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Members’ Library Service Request Form Date of Document 30/08/16 Originator Douglas Proudfoot Originator’s Ref (if any) Document Title Proposed Local Development Plan Monitoring Statement Please indicate if access to the document is to be “unrestricted” or “restricted”, with regard to the terms of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. Unrestricted Restricted If the document is “restricted”, please state on what grounds (click on grey area for drop- down menu): For Publication Please indicate which committee this document should be recorded into (click on grey area for drop-down menu): East Lothian Council Additional information: Authorised By Monica Patterson Designation Depute Chief Executive Date 30/08/16 For Office Use Only: Library Reference 158/16 Date Received 30/08/16 Bulletin Aug 16 proposed local development plan monitoring statement 2016 Contents List of Figures .................................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Purpose of this Document ................................................................................................................ 5 Structure of the Monitoring Statement ............................................................................................ 6 PART 1: A CHANGING EAST LOTHIAN .................................................................................................... 7 EAST LOTHIAN: AN OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 7 SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................................. 8 Population ................................................................................................................................ 8 Population Distribution ............................................................................................................ 8 Population Change ................................................................................................................... 9 Households ............................................................................................................................. 11 Household Size ....................................................................................................................... 11 Household Tenure .................................................................................................................. 12 Dwelling Types ....................................................................................................................... 13 Household Projections ........................................................................................................... 13 House Prices and Affordability ............................................................................................... 14 Deprivation ............................................................................................................................. 15 Qualification levels ................................................................................................................. 17 Health ..................................................................................................................................... 18 ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................ 22 Economic Performance .......................................................................................................... 22 Household Income ................................................................................................................. 22 Economic Activity ................................................................................................................... 24 Employment Sectors .............................................................................................................. 25 Jobs Density ............................................................................................................................ 26 Town Centres ......................................................................................................................... 27 ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................. 30 Built and Cultural Heritage ..................................................................................................... 30 Natural Heritage ..................................................................................................................... 31 Soil .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Minerals ................................................................................................................................. 36 Water ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Flooding .................................................................................................................................. 40 Air Quality .............................................................................................................................. 42 Vacant and Derelict Land ....................................................................................................... 43 Climatic Factors ...................................................................................................................... 43 Open Space ............................................................................................................................ 45 Landscape ............................................................................................................................... 45 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................... 48 Transport and Accessibility .................................................................................................... 48 Commuting Patterns .............................................................................................................. 50 Water and Drainage Capacity ................................................................................................ 51 Education ............................................................................................................................... 53 Waste ..................................................................................................................................... 54 Energy ..................................................................................................................................... 55 PART 2: IMPACT OF THE LOCAL PLAN 2008 ........................................................................................ 58 Has the Local Plan 2008 achieved what it set out to do? ........................................................... 58 Has the Local Plan focussed development in the right locations? ............................................. 59 Housing and Employment ...................................................................................................... 59 Has the Local Plan delivered the right amount and type of housing? ....................................... 60 Strategic Housing Proposals ................................................................................................... 62 Housing Allocations ................................................................................................................ 63 Location of Housing Permissions and Completions ............................................................... 66 Affordable Housing ................................................................................................................ 67 Housing Need and Demand and SESplan Requirement ......................................................... 68 Housing Land Supply .............................................................................................................. 69 Has the Local Plan encouraged new employment development? ............................................. 70 Allocated Employment Land .................................................................................................. 70 Protecting business land from loss to other uses .................................................................. 74 Has the Local Plan carefully controlled the type and location of new development allowed in East Lothian’s countryside? ........................................................................................................ 75 New housing development in the countryside ...................................................................... 75 Changes of use/conversions to housing in the countryside .................................................. 75 New business development in the countryside ..................................................................... 76 Development in the Green Belt ............................................................................................