Braintree District Ward Profiles Bocking North Ward Revised May 2021
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Braintree District Ward Profiles Bocking North Ward Revised May 2021 1 2 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 About Bocking North Ward ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Local Governance .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Community Facilities ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Major Businesses, Industrial Estates & Commercial Developments ................................................................................ 5 Development Sites ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 People ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Population ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Age ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Health ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Limiting long-term illness .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Level of unpaid care provided ................................................................................................................................... 8 Life Expectancy .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Highest level of qualification......................................................................................................................................... 9 Ethnicity ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Religion........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Household composition .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Place ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Housing tenure ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Household size ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 Social housing stock .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Car & van ownership ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Prosperity ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Economic activity ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Employment type ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Employment sectors ................................................................................................................................................... 15 3 Braintree District Ward Profiles Snapshot: February 2019 Bocking North Ward Introduction This profile explores the demographic, social and economic characteristics of Bocking North Ward and is largely based on data drawn from the 2011 Census. This profile is a snapshot, and is intended to support an understanding of Braintree District’s Ward characteristics. These ward profiles represent the new ward boundaries introduced in the Braintree District by the Electoral Commission from May 2015. This has meant that it has not been possible to directly source data from the 2011 Census for these new Wards, as they didn’t exist when the Census was completed. Data for the rural Wards has been produced by adding up the Census data at a Parish level to make up the new Ward areas. 4 For the urban Wards, data has been used from Community Insight reports provided by Greenfields. This was necessary as the urban Wards are not made up of Parishes, meaning Census Parish data couldn’t simply be added together to find the figures for these new areas. A comparison with the 2001 Census data has also not been possible for these urban areas. If you have any questions regarding the content of this document please contact Tracey Headford in the Business Improvement Team at the below email address. [email protected] About Bocking North Ward Bocking North Ward is a predominantly urban Ward located in the south of the Braintree District within the town of Braintree & Bocking. Following the Ward boundary changes, Bocking North Ward was expanded in size to now include the High Garrett area within its boundary. Local Governance Braintree & Bocking does not have a town or parish council. For contact details for other parish or town councils in the district please follow the below link: http://braintree.cmis.uk.com/braintree/ParishandTownCouncils.aspx Bocking North Ward is currently served by the following Braintree District Councillors, David Mann and Tony Everard. To find your District Councillor’s contact details please use the below link. https://braintree.cmis.uk.com/braintree/Councillors/tabid/63/ScreenMode/Party/Default.aspx Bocking North Ward is covered by the Bocking County Electoral Division and the County Councillor serving this division is Lynette Bowers-Flint. To find your County Councillor’s contact details please use the below link. https://cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Councillors.aspx The UK Parliament Constituency that covers the Bocking North Ward area is the Braintree County Constituency; the MP responsible for this constituency is James Cleverly. To find your MP’s contact details please use the below link: https://www.writetothem.com Community Facilities For information on facilities and schools within the Ward, please follow the below link and enter the postcode for the area you wish to investigate. https://apps.esriuk.com/app/MyNearest/18/view/f1240506ad064aea8b7f5c8519d79b39/index.html Major Businesses, Industrial Estates & Commercial Developments For information on businesses in the Ward please contact the Economic Development Team at the below email address: [email protected] 5 Development Sites The Braintree Development Plan sets out what, where, when, and how development will be managed in the District. Whilst the National Planning Policy Framework July 2018 (NPPF) sets out the presumption in favour of sustainable development, planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The NPPF does not change the statutory status of the development plan as the starting point for decision making. The current adopted Braintree District Development Plan is made up of a number of documents, including the Local Plan Review 2005 and the Core Strategy 2011. See: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/info/200230/planning_policy/712/braintree_district_development_plan for further details. The Local Plan Review is available to view as an interactive document at: http://www.planvu.co.uk/bdc/plan_index.htm The relevant maps show the allocations for homes, employment, open space and other designations. Inset maps can be found for each town or village with a defined development boundary, within which development is generally acceptable subject to the policies in the Plan. Areas outside of the development boundaries are classified as countryside where development is restricted to uses appropriate to the countryside. The Pre Submission Site Allocations & Development Management Plan as amended by Further Changes (ADMP) was adopted at Full Council on 15th September 2014, as a material consideration in accordance with the Interim Planning Policy Statement. The ADMP also includes a Proposals Map and Inset Maps. The non-strategic sites and policies which are contained in the Pre Submission ADMP will be carried over into the new Local Plan unless new evidence or further changes in government