Local Development Framework

Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11

Technical Appendix

Chiltern District Council Council

Annual Monitoring Report 2010-11

Technical Appendix

March 2012 Chiltern District Council Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 – Technical Appendix

Contents

Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 – Technical Appendix

page [each subject heading links to the relevant section]

o contextual information for chiltern district ...... 1 . introduction . contextual characteristics . population . ethnic population . households . affordable homes . economic characteristics . environmental characteristics . social characteristics . key local issues o housing ...... 8 o economic development ...... 21 o sustainable development...... 34 o sustainable communities ...... 67 o biodiversity ...... 76 o shopping ...... 94 o historic heritage...... 105 o recreation & tourism...... 113 o national and local performance indicators ...... 120 o current trends ...... 122

List of indicators

housing  Indicator H16: The Amount of Development on Housing Sites Allocated in Adopted Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 & Subsequent Alterations  Indicator H17: Number of Dwellings Built, and Granted and Refused Planning Permission in Established Residential Areas of Special Character (ERASC)  Indicator H18: New and Converted Dwellings on Previously Developed Land  Indicator H19: Density of new dwellings completed and permitted (gross)  Indicator H20: Number and proportion of ‘small’ dwellings granted planning permission  Indicator H21: Type of Dwellings Built (gross)  Indicator H22: Number of dwellings lost as a result of demolition, or change of use and/or conversion to another use

economic development  Indicator E8: Number and proportion of vacant employment premises in ‘large’ employment areas and selected sites in the Green Belt  Indicator E9: Floor area of outstanding planning permission in ‘large’ employment areas and selected green belt employment sites

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sustainable development  Indicator SA1.1: The number of homes judged to be a Category 1 Hazard under the Health & Safety Rating System  Indicator SA1.2: The number of housing completions, new planning permissions granted, commitments (outstanding planning permissions) and allocations  Indicator SA1.3: (i) Total housing stock (ii) number of empty dwellings (iii) number of dwellings empty for more than 6 months (iv) dwelling vacancy rate  Indicator SA1.4: House price/earnings affordability ratio – all dwellings  Indicator SA1.5: Amount of affordable housing delivered by all means  Indicator SA1.6: Number of households on the housing register  Indicator SA1.7: Number of ‘key worker’ affordable homes provided  Indicator SA1.8: Temporary accommodation / rough sleepers  Indicator SA2.1: Number of serious acquisitive crimes per 1,000 population  Indicator SA2.2: % of residents with a fear of crime  Indicator SA2.3: Number of noise complaints received  Indicator SA2.4: Number of Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) issued and Acceptable Behaviour Contracts entered into (ABC)  Indicator SA3.1: % and number of properties in each Accessibility Zone identified in the Council’s Accessibility, Parking Standards and Community Infrastructure Study – see indicator H5  Indicator SA4.1: The health of the population of the district  Indicator SA5.1: Different modes of travel  Indicator SA5.2: % of children travelling to (a) primary school (b) secondary school by different modes of transport  Indicator SA5.3: Passive diffusion tube data suggesting an exceedence of the UK Annual Mean Objective for nitrogen dioxide (NO2)  Indicator SA5.4: Number of Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) designations  Indicator SA5.5: Traffic flows for all vehicle types by million vehicle kilometres  Indicator SA6.1: Water leakage rate from mains & customer pipes by litres/property  Indicator SA6.2: Amount of water used and available  Indicator SA8.1: Proportion of designated area covered by management plans  Indicator SA8.2: Percentage and area of district in Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)  Indicator SA8.3: Percentage and area of land in Chiltern District within Locally Important Landscape Areas & Areas of Attractive Landscape  Indicator SA8.4: Area of designated public open space developed  Indicator SA9.1: Number of buildings of Grade I & II* at risk of decay  Indicator SA9.2: Number of scheduled ancient monuments & historic parks & gardens lost or damaged  Indicator SA9.3: % of Conservation Area reviews completed & number of new Conservation Areas designated  Indicator SA9.4: % of archaeological sites at risk  Indicator SA10.1: Number of grants given for energy saving improvements  Indicator SA10.2: % of new buildings achieving either the SAP or BREEM rating for energy efficiency  Indicator SA10.3: Amount of gas and electricity consumed  Indicator SA10.4: Amount of energy generated from renewable sources & CHP  Indicator SA10.5: Amount of CO2 emissions per year  Indicator SA11.1: Number of properties affected by fluvial flood events  Indicator SA11.2: Number of properties affected by surface water flooding  Indicator SA11.3: Amount of new development in the floodplains of the Chess and Misbourne rivers  Indicator SA11.4: New development with sustainable drainage installed (SuDS)  Indicator SA12.1: % of household waste recycled and sent to land fill

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 Indicator SA12.2: % of construction & demolition waste going to landfill  Indicator SA12.3: Amount of hazardous waste Indicator SA12.4: Amount of secondary / recycled aggregates used compared with virgin aggregates  Indicator SA13.1: Amount of grade 1 and 2 agricultural land lost to new development  Indicator SA13.2: Number of potentially contaminated sites  Indicator SA13.3: Number of planning applications with Land Quality Planning condition (contaminated land) and informatives imposed  Indicator SA14.1: % of new homes built on previously developed land  Indicator SA14.2: Density of new housing built  Indicator SA14.3: Number of empty properties  Indicator SA15.1: Number of business start-ups and closures  Indicator SA15.2: Out commuting levels  Indicator SA16.1: Number and proportion of employees in knowledge based sectors  Indicator SA16.2: Diversity of economic sectors represented in the area  Indicator SA16.3: Image indices derived from consultations with businesses & local property specialists as part of the planning process  Indicator SA17.1: % of population with and without qualifications  Indicator SA18.1: Proportion and number of people of working age who are unemployed  Indicator SA18.2: Number of people of working age out of work for up to and more than a year

biodiversity  Indicator BIO I: Achievements of Biodiversity Action Plan  Indicator BIO 2: Rivers of good or fair chemical & biological water quality  Indicator BIO 3: Number of incidents of major & significant water pollution occurring in a particular year in each of the District  Indicator BIO 4: Quality & quantity of groundwater  Indicator BIO 5: Area of ancient woodland  Indicator BIO 6: Area under agreement under Environmentally Sensitive Area & Countryside Stewardship agri-environment schemes  Indicator BIO 7: % of Chiltern residents who think that for their local area, over the past three years, that access to nature has got better or stayed the same

shopping  Indicator S1: Total new shopping floor space permitted  Indicator S2: Loss of A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 uses to other uses in principal shopping frontages in main and district shopping centres  Indicator S3: Proportion of retail and non-retail ground floor frontages within principal shopping frontages of and shopping areas, and the whole of on the Hill shopping area  Indicator S4: Number and proportion of vacant ground floor premises in shopping areas of Amersham on the Hill, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter  Indicator S5: Number and proportion of vacant upper floors above premises in shopping areas of Chalfont St Peter, Chesham and Amersham on the Hill

historic heritage  Indicator HH1: Number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments destroyed or affected by development, and removed from or added to the statutory list, or at risk  Indicator HH2: Number of Statutorily Listed Buildings demolished or extended, and removed from or added to the statutory list, or at risk  Indicator HH3: Number of applications for development on land or buildings in Conservation Areas permitted and refused

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 Indicator HH4: Number of new Conservation Areas designated or existing Conservation Areas altered  Indicator HH5: Number of Conservation Area appraisals completed  Indicator HH6: Number of sites of archaeological importance destroyed or affected by development  Indicator HH7: Number of historic parks and gardens affected by development

Recreation and tourism  Indicator RE1: Adult participation in sport and active recreation (former National Indicator NI 8)  Indicator RE2: National Indicator NI 56 – obesity in primary school age children in year 6  Indicator RE3: NI199 - young people’s satisfaction with parks and play areas  Indicator RE4: Number of existing and new recreation facilities granted permission  Indicator RE5: Amount of eligible open spaces managed to Green Flag Award standard  Indicator RE 6: Number of allotments lost  Indicator RE 7: Number of new or extensions to hotels, guest houses and pubic houses permitted  Indicator RE 8: Number of new gold courses or extensions to existing golf courses permitted

national and local performance indicators  NI 154 - Net additional homes provided  NI 155 (LAA) - Number of affordable homes delivered (gross)  NI 156 (LAA) - Number of households living in temporary accommodation at 31/3/11  NI 159 - Supply of ready to develop housing sites  NI 171 (LAA) - New business registration rate  NI 197 - Improved Local Biodiversity – proportion of Local Sites where positive conservation management has been or is being implemented (Bucks County Council indicator)  LPIPE23 - Grant planning permission for at least 145 new dwellings (net)  LPIPE25 - Percentage of new homes (net) granted planning permission which are affordable  LPIPE26 - Average density of new housing sites of 5 or more dwellings (gross) granted planning permission (per ha)  LPIPE BV64 – Number of private sector vacant dwellings that are returned into occupation or demolished  LPIPE BV213 - Preventing Homelessness - number of cases of homelessness prevented  Local LAA 007 - Number of clients directly accessing the private rented sector through local authority partnership schemes  LPIPE BV204 - Planning appeals allowed

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Contextual Information

Introduction 1. This section sets out the key contextual characteristics, issues, challenges and opportunities affecting Chiltern District. Contextual indicators describe the wider social, environmental and economic background against which to consider the effects of policies and inform the interpretation of indicators.

2. Baseline information has been gathered from various sources, including Chiltern District Council, Buckinghamshire County Council, English Heritage, Office for National Statistics, Audit Commission, English Nature, Environment Agency, NOMIS, Department of Energy and Climate Change and HM Customs and Revenue.

Contextual Characteristics 3. Chiltern District is located in the centre of the Chiltern Hills, to the north west of Greater London. The district is rural in character and has an area of 196 square kilometres (75 square miles).

4. Chiltern District adjoins the Hertfordshire Borough of Dacorum and District of Three Rivers to the north and east, and Buckinghamshire Districts of South Bucks to the south, Wycombe to the south and west and Aylesbury Vale to the north west.

5. The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) designation covers 72% of the district. In addition London’s Metropolitan Green Belt covers 88% of the district and serves to restrain development opportunities.

6. There are good transport links to London by both road and rail while London Heathrow and London Luton airports are within easy reach via the M40, M25, M4 and M1. London Gatwick airport is just over an hour away.

7. Three main roads cross the District (A404, A413 and A416/A355) providing direct access to the national road network (M25 / M40 / A41T).

8. Direct rail links to central London, particularly commuter services, and westwards to Aylesbury, High Wycombe (and the Midlands via High Wycombe), are provided by Chiltern Railways and London Underground Limited. There are five stations in the District, at Amersham, Chalfont and Latimer, Chesham, and & Jordans. Rail stations just outside the District in Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted, are also readily accessible.

Population 9. The population of Chiltern District in 2001 was 89,229 (2001 Census of Population).

10. In 2001 approximately 85 percent of the population lived in the towns of Chesham (20,350) and Amersham, and most of (together 21,200), and the larger villages of Chalfont St Peter (12,950); (6,500); Great Missenden (2,200);

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(6,700); (4,100); Seer Green and Jordans (2,900) and (2,100).

11. The largest towns, Amersham on the Hill and Chesham act as the focus for new housing, commercial, industrial and shopping development, and provide a range of services and facilities for their residents and surrounding villages.

12. The Government Registrar General’s Mid Year Estimate of population (MYE) for 2010 (published in June 2010), give the total population for Chiltern as 91,400. This represents an increase of 2,171 over the 2001 population.

13. Local population projections commissioned by Buckinghamshire Strategic Partnership (BSP) were published in the spring of 2011. The Partnership comprises Bucks County Council, the district councils in Buckinghamshire, , Bucks Fire & Rescue Service and the local Primary Care Health Trust. In contrast to the ONS mid-year estimate for 2010, they suggest that Chiltern’s population in 2010 was 95,000, a difference 3,600. The difference is explained by the use of local data (GP and electoral registrations as well as migration data). They predict that the population would rise to 95,700 by 2018 before reducing to 95,100 by the year 2026.

14. The BSP projections predict a reduction in the number of children and adults aged between 18 and 60/65 (pre-retirement). On the other hand an increase in retired people is predicted. The number of children (aged 0 to 17) would reduce from 22,450 in 2010 to 21,100 in 2026 [-1,350]. 18 to 60/65 year olds would reduce from 51,250 to 47,500 [-3,750]. Retired people are expected to increase in number from 21,300 to 26,500 [+5,200]. Within the overall increase in elderly people, those over 85 increase by 89%, while the 75 to 84 age group increase 35%. Further details about the BSP population projections are available at, http://www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/partnership/BSP/partners/population.page

Households 15. The national increase in the number of new households being created is expected to continue. Within Chiltern where the population is expected to generally remain static in number or reduce, the average household size is expected to continue falling.

16. There are a number of reasons for increased household formation, which are not unique to Chiltern. More young people are setting up home for the first time earlier in life, either as couples or on their own. The increase in the number divorces also means that there are more single people with and without children, requiring housing. In addition, people are generally living longer and often wish to continue living in their own home, or smaller purpose built accommodation. The birth rate is generally falling because of different lifestyle choices although this is not the case amongst in-migrants from outside the European Union.

17. All these factors combined with the increase in elderly population will mean continued demand for new homes, particularly affordable ones and the provision of suitable accommodation for the elderly.

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18. Although the following table and graph was produced by Bucks County Council as part of their 2006 population projections, it illustrates the trend for Chiltern.

Average Number of Persons per Household 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Chiltern 2.62 2.56 2.49 2.44 2.40 2.35 2.30 2.26

19. New household formation and decreasing average household size, has implications for making best use of the District’s housing stock. A high proportion of existing houses are relatively large, and many are owner occupied. In 2001, only 22 percent had four rooms or less, whilst 27 percent had eight rooms or more. Nearly 45 percent of households in Chiltern District live in a detached house, compared to nearly 23 percent in and Wales (Census of Population 2001).

Affordable homes 20. The lack of new ‘affordable’ and ‘key worker’ homes (social rented and intermediate) continues to be a significant issue in Chiltern District because delivery of ‘affordable’ housing continues to be well below estimated need. A county-wide Strategic Housing Market Assessment completed in 2009 put this need at around 270 homes a year. The provision of more affordable homes is one of the key challenges in the Chiltern Sustainable Community Strategy.

Ethnic population 21. Chiltern has a fairly small ethnic community population. In 2001 just over 4% (4,000 people) came from black and ethnic communities, with the greatest concentration in Chesham (1,800).

22. In 2009 the ONS published experimental data about the number of people from ethnic communities at district level. In Chiltern, the number of people totalled 7,700. This represents 8.5% of the total population and is nearly double the proportion in 2001.

Economic characteristics 23. The District’s population is highly mobile with four out of every five households in 2001 having the use of at least one vehicle. Two out of five households have access to two vehicles. Approximately 50 per cent of residents work outside the district.

24. Figures produced by HM Revenues & Customs from a sample of taxpayers show that in 2007/08, the median (mid-point) household income in Chiltern was £24,600. The respective mean (average) income was £47,700. Chiltern had the highest median and mean household income in Buckinghamshire.

25. A high proportion of employment is in financial and business services and a lower proportion in manufacturing, when compared to the UK as whole. A recent trend has been the replacement of more traditional long established manufacturing industries, particularly those in Chesham and to a lesser extent in Amersham on the Hill, with new small business premises, i.e., in Road and Moor Road, Chesham; White Lion Road, Amersham and Bell Lane, Little Chalfont. This is also happening in Chalfont St Peter on the Airpel site in Chiltern Hill.

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26. The number of new businesses starting continues to be significantly above national, regional and county rates. However, as is often the case with high start-up numbers, the number of businesses ceasing to trade is also higher than national and regional rates. However, the most up to date data is from 2007 so pre-dates the economic downturn.

27. There are 13 large employers (100 employees +) in Chiltern District. Some of these are GE Health plc (formerly Amersham International), , Buckinghamshire County Council, Amersham Hospital, Chiltern District Council as well as Tesco and Sainsburys supermarkets. The National House Building Council, which had a number of offices in Amersham relocated out of the district in 2011.

28. Traditionally the labour market in Chiltern District is relatively buoyant, and unemployment has been consistently low in recent years. In March 2011 the rate was 1.7%, which is below county, regional and national rates. The number of claimants seeking Jobseeker Allowance in the same month was 932. This compares with 506 in March 2008, 1,079 in June 2009 and 1,029 in March 2010.

29. Therefore despite the impact of the downturn, Chiltern continues to be one of the most affluent areas in England, although there are pockets of relative deprivation at sub-ward level in the areas of social housing in Chesham, Amersham on the Hill, Chalfont St Peter and Prestwood.

30. ONS Annual Population Survey data for 2010 show economic activity rates to be just below the South East average, at 76% of the population aged between 16 and 74. 41,500 of the total of 43,700 are in employment.

31. Chiltern District has considerable net out-commuting, amounting to more than 26 percent of the employed labour force. The main destinations for out-commuters are centres of employment in adjoining districts and London.

32. Employment within Chiltern District declined between 1991 and 2001 by approximately 8 percent. In terms of the resident work force, it is predicted that this will fall by 15 percent between 1996 and 2016.

33. Approximately 31 percent of Chiltern residents (aged 16-74) are qualified to degree level or higher. The average for England and Wales is just under 20 percent. The number of persons with no qualifications in Chiltern District is significantly below the national average.

34. The quality of schools in Chiltern District is high with three selective grammar schools and many private schools attracting many children from outside the district.

35. A good choice of local shopping, community services, cultural and leisure facilities are available in the District’s towns and larger villages. Shops generally cater for top-up convenience shopping and services, and tend to provide a fairly limited, albeit in some locations specialised, range of comparison shopping

36. A much more extensive range is readily accessible in Greater London and in the nearby large towns of High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Slough, Uxbridge and Aylesbury.

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37. A retail study to provide background evidence for the Chiltern Development Framework was carried out in 2007/08.

38. As a result of its location close to London and the motorway network, demand for housing and business premises continues to be high although the economic downturn has reduced the amount of new house building and increased the number of vacant commercial premises. Relatively speaking land and property prices continue to be amongst the highest in the South East. Although there is a temporary lull because of the economic downturn, in the context of planning policies which seek to maintain the Green Belt and protect the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, pressure for new development is still significant.

Environmental Characteristics 39. The towns and villages of the district enjoy a countryside setting, all of which forms part of London’s Metropolitan Green Belt, which covers 88% of the district (17,370 hectares). The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty extends over 72% of the District (14,137 hectares).

40. 12% (2,278 hectares) of Chiltern is within urban areas outside the Green Belt. Within the residential parts of urban areas, 20% (452 hectares) are identified in the local plan as having established residential special character. 22% (511 hectares) of urban areas is Public Open Space.

41. Chiltern District enjoys a relatively high level of woodland cover (14% of total land area - 2,730 hectares), which makes a significant contribution to the appearance and quality of the local landscape. There are 476 tree preservation orders covering single trees up to whole woods. They cover 913 hectares – 4.6% of the district.

42. Hodgemoor Wood near Chalfont St Giles extends to over 100 hectares and is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). There are two other smaller SSSIs at Frogmoor Meadows in the River Chess valley () and Froghall Brickworks (Chalfont St Giles). Another SSSI in the Chess valley in Hertfordshire immediately adjoins Chiltern. Captains Wood near Chesham is a designated Local Nature Reserve.

43. The Colne Valley Regional Park centred on the River Colne extends into the south east corner of Chiltern District to the east of Chalfont St Peter. It covers 3% (593 hectares) of the district.

44. There are 19 Conservation Areas and 1,081 Listed Buildings in the district. 13 of the listed buildings are Grade I and 31 Grade II*. There are 18 Scheduled Ancient Monuments covering 25 hectares and six Historic Parks and Gardens with a total area of 806 hectares (4% of the district).

45. Chiltern District currently recycles and composts nearly 50% of its municipal waste and is significantly above 2001 levels.

46. Two rivers cross the District, the Chess and the Misbourne, draining south eastwards, away from the crest of the Chiltern Hills towards London. They flow into the River Colne at Rickmansworth and Uxbridge respectively, which in turn flows into the River Thames.

47. Monitoring conducted by the Environment Agency currently categorises both rivers as having ‘good’ to ‘very good’ water quality. Both continue to

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suffer from the lack of rainfall in recent years. The underground strata of chalk, gravel and sand, form major and minor aquifers.

48. Where the chalk is near to the surface, as it is for the vast majority of the district area, the soil above has little effect as a filter for groundwater pollution. This means that the soil leaching potential is high, and groundwater is vulnerable to pollution. The most vulnerable areas are currently identified as Amersham and Chesham, and the River Chess and River Misbourne valleys.

49. The main source of air pollution in Chiltern District is road traffic. A review of air quality in the District concluded that across the district, National Air Quality objectives are likely to be met for 2007. The area with the worst air quality is the A416 in Broad Street and Berkhampstead Road, Chesham.

50. In response to this the Council formally designated the immediate environs of that road as an Air Quality Management Area during 2007/08 - see Sustainable Development Technical Appendix for more details.

Social Characteristics 51. As a result of the desirable nature of the district and the constraints on housing supply, house prices in Chiltern continue to be amongst the highest in the country. Figures obtained from the Land Registry for 2010/11 indicate that the average sale price of all housing was £379,944 (up 6.1% on the previous year). This varied from an average of £683,698 for detached houses to £220,644 for flats.

52. National wealth indicators confirm that Chiltern District is an affluent area. Multiple Deprivation Indices show that Chiltern is one of the least deprived areas in England.

53. These figures mask the fact that there are pockets of deprivation. The figures for child poverty, older persons and housing indicate that pockets of deprivation exist, particularly in the areas of social housing in Chesham, as well as Amersham and Chalfont St Peter.

54. At 1st April 2011 the total housing stock was 38,293.

55. In 2010/11, a net total of 80 new dwellings were delivered. This continues to be below Adopted Core Strategy annual rate of between 133 and 145. Just over half of these were on previously developed land.

56. Crime rates continue to be low in comparison to adjacent districts in Buckinghamshire. However, fear of crime remains a significant issue for residents of Chiltern District.

57. Chiltern has an older population than the national average. Indicators of health are good. In Buckinghamshire the number of older people receiving home support is low compared to England, to similar areas, and to the South East region.

58. Poor health is strongly correlated with poverty and low educational achievement. While overall poverty is low, over 1,600 children are living in low-income households.

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59. The wards in Chesham with the highest concentration of social housing have the greatest health inequalities and deprivation in Chiltern. But nationally they lie within the second least deprived areas.

60. In Chiltern GCSE attainment for all children in Local Education Authority schools is significantly better than the average for England.

61. People in Chiltern lead healthier lifestyles than in other areas in England but the estimated adult obesity rate is substantial at 17%. Over 14% of adults binge drink and smoking accounts for more 100 deaths a year.

62. The number of people seriously injured or killed on Chiltern’s roads continues to be above the national average.

63. Away from the main urban areas the public transport service in Chiltern is limited, a corollary of the District’s rural nature and the very high level of car ownership. A new bus service linking Chesham with Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Aylesbury has recently been introduced.

Key Local Issues 64. The County Council predicts that in the longer term that the population of the District will slowly decline in number.

65. A significant increase in the number of elderly people, particularly the over 85s is predicted.

66. Social changes and the environmental constraints of the area continue to contribute towards the pressures evident within the local housing market in terms of the affordability of homes for first time buyers.

67. Many sectors of the community within Chiltern District continue to face the prospect of being excluded from the local housing market.

68. ‘Key workers’ (nurses, teachers etc.) are important to sustaining the existing quality of life in Chiltern District. New housing provision for ‘key workers’ has been limited, although the District Council supports two initiatives (Starter Home and Key Worker Living) aimed at providing accommodation for this important element of the local workforce.

69. The Council’s Affordable Housing Action Plan continues to address in detail the issues relating to the provision of affordable homes for the residents’ of Chiltern.

70. To assist understanding of the challenge of providing more affordable homes in Chiltern, the Council commissioned an Affordable Housing Development Economics Study. It provides evidence for the affordable housing polices included in the Core Strategy. These require the provision of affordable housing (or a financial contribution towards it) as part of many more new housing schemes than under the Local Plan policy.

71. It is clear that a central concern for the District continues to be the need to balance intense development pressures and the need to provide more affordable homes without compromising the special environmental and historic character of the area.

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Housing

CONTEXTUAL INDICATORS

Population by broad age group 2001 and 2007 Age Change 2001 2010 Group (+/-) 22,200 23,300 +1,100 Up to 19 (25%) (25.5% (+5%) 52,100 50,600 -1,500 20 to 64 (58%) (55.5%) (-2.9%) 65 and 15,000 17,300 +2,300 over (17%) (19%) (+15.3%) +1,900 Total 89,300 91,200 (+2.1%) Source: 2001 Census of Population & Registrar General’s 2010 Mid-year population estimate (rounded to nearest 100)

Average Number of Persons per Household 1991 1996 2001 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2016 2021 2026 Chiltern 2.62 2.56 2.49 2.44 2.38 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.35 2.30 2.26 Source: Buckinghamshire County Council 2006 population projections. 2010 estimate derived from Registrar General’s 2010 mid-year population estimate and Chiltern District Council 2010 Housing Flow return of existing housing stock

Percentage of households living in type of accommodation South England Households living in type of Chiltern East & Wales accommodation No. % % % Detached house or bungalow 15,860 44.8 29.3 22.8 Semi-detached house or bungalow 8,780 24.8 28.4 31.6 Terraced house or bungalow 5,925 16.7 23.1 26.0 Flats or maisonettes 4,715 13.2 - 19.2 Total 35,275 - - - Source: 2001 Census of Population

Housing Tenure South England Chiltern Housing Tenure East & Wales No. % % % Owner occupied: owns outright 13,388 37.8 31.3 29.4 Owner occupied: owns with a 14,507 41.1 41.9 38.7 mortgage/loan Rented: from Housing Association / 4,437 12.5 14.0 19.2 Registered Social Landlord Rented : from private landlord / letting agency / other / shared 2,993 8.5 12.8 12.7 ownership Total 35,275 - - - Source: 2001 Census of Population

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House price/earnings affordability ratio – all dwellings House type Overall Detached Semi- Terraced Flat Mean Median House price / Average detached household household earnings income income affordability (8) (8) ratio based on ‘mean’ household income Average sale price & All = 7.9 income £379,944 £683,698 £347,691 £267,744 £220,644 £47,700 £24,600 Terraced = 2010/11 (1) (2007/08 (2007/08 5.61 (% increase (+.6.1%) (+11.5%) (+10.9%) (+1.45%) (-4.5%) income) income) Flat = 4.62 in year)

All = 7.5 Average sale £47,700 £24,600 £313,415 £263,915 £231,102 Terraced = price & income £357,918 £613,239 (2007/08 (2007/08 (-6.6%) (-0.12%) (-0.11%) 5.53 2009/10 (2) income) income) Flat = 4.84

All = 8.1 Average sale £47,800 £25,600 Terraced = price & income £387,951 £720,812 £335,195 £264,236 £231,362 (2006/07 (2006/07 5.52 2008/09 (3) income) income) Flat = 4.84

£23,700 All = 8.84 Average sale 44000 (2005/06 Terraced = price & income £389,003 £707,893 £346,507 £275,293 £223,319 (2005/06 income) 6.25 2007/08 (4) income) Flat = 5.07

All = 9.5 Average sale £40,000 £22,300 Terraced = price & income £380,838 £585,299 £299,920 £236,496 £202,106 (2004/05 (2004/05 5.92 2006/07 (5) income) income) Flat = 5.05

All = 9.42 Average sale £40,500 £22,600 Terraced = price & income £381,500 £582,000 £298,000 £230,000 £201,000 (2003/04 (2003/04 5.67 2005/06 (6) income) income) Flat = 4.96

All = 9.38 Average sale £37,200 £21,900 Terraced = price & income £380,000 £562,000 £287,000 £228,000 £190,000 (2002/03 (2002/03 5.63 2004/05 (7) income) income) Flat = 4.69

% change: House price All = -1.8% 2004/05 to Terraced = 2010/11 -0.01% +9.1% +9.2% +15.7% +21.6% 28.2% 12.3% -0.13% [Income Flat = -0.15% 2002/03 to 2007/08]

Source: Land Registry Commercial Services: (1) 1,305 Sales – 2010/11 (2) 1,589 Sales – 2009/10 (3) 843 Sales – 2008/09 (4) 1,765 Sales – 2007/08 (5) 1,763 Sales – 2006/07; (6) 1,677 Sales- 2005/06; (7) 1,685 sales in 2004/05. (8) HM Revenue & Customs Table 3.14 - income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority 2007/08: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#314 . More up to date HMRC data not available at the time of publication.

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Number of Dwellings on Valuation List: September 2008 Band Band Band Band Total Band A Band B Band C Band G D E F H £68,001 £88,00 £120,0 £160,00 £52,001 Over Under £40,001 - - 1 - 01 – 1 – - £320,0 £40,000 £52,000 £120,00 £120,0 £160,0 £320,00 £68,000 00 0 00 00 0 Chilter 38,07 647 1,929 5,315 6,556 6,507 6,550 8,813 1,762 n 9 100.0 % 1.7% 5.1% 14.0% 17.2% 17.1% 17.2% 23.1% 4.6% % Source: Valuation Office Agency of the Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs - Based on property values at 1 April 1991

No. of % of Housing Composition Households Households One person – non-pensioner 3655 10 One person – pensioner 4891 14 One adult : dependent child(ren) 1271 4 One adult : non-dependent child(ren) 931 3 Two or more adults : no children 7082 20 Two or more adults : dependent children 9089 26 Two or more adults : 2620 7 all children non-dependent Two or more adults : all pensioners 4171 12 Other households : dependent children 579 2 Other households 973 3 All student 13 0 Total 35275 100 Average household size 2.49 persons - Source: 2001 Census of Population

Analysis

 Nearly half the housing stock in Chiltern comprises detached houses and bungalows. This is 50% more than the proportion for the South East and double that for England & Wales.  62% of dwellings in Chiltern are in the highest 4 Council Tax bands  Over three quarters of the housing is owner occupied, either outright or with a mortgage or loan. This higher than the proportions for both the South East region and England & Wales.  Conversely, the proportion of rented accommodation is less than that for the South East region and England & Wales  A further indicator of the wealth of the area is the value of property. The average price of house sales during 2007/08 was £388,000, a fall of £1,000 over the previous year. These indicate that Chiltern continues to be one of the wealthiest districts in the country.  The average price of housing suitable for ‘first time’ buyers such as flats, maisonettes and terraced house ranged between £221,000 and £268,000. This represents a decrease at the bottom of the range but an increase at the top end. Despite this the lower end of this range is still just under 5 times the average (mean) income of residents’ in Chiltern and just under 8 times the median income.  Over a quarter of households contain just pensioners.  Just under a quarter of households contain one adult.

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 Just over 4 out of 10 households have at least one child.  One quarter of all dwellings are occupied by single people.  The average size of household has fallen from 2.49 persons in 2001 to an estimated 2.38 persons in 2009. The County Council predict that it will have fallen to 2.26 persons by the year 2026. This is despite little or no growth in the total population over the same period.  Using the ONS 2010 Mid-Year population estimate of 91,400 produced by the Registrar General and the existing housing stock figure in the Council’s 2010 Housing Flow Return to the Department for Communities & Local Government (38,139), an average household size of 2.39 persons is derived.

Chiltern District 2011 Housing Land Supply Trajectory 1. See Indicator H6 and associated commentary in the Housing section of the 2010/11 Annual Monitoring Report.

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) 2. In accordance with the requirements of Planning Policy Statement 3 – Housing (PPS3), in order to inform housing land supply trajectories, the Core Strategy and subsequent Delivery and Site Allocation Development Plan Documents, during 2007/8 the Council appointed external consultants, Roger Tym & Partners (RTP), to carry out a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment in Chiltern (SHLAA).

3. The primary role of the SHLAA was to identify sites in Chiltern District which might have potential for new housing; to assess the likely yield of new housing bearing in mind potential constraints and the likely time periods in which the sites could reasonably be expected to come forward for development. It also assessed whether there is evidence to support the inclusion of an allowance for ‘windfall’ sites in any part of the Council’s future housing trajectories.

4. The SHLAA had regard to guidance in, ‘Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments July 2007’ and is part of the work that fulfils the requirements of the Housing Green Paper, “Homes for the Future”. As such it provides important background evidence for the Council’s emerging Local Development Framework on future housing land supply and delivery, in particular by showing how the housing allocations for Chiltern District, set out in the Adopted South East Plan May 2009, can be met.

5. The Final 2008 SHLAA report was published and adopted by the Council in March 2008 and is available on the Council web site at, Final 2008 SHLAA.

6. It is important to note that the SHLAA does not constitute a Delivery or Site Allocation Development Plan Document. It is the role of the Council to allocate formally land for new housing as part of its Local Development Framework, e.g., in the emerging Delivery Development Plan Document

7. In September 2010 the SHLAA was updated by the ‘SHLAA Supplementary Report - Housing Potential’ to support the LDF Core Strategy that was submitted to the Secretary of State in January 2011. The 2010 SHLAA update is available at, Chiltern SHLAA Update Report September 2010

8. A further update report was produced in March 2011. This was produced in response to issues relating to the original 2008 SHLAA and the 2010

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update raised by the Planning Inspector conducting the examination into the Core Strategy for Chiltern District. The 2011 update report and its appendices are available on the Council web site at, Chiltern SHLAA Update Report March 2011 and Chiltern SHLAA Update Report March 2011 - Appendices .

Core Strategy Allocated Housing Sites 9. See Indicator H3 in the Housing section of the 2010/11 Annual Monitoring Report.

Local Plan Identified Housing Sites 10. Before the structure / local plan system was replaced by the Local Development Framework, future sites for housing were identified in local plans. In Chiltern, Policy H2 of the Chiltern District Adopted Local Plan 1997, and Subsequent Alterations identifies sites suitable for housing. Policy H2 is ‘saved’ beyond September 2007.

11. In practice most of the sites have been developed and today only a few remain undeveloped. Even so the limited amount of housing that could be delivered on them is included in the ‘non-strategic SHLAA and other sites’ category in the 2011 Housing Trajectory.

Indicator H16: The Amount of Development on Housing Sites Allocated in Adopted Chiltern District Local Plan 1997 & Subsequent Alterations

12. Table H14 shows housing development that has taken place or had outstanding planning permission on the ‘saved’ Local Plan Policy H2 identified housing sites at 31st March 2011 (updated where applicable).

Table H14: Status of Development on Local Plan Identified Housing Sites at 31st March 2011 Density (dwellings Predicted Status at 31st March Location Hectares / Capacity 2011 hectares) Bevan Hill, Chesham 0.29 28 8 9 (Built) Beechcroft Road, 4.56 39 176 152 (Built) Chesham Lexham Gardens, 0.54 29 16 16 (Built) Amersham Orchard End Avenue, 0.17 76 13 13 (Built) Amersham Oakfield Corner, 0.75 45 34 38 (Built) Amersham Amersham Hospital 2.49 48 120 129 (Built) 10-12 Chesham 0.41 29 12 8 (Built) Road, Amersham Forelands Way, 0.11 54 6 6 (Built) Chesham Great Hivings, 0.59 41 24 24 (Built) Chesham Church Street, Great 0.27 41 11 11 (Built) Missenden r/o 91-131 High 1.04 36 37 55 (Built) Street, Prestwood

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Density (dwellings Predicted Status at 31st March Location Hectares / Capacity 2011 hectares) Nightingales Cottage, Little 1.07 14 15 14 (Built) Chalfont Denham Walk, 0.24 21 5 4 (Built) Chalfont St Peter Milton Lawns, 0.42 24 10 11 (Built) Chesham Bois Browns Road, 0.75 20 15 10 (Built) Holmer Green Quarrendon Road, 1.20 33 39 37 (Built) Amersham Macdonald Close, Long Park 0.40 14 6 8 (Built) Chesham Bois 8 (Built) Extant planning Quill Hall Lane / permission for 4 0.87 Eagle Close, dwelings Eagle (0.32 15 13 Amersham on the Close remaining) Hill [CH/2011/0165/FA for 4 dwellings – appeal dsmissed] 4 (Built) Rear of 99-83 0.42 planning Wycombe Road, (0.09 21 9 permission for 2 Prestwood remaining) dwellings expired Planning Rear of 18-32 Bell 0.35 43 15 permission for 17 Lane, Little Chalfont dwellings expired Lindo Close, Not Started – see 0.64 30 19 Chesham paragraph 15 below Road, 0.13 62 8 Not Started Chesham Rear of 6-22 The 0.53 15 8 Not Started Glebe, Prestwood

13. Of the 23 sites originally allocated in the Adopted Local Plan, 17 have been fully developed and 2 partially. A planning permission for 4 dwellings dating from 1997 exists on a site in Eagle Close Amersham but has yet to be implemented. A detailed planning application for 3 dwellings on the same site was the subject of a planning appeal at the end of December March 2011. Permission was granted on appeal for 17 homes on a rear gardens site east of Bell Lane, Little Chalfont but was not implemented and has lapsed. Permission for 2 dwellings in Prestwood has also lapsed.

14. Two identified sites in Chesham and Prestwood have no planning application history.

15. The Pond Park Road, Chesham site is owned by Paradigm Housing Association but because of its size will not be carried forward as an allocated site. In line with the strategic housing policy in the Council’s Core Strategy, no housing sites are proposed in Prestwood. The Glebe,

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Prestwood site is therefore not carried forward as an allocated site. [2011/12 Update – land north of Lindo Close between Road and Lowndes Avenue, Chesham is partly owned by the District Council. At the time of publication of the Annual Monitoring Report, a planning application for 12 dwellings including 4 affordable homes had been agreed in principle by the Council subject to a Section 106 legal agreement1].

Protection of the attractive environmental qualities of existing residential areas

Indicator H17: Number of Dwellings Built, and Granted and Refused Planning Permission in Established Residential Areas of Special Character (ERASC)

16. The Council is firmly committed to retaining existing established housing environments for their attractive character and to maintaining choice in housing. Housing areas with good-size gardens with mature trees and shrubs and street scenes with trees and hedges are highly valued, and many local people wish to have this type of environment conserved.

17. Whilst recognising that provision must be made for further housing development in accordance with Government policy in Planning Policy Statement 3 - Housing, the Council is firmly of the view that the scale and location of new housing development must be more strongly controlled than in the past if the special and attractive sylvan character of many of its established residential areas is to be retained.

18. This commitment resulted in the identification of such areas in Policy H4 of the Adopted Chiltern Local Plan 1997. These are known as Established Residential Areas of Special Character (ERASC). They exist in all the main towns and villages in Chiltern and cover an area of 452 hectares. They represent 2% of the total area of the District and 20% of the area of towns and villages lying outside the green belt.

19. When ‘saving’ Policy H4 beyond September 2007, the Secretary of State included the proviso that it should be subject to an early review under the Local Development Framework process. An independent townscape character assessment review took place in 2010, the interim results of which fed into the Core Strategy adopted in November 2011 in relation to Policy CS21 – Areas of Little Change. This report is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/site/scripts/download_info.php?download ID=7&fileID=38

20. The final townscape character assessment report was published in 2011 and will be used to inform the emerging Delivery Development Plan Document. It is available at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/site/scripts/download_info.php?download ID=25

21. In the year planning permission was granted by the Council for 3 new dwellings within an ERASC. A further 8 were allowed on appeal on a site in Chesham Bois. 4 permissions were granted involving the replacement of an existing dwelling. A number of existing permissions for housing

1 Planning application CH/2011/1800/FA refers

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were also amended and renewed. Planning permission was refused for 2 new dwellings.

22. Of the total of 86 dwellings (net) built in Chiltern during 2010/11, only 3 (net) were on sites within an ERASC.

Making the best use of land

Indicator H18: New and Converted Dwellings on Previously Developed Land

23. Planning Policy Statement 3 – Housing 2 (PPS3) states that the national annual target is that at least 60% of new housing should be provided on previously developed land (PDL) (Also see Indicator SA14.1 in Sustainable Development Technical Appendix).

24. Table H15 shows that in 2010/11, 71 of the 130 new dwellings (gross) delivered in Chiltern were on PDL. This equates to 54.6%. This is significantly lower than the proportion in previous years which averaged around 90%. The reason for the lower proportion is the change made to the classification of ‘private residential gardens’ in PPS3 in June 2010 3, which were previously classified as PDL.

Table H15: New dwellings on previously developed land - 2010/11

Total gross completions 130

Total gross completions on previously developed land 71

% of gross on previously developed land 54.6% Source: Chiltern District Council Housing Permissions, Completions and Expiries 1/4/2010 to 31/3/2011

Type and size of dwellings delivered

25. In respect of the type of new dwellings delivered during 2010/11, of the total of 130 (gross), 46 were flats (35.5%), 9 terraced (7%), 37 semi- detached (28.5%) and 38 (29%) detached.

26. In terms of the size of new dwellings delivered during 2010/11 (gross), 51 (39%) had 1 or 2 bedrooms, 26 (20%) had 3 bedrooms while the remaining 53 (41%) had 4 or more bedrooms. 39 of the 1 and 2-bed homes were on the affordable housing schemes in Chalfont St Giles.

27. Many of the new dwellings built with 4 or more bedrooms again came from either the ‘1’ for 1’ redevelopment of an existing dwelling on a single plot, or the ‘2 for 1’ replacement of an existing dwelling with 2 dwellings again on an original single plot. On such schemes the prevailing character of the surrounding area generally informs market perception and the type, size and density of the development. Such developments do not add significantly to the overall stock of houses but tend to replace moderately sized houses with larger ones.

2 Paragraph 41 Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) – Housing June 2010 3 Annex B – Definitions - Planning Policy Statement 3 – Housing

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Size of Housing Site Developed

28. In numerical terms new housing was permitted on 47 sites in 2010/11. Of these 6 sites were ‘large’ in size and comprised 13% of all sites. They contributed 76 (58%) of the total of 130 dwellings permitted (gross). The 41 ‘small’ sites (87% of sites) contributed 54 dwellings (42%).

Density of new housing

Indicator H19: Density of new dwellings completed and permitted (gross)

29. In Chiltern the average density of new housing permitted and delivered, depends to a great extent on the balance between ‘large’ (5 or more dwellings) and ‘small’ (4 or less dwellings) sites.

30. The average density of new housing permitted in the year was 22 dwellings/hectare (dph). This is significantly higher than the average in the previous year of 9.5 dph. This is due to the granting of permission for two ‘large’ housing developments at Raans Road, Amersham on the Hill (83 dwellings) and Holy Cross Convent/The Grange, Chalfont St Peter (198 dwellings). See Table H16 below for details.

31. The average density of new housing built was 12.2 dph compared to 7.1 dph in the previous year. The highest average density was in Chalfont St Peter. See Table H17 below for details.

Density of Dwellings with Outstanding Planning Permission

32. At 31st March 2011, the average density of all dwellings with outstanding permission was 19 dph. This continues the steady increase in average density since 2007. In that year it was 9.8 dph, 8.5 dph in 2008, 12.2 dph in 2009 and 14.4 dph in 2010

33. At 47dph permissions in Chesham had the highest average density, followed by Little Chalfont (28.5 dph) and Amersham (25.4 dph). In Chalfont St Peter the average density was 21.1 dph due largely to the permission for 198 dwellings on the Holy Cross Convent / The Grange site. Likewise the average density in Little Chalfont was pushed up because of the Bell Lane housing development of 250 dwellings currently under construction.

34. Complete details of the number, location and density of dwellings permitted and completed during 2010/11, and with outstanding permission at 31/3/2011 are available on the Council web site at, Summary of housing decisions 2010/11 and Outstanding housing permissions 31 March 2011 .

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Table H16: Housing Permitted - Gross Density (Dwellings / Hectare) - 2006/07 to 2010/11

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Table H17: Housing Completions - Gross Density (Dwellings / Hectare) - 2006/07 to 2010/11

Provision of ‘small’ dwellings

35. The Council’s, “Housing Needs Survey 2004 Update” and the more recent SHMA confirmed that there is still an acute need for small dwellings to be provided in Chiltern for both rent and purchase.

36. ‘Saved’ Local Plan Policy H5 required a significant proportion of 'small' dwellings to be provided in new housing schemes provided they can be satisfactorily integrated with the character of both the proposed and surrounding development. For the purposes of the policy, a ‘small’

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dwelling was defined as having a floor space of less than 75 square metres. This usually approximates to a dwelling with one or two bedrooms.

37. However, this policy has been replaced by the Policy CS11 Affordable Housing Size in the adopted Core Strategy. The information below relating to the use of ‘saved’ Local Plan Policy H5 is therefore reported for the last time.

38. In practice Policy H5 is generally applied to developments of 5 or more dwellings where a mixture of different house sizes is more achievable. If the ‘small’ dwellings are on a site of less than 15 dwellings, under the former ‘saved’ Local Plan affordable housing Policy H6, the Council could not insist that a proportion of the dwellings proposed are ‘affordable’. The new affordable housing Policy CS8 in the adopted Core Strategy closes this loophole and will increase the overall provision of new affordable homes.

Indicator H20: Number and proportion of ‘small’ dwellings granted planning permission

Table H18 – ‘Small’ Dwellings Permitted 2010/11 ‘Small’ Dwellings Total Dwelling Permitted Permissions (gross) (gross) 365 108 (100%) (30%) ‘Small’ = floor area of up to 75 square metres measured by external dimensions

39. Table H18 shows that 108 new ‘small’ dwellings (gross) were permitted during 2010/11 and comprise 30% of all dwellings permitted. This is due to the granting of permission for two ‘large’ housing schemes for a total of 281 dwellings of which 94 are ‘small’ in size as well as being affordable 4.

Type of Dwellings Built

Indicator H21: Type of Dwellings Built (gross)

40. Of the 130 dwellings (gross) built during 2010/11, 46 were flats (35.4%), 9 terraced (6.9%), 37 semi-detached (28.5%) and 38 detached (38%). This represents a doubling of the proportion of flats built and a significant reduction in the proportion of detached dwellings (down from 63%) from that in the previous year.

Indicator H22: Number of dwellings lost as a result of demolition, or change of use and/or conversion to another use

41. Due to the constraints placed on the availability of land for new housing in the District by policies relating to the Green Belt and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the existing stock of dwellings has a very significant role to play in meeting local housing needs.

42. ‘Saved’ Local Plan Policy H9 seeks to prevent a reduction in the number of existing dwellings and amount of land in residential use suitable for

4 Raans Road, Amersham on the Hill and Holy Cross Convent/The Grange, Chalfont St Peter.

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housing in order to help reduce the pressure for new housing in the District.

43. 50 existing dwellings were demolished or displaced to allow 130 new dwellings to be built (gross) during 2010/11. This resulted in a net increase of 80 dwellings. However, only one dwelling was lost directly as the result of development that did not involve a replacement dwelling. This was for change of use of the vacant caretakers’ house to educational use at Chestnut Lane County First School in Amersham, an application that was permitted by Bucks County Council.

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Economic Development

CONTEXTUAL INDICATORS 1. See out below are employment and labour supply data from the 2001 Census of Population and the results of the ONS Annual Population Survey published by NOMIS in December 2011.

2001 Census of Population data

Employment Sites by Parish Total Floor space, site area and number of sites Type of site Floor space Site Area No. of Parish square (hectares) Areas metres Large sites 68422 13.82 9 Amersham Small Sites 29095 4.07 75 Green Belt 3455 8.4 2 Green Belt 1391 0.6 3 Small Sites 1868 0.36 8 Chalfont St Giles Green Belt 17940 59.11 6 Large Sites 12433 2.22 2 Chalfont St Peter Small Sites 5824 1.28 22 Green Belt 9430 14.65 2 Large Sites 109280 22.52 17 Chesham Small Sites 35141 11.46 105 Green Belt 7645 2.02 3

Cholesbury Green Belt 3400 8.1 4 Large Sites 1608 0.53 1 Great Missenden Small Sites 8269 1.94 23 Latimer Green Belt 3515 14.56 3 Large Sites 54986 16.15 4 Little Chalfont Small Sites 3903 0.6 7 Large Sites 2024 0.4 1 Small Sites 1091 0.55 3 Green Belt 729 0.78 3 Large Sites 2103 0.5 2 Penn Small Sites 1815 0.46 4 Green Belt 11266 3.92 3 Small Sites 795 0.14 2 Seer Green Green Belt 2471 1.59 1 Green Belt 116 0.09 1

TOTALS 381,449 184.12 303

‘Large’ sites – ‘saved’ Local Plan policies E2 & E3. ‘Small’ and ‘Green Belt’ sites – former ‘saved’ Local Plan Policy E4 Base date: land use survey 2000 except E4 sites which are1992

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Chiltern Travel-to-work Patterns 2001

Net Commuting Summary

Live and work in district 20,840 Total in-commuters 11,624 Total out-commuters 22,233

Total employment 32,464 Total resident workers 43,073

Total gross commuting flows 33,857 Total net commuting flows -10,609

% of in- In-commuting % of total employment commuting

Live and work in district 20,840 64.2% - Total in-commuting 11,624 35.8% - Total employment 32,464 100.0% -

Principal origins of in-commuters: 1) Wycombe 3183 9.8% 27.4% 2) Aylesbury Vale 1907 5.9% 16.4% 3) Dacorum 1139 3.5% 9.8% 4) South Bucks 843 2.6% 7.3% 5) Three Rivers 537 1.7% 4.6% 6) Hillingdon 407 1.3% 3.5% 7) Slough 247 0.8% 2.1% others: Milton Keynes 77 0.2% 0.7%

Out-commuting % of total Resident workers % of out-commuting

Live and work in district 20,840 48.4% - Total out-commuting 22,233 51.6% - Total resident workers 43,073 100.0% -

Principal destinations of out-commuters: 1) Wycombe 3,653 8.5% 16.4% 2) South Bucks 2,050 4.8% 9.2% 3) Hillingdon 2,034 4.7% 9.1% 4) Westminster 1,955 4.5% 8.8% 5) Dacorum 1,076 2.5% 4.8% 6) City of London 906 2.1% 4.1% 7) Slough 859 2.0% 3.9% 8) Aylesbury Vale 843 2.0% 3.8% others: Milton Keynes 152 0.4% 0.7%

Source: Census 2001, Origin-Destination Statistics : Appendix 3 - Chiltern District Council Accessibility, Parking Standards and Community Infrastructure Study June 2005

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2. Of the people in Chiltern who were of working age (i.e. those aged 16 to 64 for men or 16 to 59 for women) the employment rate was 81.3 per cent during the Summer of 2004 (June to August), compared with an average for Great Britain of 75 per cent. Over the same three months in 1999, the number of people in employment in Chiltern as a proportion of those of working age was 82.9 per cent and the rate for Great Britain was 74.7 per cent.

Proposed Displaced

(square metres) (square metres) Business 107,960 23,4444

Manufacturing 82,156 99,638

Catering 5,950 2,973

Financial & professional 5,185 2,234

Retail 50,589 39,882

Warehouse 41,340 45,065

Other 215,720 137,085

District total 508,900 561,321

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Percentage of resident population aged 16 to 74 in each group, April 2001

England and Chiltern South East Wales

People aged 16-74: Economically active: 40.43 43.22 40.55 Employees Full-time

Males aged 16-74: Economically active: 3.11 3.21 3.35 Employees Part -time

Females aged 16-74: Economically active: 20.49 20.99 19.95 Employees Part-time

People aged 16-74: Economically active: 12.57 9.58 8.28 Self-employed

People aged 16-74: Economically active: 1.71 2.31 3.35 Unemployed

People aged 16-74: Economically active: 2.51 2.71 2.57 Full-time student

People aged 16-74: Economically 14.59 13.40 13.61 inactive: Retired People aged 16-74: Economically 3.61 4.17 4.70 inactive: Student

People aged 16-74: Economically 7.74 6.55 6.51 inactive: Looking after home / family

People aged 16-74: Economically inactive: 2.39 3.45 5.52 Permanently sick / disabled

People aged 16-74: Economically 2.44 2.41 3.12 inactive: Other

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Economic Position Total %of Total Economically 1. Employees - full time 25,916 40.4 active 2. Employees - part time 7,693 12.0

3. Self-employed 8,058 12.6

4. Unemployed (2) 1,099 1.7 5 .Full-time student 1,608 2.5 Economically 6 .Students 2,315 3.6 inactive 7. Permanently sick or disabled 1,531 2.4

8. Retired 9,352 14.6

9. Looking after home / family 4,958 7.7 10. Other inactive 1,563 2.4 Total Persons between 16 and 74 years of age 64,093 100 Source: 2001 Census of Population

Travel to Work Method of travel Number % Car or Van (C / V) 26,461 61.4 Passenger in C / V 1,803 4.2 Taxi or Minicab 114 0.3 Train 4,581 10.6 Bus or Coach 511 1.2 Motor cycle/scooter 324 0.8 Bicycle 457 1.1 On foot 3,004 7.0 Other 177 0.4 Work at home 5,691 13.0 Total 43,123 Source: 2001 Census of Population

Social Class 2001 All People AB: Higher C1: C2: D: Semi- E: On state Aged 16 to and Supervisory, Skilled skilled and benefit, 74 in intermediate clerical, manual unskilled unemployed, Households managerial / junior workers manual lowest grade administrative managerial / workers workers / professional administrative / professional

Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Chiltern 69,337 25,781 22,893 6,537 6,194 7,932 % of 37% 33% 9% 9% 11% Chiltern % of Bucks 32% 32% 13% 12% 12% % of South 26% 32% 14% 14% 13% East % of England 22% 30% 15% 17% 16% Source: 2001 Census of Population

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Annual Population Survey / NOMIS 2011 data (Source: Office for National Statistics)

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NUMBER OF LOCAL UNITS in VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in 2003 & 2008 – by BROAD INDUSTRY GROUP - CHILTERN DISTRICT

YEAR Agriculture Production Construction trades Motor Wholesale Retail Hotels & catering Transport & Post telecomm Finance & Property business services Education Health admin Public & other services TOTAL

2008 145 280 500 160 250 470 240 130 35 90 2425 135 225 610 5695

2003 145 275 495 140 240 360 190 120 25 65 2390 80 140 560 5195

NUMBER OF LOCAL UNITS in VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in 2003 & 2008 – by EMPLOYMENT SIZE BAND - CHILTERN DISTRICT

Employment size - # of employees Year TOTAL 10 – 20 – 50 – 100 – 250 – 500 – 1,000 0 – 4 5 – 9 19 49 99 249 499 999 +

2008 4540 565 320 180 50 35 5 0 0 5695

2003 4360 460 205 110 30 15 15 5195

NUMBER OF LOCAL UNITS in VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in 2008 – by TURNOVER BAND SIZE - CHILTERN DISTRICT

Turnover size (£ thousand) Year TOTAL 100 - 250 – 500 – 1,000 – 0 - 49 50 - 99 5,000 + 249 499 999 4,999

2008 1080 1370 1475 560 340 285 85 5195

NUMBER OF LOCAL UNITS in VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in 2008 – by AGE OF BUSINESS - CHILTERN DISTRICT

Age of business Year TOTAL Less 10 or 2-3 4-9 500 – than 2 more years years 999 years years

2008 1080 1370 1475 560 340 5195

Source for all 4 tables: ONS UK Business: Activity, Size and Location 29 September 2008 -

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Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review 2006 3. During 2006/07 the Council, in partnership with the Bucks Economic Partnership, Buckinghamshire County Council, South Bucks District Council and Wycombe District Council, published the Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review (BELR).

4. The BELR builds on previous work undertaken by Roger Tym & Partners in 2002, and provides an independent review of the current and likely future economic situation in Buckinghamshire. In Chiltern it builds on the work undertaken within the Large Employment Sites Study, by providing a strategic overview of all employment sites within District and surrounding area.

5. The BELR provides background evidence to the Core Strategy for Chiltern District, Publication Document October 2010 which is to be submitted to the Secretary of State in January 2011. It and other supporting background documents are available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=4&pa geNumber=3 .

6. As part of the evidence base for the emerging Delivery Development Plan Document, the BELR will be updated during in 2012. The results will be reported in the 2011/12 AMR

Indicator ED8: Number and proportion of vacant employment premises in ‘large’ employment areas and selected employment sites in the Green Belt

7. In connection with the update of the Chiltern element of the 2006 Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review (BELR), a survey of the largest employment areas in Chiltern and employment sites located in the Green Belt identified in the BELR was carried out in November 2009 to ascertain the number and proportion of vacant premises.

8. The employment areas are those allocated by ‘saved’ Chiltern District Local Plan policies E2 and E3. The E2 and E3 areas are located in the built-up areas of Chiltern outside the Green Belt , namely Chesham, Amersham, Little Chalfont and Chalfont St Peter as well as Prestwood, Holmer Green and Penn. The areas have a minimum area threshold of 0.25 hectares.

Update survey’s were carried out in September 2010 and October / November 2011. The headline results are reported in the Economic Development section of the main Annual Monitoring Report. Further details of the 2011 survey along with comparison with the previous surveys are set out in the following tables. Details of the 2009 and 2010 surveys are available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/downloads/Employment_Sites_Vacancy_ Survey-_Oct_2010v_3.pdf

http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/downloads/CDN119_Employment_Vacanc y_Survey_Nov2010.pdf

9. The results of the 2011 survey are available from the Council’s Planning Policy team on [email protected] [Tel: 01494 732258].

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TABLE E2 – Survey of vacant units in ‘saved’ E2 & E3 local plan policy employment areas & selected Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review Green Belt sites

10. As with previous surveys, in some cases it was not clear how many separate units there were in a property and how many of those were vacant. However, despite these limitations, the survey continues to provide a useful indication of the level of occupancy and vacancy in the main employment areas of the district.

11. The results of the 2011 survey show that 19.2% of the premises surveyed were or appeared to be vacant. Of the 475 premises surveyed, 90 were recorded as being vacant at the date of survey. The vacancy rate in 2011 is lower than in previous surveys.

12. As the country continues to move out of economic downturn it is hoped that the vacancy rate will continue to fall?

Indicator ED9: Floor area of outstanding planning permission in ‘large’ employment areas and selected employment sites in the Green Belt

13. Table E3 below shows that at 31st March 2011 nearly 38,000 square metres of new floor space had outstanding planning permission for Use Class B development on land covered by the 2011 employment site vacancy survey. This compares with 55,000 square metres in March 2010. The majority is in Chesham, notably in the Asheridge Road and Moor Road employment areas. Other sites with permission are in Amersham on the Hill and Chalfont St Peter. Further details are available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=94&pageNumber= 9

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TABLE E3 – Extant Planning Permission at 31st March 2011 on land within ‘saved’ local plan policies E2 & E3 employment areas & selected Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review Green Belt sites

UNITS WITH EXTANT PERMISSION @ 31/3/2011

TOTAL FLOORSPACE OF UNITS WITH LOCATION OUTSTANDING PLANNING PERMISSION @ 31/3/2011 (square metres)

CHESHAM 30,864 AMERSHAM 1,173

LITTLE CHALFONT 105

CHALFONT ST PETER 3,629

OTHER SETTLEMENTS 0

ALL SETTLEMENTS 35,771

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Sustainable Development

Developing and Living Sustainably 1. It is universally acknowledged that measures need to be taken to protect our natural environment and resources, local communities and economic prosperity to avoid jeopardising the quality of life experienced by future generations. The Council recognises that small changes made at the local level will contribute towards the Government’s overall targets to create a more sustainable society. Five guiding principles underpin the Council’s approach to tackling the issue of sustainability in Chiltern District. Taken from the Government’s UK Sustainable Development Strategy, the first two principles represent goals for achievement through the remaining three actions.

 Living within environmental limits;  Ensuring a strong and healthy and just society;  Promoting good governance;  Achieving a sustainable economy; and  Using sound science responsibly.

2. The Council’s Core Strategy addresses the issue of developing and living sustainably. At the end of 2010/11 the Core Strategy had been submitted to the Secretary of State and was subject to examination in public. This took place at a series of public hearings in April 2011. The Core Strategy and accompanying Final Sustainability Appraisal Report were found ‘sound’ by a Government Inspector and adopted by Council on 15th November 2011. Both documents are available on the Council web site at, Core Strategy & Sustainability Appraisal .

3. The policies within the Adopted Core Strategy, notably Policy CS4 Ensuring That Development Is Sustainable were developed with the issues of sustainability in mind. Whilst acknowledging that Chiltern District is, in relative terms, a highly prosperous district boasting picturesque landscapes, there are still some important challenges to be faced if the District is to satisfy the five objectives. The task of ensuring long-term sustainability in plan making is aided by the requirement in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, for local authorities to conduct a Sustainability Appraisal of all Development Plan Documents within the Local Development Framework.

Sustainability Objectives and Indicators 4. The sustainability indicators in the Final Sustainability Appraisal Report are those formulated and agreed previously by a joint working party of officers from Buckinghamshire County Council and constituent Local Authorities in the county. In drafting the objectives the working party had regard to national, regional, county and local plans, programmes and strategies along with SEA guidance, the Regional Assembly Integrated Regional Framework, strategic Council documents and the ‘Sustainable Community Strategy for the Chiltern District 2009-2026’.

5. A total of 18 sustainability objectives are identified. A total of 57 indicators have been set that will allow the progress towards these objectives to be tested now and in the future. The objectives and indicators comprise Appendix 6: Baseline Data & Indicators in the Final Sustainability Appraisal Report October 2010.

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Sustainability Objectives

Sustainability Objective 1: To provide existing and future residents with the opportunity to live in a decent home

Indicator SA1.1: The number of homes judged to be a Category 1 Hazard under the Health & Safety Rating System

6. The Health & Safety Rating System has replaced the Decent Home Standard as a measure of homes judged to be unfit in the private sector housing stock in Chiltern and that managed by the Paradigm Housing Group stock (the largest Registered Social Landlord in Chiltern).

Total number of homes judged to be a Category 1 Hazard under the 3,286 Health & Safety Rating System at 1/4/2011 *

Source: Chiltern District Council Housing Enabling data * Health & Safety Rating System - Chiltern District

7. The figure remains at 3,286 as it is taken from the last House Condition Survey undertaken in 2007/08, which has not been updated.

Indicator SA1.2: The number of housing completions, new planning permissions granted, commitments (outstanding planning permissions) and allocations

Total number of new dwellings BUILT 2010/11 (net) 80 (2009/10 figure in brackets) (74)

Total number of new dwellings PERMITTED during 2010 /11 337 (net) (2009/10 figure in brackets) (54)

Total number of dwellings with OUTSTANDING PLANNING PERMISSION (not 799 started or under construction) at 31/3/2011 (net) (31/3/2010 figure in brackets) (550)

Dwelling potential on ALLOCATED STRATEGIC HOUSING SITES AND MAJOR DEVELOPED SITES IN THE GREEN BELT – Adopted Core Strategy at 449 * 15/11/2011

* to avoid double counting this excludes the dwelling potential of the Holy Cross Convent / The Grange site in Chalfont St Peter which has outline planning permission for 198 dwellings. Source: Published Chiltern District Council Planning data 2010/11 and 2011 Housing Trajectory

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Indicator SA1.3: (i) Total housing stock (ii) number of empty dwellings (iii) number of dwellings empty for more than 6 months (iv) dwelling vacancy rate

31/3/11 31/3/10 31/3/09 31/3/08 31/3/07 31/3/06

Total dwelling stock at 38,328 38,214 38,139 38,040 37,862 37,587 31/3/2011

Total number of empty dwellings 721 878 952 981 986 1,183 at 31/3/2011 *

Total number of dwellings at 31/3/2011 395 476 504 502 540 608 that had been empty for more than 6 months

Vacancy rate at 1.9% 2.3% 2.5% 2.57% 2.6% 3.15% 31/3/2011 Sources: Chiltern District Council Annual Housing Investment Programme / 2010 Housing Strategy Statistical return . * total number of empty properties as a % of total housing stock

Indicator SA1.4: House price/earnings affordability ratio – all dwellings

8. The table below sets out average house sale prices by type between 2005 and 2011. Data is supplied by the Land Registry. Household income data is taken from HMRC personal income tables but dates from 2007/08. The publication of 2008-09 data was delayed and was expected to be published in September 2011. However, at the date of publication of this Report it was not available.

9. This data allows calculation of an ‘affordability ratio’ for all dwelling types but is subject to a health warning about the age of the household income data. Despite this it gives an indication of the significant differences between income and house prices and the demand for affordable housing in Chiltern it causes.

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Sources: Land Registry Commercial Services: (1) ???? Sales – 2010/11 (2) 1,589 Sales – 2009/10 (3) 843 Sales – 2008/09 (4) 1,765 Sales – 2007/08 (5) 1,763 Sales – 2006/07; (6) 1,677 Sales- 2005/06; (7) 1,685 sales in 2004/05.

(8) HM Revenue & Customs Table 3.14 - income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority 2007/08: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#314. The publication of 2008-09 data was delayed and was expected to be published in September 2011. However, at the date of publication of this Monitoring Report it was not available. The ‘mean’ and ‘median’ household incomes and ‘affordability ratio’ for 2010/11 therefore use 2007/08 data.

 During the year the average sale price of all house types increased by just over £22,000, a 6% increase. This means that the average sale price which since 2004/5 had been steadily rising up to 2008/9 before falling back in 2009/10, is now back to the 2004/5 level.  The average sale price of detached and semi-detached dwellings both increase during the year by over 10% after falling back in the previous year. The average price of smaller terraced dwellings increased slightly while the price of flats fell by over 4%, possibly as a result of increased numbers coming onto the market.  While the overall average house price is now back to the 2004/5 level, every individual dwelling type has increased in value by at least 16% since that year2004/5, with the biggest increase occurring among detached and semi- detached dwellings.

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 The general increase in house sale prices during the year means that the ‘house price/earnings affordability ratio’ had increased again by the end of the year although this is based on 2007/8 average household incomes.  However, buying even the cheapest dwelling types (terraced and flats) requires around 5 times the ‘mean’ household income, thereby continuing the difficulties for people wanting to get onto the housing market ‘ladder’.  If ‘median’ earnings (1 wage earner in a household) are used the affordability ratio for terraced houses and flats is just under 20.  The situation is exacerbated by the continuing economic downturn, job uncertainties and the availability of mortage finance.

Indicator SA1.5: Amount of affordable housing delivered by all means

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06

Total number of ‘affordable’ dwellings 46 39 19 27 38 61 delivered annually (gross)

Source: National Indicator NI 155 - Chiltern District – 2010/11

10. The Council has had an Affordable Housing Action Plan in place since October 2007 and is reviewed every six months. While the actions in the Plan are being taken forward, the economic downturn has had an impact on the delivery of affordable homes in Chiltern. Two new build schemes were completed in Chalfont St Giles during 2010/11 [the second phase of the Lapraik Grove, Bowstridge Road scheme and the redevelopment of the nearby Church Farm House site].

Indicator SA1.6: Number of households on the housing register

Total number of households on housing No. register at:

31/3/2011 1,981

31/3/2010 1,857

31/3/2009 1,023

31/3/2008 1,130

31/3/2007 1,207

31/3/2006 1,125

31/3/2005 967

Source: Chiltern District Council Housing Enabling data

11. There are over 5,000 Registered Provider (RP) properties in Chiltern District that are allocated via Bucks Home Choice, a choice based lettings scheme introduced in May 2009. Its introduction has seen a significant increase in the number of households on the Housing Register. This is due to a combination of factors, including increased demand, the introduction of on- line registration and the inclusion of existing social housing tenants who are looking for a transfer (and who would have been registered on a separate

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transfer list prior to 2009). As a result it is not possible to directly compare the number of households on the register in March 2010 and 2011 with that before these years.

12. During 2010/11 over 100 households were added to the register with the total standing at just below 2,000 at 31st March 2011. This increase is more in line with annual changes seen before the introduction of the Bucks Home Choice scheme.

13. During 2010/11, the Council reviewed its housing strategy and produced a Strategic Housing Framework document that was formally adopted in July 2011. This framework document will be reviewed annually.

Indicator SA1.7: Number of ‘key worker’ affordable homes provided

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06

Total number of ‘key’ 0 0 0 0 0 0 worker homes provided

Source: Chiltern District Council Housing Enabling data

 No new affordable homes were built specifically for ‘key workers’ in Chiltern during 2010/11.

Indicator SA1.8: Temporary accommodation / rough sleepers

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06

Total number of persons in temporary 18 20 26 33 37 31 accommodation at 31/3/2011

Total number of rough 0 0 0 0 0 0 sleepers at 31/3/2011

Source: Chiltern District Council Housing Enabling data

 The Council continued to show a year-on-year reduction in the use of temporary accommodation and during 2010/11 met its target to halve the use of temporary accommodation compared to the 2004 benchmark (the target was 17). However, national trends are showing an increased demand for homelessness assistance across the country and this is likely to result in an increased use of temporary accommodation in Chiltern during 2011/12.

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Sustainability Objective 2: The creation of safer places to live & work and to reduce anti-social behaviour

Indicator SA2.1: Number of serious acquisitive crimes per 1,000 population

2010/11 Indicator Actual Target Number of serious acquisitive crimes per 1,000 8.83 11.08 population Source: National Indicator NI 16 - Chiltern 2010/11

14. The target for 2010/11 was reduced from 12.1 / 1,000 population to 11.08. The actual number of serious acquisitive crimes also fell from 11.46 to 8.83. Chiltern continues to be a safe place to live and work, with crime figures generally below the national average. The Council and Bucks Strategic Partnership want it to stay this way and continue to drive out crime. The Council’s Community Safety team is therefore proactive in partnership with the police in addressing crime and the fear of crime.

Indicator SA2.2: % of residents with a fear of crime

15. The indicators in the table below are taken from Audit Commission’s Community Safety ‘Quality of Life’ indicators although they relate to data collected in 2005/06. All of the ‘Quality of Life’ indicators for Chiltern are included in the Council document, “Quality of Life Indicators – Chiltern District Council 2009” which is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=94&pageNumber=11

Chiltern National Mean Indicator 2005/06 2005/06 % % (1) % of people with a high level of worry about 9.22% 11.37% burglary (2) % of people with a high level of worry about car 10.28% 12.6% crime (3) % of people with a high level of worry about violent 13.78% 14.81% crime Source: Audit Commission Area Profile 2009 ‘Quality of Life’ Indicators: Community Safety: Thames Valley Police Authority area

(1) - Chiltern is in 2nd national quartile and improving (2) – Chiltern is in 2nd national quartile Indicator and improving (3) - Chiltern is in 3rd national quartile Indicator and improving

Indicator SA2.3: Number of noise complaints received

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07

Total number of noise complaints 357 355 377 362 419 received

Noise complaints about dogs 65 76 89 60 58 (included in total number) Source: Chiltern District Council Environmental Health data.

 While the overall number of complaints received by Council’s Environmental Health department about noise remained the same as

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the previous, there was a continued reduction in the number of complaints about noise from dogs but is still above the number in 2006/07.

Indicator SA2.4: Number of Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) issued and Acceptable Behaviour Contracts entered into (ABC)

16. As a precursor to the issuing of an Anti Social Behaviour Order, the Council is able to enter into a written agreement with a person committing anti- social behaviour confirming that they will not commit any more. This is called an Acceptable Behaviour Contract (ABC). It is primarily aimed at young people and is legally binding.

 18 ABC’s were entered into in the year which is a significant reduction over the previous year (29) and a return to the level in 2008/9.  2 Parenting ABC’s were entered into during the year, one fewer than the previous year.  1 Anti Social Behaviour Order’s (ASBOs) was issued and continues the low levels of the previous 5 years (0, 1, 0, 1 and 3 issued since 2005). Source: Thames Valley Police & Chiltern District Council Health & Housing division

Sustainability Objective 3: To improve accessibility to essential services & facilities to provide opportunities to obtain good access to high quality health, education, recreation & other community facilities & services

Indicator SA3.1: % and number of properties in each Accessibility Zone identified in the Council’s Accessibility, Parking Standards and Community Infrastructure Study

17. This indicator has been replaced by Housing Indicator H5 which relates to Core Strategy Policy CS4 – Ensuring that Development is Sustainable. This is reported on in the housing chapter of the main Annual Monitoring Report.

Sustainability Objective 4: Improve & maintain health & well-being of the population & reduce inequalities in health

Indicator SA4.1: The health of the population of the district

18. The Audit Commission Local Area ‘Quality of Life’ indicators are no longer updated. The latest summary of the indicators is published by the Council on its web site at with a 2009 base date, Quality of Life Indicators 2009 .

19. In this section, indicators monitor health issues such as, life expectancy, infant mortality, age-standardised mortality rates by medical condition, care of the elderly, vaccination rates and teenage conceptions.

20. A ‘Health Profile – Chiltern 2011’ was published in June 2011 by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) in conjunction with the Department of Health and NHS 1. It provides an indication of the health of people in Chiltern. It is designed to help local government and health

1 www.healthprofiles.info Chiltern - 10 June 2011. Source: Department of Health. © Crown Copyright 2011

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services understand their community’s needs, so that they can work to improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities. It is available on the Council web site at, Health Profile Chiltern District 2011 .

21. The 2011 health profile concludes that:

 The health of people in Chiltern is generally better than the England average. Deprivation is lower than average, however 1,550 children live in poverty. Life expectancy for both men and women is higher than the England average.  Life expectancy is 7.8 years lower for men and 6.2 years lower for women in the most deprived areas of Chiltern than in the least deprived areas (based on the Slope Index of Inequality published on 5th January 2011).  Over the last 10 years, all cause mortality rates have fallen. Early death rates from cancer and from heart disease and stroke have also fallen and are better than the England average.  About 12.0% of Year 6 children are classified as spend at least three hours each week on school sport. 79.3% of mothers initiate breast feeding and 7.0% of expectant mothers smoke during pregnancy.  An estimated 17.3% of adults smoke and 17.9% are obese. There were 1,139 hospital stays for alcohol related harm in 2009/10 and there are 114 deaths from smoking each year.  Priorities in Chiltern include those outlined in Buckinghamshire's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. For more information see www.buckinghamshire.nhs.uk

Sustainability Objective 5: To encourage the use of sustainable methods of transport to reduce negative effects on the environment.

Indicator SA5.1: Different modes of travel

No detailed figures for this indicator are available for Chiltern District. The Buckinghamshire County Council’s, Local Transport Plan 3, 2011- 2016 (LTP3) came into force in April 2011. For more information about the LTP3 go to the Buckinghamshire County Council web site at, http://www.transportforbucks.net/Strategy/LTP3.aspx .

Indicator SA5.2: % of children travelling to (a) primary school (b) secondary school by different modes of transport

22. No detailed figures for this indicator are available for Chiltern District. See Indicator SA5.1 above.

Indicator SA5.3: Passive diffusion tube data suggesting an exceedence of the UK Annual Mean Objective for nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

23. Air quality in Chiltern is generally good. The main sources of air pollution are motor vehicles and, to a lesser extent, industry. The reliance on motor vehicles for transportation of goods and people has vastly increased the amount of exhaust gasses released into the atmosphere. Improved emission standards have had some effect in limiting the increase of air pollution; however, they have not managed to reverse it. This is particularly important as vehicular emissions are at ground level and have a more immediate impact on the local population.

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24. Increasing demands for goods and energy have also had a detrimental effect on the quality of the air.

25. Chiltern District has 28 air quality monitoring locations for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) which use diffusion tubes. The Council currently monitors air quality at 27 roadside locations and one background location (Hervines Park, Amersham). The CLAIRE web site provides further details on monitoring and modelling of air pollution. (www.chiltern.gov.uk/claire)

26. The table below shows the bias corrected results of NO2 monitoring between 2005 and 2011. The measurement unit used in the table is micrograms/cubic metre (ug/m3). Please note that these locations are primarily road side locations rather than receptor based and therefore will reflect the highest possible levels of NO2.

Site ID Location 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 1 St Mary's Way Chesham 36.4 35.71 37.66 35.16 40.10 27.42 2 Rickmansworth Road Amersham 29.12 25.5 29.01 28.73 28.62 24.7 3 High Street Chalfont St Peter 31.12 30.34 31.05 29.40 30.56 20.88 4 The Pheasant Chalfont St Giles 37.44 39.86 40.73 34.45 34.93 27.63 5 Gore Hill Old Amersham 39.52 40.37 41.83 43.05 46.47 35.42 6 Chesham Police Station, Broad Street 43.68 41.02 44.68 42.25 43.72 38.26 Chesham flats above opticians Broad 7 44.75 44.13 46.71 44.97 46.75 34.37 Street Chesham, Jolly Sportsman Public House, 8 44.75 41.51 44.81 46.84 53.14 37.18 Berkhampstead Road Chesham opposite 170 Berkhampstead 9 44.75 42.51 45.18 42.51 44.84 35.38 Road 10 Chesham at 305 Berkhampstead Road 34.32 33.67 34.23 33.97 36.66 25.57 11 Chesham by 336 Berkhampstead Road 41.6 36.33 42.14 38.01 40.52 31.13 Chesham opposite 5 Nashleigh Hill 12 31.2 29.17 34.55 31.36 30.94 25.7 Chesham (nr Petrol Station) Chesham opposite St Columba Church, 13 33.28 29.78 34.60 33.62 34.68 24.56 Berkhampstead Rd Ashley Green, Chesham Road (by Speed 14 22.88 21.71 22.38 21.94 23.61 17.79 Camera) Ashley Green Chesham Road, by Bus 15 23.92 21.43 21.89 22.56 25.23 18.06 stop/Church, 16 Stony Lane Little Chalfont 21.84 19.36 22.24 21.68 23.36 16.63 17 Nightingales Corner, Little Chalfont 34.32 31.12 33.33 33.90 33.61 26.94 18 Hervines Park, Amersham 17.68 14.21 14.75 15.67 16.73 11.14 19 Broombarn Lane, Great Missenden 16.64 15.67 18.78 17.21 18.18 14.9 Chequers Public House, Wycombe Road, 20 24.96 24.61 22.96 22.83 25.31 20.12 Prestwood Old Amersham (near speed calming 21 29.12 28.87 29.43 27.60 30.47 21.97 measures) Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street (next 22 31.2 29.00 32.59 30.21 32.25 24.39 to fly over) 23 Bottom of Stanley Hill, Amersham 41.6 38.12 43.73 42.11 43.72 34.85 24 Station Road, Amersham, opposite no. 76 34.32 31.64 31.71 33.73 36.38 26.88 Opposite Jolly Sportsman P.H., 25 Berkhampstead Road, 31.2 29.61 32.35 30.12 33.04 22.94 Chesham 26 60 High Street, Great Missenden - - 33.49 26.57 30.26 18.08 Old public conveniences 320 27 32.37 23.07 Berkhampstead Road, Chesham

Units are in ug/m3 – bias corrected Source: Chiltern District Council - Health & Housing Division. Note: 2011 data is based on 10 months data (January to October) and a bias factor of 0.75 has been applied.

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return to expected values in 2011 providing we do not experience the same weather patterns.

 The background air pollution level measured in Hervines Park, Amersham on the Hill (Site ID 18), after decreasing between 2005 and 2008, increased slightly between 2008 and 2010, but has decreased between 2010 and 2011.

27. The results of the Council’s latest ‘review & assessment’ process and monitoring indicated that an Air Quality Management Area is still required along Berkhampstead Road and Broad Street (A416) in Chesham. This is currently attributed to road transport emissions - see Indicator SA5.4 below.

Indicator SA5.4: Number of Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) designations

28. The results of the Council’s ‘review & assessment’ process and monitoring indicated that an Air Quality Management Area is still required along Berkhampstead Road and Broad Street (A416) in Chesham, although expansion was not required as anticipated in the 2009 report.

29. The Council retains its single Air Quality Management Designation as at 21st December 2011. The area covered by the designation is shown on the map below. It shows the targeted area where actions have been targeted in order to improve air quality. Actions such as enhanced parking enforcement, awareness days, provision of travel information and tree planting have taken place.

30. Details of the designation is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/claire/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=880 .

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LINKS WITH OTHER PLANS & STRATEGIES:

Bucks and Milton Keynes Regional Air Quality Strategy 2006 – download at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/claire/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=878

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Indicator SA5.5: Traffic flows for all vehicle types by million vehicle kilometres

31. Data published by the Department of Transport is only available for Buckinghamshire. Despite this Graph SA5.5 provides an indication of trends in Chiltern between 1993 and 2009.

Graph SA5.5 – Estimated traffic volume for all motor vehicles–Bucks–1993 to 2009

Estimated traffic volume for all motor vehicles by local authority: Buckinghamshire: 1993 - 2009 (kilometres) 6,500

6,000

5,500

5,000

4,500

4,000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Source: DfT National Road Traffic Survey June 2010 http://www2.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/roads/traffic/#technical

32. Estimated flows for all vehicles types for the whole of Buckinghamshire has been declining since 2007. But the 2009 figure of 6,249 million vehicle kilometres (mvk’s) is still more than double the national average 2,904 mvk’s. This is a reflection of the high rate of car ownership in the County, particularly in Chiltern, which stood at 88% of households in 2001.

Sustainability Objective 6: To provide for sustainable levels of water use supply & sewerage and waste water management

Indicator SA6.1: Water leakage rate from mains & customer pipes by litres/property

33. The South East is the most densely populated part of Great Britain with the lowest levels of rainfall. New housing proposed in the South East Plan will therefore place greater pressure on water supplies. On average more water is used in the South East than anywhere else in the UK.

34. The Environment Agency is seeking to meet these pressures by ensuring, (i) that new dwellings are more water efficient in their design, (ii) better use is made of existing water supplies reducing water leakage in existing water supply systems and building new infrastructure to move water across the South East and water company boundaries to make better use of the water available, and, (iii) developing new sources of water - this includes the construction of desalination plants and reservoirs as well as effluent re-use.

35. Targets are therefore set each year by the Environment Agency for water companies in England and Wales to reduce leakage. Veolia Central Water Group (VWG) (formerly Three Valleys Water) covers Chiltern District.

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2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 Veolia Water 150 145 140 140 145 143.2 Central Source: OFWAT Service and Delivery Report – performance of the water companies in England and Wales 2009/10 - Supporting information - Water delivered component data - 2009-10 actuals table [page 47]

Indicator SA6.2: Amount of water used and available

36. Water is essential for natural life and for human use. We use it in our homes and gardens, in commerce and industry and in agriculture. It falls to the Environment Agency to secure the proper use of water resources in England and Wales.

37. Chiltern lies in the South East region which is one of the driest areas of the United Kingdom. It receives an average of 690mm rainfall per year compared with an annual national average of 897mm. The domestic and industrial water needs of its population along with environmental needs can put substantial pressure on this precious resource.

38. In some parts of the region public water supplies are at critical levels with demand close to exceeding supply. Even in the absence of more development in the South East, per capita water consumption in the region is increasing, and shows no signs of levelling off. Climate change is expected to lead to drier, warmer summers, increasing water demand.

39. Core Strategy Policy CS4: Ensuring That Development is Sustainable and accompanying Table 1: Sustainability Principles for Chiltern District address the issue of water usage in Chiltern.

40. Paragraph (h) of Table 1 encourages the, “use of water efficiency measures during construction projects and as part of new development to reduce consumption and ensure no detrimental impact on water quality”.

41. Water is abstracted under licences, granted on the basis of the reasonable needs of the public, industry and agriculture and availability of supplies. Nationally the amount abstracted has been generally rising since the mid- 1990s. In 2003, 80 per cent of water abstracted was for the public water supply and electricity supply industry.

Domestic water consumption 42. Household per capita consumption (PCC) is the amount of water used by each individual at home.

43. Chiltern District lies in the area covered by the Veolia Water Group. Between 2001 and 2009 the proportion of domestic properties with a water meter increased from 13% to 36%.

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44. Details of water consumption for metered and un-metered households, for Chiltern which lies in the Veolia Central Water Group area are published by OFWAT. On average metered households use less water than un-metered ones. Nationally in 2010 the average was 128 litres per person per day (l/head/d) for metered consumption and 155 l/head/d.

45. In the Veolia Central area the average in 2009/10 for metered consumption was 147 l/head/d. This was an increase of 5 litres over 2008/9. Average unmetered usage was 179 l/head/d, an increase of 4 litres from 2008/9. Therefore not only is consumption in Chiltern around 15% above the national average, it increased during 2009/10. (Source: OFWAT Service and delivery – performance of the water companies in England and Wales 2009/10 - Supporting information - Company estimates of household consumption table (l/head/d) page 58)

Sustainability Objective 7: To maintain & enhance biodiversity

See Biodiversity Technical Appendix to this Report

Sustainability Objective 8: To preserve & enhance the landscape character of Buckinghamshire & in particular, those areas of designated importance

Indicator SA8.1: Proportion of designated area covered by management plans

46. Over 70% of the District is within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which is a designated area of national importance.

47. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 introduced a statutory duty on local authorities and Conservation Boards to produce a management plan for an AONB. The plan contains policies and actions to conserve the natural beauty of the AONB and to help everyone enjoy it..

48. The Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2008 – 2013: A Framework for Action was produced by the Chilterns Conservation Board following a review of the

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2002 – 2007 Plan and wide public consultation. It contains a comprehensive summary of the key issues facing the AONB and the management actions needed to conserve this special place.

49. The delivery of the Management Plan actions is not the responsibility of the Conservation Board alone. The involvement of a wide range of organisations is essential in achieving the Plan’s aims over the next five years and the key organisations are identified in the accompanying Delivery Plan.

50. The Chilterns Management Plan 2008 - 2013 covers a wide range of issues including nature conservation, land and water management, recreation and access, planning and development, the rural economy and transport. Details of the Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2008 – 2013 as well as other information about the AONB are available at, http://www.chilternsaonb.org/conservation-board/management-plan.html

 100% of the designated Chilterns AONB is covered by this Management Plan.

Indicator SA8.2: Percentage and area of district in Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

51. At the end of 2010/11, 13,981 hectares (72%) of the district was within the Chilterns AONB. The extent is identified on the Adopted Chiltern District Proposals Map.

 There was no change to the extent of the AONB during 2010/11.

Indicator SA8.3: Percentage and area of land in Chiltern District within Locally Important Landscape Areas & Areas of Attractive Landscape

52. Four hectares of Chiltern District adjoining the southern tip of the district boundary were designated as an Area of Attractive Landscape (part of Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross) by Buckinghamshire County Council and the relevant Structure Plan policy ‘saved’ by the Secretary of State under the Local Development Framework process. Following adoption of the Core Strategy this policy has been deleted.

53. In September 2007 the then Secretary of State for the Environment agreed with the Council that the nine Locally Important Landscape Areas in Chiltern (parts of Ashley Green, Little Chalfont, between Seer Green and Chalfont St Peter, Valley Chesham, fringes of Chesham Bois and Amersham on the Hill) originally designated under Adopted Local Plan Policy LSQ3 should ‘not be saved’ under the Local Development Framework process. The areas have been deleted from the Adopted Chiltern District Proposals Map.

Indicator SA8.4: Area of designated public open space developed

 No land designated as public open space was developed for housing or commercial purposes in 2010/11.

Sustainability Objective 9: To conserve & where appropriate enhance the historic environment

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Indicator SA9.1: Number of buildings of Grade I & II* at risk of decay

See Indicator HH2 in Historic Heritage Technical Appendix

Indicator SA9.2: Number of scheduled ancient monuments & historic parks & gardens lost or damaged

See Indicator HH1 in Historic Heritage Technical Appendix

Indicator SA9.3: % of Conservation Area reviews completed & number of new Conservation Areas designated

See Indicator HH5 in Historic Heritage Technical Appendix

Indicator SA9.4: % of archaeological sites at risk

See Indicator HH6 in Historic Heritage Technical Appendix

Sustainability Objective 10: To reduce contributions to climate change through, (a) sustainable building practices and (b) maximising the potential for renewable energy & energy conservation

Indicator SA10.1: Number of grants given for energy saving improvements

54. The Council’s ten year action plan under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995, to achieve a 30% improvement in energy efficiency, was completed in 2008.

55. The Council has retained a local performance target in relation to energy efficiency improvements in the form of a county-wide Local Area Agreement, which aims to deliver heating and insulation improvements to 1246 households across the county. The target is delivered and monitored by the county wide Affordable Warmth Partnership.

56. The following table shows the number of energy saving grants and loans taken up during 2010/11 and since 2006/7.

Number of Energy Saving Grants Type of Grant 2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 Fuel Supplier 268 169 210 183 173 Discounts Warm Front Grants 105 101 107 95 94 Local Authority 21 11 6 10 5 Grants Source: Chiltern District Council Strategic Environment, Health & Housing Division

 The total number of grants and discounts taken up continues to increase from 97 in 2004/05 to almost 400 in 2010/11.  This has been achieved through joint working with other organisations and an active promotion campaign to increase the take up of Fuel Supplier Discounts and Warm Front Grants.  Local Authority grants continue to be small in number because of limited funding; however the launch of a loan scheme has increased the direct assistance from local authority.

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Indicator SA10.2: % of new buildings achieving either the SAP or BREEM rating for energy efficiency

57. As a result of the requirements of Part L: Conservation of Fuel and Power of the Building Regulations, every new house and commercial building that was approved by either Chiltern District Council or an Approved Inspector that was built during 2010/11 either met or exceeded the SAP or BREEM energy efficiency ratings.

Code for Sustainable Homes 58. The Code was launched in 2006 and was introduced as a voluntary standard in England in 2007. It complements the system of Energy Performance Certificates for new homes introduced in 2008 under the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. In October 2010 the Building Regulations introduced Code Level 3 with compliance with the code becoming mandatory for new build dwellings in both the public and private sector. Level 4 Code thermal standards are set be part of the Building Regulations by 2013 and indicates the gradual improvement of thermal standards by this mechanism.

Indicator SA10.3: Amount of gas and electricity consumed

59. In previous Monitoring Reports, data was provided online by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). These have been replaced by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). Below are data about domestic and commercial consumption of gas and electricity in Chiltern in recent years.

Gas consumption per domestic Year Gas consumption per consumer (kWh) Year commercial & industrial consumer (kWh) 2001 22,950 kWh 2003 231,915 kWh 2002 23,227 kWh 2004 239,051 kWh 2003 26,394 kWh 2005 234,701 kWh 2004 26,876 kWh 2006 216,604 kWh 2005 24,914 kWh 2007 220,373 kWh 2006 24,058 kWh 2008 243,537 kWh 2007 23,673 kWh 2009 239,408 kWh 2008 23,014 kWh

2009 21,277 kWh

Source: DECC web site - http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/energy_stats/regional/gas/gas.aspx

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Electricity per domestic Year consumer (GWh) Electricity consumption per commercial & Year 2003 210 GWh industrial consumer (GWh)

2004 212 GWh 2003 149 GWh

2005 214 GWh 2004 143 GWh

2006 211 Gwh 2005 166 GWh

2007 210.3 Gwh 2006 169 GWh

2008 198.4 Gwh 2007 166.5 Gwh

2009 198.1 Gwh 2008 160.6 Gwh

2009 152.4 Gwh

Source: DECC web site - http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/energy_stats/regional/electricity/electricity.aspx

 After increasing up to 2004, the average amount of gas consumed by domestic customers continued to decline during 2009. Consumption by commercial customers also reduced during the year.

 The use of electricity by domestic customers declined by only a small amount in the year but is still at its lowest since 2003. Usage by commercial customers reduced significantly during the year and is at its lowest since 2005.

Indicator SA10.4: Amount of energy generated from renewable sources & CHP

60. The national target set out in Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy, is to generate 10% of electricity by renewable sources by the year 2010.

 70 photo voltaic (PV) installations have taken place in the Chiltern District as a result of the Feed in Tariff (FIT) scheme between 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011. However, this is expected to reduce significantly as the rates of incentive are revised at the end of 2011.  Data on solar thermal and other technologies is currently not readily available.

Source: SEE-Stats database (operated by TV Energy for the South East Sustainable Energy Partnership) www.see-stats.org, www.see-stats.org/thamesvalley-all.htm and Chiltern District Council Health & Housing Division data

 There is still a significant way to go before the Government target for 2010 is achieved. Although the SEE-Stats web site provides useful data, the Council is currently unable to quantify the actual number and therefore the capacity of renewable energy installations as there is no requirement under planning or other reporting mechanisms.

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Indicator SA10.5: Amount of CO2 emissions per year

61. Core Strategy Policy CS4 - Ensuring Development is Sustainable, seeks to reduce CO2 emissions arising from new development in Chiltern. Data for CO2 emissions for local authority areas for 2009 is available on the Department of Energy & Climate Change web site at, http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/local_auth/co2_las/co2_las.aspx

62. Data for carbon dioxide emissions from local authority areas for 2008 are now available. This data has been drawn from new National Statistics published that have been adjusted for the purposes of National indicator NI 186 to exclude emissions sources over which local authorities have no influence (e.g. motorways and some EU ETS installations).

National Indicator NI 186: per capita reduction in CO2 emissions: Chiltern Per capita ‐ Per capita ‐ Industry and Per capita ‐ Road LA Region Commercial Domestic Transport Per capita ‐ Total Name Year (t) (t) (t) (t) Chiltern 2005 1.9 3.0 1.6 6.6 Chiltern 2006 1.9 3.0 1.6 6.5 Chiltern 2007 1.8 2.9 1.7 6.4 Chiltern 2008 1.8 2.9 1.6 6.2 Chiltern 2009 1.5 2.7 1.5 5.7 Notes: The dataset has been drawn from National Statistics published on 15 September 2011 which are available from our 2009 Local Authority Carbon Dioxide figures web page. These have been adjusted to exclude emission sources over which local authorities have no influence (e.g. motorways and EU ETS installations). The data accompanies the report produced by AEA September 2011 (AEA/ENV/R/3210). Figures are rounded, therefore sub-regional, regional and national per capita results may differ slightly. All data including previous years has been updated to reflect the latest DEFRA spreadsheet produced by AEA September 2011

63. The data shows a continued downward trend since 2005 in terms of both the total amount of CO2 emitted and the per capita emissions despite an increasing the number of population. The industrial, commercial and road transport sectors have seen the greatest reduction while there has been little reduction in domestic emissions.

Sustainability Objective 11: To minimise the risk of flooding in relation to both new & existing development

64. Core Strategy Policy CS4 – Ensuring that Development is Sustainable and related Table 1 – Sustainability Principles for Chiltern District set out how the Council expects all new development to have regard to sustainable principles. Paragraphs (j) and (h) CS4 relate to the risk of flooding.

65. As background evidence for the Core Strategy, a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) was carried out jointly with South Bucks District and completed in February 2008. The Level 1 assessment is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=645&fileID=2165 .

66. The SFRA is required by Government guidance in Planning Policy Statement 25 - Development and Flood Risk (2006) (PPS 25). The SFRA includes a

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series of maps that define areas of flooding in Chiltern according to various levels of risk and the source of flooding.

67. The Level 1 SFRA document is especially relevant to the Core Strategy because it provides the information on the sequential approach to finding new land for development required by PPS 25 and the associated sequential test. The Environment Agency were closely involved in the preparation of the SFRA and stated that it meets the requirements of PPS25 and is deemed to be a sound piece of evidence fit for use in the Local Development Framework.

68. As well as areas at risk from river flooding, a Critical Drainage Area (CDA) is also shown in the Level 1 SFRA. This area has been included because it provides an indication of the parts of the District that may experience groundwater and / or overland flooding. Policy CS4 and paragraphs 8.8 and 8.9 of the Core Strategy refer to areas at potential risk from flooding from rising groundwater and surface water (overland flow) which is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=543

69. The CDA is shown on the map below. It can be seen that the CDA includes the flood plains of the Misbourne and Chess rivers as well as most of the built up areas of Chesham and Amersham Old Town.

70. A Level 2 SFRA document has also been produced. This document considers whether the sites referred to in the Council's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) fall within areas of flood risk shown in the SFRA maps.

This Map is Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. 100023578. 2012

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Indicator SA11.1: Number of properties affected by fluvial flood events

71. It is important to recognise that the incidents listed below are events in which properties have been affected not only by flooding from local watercourses, but also from issues regarding rising groundwater, surcharging of the underground sewer system, blockage of culverts and gullies, and/or surface water runoff. As such many of the properties affected by flooding are situated outside of the delineated high probability flood zones.

72. Indeed, it is recognised that water levels within the River Misbourne and the River Chess are traditionally low during dry weather conditions, due largely to the chalk geology of their bedrock. However, their catchments respond relatively quickly to rainfall and the porous geology introduces a potential risk of groundwater flooding (as evidenced by the incidents reported below).

 The published SFRA confirms that the Environment Agency reports that no river (fluvial) flooding from the River Chess have occurred and not from the River Misbourne since 2001 (Chalfont St Peter).

Indicator SA11.2: Number of properties affected by surface water flooding

73. Because of their valley bottom locations, potentially the worst affected areas are The Vale / Broad Street / Berkhampstead Road / High Street & Pednormead End, Chesham; Church Street, Amersham Old Town; Church Street, Great Missenden and Gravel Hill / Lower Road / High Street, Chalfont St Peter.

74. The legislation regarding flooding has now changed with the formation of a lead flood authority (Bucks County Council). Chiltern District Council is working in partnership with key stakeholders such as the Environment Agency, Thames Water, Veolia Water and Bucks County Council to develop a Chesham Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP). This has now been developed and is currently at the options identification stage (December 2012).

Indicator SA11.3: Amount of new development in the floodplains of the Chess and Misbourne rivers

75. Local Planning Authorities have to consult the Environment Agency on most development proposals at risk from flooding. Planning Policy Statement 25 - Development and Flood Risk (PPS25) and its associated Practice Guide, set out Government policy and advice on the subject.

76. The Environment Agency will object to developments that could be at risk of flooding themselves, or are likely to increase flood risk elsewhere. They also object where a more detailed assessment of flood risk needs to be carried out. However, initial objections can be overcome and may, therefore, be withdrawn if appropriate information is provided or developers change their schemes to address the concerns.

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water/watercourse and buffer zone, conservation and ecological enhancement impact on wildlife. Where permission was granted it was subject to measures to control the disposal of surface water.  Also see Indicator E1 in the Environmental Quality section of the Annual Monitoring Report.

Indicator SA11.4: New development with sustainable drainage installed (SuDS)

77. Sustainable drainage is a new environmentally friendly way of dealing with surface water runoff which avoids the problems associated with conventional drainage practice. Conventional drainage exacerbates flooding, causes pollution and is generally more expensive to install and to maintain than Sustainable Drainage schemes. Sometimes referred to as Source Control and as Sustainable Urban Drainage (hence the acronym SuDS), it is a design approach which is equally applicable to rural and urban sites.

78. The Environment Agency advocates the use of SuDS because they do not contribute to flooding, they encourage wildlife and provide visually attractive, and educational, amenities in the form of wetland habitat which is increasingly under threat in the UK.

79. PPS 25 - Development and Flood Risk emphasises the role of SuDS and introduces a general presumption that they will be used. Building Regulations on drainage and waste disposal for England have also been modified to introduce a surface water drainage hierarchy, with infiltration on site as the preferred disposal option, followed by discharge to watercourse and then connection to a sewer.

80. Paragraph (j) of Table 1 associated with Core Strategy Policy CS4 refers to the provision of SuDs in the Critical Drainage Areas.

81. However, at the present time it is not feasible to collect data on a regular basis for this indicator( see Indicator 11.3 above). The Council negotiated the provision of a SuD at a large new office development built and under construction on the former Airpel factory site next to the course of the River Misbourne in Chalfont St Peter. The SuD system involves the control of sewage and surface water on the site by the provision of water attenuation tanks under the car park.

Sustainability Objective 12: Minimise waste & then re-use or recover it through recycling, composting or energy recovery

Indicator SA12.1: % of household waste recycled and sent to land fill

82. Planning Policy Statement 10 - Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (PPS10) requires that at least 25% of household waste by 2005 is recycled or composted. The proportion increases to 30% by 2010 and 33% by 2015.

83. The table below shows that after reducing the amount and proportion of household waste that is recycled increased during 2010/11. Although the amount of waste that is composted fell slightly, overall the proportion of amount of all household waste sent for recycling increased. After falling in recent years, the amount of waste collected from each household rose

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during the year. The proportion of municipal waste that was land filled fell during the year.

Usage of Waste in Chiltern District: 2005 – 2010 2010/11 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 30.6% 30.71% 32.49% 29.26% 32.0% 32.1% (a) recycled (9,938 (10,332 (10,964 (9,356) (11,215) (10,351) tonnes) ) ) 16.97% 17.1% 16.88% 15.68% 13.% 4.3% (b) composted (5,634 (5,647) (5,705) (5,353) (4,391) (1,402) tonnes) (c) used to recover heat, power n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a and other energy sources (d) land filled n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

(e) not recycled n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.51% 0.55%

(f) kilograms of household 364.2 371.5 382 360.6 390 363 waste collected per head # (% kilograms (- (- (-2.95%) (+7.5%) (-0.3%) change from previous year) (+0.99%) 2.18%) 2.11%)

(g) People satisfied with n/a n/a n/a n/a 74% n/a household waste recycling

(h) People satisfied with n/a n/a n/a n/a 68% n/a household waste collection

(i) Residual household waste 457 459 461 - - - per household (NI 191) kilograms

(j) % of household waste sent for reuse, recycling & 47.04% 46.29% 49.38% - - - composting (NI 192)

(k) % of municipal waste land 52.89% 53.55% 52.24% - - - filled (NI 193)

(l) Cost of waste collection per £70.61 £72.91 £69.58 £62.06 £55.60 £55.58 household

Sources: Chiltern District Local Performance Indicators - BV82a(i) & (ii), BV82b(i) & (ii), BV84a & b, MPIPE BV86 & National Indicators NI191, NI 192, NI 193 – 2010/11

Indicator SA12.2: % of construction & demolition waste going to landfill

 No data for Chiltern is available for this indicator from the Environment Agency. Chiltern District and Bucks County Councils do not run any active landfills so have no records of what how much 'construction and demolition' or 'hazardous waste' they receive. As the majority of construction and demolition waste would be disposed of by the company actually doing the construction, details are not recorded.

Indicator SA12.3: Amount of hazardous waste

 No detailed data for Chiltern District is available for this indicator from the Environment Agency.

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or taken to the County Council run Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRC), e.g. asbestos. Some of the hazardous waste received at HWRCs is recycled and does not go to landfill, e.g. gas cylinders, tyres, fridge / freezers, engine oil, batteries. Again figures are only available for household waste. HWRCs do not accept hazardous from trade except for fridges which are recycled.

 Chiltern has yet to receive a hazardous substance consent application.

Indicator SA12.4: Amount of secondary / recycled aggregates used compared with virgin aggregates

 No data for Chiltern was available for this indicator from either the Environment Agency or Bucks County Council.

Sustainability Objective 13: To conserve soil resources & quality

Indicator SA13.1: Amount of grade 1 and 2 agricultural land lost to new development

85. Only a small proportion of agricultural land in the district is classified as Grade 2 (the Misbourne valley north of Great Missenden extending into the town and north east of Chesham). All the remaining agricultural land is Grade 3. All agricultural land in the district is within the Green Belt where there is a strong presumption against new development.

86. Local Plan policy GB26 which sought to protect the ‘best’ agricultural land from development was ‘not saved’ after the end of September 2007. Instead, national guidance contained in Planning Policy Statement 7 - Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (PPS7) applies.

 No development was permitted on undeveloped Grade 2 agricultural land during 2010/11.

Indicator SA13.2: Number of potentially contaminated sites

87. The Council has identified areas of potentially contaminated land and is gathering data on historical land uses. This data continues to show there are 1,250 potential sites in the District that require consideration under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act and /or the Planning Regime.

Indicator SA13.3: Number of planning applications with Land Quality Planning condition (contaminated land) and informatives imposed

88. The results of evaluating all planning applications against Council information on potentially contaminated sites that resulted in the imposition of Chiltern’s Land Quality Condition are shown in the table below.

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Number of planning applications that recommended inclusion of Land Quality Planning (Contaminated Land) Condition or Informative – 2002/03 to 2010/11

Number of Conditions and Year Informatives

2010/11 29/172 [Total = 201]

2009/10 25/176 [Total = 201]

2008/09 35/149 [Total = 185]

2007/08 39 / 101 [Total = 140]

2006/07 33 / 70 [Total = 103]

2005/06 33

2004/05 24

2003/04 4

2002/03 2

Source: Chiltern District Council Strategic Environment Health & Housing Division

 The number of conditions and informatives on planning permissions has remained fairly constant since 2009.

Sustainability Objective 14: To improve the efficiency of land use through the re-use of existing buildings & previously developed land

Indicator SA14.1: % of new homes built on previously developed land

89. Paragraph 41 of Planning Policy Statement 3 – Housing (PPS3) states that the national annual target is that at least 60% of new housing should be provided on previously developed land (PDL). The June 2010 revision of PPS3 deleted ‘private residential gardens’ from the category of previously developed land. As much of the new housing in Chiltern takes place on garden land, this change is likely to mean in the future that proportion of new housing delivered on PDL will decrease.

90. For instance in 2009/10, 91% of new housing built in Chiltern was on PDL. The table below shows that in 2010/11 this proportion had fallen to 55%. Of the 59 dwellings not built on PDF, i.e., on ‘green field land, 36 were on garden land.

New dwellings built on previously developed land 2010/11 Total built

Total gross completions 130

Total gross completions on previously 71 developed land * % of gross on previously developed land 54.6% Source: DCLG Housing Flow Reconciliation return 2010/11 - Chiltern District Note: * - Annex B: Definitions - PPS3 Housing June 2010

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Indicator SA14.2: Density of new housing built

91. During the 2010/11 the average density of new housing delivered was 8.9 dwellings/hectare (dph). However, this varied significantly between settlements. The highest average densities were in the largest towns (Amersham 24.9 dph / Chalfont St Peter 28.9 dph / Chesham 25.8 dph). In contrast, average density was lower in Chalfont St Giles, Little Chalfont and Knotty Green at 5.5 dph, 2.3 dph and 7.7 dph respectively.

Indicator SA14.3: Number of empty properties

See Indicator SA1.3 above

Sustainability Objective 15: To achieve a broad balance between housing, population & employment whilst encouraging economic growth and competitiveness

Indicator SA15.1: Number of business start-ups and closures

92. Many factors influence the pattern of business start-ups. Among the most important are economic growth (encouraging new ventures and creating demand for business and personal services), the level of industrial restructuring and contracting out, and the stock of people with management or small business experience.

93. The tables below provide data where available between 2004 and 2009 with comparison with larger geographical areas where available.

Count of start up (birth) of new enterprises in Chiltern 2004 – 2009

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

635 565 540 545 595 545

ONS Business Demography 2009 - Enterprise Births, Deaths and Survivals

Count of closure (death) of enterprises in Chiltern 2004 – 2009

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

630 510 420 475 450 590

ONS Business Demography 2009 - Enterprise Births, Deaths and Survivals

Count of active enterprises in Chiltern 2004 – 2009

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

5,540 5,475 5,505 5,625 5,795 5,895

ONS Business Demography 2009 - Enterprise Births, Deaths and Survivals

Indicator SA15.2: Out commuting levels

See Contextual Indicator, Chiltern Travel-to-work-Patterns 2001 in Employment Technical Appendix to this Report.

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Sustainability Objective 16: To encourage a diverse economy which is focused on higher value added, lower impact activities

Indicator SA16.1: Number and proportion of employees in knowledge based sectors

94. The Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review 2006 (BELR) produced jointly by the County Council and the districts of Buckinghamshire provides the data source for the following employment-related indicators.

95. Some of the activities in Professional services, especially research & development and computer industry activities, are regarded as high value added knowledge-based businesses. The larger firms in these types of activities tend to be located on large office parks.

96. Table 3.7 of the BELR 2006 presents the occupational structure of the County and its districts broken down by major occupational class. This shows the relative proportions of “associate professional and technical occupations” in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, the South East and the UK. More detail about all occupations is given in the Employment chapter of this Report. No more recent data is available.

Proportion of residents in ‘knowledge-based’ occupations at county, regional and national level – 2005 South Chiltern Bucks UK East

Associate professional & 14.4% 16.0% 14.9% 13.9% technical occupations

Source: Annual Population Survey 2005 – Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review 2006

 Buckinghamshire has a higher proportion of ‘associate professional and technical occupations’ (knowledge-based’, than regional and national rates. However, in Chiltern the rate is below county and regional rates. This may be due to the fact that such occupations are found in larger firms that tend to locate on large office parks, which Chiltern has a fewer number of than other districts in Buckinghamshire.

Indicator SA16.2: Diversity of economic sectors represented in the area

97. Paragraph 5.4 and Table 5.2 of the BELR 2006 gives details of anticipated employment growth by economic sector in Chiltern. The Main Report and Executive Summary can be downloaded from the Council web site at, Buckinghamshire Employment Land Review Final Report August 2006 .

98. The headline results of the 2008 Annual Business Inquiry are set out below. It shows that a total of 30,800 people worked in Chiltern. The standard industrial classification (SIC) with the highest number and proportion of workers was ‘Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles’.

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Annual Business Inquiry employee estimates by Local Authority and selected industries - 2008 Standard Industrial Classification Number % of (SIC) 2007 employed in total Chiltern District Manufacturing 2,900 9.4 Construction 1,300 4.2 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor 5,300 17.2 vehicles and motorcycles Transportation and storage 600 1.9 Accommodation and food service activities 2,200 7.1 Information and communication 2,100 6.8 Financial and insurance activities 700 2.3 Real estate activities 700 2.3 Professional, scientific and technical activities 3,100 10.1 Administrative and support service activities 1,700 5.5 Public administration and defence; 600 1.9 compulsory social security Education 3,400 11.0 Human health and social work activities 4,200 13.6 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,000 3.2 Other service activities 1,000 3.2 Total 30,800 100 Source: Office for National Statistics

Indicator SA16.3: Image indices derived from consultations with businesses & local property specialists as part of the planning process

99. No data for Chiltern is available for this indicator for 2010/11. Data is still difficult to obtain and is not available from either Buckinghamshire Business First or Buckinghamshire County Council.

Sustainability Objective 17: To develop & maintain a skilled workforce to support long-term competitiveness of the District

Indicator SA17.1: % of population with and without qualifications

100. The BELR 2006 states (paragraphs 3.34 & 3.35) that Chiltern (and the whole of Buckinghamshire) has a highly qualified workforce. The proportion of people with no qualifications is lower than the South East or nationally. Chiltern gets a specific mention as at 18% it has the lowest level in Buckinghamshire. At the upper end of the scale, a higher proportion of people in Buckinghamshire are qualified to NVQ Level 4 and 5 than the comparator areas. Once again, at just over 31%, people in Chiltern have the highest levels of qualification in the county. The table below gives further details.

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Qualifications: percentage of resident population aged 16 to 64 – January – December 2010 Chiltern Chiltern South East Great Britain (number) (%) (%) (%) NVQ4 and above 27,000 48.5 33.9 31.3 NVQ3 and above 36,500 65.6 53.8 51.0

NVQ2 and above 42,700 76.6 70.8 67.3

NVQ1 and above 47,200 84.8 84.1 80.2

Other qualifications 4,700 8.4 7.5 8.5

No qualifications 3,800 6.8 8.5 11.3

Source: NOMIS / Annual Population Survey (APS) of resident population aged 16 to 64 for calendar year periods, for example, January to December. The variables show the total number of people who are qualified at a particular level and above, so data in this table are not additive. Separate figures for each NVQ level are available in the full APS. The trade apprenticeships are split 50/50 between NVQ level 2 and 3. This follows ONS policy for presenting qualifications data in publications. Separate counts for trade apprenticeships can be obtained from the full APS data set. 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 NVQ 2 equivalent: e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2 NVQ 3 equivalent: e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced GNVQ, NVQ 3 NVQ 4 equivalent and above: e.g. HND, Degree and Higher Degree level qualifications or equivalent

 Although Chiltern has the most highly qualified workforce in the county, they are not generally employed in the district with their expertise going to employment centres outside the district.

Sustainability Objective 18: To ensure high & stable levels of employment so everyone can benefit from the economic growth of the region

Indicator SA18.1: Proportion and number of people of working age who are unemployed

Office for National Statistics Unemployment rates: March 2011 (March 2010 in brackets) Claimants Annual Great seeking increase / Britain Rate Jobseeker decrease in ranking Allowance Claimants (1 = best) 1.7% 932 -9.4% Chiltern 31 (2.0%) (1,029) (-2.3%)

Aylesbury Vale 1.9% 2,180 -6.4% 50

Wycombe 2.5% 2,557 -9.3% 150

South Bucks 1.5% 616 -21.6% 15

Buckinghamshire 2.0% 6,265 -9.8% 4

South East (excl 2.6% 138,859 -11.2% 1 London)

Great Britain 3.8% 1,466,985 -5.9% - Source: Buckinghamshire Business First March 2011

 After doubling during 2008/09 with the onset of the economic downturn, the number of claimants fell during 2010/11.

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 The Chiltern unemployment rate continues to be less than half the national rate.

Notified job vacancies Notified Notified Vacancy to Vacancy to Vacancies Vacancies Claimant ratio Claimant ratio July 2011 April 2010 July 2011 April 2010

Chiltern 283 123 3.3 3.6

Aylesbury Vale 916 505 2.3 3.8

Wycombe 876 712 2.9 5.5

South Bucks 380 236 1.6 3.0

Buckinghamshire 2,455 1,576 3.3 3.6

South East (excl London) 44,638 28,871 3.1 4..0

Great Britain 370,714 202,103 3.9 5.1

 Between April 2010 and July 2011 the number of notified vacancies more than doubled while the vacancy to claimant ratio decreased.

101. The following table shows the number of claimants in each ward in Chiltern in March between 2005 and 2011. The figures are produced by Buckinghamshire Business First (BBF) and are based on the geographical area of the ‘new’ wards for Chiltern District as at 2009. In previous Reports ‘old’ wards were used. BBF is voice of business to local and central government. With financial support from Buckinghamshire County Council and other investing members, BBF helps deliver economic development for the betterment of the whole of Buckinghamshire (http://www.bbf.uk.com).

Unemployment claimants by ward – Chiltern District: 2005 to 2011

District Wards March March March March March March March (as at 2009) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Amersham 26 33 23 11 18 22 17 Common Amersham Town 47 42 43 12 25 30 9 Amersham-on- 71 73 68 16 33 39 27 the-Hill Asheridge Vale 80 93 99 47 39 61 39 and Lowndes Ashley Green, Latimer and 16 16 18 # 7 13 12 Chenies Austenwood 5 7 14 4 6 12 11 Ballinger, South Heath and 9 13 17 8 8 11 11 Central 38 37 41 14 19 33 23 Chalfont 20 30 19 5 12 17 17 Common Chalfont St Giles 47 50 48 15 30 31 33 Chesham Bois 23 35 36 18 11 12 16 and Weedon Hill , The Lee and 10 12 14 5 7 7 9 Bellingdon Gold Hill 25 31 39 14 11 14 9

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District Wards March March March March March March March (as at 2009) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Great Missenden 12 19 14 5 5 13 7 Hilltop and 50 66 65 27 35 35 32 Townsend Holmer Green 32 29 42 15 17 26 18 Little Chalfont 52 66 62 31 26 47 36 Little Missenden 12 20 18 5 6 13 15 Newtown 44 44 43 36 34 31 28 Penn and 27 37 34 6 12 18 11 Coleshill Prestwood and 51 68 76 21 32 48 42 Heath End Ridgeway 73 59 65 33 35 42 35

Seer Green 11 22 15 5 5 4 11 St Mary's and 92 72 97 64 42 67 66 Waterside Vale 59 55 43 29 31 48 25 Total 932 1,029 1,053 448 506 694 559 Source: Buckinghamshire Business First \ Bucks County Council Labour Market Bulletins March 2005 to 2011

 During the year there was an overall reduction in the number of claimants.  However, some wards, notably those in Chesham with the highest concentration of social housing, saw an increase.

Unemployment : number of claimants per ward – Chiltern District: 2011

District Wards (as at 2009) March 2011

St Mary's and Waterside (Chesham) 92 Asheridge Vale and Lowndes 80 (Chesham) Ridgeway (Chesham) 73 Amersham-on-the-Hill 71 Vale (Chesham) 59 Little Chalfont 52 Prestwood and Heath End 51 Hilltop and Townsend (Chesham) 50 Amersham Town 47 Chalfont St Giles 47 Newtown (Chesham) 44 Central (Chalfont St Peter) 38 Holmer Green 32 Penn and Coleshill 27 Amersham Common 26 Gold Hill (Chalfont St Peter) 25 Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill 23 (Chalfont St Peter) 20 Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies 16 Great Missenden 12 Little Missenden 12

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District Wards (as at 2009) March 2011

Seer Green 11

Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon 10

Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge 9 Austenwood (Chalfont St Peter) 5 Total 932

 8 wards had 50 or more claimants in March 2011. 5 of these were in Chesham.  Rural wards generally had the lowest number of claimants along with Austenwood in Chalfont St Peter.

Indicator SA18.2: Number of people of working age out of work for up to and more than a year

Long term unemployment claimants 2008, 2009 & 2010

Up to 1 year 1 to 3 years Over 3 years

Male Female Male Female Male Female

July 2010 500 250 95 25 0 0

June 2009 720 305 35 15 0 0

March 2008 300 110 30 5 0 0 Source: Buckinghamshire Business First

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Sustainable Community Strategy

1. The objectives of the Bucks Strategic Partnership (BSP) of which Chiltern District is a member are embodied in the family of Sustainable Community Strategies. The ‘Sustainable Community Strategy for the Chiltern District 2009-2026’ was produced by the Chiltern Community Partnership and published in November 2009. It is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=474 .

2. The Chiltern Community Partnership draws together the work of the key public sector, business and voluntary partners in the area to deliver the agreed priorities for the District. It is responsible for directing resources and co-ordinating the work of partners to deliver improved outcomes for residents.

3. The following is taken directly from the Sustainable Community Strategy.

Our vision for Chiltern in 2026…

 A place with integrated, supportive and capable communities that promote active citizenship  A place where high quality services and facilities help people from all sections of the community, particularly the young, elderly and disadvantaged, to live independent and fulfilling lives  A place where we can lead safe lives free from the fear of crime and anti- social behaviour  A place with attractive and vibrant town and village centres and an outstanding countryside  A place that promotes equality of opportunity and ensures fair access to Services  A place that encourages local employers and small businesses so we can protect the area’s economy for the future and achieve a better balance between the jobs available and the people to fill them  A place where people have the skills, knowledge and ability to make effective decisions and healthy lifestyle choices  A place with enough affordable housing to meet local needs and maintain our services and communities

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 A place with effective and targeted transport solutions, including a well maintained transport infrastructure  A place where high quality education and lifelong learning improves people’s lives,enabling them to make well-informed decisions and play their full part in the community  A place with a wide range of accessible leisure opportunities  A place with a clean and green environment where recycling, waste minimisation and resource conservation are an established part of everyday life

Summary of key challenges in 2009

4. The key challenges in Chiltern are to maintain an exceptionally high quality of life in the face of changes impacting on the District, a period of reduced resources and high customer expectations. More specifically for Chiltern they are:

 Supporting the economy, business and people in the economic downturn  Anticipating and meeting the needs of an ageing population  Improving delivery and access to affordable housing  Managing development pressures on the urban and rural environment and preserving the District’s natural and cultural heritage valued by our residents  Reducing our impact on the environment in terms of emissions of carbon dioxide and consumption of natural resources  Addressing deprivation and health inequality  Encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyles  Managing road congestion and maintaining the transport network  Improving public and community transport and enhancing sustainable access to goods and services, particularly in the rural areas  Maintaining strong, safe and cohesive communities  Promoting tolerance and understanding between generations  Promoting positive activities for teenagers  Understanding and managing the impact of growth in the north of Buckinghamshire  Informing residents about public services  Enabling residents to influence local decisions and their area  Encouraging and supporting our residents to contribute towards achievement of our shared vision

Delivering the vision for 2026

5. This Sustainable Community Strategy is the over-arching long-term plan for the Chiltern District. It is not a detailed action plan, but a framework to help partner organisations take collective responsibility, work together and make the best use of resources to deliver the outcomes set out here.

6. Delivering the vision to 2026 will require determined action by a range of public, private and voluntary sector bodies working in partnership at neighbourhood, District and County level.

7. We will review this strategy every year to make sure that it continues to reflect local people’s views and addresses new challenges as they emerge. As the area’s priorities develop and change, the action plans of the partnership and individual partners will change to reflect this.

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8. These action plans are set out in a variety of documents, including:

• Local Development Framework • Community Cohesion Plan • Housing and Homelessness Strategies • Community Safety Partnership Plan • Healthy Communities Strategy

9. In addition, a number of specific projects and activities will target geographic areas and/or groups of people. These projects and activities will be monitored to ensure they are making a positive difference to people’s lives.

10. The outcomes are widely supported by national indicators and local measures, including those already agreed in the Buckinghamshire Local Area Agreement. This will help us compare our performance against other areas in the country. For more information about the delivery of the vision, visit our website at, www.chiltern.gov.uk/chilternpartnership .

Buckinghamshire Local Area Agreement

11. The Buckinghamshire Local Area Agreement is central to the delivery of the family of Sustainable Community Strategies.

12. The Local Area Agreement is led and coordinated by the Bucks Strategic Partnership. It is a contract between partners in Buckinghamshire and the government to deliver measurable improvements to the quality of life and services for residents over a three year period. The agreement consists of a framework of improvement targets which reflect the priorities in the Sustainable Community Strategies.

Links to spatial planning

13. The ambitions in this strategy cannot be achieved without a direct link to the spatial plans for the area. This is done through ‘Local Development Frameworks’ at District level. Local Development Frameworks are a new kind of planning framework and set out planning policy for each District, and for the County overall to 2026. They are closely aligned with the family of Sustainable Community Strategies and these will work together to achieve our vision.

Themes and Outcomes

14. This Sustainable Community Strategy has five broad themes. These reflect the issues that you [residents’] have told us matter most.

o Thriving Economy o Sustainable Environment o Safe Communities o Health and Wellbeing o Cohesive and Strong Communities

15. The five themes link and overlap. Therefore, taking action in relation to one theme will often have a positive effect on another theme. For example, tackling crime and anti-social behaviour (Safer Communities)

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makes the area safer and more attractive for business to invest in (Thriving Economy).

16. There are also three cross-cutting themes which are central to the Sustainable Community Strategy. These are:

o Responding to demographic change o Addressing inequalities o Encouraging personal responsibility

17. To meet the vision for 2026, these crosscutting themes must be fully considered when developing action plans.

Responding to demographic change

18. In Chiltern, the total population is likely to remain relatively static but the proportion of older people, particularly the over 80s, is set to grow at a faster rate than for Buckinghamshire as a whole. Reductions in the 18-64 and 0-17 populations are also forecast. The population of Buckinghamshire will increase due to the substantial growth in the north of the County and at the same time the proportion of older people in the south of the county will grow. We need to recognise and plan for these changes if we are to achieve the outcomes set out in this strategy.

Addressing inequalities

19. Tackling disadvantage is crucial if we are to achieve the outcomes set out in the strategy. Our approach must include targeted actions and ways of working which best address the inequalities experienced by different groups and communities.

Personal responsibility

20. This is a strategy for the community and cannot be effectively delivered without the support and active involvement of residents. Important examples include improving health through active lifestyles, and creating a sustainable environment through reduced waste and carbon emissions.

Thriving Economy – Aims

21. The economic recession is a key challenge for Chiltern’s economy. We are particularly vulnerable due to our comparatively high number of small businesses that are struggling to get credit and face uncertain demand. Chiltern also has a significant number of residents with salaries dependent on the success of the London economy.

22. A lack of affordable housing makes it difficult to recruit workers essential to the vitality and functioning of communities and this is made worse by the higher public sector wages paid in London. To remain competitive, our workforce needs to develop skills which meet the requirements of the economy into the future. Our education, skills and learning institutions must support this aim. In addition, as Chiltern’s elderly population increases, some people may need support to remain in employment for longer should they wish or need to do so.

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23. Finally, Chiltern, like many other areas, faces increasing congestion which is also detrimental to the functioning of our economy.

We aim to:

 - shared aim across Buckinghamshire  - area focus in Chiltern District

 Build business, enterprise and innovation and promote global competitiveness  Increase access to support and advice for residents, local business and entrepreneurs during the recession and beyond  Improve business start-up and survival rates  Buy more products and services locally  Increase opportunities for flexible working

 Develop skills and employment for the future  Maintain employment levels  Improve the skills of the workforce and residents to better match and support the needs of the local economy, now and into the future

 Increase affordable housing  Provide more affordable homes for local people and essential workers

 Support strategic infrastructure requirements  Maintain the amount of employment land (land used by business and industry for offices, warehousing and technology parks etc) and encourage its most efficient use  Increased journey time reliability and improve transport connections to local employment centres in a sustainable way  Efficiently manage and maintain the transport network

 Promote investment in Buckinghamshire  Improved vitality and viability of town and village centres

Sustainable Environment – Aims

24. Residents value Chiltern’s outstanding natural environment and buildings of cultural value and historical significance. However, there are tensions between development requirements and the quality and character of our natural and urban areas.

25. As an area Chiltern is responsible for higher levels of carbon emissions and greater use of gas, electricity and water than many other districts. Residents are dissatisfied with the condition of our roads. Finally, Chiltern is a clean District but we must maintain partnership working to suppress fly-tipping.

We aim to:

 Tackle climate change  Reduced the carbon footprint and use of natural resources  Adapt to the effects of climate change and mitigate the causes

 Enhance and protect local environment

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 Continue to conserve and enhance the natural and built environment, in particular the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and our cultural and historical assets.  Positively manage development pressures in the District and mitigate the impact of development outside the District  Continue to work with partners to tackle fly-tipping and maintain a litter free District

 Reduce waste, reuse resources, increase recycling and energy recovery

 Efficiently manage and maintain the transport network  Improve the conditions of our roads and pavements

Safe Communities - Aims

26. Residents tell us that a low level of crime is the most important factor in making somewhere a good place to live. Chiltern is a safe place to live but the fear of crime in Chiltern is greater than actual levels of crime. Much crime in the District is committed by offenders travelling from other parts of the region and this requires partnership working both within our District and across much larger geographic areas.

27. We also need to address:

o a general lack of knowledge in our communities about what to do in a large scale emergency; o the need to further improve road safety; and o public confidence in the police and local council to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour.

We aim to:

 Reduce crime and anti-social behaviour  Reduce serious acquisitive crime and violent crime in our communities  Reduce anti-social behaviour in our communities  Develop wider partnerships and co-operation across larger geographic areas

 Reduce fear of crime  Improve engagement and communication with local communities to reduce the fear of crime and increase confidence in the public sector

 Reduce the harms caused by alcohol and drugs  Reduce the harm that drug and alcohol misuse causes within our communities

 Improve the safety of local people  Improve actions to safeguard vulnerable adults and young people  Improve road safety to reduce the risk of death or injury from transport incidents  Increased awareness of what to do in a large scale emergency

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Health and Wellbeing – Aims

28. To ensure the future health of our population, we must respond positively to the needs of our ageing population, reduce health inequalities across our District and promote healthy lifestyles generally.

29. Elderly people need greater levels of support to help them remain independent and enjoy wellbeing in later life. Part of the solution involves supporting and advising people so they can make the best possible choices for their well-being.

30. There are health inequalities in Chiltern and marked differences in life expectancy between our most and least deprived wards. In addition, although our population is generally healthy, some residents make unhealthy lifestyles choices such as high food and alcohol consumption, putting their future health at risk. Secure and decent homes are also essential to health and well-being as is improved accessibility to services, particularly in rural areas.

We aim to:

 Promote healthy lifestyles  For residents to live healthier, longer, happier lives  Reduce obesity  Increase participation in physical activities  Improve mental health  Reduce the number of smokers  Reduce the number of increasing risk and high risk drinkers

 Reduce health inequalities  Reduced deprivation and health inequality between different areas and groups of people  Ensure homes are of an acceptable and decent standard  Reduce fuel poverty, particularly for the elderly  Reduce heart disease, diabetes and stroke in the most ‘at risk’ groups  Reduce social isolation

 Improve quality of life for an ageing population  Support for Chiltern’s ageing population and helping people take care of themselves and live independent lives  Help people stay in their homes for longer Improve the support for carers  Support families with budgeting advice  Provide ‘extra care’ housing (self-contained homes with access to care and services) to enable more older and vulnerable people to live independently for longer

 Improve quality of life for children and young people  Improve support and wellbeing for all children and young people  Close the gap between the most advantaged and disadvantaged children and young people  Help children and young people to realise their potential  Increase the provision of positive activities for children and young people and ensure they know what is available  Encourage and enable children and young people to participate in decision making

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 Reduce homelessness  Ensure there are fewer homeless people in our District

 Create well connected communities  Improve the transport network  Improve access to health and leisure services to support our rural and urban communities  Work with parishes, towns and communities to develop the local delivery of services to meet local needs

Cohesive and Strong Communities - Aims

31. A key challenge is to give people the opportunity to have a real say in the decisions that affect their lives and their communities. Chiltern’s communities are becoming more diverse and we need to take a positive and sensitive approach and be flexible in meeting their needs. There is a greater need to understand our communities and how they relate to each other.

32. We believe we should make more use of our communities’ potential and capacity for participation and volunteering which we believe is particularly great in Chiltern. We must also address anti-social behaviour by promoting greater personal responsibility and respect for people’s rights.

We aim to:

 Sustain and grow a thriving voluntary and community sector  Increase community participation and volunteering whilst supporting the voluntary and community sectors

 Increase the confidence of communities  Increase the confidence and ability communities have to deal with their own local issues  Improve the opportunities for people to have their say and influence decisions  Improve the way we deal with diversity and promote equality in our communities by working more closely with local people and communities

 Help all communities get on well together  Improve support for good relations within and between communities

 Reduce levels of disadvantage  Reduce deprivation and health inequality between different geographical areas and groups of people (see Health and Wellbeing theme for more details)

What each one of us can do to make Chiltern a better place

33. We all have a part to play in making Chiltern a place we identify with and feel proud of.

34. We recognise that people have rights and responsibilities. Our partnerships will respect and promote those rights, while at the same time encourage personal responsibility. It is essential for individuals and communities to take positive action if our shared vision is to become a reality, as many

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improvements will require a combination of partnership work and individual lifestyle changes.

35. All the Buckinghamshire Local Strategic Partnerships are actively encouraging everyone in their areas to do something to help themselves and their local community, as this will directly help to achieve the outcomes in the Community Strategies for each District.

The Chiltern Community Partnership includes representatives from: o Chiltern District Council o Federation of Small Businesses o Buckinghamshire County Council o Business Link o Thames Valley Police o The Entertainer o Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue o Voluntary Impact Service o Bucks Community Action o Buckinghamshire Primary Care o Community Matters Trust o The Chiltern Racial Equality Council o Paradigm Housing o Chiltern Citizens Advice Bureau o Nexus Community o Amersham and Wycombe College o Parish and Town Councils o Older Persons Action Groups o Local Revitalisation Groups and o Chesham Probus Community Partnerships o Chalfont St Peter Chamber of o Buckinghamshire Economic and Commerce Learning Partnership o Chiltern Arts Forum

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Biodiversity

1. All around us, in our woodlands and hedgerows, our fields and rivers, even in our gardens, countless varieties of birds, plants, insects and other animals live out their lives. This is biodiversity – the richness and endless variety of life on earth.

2. Councils have a duty to have regard to the purpose of conserving biodiversity in all their functions. Planning policies should maintain, enhance, restore or add to biodiversity and geological features. They should protect existing features. They should promote new green infrastructure in new development.

3. In Chiltern District, there are several levels of designation designed to protect biodiversity. There are nationally designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest, a Local Nature Reserve, Local Wildlife Sites, Biological Notification Sites, Local Geological Sites and many Ancient Woodlands. There are two chalk rivers; the Misbourne and the River Chess. Chalk Streams are a priority in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and are globally rare. These and the other chalk rivers within the Chilterns AONB are a characteristic feature of the landscape and provide an important habitat for some of the country’s most threatened species. Chalk rivers in Chiltern District are fed by ground water which is stored in a chalk aquifer.

Indicator BIO I: Achievements of Buckinghamshire Biodiversity Action Plan

4. The Buckinghamshire Biodiversity Action Plan is about just that - taking action for biodiversity in Buckinghamshire. It identifies important habitats and species for which a wide range of local and national organisations, as well as individuals, will take practical steps to conserve. It sets measurable targets and identifies the organisations and individuals responsible for meeting them, to attempt to map out a brighter future for biodiversity in Buckinghamshire. The Action Plan has 8 generic objectives and 37 actions for the period covered by the Plan. Further details are available on the Buckinghamshire Partnerships web site at, http://www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/partnership/bmkbp/biodiversity_action_plan.p age

Changes in areas of biodiversity importance 5. CLG guidance points out that those areas of biodiversity importance should be recognised in the local authority’s Development Plan for their intrinsic environmental value. This should take the form of an analysis of sites of international, national, regional and local significance.

6. Policies CS24 and CS32 of the Core Strategy relate to protecting and improving biodiversity and green infrastructure assets.

7. The Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre (BMERC) have again provided an update report for the Council that shows losses or additions to biodiversity habitat in the district. This, and previous reports are available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=94&pageNumber=11 The full report is included in this appendix.

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Sites of international significance 8. There are no sites within Chiltern District that have been given international designations, i.e., Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Ramsar Sites although it is close to Burnham Beeches.

Sites of national significance 9. A relatively small proportion of Chiltern District has been designated as being of national importance for its biodiversity or geodiversity, i.e., Special Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI) and National Nature Reserves (NNR).

10. Although there are no NNR’s in Chiltern, there are 4 SSSI’s. The largest is Hodgemoor Wood, west of Chalfont St Giles with an area of 103 hectares. Nearby to the north is the small SSSI at Froghall Brickworks (0.31 hectares in area). The meadows on either side of the River Chess in the valley bottom between Chenies and Sarratt comprise the remaining two SSSI’s, both of which extend into Hertfordshire (1.97 hectares in area).

11. Of the SSSIs, the largest Hodgemoor Wood is in ‘Favourable condition’. The smallest Froghall Brickworks is in an ‘unfavourable - recovering’ condition, while the condition of Chenies Bottom continues to be ‘Unfavourable – no change’.

Location of SSSI’s in Chiltern District

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Sites of local significance 12. With a total area of 1,863 hectares, just under 10% of Chiltern District is identified as being of local importance for its biodiversity or geodiversity. Local sites fall into the following categories:

 Local Wildlife Sites (LWS)……………………..889 hectares  Biological Notification Sites (BNS)………..954 hectares  Local Nature Reserves LNR)………………….14 hectares  Local Geological Sites (LGS)………………… 4.6 hectares   Total area…………1,861.6 hectares

Note: There are overlaps between several of these local designations, e.g., LGSs and LNRs may also be Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), so the figures for total hectares are over-estimates

National Indicator 197 (NI 197) 13. NI 197 measures the performance of local authorities biodiversity improvement by assessing the implementation of positive conservation management on Local Wildlife Sites (LWS’s) and Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIG’s). These two site types are known collectively as Local Sites (LS). NI 197 also relates to the influence local authorities have on LS systems and the measures and procedures involved in ensuring

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effective conservation management is introduced to, and acted upon, by LS owners and managers. Assessing the extent of positive management will also identify sites where positive management is lacking and will help focus the effort in ensuring that LS are managed and their biodiversity value is maintained or enhanced.

14. Bucks County Council have compiled a methodology to assess the positive management of LS’s, and in 2008/09 established a ‘positive conservation management’ baseline for each of the Districts and Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes as a whole. Table BIO1 updates the baseline data to a base date of 31st March 2010.

Table BIO-1: Chiltern Local Wildlife Sites in Conservation Management Local Sites & in Positive / Non Positive Conservation Management in Chiltern.

Number % Reporting is as at 31st March 2011.

(2009/10 numbers in brackets) 74 100% Number AMD % of Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) (70) (100%)

Number AND % of LWS’s in Positive 27 36.5% Conservation Management (23) (33%)

Number and % of LWS’s not in Positive 1 1.5% Conservation Management (1) (1.5%)

46 62% Number of LWS’s which are Data Deficient (46) (66%)

Source: Bucks C.C. & Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Environmental Records

15. Overall, over 36% of all Chiltern’s Local Wildlife Sites were in positive conservation management at 31st March 2011. While only one Local Wildlife Site was recorded as not being in positive conservation management, just under two thirds were data deficient to enable an assessment to be made.

16. Tables 1 and 2 in paragraph 2.5 of the update BMERC Biodiversity Report below gives further details of the status of conservation management and management activities.

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Core and Local Output Indicators for Biodiversity in Chiltern District for 2010

Report to Chiltern District Council

Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre November 2011

Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes

Environmental Records Centre County Hall Walton Street  Aylesbury  Bucks  HP20 1UY Tel 01296 382431 Fax 01296 387156 www.bucksmkerc.org.uk

Local authorities currently include biodiversity indicators within their Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs). This report by Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre (BMERC) summarises available data for the core output indicators (as determined by the Department for Communities and Local Government), plus four additional local contextual indicators (agreed between BMERC and Chiltern District Council).

BMERC has provided reports to Chiltern DC for the previous five years, and the comments in this report highlight any substantial changes from the 2009 figures (that is, the report produced by BMERC in October 2010).

Unless otherwise stated, the figures given below are based on data for the calendar year 2010, as available to BMERC in November 2011.

The land area of Chiltern District is considered to be 19,635 hectares (ha) (calculated from Ordnance Survey GIS data). The term “Bucks” in the tables refers to the combined modern administrative areas of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, and its area is considered to be 187,359 hectares (calculated from Ordnance Survey GIS data).

1. Core indicator E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance

The guidance from DCLG associated with this indicator highlights that the purpose of this indicator is to show losses or additions to biodiversity habitat. The guidance points out that those areas of biodiversity importance should be recognised in the local authority’s Development Plan for their intrinsic environmental value. This should take the form of an analysis of sites of international, national, regional and local significance.

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1.1 Change in areas designated for their intrinsic environmental value

The second column (shaded) of each table provides the data for this Core Indicator.

1.1.1 Sites of international significance

Type Indicator: Area in CDC sites as % of Bucks+MK sites as % CDC sites as area in CDC Bucks+MK total Bucks+MK of Bucks+MK land % of CDC (ha) sites area land area Special Areas of 0 934 0% 0.50% 0% Conservation Special Protection 0 0 - - - Areas Ramsar Sites 0 0 - - - Total 0 934 0% 0.50% 0%

Key fact:  There are no sites within Chiltern District that have been given international designations.

1.1.2 Sites of national significance

No change since 2009

Type Indicator: Area in CDC sites as % of Bucks+MK sites as CDC sites as % of CDC area in Bucks+MK total Bucks+MK % of Bucks+MK land area CDC (ha) sites land area National Nature 0 204 0% 0.11% 0% Reserves Sites of Special 106 2,569 4.1% 1.4% 0.54% Scientific Interest Total 106 2,569 * 4.1% 1.4% 0.54% * : all NNRs are also SSSIs, hence the two figures are not summed

Key fact:  A relatively small proportion of Chiltern District has been designated as being of national importance for its biodiversity or geodiversity.

1.1.3 Sites of local significance

Changes:  The figure for Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) has not changed from the 2009 figure.  The figure for Local Geological Sites (LGS) has decreased from 7 to 4.6 hectares due to the de-designation of two LGS in 2010 (C02: Tylers Hill & Cowcroft Woods and C03: Trig Point, Cowcroft Woods).  The figure for Biological Notification Sites (BNS) has remained unchanged from the 2009 figure.  There is an ongoing project to review all remaining BNS with the intention of either passing them as LWS if they meet the selection criteria or archiving them from the system if not. This means the figures for BNS will gradually decrease.

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Type Indicator: Area in CDC sites as % Bucks+MK sites CDC sites as area in CDC Bucks+MK of total as % Bucks+MK % of CDC (ha) (ha) Bucks+MK sites land area land area Local Wildlife Sites 889 5,725 15.53 3.06 4.53 Biological Notification Sites 954 10864 8.78 5.80 4.86 Local Nature Reserves 14 223 6.28 0.12 0.07 Local Geological Sites (LGS)** 4.6 832 0.55 0.44 0.02 Total * 1,861.6 17,644 10.55 9.42 9.48

* There are overlaps between several of these local designations, e.g. LGSs and LNRs may also be Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), so the figures for total hectares are over-estimates.

Key facts:  The total area of land receiving local designation has fallen to 1,861.6 hectares.  The district contains a similar amount of locally designated sites to land area as does Bucks as a whole.

2 Local Contextual Indicators

2.1 Habitat data

The figures below reflect the mapping of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats in Bucks by Buckinghamshire County Council and a recent national survey for Traditional Orchards undertaken by Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) on behalf of Natural England (NE). In the latter case, much of the data is taken from aerial photographs and has not been ‘ground-truthed’ to the level of the other habitat data.

A number of habitats have different figures to previous years AMR reports. This is a result of updated data from Bucks CC, rounding and the inclusion of the Traditional Orchards, Rivers and Coastal and Floodplain Grazing habitats. The change in the figures represents an amendment to our baseline understanding of the habitat resource, rather than any loss of or gain in specific priority habitats.

The second column (shaded) of the table provides the data for the 2010/2011 Core Indicator.

UK BAP Priority Indicator: area Area in CDC habitat as Bucks+MK CDC habitat as habitats present in in CDC (ha) Bucks+MK % of total habitat as % of % of CDC land Bucks+MK Bucks+MK Bucks+MK land area habitat area Arable Field Margins [no quantitative [no quantitative Not known Not known Not known data available] data available] Coastal and 0 337 0 0.18 0 Floodplain Grazing Marsh Eutrophic Standing 0 20 0 0.01 0 Waters Hedgerows [no quantitative [no quantitative Not known Not known Not known data available] data available] Lowland Beech and 113 1191 9.5 0.64 0.58 Yew Woodland Lowland Calcareous 1 344 0.29 0.18 <0.01 Grassland Lowland Dry Acid 0 317 0 0.17 0 Grassland Lowland Fens 2.5 67 3.7 0.04 0.01 Lowland Heathland 1.3 77 1.7 0.04 <0.01 Lowland Meadows 16 382 4.2 0.20 0.08

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UK BAP Priority Indicator: area Area in CDC habitat as Bucks+MK CDC habitat as habitats present in in CDC (ha) Bucks+MK % of total habitat as % of % of CDC land Bucks+MK Bucks+MK Bucks+MK land area habitat area Lowland Mixed 217 1682 12.9 0.90 1.1 Deciduous Woodland Open Mosaic Habitats [no quantitative [no quantitative Not known Not known Not known on Previously data available] data available] Developed Land Ponds [no quantitative [no quantitative Not known Not known Not known data available] data available] Purple Moor Grass 0 18 0 <0.01 0 and Rush Pastures Reedbeds 0 25 0 0.01 0 Rivers 26 74 35 0.04 0.13

Traditional Orchards 142 365 39 0.19 0.72 Wet Woodland 0 33 0 0.02 0 Wood-Pastures and 34 536 6.3 0.29 0.17 Parkland Total ** 553 5468 10.1 2.9 2.8

Key facts:  The District contains significant proportions of two priority habitats, Rivers and Traditional Orchards; over a third of all the habitat in Bucks in each case.  The district contains a similar amount of priority habitat to land area as does Bucks as a whole.

2.2 Change in priority species

2.2.1 Summary data

BMERC have evidence of 126 UK BAP Priority species having been recorded in Chiltern District in the period since 1980. This is an increase on the figure of 121 which was presented in the 2009/2010 report. The additional species available through BMERC records are two birds; Black-tailed Godwit and Yellow Wagtail; two fish; Atlantic Salmon and Eel, and a moth; Oak Lutestring.

It should be pointed out that the list does not attempt to qualify whether the species are summer and winter residents, seasonal visitors or vagrants.

Full details of all these species are given in Appendix 1.

2.2.2 Comparison with other local authority areas

A comparison of the numbers of UK BAP species recorded in other districts is as follows:

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Area No. species present

Bucks CC 228

Wycombe District 169

Milton Keynes 140

Chiltern District 126

South Bucks District Council 126

Aylesbury Vale District Council 178

2.2.3 Species data sources

Species data were collated from the BMERC species database which incorporates data from many sources including the following volunteer recorders and recording groups.

 BBOWT (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust)  Buckinghamshire Bird Club  Buckinghamshire County Moth Recorder  M. C. Harvey  Buckinghamshire County Plant Recorder  North Bucks Bat Group  British Bryological Society  Butterfly Conservation  Milton Keynes Natural History Society  Buckinghamshire County Mammal Recorders  Buckinghamshire County Museum  Prestwood Nature  Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)  Local Wildlife Sites project  Buckinghamshire Invertebrate Group

2.3 Condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

Natural England publishes “condition assessments” for all SSSIs. These are an assessment, to a standard methodology, of the quality of these sites, describing the condition of the features for which the sites were originally scheduled.

SSSIs are monitored over a 5-6 year cycle, and thus this data cannot be used to provide annual monitoring figures, but the trends over time do provide a useful indicator of the quality of these protected sites.

Summary data for Chiltern District as available at November 2011, based on assessments carried out by Natural England between August 2004 and March 2009 (see Appendix 2):

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Condition Area (ha) of SSSIs % of total SSSI area

Favourable Condition 103.03 97.36

Unfavourable Recovering 0.31 0.29

Unfavourable No Change 2.49 2.35

Unfavourable Declining 0 0

Details of each site unit’s condition assessment can be found on the Natural England website at the following link: http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/reportAction.cfm?Report=sdrt13&Category=C&Referen ce=1004

Key fact:  Of the SSSIs within Chiltern District, 97.65% currently meet Natural England’s target of bringing all SSSIs into Favourable or Unfavourable Recovering condition. In south-east England as a whole 97.5% of SSSIs are currently meeting this target.

2.4 Provision of Local Nature Reserves (LNR)

Unchanged since 2007: Local Nature Reserves are described by Natural England as being for both people and wildlife, offering opportunities to learn about nature or simply to enjoy it.

Natural England recommends that local authorities work towards providing LNRs of greater than 2 ha in size and at a minimum level of 1 ha of LNR space per 1,000 people.

The last Census of 2001 gave the population of Chiltern District as 89,226 (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pop2001/chiltern.asp), and as shown earlier the area of LNRs in the District is 14 ha. On this basis, Chiltern District currently provides 0.16 ha of LNR per 1,000 people.

In Buckinghamshire as a whole (excluding Milton Keynes), based on a population of 479,028 (2001 Census), LNRs are provided at 0.47 ha of LNR per 1,000 population.

2.5 National Indicator 197 (NI 197) reporting 2009/2010 – the proportion of Local Sites where positive conservation management has been or is being implemented

This indicator measures the performance of Local Authorities for biodiversity improvement by assessing the implementation of positive conservation management of Local Sites (LS). The indicator relates to the influence Local Authorities have on Local Site systems and the measures and procedures involved in ensuring effective conservation management is introduced to, and acted upon, by Local Site owners and managers.

Meeting good performance will stimulate positive biodiversity outcomes on the ground. Assessing the extent of positive management will identify sites where positive management is lacking and will help to focus the efforts of the Local Sites Partnership in ensuring Local Sites are managed and their biodiversity value is maintained or enhanced.

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For the purposes of this indicator, LS include both Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) and Local Geological Sites (LGS).

Using figures for the period April 2010 to March 2011, 27 (36%) of the 74 Local Sites are in positive conservation management compared with Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes figures of 202 (44%) of the 455 Local Sites. Figures for Chiltern District and those of other districts and the county are given in the tables below.

Table 1: Status of Conservation Management for Local Sites for each district

District/ County Total Total number of Local Total number of Local Total number of Local number of Sites in Positive Sites Not in Positive Sites which are Data Local Sites Conservation Conservation Deficient (% of sites) Management Management (+/-%) (% of sites)(+/- %) (% of sites)(+/-%)

Chiltern 74 27 (36) (+5) 1 (1) (-3) 46 (62) (-2) Milton Keynes 26 17(65) (0) 1 (4) (+4) 8 (31) (-4) Aylesbury Vale 180 89 (49) (+1) 30 (17) (0) 61 (34) (-1) South Bucks 33 15 (45) (+2) 2 (6) (-1) 16 (48) (-2) Wycombe 142 54 (38) (+3) 6 (4) (0) 82 (58) (-2) Buckinghamshire (excluding MK) 429 185 (43) (+2) 39 (9) (-1) 205 (48) (-1) Total: Bucks & Milton Keynes 455 202 (44) (+2) 40 (9) (-1) 213 (47) (-2)

Table 2: Summary breakdown of management activities contributing to Positive Conservation 2010-11

Local Authority area Total Positive Managemen Management Managemen Biodiversity No of Conservation t Schemes Plan t Guidance Action Plan LSs Management & Advice

Chiltern 74 27 21 6 6 1 Milton Keynes 26 17 9 2 6 0 Aylesbury Vale 180 89 69 10 56 4 South Bucks 33 15 11 0 3 1 Wycombe 142 54 47 8 18 6 Buckinghamshire (excluding 429 185 148 24 83 12 MK) Total: Buckinghamshire & 455 202 157 26 89 12 Milton Keynes

3 Options for reporting in future

3.1 Habitats Whilst a considerable improvement has been made in our understanding of the BAP priority habitats within the district (as a consequence of the mapping undertaken by Buckinghamshire County Council) there are no intentions yet to systematically ‘ground- truth’ the habitat and land use determinations. As a result, the only changes in these figures in the short term will be through the surveys and subsequent digital mapping of Local Wildlife Sites and information provided by other organisations such as the Wildlife Trust of their land holdings. The issue of how the extent and condition of the large majority of the remaining habitats will be monitored to allow change to be measured remains. However, aspirations in the latest Natural Environment White Paper and in Defra’s Biodiversity 2020 suggest funding may be available through Natural England for Local Record Centres to undertake dedicated habitat inventory projects.

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3.2 Species The number of species recorded is not a very sensitive indicator – the species recorded in any given year will be, to some degree, dependent on the amount of voluntary recorder effort. Some species are difficult to find and identify, and it is not realistic to expect these species to be recorded every year. Many species undergo large variations in abundance from year to year, e.g. in response to weather conditions.

For some species it may be possible to obtain more reliable population estimates, for others we may need to look at records over a longer time period.

3.3 Sites Locally designated sites are being reviewed as part of the joint Local Wildlife Sites project between Chiltern District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council. The Local Geological Sites work is equally partnered but led by the Bucks Earth Heritage Group. BMERC acts as the data manager for these projects, and any changes to the local sites will be available for use in future reporting rounds.

3.4 Local Contextual Indicators The Local Development Framework encourages local authorities to develop Local Contextual Indicators that measure significant effects of the spatial policies in the LDF. The guidance contained in Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide (ODPM, 2005); Annual Monitoring Report FAQs and Emerging Best Practice 2004-05 (ODPM, 2006) and Regional Spatial Strategy and Local Development Framework: Core Output Indicators – Update 2/2008 (CLG, 2008) has now been withdrawn. Instead it is left to each authority to decide what to include in their monitoring reports. BMERC is happy to work with Chiltern District Council to assist in developing the biodiversity indicators it wishes to include in future. Note that under The single data list, a catalogue of all the datasets that local government must submit to central government annually, there is still an indicator for proportion of local sites where positive conservation management is being achieved (ref 160.01).

Appendix 1: UK BAP Priority species

The table of UK BAP species given below is based on species records from 1980. The “Latest Record” column shows the year of the latest formal record available to BMERC.

UK BAP species recorded in Chiltern District since 1980 (either as residents or infrequent vagrants) Group Species English name Latest Record Amphibians and reptiles Anguis fragilis Slow-worm 2007 Amphibians and reptiles Bufo bufo Common Toad 2008 Amphibians and reptiles Lacerta vivipara Viviparous Lizard 1986 Amphibians and reptiles Natrix natrix Grass Snake 2009 Amphibians and reptiles Triturus cristatus Great Crested Newt 2009 Amphibians and reptiles Vipera berus Adder 1982 Birds Alauda arvensis Sky Lark 2007 Birds Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit 1987 Birds Caprimulgus europaeus Nightjar 1992 Birds Carduelis cabaret Lesser Redpoll 2007 Birds Carduelis cannabina Linnet 2007 Birds Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch 1987

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Group Species English name Latest Record Birds Cuculus canorus Cuckoo 2008 Birds Dendrocopos minor Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 2007 Birds Emberiza calandra Corn Bunting 1987 Birds Emberiza citrinella Yellowhammer 2007 Birds Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting 2007 Birds Jynx torquilla Wryneck 1985 Birds Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike 1986 Birds Locustella naevia Grasshopper Warbler 2007 Birds Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher 2007 Birds Parus montanus Willow Tit 1989 Birds Parus palustris Marsh Tit 2008 Birds Passer domesticus House Sparrow 2006 Birds Passer montanus Tree Sparrow 1996 Birds Perdix perdix Grey Partridge 1987 Birds Phylloscopus sibilatrix Wood Warbler 1989 Birds Prunella modularis Dunnock 2008 Birds Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bullfinch 2008 Birds Streptopelia turtur Turtle Dove 2003 Birds Sturnus vulgaris Starling 2008 Birds Turdus philomelos Song Thrush 2008 Birds Vanellus vanellus Lapwing 2006 Fish Salmo trutta Brown Trout 1995 Insects: ants, bees, wasps Bombus ruderarius Red-tailed Carder Bee 1998 Insects: beetles Lucanus cervus Stag Beetle 2004 Insects: flies Asilus crabroniformis Hornet Robberfly 1996 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Boloria euphrosyne Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1990 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath 1991 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Cupido minimus Small Blue 1996 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Lasiommata megera Wall 1986 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Limenitis camilla White Admiral 1998 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Pyrgus malvae Grizzled Skipper 2003 Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies Satyrium w-album White-letter Hairstreak 1996 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Acronicta psi Grey Dagger 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Agrochola helvola Flounced Chestnut 2003 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion 2006 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Amphipoea oculea Ear Moth 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Aporophyla lutulenta Deep-brown Dart 2006 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Arctia caja Garden Tiger 2005 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Asteroscopus sphinx Sprawler 1983 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Brachylomia viminalis Minor Shoulder-knot 2002 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Chesias legatella Streak 2000 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 2004 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Diloba caeruleocephala Figure of Eight 2005

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Group Species English name Latest Record Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Ennomos erosaria September Thorn 2003 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 2006 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Eulithis mellinata Spinach 2006 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Euxoa nigricans Garden Dart 1998 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Graphiphora augur Double Dart 1996 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 2005 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2006 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Lycia hirtaria Brindled Beauty 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Macaria wauaria V-Moth 1989 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Malacosoma neustria Lackey 2002 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Melanchra pisi Broom Moth 1997 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 2005 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Pelurga comitata Dark Spinach 2001 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Perizoma albulata Grass Rivulet 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Polia bombycina Pale Shining Brown 1986 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Shargacucullia lychnitis Striped Lychnis 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Tholera cespitis Hedge Rustic 2004 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Timandra comae Blood-vein 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 2008 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Xanthia icteritia Sallow 2007 Insects: Lepidoptera: moths Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1993 Invertebrates: crustaceans Austropotamobius pallipes Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish 1996 Mammals Arvicola terrestris Water Vole 2009 Mammals Erinaceus europaeus Hedgehog 2009 Mammals Lepus europaeus Brown Hare 2009 Mammals Micromys minutus Harvest Mouse 2008 Mammals Muscardinus avellanarius Hazel Dormouse 1998 Mammals Mustela putorius Western Polecat 2009 Mammals Nyctalus noctula Noctule Bat 2007 Mammals Pipistrellus pygmaeus Soprano Pipistrelle 2007 Mammals Plecotus auritus Brown Long-eared Bat 2005 Plants Centaurea cyanus Cornflower 1983 Plants Cephalanthera damasonium White Helleborine 2009 Plants Clinopodium acinos Basil Thyme 1996 Plants Damasonium alisma Starfruit 1992 Plants Galeopsis angustifolia Red Hemp-nettle 1990 Plants Minuartia hybrida Fine-leaved Sandwort 2007 Plants Monotropa hypopitys Yellow Bird's-nest 2007 Plants Monotropa hypopitys subsp. 2007

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Group Species English name Latest Record hypophegea Plants Ranunculus arvensis Corn Buttercup 1988 Plants Scandix pecten-veneris Shepherd's-needle 2002 Plants Scleranthus annuus Annual Knawel 1990 Plants Stellaria palustris Marsh Stitchwort 1996 Plants Torilis arvensis Spreading Hedge-parsley 1981

Appendix 2: SSSI condition

Based on Natural England data, downloaded from website on November 2011:

SSSI name Unit Condition Assessment Area within number date CDC (ha) Froghall Brickworks 1 UNFAVOURABLE RECOVERING 12/03/2009 0.31 Frogmore Meadows (crosses the boundary 1 UNFAVOURABLE NO CHANGE 14/09/2004 2.23 into Hertfordshire) 2 UNFAVOURABLE NO CHANGE 14/09/2004 0.08 Hodgemoor Wood 1 FAVOURABLE 02/07/2008 103.04 Sarratt Bottom (most of this SSSI is in 2 UNFAVOURABLE NO CHANGE 03/08/2004 0.04 Hertfordshire, there is just a narrow overlap with Chiltern District) 3 UNFAVOURABLE NO CHANGE 14/10/2004 0.14

Indicator BIO 2: Rivers of good or fair chemical & biological water quality

River Quality 17. The Environment Agency monitors river water quality using the General Quality Assessment scheme (GQA). This method assesses the chemical, biological and nutrient quality levels within the water body. Recently, a more comprehensive method of assessment has been introduced under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Under this directive the EA looks at rivers, lakes, estuaries and coasts, and the chemical and quantitative status of groundwater using around 30 different measurements grouped as either ‘ecological’ or ‘chemical’. Further information can be found on the Environment Agency website at, http://www.environment- agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/37811.aspx

18. Analysis was undertaken in 2008 by the Environment Agency on number of sections of river all over the country. The upper sections of the Misbourne and Chess Rivers have their source in Chiltern District and flow into the River Colne and ultimately the River Thames. They received the following quality ratings based on their chemistry and biology - A to F (very good to bad) and nitrates and phosphates - 1 to 6 (very low levels to very high levels)

River Misbourne (Gerrards Cross from Sewage Treatment Works to Denham) Chemistry Biology Nitrates Phosphates C A 6 6

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19. The River Misbourne receives a moderate rating in terms of chemistry and experiences very high levels of nitrates and phosphates. However this does not seem to have had a negative effect on the biodiversity of this stretch of river with a very good rating for biology which suggests high levels of nutrients may be occurring naturally.

River Chess (Chenies Relief to Loudwater) Chemistry Biology Nitrates Phosphates A A 4 5

20. The sampled stretch of the River Chess demonstrates a very good rating in terms of chemistry and biology, although the levels of nitrates and phosphates are relatively high. Again this may suggest that the occurrence of nitrates and phosphates in this river is a natural phenomenon.

21. According to the draft Thames Basin Management Plan there are a number of activities that affect the quality of water courses in the Thames region:

 Flood defences – for example with artificial river embankments  Housing growth - leading to pressures on water quality and water resources  Sewage systems – leaks and overflows  Industrial waste - containing organic matter  Open space management - using fertilisers and pesticides  River maintenance and dredging - releasing pollutants from contaminated sediment  Surface run-off - from roads, driveways, car parks and contaminated land.

 According to the WFD, the water quality of both the Misbourne and Chess rivers continue to be are “at risk” because of their, “low altitude, small catchment areas and calcareous (chalk) geology”.

Indicator BIO 3: Number of incidents of major & significant water pollution occurring in a particular year in each of the District

 There were no significant water pollution incidents in Chiltern.

Indicator BIO 4: Quality & quantity of groundwater

22. Groundwater is an important natural resource. It acts as a reservoir from which good quality water can be abstracted for drinking and for use in industry and agriculture. It is also valuable in maintaining wetlands and river flows, acting as a buffer through dry periods.

23. Groundwater moves slowly through the ground and so the impact of human activities may last for a relatively long time. It may be difficult to clean up, even once the source of pollution has been removed, so we need to focus on preventing pollution in the first place. Groundwater provides base flow for surface water systems and so its quality may affect the quality of those surface waters.

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24. In other words, the effects of human activity on groundwater quality may impact on the quality of associated aquatic ecosystems and directly dependent terrestrial ecosystems. Groundwater is much more widely present than surface water, so it is even more difficult to prevent pollution, and to monitor and restore water quality.

 As with the quality of river water in Chiltern, the Environment Agency considers that according to the Water Framework Directive, groundwater associated with the chalk aquifer found in the Chiltern Hills and which includes the whole of the District, is “at risk”.

 The Environment Agency web site confirms that the Agency did not object to any planning applications on the grounds of adverse effect on ground water quality.

Indicator BIO 5: Area of ancient woodland

25. Ancient woodlands in Britain are those which have been continuously wooded for a minimum of three to four hundred years, (although not necessarily with the same type of tree cover). They are frequently very diverse and will often also contain rare or unusual species. They may also have historical and archaeological significance, because of the low level of physical disturbance.

26. English Nature describes ancient woodland as,

“……woodland growing on a wide range of soil conditions, from very acidic to base-rich, and includes most semi-natural woodland in southern and eastern England, and in parts of lowland Wales and Scotland. Most woods of this type were traditionally coppiced, particularly those on moderately acid to base-rich soils. Quercus robur is generally the commoner oak (although Quercus petraea may be abundant locally), and may occur with virtually all combinations of other locally native tree species, such as field maple, elm, lime, ash and hornbeam. Most sites are relatively small and have well-defined boundaries”.

27. 1,743 hectares of woodland in Chiltern with an area more than 2 hectares is identified as being “ancient”. It comprises 9% of the total area of the district. As there are over 330 separate areas of ancient woodland in the District they are too numerous to report on the condition of each. As a comparison all woodland in Chiltern with an area more than 2 hectares totals 3,322 hectares (17% of the total area of the district).

28. On the English Nature, ‘Nature on Map’ web site, (http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/), the MAGIC geographic database gives the location of each ancient wood in Chiltern on an Ordnance Survey base map. A multi-agency project is under way in the Chiltern Hills to update and extend below 2 hectares the inventory of ancient woodlands. This will be reported during 2012 and will increase the area of such woodlands.

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Indicator BIO 6: Area under agreement under Environmentally Sensitive Area & Countryside Stewardship agri-environment schemes

29. The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) schemes operated by the Department for Farming & Rural Affairs (Defra) aim to maintain and often to enhance the conservation, landscape and historical value of the key environmental features of an area, and, where possible, improve public access to these areas.

30. Using Defra data there are no Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Chiltern.

31. With the introduction of ESAs, no new Countryside Stewardship Schemes (CSS) have been designated.

32. There are no Countryside Stewardship Schemes in Chiltern.

Indicator BIO 7: % of Chiltern residents who think that for their local area, over the past three years, that access to nature has got better or stayed the same

33. The following Audit Commission Area Profile “Quality of Life Indicator” although from 2003/4 provides a view of Chiltern residents about ‘access to nature’. There is not a more recent update.

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National Chosen Mean Indicator Period Value Trend Quartile Area Value (1=best) % of residents who think that for their local area, over the past three years, 2003/04 Chiltern 96.75% 93.45% that access to nature has got better or stayed the same.

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Shopping

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

o Main shopping centres: Chesham, Amersham on the Hill, Chalfont St Peter o Position of Main shopping centres in County Shopping Hierarchy: 2nd tier District Centres (Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003) o District shopping centres: Amersham Old Town, Great Missenden, Little Chalfont, Chalfont St Giles, Prestwood, Holmer Green o Total gross retail floor area in main shopping centres: 67,417 square metres o Total gross retail floor area in district shopping centres: 32,619 square metres o Number of retail units in main shopping centres: 392 o Car parking spaces in main shopping centres: 986 o Car parking spaces in district shopping centres and Tesco (Amersham Old Town): 1,002

Number of Number of Gross floor public off- public off-street District Shopping Number of area 1997 street parking parking spaces Centres units – square spaces in on edge of metres shopping centre shopping centre Chesham 464 159 31,607 (includes 260 at 426 Sainsbury) Amersham on the 255 (1) Hill (includes 20 at 143 24,002 840 rear of M&S Simply Food) Chalfont St Peter 237 90 11,808 (includes 72 at - Budgens) Total 392 67,417 986 1,258

Local Shopping Number of Number of Gross floor Centres public off- public off- street Number of area 1997 street parking parking spaces units – square spaces in on edge of metres shopping centre shopping centre Amersham Old Not known 7,239 171 - Town Tesco (Amersham 1 7,676 540 - Old Town) Great Missenden 90 Not known 6,490 (includes 15 at - Co-op) Little Chalfont Not known 4,753 50 - Chalfont St Giles Not known 3,627 94 -

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Number of Number of Gross floor public off- public off- street District Shopping Number of area 1997 street parking parking spaces Centres units – square spaces in on edge of metres shopping centre shopping centre Prestwood Not known 1,872 47 - Holmer Green Not known 962 10 - Total Not known 32,619 1,002 Sources : Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003; Chiltern District Council off-street parking data and planning application data

Convenience Retail Expenditure Per Capita (2000 prices) Growth Growth Growth Expenditure 2001 2002 2007 2011 2016 2001- 2001- 2001- per capita 2007 2011 2016 Chiltern £1,577 £1,601 £1,731 £1,842 £1,992 10% 17% 26% Source : Annex A – Table 2A - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003

Comparison Retail Expenditure Per Capita (2000 prices) Growth Growth Growth Expenditure 2001 2002 2007 2011 2016 2001- 2001- 2001- per capita 2007 2011 2016 Chiltern £2,202 £2,273 £2,663 £3,023 £3,542 21% 37% 61% Source : Annex A – Table 3A - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003

Total Convenience Business Expenditure (£million) Growth Growth Growth Expenditure 2001 2002 2007 2011 2016 2001- 2001- 2001- per capita 2007 2011 2016 Chiltern £140.7 £142.6 £153.3 £162.0 £173.9 8.8% 15.1% 23.6% Source : Annex A – Table 4A - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003

Total Comparison Business Expenditure (£million) Growth Growth Growth Expenditure 2001 2002 2007 2011 2016 2001- 2001- 2001- per capita 2007 2011 2016 Chiltern £196.5 £202.5 £235.6 £265.9 £309.3 19.9% 35.3% 57.4% Source : Annex A – Table 5A - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003

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Large Food Stores (over 300 square metres net) Floorspace Number of Date Town Operator Location (sq.m. parking opened net) spaces Tesco Out of Centre 3,385 1990 540 M&S Simply Town Centre 520 1982 25 Food Amersham Iceland Town Centre 420 1980 6 Waitrose Town Centre 970 Dec 0 2010 Sainsbury Town Centre 2,601 1999 249 Chesham Waitrose Town Centre 1,520 1989 357 Chalfont St Peter Budgens Town Centre 859 1981 72

Great Missenden Co-op Town Centre 470 nk 15 Source : Annex B – Table 1C - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003

Retail Warehouses Town Operator Location Easts Builders Edge of Town Amersham Merchants Centre Out of Town Amersham Jewson Centre Motor Parts Out of Town Chesham Direct Centre Out of Town Chesham Howdens Centre Chesham Colour Out of Town Chesham Supplies Centre Edge of Town Chesham Topps Tiles Centre Edge of Town Chesham Wickes D-I-Y Centre Great Missenden Jewson Out of Town Original source : Annex B – Table 2C - Buckinghamshire County Council – Structure Plan Review – Retail Policy, January 2003 & CDC planning permission records

Background

CHILTERN DISTRICT COUNCIL & SOUTH BUCKS DISTRICT COUNCIL - JOINT RETAIL/TOWN CENTRE STUDY 1. In 2007 Chiltern District Council and South Bucks District Council commissioned a joint town centre, retail and leisure study. This included an assessment of the main district centres, namely Amersham on the Hill, Beaconsfield, Chalfont St Peter, Chesham (and Gerrards Cross). The study assessed the future need for additional retail, commercial leisure facilities and other town centre uses. Set out below in paragraphs 16.4 to 16.19 are the main findings of the study. This report was prepared before the current economic downturn.

2. The retail element of 2007 Study was being updated during the autumn of 2009. Its findings were reported in the 2009/10 Annual Monitoring Report and are repeated again in this Report.

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3. The key findings of the household survey in relation to Chiltern were that large food stores are the primary destinations for main food shopping and the preferred destination for these shopping trips tends to be stores relatively close to the respondents’ homes. Residents do not tend to travel significant distances for main food shopping (more than 10 minutes drive time). Tesco at Amersham Old Town is the most popular destinations for main food shopping.

4. Over 70% of respondents indicated that they undertook small scale shopping or top-up shopping trips in addition to their main food shopping trips. The location for top-up shopping trips varied between local shops and large supermarkets.

5. The survey results indicate that the study area includes parts of the primary shopping areas of four major centres located just outside the study area boundary, i.e. Slough, High Wycombe, Uxbridge and Watford. Within Chiltern the main non-food shopping destinations are Amersham and Chesham. Residents within the study area have an extensive choice of shopping destinations, and not all of each household’s non-food expenditure will be spent at one destination.

6. A high proportion of respondents travel by car for both food and non-food shopping, and a relatively low proportion use the bus or walk. This reflects the rural nature of parts of the study area and high levels of affluence and car ownership. Many residents would shop more often at their nearest district centre if improvements were made, in particular to car parking provision and the choice of shops. However, improvements within these centres are unlikely to significantly extend each district centre’s primary catchment area.

7. Overall the survey results indicate that Chiltern is not self-contained in terms of comparison non-food shopping facilities. Major centres surrounding the District attract a significant proportion of shopping trips. The District is more self-contained in terms of food and grocery shopping, with a relatively high level of expenditure retention based on our experience.

8. An assessment of available expenditure and existing shopping patterns suggest that convenience goods sales floor space within Chiltern is collectively trading about 19% above the expected levels, £22.40 million above average, and the largest food stores (Tesco, Sainsbury and Waitrose) appear to be over-trading.

9. In qualitative terms, the District has a good selection of large food stores, supported by a range of smaller supermarkets and convenience stores. If the Tesco store in Gerrards Cross (South Bucks District) is implemented then there are no obvious areas of deficiency in main and bulk food shopping provision in either District.

Comparison Retailing (Non-Food Durable Goods) 10. An assessment of available expenditure and existing shopping patterns suggest that a significant amount of comparison goods expenditure in the study area is spent at shopping centres outside the District, and residents’ have a significant choice of shopping destinations e.g. High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Slough, Uxbridge and Watford are the main comparison shopping destinations in the sub-region.

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11. Overall comparison retail sales floor space within the District appears to be trading healthily, which is consistent with a relatively low shop vacancy rate within most of the main centres.

12. In qualitative terms all residents in the District have an excellent choice of comparison shopping destinations. The large shopping centres in towns surrounding the District have an excellent provision of national chain stores. In terms of national comparison multiples, town centres within Chiltern are unlikely to compete with these much larger centres. However, the shopping centres in Chiltern have a local distinctiveness, e.g. Old Amersham has a range of high quality independent specialists. High Street comparison shops within Chiltern are generally characterised by a limited number of multiple retailers selling lower order comparison goods e.g. card shops, chemists, children’s clothes and small household goods, and independent specialists selling a wide range of goods including clothing, furniture, antiques etc.

13. The gap analysis of the main District centres indicates there is scope to improve comparison shopping in all the centres. However, the availability of premises is restricted in all centres, and the development of new shop premises will be required to improve comparison shopping provision in these centres. New development should reflect the local distinctiveness and current role of the centre, in order to ensure the centre continues to complement rather than attempting to compete with larger centres.

14. Based on our analysis the priorities for the main centres is as follows:

 Amersham on the Hill and Chesham – a mix of unit sizes to attract both chain stores and small independent shops and services;  Chalfont St Peter and Amersham Old Town - predominantly small to medium sized units (200 sq gross or below) suitable for small independent shops and services.

15. There are currently 7 retail warehouses in the District, located in Amersham on the Hill, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter. Of these 3 are builders merchants. The provision of retail warehouse stores is therefore poor, due no doubt to planning policies and the good provision that exists in neighbouring larger towns. The latter may restrict the viability of larger retail warehouse units within Chiltern.

The Hierarchy and Role of Centres 16. Core Strategy Policy CS18 promotes in Amersham-on-the-Hill, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter development of new retail, leisure, entertainment, arts, cultural facilities and tourist attractions providing they:

 enhance or maintain the range and quality of local facilities,  add to the vitality and viability of the area,  are in keeping with the scale and character of the surrounding buildings and the locality,  contribute to the maintenance of a safe environment,  retain any existing ground floor retail floor space and retail frontage and  do not involve any net loss of residential accommodation.

17. Residential use of upper floors of buildings will be supported and encouraged. Under Core Strategy Policy CS16, changes of use of an

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employment use to residential use will be acceptable on the upper floors of properties in the three shopping centres.

Amersham on the Hill 18. Amersham on the Hill is considered to be a healthy, vital and viable District centre. It continues to have a low vacancy rate despite the economic downturn and provides a fairly typical mix of retail and services for a centre of its size. In terms of local distinctiveness, Amersham on the Hill’s environmental quality and shopping experience offer nothing particularly unique although the addition of M&S Simply Food and recent opening of a Waitrose store have improved choice for shoppers albeit at the expense of other well known stores. Environmental improvements and landscaping at the north end of the centre (north east end of Sycamore Road and Woodside Road) have helped improve its appearance. The weekly street market in Amersham on the Hill is under new management and now has a wider of variety of stalls. There is a small market in the Market Hall in Amersham Old Town.

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Chalfont St Peter 19. Chalfont St Peter is also considered to be a healthy, vital and viable District centre. It is a small centre with a more limited range and choice of shops and services than other District centres in Chiltern. However, the centre’s village ambience and provision of many small independent and specialist traders’ differentiate it from other centres, and this is the centre’s key strength. The strategy for the centre recognises this and seeks to maintain and enhance the character of the centre. The introduction of more chain stores could change the character of the centre. The attraction of more independent traders to increase the range and choice of shops and services should be encouraged through small scale development.

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Indicator S1: Total new shopping floor space permitted

Table S1: Total new shopping floor space permitted during 2010/11 in town and district shopping centres - gross (net) square metres (sqm)

Number of permissions granted for new retail 3 development (Use Class A1) Floor space permitted for retail development (net in +182 sqm brackets) (-102 sqm)

21. Proposals for new shopping development and its replacement in the shopping centres of in Chiltern continue to be very small in scale. As with the previous year, during 2010/11, there was another small reduction in retail floor space in the shopping areas. Further details about permissions (and completions) in town centres are available here on the Council web site.

Indicator S2: Loss of A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 uses to other uses in principal shopping frontages in main and district shopping centres

Table S2: Loss and gains of A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 uses in principal shopping frontages (1) in main and district shopping centres: 2009/10 (gross) (square metres – sqm)

Number of permissions granted for change of use involving 3 net loss of A1 retail floor space Amount of A1 retail floor space lost (sqm) 284

Number of permissions granted for change of use involving 2 gain of A2 financial & professional services floor space Amount of A2 financial & professional services floor space +103 gained (sqm)

Number of permissions granted for change of use involving 1 gain of Use Classes A3/A4/A5 catering floor space Amount of Use Classes A3/A4/A5 catering floor space +78 gained (sqm) (1) includes the whole of Amersham on the Hill shopping area which has no ‘saved’ principal shopping frontage policy in Local Plan

Indicator S3: Proportion of retail and non-retail ground floor frontages within principal shopping frontages of Chalfont St Peter and Chesham shopping areas, and the whole of Amersham on the Hill shopping area

22. This indicator along with Indicators S4 and S5 provide data about the relative proportions of retail and non-retail in the principal shopping frontages, and total number of vacant premises. Over time, this information helps to give an indication of the ‘health and vitality’ of the 3 main shopping centres in Chiltern.

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Table S3: Principal shopping frontage – use of ground floor frontages – September 2011

Principal shopping frontage – use of ground floor frontages (1) (2) Non-retail Retail Shopping Centre (includes (Use Total no. Use Classes Class A1) A2-A5) no. % no. % Amersham on the Hill (1) [Sycamore Road & Hill 107 77.5 31 22.5 138 Avenue] Chesham 75 70 32 30 107 [High Street / Broadway] Chalfont St Peter [Market Place / High Street / 48 81 11 19 59 St Peters Court] Total 214 74 80 26 294 (1) figures for Amersham on the Hill relate to whole shopping area following the deletion from the Adopted Local Plan of the principal shopping frontage designation. (2) Where a unit was vacant at the date of survey, the last recorded use is used. (3) Date of survey 12 & 13th September 2011.

 In the Amersham on the Hill, where the principal shopping frontage policy was deleted from the Local Plan, the proportion of retail units in the whole shopping area was just over 77%, an increase over that in 2009 and 2010.  In the Chesham principal shopping frontage, 70% of ground floor premises were in shopping use, a reduction over that in 2010.  In the principal shopping frontages in Chalfont St Peter, which is the smallest shopping centre, the proportion of Class A1 retail units continued to be higher (and unchanged from 2010) at over 81%.

Indicator S4: Number and proportion of vacant ground floor premises in shopping areas of Amersham on the Hill, Chesham and Chalfont St Peter

23. The survey of the 3 main shopping centres that first took place in October 2006 was carried out again in September 2011. The results are used for Indicators S4 and S5.

Table S4: Shopping Areas – use of ground floor frontages – September 2011 No. of vacant units % of vacant units Total no. of Shopping Centre September 2011 September 2011 units surveyed

Amersham on the Hill 138 7 5.1%

Chesham 144 10 (1) 6.9%

Chalfont St Peter 79 5 (1) 6.3%

Total 361 22 (1) 6.1% (1) includes vacant public house (2) Date of survey 12th and 13st September 2011

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town with a population of less than 20,000 is quite extensive covering 3 roads. In Sycamore Road, which is the principal shopping street, as with last year, there were only 3 vacant units. The former Woolworths / Alworths has been replaced by Waitrose, while Halfords has been replaced by W H Smith. The former Starbucks premises opposite remains vacant.

 In Chalfont St Peter, the number of vacant ground floor units remained unchanged at 5. Two of the vacant units are in the more peripheral southern section of the High Street. There were no vacant units in Market Place. 1 unit in St Peters Court was vacant.

 In Chesham, the number of vacant units reduced by 1 to 10. All except one are in the principal shopping frontages in the High Street and Broadway which is long at over 400 metres in length. The greatest concentration of vacant premises [4 units] was on the eastern side of The Broadway.

 Despite the continuing economic downturn, the total number of vacant ground floor units in the 3 main shopping areas remains constant at just over 20. The general impression is that despite the economic downturn, all 3 centres are still economically vibrant.

 In September 2011 the Local Data Company produced a report on vacancy rates in town centres nationally during the first half of 20111. This confirms that across the country the number of vacant shops has trebled since 2007 to an average vacancy rate in town centres of 14.5%. Town centres in the North and Midlands dominate those with the highest number of empty shops. The report shows there are 25 town centres where one in four shops is empty.

 In the ‘small’ town centre category which the 3 main shopping areas in Chiltern fall into, the vacancy rates in the 10 ‘worst’ vary from 25.1% to 36.4%.

 Therefore the proportion of vacant shops of between 5.3% and 6.9% in Chiltern’s main town centres compare very favourably with the town centres included in the report.

 The mid-2010 report produced by the Local Data Company2 in September 2010 gives details of vacancy rates in some of the larger shopping centres adjoining Chiltern:

. Watford 16.7% . High Wycombe 15.5% . Hemel Hempstead 12.5% . Uxbridge 9.8%

1 A Review of GB Shop Vacancy in 1st Half of 2011 – Local Data Company 8th September 2011

2 Mid Year Report | A Review of GB Shop Vacancy 2010 – Local Data Company 9th September 2010

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Indicator S5: Number of vacant upper floors above premises in shopping areas of Chalfont St Peter, Chesham and Amersham on the Hill

Table S5: Number of vacant upper floors in main shopping areas – September 2011 No. of vacant units at Shopping Centre September 2011 Amersham on the Hill (1) 16

Chesham 5

Chalfont St Peter 2

Total 23 Source: the number of vacant upper floors is based on the number of visible ‘for sale’ and ‘to let’ boards - 12th and 13th September 2011. (1) includes the ground and first floor of the Chiltern Commerce Centre, Woodside Road.

24. The difficulties of obtaining data for this indicator meant that as with the original survey in 2006, the survey continues to be a ‘crude’ count of the number of visible ‘for sale’ and ‘to let’ boards displayed on upper floors of premises in the main shopping areas. This survey method was used again in September 2011.

25. When compared to the 2010 figure there was no increase in the overall number of vacant upper floor commercial premises being marketed for commercial use.

26. The stable number of vacant upper floor offices at a time of economic downturn, is a good indication of the success of planning policies that allow their change of use to residential use. It may explain why the number of vacant premises remains static? Such changes of use are encouraged by Core Strategy Policies CS16 and CS18. While the number of permissions granted for the change of use of upper floors in shopping centres from commercial to residential use is small, it is on the increase, particularly in Amersham on the Hill.

27. Based on this ‘crude’ evidence, the number of vacant commercial upper floor units in the main shopping centres does not appear to be a significant problem.

28. It is clear that none of the shopping centres in Chiltern District can expect to compete with other much larger shopping centres that lie just outside the district in respect of comparison retailing (non-food durable goods). Recent extensions to the shopping centres in Hemel Hempstead and High Wycombe serve to increase the ‘draw’ these centres will have to the residents of Chiltern.

29. Furthermore, in the next few years, the significant extension planned to the Aylesbury shopping centre will increase the attractiveness of that shopping centre to Chilterns’ residents.

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Historic Heritage

CONTEXTUAL INDICATORS

Scheduled Ancient Monuments

 Number and location of Scheduled Ancient Monuments: 18

o Grim's Ditch - Longcroft/Leylands Farm – Cholesbury o Grim's Ditch – west of St. Leonards o Cholesbury Danish Camp o Earthwork enclosures in Brays Wood, Chartridge o Barn & moated site at Grove Farm (2 areas), o Whelpley Hill camp o Grim's Ditch - Woodlands Park, Great Missenden o Moated site at Redding Wick, Wood Lane, South Heath o Bowl barrow in Lowndes Park, Chesham o The Castle, moated site, Great Missenden o Castle Tower, motte & bailey, Brays Lane, o Remains of St. Mary Magdalen's Church, Chenies Bottom o Medieval undercroft, Chenies Manor o Court o Little Pednor Farm, Chesham o Frith Hill, Great Missenden o Moated site north west of Chalfont Lodge, Denham Lane, Chalfont St. Peter

Listed Buildings

 Number of Buildings Listed as being of Special Architectural and/or Historic Interest : 1,081

o Number of Grade 1 listed buildings : 13 o Number of Grade 2* listed buildings :31 o Number of Grade 2 listed buildings : 1,037 o Total: 1,081

Conservation Areas

 Number, area and location of Conservation Areas: 19 and 569 hectares (1,406 acres).

o Cholesbury & Hawridge o The Lee o Chesham (town centre and old town) o Great Missenden o Chesham Bois o Chenies and Latimer o Little Missenden o Weller Estate, Amersham on the Hill (2 areas) o Shardeloes, Amersham Old Town o Elm Close, Amersham on the Hill o Amersham Old Town o Penn Street o Coleshill

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o Chalfont St Giles (village centre) o Gold Hill Common, Chalfont St. Peter o North Park & Kingsway, Chalfont St. Peter o Firs Estate, Chalfont St. Peter o Jordans o Penn & Tylers Green (part in Wycombe District)

Historic Parks and Gardens

 Number, area and location of Historic Parks and Gardens: 6 and 648 hectares (1,601 acres).

o Latimer House, Latimer o Shardeloes, Amersham Old Town o Chenies Place (Woodside), Chenies o Milton’s Cottage, Chalfont St Giles o Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross (part) o Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden

Sites of Archaeological Interest

 Number and area of locally important sites of Archaeological Interest: 84 and 494 hectares (1,220 acres).

Scheduled Ancient Monuments 1. Chiltern District has a rich and diverse historic heritage which encompasses archaeological sites, scheduled Ancient Monuments, Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Conservation Areas and Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. For more information about these designations go to the English Heritage web site, http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1369 .

2. Policies CS20 and CS21 in the Core Strategy along with saved policies in the Local Plan seek to protect this historic heritage. The following indicators monitor this.

Indicator HH1: Number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments destroyed or affected by development, and removed from or added to the statutory list, or at risk

Scheduled Ancient Monuments Affected during Number of sites 2010/11 Sites completely destroyed None

Sites removed from statutory list None

Sites added to statutory list None

Sites at risk None

Number of developments permitted on land within a 2 Scheduled Ancient Monument

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Number of developments on sites within a Scheduled Ancient Monument for which a prior assessment of the 1 archaeological resources was required following the grant of planning permission

3. Two planning permissions were granted in 2010/11 for development within an Scheduled Ancient Monument, both at the Danish Camp in Cholesbury. However, both were for extensions to existing houses situated in the scheduled area. The Buckinghamshire County Archaeological Officer did not object to either and required a programme of archaeological work to be submitted and agreed as a condition of one of the permissions.

4. Looking forward and although not yet formally approved, the proposed route of the HS2 high speed rail line through Chiltern District could affect the Scheduled Ancient Monument at Grim's Ditch, Woodlands Park, Great Missenden which runs along the north west boundary of the district.

 No Scheduled Ancient Monuments were damaged during 2010/11.

Buildings of Special Architectural and/or Historic Interest 5. Chiltern has a rich architectural and historic heritage with over 1,000 buildings and features included in the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest compiled by the Secretary of State for National Heritage. These buildings are known as "listed buildings". The principles followed in selecting buildings for listing and classifying them to show their relative importance are set out guidance from English Heritage at, http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1373 .

6. As shown in the Contextual Indicators, at the end of 2010/11 there were 13 ‘Grade I’ buildings, 31 ‘Grade II*’ and 1,037 ‘Grade II’ listed buildings in the district. About half of these were located within Conservation Areas and two thirds were in residential use.

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Indicator HH2: Number of Statutorily Listed Buildings demolished or extended, and removed from or added to the statutory list, or at risk

Demolitions, Alterations and Additions to Listed Buildings during 2010/11 Buildings completely destroyed 0 Buildings removed from statutory list 1 Buildings added to statutory list 1 Buildings at risk 0 Buildings regarded (higher grade) 2 Number of Listed Building Consent applications to extend or alter granted 39 Number of Listed Building Consent applications to extend or alter refused 9 Number of Listed Building Consent applications to demolish granted 1 Number of Listed Building Consent applications to demolish refused 0 Source – Chiltern District Council planning application records 2010/11

7. The changes to statutory list during the year were:

 Added - War Memorial cross and wall plaque, Remembrance Gardens, The Broadway, Amersham Old Town  Regraded - Christ Church, Waterside, Chesham – Grade C to II  Regraded - Abbey Farmhouse, Church Street, Great Missenden – Grade II to II*  Deleted - Coach House at Chesham Bois Manor, Chesham – Grade II Source: English Heritage

8. The proposals that were permitted are where the Councils historic buildings officer considered they would not adversely affect the historic and architectural interest of the listed building. The proposal to demolish relates to a structurally unsound late Victorian outbuilding within the curtilage of a much older listed building.

 That part of the objective in respect of Listed Buildings was generally met during 2010/11.

Conservation Areas 9. The Council, as local planning authority, is required to consider from time to time which parts of its area are "areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance", and to designate such areas as "Conservation Areas".

10. At the end of 2010/11 there were 19 conservation areas in Chiltern (see Contextual Indicators for their location). The extent of the Amersham old town conservation area is shown in orange on the aerial photograph below. Further details about the conservation areas including the designation documents are available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=372&documentID=83

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Indicator HH3: Number of applications for development on land or buildings in Conservation Areas permitted and refused

‘Saved’ Local Applications for Development in Conservation Areas during Plan policies 2010/11 CA1, CA2 & CA3 Number of Applications Permitted (includes applications for planning permission, advertisement consent, listed building and conservation area 92 consent) Number of Applications Refused (includes applications for planning permission, advertisement consent, listed building and conservation area 25 consent) Source: Chiltern District Council planning application records 2010/11

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11. To ensure that the special historic environment found within the district’s Conservation Areas is protected the Council has a formal arrangement with Wycombe District Council to use their conservation officers, as consultants, for advice on specific planning applications in conservation areas.

New or alterations to existing Conservation Areas 12. The Council is required to periodically carry out a review and designate new or alter the extent of existing Conservation Areas.

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Indicator HH4: Number of new Conservation Areas designated or existing Conservation Areas altered

13. Given the number of existing Conservation Areas, there is considered to be little scope for identifying further entirely new areas in the District. At the National Society for Epilepsy Centre in Chalfont St. Peter, the Council decided not to designate as a conservation area the original buildings and landscaped grounds that date from the turn of the 20th century.

 During 2010/11 the Council did not create any new or alter existing Conservation Areas.

Environmental appraisals or enhancement schemes within existing Conservation Areas 14. The Council has a duty to formulate and publish proposals for the preservation or enhancement of its Conservation Areas. Close co-operation between the Council and local interest groups, residents, Chambers of Commerce and other public bodies, is essential. The Council will encourage voluntary schemes and consider implementing its own schemes where resources permit. In connection with voluntary schemes, for example, by Town or Parish Councils or local amenity groups, the Council will offer help where needed with specialist advice and will give consideration to a supporting financial contribution.

Indicator HH5: Number of Conservation Area appraisals completed

15. During 2005/06 the Council employed a consultant to undertake a rolling programme of appraisals of the designated conservation areas in Chiltern. Those designated during the late 1960s by Buckinghamshire County Council were done first. The table below sets out progress to date.

Conservation Area Appraisals – Progress update

Conservation Area Progress as at 31st March 2011  Appraisal completed Penn & Tylers Green  Public Consultation (part in Wycombe completed District)  Hope to finalise in 2012 Cholesbury &  Draft prepared Hawridge  Held in abeyance  Draft prepared Little Missenden  Held in abeyance Chesham  Held in abeyance Chalfont St Giles  Held in abeyance Amersham Old Town  Not started All other areas  Not started

16. Work started on 5 environmental appraisals. For resource reasons and other work priorities relating to preparation of the Council’s Core Strategy and Delivery Development Plan Document, none were completed during 2010/11 and no new ones were commenced. It is hoped to finalise the Penn & Tylers Green appraisal during 2012.

Areas of archaeological importance 17. Many nationally-important monuments merit preservation but are not scheduled. Other monuments are of local archaeological significance and are worthy of

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protection. The Buckinghamshire County Museum has identified a number of unscheduled archaeological sites as being of importance. It has a Sites and Monuments Record that includes details of all known archaeological sites and finds.

18. Archaeological remains are a finite and non-renewable resource. In many cases they are highly fragile and vulnerable to damage and destruction. Archaeological remains and monuments should not be needlessly altered or destroyed. They can contain irreplaceable information about our past and the potential for an increase in future knowledge. They are valuable both for their own sake and for their role in education, leisure and tourism.

19. For more information on archaeology in Chiltern and Buckinghamshire go to the County Council web site at, http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/archaeology/archaeology_and_development.page?

Indicator HH6: Number of sites of archaeological importance destroyed or affected by development

‘Saved’ Local Plan Policy Sites of Archaeological Importance – 2010/11 AS2 Number of developments within sites of archaeological 6 importance permitted Number of developments within sites of archaeological 3 importance refused permission

20. The permissions relate to archaeological assets in Coleshill, Cholesbury and Penn. The County Archaeological Officer was satisfied that nature of the proposed works would not materially harm the archaeological significance of the assets. Permission was refused for a bungalow to the rear of the High Street in Amersham Old Town because of the lack of submitted information about its impact on the archaeological asset. Other refusals were in Chesham Old Town and Coleshill.

 That part of the objective in respect of Sites of Archaeological Importance was met during 2010/11

Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest 21. Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England are included in a register compiled by English Heritage. It is important to conserve or enhance them because they are deliberately created ornamental environments. They have significant historic interest and are an essential part of both the local and national heritage and the environment. The location of those in Chiltern District are listed in the Contextual Indicators.

22. The need to protect such parks and gardens and their settings is set out in paragraph 2.24 of Planning Policy Guidance 15 - Planning and the Historic Environment (PPG15). Local plan policy LSQ4 was ‘not saved’ by the Secretary of State beyond the end of September 2007. Since then development proposals have been assessed against PPG 15.

23. English Heritage and The Garden History Society are concerned with the protection of historic parks and gardens. They also encourage local planning authorities to take opportunities for to enhance historic parks and gardens. They are consulted on proposals for new development. Below in purple is the extent of the parkland associated with Missenden Abbey in Great Missenden.

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Indicator HH7: Number of historic parks and gardens affected by development

24. Local plan policy LSQ4 was ‘not saved’ by the Secretary of State beyond the end of September 2007. However, historic parks and gardens are still a constraint when assessing planning applications. No planning applications determined within 2010/11 were within such areas.

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Recreation & Tourism

CONTEXTUAL INDICATORS

Number and location of recreational facilities in Chiltern

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

SETTLEMENT Leisure Centre Indoor Tennis Centre Swimming Pool Facility Leisure Commercial Pavilion Sports Pitch Football Cricket Pitch Rugby Pitch Mini Soccer Pitch Outdoor Tennis Court Outdoor Netball Court Bowling Green Outdoor Hockey Pitch Synthetic Grass All Weather Pitch Area Games Use Multi Equipped Children's Play Area Youth Shelter Facility Skateboard Parks & Recreation Ground Amersham Old 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 Town Amersham on 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 3 the Hill Ashley Green 1 1 Ashridge Ballinger 1 1 1 1 Bellingdon 1 1 1 1 Botley / Ley 1 1 Hill Chalfont St 4 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 Giles Chalfont St 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 3 Peter 3 Chartridge 1 1 1 1 1 Chenies 1 1 1 Chesham Bois 2 1 1 1 1 Chesham 1 2 5 3 2 3 7 1 3 12 2 1 7 0 Cholesbury 1 1 Coleshill 1 1 2 1 Forty Green 1 Great 2 2 4 1 1 Missenden 4 Heath End Holmer Green 1 7 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 Hyde Heath 1 1 1 1 Jordans 1 1 1 1 Kingsash Knotty Green 1 1 1 1 Latimer 1 1 1 2 Lee Common 1 1 Lee Gate 1 Little Chalfont 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2

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RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

SETTLEMENT Leisure Centre Indoor Tennis Centre Swimming Pool Facility Leisure Commercial Pavilion Sports Pitch Football Cricket Pitch Rugby Pitch Mini Soccer Pitch Outdoor Tennis Court Outdoor Netball Court Bowling Green Outdoor Hockey Pitch Synthetic Grass All Weather Pitch Area Games Use Multi Equipped Children's Play Area Youth Shelter Facility Skateboard Parks & Recreation Ground Little 1 1 2 Missenden Penn (with 3 3 1 3 1 Tylers Green) Penn Street 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 Prestwood 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 Seer Green 1 1 1 1 1 South Heath / 1 Potter Row St Leonards 1 1 1 Swan Bottom The Lee 1 1 Whelpley Hill Winchmore Hill 1 1 1 1 Chiltern 6 7 4 0 4 2 43 33 7 15 5 4 2 4 5 43 5 4 31 District 0 7 Source : Chiltern District Council Planning Policy Guidance 17 – Planning for Open Space, Sport & Recreation study

Other facilities o Number of allotments in Chiltern District: 36 o Golf courses: Chartridge, , Chalfont St Giles (2), Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden (Chiltern Hospital) (Little Chalfont closed during 2010/11) o Theatre: Chesham o Public and community libraries: Chesham, Amersham on the Hill, Little Chalfont (1), Great Missenden, Chalfont St Giles (1), Chalfont St Peter o Museums: Amersham Old Town, Chesham, Great Missenden, Chalfont St Giles (open air) o Details of tourist facilities can be found at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=245

(1) Closed by Bucks County Council but reopened as community library

1. Recreation is a very broad term which can encompass many activities. Recreational facilities and activities which are of particular relevance to Chiltern District are sports, public open space, common land, allotments, equestrian facilities, public picnic sites and golf courses.

2. Government guidance in Planning Policy Guidance 17 – Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation (PPG 17) emphasises the importance of sport and recreation both to society and the economy and as contributors to individual health and sense of well-being and to civic and national pride. It aims to promote sport and recreation, encourage participation and the provision of a wide range of facilities for all sectors of the population.

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3. The Council generally supports the provision of sport and recreational facilities where it is consistent with the Core Strategy and ‘saved’ policies in the Local Plan. Core Strategy Policy CS28 seeks to keep and improve existing leisure and recreational facilities and to work with its partners to fins ways of providing new facilities.

Assessment of Recreational & Community Facility Provision 4. In 2004 Chiltern District Council commissioned consultants to undertake an audit and needs assessment of open space and recreation within Chiltern. This was in accordance with Government guidance contained in paragraph 1 of PPG 17.

5. The final report, Chiltern District Council Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities Audit and Needs Assessment Study, which included an assessment of community facilities provision, was published in June 2005.

6. From this baseline during 2006 a community led district wide "Open Space and Recreation Forum" made up of representatives from community groups, Local Sports Council, Local schools, Local PCT, local Parish Council clerks and Town Council clerks and Paradigm Housing Association drafted a Chiltern Open Space and Recreation Strategy. The process included extensive participation by local groups, young people, schools, parish and town councils in developing local action plans for each parish / town.

7. The Strategy sets out the background, the strategic links, the aims and objectives plus an action plan to deliver a range of improved opportunities in the area. It is an ongoing project with an action plan on woodland and open space plus the final report on a connected piece of work focusing on sports pitches in progress. These will be added in due course.

8. An Executive Summary of the Strategy is available on the Council web site at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=436&fileID=1557.

9. The full Chiltern Open Space and Recreation Strategy and settlement action plans are available at, http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=436 .

10. An Audit Commission Area Profile “Quality of Life Indicators” gives a viewpoint of the availability of recreation facilities and the satisfaction levels of residents’ in Chiltern in 2005.

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Chosen National Quartile Indicator Period Value Trend Mean Value Area (1=best) % of the population that are within 20 minutes travel time (urban - walking; rural - driving) of a range of 3 different 2005 Chiltern 12.8% 20.86% sports facility types, at least one of which has achieved a quality mark. % of residents satisfied with local 2006/07 Chiltern 64% 57.9% authority sports and leisure facilities % of residents who think that for their local area, over the past three years, 2003/04 Chiltern 90.23% 88.43% that sport leisure facilities have got better or stayed the same. % of residents satisfied with local 2006/07 Chiltern 83% 72.9% authority parks and open spaces % of residents who think that for their local area, over the past three years, 2003/04 Chiltern 93.49% 86.8% that parks and open spaces are better or stayed the same.

Indicator RE1: Local area estimates for adult participation in sport and active recreation (formerly NI 8)

11. Core Strategy Policy CS28 seeks to retain and improve leisure and recreational facilities. One of the indicators is local area estimates for adult participation in sport and active recreation (formerly NI8) that is now measured by Sport England’s Active People Survey (Indicator RE1). Another indicator relates to obesity in primary school children (Indicator RE2).

12. Indicator RE1 shows the percentage of the adult population (age 16 years and over) in a local area who participate in sport and active recreation, at moderate intensity, for at least 30 minutes on at least 12 days out of the last 4 weeks (equivalent to 30 minutes on 3 or more days a week). Data is given for frequency, gender, age band and limiting illness and disability.

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13. In December 2011, the latest results for the local area estimates were published for the period 2008 to 2010. They form the baseline for assessing the future success of Policy CS28. Further data will be published in 2012 based on results from Active People Survey 6.

Adult participation in sport and active recreation (National Indicator NI8) – Frequency - Chiltern District APS3/4 (October 2008 - October 2010) Number of days participation in the last 28 days None 1 to 11 12 to 19 20 to 28 Base days days days 38.3% 35.8% 14.8% 11.1% 999

Adult participation in sport and active recreation (National Indicator NI8) – Gender - Chiltern District APS3/4 (October 2008 - October 2010) Gender MALES FEMALE % Base % Base 26.8% 393 25.1% 606

Adult participation in sport and active recreation (National Indicator NI8) – Age Band - Chiltern District APS3/4 (October 2008 - October 2010) Age Band 16 to 34 35 to 54 55 + % Base % Base % Base 26.7% 123 35.3 368 16.6% 508

Adult participation in sport and active recreation (National Indicator NI8) – Limiting illness or disability – Chiltern District APS3/4 (October 2008 - October 2010) With Limiting illness or disability Yes No % Base % Base 17.5% 148 27% 851

Indicator RE2: National indicator NI 56– obesity in primary school age children in year 6

14. NI 56 Obesity in primary school age children in year 6 is a national indicator that measures the percentage of children in year 6 who are obese, as shown by the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). Good performance is a minimum of 85% of eligible pupils being measured and a reduction in the proportion of obese children over time, initially showing a reduction in the rate of increase in the proportion of obese children.

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15. A report was published by the National Health Service Information Centre in December 2011 1. The report summarises the key findings from the Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England, 2010/11 school year. The report provides high-level analysis of the prevalence of ‘underweight', ‘healthy weight', ‘overweight', ‘obese' and 'overweight and obese combined' children, in Reception (aged 4–5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10–11 years), measured in state schools in England in the school year 2010/11.

16. The National Obesity Observatory (NOO) will produce additional analysis of 2010/11 NCMP data (expected to be published in Spring 2012).

17. Given the date of publication of the report it has not been possible to extract data relating to Chiltern District in connection with Indicator RE2. This will be undertaken in the 2011/12 Annual Monitoring Report.

Indicator RE3: National Indicator NI199 - young people’s satisfaction with parks and play areas

18. Data for this national indicator is not available.

Indicator RE4: Number of existing and new recreation facilities granted permission

19. Below are details of some of the permissions granted during 2010/11:

 Retention of the Amersham Field Study Centre at .  Two mini tennis courts and agility area Chesham Bois Tennis Club.  Conversion of agricultural buildings to 53 stables and related equestrian facilities Bowstridge Farm, Chalfont St Giles.  Retention of youth and community centre Nairdwood Lane Prestwood  Community playground and equipment Bellingdon Village Hall  New pavilion Ballinger Cricket Club  Replacement clubhouse and extension to clubhouse Great Missenden and Chalfont St Peter Tennis Clubs  10 additional caravan and 20 additional tent spaces at Highclere Farm Chalfont St Giles

Indicator RE5: Amount of eligible open spaces managed to Green Flag Award standard

20. The Green Flag Award scheme is the national standard for parks and green spaces across England and Wales and is managed by The Civic Trust.

21. The award is a marker of good quality in the management and maintenance of recreational green spaces and is seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve the same high environmental standards by creating a benchmark of excellence. It can be awarded to any freely accessible public park or green space in either local authority, public or private ownership providing there are no undue restrictions or charge made for entry.

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22. The District Council does not at the moment participate in the Green Flag Award scheme because it is not responsible for the management of any significant areas of parks, gardens or recreational areas. This responsibility generally falls to town and parish councils. The exception to this is common land and Great Missenden cemetery.

23. However, Chiltern District supported Chesham Town Council’s successful bid for the award for Lowndes Park in the town. Green Flag status was granted to the park by the Civic Trust in 2008 and was renewed again in 2010.

Indicator RE 6: Number of allotments lost

Development affecting allotments 2010/11 Number of allotments lost None

New allotment provision None

Indicator RE 7: Number of new or extensions to hotels, guest houses and pubic houses permitted

Development affecting hotels, guest houses and public houses during 2010/11 Number of new hotels, guest houses and public 1 houses, and extensions to existing permitted

24. Permission was granted for the change of use to a veterinary surgery of the vacant Pheasant public house in Chalfont St Giles. Across the district the closure of public houses continues. In Chesham, The Cock, Elephant & Castle and The Kings Arms public houses have closed. In the rural parts of Chiltern, The Bull, Bellingdon, The Pheasant, Ballinger, The Prince of Wales, Little Kingshill and The Gate Inn, The Lee public houses have all closed. At the Gate Inn, planning permission was granted (on appeal) to use it as a private house. In Station Road Chesham, permission was granted on appeal for the use of a vacant wine bar as an adult gaming centre, which has been implemented (Update - closed in December 2011).

25. Plans to build a new hotel near Chesham Underground railway station are still on hold. Permission to change Old Jordans Guest House to a private house was renewed for another 3 years.

Indicator RE 8: Number of new golf courses or extensions to existing golf courses permitted

26. There are 7 golf courses within the district with at least 5 more just beyond the boundary of Chiltern. No new courses or extension to existing were permitted during 2010/11 although permission was granted for revisions to the new golf club permitted (but not yet built) at Green Street on the edge of Chorleywood.

27. As reported previously, permission was granted on appeal to change the use of the clubhouse at Little Chalfont Golf Club into a private dwelling. In December 2010 the golf course had closed and is for sale.

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National & Local Performance Indicators

1. Performance against target during 2010/11 for Planning-related National Indicators is set out below:

Selected National Indicator Performance 1/4/10 to 31/3/11 National Indicator Actual Target NI 154 - Net additional homes provided 80 133 to 145 1

NI 155 (LAA) - Number of affordable homes delivered (gross) 46 75 NI 156 (LAA) - Number of households living in 2 temporary accommodation at 31/3/11 18 17 NI 159 - Supply of ready to develop housing sites 100% or more 110.8% 3 (of (of 5-year 5-year supply) supply) NI 171 (LAA) - New business registration rate 83.4 (per 50 (per 10,000 10,000 population) population) OPI NI 197 - Improved Local Biodiversity – proportion of Local Sites where positive conservation 31% management has been or is being implemented (Bucks County Council indicator)

2. In addition to National Indicators, the Council has a suite of local indicators against which to measure its spatial planning performance. Performance against target for selected local indicators during 2010/11 is set out below. Local indicators relating to crime, waste collection and recycling are reported on in the Sustainable Development Technical Appendix.

1 Policy CS2 Chiltern District Core Strategy November 2011

2 During the course of 2010/11, an average of 17 households were in temporary accommodation at any one time. This met the target figure set by Government for halving the numbers in temporary accommodation by 2010. However, the early months of 2011 has seen an upturn in demand for homelessness advice and support in Chiltern and this resulted in 18 households being accommodated as at 31st March 2011. This upturn in demand has reflected a general trend across the country.

3 The adjusted South East Plan dwelling requirement from April 2011 to March 2016 (5 year period) is 755 dwellings. Projected dwelling completions for same period are 837. Therefore, projected dwelling completions represent 110.8% of requirement. Data for this indicator is taken from Chiltern District 2011 Housing Land Supply Trajectory 2006 to 2026 that is a background document to the Core Strategy for Chiltern District, Submission Document March 2011.

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Selected Local Performance Indicators 1/4/10 to 31/3/11

Local Performance Indicator Actual Target LPIPE23 - Grant planning permission for at least 145 145 337 dwellings new dwellings (net) dwellings LPIPE25 - Percentage of new homes (net) granted planning permission which are affordable 29.3% 20%

LPIPE26 - Average density of new housing sites of 5 or 28.45 25 4 more dwellings (gross) granted planning permission (per dwellings per dwellings ha) hectare per hectare LPIPE BV64 – Number of private sector vacant 100 dwellings that are returned into occupation or 92 dwellings 5 dwellings demolished LPIPE BV213 - Preventing Homelessness - number of cases of homelessness prevented 126 cases 110 cases

Local LAA 007 - Number of clients directly accessing the private rented sector through local authority 56 55 partnership schemes

LPIPE BV204 - Planning appeals allowed [used to less than 29.3% monitor ‘Saved’ Local Plan policies – see Chapter 8] 35%

4 The revision of Planning Policy Statement 3 - Housing (PPS 3) in June 2010 deleted the national minimum density target of 30 dwellings per hectare (dph). The target for LPIPE26 was therefore reduced to 25 dph for 2010/11.

5 Total of 92 comprises 40 dwellings returned to use following significant intervention from Rural Housing Enabler and 52 dwellings let with support from the Council's Rent Deposit Guarantee Scheme

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Year Trend Trend Figure Source Section Current Current Current Objective Indicators Indicators

The Local To achieve the 2009/10 Annual Development milestones in the Monitoring Report Submitted to approved Local Secretary of Chiltern Scheme Development State 2010/11 District Scheme for the year December Council 1st April 2010 to 31st 2010 March 2011 Local Development Approved by Scheme Secretary of Chiltern State and 2010/11 District adopted Council November 2010 Core Strategy (i) Formal publication – October / November 2010 (ii) Chiltern formal 2010/11 District submission Council to secretary of State 2011 (iii) not required by Inspector Sustainable To provide existing SA1.1 Homes judged to Development and future residents be Category 1 Hazard Chiltern with the opportunity under Health & Safety 3,286 2007/08 District ### to live in a decent Rating System Council home SA1.2 Housing completions (net) 80

New permissions 337 2010/11 Chiltern  granted (net) and at District commitments 31/3/2011 Council (outstanding planning 799  permissions) (net) Allocations in Core 499 *  Strategy (net) * (excludes planning SA1.3 Number of empty 721 permission for 198 properties dwellings at Holy Cross Convent Chiltern

Chalfont St Peter) Empty for more than 6 1/4/2011 District 395 months Council 

Vacancy rate 1.9%  SA1.4 House Chiltern price/earnings 7.9 2010/11 District affordability ratio – All Council dwellings SA1.5 Amount of affordable housing Chiltern

delivered 46 2010/11 District Council

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Year Trend Trend Figure Source Section Current Current Current Objective Indicators Indicators

SA1.6 Number of Chiltern households on the 1,981 1/4/2011 District housing register Council

SA1.7 Amount of key Chiltern

worker housing 0 2010/11 District provided Council SA1.8 Temporary Chiltern

accommodation / rough 18 / 0 1/4/2011 District sleepers. Council The creation of safer SA2.1 Number of Chiltern places to live & work acquisitive crimes per 8.83 2010/11 District and to reduce anti‐ 1,000 population Council social behaviour. SA2.2 % of people with Thames Valley a high level of worry 9.22% 2005/06 Police about burglary Authority

SA2.2 % of people with Thames Valley a high level of worry 10.28% 2005/06 Police about car crime Authority

SA2.2 % of people with Thames Valley a high level of worry 13.78% 2005/06 Police about violent crime Authority

SA2.3 Number of noise Chiltern

complaints received by 357 2010/11 District category Council SA2.4 Number of (i) Anti Social Behaviour 1 Orders issued (ASBOs). Chiltern

(ii) Acceptable 18 2010/11 District Behaviour Contracts Council (ABCs) 2

(iii) Parenting ABC’s To improve SA3.1 % of households accessibility to within Accessibility essential services & Zones identified in facilities to provide Council’s “Accessibility, opportunities to Parking Standards &

obtain good access Community See Housing Indicator H5 to high quality Infrastructure Study” health, education, recreation & other community facilities & services. Improve & maintain SA4.1 The health of the Association of health & well‐being population of the Public Health of the population & district Generally Observatories reduce inequalities better than / Department 2011 in health England of Health / average NHS – Health Profile for Chiltern 2011’

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Year Trend Trend Figure Source Section Current Current Current Objective Indicators Indicators

To encourage the SA5.1 Different modes See Bucks CC use of sustainable of transport Local Bucks County methods of Transport ‐ Council ‐ transport to reduce Plan 3, 2011 Highways negative effects on – 2026 the environment. SA5.2 % of children See Bucks CC travelling to (a) primary Local Bucks County

school (b) secondary Transport ‐ Council ‐ school by different Plan 3, 2011 Highways modes of transport – 2026 SA5.3 Passive diffusion Chiltern tube data suggesting an District exceedence of the UK ‐ 2009/10 Council Annual Mean Objective Environmental for nitrogen dioxide Health (NO2). SA5.4 Air Quality Chiltern Management Area District

(AQMA) designations 1 2010/11 Council Environmental Health SA5.5 Annual average Dft National 6,249 million flow per 1,000km of Road Traffic vehicle 2009 principal road. Survey June kilometres 2010 To provide for SA6.1 Water leakage sustainable levels of rate from mains & Three Valleys 143.2 litres water use & supply customer pipes Water / per property 2010/11 & sewerage and Environment / day waste water Agency management SA6.2 Amount of water 1437litres used and available per

property/ Day metered 2009/10 OFWAT 179 litres per property/  day un‐ metered To maintain & enhance biodiversity See Biodiversity section of main report and Biodiversity technical appendix

To preserve & SA8.1 % of designated enhance the area covered by landscape character management plans. Chilterns AONB of Buckinghamshire 100% At Conservation & in particular, 1/4/2011 Board those areas of designated importance SA8.2 % and Area of land within Chilterns 13,981 At Chiltern

Area of Outstanding hectares 1/4/2011 District Council Natural Beauty SA8.5 Area of Chiltern designated open space None 2010/11 District Council developed

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Year Trend Trend Figure Source Section Current Current Current Objective Indicators Indicators

To conserve & SA9.1 Buildings of where appropriate Grade I & II* at risk of See Indicator HH2 in Historic Heritage

enhance the historic decay. Technical Appendix environment SA9.2 Loss or damage to of scheduled ancient See Indicator HH1 in Historic Heritage

monuments & historic Technical Appendix parks & gardens. SA9.3 % of Conservation See Indicator HH5 in Historic Heritage Area reviews completed Technical Appendix & new areas added. SA9.4 % of See Indicator HH6 in Historic Heritage archaeological sites at Technical Appendix risk. To reduce SA10.1 Number of contributions to grants given for energy Fuel Supplier climate change saving improvements Discounts – through: a) 268 Sustainable building practices; b) Environmental Warm Front Maximising the 2010/11 Health Grants – 105 potential for CDC renewable energy & energy conservation Local Authority Grants ‐ 21

SA10.2 Number of new Chiltern District buildings achieving Council either the SAP or Building 100% 2010/11 BREEAM rating for Control / energy efficiency. Approved Inspector SA10.3 Amount of gas and – domestic 21,277 kWh

Amount of electricity consumed – domestic 198.1Gwh  www.decc.gov. 2009 Amount of gas uk consumed – commercial 239.408Kwh 

Amount of electricity consumed – commercial 152.4 Gwh 

SA10.4 Amount of energy generated from N/A 2010/11 N/A N/A from renewable sources & CHP

SA10.5 Amount of CO2 % per capita emissions per year reduction

since 2005: www.decc.gov. 13% 2009 uk Per Capita emissions (t): 5.70 To minimise the risk SA11.1 No. of of flooding in properties affected by Environment relation to both new fluvial (river) flood 0 2010/11 Agency & existing events development

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Year Trend Trend Figure Source Section Current Current Current Objective Indicators Indicators

SA11.2 Frequency of Bucks County surface water flood Council / events Chiltern District Council / N/A 2010/11 N/A Environment Agency / Thames Water/ Veolia Water SA11.3 Amount of new development in the Environment floodplains of the Chess Agency / 0 2010/11 and Misbourne rivers Chiltern District where the Environment Council Agency objected SA11.4 New Not development with monitored Chiltern District 2010/11 N/A sustainable drainage on a regular Council installed (SuDS) basis Minimise waste & SA12.1 % of the then re‐use or tonnage of household 30.6% recover it through waste arising which [9,938 recycling, have been ‐ recycled tonnes] composting or energy recovery composted 16.97% [5,634

tonnes]

used to recover heat, power & other energy N/A N/A sources land filled N/A N/A not recycled N/A Bucks CC / N/A Audit waste collected / head 364.2 kgs Commission

(+0.99%) 2010/11 Quality of Life satisfaction with Indicators / household waste CDC / National N/A N/A recycling Indicators

satisfaction with household waste N/A N/A collection residual household waste per household 457 kgs

% of household waste sent for reuse, recycling 47.04% & composting % of municipal waste land filled 52.89% Cost of waste collection per head £70.61 SA12.2 % of Chiltern District construction & Council / Bucks

demolition waste going N/A County Council N/A to landfill / Environment Agency

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SA12.3 Hazardous Chiltern District waste Council / Bucks

N/A County Council N/A / Environment Agency SA12.4 Amount of Chiltern District secondary/recycled Council / Bucks

aggregates used N/A County Council N/A compared with virgin / Environment aggregates Agency To conserve soil SA13.1 Amount of resources & quality grade 1 and 2 Chiltern District None 2010/11 agricultural land lost to Council development SA13.2 Areas of Environmental 1,250 2010/11 contaminated land Health CDC SA13.3 Number of planning applications 29 with ‐ Land Quality Environmental 2009/10 Planning condition Health CDC Informative imposed (contaminated land) 172  To improve the SA14.1 % of new homes efficiency of land built on previously use through the re‐ developed land See Indicator H18 in Housing Technical use of existing Appendix buildings & previously developed land SA14.2 Density of new See Indicator H19 in Housing Technical

housing built Appendix SA14.3 Number of See Indicator SA1.3 above empty properties To achieve a broad SA15.1 balance between Number of business 545 2009 housing, population start‐ups & employment ONS Business

whilst encouraging Number of business Demography economic growth closures 590 2009 2009 and competitiveness. Number of businesses 5,895 2009

SA15.2 Out commuting See Contextual Information Technical

levels Appendix To encourage a SA16.1 Number and diverse economy proportion of which is focused on employees in Bucks

higher value added, knowledge‐based 14.4% 2005 Employment ### lower impact sectors Land Review activities

SA16.2 Diversity of economic sectors See table Office for

represented in the area with 2008 National ### ‐ % by Standard indicator Statistics Industrial Classification

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SA16.3 Image indices derived from consultations with

businesses & local N/A N/A N/A N/A property specialists as part of the planning process To develop & SA17.1 % of population maintain a skilled with and without 6.8% ### workforce to qualifications ‐ support long‐term no qualifications competitiveness of NVQ1 and above 84.8% NOMIS /  the District January to Annual NVQ2 and above 76.6% December ### Population 2010 NVQ3 and above Survey 65.6% ### NVQ4 and above 48.5% ### Other qualifications / 8.4% ### level unknown To ensure high & SA18.1 stable levels of Proportion of working 1.7% employment so age who are everyone can unemployed benefit from the Number of people of March Buckinghamshire economic growth of working age claiming Business First / 932 2011  the region Jobseeker Allowance ONS Number of notified job vacancies 283 

SA18.2 Number of Male – 500 people of working age by sex out of work for ‐ Female ‐ 250 Buckinghamshire up to a year Business First July 2010 1 to 3 years Male – 95 Labour Market  Female ‐ 25 Bulletin more than 3 years Male – 0  Female ‐ 0 NI 154 ‐ Net additional National & Audit homes provided Local Commission 80 dwellings 2010/11 Performance National Indicators Indicators NI 155 (LAA) ‐ Number Audit of affordable homes Commission 46 dwellings 2010/11  delivered by all means National (gross) Indicators NI 156 (LAA) ‐ Number Audit 18 of households living in Commission households 2010/11  temporary National (average) accommodation Indicators NI 159 ‐ Supply of ready Audit to develop housing sites 110.8% (of 5‐ Commission 1/4/2011  year supply) National Indicators

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NI 197 ‐ Improved Local Biodiversity – Audit proportion of Local Sites Commission where positive 31% 1/4/2011  National conservation Indicators management has been or is being implemented BVPI 204 Percentage of appeals allowed against Chiltern DC

the authority's decision 29.3% 2010/11 Performance to refuse planning Plan 2010/11 applications LPI PE23 Grant planning permission for Chiltern DC

at least 145 new 337 2010/11 Performance dwellings (net) each Plan 2010/11 year LPI PE25 Percentage of new homes (net) Chiltern DC

granted planning 29.3% 2010/11 Performance permission which are Plan 2010/11 affordable * Target reduced to LPI PE 26 Average 25 dph following density of new houses Chiltern DC revision to Planning permitted on sites of 5 28.45 dph * 2010/11 Performance Statement 3 ‐ or more (dwellings / Plan 2010/11 Housing hectare) LPIPE BV64 ‐ No of private sector vacant Chiltern DC dwellings that are 92 dwellings 2010/11 Performance returned into Plan 2010/11 occupation or demolished LPIPE BV213 ‐ Preventing Chiltern DC Homelessness ‐ number 126 cases 2010/11 Performance of cases of Plan 2010/11 homelessness prevented Local LAA 007 ‐ Number of clients directly Chiltern DC accessing the private 56 2010/11 Performance rented sector through Plan 2009/10 local authority partnership schemes Monitoring Level of support for No ‘saved’ ‘saved’ adopted local local plan of Policies in Planning plan policies from policies Adopted Inspectorate Planning Inspectorate received 2010/11 (PINS) appeal Chiltern ‘little or no decisions District Local support’ at Plan appeal Housing H1 Plan Period and Chiltern District Housing Targets (Core Adopted Core 2,650 to 2006 to Strategy Policy CS2) Strategy - 2,900 2026 November 2011 H2 Net additional Main Chiltern District 2006 to dwellings – in previous settlements: Council ‐ 2011 years – by settlement 370 Details of New

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2006/07 to 2010/11 Other built‐ Housing Built (Core Strategy Policy up areas: CS2) 214 Major developed sites in the green belt allocated for housing: 0 Green Belt Villages, Rows of ‐ Dwellings & Green Belt: 52 H3 Assessment of progress towards 198 Chiltern District delivery of housing on dwellings Council ‐ 2010/11 Strategic Housing Sites with Details of New (Core Strategy Policy permission Housing Built CS2) H4 Assessment of progress towards Undetermin delivery of housing on ed planning Chiltern District Major Developed Sites application Council ‐ 2010/11 in the Green Belt for 326 Details of New allocated for housing dwellings on Housing Built (Core Strategy Policy one site CS7) H5 Proportion of all completed dwellings within one mile of Chiltern District railway / underground Council ‐ 83% 2010/11 station or 400 metres of Details of New bus stop with daily Housing Built services (Core Strategy Policy CS4) H6 Provision of renewable energy schemes in Data not 2010/11 ‐ - developments of 10 or available more dwellings (Core Strategy Policy CS5) H7 Net additional dwellings – in future years – 935 – 977

April 2011 to March 2016 2011 Housing …………………………….. As at 642 ‐ 747 Land Supply April 2016 to March 1/4/2011 2021 Trajectory …………………………….. April 2021 to March 2026 440 – 545 (Core Strategy Policy CS2)

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H8 Managed delivery 2010/11 to 2025/26 – 2,650 dwellings ‐

target (Core Strategy achieved.

Policy CS2) 2010/11 to 2025/26 – 2,900 dwellings not

achieved H9 Affordable housing completions – by all National 46 2010/11 means (Core Strategy Indicator NI 155 Policy CS8) H10 Affordable housing Local permitted – number performance and % of all permissions 99 / 29.3% 2010/11 indicator (Core Strategy Policy LPIPE25 CS8) H11 Number of households living in

temporary See Indicators NI 156 (LAA) and SA1.8 above accommodation (Core Strategy Policy CS8) H12 Number and proportion of new social rented and other types of affordable housing (i) 25 / 57% ### built (Core Strategy Chiltern District Policy CS10) – 2010/11 Council Housing team (i) Social rented (ii) Shared ownership / intermediate (ii) 19 / 43% ###

H13 Number and proportion of affordable 1‐bed = 26 Chiltern District

homes with over 3 2‐bed = 10 2010/11 Council ### bedrooms(Core Strategy 3‐bed = 8 Housing team Policy CS11) H14 Number of adults supported to live

independently through National Indicator NI 136 deleted social services (Core Strategy Policy CS12) H15 Number and 41 bed location of extra‐care spaces homes; bed spaces in provided specialist homes for the ……………….. elderly; homes and 60 supported living units bedspaces Chiltern District for people with with 2010/11 Council

disabilities; bed spaces permission – and at planning ### in nursing homes and under 31/3/11 application other specialist units construction records (Core Strategy Policy ………………… CS12) 175 bed spaces with permission – not started H16 Number of Dwellings Built on CDC ‐ Details of 1997 to Adopted Local Plan 557 New Housing 2011 Identified Sites (Local Built Plan Policy H2)

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H17 Number of Built ‐ 3 out Dwellings Built, and of 86 (net). Granted and Refused Permitted – Research for Planning Permission in 11 (net). 2010/11 Established Residential Refused – 2 2010/11 Annual Areas of Special (net). Monitoring Character (ERASC) Majority of Report (Local Plan Policy H4) ERASC’s still successfully protected H18 New and Research for converted dwellings 71 out of 2010/11 provided on previously 130 (gross) = 2010/11 Annual developed land (gross) 54.6% Monitoring (Core Strategy Policy Report CS1) H19 Density of new Research for Permitted – dwellings permitted and 2010/11 22 dph built (dwellings per 2010/11 Annual Built – hectare – dph) Monitoring 12.2 dph Report H20 Number and Research for proportion of ‘small’ 2010/11 108 out of dwellings granted 2010/11 Annual 365 = 30% planning permission Monitoring Report H21 Type of dwellings Flats = built (gross) 46 (35.4%) Terraced = Research for 9 ( 6.9%) 2010/11

Semi‐ 2010/11 Annual - detached = Monitoring 37 (28.5%) Report Detached = 38 (29%) H22 Number of CDC Planning dwellings lost as a result Service

of demolition, change of 1 2010/11 planning use and/or conversion application records Employment ED1 Changes in the 400 fewer Number of Jobs [Core economically

Strategy Policy CS15] active in employment 3,000 more economically ONS Annual active At Population employees in 31/3/2011 Survey (APS) / employment NOMIS 3,000 fewer economically active employees in self‐ employment

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ED2 Amount of vacant Completions employment land and ‐ additional premises brought back 4,536 square into employment use metres [Core Strategy Policy (gross) / CS15 and CS16] 2,082 square metres (net) of employment floor space CDC Planning

2010/11 Service Outstanding and at planning permission ‐ 31/3/2011 application ‐ additional records 74,299 square metres (gross) / 38,937 square metres (net) of employment floor space ED3 Amount of new Completions retail, leisure and ‐ additional industrial floor space 693 square CDC Planning created within the metres Service District shopping (gross) / 2010/11 planning centres [Core Strategy 356 square application Policy CS18] metres (net) records of employment floor space ED4 Development 20‐bed care permitted and home on completed on Major National Developed Employment Society for CDC Planning Sites in the Green Belt Epilepsy site 2010/11 Service [Core Strategy Policy built / 20‐ and at planning CS13 & CS17] bed care 31/3/2011 application home with records outstanding permission on NSE site ED5 Number of 3 new planning permissions commercial granted for new develop‐ commercial premises ments and (either via new‐build or 3 barn CDC Planning via conversion/change conversions 2010/11 Service of use) in the to dwellings and at planning countryside [Core permitted. 31/3/2011 application Strategy Policy CS19] 6 other records commercial develop‐ ments with outstanding permission.

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4 public houses in Valuation rural areas Office records recorded as closed ED6 National Indicator Number of NI171 ‐ new business businesses

registration rate [Core created – no ONS: Business Strategy Policy CS16] change 2010 Demography ‐ Number of 2010 businesses ceasing – increased ED7 National Indicator NI163 ‐ proportion of the population (aged 19‐64 for males and 19‐ 59 for females) qualified ONS Annual to at least Level 2 or 76.6% 2010 Population ### higher skills as Survey measured by educational qualifications [Core Strategy Policy CS15]

ED8 Number and 91 out of proportion of vacant 475 employment premises premises CDC Annual in ‘large’ employment surveyed Employment 2011 areas and selected sites vacant Site Vacancy in the Green Belt [Core Survey Strategy Policy CS16] 19.2% vacancy rate ED9 Floor area of outstanding planning CDC Planning permission in ‘large’ 38,000 Service employment areas and square 31/3/2011 planning selected green belt metres application employment sites [Core records Strategy Policy CS16] Shopping S1 Total new shopping 182 (gross) floor space permitted square Planning [Core Strategy Policy metres Service CS18] 2010/11 planning ‐102 (net) application square records metres S2 Loss of A1, A2, A3, A1 – 3 CDC Planning A4 and A5 uses to other premises / Service

uses in principal 284 square 2010/11 planning shopping frontages in metres lost application main and district records shopping centres [Core A2 – 2 Strategy Policy CS18] premises / 103 square

metres gained

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A3/A4/A5 – 1 premise /

78 square metres gained S3 Proportion of retail and non‐retail ground floor frontages within principal shopping frontages of principal shopping frontages of

[Core Strategy Policy CS18]: (i) 77.5% Amersham on the Hill (ii) 22.5% shopping area (whole September area) Site survey Chesham town centre 2011 (i) 70%

(ii) 30%

Chalfont St Peter town (i) 81% centre (ii) 19%

All town centres / (i) 74% shopping areas (ii) 26%

S4 Number and proportion of vacant ground floor premises in shopping areas [Core Strategy Policy CS18]:

Amersham on the Hill (i) 7 September (ii) 5.1% Site survey 2011 Chesham (i) 10  (ii) 6.9% Chalfont St Peter (i) 5  (ii) 6.3% All (i) 22  (ii) 6.1% S5 Number of vacant upper floors above

premises in shopping

areas [Core Strategy

Policy CS18]:

Amersham on the Hill 16 (includes Chiltern September Site survey Commerce Centre) 2011 Chesham 5  Chalfont St Peter 2  All 23 

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Historic To safeguard the HH1 Number of Heritage physical and historic Scheduled Ancient character of Monuments [Core Chiltern’s Strategy Policies CS20 & None environment and CS21] landscapes destroyed Sites removed from None CDC Planning  statutory list Service Sites added to statutory None 2010/11 planning  list application Sites at risk None records  No. of developments granted permission 2  within site No. of developments requiring prior 1  assessment before permission granted HH2 Number of Statutorily Listed Buildings [Core Strategy Policies CS20 & CS21]

completely destroyed None removed from statutory None  list CDC Planning added to statutory list None Service  regraded (higher grade) 2 2010/11 planning  application at risk None records  to extend or alter 39  granted to extend or alter 9  refused to demolish granted 1  to demolish refused 0 

HH3 Number of applications for development on land or CDC Planning 92 buildings in Service

Conservation Areas 2010/11 planning Permissions application Refusals records [Core Strategy Policies 25 CS20 & CS21] HH4 Number of new Conservation Areas CDC Planning designated or existing None 2010/11 Policy section Conservation Areas records altered [Core Strategy Policies CS20 & CS21] HH5 Number of Conservation Areas CDC Planning

appraisals completed None 2010/11 Policy section [Core Strategy Policies records CS20 & CS21]

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HH6 Number of sites of No develop‐ CDC Planning archaeological ment of Service importance affected by significance 2010/11 planning development [Core permitted or application Strategy Policies CS20 & refused records CS21] HH7: Number of historic CDC Planning parks and gardens Service affected by 0 2010/11 planning development [Core application Strategy Policies CS20 & records CS21] Recreation & RE1: Local area Tourism estimates for adult None – participation in sport 38.3% and active recreation Last 11 days Sport England’s 2008‐ (formerly NI 8) [Core – 35.8% Active People ### 2010 Strategy Policy CS28] 12‐19 days Survey ‐ 14.8% Frequency 20‐28 days ‐ 11.1% Gender Males – Sport England’s 26.8% 2008‐ Active People ### Females – 2010 Survey 25.1% Age Band 16‐34 years ‐ 26.7% Sport England’s 35‐54 years 2008‐ Active People ### ‐ 35.3% 2010 Survey 55+ years ‐ 16.6% With limiting illness or Yes Sport England’s disability ‐ 17.5% 2008‐ Active People ### No 2010 Survey ‐ 27% RE2: National Indicator NI 56 – obesity in primary school age Not available children in year 6 [Core Strategy Policy CS28] RE3: National indicator NI199 Young people’s satisfaction with parks Not available and play areas [Core Strategy Policy CS28] RE4 Loss of existing and 7 develop‐ CDC Planning creation of new ments Service recreational facilities permitted 2010/11 planning [Core Strategy Policy increasing application CS28] provision records RE5 Amount of eligible Not directly applicable to Chiltern District [Lowndes open spaces managed Park in Chesham managed by Chesham Town Council to Green Flag Award had Green Flag status renewed] standard RE6 Loss of allotments CDC Planning due to development Service [Core Strategy Policy None 2010/11 planning CS28] application records

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RE7 New or extensions 1 develop‐ to existing hotels and ment guest houses permitted permitted.

[9 public houses across the district are CDC Planning vacant. 3 of Service them have 2010/11 planning permission application for records alternative uses]

Permission for new hotel in Chesham RE8 New or extensions None CDC Planning to existing golf courses [1 existing Service permitted [Core course closed 2010/11 planning Strategy Policy CS28] / 1 new under application construction] records Biodiversity E1: Planning permissions granted contrary to CDC Planning Environmental Agency Service advice on flooding, None 2010/11 planning water quality and application natural wildlife grounds records [Core Strategy Policies CS24 & CS32] E2 Change in areas of Increase in biodiversity importance number of (National Indicator NI Local Report from 197) (hectares) [Core Wildlife Buckingham‐ Strategy Policies CS24 & Sites. shire & Milton CS32] Increase in 2010 Keynes number Environmental under Records positive Centre manage‐ ment E2 Renewable energy generation [Core N/A 2009/10 - Strategy Policy CS4]

BIO 1 Achievements of 97% in Buckinghamshire “favourable Biodiversity Action Plan condition” targets & Condition & Buckingham‐ area of Special Scientific 0.3% shire & Milton “unfavour‐ Keynes Interests (SSSI’s) [Core 2010 Strategy Policies CS24 & able Environmental CS32] recovering” Records 2.7% Centre “unfavour‐ able no change”

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BIO 2 Rivers of good or Chess and Environment fair chemical & Misbourne Agency Water biological water quality 2010/11 rivers “at Framework [Core Strategy Policies risk” Directive CS24 & CS32] BIO 3 Number of incidents of major & significant water Environment pollution occurring in a None 2010/11  Agency particular year in each of the District [Core Strategy Policy CS4] BIO 4 Quality & quantity Environment Chiltern Hills of groundwater [Core Agency Water chalk aquifer 2010/11  Strategy Policies CS4] Framework “at risk” Directive BIO 5 Area of ancient 1,743 woodland in District (of hectares English Nature more than 2 hectares) (out of total ‘Nature on At [Core Strategy Policies of 3,322 Map’ / MAGIC  1/4/2011 CS24 & CS32] hectares) database & (incorrect figure web site quoted in 2009/10 Report) BIO 6 Area under agreement under the Environmentally Sensitive Area & At Countryside None English Nature  1/4/2011 Stewardship agri‐ environment schemes [Core Strategy Policies CS24 & CS32] BIO 7 % of Chiltern residents who think that for their local area, over Audit the past three years, Commission 96.75% 2003/04  that access to nature Quality of Life has got better or stayed Indicators the same [Core Strategy Policies CS24 & CS32]

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