Fareham Local Development Scheme Annual Monitoring Report 2012
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Fareham Local Development Scheme Shaping Fareham’s Future Annual Monitoring Report 2012 - 2013 (Published February 2014) Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 Further Information and Contacts Information on the general Local Development Framework process, updates on the progress of Fareham’s Local Development Documents and current consultations, are available at the following website: www.fareham.gov.uk/ldf. If you have any questions regarding Fareham’s Local Development Framework including this document, please contact a member of the Strategic Planning & Design Service at Fareham Borough Council. Telephone: 01329 826100 Email: [email protected] Address: Strategic Planning & Design Department of Strategic Planning and Environment Fareham Borough Council Civic Offices Civic Way Fareham Hampshire PO16 7AZ For more detailed information and guidance on the planning system, visit the Department for Communities and Local Government website at http://www.communities.gov.uk. If you require this document in large print, or help with translation into other languages, please call 01329 236100 for further information. Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 Contents Page No. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 4 Purpose & Aim of the Monitoring Report 4 Related Visions & Objectives 5 Fareham in Context 5 2. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME DELIVERY AND 8 IMPLEMENTATION 8 Local Development Scheme 8 Local Development Document Progress 8 Progress in preparing the Local Plan 3. HOUSING MONITORING AND SUPPLY 13 Past Housing Delivery (outside Welborne) 13 Projected housing delivery (outside Welborne) 14 Five Year Housing Land Supply (outside Welborne) 14 Fareham Borough Housing Trajectory 2006-2026 (outside 15 Welborne) 18 Housing Supply at Welborne (SDA) 4. EMPLOYMENT AND RETAIL FLOORSPACE MONITORING 19 Key Findings 19 5. POLICY ANALYSIS 22 Development Plan Policies 22 Analysis Methodology 22 Key Findings 23 Conclusion 27 6. RECOMMENDATIONS 28 7. DUTY TO CO-OPERATE 30 For further information on this document please contact [email protected] Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 APPENDICES 32 APPENDIX 1 – Development Plan Policy Analysis 33 APPENDIX 2 – List of Saved Local Plan Polices Replaced by the 97 Core Strategy APPENDIX 3 – List of Local Plan Policies not saved in 2007 by 100 Government direction APPENDIX 4 – Schedule of sites comprising the five year housing 101 land supply APPENDIX 5 – List of Sources 103 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 2.1 Development Plan Document Progress against the 2011 Local 12 Development Scheme timetables Table 3.1 Past Annual Housing Delivery 13 Table 3.2 Five Year Housing Land Supply 15 Figure 3.3 Fareham Borough Housing Trajectory (outside Welborne) 17 Table 3.4 Housing Trajectory for Welborne 18 Table 4.1 Net Employment and Town Centre Use Floorspace since 2006/07 20 to 2010/11 Table 4.2 Employment Requirements and predicted supply 22 Table 5.1 Gypsies and Travellers: Permanent Site Accommodation 25 For further information on this document please contact [email protected] Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 For further information on this document please contact [email protected] Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 Executive Summary i. This is the 9th Monitoring Report (MR) to be produced by Fareham Borough Council and the 2nd MR following adoption of the Fareham Borough Core Strategy. The MR covers the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, and considers progress of the Local Plan up until the publication of this MR in 2014. ii. The Localism Bill removes the requirement to submit the MR to the Secretary of State. Previous editions of the MR have been required to report on a number of Core Output Indicators. Core Output Indicators were designed by central government as part of the monitoring framework to achieve a consistent approach to data collection across the national, regional and local level. A ministerial letter of 30 March 2011, sent to Local Authority Chief Planning Officers, removed the requirement to report on Core Output Indicators and withdrew guidance on local plan monitoring. Thus, it is now for individual local authorities to determine what to include in their monitoring reports, providing they are prepared in accordance with relevant UK and EU legislation. iii. Chapter 7 of the Core Strategy provides an indicative monitoring framework in recognition of the importance of retaining an effective monitoring system. Performance measured against Core Output Indicators will still be reported where it is considered to be relevant to the effective monitoring of Core Strategy Policies. The MR is critical in the understanding of the effect and impact of planning policies in the Borough once they are adopted. iv. This MR covers four key areas: Progress of all Local Development Documents (LDDs) and any milestones that have been reached against the timetable in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Analysis of individual development plan policies (Core Strategy & 'saved' Local Plan Review policies; Housing monitoring and supply - providing the most up to date housing land supply for the Borough and setting out housing completions for the past year; and Employment & Retail floorspace monitoring - setting out the employment and retail floorspace completions for the monitoring year. A summary of these sections of the report are provided below. Progress On Local Development Documents v. The Local Development Documents contained in the 2011 Local Development Scheme (LDS) are in part meeting the milestones indicated in the LDS. Fareham's Core Strategy was adopted a month earlier than anticipated. The Fareham Town Centre Area Action Plan was merged with Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites & Policies, which was the subject of public consultation during Winter 2012. Public consultation on the Local Plan For further information on this document please contact [email protected] hhhhhhhhh1 Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 Part 3: Draft Welborne Plan was carried out during April-June 2013. vi. The Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the Coldeast Site was adopted in October 2011 and the SPD for the Daedalus Site, which had been put on hold following the designation of the site as an Enterprise Zone, has subsequently been cancelled due to Outline Permission being granted on the site. vii. Community Infrastructure Levy: As noted in the previous Annual Monitoring Report, the Council carried out public consultation period from 19th March 2012 to 30th April 2012 on Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule. The Draft Charging Schedule was a subject of second public consultation carried out from 31st July to 11th September 2012 with the final draft submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for Examination on 22nd November 2012. The Examination process concluded with the receipt of the Examiner's Report on 13th December 2012. Following the conclusion of the Independent Examination the Council adopted the Levy which came into force on the 1st of May 2013. Policy Analysis viii. With the use of indicators1, the saved policy analysis demonstrates how the majority of current local plan policies are working effectively, particularly through the use of development management in pre-application and decision-making processes. ix. The analysis shows how a number of policies, particularly Local Plan policies, cannot be successfully measured through the use of Core or Local Indicators. This raises the issue that future policies should aim to be written in such a manner that they can be assessed in quantifiable terms. Furthermore, a system must be in place to continually collect and assess data in order to provide an effective method of policy analysis. x. This analysis is important and in highlighting policies (or parts of policies) that require revision or deletion in order to reflect current and changing circumstances that the Borough faces. Chapter 6 of this MR sets out such recommendations. Housing Monitoring and Supply xi. As required by The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, Local Planning Authorities must report on annual housing delivery as part of their MR. xii. During the 2012/13 year Fareham has delivered 238 dwellings. Chapter 3 demonstrates that there is an adequate five year housing land supply in the Borough (outside the North of Fareham SDA) for the period of 2013/14 - 2017/18 with a target of 1,058 dwellings and a supply of 1,163 deliverable dwellings. Therefore the supply meets the target required for the five year housing land supply. The sites which form this supply are listed in Appendix 4. xiii. Core Strategy Policy CS2 (Housing Provision) sets out the strategic housing requirement for Fareham Borough, outside of Welborne (previously known as New Community North of Fareham). The policy was based on evidence set out in the PUSH South Hampshire 1 Further information on indicators is provided on pages 23-24. For further information on this document please contact [email protected] hhhhhhhhh2 Fareham LDF Monitoring Report February 2014 sub-region Strategy which required Fareham Borough to deliver 3,729 dwellings between 2006 and 2026. Of this figure, 2,514 dwellings have been delivered between April 1st 2006 and March 31st 2013, requiring a balance of 1,216 dwellings to be delivered during the remaining part of the plan period (2013-2026). Since the adoption of the Core Strategy,