Basildon Borough Council Local Plan Authority Monitoring Report 2016 -2017 Contents 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................6 2. Authority Monitoring Report 2016/17 ..................................................................................7 3. Contextual Indicators ..........................................................................................................8 4. Local Development Scheme (LDS)...................................................................................17 5. Duty to Co-operate............................................................................................................20 6. Neighbourhood Plans .......................................................................................................22 7. SO1: Protecting and Enhancing the Quality of the Local Environment.............................24 8. SO2: Improve the Quality and Value of the Green Belt ....................................................28 9. SO3: Minimise our Impact on the Environment ................................................................30 10. SO4: Creating Vibrant and Thriving Town Centres...........................................................34 11. SO5: Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Local Economy .....................................38 12. SO6: Delivering New Homes ............................................................................................42 13. SO7: Capitalising on Local Tourism Opportunities ...........................................................47 14. SO8: Helping Local People Maintain Healthier Lifestyles.................................................48 15. SO9: Enhancing the Quality of Life for All.........................................................................50 16. SO10: Securing the Delivery of Supporting Infrastructure................................................53 Appendices ...............................................................................................................................56 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Population Change between 1981 and 2016 .................................................................8 Table 2: Average House Prices (Source: Hometrack Automated Valuation Module) ................14 Table 3: Local Development Scheme Progress .........................................................................17 Table 4: Previous Local Development Scheme Progress ..........................................................18 Table 5: Sites of Special Scientific Interest ................................................................................26 Table 6: Air Quality Monitoring Results ......................................................................................33 Table 7: % of Use Classes within Town Centre Primary Shopping frontages............................34 Table 8: % of Use Classes within Town Centre Secondary Shopping frontages.......................35 Table 9: Net additional square metres of retail floor space ........................................................36 Table 10: Town Centre Dwelling Completions 2016/17 .............................................................37 Table 11: Town Centre Dwelling Completions Since 2014 ........................................................37 Table 12: Employment Floorspace gains in 2016/17 .................................................................38 Table 13: Employment Floorspace lost in 2016/17 ....................................................................39 Table 14: Net Employment Provision in 2016/17 .......................................................................39 Table 15: Employment Floorspace Provision by Employment Area 2016/17.............................39 Table 16: Economic productivity – GVA.....................................................................................40 Table 17: Unemployment rate ....................................................................................................41 Table 18: Dwelling completions by Area in Basildon Borough for the year 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017.................................................................................................................................42 Table 19: Total dwelling completions 2016/17 ...........................................................................42 Table 20: Affordable Housing need by property size..................................................................44 Table 21: 5 Year Housing Land Supply Calculation...................................................................46 Table 22: Square metres of hotel (C1) floor space permissions ................................................47 Table 23: Value of S.106 contributions received for investment in leisure facilities ...................48 Table 24: % of adult participation in sport ..................................................................................49 Table 25: Net additional square metres of educational floorspace.............................................51 Table 26: Value of S.106 contributions received for education ..................................................51 Table 27: Average minimum travel time to 8 key services by public transport...........................51 Table 28: S.106 contributions accumulated per annum for highway works ...............................53 Table 29: List of key routes where work is underway or completed, compared to IDP..............54 Table 30: % of residential developments within 30 minutes public transport time of key services ....................................................................................................................................................54 Table 31: Basildon Borough Primary and Secondary Schools Forecast………………………...55 Figure 1: Population Change between 1981 and 2016 ................................................................9 Figure 2: Basildon Borough Population Age Structure...............................................................10 Figure 3: The ethnic split of Basildon Borough's residents.........................................................11 Figure 4: Households by tenure .................................................................................................11 Figure 5: South Essex Average House Prices ...........................................................................15 Figure 6: Basildon Borough Wards Average House Prices........................................................15 Figure 7: Unemployment rate.....................................................................................................41 List of Maps Map 1: Average House Price by Ward .......................................................................................13 Map 2: Designated Neighbourhood Areas within the Borough...................................................23 Map 3: New Additions to Ancient Woodland Inventory.............................................................27 Map 4: The Borough’s Green belt ..............................................................................................28 Map 5: Diffusion Tube Monitoring Locations ..............................................................................32 Map 6: Performance against index of multiple deprivation.........................................................52 1. Introduction 1.1.1 Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by section 113 of the Localism Act 2011) sets the formal requirement that each Local Planning Authority (LPA) must prepare a Monitoring Report (AMR). Whilst Local Planning Authorities no longer need to monitor National Core Indicators set by the former Audit Commission, monitoring reports should, as stated in the Localism Act 2011, contain as a minimum; i. progress on the production of the Council’s Local Plan against the Council’s published timetable (the Local Development Scheme) and, ii. the extent to which policies set out in their Local Development Documents are being achieved 1.1.2 The detailed requirements for what a Local Planning Authority’s AMR must cover is provided in Section 34 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012. 1.1.3 Monitoring reports must also comply with EU Legislation as set out in EU Directive 2001/42/EC which stipulates that Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) are undertaken on plans and programmes to assess their environmental effects. 1.1.4 In the U.K, Sustainability Appraisals (SA) incorporate the requirements of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (commonly referred to as the ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations’), which implement the requirements of the European Directive 2001/42/EC. 1.1.5 The Directive requires that monitoring arrangements must be established to allow the actual significant effects of the adopted Local Plan to be tested against those predicted, and to enable appropriate remedial action to be taken if required. 1.1.6 The monitoring of the SA must cover all significant environmental effects as well as social and economic effects providing important feedback on the success and progress of policies in the plan and progress towards delivering sustainable development. 6 | Page 2. Authority Monitoring Report 2016/17 2.1.1 This Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) has been produced as a means of assessing the performance of the policies in the emerging