Authority Monitoring Report 2017
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Basingstoke and Deane Authority Monitoring Report 2016/17 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 4 Section 1: Introduction ............................................................................................... 8 Section 2: Key contextual characteristics of Basingstoke and Deane ....................... 9 Section 3: Progress with planning documents (Local Development Scheme) ......... 11 Local plan.............................................................................................................. 11 Neighbourhood development plans ...................................................................... 11 Supplementary planning documents ..................................................................... 12 Other evidence base and policy documents ......................................................... 14 Progress with the Community Infrastructure Levy ................................................. 14 Section 4: Duty to cooperate ................................................................................... 16 Section 5: Monitoring against performance indicators ............................................. 17 Section 6: Housing .................................................................................................. 23 6.1 Housing delivery ............................................................................................ 23 Number of homes built ................................................................................ 23 Five year housing land supply position ........................................................ 25 Delivery of Local Plan allocations ................................................................ 28 Homes built on previously developed land .................................................. 30 Windfall sites ............................................................................................... 31 Large Windfall .............................................................................................. 32 Small Windfall .............................................................................................. 32 Regeneration sites ....................................................................................... 33 Density of residential development .............................................................. 34 6.2 Location of new housing ................................................................................ 35 New homes in the countryside ..................................................................... 35 New homes around nuclear installations ..................................................... 39 6.3 Type of housing delivered .............................................................................. 40 Market housing mix and type ....................................................................... 40 Affordable housing ....................................................................................... 42 Housing for older people and people with support needs ............................ 45 1 Self-build and custom housebuilding ........................................................... 47 Gypsy and traveller accommodation ........................................................... 51 6.4 Housing delivery through neighbourhood planning ........................................ 52 6.5 Housing design quality ................................................................................... 57 Section 7: Environmental management and climate change .................................... 59 7.1 Biodiversity, geodiversity and nature conservation ........................................ 59 New homes in strategic gaps ....................................................................... 59 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) ................................................................................... 60 Habitat enhancements ................................................................................. 60 Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area ........................................... 63 7.2 Green infrastructure ....................................................................................... 64 7.3 Water quality .................................................................................................. 65 7.4 Managing flood risk ........................................................................................ 66 7.5 Sustainable energy and water use ................................................................. 67 7.6 Air quality ....................................................................................................... 68 7.7 Historic environment ...................................................................................... 69 Section 8: Economic development ........................................................................... 70 8.1 Employment land ........................................................................................... 70 Change in amount of employment floorspace ............................................. 70 Employment land availability ....................................................................... 72 8.2 Job creation ................................................................................................... 73 8.3 Basing View ................................................................................................... 74 8.4 Retail .............................................................................................................. 75 8.5 Rural economy ............................................................................................... 77 8.6 Leisure and tourism ....................................................................................... 78 Section 9: Infrastructure ........................................................................................... 79 9.1 Facilities and services .................................................................................... 79 9.2 Delivery of new infrastructure ......................................................................... 82 Transport ..................................................................................................... 82 Education..................................................................................................... 82 Sports .......................................................................................................... 83 Community facilities ..................................................................................... 83 Public open space and play ......................................................................... 83 Further information ................................................................................................... 84 2 Appendices .............................................................................................................. 85 Appendix 1: Progress with Neighbourhood Planning (at 1 April 2017) ................. 85 Appendix 2: Adopted Local Plan policies ............................................................. 86 Appendix 3: Land Supply Position 2016/17 (Base date of 1 April 2017 but commentary updated to September 2017) ............................................................ 88 Appendix 4: Water Quality ................................................................................. 114 3 Executive Summary This Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) provides monitoring information and statistical data for the borough of Basingstoke and Deane for the period from 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017. The report also includes cross references to previous years for comparison purposes and more up to date information where relevant. Summary of key findings A summary of the headline outcomes of the 2016/17 Authority Monitoring Report is outlined below: Progress with planning documents The Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan (2011 – 2029) was adopted in May 2016. The adopted Local Plan (ALP) sets the planning policy framework for the borough up to 2029. Neighbourhood Development Plans were made for the parishes of Oakley and Deane (May 2016), Overton (July 2016) and Bramley (March 2017). These neighbourhood plans now form part of the development plan and will inform planning decisions in those parishes. The impacts of these plans and policies will be monitored in future AMRs. Progress continues to be made on other neighbourhood plans across the borough. The Manydown Development Brief was adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document in December 2016. The purpose of this document is to guide future development on the Local Plan’s largest site allocation. Duty to Cooperate The council has continued to work and engage with various local planning authorities and prescribed bodies during the course of the monitoring year. Housing The net number of new homes delivered in the period was 555 (with 583 gross completions). This is an increase from the previous two monitoring years, but continues the trend of relatively low completion rates compared to the Local Plan target of 850 homes per year. Delivery rates include an increased proportion of completions on greenfield land, including on sites that were allocated in the 1996-2011 Local Plan and the adopted 2011-2029 Local Plan. This includes sites such as Merton Rise (allocation in the 1996-2011 Local Plan), North of Marnel Park