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Welwyn Hatfield's Annual Monitoring Report 2005 the Welwyn Hatfield Welwyn Hatfield’s Annual Monitoring Report 2005 The Welwyn Hatfield District Plan was adopted on 15 April 2005 and provides the Council’s policies and proposals for land use in the district up until 2011. The existing Development Plan for Welwyn Hatfield comprises of Regional Planning Guidance 9, the Hertfordshire Structure Plan, the Hertfordshire Waste and Minerals Local Plans and the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005. The Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England (RSS14) is being prepared and along with the Local Development Framework for Welwyn Hatfield and the Waste and Minerals Development Frameworks being prepared by the County Council will replace the existing Development Plan. On 28 September 2004 the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 came into force. This legislation introduces a new development plan system in England. Structure Plans, Local Plans, Waste and Minerals Plans and Unitary Development Plans will be replaced by new types of development plans. At a regional level there will be a Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England. At a local level there will be a portfolio of statutory and non-statutory Local Development Documents known collectively as a Local Development Framework. Work is currently underway on the first stages in the new development plan system for Welwyn Hatfield. Meanwhile, the District Plan policies remain as “saved policies”, for at least 3 years, until the new local development documents are adopted. This is the first Annual Monitoring Report for the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. This document has been prepared in consultation with key stakeholders and data providers and has been amended to reflect the responses received from consultees. The report forms the initial steps towards formalising a comprehensive monitoring strategy for the Local Development Framework. In future years AMRs will comprehensively assess the implementation of the local development scheme and the extent to which policies in local development documents are being successfully implemented. The document will be submitted to the Secretary of State (represented by the Government Office for the East of England) by the end of December 2005 and is published on the Council’s 1 website www.welhat.gov.uk 1 In accordance with Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (HMSO: May 2004) and Regulation 48 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 (HMSO: September 2004). Contents Page Page No. Executive Summary 4 Glossary of Terms 6 1 Introduction 8 2 Report Purpose 9 3 Key Principles for Monitoring 9 4 Contextual Characteristics of Welwyn Hatfield 9 5 Key Planning Issues for Welwyn Hatfield 14 6 Local Development Framework – Policy Evaluation, Objectives, Targets & Indicators 15 7 Analysis of National Core Output Indicators 30 Appendices Employment Land Availability 2005 41 Residential Land Availability 2005 43 Table of Studies – Baseline Data for development of the Evidence Base 46 List of Key Stakeholders Consulted 48 List of Tables & Figures Table No. Description Page No. 1 Recorded Crime in Welwyn Hatfield 2003to 2004 10 Figure 1 Population pyramid for Welwyn Hatfield 9 2 Green Belt designation 1997 to 2005 11 Figure 2 Housing Trajectory 1991to 2011 33 3 Qualification Levels in Welwyn Hatfield 12 Figure 3 Percentage of New & Converted Dwellings on Previously Developed Land 2001 to 2005 34 4 Average House Prices/Household Incomes & Affordability Rates 2004 in Welwyn Hatfield 12 Figure 4 Previous Land Use of Completions on Previously Developed Land 2004 to 2004 34 5 Gross Average Weekly Full Time Earnings 2003 in Welwyn Hatfield 13 6 Unemployment Rates in Welwyn Hatfield 2001 to 2005 13 7 Mode of Travel to Work by Welwyn Hatfield Residents 2001 14 8 Local Development Documents – Timetable for Production 19 9 Supplementary Planning Documents – Timetable for Production 20 10 Proposed Indicators and Targets for Monitoring ‘saved’ District Plan Policies 21 11 Authorised Public Gypsy Sites 2004 25 12 Authorised Private Gypsy Sites 2004 25 13 Key Issues Identified in Welwyn Hatfield’s Community Plan 2004 26 14 National Core Outputs Indicators: 27 15 Business Development 31 16 Residential Completions & Demolitions 1991 to 2005 32 17 Density of Housing Completions 2004 to 2005 34 18 Completions on Housing Sites with a Density of below 30 dph 35 19 Car Parking Standards for Non-Residential development & Accessibility to Key Services 35 20 Amount of Completed Retail, Office & Leisure development 36 21 Amount of Completed Retail, Office & Leisure development in Town Centres 36 Welwyn Hatfield Annual Monitoring Report 2004/2005 Table No. Description Page No. 22 Amount of eligible open space managed to Green Flag Standard 37 23 No. of planning applications granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency 37 24 Changes in areas & populations of bio-diversity importance 37 25 Condition of SSSI’s in Welwyn Hatfield 2005 38 26 Wildlife Sites in Welwyn Hatfield 2001 to 2005 38 27 Renewable energy capacity 38 Appendices Table Ref: Description Page No. A Employment Generating Development Completed 2004 – 2005 41 B Floorspace Change 42 C Strategic Land Requirement and Supply 43 D Housing Land Supply 44 E Density of Housing Completions 2004 – 2005 45 F Table of Studies – Baseline Data for development of the Evidence Base 46 G Age & Sex of Population in Welwyn Hatfield 2001 Census 47 3 Welwyn Hatfield Annual Monitoring Report 2004/2005 Executive Summary This is the first Annual Monitoring Report to be submitted. It represents the first stage in the development of a comprehensive monitoring system for the Local Development Framework (LDF) in Welwyn Hatfield. The monitoring of the Local Development Framework is an evolving process. The main focus of this year’s report has been to provide some initial baseline data for a range of datasets that could be used for monitoring purposes. A further role of this year’s report has been to identify policies or topics for which there is either no data or, the data collection system does not exist or is not currently robust for monitoring purposes. It is envisaged that these data gaps will be addressed in future LDF monitoring reports. The successful monitoring of the LDF will ultimately be dependent on analysing trends and drawing conclusions from data spanning a number of years of monitoring. Whilst attempts have been made to draw conclusions from the data contained in this first AMR, it is often not yet possible to draw meaningful conclusions. This is because data for a number of years will be required to enable meaningful analysis and for policies to take effect. Some of the main findings of this report are outlined in the remainder of this Executive Summary. Particular emphasis is placed in this summary on the LDS key milestones and the national core output indicators. Local Development Scheme – Key Milestones The key milestone of issuing the Statement of Community Involvement – Issues and Options Paper in June/July 2005 was met. Business Development 100% of the land developed for industrial/commercial purposes for schemes of 1000 sq. m. or more in Welwyn Hatfield in 2004/05 was carried out on previously developed land. The past year has seen a net increase in employment generating floorspace of 19,952 square metres. Monitoring indicates a high potential net increase in floorspace of 145,595 square metres in the district. At the time of survey many schemes were either under construction or yet to start. 4 Welwyn Hatfield Annual Monitoring Report 2004/2005 Housing 89% of completions in the year were on previously developed land (PDL). This exceeds the Government target of 60% of residential completions on PDL by 2008. 65% of housing completed in the year was at a density of between 30 and 50 dph. Policy H6 of the adopted District Plan requires efficient use of land at a density of 30 – 50 dph and this has been achieved. 28% of net completions in the year have provided 160 affordable dwellings. For the period 2001-2004 the average was 23%, this compares favourably with a regional average for the East of England of 11% of total supply. 565 new dwellings were completed in the year and this exceeds the existing target of 280 dwellings per annum. Indications are that we are likely to meet our Structure Plan allocation before the end of the plan period in 2011. 5 Welwyn Hatfield Annual Monitoring Report 2004/2005 Glossary of Terms Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): A report submitted to the government by local planning authorities or regional planning bodies assessing progress with and the effectiveness of a Local Development Framework Affordable Housing (including intermediate or sub-market housing): Housing, whether for rent, shared ownership or outright purchase, provided at a cost considered affordable in relation to incomes that are average or below average, or in relation to the prices of general market housing. Intermediate housing is housing at prices or rents above those of social rented but below market prices or rents. This can include sub-market renting or low cost home ownership. Best Value: The way an authority measures, manages and improves its performance with regard to government targets Bio-diversity: The whole variety of life encompassing all genetics, species and ecosystem variations, including plants and animals Community Strategy: Local Authorities are required by the Local Government Act 2000 to prepare these with the aim of improving the social, environmental and economic well being of their areas. Through the community strategy, authorities are expected to co-ordinate the actions of local public, private voluntary and community sectors Development Plan Document: Spatial planning documents that are subject to independent examination, and together with the relevant regional spatial strategy, will form the development plan for the local authority area. They can include a core strategy, site-specific allocations of land, and area action plans and generic development control policies.
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