Cambridgeshire Economic Assessment Place Profile
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ECON/04 Cambridgeshire’s Economic Assessment Place List of figures, maps and tables ................................................................................. 2 Place SWOT ................................................................................................................. 3 The Functional Economic Area .................................................................................. 4 Housing ....................................................................................................................... 6 Housing Stock and Tenure ........................................................................................... 6 Housing Development................................................................................................... 8 House Prices and Sales .............................................................................................. 10 Affordability ................................................................................................................. 11 Population, Housing and Employment Forecasts: Technical Report ........................... 12 Business and Retail .................................................................................................. 14 Business Development ............................................................................................... 14 Retail and Town Centre Development ........................................................................ 16 Employment Land ....................................................................................................... 17 Employment Land ....................................................................................................... 18 Cambridgeshire’s Commercial and Industrial Properties ............................................. 20 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 24 Broadband .................................................................................................................. 24 Transport .................................................................................................................... 25 Energy, Environment and Climate Change ............................................................. 28 Fuel Poverty ............................................................................................................... 28 Renewable Energy ..................................................................................................... 28 Climate Change Adaptation ........................................................................................ 31 Quality of Life ............................................................................................................ 32 Satisfaction with the Local Area .................................................................................. 32 Crime in Cambridgeshire ............................................................................................ 34 Version 17.9.13 1 Cambridgeshire’s Economic Assessment List of figures, maps and tables Figure 1: Illustrative diagram showing approximate commuting numbers into Cambridge and Peterborough ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2: Tenure of households in the housing sub-region in 2001 .................................................... 7 Figure 3: Tenure of households in the housing sub-region in 2011 .................................................... 7 Figure 4: Dwelling completions (net) by district ................................................................................... 8 Figure 5: Affordable dwelling completions (gross) in Cambridgeshire ................................................ 9 Figure 6: Dwelling completions by district and number of bedrooms, 2002-2012 .............................. 9 Figure 7: Average house price and number of sales, 2001-2011 ..................................................... 10 Figure 8: Net business completions, 1999-2012 ............................................................................... 14 Figure 9: Commercial and industrial properties in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 10: Commercial and industrial floorspace in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 11: Commercial and industrial rateable value in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 12: Commercial and industrial rateable value per m2 in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ............................................................................................................................ 23 Figure 13: Total (and forecast) carbon emissions per head by Cambridgeshire district ................... 30 Figure 14: Total carbon emissions per head by Greater Cambridge district..................................... 30 Figure 15: Percentage who are satisfied with their local area as a place to live .............................. 32 Figure 16: Percentage satisfied with the way the council runs things ............................................... 33 Figure 17: Percentage who have given unpaid help at least once per month over the last 12 months ........................................................................................................................................................... 33 Map 1: Lower quartile house price to lower quartile income ratio by ward…………………………… 11 Map 2: Town Centres in Cambridgeshire………………………………………………………………… 17 Map 3: Next Generation Broadband Access rollout at 65% of market potential…………................. 24 Map 4: Total crime rate per 1,000 resident population of Cambridgeshire wards (financial year 2011/12, showing quantile rate categories)……………………………………………………………….35 Table 1: Proportion of residents/workers commuting in/out of the district to work .............................. 5 Table 2: Tenure by district ................................................................................................................... 6 Table 3: Stock profile by district .......................................................................................................... 6 Table 4: Average house prices, Q3 2012-13 .................................................................................... 10 Table 5: Top ten “most affordable” wards ......................................................................................... 12 Table 6: Top ten “least affordable” wards ......................................................................................... 12 Table 7: Indicative population, jobs and dwellings change from 2011 to 2031/2036* by district for Cambridge Housing Market Area ...................................................................................................... 13 Table 8: Dwelling change (all tenures) and affordable housing need, 2011 to 2031/2036* ............. 13 Table 9: Net business completions in Cambridgeshire by use class and district in 2011-12 ........... 15 Table 10: Commercial and industrial properties in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 11: Commercial and industrial floorspace in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Table 12: Commercial and industrial rateable value in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ................................................................................................................................... 22 Table 13: Commercial and industrial rateable value per m2 in Greater Cambridge by property type and district in 2008 ............................................................................................................................ 23 Table 14: All vehicle rural traffic growth by route .............................................................................. 26 Table 15: Urban centre average & maximum motor vehicle flow per outer cordon road 2011......... 26 Table 16: Households in fuel poverty, Cambridge sub-region 2010 estimates ................................ 28 Table 17: Rate of total crime per 1000 population for financial years from 2008/09 to 2012/13 ...... 34 Table 18: Selected crime by district as recorded for 2012/13 financial year..................................... 35 2 Cambridgeshire’s Economic Assessment Place SWOT Strengths Generally high levels of resident satisfaction in their local area as a place to live. p32 Crime levels are decreasing across the county. p34 Increasing proportion of new homes built on ‘brownfield’ sites. p8 Retail growth in most district town centres both provides an important source of employment p16 and could help support the vitality of the broader market town business