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2019 Caerphilly County Borough Council Local Development Plan up to 2021 (Adopted 23 November 2010) 8th Annual Monitoring Report 2019 Covering the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 October 2019 Rhian Kyte Head of Regeneration and Planning Contents 1. Introduction 02 9 Assessment Conclusions 26 Are the LDP Objectives being achieved? 2 Executive Summary 03 Are there any Policies not being 3 Contextual Changes 06 implemented? National Development Framework 10 Recommendations 35 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 10) Should the Adopted Plan be Reviewed Development Plans Manual Appendix 1 Circular 005/2018 Planning for Gypsy, Mandatory Indicator - New Dwelling Traveller and Showpeople Sites (June Completions and Land Supply 44 2018) Appendix 2 Technical Advice Note (TAN 1): Joint SEA/SA Monitoring Overview 45 Housing Land Availability Studies (2015) Appendix 3 Call for evidence on the ‘Delivery of Triggered Policies 46 housing through the planning system’ Appendix 4 The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal Performance Against the LDP Objectives 52 Strategic Development Plans: Guidance Appendix 5 to LPAs Local Council CIL Payments and Spend 57 Our Valleys, Our Future: Delivery Plan Appendix 6 In Conclusion LDP Allocation Monitoring 58 4 Strategic Environmental Assessment/Sustainability Appraisal Monitoring 12 2019 SEA Monitoring Results In Conclusion 5 LDP Policy Monitoring 18 6 Mandatory Indicators 20 7 Community Infrastructure Levy 22 8 Commuted Sums and Financial Payments within Section 106 agreements 24 1 1 Introduction 1.5 The 2019 AMR will address the following: A summary of the key findings in 1.1 The Caerphilly County Borough Local respect of the SA/SEA monitoring for Development Plan up to 2021 (LDP) was the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March formally adopted by Caerphilly County 2019; Borough Council (CCBC) on the 23 November 2010. Following the adoption A summary of the key findings in respect of the Strategy Policies for the of its LDP, the Council has a statutory monitoring period 1 April 2018 to 31 obligation under section 76 of the March 2019; Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to produce an Annual Monitoring The Statutory indicators required by Report (AMR) for submission to the Welsh Welsh Government; Government (WG). The update on the implementation 1.2 This, the eighth AMR, is based on the of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL); and period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and is required to be submitted to WG by Identify actions to be undertaken. the end of October 2019. 1.3 The main aim of the AMR is to assess the extent to which the LDP Strategy and Strategy Policies are being achieved. It therefore has two primary roles; firstly to consider whether the policies identified in the monitoring process are being implemented successfully; and secondly to consider the plan as a whole against all of the information gathered to determine whether a complete or partial review of the plan is necessary. 1.4 The 2013 AMR concluded that a review of the LDP was required. The review was commenced and a Replacement LDP was progressed through to Deposit stage before the Council formally withdrew the plan review in October 2016. 2 Executive Summary 2 policies triggered after a gap in triggering, namely: 2.1 It is a statutory requirement that the Council submits an Annual Monitoring - SP2 Development in the NCC; and Report to the Welsh Government that - SP8 Minerals Safeguarding. monitors whether or not the LDP is being implemented successfully. The overall 2.4 The 2019 AMR also includes the results of purpose of the AMR is to identify whether the SEA/SA monitoring, which is required the LDP Strategy, or any of the Strategy by the SEA Directive and national guidance. Policies are not being implemented and, The SEA/SA monitoring, included in Chapter where they are not, identify steps to rectify 4 of the AMR, identifies more positive this. results than in 2018, but there are still a number of negative indicators. However, 2.2 This is the eighth AMR to be prepared when assessed against the adoption of the for the Caerphilly County Borough Local plan i.e. 2010, the implementation of the Development Plan up to 2021 (LDP) and it plan has realised positive effects for the monitors the period from 1st April 2018 to environment as a whole. 31st March 2019. The Council is required to submit the 2019 AMR to WG by the 31st 2.5 The 2019 AMR is also required to include October 2019. information relating to 12 mandatory 2.3 Monitoring of the plan for 2018/19 indicators, which are specified by WG. indicates that: These indicators are discussed in Chapter 6. Eleven policies have triggered again, 2.6 An overview of the LDP monitoring data after triggering in the 2018 AMR as for the 2019 AMR provides an interesting follows: insight into the implementation of the LDP over the monitoring period. Of particular - SP3 Development in the SCC, note for 2019 are the following: - SP4 Settlement Strategy; The annual house building rate in this - SP5 Settlement Boundaries, AMR has fallen this year from 284 to 190 units (based on 2018 Joint Housing - SP10 Conservation of Natural Land Availability Study figures). Heritage; - SP14 Total Housing Requirements; The housing land supply figure has increased from 2.1 years to 2.3 years - SP15 Affordable Housing Target; using the residual method, following - SP16 Managing Employment Growth the approval of several major housing applications. (It should be noted that - SP17 Promoting Commercial the AMR uses the data from the previous Development; year’s JHLAS, due to the fact that the - SP18 Protection of the Strategic JHLAS is generally agreed after the Leisure Network; preparation of the data for the AMR Report. Therefore, the 2019 AMR uses the - SP19 Transport Infrastructure 2018 JHLAS information that actually Improvement and covers the period 1 April 2017 to 31 - SP20 Road Hierarchy. March 2018. The 2019 JHLAS has recently been agreed and the housing land supply 3 has decreased to 2.0 years. This is still well the AMR has included this. The 2019 CIL below the 5-year requirement. This figure Monitoring identified that £756,590 had will be reflected in the 2019 AMR). been collected in revenue, whilst £87,513 has been passed to Local Councils (Town The average house price for the and Community Councils) and a £37,830 county borough increased by 2% from has been used to cover the costs of £129,928 to £132,469. preparing and implementing CIL. A total of just over £1,086,000 remained in the The annual unemployment rate CIL pot to assist in funding appropriate decreased from 6.2% to 5.2%. infrastructure as at 1st April 2019. The number of residents in employment 2.8 The 2013 AMR and subsequent AMRs increased from 80,700 to 81,900. have clearly identified the need for the A further 12 hectares of employment LDP to be reviewed. Work commenced on land was granted planning permission. a Review of the LDP in 2013, but in July 2016 the Council resolved to withdraw Of the principal town centres, only the Replacement LDP and seek support Caerphilly and Risca-Pontymister have for the early preparation of a Strategic a vacancy rate of lower than 10% and Development Plan (SDP) for the Cardiff both towns saw their vacancy rates Capital Region. decrease this year to the lowest levels 2.9 Following extensive discussions, in since the LDP was adopted. Blackwood, June 2019 the Cardiff Capital Region Bargoed and Ystrad Mynach have all (CCR) Cabinet approved the principle of seen an increase in vacancy rates. preparing the SDP and agreed a report In the three principal towns with template to be reported to each of the 10 footfall counters (Caerphilly, Blackwood, constituent local authorities seeking their Bargoed) there has been an increase agreement to commence work on the in footfall in both Caerphilly and SDP. This report will be presented to all 10 Blackwood. However, the previous councils by the end of October 2019. AMR year data included a period of 2.10 The fact that the CCR authorities are now six weeks where the footfall counters in this position means that the July 2016 were out of action so the data is not Council Resolution has now been met. As directly comparable. The figures in a result, this resolution can no longer be Bargoed have decreased, but this is to used as a reason not to commence work on be expected as there is now only one the review of the Adopted LDP. footfall camera within the town rather than two. 2.11 Assuming all ten local authorities agree to the preparation of the SDP, the proposed There was a further increase in visitor timescales for its preparation will mean numbers to countryside recreation that it is unlikely to be adopted until facilities to 1.5 million visitors per 2025 at the earliest. The new form of plan annum, and customer satisfaction has referred to as the LDP Lite which would increased from 75% to 85%. be prepared alongside the SDP, cannot commence until the regulations are laid by 2.7 The 2019 AMR includes the annual Welsh Government and therefore such a monitoring statement for the Council’s plan for Caerphilly would not be adopted implementation of its Community until 2026 at the earliest. This would Infrastructure Levy. This is the fifth year 4 result in a lack of local development plan Caerphilly County Borough Local coverage for the county borough for at Development Plan up to 2021. least 5 years. R2 In recognition of the need to identify 2.12 If a full review of the LDP were to more land for employment and housing commence as a consequence of Council’s to support local need and regional consideration of the 2019 AMR, it is aspirations the 8th Annual Monitoring envisaged that a new Replacement LDP Report recommends that a review of the could be adopted in late 2023/early 2024, Adopted LDP be commenced.