amended or replaced.
2. This is the fourth AMR submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (via the Government Office for the East of England) under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, 2004 and covers the period 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008.
How to use this document
3. This year the layout of the AMR has been changed in line with themes in Hertfordshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy, Welwyn Hatfield’s Corporate and Community Plan and the emerging Core Strategy. Unlike the previous 3 AMRs submitted by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, it no longer follows the chapters of the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005. The new chapters are themed by topic including all relevant contextual, national and local indicators. A summary table of all indicators can be found in the appendix.
4. Each chapter begins with a green ‘In this chapter…’ box, which summarises the information found within it. See example below.
In this Chapter…
Indicators
5. The AMR currently contains 3 different types of indicators, contextual, national and local. The indicators are spread throughout the document according to their relevant chapter. The 3 different types of indicators are highlighted by different coloured boxes, see examples below.
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Contextual Indicators
Contextual Indicators
6. Contextual indicators can help to create an ‘area profile’ of Welwyn Hatfield both in general terms and to complement each themed chapter. The contextual indicators describe the wider social, environmental and economic background against which the Local Development Framework policy operates.
National Core Output Indicators
National Core Output Indicators
7. The set of National Core Output Indicators in the report originate from the Local Development Framework Monitoring Good Practice Guide and updated guidance dated July 2008 (Update2/2008). The indicators record measurable events in Welwyn Hatfield between the dates of 1st April 2007 and 31st March 2008. As the guidance has only recently been released we are unable to report fully on some of these indicators. Steps are being taken to incorporate the new indicators into current monitoring arrangements.
Local Performance Indicators
Local Indicators
8. A number of local performance indicators have been developed alongside the District Plan. As progress is made with local development documents, further local targets and indicators will be developed. Most of those National Core Output Indicators, which were deleted from the July 2008 updated guidance, have become Local Indicators for Welwyn Hatfield.
Targets
9. Where a local plan policy includes a specific requirement, it is expressed as a target against which progress is measured. However, as the majority of ‘saved’ local plan policies do not have a formal objective with a measurable target, it is difficult to apply output indicators to them. In these instances an assessment has been made as to whether or not the broad aim of the policy is being met.
10. Where appropriate the indicators shown in each themed chapter include targets, outputs and performance measurement. The performance of Welwyn Hatfield against the target is illustrated by the following symbols:
☺ Target achieved Target not achieved No Change
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Welwyn Hatfield borough
Figure 1 – Map of Welwyn Hatfield borough
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11. Welwyn Hatfield borough is located centrally within Hertfordshire and covers an area of approximately 130 square kilometres. It is bordered by Hertsmere to the south west, St Albans to the west, North Hertfordshire to the north and East Hertfordshire and Broxbourne to the east. The very south of the borough borders the London Borough of Enfield. The Metropolitan Green Belt covers 79% of the borough, which is approximately 10,248 hectares.
12. The borough has two main towns, Welwyn Garden City, with a resident population of 43,252 and Hatfield, with a resident population of 27,8831. Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield are the main sources of housing for the borough, contain the major shopping and service facilities and are the principal locations for local employment. The borough also contains a number of smaller settlements, which are excluded from the Green Belt. These settlements are a source of housing together with local shops and services. They are Brookmans Park, Cuffley, Digswell, Little Heath, Oaklands and Mardley Heath, Welham Green, Welwyn and Woolmer Green. The borough also contains a number of small rural villages and areas of sporadic or ribbon development, all of which are located within the Green Belt.
13. Welwyn Hatfield is highly accessible from north and south by road and rail. Motorway connections are good with the A1(M) passing through the borough north-south and connecting to the M25 to the south. The main east coast railway line runs from London to the North East of England and Edinburgh. Regular services run from Kings Cross to Cambridge and Peterborough calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn North. In addition, slower services to Moorgate also call at Welham Green and Brookmans Park. There is also a station at Cuffley which is on the suburban line from Moorgate to Stevenage via Hertford North.
Geography
14. Welwyn Hatfield is located within the Hertfordshire Central River Valley and the South Hertfordshire Plateau. The predominant soil type in Welwyn Hatfield is the Paleoargillic brown earths, which cover most of the northern and central areas. To the south on the South Hertfordshire Plateau there is a smaller area of Stagnogley soils2.
15. The borough contains three river catchments (the Upper Colne, Upper Lee and the Lower Lee) and three main rivers (the Lee, Mimram and the Mimmshall Brook). The river Mimram rises in North Hertfordshire and flows through Welwyn and Digswell joining the river Lee in Hertford. The river Lee rises in Luton and flows through the borough at Brocket Park,
1 ONS Census 2001 © Crown Copyright 2 Welwyn Hatfield Landscape Character Assessment, Hertfordshire County Council (April 2005)
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Lemsford, Stanborough and Hatfield Park. It continues to Hertford and through East London to the river Thames. The Mimmshall Brook rises to the east of Borehamwood and flows from south to north through Welwyn Hatfield to the river Colne. The river valleys of the Mimram and the Lee are generally shallow in character. The Mimram has good water quality and is of regional importance because of the diverse habitats it provides2.
Population
16. The population of Welwyn Hatfield was estimated to be 106,700 in mid 20073. Welwyn Hatfield has experienced the highest percentage increase in Hertfordshire between 2006 and 2007 at 1.14%.
160,000 ONS Mid Year population estimates ONS 2006 based population projections 140,000
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Figure 2 – Welwyn Hatfield Population Change 1981-20214
17. Figure 2 shows the mid year population estimates from 1981 to 2006 (in pink) and the ONS 2006 based population projections from 2007 to 2031 (in yellow). The projections are trend based, which means assumptions for future levels of births, deaths and migration are based on observed levels and do not take into account any future policy change, such as the 10,000 new homes required in Welwyn Hatfield between 2001 and 2021. However the rates of growth over the past few years have been similar to those that will be required to achieve the 10,000 new homes by 2021.
18. Based on the ONS projections the population is expected to reach 128,200 by 2021 (the end of the East of England plan period) and 140,500 by 2031 (assuming the same levels of growth will continue).
3 ONS Mid 2007 Population Estimates, Hertfordshire data available at Herts Direct http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/hcc/env/factsfigs/population/popestimates/midyear/ 4 ONS mid year population estimates and ONS 2006 based population projections
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Welwyn Hatfield Population Projections by Age
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Figure 3 – Welwyn Hatfield Population Projections by age5
19. Figure 3 shows the ONS population projections broken down by broad age categories. It shows that the overall age structure of the population is unlikely to change greatly between 2006 and 2031. In Welwyn Hatfield the proportion of people aged over 80 is only expected to increase from 5% in 2006 to 6% in 2031, however in absolute numbers this is an increase of 3,500 people. This is compared with an increase of people aged over 80 in England from 4% in 2006 to 8% in 2031.
5 ONS 2006 based population projections
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Progress of the Welwyn Hatfield
Local Development Framework
In this Chapter…
This chapter outlines the progress on Welwyn Hatfield’s Local Development Framework (LDF) and the accompanying technical work.
Core Strategy
20. We have undertaken extensive consultation in advance of producing our Issues and Options Paper. This included attending the Kaleidoscope Festival in 2007, workshops with the Local Strategic Partnership, Parish and Town Councils, Strategic Housing Forum and other local groups. We are continuing to progress our evidence gathering (see evidence base section for further information). Work is well underway on the Core Strategy Issues and Options document, which is due to be published soon.
Evidence Base and Pre-Production Consultation – Currently in progress Issues and Options and public consultation – Anticipated early 2009 Further consultation with the public and stakeholders as appropriate – Anticipated throughout 2009 Submission Document – Anticipated by Winter 2010 Examination in Public – Determines whether they satisfy the requirements of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 as amended by The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. Inspector’s Report – Is binding on the local authority and can only contain minor recommendations for minor changes – Anticipated 2011 Adoption – Anticipated 2012 (follows within weeks of Inspector’s Report)
Site Allocations
21. Work has commenced on the evidence gathering for the Site Allocations. Consultation will commence in 2010.
Local Development Scheme (LDS)
22. Was published in April 2005 and is available on the website. This will be updated shortly.
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)
23. The SCI was adopted in January 2007 and is available on the website. This will be updated to reflect the changes in the new PPS12 published this year and the Planning Bill once this has been enacted.
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Broadwater Road West SPD
24. Urban Practitioners were appointed in 2006 to undertake an urban design assessment of the site. Early public consultation and discussions with key stakeholders have taken place along with a site analysis to identify key issues and opportunities. Public consultation (regulation 17 stage) on the draft SPD took place in April/May 2008 and it is anticipated that the final SPD will be adopted by December 2008
Hatfield Town Centre Regeneration
25. Planning permission for the town centre redevelopment scheme was given in March 2007 following the completion of the accompanying Section 106 agreement. The developers St. Modwen made an application to GO East for a Highways Stopping Up Order to enable the highway works required to support the redevelopment scheme. In July 2006 the Council also applied to GO East to make use of its Compulsory Purchase Powers to enable the redevelopment to move ahead. Objections were received to both applications and a conjoined public inquiry was held in regard of the road closure orders and the CPO in September 2007. Following the inquiry the Secretary of State approved and confirmed both the CPO and the Highways Stopping Up Order in January 2008. St. Modwen and the Council are currently reviewing the programme for redevelopment given the current economic climate.
WGC Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document
26. Urban Practitioners were appointed in 2006 to produce the SPD. Early public consultation and discussions with key stakeholders has taken place along with site analysis to identify the key issues and opportunities. This included an Action Planning Day held in September 2006. Early transportation survey and analysis has also highlighted the need to produce a transport model which was commissioned in May 2008. The role of the SPD is under consideration in the light of new evidence resulting from the Retail and Town Centre Needs Assessment and the Welwyn Garden City Leisure and Community Review. Work on the project will continue in early 2009 once the transport modelling has been completed.
Hertfordshire Infrastructure and Investment Strategy
27. In the light of the significant additional housing growth proposed for Hertfordshire in the East of England Plan, consultants were commissioned in April 2008 by the County Council and the Hertfordshire Districts to undertake the preparation of this Strategy. It is intended to identify existing deficits across the full range of physical, environmental and social infrastructure, and to make an informed assessment of the amount and type of new infrastructure required to enable the proposed housing growth to take place in a sustainable manner. A funding model will be produced to calculate the level of developer contributions which is likely to be required, either through Section 106 Agreements or the proposed Community Infrastructure Levy, to fund the infrastructure improvements. Account will also be taken of any other available public funding. The consultants’ final report is expected by March 2009.
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Local Development Framework Evidence Base
Retail and Town Centre Needs Assessment (PPS6)
28. Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners were appointed in May 2007 to undertake an assessment of the retail and town centre floorspace requirements for the period up to 2021 in Welwyn Hatfield. The report includes: • a qualitative assessment of existing retail, leisure and entertainment facilities in the borough; • an assessment of future needs for additional retail, commercial leisure and office facilities; • an assessment of the capacity of the borough’s town and neighbourhood / village centres; and • a policy review and proposed issues and options for the Council’s Local Development Framework.
29. The findings of the assessment were informed by a survey of 1502 households within the borough and parts of neighbouring authorities, a survey of 400 visitors within Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City town centres, and a postal canvas of national/regional multiple retailers and leisure operators. The report is based on survey data from June 2007 and was published in November 2007. The report is available on the website.
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (PPS3)
30. The Council commissioned consultants Tribal Urban Studio (formerly Llewelyn Davies Yeang) to carry out a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) in March 2007. The purpose of the SHLAA is to consider sources of supply for new housing, quantify supply and consider the deliverability and developability of sites taking into account sustainability issues and physical constraints as well as looking at possible broad locations for development. Consultation with the Home Builders’ Federation, landowners, planning agents and developers has taken place to help identify suitable sites for inclusion in the SHLAA. The Assessment is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (PPS3)
31. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council along with Watford, Three Rivers, St. Albans, Hertsmere and Dacorum District/Borough Councils and Hertfordshire County Council jointly commissioned Opinion Research Services (ORS) to carry out a Strategic Housing Market Assessment in December 2007. The assessment will provide an understanding of how housing markets operate to inform housing policies in future local development documents In accordance with Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing, the matters to be dealt with by the assessment include: • The proportion of households requiring market and affordable housing. • The profile of household types requiring market housing (e.g. families and children, single persons, couples). • The size and type of affordable housing required.
32. The assessment is scheduled for completion by the end of 2008.
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An Assessment of Open Space, Outdoor Sport and Recreation for Welwyn Hatfield
33. The Council is currently carrying out an assessment of the provision of open space, outdoor sport and recreation in the borough. The study aims to look at the quality and quantity of all open space facilities in the borough in order to establish local standards for current and future provision of open space for sport and recreation in the borough. Consultation with stakeholders, members of the public and the borough Panel took place from February 2007 to April 2007. The work is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, SFRA (PPS25)
34. Consultants Scott Wilson were commissioned in September 2007 to undertake a borough wide SFRA. The aim of the Level 1 SFRA is to:
• Provide an assessment of flood risk from all flood resources present in the borough and make policy recommendations for inclusion in the LDF, • Present sufficient information to enable the use of the PPS25 : Development and Flood Risk Sequential test to determine the suitability of development according to flood risk from fluvial sources, • Provide guidance for developers and the Local Authority on the requirements for site specific Flood Risk Assessments • Provide guidance to the Council on developing an Emergency Flood Plan.
35. The level 1 SFRA is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
Central Hertfordshire Employment Land Review Interim Report
36. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Hertsmere Borough Council and St Albans District Council jointly commissioned Roger Tym & Partners to undertake the Central Hertfordshire Employment Land Review. Local stakeholders from the business community and the public sector were consulted about the advantages and drawbacks of Central Hertfordshire as a business location and the issues the Employment Land Review should address by means of a workshop session and individual discussions. The report was completed in November 2006.
London Arc Hertfordshire Employment Land Review
37. Following the adoption of the East of England Plan, the Central Hertfordshire Employment Land Review Interim Report will be updated and finalised as part of a London Arc Hertfordshire Employment Land Review to take account of any changes to the job growth figures for Hertfordshire. This work is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
Welwyn Garden City Leisure and Community Review
38. Consultants PMP were commissioned by the Council to conduct the review which identifies local leisure and community needs, audits existing facilities and contains findings about facilities for indoor sports, community activities, commercial leisure, museums, culture and the arts. Extensive consultation with the local community took place including stakeholder consultation with leisure and community service providers and partners, a residents’ postal
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survey of 1,100 households, user surveys, public drop-in sessions, local advertising, a school survey and a workshop with the Welwyn Hatfield Leisure and Cultural Consortium. The report was completed in October 2006.
Northern and Eastern Hertfordshire Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment - Completed June 2006 and Northern and Eastern Hertfordshire Gypsy and Traveller Identification of Potential Areas to Accommodate Gypsy and Traveller Pitches – Completed October 2007
39. Welwyn Hatfield Council in partnership with East Hertfordshire District Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, Stevenage Borough Council, Broxbourne Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council have completed two key pieces of technical work. The first of which assessed the need for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation in the study area and the second identified areas of potential for Gypsy and Traveller pitches. Only one location within Welwyn Hatfield was identified as potentially suitable and this falls within the Green Belt. The availability of sites has yet to be assessed.
Rye Meads Water Cycle Study
40. Hyder Consulting were appointed April 2008 to undertake a joint study with Stevenage Borough Council, Harlow District Council, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, East Hertfordshire Council, Epping Forest District Council and Broxbourne Borough Council to assess the impact of planned growth on water cycle processes, water infrastructure capacity and environmental capacity in the strategy area over the period to 2021 and beyond. It will recommend viable infrastructure options to accommodate planned growth. The study should be completed by winter 2008.
Sustainability Appraisal, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulation Assessment (SA, SEA and HRA)
41. Land Use Consultants were appointed in November 2007 to conduct a Sustainability Appraisal, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulation Assessment of the Local Development Framework Development Plan Documents.
42. The first stage of Sustainability Appraisal /Strategic Environmental assessment process has been completed with the production of a scoping report. The scoping report was prepared following a stakeholder workshop and further statutory consultation, which ended in May 2008. The report sets out the sustainability issues and objectives in the borough and provides a framework for the appraisal. The work will be ongoing to influence the strategy and policies of the Local Development Framework, and to assess its sustainability.
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Saved Policies
In this Chapter…
This chapter monitors the use of ‘saved’ policies in determining planning applications. It also provides information on which policies in the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan have been saved.
43. Planning legislation and Government guidance identifies the requirement for local authorities to: • Assess the effectiveness of their planning policies; and • Identify those policies which need amending or replacing
44. One of the ways of assessing the effectiveness of a planning policy is to see how many times that policy has been used to determine planning applications. However, some policies in the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan relate to very specific uses, such as amusement centres and car boot sales or very specific sites, e.g. Panshanger Airfield and Brookmans Park Transmitting Station, and therefore are unlikely to be used often. This does not necessarily mean that these policies are not working as intended and therefore caution needs to be taken when using the frequency of policy usage alone to determine the effectiveness of a policy.
45. For the purpose of these counts, the policies listed on the decision notice under ‘Reason for Approval’ or ‘Reason for Refusal’ have been counted. This does not necessarily mean that other policies were not considered by the case officer but these were the ones listed as the reasons for approving/refusing an application.
Approved Decisions
Table 1 – Polices used in approvals 06/07 05/06 % Use Rank Policy Description % % 07/08 Rank Rank Use Use 1 D2 Character and Context 94.6% 2 93.4% 2 89.6% 2 D1 Quality and Design 88.7% 1 93.5% 1 91.0% 3 SD1 Sustainable Development 70.1% 4 29.8% 34 0.7% 4 GBSP2 Towns and Specified Settlements 64.2% 3 40.4% 8 3.8% 5 R3 Energy Efficiency 30.8% 7 11.2% 57 0.3% Parking Standards for New 6 M14 23.4% 6 12.5% 9 2.9% Development 7 R22 Development in Conservation Areas 16.1% 5 15.3% 3 16.6% 8 GBSP1 Definition of the Green Belt 14.4% 9 9.8% 13 2.2% 9 R17 Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows 10.7% 13 4.8% 7 4.9%
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06/07 05/06 % Use Rank Policy Description % % 07/08 Rank Rank Use Use 10 D8 Landscaping 10.1% 12 4.9% 16 1.6%
46. As Table 1 shows, D1 and D2, both design policies, have been consistently the most referred to policies in approval decisions over the last 3 years. SD1 was only used in 1% of all approvals in 2005/6, however was used in 70% of approvals in 2007/8. GBSP2 and R3 have also significantly increased in use from 2005/6 to 2007/8.
Refused Decisions
Table 2 – Policies used in refusals 06/07 05/06 % Use Rank Policy Description % 07/08 Rank Rank % Use Use 1 D1 Quality and Design 96.8% 1 78.5% 1 69.4% 2 D2 Character and Context 84.7% 2 65.9 2 65.3% 3 GBSP2 Towns and Specified Settlements 37.1% 3 22.8% 6 8.7% Extensions to Dwellings in the Green 4 RA3 12.8% 6 9.2% 5 13.2% Belt 5 RA1 Development in the Green Belt 12.5% 4 9.7% 4 15.1% 6 R22 Development in Conservation Areas 10.9% 5 9.4% 3 17.0% Parking Standards for New 7 M14 6.7% 8 5.6% 12 1.5% Development 8 R17 Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows 6.7% 7 7.0% 9 2.3% 9 R25 Works to Listed Buildings 4.5% 10 2.9% 7 3.0% Location of Windfall Residential 10 H2 3.8% 14 1.7% n/a 0% Development
47. Table 2 shows that once again, design policies are significantly the most frequently referred to policies in refusal decisions, showing that most refusals are made on design grounds. GBSP2, which relates to the specified towns and settlements and the Green Belt has significantly increased in use over the 3 years. RA3 and RA1 are also used fairly often, demonstrating the relatively high number of applications received in the Green Belt, which covers nearly 80% of the borough.
All Decisions
Table 3 – Policies used in all decisions 06/07 05/06 % Use Rank Policy Description % 07/08 Rank Rank % Use Use 1 D2 Character and Context 91.8% 2 83.3% 2 83.3% 2 D1 Quality and Design 91.0% 1 88.0% 1 85.4% 3 GBSP2 Towns and Specified Settlements 56.6% 3 34.0% 7 5.1%
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06/07 05/06 % Use Rank Policy Description % 07/08 Rank Rank % Use Use 4 SD1 Sustainable Development 51.6% 4 19.7% 38 0.5% 5 R3 Energy Efficiency 22.3% 9 7.2% 71 0.2% Parking Standards for New 6 M14 18.8% 7 10.0% 9 2.5% Development 7 R22 Development in Conservation Areas 14.6% 5 13.2% 3 16.7% 8 GBSP1 Definition of the Green Belt 10.9% 10 6.9% 13 1.7% 9 R17 Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows 9.6% 11 5.6% 8 4.2% Extensions to Dwellings in the Green 10 RA3 9.0% 6 10.2% 4 11.0% Belt
48. Table 3 combines the information in the previous 2 tables by showing policy usage for all decisions. Figure 4 shows the use of policies grouped by their relevant chapter in the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan. Overall, Design policies are clearly the most frequently referred to, although this only relates to policies D1 and D2. Green Belt and Settlement Pattern, Resources and Sustainable Development are also frequently used. These policies are likely to be referred to frequently due to the high proportion of applications for householder developments, i.e. extensions, received in Welwyn Hatfield. Use of policies GBSP2, SD1 and R3 has significantly increased from 2005/6 to 2007/8.
Community, Leisure and Tourism (CLT) Design (D)
Employment (EMP)
Greenbelt and Settlement Pattern (GBSP) Housing (H)
Hatfield Aerodrome (HATAER)
Implementation and Monitoring (IM)
Movement (M)
Open Space (OS)
Resources (R)
Rural Areas (RA)
Sustainable Development (SD)
Retailing and Town Centres (TCR)
Figure 4 – Frequency of policy use 2007/8 (grouped by District Plan Chapter)
Saved Policies
49. Following the enactment of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act in 2004 transitional arrangements automatically ‘saved’ the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005 for three years from its adoption. Provisions were made in the Act for the Secretary of State to agree to the extension of those policies beyond three years.
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50. At its meeting of 3rd September 2007 this Council considered which of its policies in the District Plan it wished to save beyond 15th April 2008. A request for an extension beyond three years was then submitted to the Secretary of State on 10th September 2007. This request was agreed to and on 10 April 2008 a direction was issued by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 (3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 confirming that all policies except the following have been saved.
Table 4 – District Plan policies not saved Policy Description R8 Floodplains & Flood Prevention R12 Special Areas of Conservation R16 Protection of Species R22 Development in Conservation Areas R23 Demolition of Buildings in Conservation Areas R25 Works to Listed Buildings R26 Alternative Uses for Listed Buildings M10 Passenger Transport Interchanges M13 Motorway Service Areas IM3 Monitoring & Review H5 Conversion of Commercial or Vacant Buildings to Residential Accommodation H8 Dwelling Type & Tenure H11 Student Accommodation CLT5 Tourist Facilities CLT11 Library Services CLT12 New Community Facilities EMP13 Design Criteria for Employment Development EMP14 Live-Work Schemes TCR9 First Floor Uses in WGC Town Centre TCR12 Transport Infrastructure in WGC Town Centre TCR15 Hatfield: Redevelopment elsewhere in HTC TCR18 First Floor Uses in HTC TCR21 Transport Infrastructure in HTC TCR22 Hatfield: Town Centre Environment RA1 Development in the Green Belt
Appeals
51. During 2007/8, only 26% of all appeals against Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council were allowed. This represents excellent performance when measured against the former government target of 33% of all appeals allowed. This indicates that the Council has an effective policy base upon which to determine applications and that this is being supported on appeal.
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In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to the environment, including: water, air quality, biodiversity and habitats, the historic built environment, renewable energy and climate change. It includes National Core Output Indicators E1, E2 and E3 and Local Indicators 7, 8, 10, 21, 22.
Water
Core Output Indicator E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality grounds6
Flooding Quality Total E1: No of Applications 1 0 1
52. One application, S6/2007/0402/FP, which is in flood zone 2 in Cuffley, was granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on flooding grounds. The application was a resubmission for the erection of a dwelling following the demolition of the existing dwelling, which the Environment Agency objected to on the grounds that a flood risk assessment was required. However in view of the small increase of hard surfaced area it was not considered appropriate to refuse the development on these grounds.
53. An Environment Agency Report published in 20087, identified that Welwyn Hatfield, along with the majority of Eastern, Central and Southern England are classified as ‘areas of serious water stress’. The methodology looked at where the current household demand for water is a high proportion of the current effective rainfall which is available to meet that demand or the future household demand for water is likely to be a high proportion of the effective rainfall which is likely to be available to meet that demand.
Air Quality
Contextual Indicator: No. of Air Quality Management Areas8
2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 No. of Air Quality Management Areas 0 0 0
54. There are currently no air quality management areas in Welwyn Hatfield borough.
6 Environment Agency 2008 http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk 7 Environment Agency 2008: Areas of Water Stress Final Classification http://www.environment- agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/finalclassification_1935752.pdf 8 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Environmental Health by email 05/09/08
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Contextual Indicator: No of days when air pollution is moderate or high 9
Number of days of Number of days of high Number of days of Pollutant moderate pollution pollution very high pollution Nitrogen Dioxide 0 0 0 Ozone 7 0 0
55. There were only 7 days in the reporting year, where there were moderate levels of ozone pollution in Welwyn Hatfield. This is low in comparison to other Hertfordshire monitoring sites, see website in footnote for further information. The air quality monitoring station is in Welwyn Garden City Town Centre.
Biodiversity & Habitats
Core Output Indicator E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance
Table 5 – Change in areas of biodiversity importance 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 Type of Site No of Area No of Area No of Area Sites (ha) Sites (ha) Sites (ha) Wildlife Sites 207 2299 206 2295 206 2295 Local Nature Reserves 5 279 5 279 5 279 Sites of Special Scientific 5 367 5 367 5 367 Interest (SSSI) Special Areas of Conservation 1 6 1 6 1 6 (SAC)
56. There have been no changes to any of the sites shown above, however 4 new local nature reserves (totalling around 14.4 hectares) at Singlers Marsh Welwyn, Stanborough Reed Marsh Welwyn Garden City, Stream Wood (Howe Dell) and Oxleys Wood in Hatfield, are in the process of being formally designated.
Local Indicator 7: Loss of designated Wildlife Sites
District Plan Relevant Saved Target Output Performance Objective Policy No. 1 R15 0% Loss 0 ☺
57. There has been no wildlife sites lost during the reporting year.
9 Air Quality Indices. http://www.hertsbedsair.org.uk
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Contextual Indicator: Condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) 10
Table 6 – Condition of SSSIs*
% Area % Area % Area % Area % Area % Area declining no change no change favourable favourable destroyed/ recovering recovering Commentary Commentary unfavourable unfavourable unfavourable unfavourable part destroyed part destroyed Sherardspark 25% 75% 0% 0% 0% No Change Wood Wormley- Hoddesdonpark 75% 22% 3% 0% 0% No Change Wood south Water End 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% No Change Swallow Holes Northaw Great 12% 69% 0% 18% 0% No Change Wood
Redwell Wood 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% No Change *Percentages rounded
Local Indicator 10: Proportion of land at Sherardspark Wood and Northaw Great Wood SSSIs coming into favourable condition by 2010
58. The Council has a legal duty to further the conservation of Sherrardspark Wood and Northaw Great Wood (imposed by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 as amended). In addition, the Council must have regard for Public Service Agreements (PSAs) affecting SSSIs. One of DEFRA’s nine PSAs is “care for our natural heritage, make the countryside attractive and enjoyable for all and preserve biological biodiversity”. It includes the following target:
To bring into favourable condition 95 per cent of all nationally important wildlife sites (SSSIs) by 2010
District Relevant saved Plan Target Output* Performance policy no. Objective 95% Sherrardspark Wood = favourable/unfavourable 100% 1 R13, R16, R17 recovering condition by Northaw Great Wood 2010 = 81%
*Only Sherrardspark Wood and Northaw Great Wood are included in this indicator as they are owned by the Council.
10 Natural England – SSSI Information Compiled 01/08/08 http://www.englishnature.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm
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Historic Built Environment
Contextual Indicator: Changes to the Historic Built Environment
Table 7 – Historic Built Environment 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 Type No of Area No of Area No of Area Sites (ha) Sites (ha) Sites (ha) All Listed Buildings11 416 n/a 417 n/a 418 n/a Grade 1 7 n/a 7 n/a 7 n/a Grade 2* 23 n/a 23 n/a 23 n/a Grade 2 386 n/a 387 n/a 388 n/a Areas of Archaeological 73 1071 73 1071 73 1071 Significance12 Scheduled Ancient 4 n/a 4 n/a 4 n/a Monuments12 Historic Parks & Gardens13 4 950 4 950 4 950 Buildings at Risk 14 1 n/a 1 n/a 1 n/a
59. The only change to report this year is the addition of a new building to the Listed Buildings register. Although this occurred outside of the reporting year (13th August 2008), it has been included for information purposes. The building was 26 Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, which was given grade 2 status.
Local Indicator 8: Number of Listed Buildings Demolished
District Plan Relevant Saved Target Output Performance Objective Policy No. 1 R27 0% Loss 0 ☺
60. There have been no listed buildings demolished during the reporting year.
11 English Heritage 2008 12 Hertfordshire County Council – Historic Environment Department by email 27.08.08 13 Parks and Gardens UK Accessed 26/08/08 http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/ 14 English Heritage. Accessed 26/08/08 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19203
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Renewable Energy
Core Output Indicator E3: Renewable Energy Generation
Table 8 – Renewable Energy Generation permitted and completed
Biomass
Co- E3 Municipal Wind Solar firing of Renewable Hydro Sewage (and Total Onshore Photovoltaics Landfill biomass Animal Plant Energy sludge industrial) Gas with biomass biomass digestion solid waste fossil combustion fuels Permitted installed 0.000755 0.00675mW 0.00008mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW capacity in mW MW
Completed installed 0. 0.0235 0.0035mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW capacity in 020mW mW MW
61. Table 8 shows the amount of known renewable Eco-School Opens in Welwyn Hatfield energy generation permitted and completed during the reporting year. All completed Hertfordshire’s first eco-school, opened renewable energy in Table 8 relates to Howe in our borough in September 2007. Dell Scholl in Hatfield, see information box. Howe Dell school, on the former There was one additional planning application Aerodrome site in Hatfield, has a for solar panels permitted during the reporting heatstore located under its playground. year, which was not included in Table 8, as the It also has solar voltaic panels and a capacity is unknown and we have been unable wind turbine (see picture below) which to make contact with the applicants/agents. provide electricity for the school. 62. The introduction of the new planning application
form should mean that more detailed information is available in future. It is also worth noting that a large proportion of solar panel installations do not require planning permissions and are therefore not included in Table 8
Climate Change
63. There are several methods of measuring CO2 emissions. Figure 5 shows total CO2 emissions per capita, including industry and commercial, domestic and road transport.
Welwyn Hatfield’s total CO2 emissions per capita were 9.5 tonnes, compared with a Hertfordshire average of 8.1 tonnes and a UK average of 9.3 tonnes. For Hertfordshire as a
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whole, the largest proportion of CO2 emissions comes from road transport. In Welwyn Hatfield however, the largest proportion comes from the industry and commercial sectors.
Domestic CO2 emissions per capita for Welwyn Hatfield were in line with the Hertfordshire and UK averages at 2.5 tonnes.
Contextual Indicator: CO2 Emissions per Capita (tonnes)
Hertfordshire CO2 Emisions Per Capita (tonnes)
10.0
9.0
8.0 ) 2 7.0
6.0
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4.0 emissions (ktCO 2 3.0 CO 2.0
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0.0 Hatfield Watford Welwyn East Dacorum North Hertsmere Albans St. Stevenage Broxbourne Three Rivers Hertfordshire Hertfordshire
Figure 5 – Hertfordshire CO2 Emissions per capita (tonnes)
Open Space
Local Indicator 31: Amount of open space with a Green Flag Award
Site Area (ha) with Green Flag Award Stanborough Lakes, Welwyn Garden City 52
64. The only open space in the borough which currently has the Green Flag Award is Stanborough Park in Welwyn Garden City. One of the Welwyn Hatfield Community Action Plan Targets 2008-9 is to submit an application for Green Flag accreditation for the recreational area at Moneyhole Lane Park in Welwyn Garden City.
Local Indicator 21: Percentage loss of urban open land
District Plan Relevant saved Target Output Performance Objective policy no 7 OS1, OS2 0% loss 0.03% loss
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65. The borough currently has around 242 ha of designated urban open land. District Plan Policy OS1 states that the planning permission for development within these areas will not be granted unless it would:
• Assist in the maintenance or reinforcement of their function as essential open area • Be of a scale which did not compromise the value of the Urban Open Land or use of the open space as defined in terms of its criteria; and • Not result in the loss or reduction in size of any playing pitches, if the open land is used for formal recreation purposes, subject to the consideration set out in Policy OS2.
66. This year there have been 4 applications granted where a small loss of urban open land has occurred; these include an extension to a rugby club building, an extension to a leisure centre, an extension to a school and the erection of a mobile classroom unit at a school. All of these complied with the criteria above and all together only represent a 0.03% loss of urban open land.
Local Indicator 22: Percentage loss of playing fields
Relevant District Plan saved policy Target Output Performance Objective number 7 OS1, OS2 0% loss 0 ☺
67. There have been no planning permissions granted in the reporting year which would lead to the loss of playing fields. However, there is an application (S106 pending) at Sir Frederic Osborn School in Welwyn Garden City, for residential development and a sports hall on one of the school’s playing fields. S106 contributions will be used to fund alternative sports facilities in the borough.
Figure 6 – Stanborough Lakes which have a Green Flag Award
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Safe, Healthy and Strong
Communities In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to the quality of life of the borough’s residents, including health, crime, deprivation and social and community facilities. This section contains Local Indicator 23.
Health
Contextual Indicator: Life Expectancy (males and females)
Males Females Life Expectancy 78.3 years 82.8 years
68. Life expectancy in Welwyn Hatfield is good, at 78.3 years for males and 82.8 years for females. This is compared with a national average of 77.3 for males and 81.6 for females.
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15 APHO and Department of Health. © Crown Copyright 2008
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Figure 7 – Welwyn Hatfield Health Profile 2008
69. Along with having a high life expectancy, the Health Profile shows that Welwyn Hatfield’s residents are generally in good health, with better than average rates of teenage pregnancy, adults who smoke, adults who eat healthily, people diagnosed with diabetes, hip fractures in over 65s and hospital stays related to alcohol, amongst others.
70. The Health Profile shows that, as in the 2007 profile, the main issues are statutory homelessness, GCSE achievement, road injuries and deaths and low levels of physical activity amongst adults. The proportion of physically active adults in the borough is significantly below the national average, with only 8.3% of adults participating in recommended levels of physical activity. Levels of physically active children however are slightly above average with 87.3% participating in at least 2 hours of high quality PE and school sport.
Crime
Contextual Indicator: Number of recorded British Crime Survey (BCS) offences per 1,000 population16
Table 9 – Offences per 1,000 population 2007/8 Area Offences per 1,000 population Welwyn Hatfield 44 Hertfordshire 44 England and Wales 54
71. Figure 8 shows British Crime Survey (BCS) recorded crime. Population figures are based on ONS mid 2006 population estimates. Welwyn Hatfield is a relatively safe place to live. The level of crime in Welwyn Hatfield for 2007/8 was below the England and Wales average and is equal to the average for Hertfordshire.
16 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0708.html
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Recorded Crime BCS comparator offences per 1,000 population 2007/8
70
60 England & Wales Average
50
Hertfordshire Average
40
30
Offences per 1,000 population 1,000 Offences per 20
10
0 Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertsmere North St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn / Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hatfield
Figure 8 – Recorded Crime BCS comparator offences per 1,000 population 2007/8
Economic and Social well being
72. The indices of multiple deprivation are a measure of economic and social well being at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA), which are small areas with an average population of around 1500 (meaning that they are usually smaller than wards). The IMD 2007 is made up of 7 domains (or topics) which are: income deprivation, employment deprivation, health deprivation, education deprivation, skills and training deprivation, barriers to housing and services, living environment and crime. These 7 domains are combined to create an overall score and rank. Each LSOA in England is then ranked, with 1 being the least deprived and 32,482 being the most deprived17.
Contextual Indicator: Number of LSOAs in the most 20% deprived in England
Most Deprived 20% in England Number of LSOAs 1 (within Hatfield Central Ward)
17 Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2007 http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/neighbourhoodrenewal/deprivation/deprivation07/
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Figure 9 – Deprivation in Welwyn Hatfield 2007 (based on pre April 2008 ward boundaries)18
73. As a borough, Welwyn Hatfield is ranked 231 out of all of the 354 local authorities in England (where 1 is the least deprived and 354 is the most). This means that Welwyn Hatfield is in the least deprived half of the country, however pockets with relatively higher levels of deprivation do exist within the borough. Figure 9 shows where these areas are (illustrated by darker shades). The most deprived LSOA in Welwyn Hatfield is the area of and around Hatfield Town Centre in Hatfield Central Ward. This LSOA is within the most deprived 20% of all LSOAs in England. Other areas with higher than average levels of deprivation are found in Peartree Ward, in Welwyn Garden City. Whilst there are no areas in Peartree within the most deprived 20% in England, it is the most deprived ward (based on ward averages) in Welwyn Hatfield.
18 Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2007 http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/neighbourhoodrenewal/deprivation/deprivation07/
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Social and Community Facilities
Local Indicator 23: Retain existing social and community facilities
Relevant District Plan saved policy Target Output Performance Objective no. CLT1, CLT13, 2 0% D1 loss 0 loss RA12 ☺
74. There has been no loss of D1 floorspace in the borough within the reporting year. D1 includes uses such as places of worship, church halls, clinics, health centres, museums, libraries, art galleries and exhibition halls. The Uses Classes order with full definitions can be found in the appendix.
Figure 10 – New Community Centre at Howe Dell School, Hatfield
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This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to employment and the economy. Contextual indicators include information on number of jobs, educational attainment and skills, job types, weekly earnings, unemployment, job density and VAT registrations/deregistrations. This section includes National Core Output Indicators: BD1, BD2 and BD3 and Local Indicator 24.
Contextual Indicator: Number of Jobs19
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Welwyn Hatfield 66,000 67,000 65,000 71,000 70,000 Hertfordshire 582,000 574,000 577,000 573,000 585,000
75. The latest figures available show that there were approximately 70,000 jobs in Welwyn Hatfield in 2005. Policy E1 of the East of England Plan states that an additional 68,000 jobs are required in Hertfordshire between 2001 and 2021. A target for Welwyn Hatfield has yet to be set.
Contextual Indicator: Educational attainment and skills
Table 10 – % of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grades20 Area 1997 2007 Welwyn Hatfield 43% 54% Hertfordshire 51% 67% East of England 46% 61% England 45% 62%
76. Performance at GCSE level remains below average in Welwyn Hatfield, with only just above half of all pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grades in 2007. Whilst this has improved over the past 10 years from only 45% of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grades in 1997, the England average has improved from 45% in 62% in the same period.
77. According to the ONS population survey, the proportion of residents with NVQ level 4 and above qualifications (degree equivalent) in Welwyn Hatfield is roughly equal to the national average; however it has decreased from 36.1% in 2006 to 28.7% in 2007. The proportion of residents with no qualifications has increased from 11.0% in 2006 to 15.9% in 2007, which means it is now higher than the county, regional and national averages. The reasons for such a large change over a short period of time are not known.
19 ONS Jobs Density 2005. Available on NOMIS http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431802/report.aspx#tabrespop Accessed 17/10/08 20 Department for Children, Schools and Families http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/inyourarea/statics/pcon_495_0.shtml
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Table 11 - Qualifications of working age population – Jan - Dec 200721 Welwyn Welwyn Great Hertfordshire Hatfield Hatfield East (%) Britain (%) (numbers) (%) (%) No qualifications 10,600 15.9% 8.9% 12.5% 13.1% NVQ1 and above 50,600 76.2% 83.9% 78.2% 78.1% NVQ2 and above 43,800 65.9% 70.9% 62.2% 64.5% NVQ3 and above 31,400 47.2% 52.6% 43.4% 46.4% NVQ4 and above 19,100 28.7% 34.1% 26.0% 28.6% Other qualifications 5,200 7.9% 7.2% 9.3% 8.8%
No qualifications: No formal qualifications held Other qualifications: includes foreign qualifications and some professional qualifications NVQ 1 equivalent: e.g. fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-C, foundation GNVQ, NVQ 1, intermediate 1 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent NVQ 2 equivalent: e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2, intermediate 2 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent NVQ 3 equivalent: e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced GNVQ, NVQ 3, 2 or more higher or advanced higher national qualifications (Scotland) or equivalent NVQ 4 equivalent and above: e.g. HND, Degree and Higher Degree level qualifications or equivalent
Contextual Indicator: Employment by Occupation22
Welwyn Hatfield Manager & Senior Officials 20.0 Hertfordshire
Process Plant & Machine Operatives & 15.0 Professional occupations Elementary Occupations East of England
10.0 Great Britain
5.0
Sales and Customer Service Occupations 0.0 Associate professional & Technical
Personal Service Occupations Administrative & Secretarial
Skilled Trades Occupations
Figure 11 – Employment by Occupation Oct 2006 – Sept 2007
78. Figure 11 shows the types of occupations of Welwyn Hatfield’s residents in comparison with county, regional and national averages. Welwyn Hatfield, along with the rest of Hertfordshire, has a slightly higher proportion of residents employed in highly skilled jobs (professional, associate professional and technical occupations) than the regional and
21 ONS Population Survey. Available on NOMIS http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431802/report.aspx#tabrespop Accessed 16/09/08 22 ONS annual population survey Employment by occupation (Jan 2007-Dec 2007) Available on NOMIS http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431802/report.aspx#tabrespop Accessed 16/09/08
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national averages. Welwyn Hatfield and Hertfordshire also have a lower proportion of residents employed in lower skilled jobs (process plant, machine operatives and elementary occupations)
Contextual Indicator: Average Earnings23
£600.00
£500.00
£400.00
£300.00
Gross Weekly Earnings £200.00
£100.00
£0.00 Residents Workplace Residents Workplace Residents Workplace Residents Workplace Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire East of England Great Britain Weekly Earnings £531.20 £526.10 £543.70 £486.80 £479.10 £450.00 £459.00 £458.60
Figure 12 – Gross Weekly Earnings for Residents and Workforce 2007 – All Full Time Workers
79. Residents of Welwyn Hatfield earn on average £531.20 per week, £12.50 less than the Hertfordshire average. However, Hertfordshire is relatively prosperous and Welwyn Hatfield residents still earn £52.10 per week more than the East of England average and £72.20 per week more than the Great Britain average.
80. The weekly earnings of the workforce of Welwyn Hatfield are broadly similar to those of the residents, at £526.10 per week. Workers in Welwyn Hatfield earn £39.30 more than workers in Hertfordshire, suggesting that Welwyn Hatfield is a provider of highly paid jobs, which may attract commuters from other areas of Hertfordshire. Workers in the borough earn £76.10 per week more than the East of England average and £67.50 more per week than the Great Britain average.
Contextual Indicator: Unemployment levels
81. The Labour Force Survey official unemployment figure for the UK in April 2008 was 5.2%, 4.5% for the East of England and 4.5% for Hertfordshire. Welwyn Hatfield was estimated to have a rate of 4.3%, meaning that unemployment was below both the national, regional and county averages. The latest data on unemployment rates (June – August 2008) shows that unemployment in the UK has risen to 5.7% and to 4.8% in the East of England. No data is currently available for this period for Hertfordshire or Welwyn Hatfield.
23 ONS annual survey of hours and earnings, available on NOMIS http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431802/report.aspx#tabrespop Accessed 22/10/08
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JSA Claimant Count
82. Another method of assessing unemployment is by measuring Job Seekers Allowance claimant rates. The proportion of people in Welwyn Hatfield claiming job seekers allowance in September 2008 was 1.5%, which is equal to the County average. In actual numbers this represents a 15.3% increase on the September 2007 rate.
83. At a ward level, the most recent data available is April 2008. However it is still provides a useful illustration of the variation between JSA Claimant rates across the borough. Northaw and Cuffley, Welham Green, Welwyn North, Welwyn South, Brookmans Park and Little Heath, all have less than 1% of people claiming job seekers allowance. Peartree has the highest claimant rate at 3.6%, followed by Hatfield North and Hollybush, both at 2.6%.
Figure 13 – Unemployment (based on JSA claimant counts) in Welwyn Hatfield by Ward, April 2008 (Ward boundaries are pre 2008)
Contextual Indicator: Job Density
84. Job density is defined as the number of filled jobs in an area divided by the working-age population resident in that area. Welwyn Hatfield has historically always been a provider of
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jobs for residents of other Districts. Currently it has a job density of 1.09, meaning that there is more than 1 job for every working age resident. This compares to Hertfordshire which has an average job density of 0.90, The East of England at 0.82 and Great Britain at 0.84.
Contextual Indicator: VAT Registrations/Deregistrations
400
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300
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VAT Registrations 200 VAT Deregistrations
150 No registrations/deregistrations No
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0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year
Figure 14 – VAT Registration and Deregistrations in Welwyn Hatfield 1994-2006
85. VAT registrations and deregistrations provide a guide to the pattern of business start-ups and closures in an area. They are an indicator of the level of entrepreneurship and of the health of the local business population. In 2006, 320 businesses were registered for VAT and 270 businesses were deregistered for VAT. Figure 14 shows that despite fluctuations, the health of the local business population has been good over the past decade.
Table 12 – VAT Registrations and Deregistrations Welwyn East of Welwyn Hertfordshire Great Hatfield England Hatfield % % Britain % Numbers % VAT Registrations 320 9.4% 9.7% 8.9% 9.4% VAT Deregistrations 270 7.9% 7.8% 7.1% 7.4% Stock (at end of year) 3,400 - - - - % is a proportion of stock (at end of year)
National Core Output Indicators
86. The following indicators refer to ‘employment land’, which is defined as Use Classes B1 (B1a, B1b B1c), B2 and B8 in the use classes order (Use Classes Amendment Order 2005). In the following tables in this chapter, B1 classification relates to permissions where the use was indeterminable between B1a, B1b and B1c. B Mix classification relates to permissions where the use was indeterminable between all B uses; namely B1a, B1b, B1c, B2 and B8. The use classes order, with definitions, can be found in the appendix.
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Core Output Indicator BD1: Total amount of additional employment floorspace – by type
B1 B1a B1b B1c B2 B8 B Mix Total Gross 493 2,506 0 0 689 1,783 4,417 9,888 BD1 m² Net m² 193 122 0 0 -2,301 -18,499 3,498 -16,987
87. The figures given in indicator BD1 are gross internal floorspace, as required in Update 2/2008. This has been calculated by subtracting 3.75% of the gross external floorspace for each development site. There has been an overall loss of employment floorspace (B uses) of 16,987m² during the reporting year. However, the majority of this is due to the part demolition/change of use of one site in Welwyn Garden City which is due to be replaced as B1(a) next year.
Core Output Indicator BD2: Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land
B1 B1a B1b B1c B2 B8 B Mix Total Gross m² 493 2,506 0 0 689 1,783 4,417 9,888 BD2 % Gross m² on PDL 100% 100% N/A N/A 100% 100% 100% 100%
88. All completed employment floorspace in the reporting year was on previously developed land.
Core Output Indicator BD3: Employment land available – by type
i) sites allocated for employment uses in Development Plan Documents (includes site which are under construction but not yet complete/available) ii) sites for which planning permission has been granted for employment uses, but not included in (i)
BD3 B1 B1a B1b B1c B2 B8 B Mix Total i 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 28 ii 3 9 0 0 1 1 5 19 Total 11 9 0 0 1 1 25 47
89. A large proportion of remaining employment land is located on the former Aerodrome site in Hatfield. Several developments were in progress on the site in April, including a new Police Station and new offices and facilities for large companies such as Three Valleys Water and Eisai. There is also further designated employment land on the site, which has not been developed or has a detailed planning application submitted. Allocated employment land, which has not been developed, also exists at Shire Park in Welwyn Garden City, although the area currently has a temporary permission to be used as a car park.
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90. Sites in part ii) include those which have planning permission but were not included in part i). Permissions for extensions, additional floors and change of uses from existing employment uses have not been included.
Local Indicators
LOI 24 – Loss of employment land in rural areas
District Plan Relevant saved Target Output Performance Objective policy EMP8, RA16, 4 0% Loss 0% RA17 ☺
91. This year, the ONS 2001 Census Urban Areas and Settlement boundaries have been used as a base for calculating loss of employment land in rural areas24. During 2007-2008, no employment land was lost in areas classed as rural, therefore meeting the local target of a 0% loss
LOI 35 – Loss of employment land to residential use
Employment Land Lost to Residential (ha) Welwyn Hatfield borough 0
92. There was no employment land lost to residential development during the reporting year.
Figure 15 – Offices under construction on the former Hatfield Aerodrome
24 ONS Urban area and settlement boundary CD. Census 2001. Available from www.statistics.gov.uk
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Town Centres, Shopping and Leisure facilities
In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to Town Centres, Shopping and Leisure facilities, including retail frontage vacancy and town centre footfall. It includes National Core Output Indicator BD4 and Local Indicators 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27, 28a and 28b
Core Output Indicator BD4: Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ within (i) town centres and (ii) the local authority area
BD4 (i) Town Centres A1 A2 B1a D2 Total Gross m² 0.00 134 0.00 0.00 134 Net m² -48 134 -2,384 0.00 -2,298
93. There was no gain of A1 floorspace in the town centres during the reporting year. There was a small gain of A2 in Welwyn Garden City town centre which was the change of use of offices to a building society. There was a loss of B1a in Welwyn Garden City town centre due to the change of use of part of Rosanne House from offices to residential apartments (residential element still under construction) and the change of use of Osborn House from offices to residential apartments.
BD4 (ii) Local Authority Area A1 A2 B1a D2 Total Gross m² 3,280 584 2,506 529 6,899 Net m² 2,611 584 122 -1,059 2,258
Parkhouse Court Completed 94. Note - The figure given here is net internal floorspace, rather than net tradable floorspace as required in the Parkhouse Court is a new large latest definitions. The introduction of ‘net tradable neighbourhood centre on the former floorspace’ on the 1APP form means that this Aerodrome site in Hatfield. The information can now be more comprehensively development was completed in early collected and will be reported in the 2008/09 AMR. 2008 and provides local shopping facilities and food outlets as well as a children’s day nursery. The majority 95. The majority of A1 gain was at Parkhouse Court on the of units are now occupied or are in former Aerodrome site in Hatfield (see information box). the process of being let. The majority of B1a gain was the redevelopment of a site in Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City, for office use, plus various other small gains around the borough. The loss of D2 was mainly the loss of the Country Club at Chequersfield, Welwyn Garden City. The site is currently being redeveloped for residential use.
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Retail Centres
96. The borough has a hierarchy of shopping and service centres each of which perform different functions:
Minor Sub-Regional Centre: Welwyn Garden City 97. Welwyn Garden City town centre provides the main centre for comparison goods shopping facilities in the borough, serving a catchment area beyond the borough boundaries, and contains the borough’s main cultural, community and civic facilities.
Town Centre: Hatfield 98. Hatfield Town Centre provides both convenience and comparison shopping plus community and leisure facilities, serving Hatfield in the main.
Large Neighbourhood Centres: 99. Welwyn Garden City has four large neighbourhood centres located at: Haldens, Hall Grove, Moors Walk, and Woodhall. Hatfield has one large neighbourhood centre at Highview and the newly completed Parkhouse Court which will function as a large neighbourhood centre.
Small Neighbourhood Centres: 100. Welwyn Garden City has four small neighbourhood centres at: Handside, Hollybush, Peartree Lane and, Shoplands. Hatfield has seven small neighbourhood centres at Birchwood, Crawford Road, Harpsfield Broadway, Manor Parade, Roe Green, St. Albans Rd East, and The Common.
Large Village Centres: 101. The borough has four Large Village Centres; Brookmans Park, Cuffley, Welham Green and Welwyn. 102. Old Hatfield – whilst retaining some of the characteristics of a Large Village Centre, it does not perform exactly the same function as others in the hierarchy as it serves the local business community as well as local residential community.
Small Village Centres: 103. The borough has three small village centres; Digswell, Oaklands and Mardley Heath and Woolmer Green.
Table 13 – Net change in A Class Use in designated retail centres Retail Area Net Change in A Class Use m² Total A Use A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 Change Welwyn Garden City Town -48 0 0 0 0 -48 Centre Hatfield Town Centre 217 0 0 0 0 217 Parkhouse Court 2,237 361 1163 660 0 4,421 Moors Walk 102 0 0 0 0 102 Cuffley 367 40 0 -437 0 -27
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104. Table 13 shows only those retail areas which have experienced a net change in A class use in the reporting year. The largest change is the new neighbourhood centre at Parkhouse Court, as mentioned previously. Moors Walk is currently being redeveloped, the retail element is now complete and the residential is in progress. The change at Cuffley is the result of the conversion of a pub to a supermarket.
Local Indicator 25: Loss of A1 use in designated retail centres (m² net)
District Plan Relevant Saved Policy Target Output Performance Objective TCR7, TCR8, TCR16, TCR17 and 2 0% loss +2,875 TCR28 ☺
105. Despite a small loss in Welwyn Garden City Town centre there has been an overall gain of A1 floorspace completed in the borough’s retail centres this year, see Table 13.
106. This indicator will be revised next year to show the percentage of A1 use class in all designated retail centres against the targets set in the relevant District Plan policies.
Local Indicator 26: Amount of A1 retail floorspace completed outside designated retail centres
District Plan Relevant Saved Policy Target Output Performance Objective TCR1, TCR2, TCR3, TCR23, TCR24, 2 0% gain 0 TCR25, TCR26, TCR17 ☺
107. There has been no A1 gain outside of the designated retail centres during the reporting year.
Pedestrian Counts
Local Indicator 16: Pedestrian Flows at selected points of main thoroughfares – Town Centres
District Plan Relevant Output Output Target Performance Objective Saved Policy 2006/7 2007/8 Increased TCR4, TCR 5, 32,430 per 33,150 per 9 pedestrian TCR 6 week week ☺ flows
Local Indicator 17: Pedestrian Flows at selected points of main thoroughfares – Welwyn Garden City Town Centre
District Plan Relevant Output Output Target Performance Objective Saved Policy 2006/7 2007/8 Increased TCR4, TCR 5, 24,240 per 22,000 per 9 pedestrian TCR 6 week week flows
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Local Indicator 18: Pedestrian Flows at selected points of main thoroughfares – Hatfield Town Centre
District Plan Relevant Output Output Target Performance Objective Saved Policy 2006/7 2007/8 Increased TCR4, TCR 5, 8,190 per 11,150 per 9 pedestrian TCR 6 week* week ☺ flows *Figures published in the 2006/2007 AMR included the Galleria and are now superseded by these figures
108. Data was collected during March 2008 at 16 Hatfield Town Centre points in Hatfield Town Centre, 15 points in the Redevelopment Galleria shopping centre in Hatfield and 32 points in Welwyn Garden City Town Centre Due to the global economic downturn between the hours of 10.00am and 5.00pm. which is affecting the whole country, Average pedestrian flows for all the points were there will be a delay to the then calculated to obtain the total area counts. regeneration of Hatfield town centre.
The council is currently investigating all 109. The Galleria had a count of 19,230 pedestrians avenues to secure additional funding per week in 2007/8 and 18,400 in 2006/7, which so the scheme can be resumed as is more than Hatfield Town Centre in the same soon as feasible in the current period. Whilst Welwyn Garden City has economic climate. experienced a decrease in pedestrian footfall, this is relatively minor and could be due to a
number of factors, including the weather. It should also be noted that the counts for Hatfield were carried out at different times of the year (May and March respectively) which may have affected the results. In future surveys will be carried out in October and March each year.
Vacant Retail
Local Indicator 28: Proportion of vacant street level retail property in a) Hatfield Town Centre and b) Welwyn Garden City
Table 14 – Retail Frontage vacancy (length) in Town Centres District 2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- Plan Area Target Performance 2005 % 2006 % 2007 % 2008 % Objective a) Hatfield Town 10 0% 7% 18% 12% 11% Centre b) Welwyn 10 Garden City 0% 2% 1% 2% 3% Town Centre
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110. There has been little change in the level of vacant retail property in either town centre during the reporting year. The level of vacant units in Hatfield is still considerably higher than in Welwyn Garden City. Whilst ideally we aim for 0% vacancy, this may not be fully achievable as the retail survey is only a ‘snap shot’ in time and there is always the possibility of vacancies occurring when units change from one retail use to the next.
111. A target of 0% vacancy is considered to be unrealistic to achieve, therefore next year this indicator will be amended to monitor floorspace, which can then be compared to national retail vacancy levels.
Local Indicator 27: Proportion of vacant street level retail property in designated retail centres (excluding town centres)
Table 15 – Retail Vacancy (units) in designated retail centres excluding Town Centres 2005 2006 2007 2008 Change Retail Centre Town % % % % Vacant 06/07-07/08 Vacant Vacant Vacant Large Neighbourhood Centres - % of total units Haldens Welwyn Garden City 6% 0% 6% 6% - Hall Grove Welwyn Garden City 0% 0% 0% 0% - Moors Walk Welwyn Garden City 5% 7% 7% 5% Woodhall Welwyn Garden City 4% 7% 14% 7% Highview Hatfield 8% 13% 0% 0% - Parkhouse Court Hatfield N/A N/A N/A N/A* N/A Small Neighbourhood Centres - % of total units Handside Welwyn Garden City 0% 0% 0% 0% - Hollybush Welwyn Garden City 14% 14% 14% 0% Peartree Welwyn Garden City 0% 0% 0% 0% - Shoplands Welwyn Garden City 13% 13% 13% 0% Birchwood Hatfield 0% 0% 0% 0% - Crawford Road Hatfield 22% 11% 22% 0% Harpsfield Broadway Hatfield 8% 0% 8% 8% - Manor Parade Hatfield 11% 0% 0% 0% - Roe Green Hatfield 33% 14% 14% 14% - St Albans Road East Hatfield 7% 8% 0% 0% - The Common Hatfield 10% 10% 0% 0% - Large Village Centres - % of total units Brookmans Park 0% 0% 4% 4% - Cuffley 3% 3% 6% 3% Welham Green 6% 6% 6% 6% - Welwyn 3% 5% 3% 0% Small Village Centres - % of total units Digswell 33% 0% 0% 0% - Oaklands and Mardley Heath 0% 0% 0% 0% - Woolmer Green 0% 0% 0% 0% - Other Areas Outside of Retail Hierarchy Old Hatfield 9% 9% 9% 11% *As Parkhouse Court was only completed in early 2008, a high proportion of units are still in the process of being let. Therefore it was not included in the retail frontage survey this year. It will be included in the 2009 retail frontage survey.
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Vacancy Up Vacancy Down - No Change
112. Only one area experienced an increase in the proportion of vacant units, which was Old Hatfield (not included in the retail hierarchy). The centres with the highest proportion of vacant units are Roe Green, with 14%, Harpsfield Broadway with 8%, both in Hatfield and Woodhall, in Welwyn Garden City with 7%.
Figure 16 – Retail in Welwyn Hatfield
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Travel
In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to travel, including car parking standards, accessibility to services, cycle lanes and bus priority measures. This chapter contains Local Indicators 12, 13, 32, 33 and 34
Traffic Congestion
Contextual Indicator: Volume of Motor Traffic
Volume of Motor Traffic - Hertfordshire Districts
7 2004 2005 2006 6
5
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2 Million day Vehicle km per
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0 Hatfield Watford Welwyn Dacorum St Albans St East Herts East Hertsmere Stevenage North Herts North Broxbourne Three Rivers Three
Figure 17 – Volume of Motor Traffic – Hertfordshire Districts25
113. Traffic volume provides a good measure of the extent people travel. Figure 17 shows that volumes of motor traffic have remained relatively steady in Welwyn Hatfield between 2004 and 2006 at around 3 million vehicle kilometres per day. The levels of traffic depend on the size of the district/borough and also on whether busy motorways such as the M1, M25 and A1(M) pass through the area. According to Hertfordshire County Council just over 30% of the vehicle kilometres travelled in Welwyn Hatfield are on principal (A roads) and another 30% are on motorways. The remaining kilometres are travelled on B roads (16%) and C roads (20%).
25 Hertfordshire Quality of Life Report 2007 http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/qol/2007/transport07.cfm Accessed 22/10/08
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Accessibility
Local Indicator 34: Amount and percentage 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)
Table 16 – Accessibility of new residential development Facility Type % 2005-2006 % 2006-2007 % 2007-2008 GP 99.2% 99.9% 100.0% Hospital 61.4% 85.5% 99.7% Primary School 99.3% 99.9% 100.0% Secondary School 99.0% 99.9% 100.0% Areas of employment 99.2% 99.9% 100.0% Major Retail Centres 98.9% 98.9% 99.9%
114. The data for this indicator is calculated by Hertfordshire County Council using specialist accessibility software. Over 99% of all new residential development completed in 2007/8 was within 30 minutes public transport time of a GP, hospital, primary school, secondary school, area of employment and a major retail centre.
Bus Priority Measures
Local Indicator 13: Number of bus priority measures implemented within Welwyn Hatfield
Relevant District Plan Output Output Saved Policy Target Performance Objective 2006/2007 2007/2008 No. Annual 6 M1, SD1 0 1 increase ☺
115. There has been 1 bus priority measure implemented New Bus Interchange Completed in Welwyn Hatfield during the reporting year. This is part of the new bus interchange completed on the A new bus interchange has recently former Aerodrome site in Hatfield (see information been completed at the new box opposite). neighbourhood centre on the former Aerodrome Site in Hatfield. There Car Parking Standards are currently 2 routes using the new 116. The information shown in the tables below only interchange, both of which serve the includes sites which were fully completed during the new housing of the site, into Hatfield reporting year, although part of the site may have Town Centre. There are plans for been completed in previous years. It does not new routes to be added soon. include sites on the former Hatfield Aerodrome as
they are subject to different parking standards, set
out in the masterplan for the site. It also does not include sites which were granted permission before the car parking standards were adopted (January 2004) and those sites where there was insufficient parking information available.
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Local Indicator 32: Amount and percentage of completed residential (C3) development within use class orders A, B and D complying with car parking standards set out in the local development framework
Total Number of Sites Number complying with % complying with standards* Completed in year standards 34 16 47% *based on cars only (cycles not taken into account)
117. For residential development the Welwyn Hatfield Parking Standards are minimum standards, based on the parking zone and the number of bedrooms in each dwelling on the site.
118. Whilst only 47% of completed residential sites complied with car parking standards, the sites which did comply tended to be larger sites and represented 87% of the total dwellings completed. A large proportion of sites were smaller (such as 1 or 2 dwellings in large gardens) which already had a large amount of parking available.
Local Indicator 33: Amount and percentage of completed non-residential development complying with car parking standards set out in the local development framework
Number of sites % of sites complying Use Class Number of sites complying with with standards* standards A 4 4 100% B 12 8 67% D 2 2 100% Total 18 14 78% * based on cars only (cycles not taken into account)
119. For the purposes of these calculations, applications for a change of use with no additional floorspace and no additional parking provided have been classes as compliant with parking standards. Sites which have had small extensions and have resulted in no additional car parking spaces have also been classes as compliant with parking standards.
120. For 2007/8, 78% of completed non residential (A, B and D use class) development complied with the parking standards, which is similar to the figure 2006/7 of 80%. The remaining 22% had an over provision of parking.
Cycle Lanes
Local Indicator 12: Additional length of cycle lanes within Welwyn Hatfield
Relevant District Plan Saved Policy Target Output Performance Objective No. Annual distance 800m 6 SD1, M6 increase (approx)26 ☺
121. According to Hertfordshire Highways, approximately 800m of cycle paths have been completed in Welwyn Hatfield during the reporting year.
26 Hertfordshire Highways –by email 04/09/08
43│ Travel Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8 New Homes In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to new homes provided in Welwyn Hatfield since 2001 and projected new homes until 2021. This section includes information on the types of dwellings built, the number of bedrooms, the housing trajectory, the 5 year housing land supply, housing built on previously developed land and housing quality. This includes National Core Output Indicators H1, H2a, H2b, H2c, H2d, H3 and H6 and Local Indicators 2, 29, 19 and 30
Dwelling Completions 2001-2008
Core Output Indicator H1: Plan period and housing targets
Start of Plan End of Plan Total Housing Source of Plan
period period Required Target H1 2001 2021 10,000 East of England Plan
122. The adopted version of the East of England Plan was published on the 12th May 2008 and confirmed the housing requirement of 10,000 additional homes in Welwyn Hatfield between 2001 and 2021.
Core Output Indicator H2a: Net additional dwellings – in previous years
Core Output Indicator H2b: Net additional dwellings – for the reporting year
Table 17 – Welwyn Hatfield Dwelling Completions 2001-2008 Completions Completions Total Net Completions Completions on allocated not on Year Dwelling on PDL Greenfield sites allocated sites Completions No. % No. % No. % No. % 2001/02 82 37 45% 45 55% 81 99% 1 1% 2002/03 478 347 73% 131 27% 248 52% 230 48% 2003/04 812 764 94% 48 6% 572 70% 240 30% 2004/05 642 593 92% 49 8% 504 79% 138 21% 2005/06 709 552 78% 157 22% 697 98% 12 2% 2006/07 685 589 86% 96 14% 683 100% 2 0% 2007/08 747 513 69% 234 31% 745 100% 2 0% Totals 4,155 3,395 82% 760 18% 3,530 85% 625 15%
*Note – completion figures have been amended due to reconciliation of data Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council monitoring. The changes are relatively minor but supersede any completion figures published in previous AMRs.
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123. Of the 10,000 dwellings required in Welwyn Hatfield between 2001 and 2021, 4,155 had already been built at the 31st March 2008, as shown in Table 17. This leaves a minimum of 5,845 to build between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2021. The East of England Plan notes that 550 dwellings per year were completed for the first 5 years of the plan and requires 480 dwellings per year for the remaining 15 years of the plan (figures may not sum due to rounding). Based on these annual requirements, the cumulative requirement at 31st March 2008 is 3,710 dwellings, meaning that Welwyn Hatfield is 445 dwellings above the allocated requirement to date.
Type of Dwellings Built
3%
Houses 47% Flats Bungalows
50%
Figure 18 - Proportion of dwelling types built in Welwyn Hatfield 2001-2008
124. Figure 18 shows the proportion of the 4,155 dwellings which were houses, flats and bungalows. The split between houses and flats has been roughly equal at 50% and 47% respectively. The Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005 identified a shortfall of 1 and 2 bedroom properties which may partly explain the high number of flats recently completed. Figure 19 shows that during the reporting year, the majority of dwellings completed had 2 bedrooms, followed by dwellings with 1 bedroom.
450
403 400
350
300
250 234
200 Dwellings
150
100 75
50 31 24 1 0 1 Bedroom 2 Bedrooms 3 Bedrooms 4 Bedrooms 5+ Bedrooms Unknown
Figure 19 – Completions in reporting year 2007/8 by number of bedrooms
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Core Output Indicator H2c: Net additional dwellings – in future years
125. Table 18, Figure 20 and Figure 21 show Welwyn Hatfield’s current housing supply position in relation to housing requirement specified in the East of England Plan. The blue bars show past completions and the multi-coloured bars show projected future dwelling completions (split by the current status of the site – see key). The blue line shows the annual RSS target (5 years x 550 dwellings + 15 years x 480 dwellings).
126. Beyond 2021, which is the end of the RSS plan period, policy H1 in the East of England Plan states that planning authorities should ‘assume that the average annual rate of provision after 2021 will be the same as the rates in this policy for 2006 to 2021 or 2001 to 2021, whichever is the higher’ . For Welwyn Hatfield this is 500 dwellings per year (10,000 / 20 years).
Core Output Indicator H2d: Managed delivery target
127. The managed delivery target is shown in the trajectory summary table (H2d) and is also demonstrated by the red MANAGE line on the trajectory graph. This is calculated for each year by dividing the remaining requirement at each year (after past and projected completions are taken into account) by the number of years of the plan remaining. The manage line has been calculated based on the 10,000 dwelling requirement up to 2021. After 2021, an additional 500 dwellings per year have been added to the target until 2024 in order to provide a 15 year trajectory (starting from the year after the current year as specified in the guidance).
Local Indicator 19: Total number of new homes built
Relevant District Plan Output saved policy Target Output (net) Performance Objective (gross) number Increasing 2 H1, H6 number of 768 747 ☺ new homes
128. 747 net additional dwellings were completed in Welwyn Hatfield during the reporting year. This is well above the annualised average requirement of 480 dwellings, as required in the East of England Plan and the 2007/2008 managed delivery target of 471 dwellings.
129. The target for this indicator will be revised in the next AMR to reflect the number of dwellings expected to come forward from the housing trajectory and 5 year land supply.
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6000
Past completions Development in Progress
Detailed Permission Not Started S106 Agreement Pending
Outline Permission Allocated Sites 5000 Pre-application site MANAGE - Annual requirement taking account past/projected completions
PLAN - RSS allocation annualised
4000
3000 Post East of East of England Plan Period England Plan Dwellings (net) Period 2000
1000 812 747 642 709 685 478 582 332 477 454 326 300 82 0 0 00000000 0 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 COMPLETIONS PROJECTIONS
Figure 20 – Welwyn Hatfield Housing Trajectory 2001-2024
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1000
500
0
-500 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 COMPLETIONS PROJECTIONS
-1000
-1500 Dwellings (net) Dwellings -2000
-2500
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Figure 21 – Monitor Graph – Number of Dwellings above or below cumulative requirement (2001-2021)
Table 18 – Indicator H2 Summary Table
Year 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 Monitoring Year Rep Cur 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2a 82 478 812 642 709 685
H2b 747
H2c a) Net additions 332 326 582 477 454 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
b) Hectares 11.04 10.90 10.11 7.67 3.67
c) Targets 480 480 480 480 480
H2d 471 450 459 472 461 459 459 482 562 675 844 1125 1687 3374 3874 4374 4874
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Rep = Reporting Year Cur = Current Year
5 Year Housing Land Supply
130. The East of England Plan states that a minimum of 10,000 dwellings must be completed in Welwyn Hatfield between 2001 and 2021. An average annual rate of 550 dwellings per year was achieved in the first 5 years, leaving a requirement of 480 dwellings per year for the remaining 15 years. At the 31st March 2008, 4,155 of these dwellings had already been built, leaving an additional 5,845 to build.
131. The new National Core Output Indicators state that the 5 year housing land supply must begin the year after the current year. For this AMR, the reporting year is 2007/8 and the current year is 2008/9, therefore the 5 year requirement is between 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2014.
Table 19 – 5 Year Housing Supply Summary 5 Year Housing Supply a) Total Dwelling Requirement 2001-2021 10,000 dwellings Cumulative Requirement at 31st March 2014 b) 6,590 dwellings (550 x 5 years + 480 x 8 years) c) Total Built to date (31st March 2008) 4,155 dwellings Expected completions 2008-2009 - based on housing d) 332 dwellings trajectory (Current Year) e) Total Expected Complete by 1st April 2009 (c + d) 4,487 dwellings f) Remaining Requirement to 2014 (b – e) 2,103 dwellings g) Annual Requirement 2009-2014 (2,103 / 5) 421 dwellings h) 5 Year Supply (2009 – 2014)* 2,139 dwellings i) Projected over supply (h – f) 36 dwellings j) Number of years supply (h / g) 5.08 years k) % of 5 Year Requirement (h / f x 100) 101.7% *See Appendix C and D for further site details
132. Welwyn Hatfield currently has a 5 year housing land supply. The 5 year supply is 36 dwellings above the requirement, expressed as a percentage this is 101.7% of the requirement. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council are currently in the process of completing a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA), which will identify further sites with potential for housing development for the remaining requirement of the East of England Plan. The SHLAA is expected to be completed in early 2009 its findings will be incorporated in next year’s AMR.
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Core Output Indicator H3: New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land
Total Gross 768 H3 Gross on PDL 766 % Gross on PDL 99.7%
133. For the reporting year, 99.7% of all dwellings built were on previously developed land, exceeding the target of 60%. Local Indicator LOI9 has been omitted from the AMR this year as it repeats information in Core Output Indicator H3.
Welwyn Hatfield PDL Trajectory 2007/2008 900 120% Past completions on PDL Past completions on non PDL Projected Completions on PDL Projected Completions on non PDL 800 PDL % Target % New Dwellings on PDL 100% 700
600 80%
500 60% 400 Dwellings (net) % Dwellings on PDL
300 40%
200 20% 100
0 0%
8 1 3 8 /03 /05 /06 /0 /10 /1 /12 /1 /14 /15 /16 /17 /1 /19 /21 5 7 0 2 7 11 14 16 002 004 009 015 018 020 2001/02 2 2003/04 2 200 2006/07 200 2008/09 2 201 20 201 2013 20 2 20 201 2 2019/20 2
Figure 22 – Previously Developed Land Trajectory – as at 31st March 2008
134. Figure 22 shows the information in the trajectory split by previously developed land (PDL) and non- previously developed land. The red line represents the 60% PDL target as set out in PPS3 and the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005. The blue line shows the performance of Welwyn Hatfield. It demonstrates that the target has been exceeded for all but one of the seven years of the plan to date. The blue bars show the majority of projected dwellings to be built will be on PDL. The line drops to 0 after 2014 as we do not yet have details of where the additional housing will be built.
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Building for Life Assessments
Core Output Indicator H6: Housing Quality – Building for Life Assessments
135. This is a new indicator, for which we currently have no data. We are aiming to collect data for the next AMR (for the reporting year 2008/09)
Residential Density
Local Indicator 30: Residential Density Achieved
2002 20% 63% 17%
2003 7% 70% 22%
2004 8% 79% 13%
2005 5% 54% 41%
2006 5% 36% 60%
2007 3% 37% 61%
2008 5% 21% 74%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% % of gross dwelling completions in year
<30 dwellings per hectare 30-50 dwellings per hectare >50 dwellings per hectare
Figure 23 – Residential density of gross completed dwellings 2001-2008 (excluding conversions)
136. Figure 23 shows the density of all dwelling completions since the beginning of the plan period. It is measured by dividing the total gross dwelling gain on a site by the net developable area. The result provides the number of dwellings per hectare (dph), which is shown in the graph as less than 30 dph, 30-50 dph and 50+ dph. The graph demonstrates that over the 7 years the proportion of dwellings completed at a density of more than 50 dwellings per hectare has increased dramatically. For the reporting year 2007-2008, there has been an increase in the proportion of dwellings built at over 50 dph. This is mainly due to the large number of flats, particularly on the Aerodrome site, which have been completed in the year. Table 20 below shows that the average density has increased from 24 dwellings per hectare in 2001-2 to 47 dwellings per hectare in 2007-8.
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Table 20 – Average Site Density completed 2001-2008 Year Average Density (dph) 2001-2 24 2002-3 38 2003-4 33 2004-5 41 2005-6 42 2006-7 47 2007-8 47
Green Belt
Local Indicator 29: Number and percentage of dwellings completed in the towns and specified settlements
Completed dwellings (net) % of Total Towns and Specified Settlements 735 98% Greenbelt 12 2% Total 747 100%
137. Of the 747 dwellings completed in Welwyn Hatfield during the reporting year, only 2% of those were completed in the Green belt. The remaining 98% were built in the towns and specified settlements of Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Cuffley, Brookmans Park, Digswell, Little Heath, Oaklands and Mardley Heath, Welham Green, Welwyn and Woolmer Green.
Figure 24 – Examples of different types of housing recently completed in Welwyn Hatfield
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Homes for All
In this Chapter…
This chapter covers all contextual, national and local indicators relating to providing homes for every section of the community, including information on house prices and affordability, affordable housing and Gypsies and Travellers. This chapter includes National Indicator H4 and H5.
House Prices
Contextual Indicator: Average House Prices27
Table 21 – Average House Prices (Jan – Mar 2008) Semi- Detached Terraced Flat/Maisonette detached Welwyn Hatfield £734,400 £301,900 £218,400 £187,800 Hertfordshire £61,7100 £312,800 £240,700 £184,600 East of England £354,700 £217,000 £185,100 £155,600 England & Wales £343,100 £197,500 £174,100 £200,300
£350,000 800 Average Price Number of Sales 700 £300,000
600 £250,000
500 £200,000
400
£150,000 Average Price Number of Sales 300
£100,000 200
£50,000 100
£- 0 Apr-Jun 2006 Apr-Jun 2007 Apr - JunApr- 1995 JunApr- 1996 JunApr- 1997 JunApr- 1998 JunApr- 1999 JunApr- 2000 JunApr- 2001 JunApr- 2002 JunApr- 2003 JunApr- 2004 JunApr- 2005 Jan - Mar 1995 Jan Mar - 1996 Jan Mar - 1997 Jan Mar - 1998 Jan Mar - 1999 Jan Mar - 2000 Jan Mar - 2001 Jan Mar - 2002 Jan Mar - 2003 Jan Mar - 2004 Jan Mar - 2005 Jan Mar - 2006 Jan Mar - 2007 Jan Mar - 2008 Jan Mar - Jul Sept - 1995 Oct - Dec 1995 Jul Sept - 1996 Oct - Dec 1996 Jul Sept - 1997 Oct - Dec 1997 Jul Sept - 1998 Oct - Dec 1998 Jul Sept - 1999 Oct - Dec 1999 Jul Sept - 2000 Oct - Dec 2000 Jul Sept - 2001 Oct - Dec 2001 Jul Sept - 2002 Oct - Dec 2002 Jul Sept - 2003 Oct - Dec 2003 Jul Sept - 2004 Oct - Dec 2004 Jul Sept - 2005 Oct - Dec 2005 Jul Sept - 2006 Oct - Dec 2006 Jul Sept - 2007 Oct - Dec 2007 Figure 25 – Average House Prices and Volume of Sales in Welwyn Hatfield January 1995 – March 2008
138. In the first quarter of 2008, average house prices in Welwyn Hatfield and Hertfordshire remained above the national and regional averages. The biggest difference in price was for
27 HM Land Registry Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO. Published by Hertfordshire County Council http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/hcc/env/factsfigs/socio/hprices/
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detached properties, which were around £390,000 higher than the England and Wales average. This is a dramatic increase from £554,780 in the third quarter of 2007. However it is worth noting that the number of sales of detached properties fell by 55% from the third quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008, although as Figure 25 shows, fluctuations in the volume of sales do occur. It is also worth noting that the average price of a detached property in Welwyn Garden City was £465,900 and was £563,000 in Hatfield, meaning that the properties sold with considerably above average prices would have been in the smaller settlements.
139. Due to the recent downturn in the housing market, average property prices and the volume of sales in Welwyn Hatfield are expected to have fallen in line with the rest of the country although there is currently no information available. Regional housing market monitoring has indicated that house prices in the East of England have fallen by around 11.4% in the last year (Nationwide). It also indicates that there has been a 64% fall in the number of property transactions between July 2007 and July 2008.
Contextual Indicator: Affordability of Housing
Ratio of lower quartile house price to lower quartile earnings
12.00 10.00
8.00 England East of England 6.00 Hertfordshire Ratio 4.00 Welwyn Hatfield 2.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 England 3.65 3.65 3.84 3.98 4.22 4.72 5.23 6.27 6.82 7.12 7.25 East of England 3.75 3.87 4.16 4.43 5.02 5.96 6.68 7.57 8.01 8.03 8.56 Hertfordshire 4.48 4.90 5.28 5.99 6.40 7.63 8.39 9.07 9.47 9.39 10.00 Welwyn Hatfield 4.87 4.82 5.42 5.75 6.33 6.95 8.03 8.64 8.81 9.86 8.87
Figure 26 – Ratio of lower quartile house price to lower quartile earnings28
140. Figure 26 shows the ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings in Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, the East of England and England. The ratio is derived from the Land Registry’s lower quartile house price data and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings lower quartile of full-time employees weekly pay (grossed to a year) by workplace. It shows whether or not the people with the lowest earnings can afford the cheapest housing. National figures show that those in the lower quartile income bracket could have to pay seven times their annual income for a house priced in the lower quartile. In Welwyn Hatfield this ratio rises up to nearly nine times the annual income for 2007. Whilst this is still higher than the national and regional average, Welwyn Hatfield has experienced a decrease in 2007 from nearly ten times annual income in 2006.
28Communities and Local Government: Live tables on the housing market and house prices - local levelhttp://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingstatistics/housingstatisticsby/locallevelstatistics/tab leshousingmarket/
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Affordable Housing
Table 22 – Welwyn Hatfield Affordable Housing completions 2001-2008 Total Completions Year Affordable Completions (gross) % Affordable (gross) 2001/02 95 40 42.11% 2002/03 504 180 35.71% 2003/04 825 240 29.09% 2004/05 682 178 26.10% 2005/06 737 110 14.93% 2006/07 709 307 43.30% 2007/08 768 265 34.51% Total 4320 1320 30.56%
141. Table 22 above shows that 1,320 affordable dwellings (30.56%) have been built between 2001 and 2008. The majority of affordable dwellings built were in Hatfield (58%) followed by Welwyn Garden City (39%). The only affordable dwellings completed outside of the main towns were in Welwyn (4%).
Core Output Indicator H5: Gross affordable housing completions
Social rent homes Intermediate homes Affordable homes
provided provided total H5 Unknown Unknown 265
142. During the reporting year, there were 265 affordable homes completed. For this year we are unable to break down the number of social rent and intermediate homes due to past differences in reporting in the Planning and Housing departments, we will aim to rectify this in next year’s AMR.
Gypsies and Travellers
Table 23 – Gypsy and Traveller Sites in Welwyn Hatfield29 Public Private Site Sites Pitches Caravans Sites Pitches Caravans Holwell Caravan Site, 1 39 58 0 0 0 Holwell, Hatfield Barbaraville Caravan Site, 0 0 0 1 10 11 Hatfield Four Oaks, 1-4 Great 0 0 0 1 2 4 North Road, Welwyn Total 1 39 58 2 12 15
29 DCLG Bi-annual Gypsy and Traveller Count January 2008, reconciled with Welwyn Hatfield Council Tax records http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingmanagementcare/gypsiesandtravellers/gypsyandtravellersit edataandstat/
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143. There has been no change in the number of Gypsy and Traveller sites or pitch numbers in Welwyn Hatfield during the reporting year. In January 2008 Welwyn Hatfield had 3 Gypsy and Traveller sites, 51 pitches and 73 caravans. Two of these sites are privately owned and the other is a public site.
Table 24 - Travelling Showpeople With permission for Site Caravans Lorries Trailers Foxes Lane, Welham Green 7 11 5
144. There is currently one site for Travelling Showpeople in the borough, which is in Welham Green.
Core Output Indicator H4: Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller)
Permanent Transit Total H4 0 0 0
145. There have been no additional permanent or transit pitches completed within the reporting year.
Figure 27 – 84 new affordable flats currently nearing completion in Hatfield
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Appendix A – National Core Output Indicators Summary Tables
Business Development and Town Centres
B1 B1a B1b B1c B2 B8 B Mix Total BD1 Gross 493 2,506 0 0 689 1,783 4,417 9,888 Net 193 122 0 0 -2,301 -18,499 3,498 -16987 BD2 Gross 493 2,506 0 0 689 1,783 4,417 9,888 % Gross on PDL 100% 100% n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% BD3 hectares 11 9 0 0 1 1 25 47
A1 A2 B1a D2 Total BD4 (i) Town Centres Gross 0 134 0 0 134 Net -48 134 -2,384 0 -2,298 BD4 (ii) Local Authority Area Gross 3,280 584 2,506 529 6,899 Net 2,611 584 122 -1,059 2,258 Note - The figure given here is net internal floorspace, rather than net tradable floorspace as required in the latest definitions.
Housing
Start of Plan period End of Plan period Total Housing Required Source of Plan Target H1 2001 2021 10,000 East of England Plan
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Year 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 Monitoring Rep Cur 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Year H2a 82 478 812 642 709 685 H2b 747 a) Net H2c 332 326 582 477 454 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 additions b) 11.04 10.90 10.11 7.67 3.67 Hectares c) 480 480 480 480 480 Targets H2d 471 450 459 472 461 459 459 482 562 675 844 1125 1687 3374 3874 4374 4874
Permanent Transit Total H4 0 0 0
Social rent homes Intermediate homes Affordable homes
provided provided total H5 Unknown Unknown 265
Total Number of Number of number Number of Number of sites with a Number Number Number sites with a Number of Number % of sites with a % of sites with a % of % of Building for of of of Building for of housing of dwellings Building for dwellings Building for dwellings dwellings Life dwellings dwellings dwellings life dwellings sites (or dwellings on 16 or Life of 14 to life of 10 to of less Assessment on those on those on those assessment on those phases on those more assessment 15 assessment 14 than 10 of 16 or sites sites sites of less than sites of sites of 14 to 15 of 10 to 14 more 10 housing sites) H6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A *As this is a new indicator no information has been collected for this reporting year
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Environment
Flooding Quality Total E1 1 0 1
Loss Addition Total E2 0 0 0
Biomass
E3 Renewable Solar Municipal (and Co-firing of Wind Onshore Hydro Sewage Total Energy Photovoltaics Landfill industrial) solid biomass Animal Plant sludge Gas waste with fossil biomass biomass digestion combustion fuels Permitted 0.000755 installed 0.00675mW 0.00008mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW mW capacity in MW
Completed installed 0.020mW 0.0035mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0mW 0.0235 mW capacity in MW
Minerals and Waste Indicators not applicable
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Local Indicators ☺ Target Met Target Not Met Data Available/Expected Data Collection in Progress Data Not Available Welwyn Relevant District Hatfield Indicator Description Output Target 07/0808/09 09/10 10/11 Plan Policy Ref Number and percentage of completed dwellings in the towns and specified LOI 29 R1 98% n/a n/a settlements LOI 7 R15 Loss of designated wildlife sites 0 0% loss ☺ LOI 8 R27 Number of listed buildings demolished 0 0% loss ☺ Proportion of land at Sherrardspark Wood and Northaw Great Wood SSSIs Increase LOI10 R13, R16, R17 81% & 100% coming into favourable condition by 2010 % Annual LOI 12 SD1, M6 Additional length of cycle lanes within Welwyn Hatfield 800m Increase ☺ Annual LOI 13 M9 Number of bus priority measures implemented within Welwyn Hatfield 1 Increase ☺ Increase LOI 16 IM3 Pedestrian flows at selected points of main thoroughfares – All Town Centres 33,150 number ☺ Pedestrian flows at selected points of main thoroughfares - Welwyn Garden Increase LOI 17 TCR4, 5 & 6, IM3 22,000 per week City Town Centre number TCR14, HATAER4, Increase LOI 18a Pedestrian flows at selected point of main thoroughfares - Hatfield Town Centre 11,150 per week IM3 number ☺ Increase LOI 19 H1, H6 Total number of new homes built (gross) 768 no. ☺ LOI 21 OS1, OS2 Percentage loss of urban open land 0.03% loss 0% loss LOI 22 OS1, OS2 Percentage loss of playing fields 0% 0% loss ☺ CLT1, CLT13, LOI 23 Retain existing social and community facilities (net m²) 0 loss 0% loss RA12 ☺ EMP8, RA16, LOI 24 Loss of employment land in rural areas (m²) 0 loss 0% RA17 ☺ TCR7, TCR8, LOI 25 TCR16, TCR17, Loss of Class A1 uses in designated retail centres +2875 m² 0% loss ☺ TCR28 TCR1, TCR2, TCR3, TCR23, LOI 26 Amount of A1 retail floorspace gains completed outside designated centres (m²) 0 0% gain TCR24, TCR25, ☺ TCR26, TCR27
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Local Indicators ☺ Target Met Target Not Met Data Available/Expected Data Collection in Progress Data Not Available Welwyn Relevant District Hatfield Indicator Description Output Target 07/0808/09 09/10 10/11 Plan Policy Ref LOI 27 IM3 Proportion of vacant street level retail property in designated retail centres 0-14% 0% LOI 28a IM3 Proportion of vacant street level retail property – Hatfield Town Centre 11% 0% Proportion of vacant street level retail property – Welwyn Garden City Town LOI 28 b IM3 3% 0% Centre 0-30 dph 5% LOI 30 Former NCOI Residential Density Achieved 30-50 dph 21% N/A N/A 50+ dph 74% Amount and percentage of open spaces managed to Green Flag Award LOI 31 Former NCOI 52 ha N/A N/A Standard Amount and percentage of completed residential development complying with 47% (sites) LOI 32 New Indicator n/a n/a car parking standards set out in the local development framework 87% (dwellings) Amount and percentage of completed non residential development within use LOI 33 Former NCOI class orders A, B and D complying with car parking standards set out in the 78% n/a n/a local development framework Amount and percentage of new residential development within 30 minutes See Travel LOI 34 Former NCOI public transport time of a GP, hospital, primary school, secondary school, area n/a n/a Chapter of employment and a major retail centre LOI35 Former NCOI Loss of employment land to residential use 0ha n/a n/a
*Additional Indicators to be added (former National indicators)*
61│ Appendix B: Local Output Indicators Summary Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8 Appendix C – Trajectory Housing Sites
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Essendon Mill, Low Road, Development S6 1997 922 FP GREEN BELT 4 1.71 N Y 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Essendon in Progress Cattlegate Farm, Development S6 1998 919 FP GREEN BELT 2 0.19 N N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cattlegate Road in Progress Spike Island, Hornbeam Development S6 1998 1132 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.09 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane, Essendon in Progress 83 Codicote Road, Development N6 2002 829 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.32 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Welwyn in Progress Land at Hatfield Development S6 2003 957 DE Hatfield 250 6.50 Y Y 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aerodrome Phase 3 in Progress QVM Hospital, School Development N6 2004 1598 FP Welwyn 16 0.48 N Y 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane in Progress Brookmans Development S6 2004 1775 FP 8 Georges Wood Road 0 0.13 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park in Progress QE II Hospital, Woolmer Welwyn Development N6 2005 1026 FP Hse & Harmer Hse, 164 0.68 N Y 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City in Progress Howlands Oaklands & Development N6 2005 45 FP 16 Chestnut Walk 0 0.05 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath in Progress Welwyn Development N6 2005 537 FP 18 Sylvandale 1 0.02 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City in Progress Oaklands & Development N6 2005 960 FP 8 Robbery Bottom Lane 0 0.15 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath in Progress Moors Walk Welwyn Development N6 2005 1248 FP Neighbourhood Centre, 24 1.08 N Y 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City in Progress Moors Walk Land to rear of 24 The Development S6 2005 1327 FP Cuffley 1 0.09 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ridgeway in Progress Land at 77 & 79 & r/o 75 Development S6 2005 1369 FP Cuffley 3 0.31 N Y 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tolmers Road in Progress Willow Mead, Vineyards Development N6 2005 1449 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.28 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road, Northaw in Progress Welwyn Development N6 2005 1460 FP Attimore Barn, Ridgeway 27 0.54 N Y 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City in Progress Land adjacent 1-12 Lambs Development S6 2005 1560 FP Cuffley 5 0.09 N Y 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Close in Progress Welwyn Development N6 2006 291 FP Rosanne House, Parkway 24 0.15 N Y 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City in Progress Bedwell Park, Cucumber Development S6 2006 365 FP GREEN BELT 29 1.80 N Y 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane, Essendon, Hatfield in Progress Heronswood, Ponsbourne Development S6 2006 446 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.40 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park, Newgate Street in Progress
Appendix C: Trajectory Site List │62 Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Brookmans Development S6 2006 737 DE 6 Mymms Drive 1 0.12 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park in Progress Development S6 2006 871 FP 66 Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield 1 0.02 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Progress 3 Dellsome Lane, North Development S6 2006 907 FP Welham Green 8 0.04 N Y 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mymms in Progress Former Herts Country Welwyn Development N6 2006 1124 FP 48 1.19 N Y 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club, Chequersfield Garden City in Progress Development S6 2006 1296 DE Land r/o 2 Farm Close Cuffley 1 0.05 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Progress West Lodge, Coopers Development S6 2006 1596 FP GREEN BELT 1 0.35 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane in Progress Oaklands & Development N6 2007 195 FP 67 Robbery Bottom Lane 0 0.06 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath in Progress Development S6 2007 280 FP 13 - 15 Plough Hill Cuffley 1 0.04 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Progress Development S6 2007 432 FP 5 East Ridgeway Cuffley 1 0.13 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Progress Brookmans Development S6 2007 602 FP 16 Brookmans Avenue 0 0.12 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park in Progress Development S6 2007 703 MA 39 Lemsford Road Hatfield 9 0.06 N Y 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Progress Blackthorn, West End Development S6 2007 831 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.44 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane in Progress Oaklands & Development N6 2007 979 FP 4 Robbery Bottom Lane 0 0.17 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath in Progress Digswell Lodge, Digswell Welwyn Development N6 2007 987 MA 14 0.60 N Y 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rise Garden City in Progress Land at Forum Car park, Development S6 2007 1367 MA Hatfield 84 0.40 Y Y 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lemsford Road in Progress Brookmans Development S6 2007 1487 FP 34 Brookmans Avenue 0 0.15 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park in Progress WELHAM Development S6 2007 1566 FP 152 DIXONS HILL ROAD 1 0.02 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GREEN in Progress FORMER HARVESTER Development S6 2007 1721 FP CUFFLEY 3 0.16 N Y 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 STATION ROAD in Progress 200 ST ALBANS ROAD Development S6 2007 1763 FP HATFIELD 7 0.06 N Y 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEST in Progress L/A 162 DIXONS HILL WELHAM Development S6 2007 1881 FP 1 0.03 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ROAD GREEN in Progress 46 VINEYARDS ROAD, Development S6 2007 1707 FP GREEN BELT 0 0.30 N Y 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTHAW in Progress Osborne Hse, 35-47 Welwyn Development N6 2004 1674 DE 23 0.05 N Y 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howardsgate Garden City in Progress
63│ Appendix C: Trajectory Site List Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed S6 2003 1062 FP 105 Great North Road Hatfield Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Land Adjacent to 29 Welwyn N6 2003 1131 FP Permission 3 0.08 N Y 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wheatley Road Garden City Not Started Detailed N6 2003 1429 FP 21-27 High Street Welwyn Permission 1 0.01 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Former San Felice S6 2003 1700 FP GREEN BELT Permission 8 0.26 N Y 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Restaurant, Bell Bar Not Started Detailed S6 2004 1 FP Hatfield Town Centre Hatfield Permission 251 3.20 Y Y 251 0 0 84 84 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Land to rear of 26 Mardley Oaklands & N6 2004 687 FP Permission 1 0.05 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avenue Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed Welwyn N6 2004 1136 FP 1-7 Howardsgate Permission 22 0.05 N Y 22 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Not Started Detailed 65/67 Georges Wood Brookmans S6 2004 1411 FP Permission 1 0.18 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Park Not Started Detailed Brookmans S6 2004 1413 FP 59 Moffats Lane Permission 0 0.07 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park Not Started Detailed Oaklands & N6 2004 1425 FP 45 Canonsfield Road Permission 1 0.09 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath Not Started Land adj Colesdale Detailed S6 2005 9 FP Farmhse, Northaw Rd GREEN BELT Permission 3 0.93 N N 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Not Started Detailed Welwyn N6 2005 49 FP 10 Howardsgate Permission -1 0.02 N Y -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Not Started Detailed S6 2005 432 FP Dunhams Courtyard Hatfield Permission 15 0.38 N Y 15 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2005 1217 FP 1 Tolmers Avenue Cuffley Permission 0 0.06 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Former Bill Salmon Detailed S6 2005 1254 FP Centre, Old St Albans Hatfield Permission 15 0.20 N Y 15 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Not Started
Appendix C: Trajectory Site List │64 Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed Welwyn N6 2005 1414 FP 163-169 Boundary Lane Permission 17 0.14 N Y 17 0 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Not Started Detailed Land to rear of 4 Harmer N6 2005 1470 FP GREEN BELT Permission 1 0.12 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green Lane Not Started Detailed Badger Cottage, 6 N6 2006 334 FP GREEN BELT Permission 1 0.04 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Whitehill Not Started Land adjacent to 17 Detailed Oaklands & N6 2006 416 FP Bracken Lane, & Rear of Permission 2 0.17 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath 10 & 12 Oaklands Rise Not Started Detailed 121 Garden Avenue, S6 2006 632 FP Hatfield Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hatfield Not Started Detailed S6 2006 841 FP 23 Hill Rise, Cuffley Cuffley Permission 0 0.07 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Land Rear of Roe Green S6 2006 1062 FP Hatfield Permission 1 0.08 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane Not Started Home Farm, Ponsbourne Detailed S6 2006 1087 FP Park, Newgate Street GREEN BELT Permission 6 1.00 N Y 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Village Not Started Detailed S6 2006 1271 FP 8 Orchard Close Cuffley Permission 1 0.10 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2006 1328 FP Land at 24 The Ridgeway Cuffley Permission 0 0.20 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2006 1332 FP 11 Broom Close, Hatfield Hatfield Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Oaklands & N6 2006 1394 FP 2 Firway, Welwyn Permission 1 0.10 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed 55 Station Road, Welham S6 2006 1434 FP Welham Green Permission 0 0.11 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green Not Started Detailed Queenswood School, S6 2006 1562 FP GREEN BELT Permission 0 0.09 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shepherds Way Not Started Detailed Greenacres, Pottersheath N6 2006 1044 FP GREEN BELT Permission 0 0.38 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road, Pottersheath Not Started
65│ Appendix C: Trajectory Site List Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed Guessens, 6 Codicote N6 2006 1624 FP Welwyn Permission 1 0.11 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Not Started Land Adjacent to 110 Detailed S6 2007 31 FP Dellsome Lane, North Welham Green Permission 1 0.03 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mymms Not Started Detailed Land at the Chapel, Bell S6 2007 57 FP GREEN BELT Permission 1 0.18 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane, Brookmans Park Not Started Detailed S6 2007 71 FP 29 Hill Rise, Cuffley Cuffley Permission 0 0.11 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Land at 12 & 14 The Oaklands & N6 2004 1721 FP Permission 10 0.22 N Y 10 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avenue Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed S6 2007 505 FP 6-10 Fore Street Hatfield Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Land adjacent to 21 Cecil S6 2007 859 FP Hatfield Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crescent Not Started Detailed 2 Waterworks Cottage, S6 2007 992 FP Hatfield Permission 1 0.01 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bishops Rise Not Started Detailed Oaklands & N6 2007 1072 FP 45 Robbery Bottom Lane Permission 0 0.07 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1176 FP 10 Lockley Crescent Hatfield Permission 1 0.05 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed N6 2007 1241 FP L/a 6 London Road Welwyn Permission 1 0.04 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1233 FP 1 Hill Rise Cuffley Permission 0 0.06 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Oaklands & N6 2007 1421 FP 8 Firway Permission 1 0.22 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1447 FP 36 Tolmers Avenue Cuffley Permission 1 0.13 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1449 FP 51 Tolmers Road Cuffley Permission 0 0.06 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started
Appendix C: Trajectory Site List │66 Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed S6 2007 1464 FP 7 King James Avenue Cuffley Permission 0 0.08 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Howe Dell School, Woods S6 2006 1077 FP Hatfield Permission 24 0.81 N Y 24 0 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avenue Not Started Detailed Welwyn N6 2007 1504 FP 5 Woodhall Lane Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1534 FP Land r/o 44 & 46 Hill Rise Cuffley Permission 1 0.06 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed Oaklands & N6 2007 1571 FP 37 TURPINS CHASE Permission 0 0.11 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mardley Heath Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1631 FP 61 TOLMERS ROAD CUFFLEY Permission 3 0.36 N Y 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed BROOKMANS S6 2007 1477 FP 58 BLUEBRIDGE ROAD Permission 4 0.10 N Y 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PARK Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1725 FP 104 HAWKSHEAD ROAD GREEN BELT Permission 0 0.06 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1766 FP 39 KENTISH LANE GREEN BELT Permission 0 0.10 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started OAKLANDS & Detailed N6 2007 1847 FP 10 OAKLEA MARDLEY Permission 0 0.09 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEATH Not Started BIRCHWOOD Detailed S6 2007 1910 FP METHODIST CHURCH, HATFIELD Permission 5 0.12 N Y 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BIRCHWOOD AVENUE Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1943 FP 27 HILL RISE CUFFLEY Permission 0 0.10 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed 69 GEORGES WOOD BROOKMANS S6 2007 1972 FP Permission 1 0.13 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ROAD PARK Not Started Detailed S6 2008 40 FP 31 KING JAMES AVENUE CUFFLEY Permission 0 0.11 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed 2 GEORGES WOOD BROOKMANS S6 2007 1011 FP Permission 8 0.22 N Y 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ROAD PARK Not Started
67│ Appendix C: Trajectory Site List Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed S6 2007 1219 FP 70 TOLMERS ROAD CUFFLEY Permission 0 0.09 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed N6 2007 655 FP 23 NEW ROAD DIGSWELL Permission 0 0.16 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed WELWYN N6 2006 802 FP 47 GREAT LEY Permission 1 0.03 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GARDEN CITY Not Started 7A & 8 WENDOVER Detailed N6 2007 446 FP LODGE CHURCH WELWYN Permission 14 0.25 N Y 14 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 STREET Not Started Detailed BELL BAR FARM, S6 2003 916 FP GREEN BELT Permission 0 0.24 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WOODSIDE LANE Not Started HANDSIDE POST Detailed WELWYN S6 2007 1964 FP OFFICE, MARSDEN Permission 1 0.02 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GARDEN CITY ROAD Not Started Detailed S6 2007 1935 FP 108 COLLEGE LANE HATFIELD Permission 2 0.04 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed 34/36 SUTHERLAND S6 2008 197 FP CUFFLEY Permission 1 0.08 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AVENUE Not Started S106 Sir Frederic Osborn Welwyn N6 2006 923 OP Agreement 37 2.77 N Y 37 0 0 0 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 School, Herns Lane Garden City Pending S106 S6 2007 925 MA Hazelgrove School Hatfield Agreement 40 0.67 N Y 40 0 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pending S106 Welwyn N6 2007 556 MA Hornbeams Centre Agreement 23 0.75 N Y 23 0 0 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Pending S106 Tolmers Cottage, Carbone S6 2007 1166 FP GREEN BELT Agreement 0 0.24 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hill, Newgate Street Pending S106 WHITE LODGE FARM, S6 2007 1540 MA GREEN BELT Agreement 1 0.15 N Y 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BULLS LANE Pending S106 NORTHAW HOUSE, S6 2004 573 FP GREEN BELT Agreement 1 0.35 N Y 12 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JUDGES HILL Pending Hatfield Aerodrome (phase Outline S6 1999 1064 OP Hatfield 130 3.00 Y Y 130 0 0 0 80 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4) Permission
Appendix C: Trajectory Site List │68 Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Land r/o 217-243 Knella Welwyn Outline N6 2007 827 OP 24 0.48 Y Y 24 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road (former workshops) Garden City Permission Outline S6 2007 1127 OP 45A King James Avenue Cuffley 1 0.07 N Y 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Permission Welwyn Outline N6 2007 928 OP 8a Salisbury Road 1 0.05 N Y 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City Permission Hatfield Aerodrome (phase N/A 0 0 0 Hatfield Allocated Site34 0.00Y Y 34 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4) additional N/A 0 0 N/A Hilltop, High View Hatfield Allocated Site 75 2.20 Y Y 75 0 0 0 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adj. Factory Site, Wellfield N/A 0 0 N/A Hatfield Allocated Site22 0.47Y Y 22 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Detailed 59 Georges Wood Road, Brookmans S6 2008 221 FP Permission 0 0.18 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brookmans Park Park Not Started Detailed 3 Pine Grove, Brookmans Brookmans S6 2008 233 FP Permission 0 0.13 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park Park Not Started Detailed Oxlease Methodish S6 2008 345 FP Hatfield Permission 2 0.29 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Church, Hatfield Not Started Detailed S6 2008 483 FP 17 East Ridgeway, Cuffley Cuffley Permission 0 0.12 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started Detailed 2 Sharmans Close, S6 2008 98 FP Welwyn Permission 2 0.34 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Welwyn Not Started Wardens House, Detailed Brookmans S6 2008 412 FP Hawkshead Lane, Permission -1 0.01 N Y -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park Brookmans Park Not Started Detailed 21 Pine Grove, Brookmans Brookmans S6 2008 502 FP Permission 0 0.08 N Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Park Park Not Started Detailed 2 Howlands House, Welwyn S6 2008 518 FP Permission 2 0.01 N Y 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Welwyn Garden City Garden City Not Started Detailed Land r/o 59 Station Road, S6 2008 618 FP Cuffley Permission 9 0.07 N Y 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cuffley Not Started Detailed De Havilland House, S6 2008 620 FP Hatfield Permission 8 0.33 N Y 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hatfield Not Started Detailed N6 2008 776 FP 14 The drive, Welwyn Welwyn Permission 1 0.06 N Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Started
69│ Appendix C: Trajectory Site List Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Projected Completions Site Site Net Application Current LP Address Settlement Total Area PDL Outstanding Number Status Alloc (net) (ha) at 31/03/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
Detailed 21, 23 & 25 School Lane, N6 2008 827 FP Welwyn Permission 5 0.28 N Y 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Welwyn Not Started Detailed Cavendish Hall, Roe S6 2008 509 DE Hatfield Permission 18 0.14 N Y 18 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green Centre Not Started N/A 0 0 N/A Mount Pleasant Depot Hatfield Allocated Site 73 2.39 Y Y 73 0 0 60 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claregate, Great North N/A 0 0 N/A Little Heath Allocated Site 24 0.33 Y Y 24 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Godfrey Davis Garage, N/A 0 0 N/A Welwyn Allocated Site28 0.72Y Y 28 0 0 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 London Road The Dairy, Homestead Welwyn N/A 0 0 N/A Allocated Site 12 0.37 Y Y 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane Garden City Former Allotments, Knella Welwyn N/A 0 0 N/A Allocated Site 22 0.65 Y N 22 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Road Garden City Welwyn Garden City Town Welwyn N/A 0 0 N/A Allocated Site 50 0.38 Y Y 50 0 0 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Centre Garden City HOWE DELL SCHOOL N/A 0 0 N/A (MAIN SCHOOL HATFIELD Allocated Site10 0.33 Y Y 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BUILDING) BROADWATER ROAD WELWYN N/A 0 0 N/A Allocated Site 900 11.02 Y Y 900 0 100 200 100 200 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEST GARDEN CITY Pre Welwyn N/A 0 0 N/A Land off Hollybush Lane application 7 0.62 N N 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden City site Pre Three Valleys Water Site, N/A 0 0 N/A Hatfield application 105 2.30 N Y 105 0 0 50 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bishops Rise site Totals 65.32 2471 332 326 582 477 454 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appendix C: Trajectory Site List │70 Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8
Notes on Appendix C
No windfall allowance has been included in the list of sites. The list includes sites with full or outline planning permission, sites with permission subject to a S106 agreement and sites allocated in the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005. Deliverability was based on the following:
The sites under construction were all assumed to be completed the next reporting year to take account of the current economic climate.
The sites with detailed planning permission were moved forward by another year if they were small sites less than 10 dwellings
For larger sites such as Hatfield Town Centre, the Forum site and the former Hatfield Aerodrome our assessment of deliverability was based on ongoing discussions with our Special Projects Team, who are in regular contact with developers. Comments on the status of all allocated sites can be found in Appendix C.
Sites with outline permission were moved forward by 2/3 years (depending on size) based on the time taken to submit a detailed planning application and then to build.
Sites with a S106 agreement pending were estimated based on discussions with Development Control Officers who are in contact with developers
71│ Appendix C: Trajectory Site List Annual Monitoring Report 2007/8 Appendix D – Trajectory Summary Table
Housing Trajectory - East of England Plan, 10,000 dwellings 2001 - 2021
Period 2001 - 2021 COMPLETIONS PROJECTIONS
01/0 02/0 03/0 04/0 05/0 06/0 07/0 08/0 09/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 13/1 14/1 15/1 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Past completions 82 478 812 642 709 685 747
Development in Progress 333 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Detailed Permission Not Started -1 178 156 84 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S106 Agreement Pending 0 0 20 55 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Outline Permission 0 0 2 92 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allocated Sites 0 134 354 191 271 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pre-application site 0 7 50 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Projected Completions 332 326 582 477 454 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumulative Completions 82 560 1372 2014 2723 3408 4155 4487 4813 5395 5872 6326 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626 6626
MANAGE - Annual requirement taking account past/projected 500 522 524 508 499 485 471 450 459 472 461 459 459 482 562 675 844 1125 1687 3374 3874 4374 4874 completions
PLAN - RSS allocation annualised 550 550 550 550 550 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 500 500 500
- - - - - MONITOR - No of Dwellings above/below cummulative allocation -468 -540 -278 -186 -27 178 445 297 143 245 242 216 36 -444 -924 -3824 -4324 -4824 1404 1884 2364 2844 3324 1045 1095 1145 Cumulative Allocation 550 1100 1650 2200 2750 3230 3710 4190 4670 5150 5630 6110 6590 7070 7550 8030 8510 8990 9470 9950 0 0 0
Years of Plan remaining 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
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Appendix E - Status of allocated housing sites
Permitted Allocation Estimated no. Ref Site Comments no. (if (Policy H1) applicable) 1574 Complete 130 Not Started 5 Under construction HS1 Hatfield Aerodrome 1700 1709 Only phase 4 remaining (approximately 130 dwellings) Awaiting resubmission of planning application – ongoing discussions continue with developers HS2 Creswick School Site WGC 50 109 Completed HS3 Land at Chequersfield WGC 218 320 Completed Former Wellfield Works, Wellfield HS4a 60 70 Completed Rd, Hatfield Adj. Factory Site, Wellfield Rd, Discussions with land owners indicate that site is now likely to come forward HS4b 22 Hatfield around 2010/11 Peartree Redevelopment area, HS5 94 94 Completed WGC Demolition Occurred. Application for 42 dwellings refused on design grounds Godfrey Davis Garage site, HS6 28 June 2008 – Appeal received August 2008. Ongoing discussions with Welwyn developers. The Dairy, Homestead Lane, Discussions with land owners at time of allocation indicated that site is likely to HS7 12 WGC come forward around 2011/12 Garage and Depot, Lemsford HS8 24 24 Completed Lane, WGC Sea Cadet Hut, Lemsford Lane, HS9 22 21 Completed WGC Oaklands Campus, Lemsford HS10 23 23 Completed Lane, WGC HS11 SKB site, Ridgeway, WGC 128 120 Completed Outline application with indicative layout for 117 dwellings withdrawn November HS12 Mount Pleasant Depot, Hatfield 73 2007. Discussions occurred with developers – Currently waiting for re- submission.
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Permitted Allocation Estimated no. Ref Site Comments no. (if (Policy H1) applicable) The Council is the major landowner and redevelopment of the site will be the HS13 Hilltop, High View, Hatfield 75 subject of a planning brief following public consultation. Claregate, Great North Road, HS14 14 Application approved for 24 dwellings Little Heath HS15 Howe Dell School, Hatfield 10 24 units permitted in grounds of former school Former Allotments, Knella Road, HS16 22 Application received for 24 dwellings WGC Catomance Site, Bridge Road HS17 86 86 Completed East, WGC HS18 Knella Road Workshops, WGC 22 24 Outline Application for 24 dwellings approved August 2007 275 not started Was due to start this year but has been delayed by at least HS19 Hatfield Town Centre 165 275 a year due to current economic conditions – ongoing discussions occurring with developers 84 under construction HS20 The Forum, Hatfield Town Centre 84 84 Very close to completion Hatfield Aerodrome District HS21 200 467 Completed Centre Development of this site will be the subject of a masterplan, which is currently HS22 Welwyn Garden City Town Centre 50 under production. N/A See Policy Ongoing discussions with developers and land owners occurring. Site likely to Broadwater Road West 900 EMP3 of come forward in phases (see site list table for details) District Plan
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Appendix F - Use Classes Order (Amendment 2005)30
A1 Shops - Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, pet shops, sandwich bars, showrooms, domestic hire shops, dry cleaners and funeral directors.
A2 Financial and professional services - Banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies, professional and financial services and betting offices.
A3 Restaurants and cafés - For the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises - restaurants, snack bars and cafes.
A4 Drinking establishments - Public houses, wine bars or other drinking establishments (but not a night clubs).
A5 Hot food takeaways - For the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises.
B1 Business - Offices, research and development, light industry appropriate in a residential area.
B2 General industrial
B8 Storage or distribution - This class includes open air storage.
C1 Hotels - Hotels, boarding and guest houses where no significant element of care is provided.
C2 Residential institutions - Residential care homes, hospitals, nursing homes, boarding schools, residential colleges and training centres.
C2A Secure Residential Institution - Use for a provision of secure residential accommodation, including use as a prison, young offenders institution, detention centre, secure training centre, custody centre, short term holding centre, secure hospital, secure local authority accommodation or use as a military barracks.
C3 Dwellinghouses - Family houses, or houses occupied by up to six residents living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents.
D1 Non-residential institutions - Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres, schools, art galleries, museums, libraries, halls, places of worship, church halls, law court. Non residential education and training centres.
D2 Assembly and leisure - Cinemas, music and concert halls, bingo and dance halls (but not night clubs), swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums or sports arenas (except for motor sports, or where firearms are used).
Sui Generis - Theatres, houses in multiple paying occupation, hostels providing no significant element of care, scrap yards. Petrol filling stations and shops selling and/or displaying motor vehicles. Retail warehouse clubs, nightclubs, launderettes, taxi businesses, amusement centres. Casinos.
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