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Download: Annual Monitoring Report ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT Monitoring the Local Development Framework for Tonbridge & Malling December 2012 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Local Development Framework Monitoring Report 2012 CONTENTS SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 Purpose and Content of the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) ......................................................................................... 1 Geography ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Employment and the Economy .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Population and Households ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Ethnicity ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Environmental Protection .................................................................................................................................................. 4 SECTION 2 - LDF PROGRESS ............................................................................................................. 6 Local Development Scheme .............................................................................................................................................. 6 The Development Plan Documents ................................................................................................................................... 6 Supplementary Planning Documents ................................................................................................................................ 6 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment ........................................................................................................... 7 National Planning Policy Framework ................................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 1 Local Development Framework Structure and Content ...................................................................................... 9 SECTION 3 - LDF PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................... 11 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS .................................................................................................................................................... 11 HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Percentage of new and converted dwellings on Previously Developed Land ................................................................. 13 Housing Densities ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Affordable Housing Completions ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Percentage of new dwellings of 3 or more bedrooms (in Tonbridge Town Centre) ........................................................ 14 Number of Homeless Households (Statutory Homeless Households) ............................................................................ 14 Average House Prices ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Number of Vulnerable Households living in a Decent Home ........................................................................................... 15 Housing Benefit and Council Tax Claimants ................................................................................................................... 15 COMMERCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................. 16 Amount of Land Developed for Employment by Type ..................................................................................................... 16 Percentage of floorspace by employment type, which is on Previously Developed Land ............................................... 18 Amount of completed Retail, Office and Leisure development (with the percentage for Tonbridge Town Centre) ......... 18 Tonbridge Town Centre - Pedestrian Flows .................................................................................................................... 18 Tonbridge Town Centre - Vacancy Rates ....................................................................................................................... 19 Percentage of retail frontages in central Tonbridge ......................................................................................................... 20 Amount of inappropriate ground floor uses in District and Local Retail Centres ............................................................. 21 Amount of residential and/or business use of upper floors within District and Local Centres ......................................... 22 TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Number of cycling routes and length of cycling routes in Tonbridge completed ............................................................. 23 RECREATION & COMMUNITY FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................ 23 Number of principal Public Open Spaces that have a Management Plan in accordance with the Green Flag Award .... 23 Percentage of users who are satisfied with the Council’s principal Public Open Spaces ............................................... 23 Number of tickets sold for the Tonbridge Castle Festival of Music and Fireworks .......................................................... 23 Number of visitors to Key Tourist Attractions in the Borough .......................................................................................... 23 ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Number of planning permissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence or water quality gorunds ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Number of properties at risk from flooding ...................................................................................................................... 24 Change in Priority Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Habitats ............................................................................................. 24 Level of population of wild birds ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Percentage of SSSI’s in Favourable Condition ............................................................................................................... 24 Extent of Ancient Woodland ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Installed capacity for energy production from Renewable Sources ................................................................................. 25 Area under Countryside Stewardship Schemes .............................................................................................................. 25 Net percentage of land in the Green Belt that has been developed ................................................................................ 25 Preserving the special character of Conservation Areas - Total number of Conservation Areas .................................... 25 Preserving the special character of Conservation Areas - Percentage of Conservation Areas with an up-to-date Conservation Area Appraisal ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Heritage Assets at Risk ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Local Development Framework Monitoring Report 2012 Extent to which the Council keeps on schedule in measuring and reporting on levels of air, land and water pollution .. 26 Preserving Local Character - Number of Locally Listed Buildings .................................................................................. 26 Number of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) ..................................................................................................... 26 CO2 Emissions ................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Days when
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