Watford AMR 2009/10
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Annual Monitoring Report 2010 Planning for a Better Watford 0886 - 11/08 Watford Annual Monitoring Report 2010 Contents 1. Executive Summary............................................................................................. 4 2. Introduction.......................................................................................................... 8 3. Local Development Scheme.............................................................................. 12 3.1. Core Strategy DPD..................................................................................... 12 3.2. Site Allocations DPD .................................................................................. 13 3.3. Development Control Policies DPD............................................................ 14 3.4. Town Centre Area Action Plan DPD........................................................... 14 3.5. Proposals Map ........................................................................................... 14 3.6. Evidence Base ........................................................................................... 15 3.7. Risks .......................................................................................................... 15 4. Contextual Characteristics of Watford ............................................................... 16 4.1. Demographic Structure and migration........................................................ 16 4.2. Projected population growth to 2033.......................................................... 18 4.3. Projected Household Growth 2006-2031 ................................................... 19 4.4. Ethnicity...................................................................................................... 21 4.5. Crime.......................................................................................................... 22 4.6. Deprivation ................................................................................................. 23 4.7. Economy .................................................................................................... 24 4.8. Labour Demand and Supply ...................................................................... 27 4.9. Education, Skills and Training .................................................................... 29 4.10. Health......................................................................................................... 31 4.11. Built Environment ....................................................................................... 32 4.12 Street Cleaning and Recycling................................................................... 33 5. Local Output Indicators...................................................................................... 35 5.1. Transport.................................................................................................... 35 5.2. Environment ............................................................................................... 45 5.3. Housing...................................................................................................... 47 6. Core Output Indicators ...................................................................................... 54 6.1. Business Development............................................................................... 54 6.2. Housing...................................................................................................... 61 6.3. Environmental Quality................................................................................ 76 7. Appendix 1. Glossary of Terms ......................................................................... 82 8. Appendix 2. List of Studies which act as the LDF Evidence Base.................... 87 9. Appendix 3. 2007 Index of Multiple Deprivation ............................................... 91 10. Appendix 4. Comparison of New Core Output Indicators with Original Core Output Indicators ...................................................................................................... 93 11. Appendix 5. Local Development Scheme Timetable and Milestones – the revised LDS approved by Government Office July 2007....................................................... 96 12. Appendix 6. Watford Context Map.................................................................... 97 13. Appendix 7. List of WDP 2000 Saved Policies agreed by Secretary of State’s Direction dated 14 September 2007 ......................................................................... 98 14. Appendix 8. Summary Butterfly Conservation Transect Data (Total Butterflies and Total Species) By District 2000 – 2006........................................................... 103 15. Appendix 9. Summary of Housing Commitments @ 31/3/10 and Projected Annual Completions ............................................................................................... 104 16. Appendix 10. Outstanding Allocated Sites without Planning Permission @ 31/3/10 ................................................................................................................... 105 - 1 - Watford Annual Monitoring Report 2010 17. Appendix 11. Housing Sites listed in Watford District Plan 2000 – Status @ 31/3/10 ................................................................................................................... 108 18. Appendix 12. Summary of 5 Year Assessment of Housing Supply ................ 111 19. Appendix 13. Business Development Data 2006-10. ..................................... 120 Tables and Figures Table 1: List of local development documents to be prepared.................................. 12 Table 2: Core Strategy DPD milestones................................................................... 13 Table 3: Site Allocations DPD milestones ................................................................ 13 Table 4: Development Control DPD milestones ....................................................... 14 Table 5: Town Centre Area Action Plan DPD milestones......................................... 14 Figure 1: Population pyramid for Watford – Census 2001 ........................................ 16 Table 6: Age and Sex of Population by numbers...................................................... 17 Table 7: Internal and International Components of Change between the mid 2008 (revised) and mid 2009 population estimates for Hertfordshire and the districts ...... 18 Table 8: ONS projected population figures............................................................... 18 Table 9: CLG 2006-based household projections and comparison of projected growth in households for 2006 to 2031 with CLG revised 2004 based projections for 2004- 2029 ......................................................................................................................... 20 Table 10: DCLG revised 2006 based Household Projections by Household Type... 21 Table 11: Ethnic Composition of Resident Population in percentages ..................... 21 Figure 2: Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages) Non-white persons..................................................................................................................... 22 Table 12: Crime in Watford 2008-10......................................................................... 22 Figure 3: Key Crime Statistics in Watford 2007/08 to 2009/10 ................................. 23 Figure 4: Jobs density from 2000-2008 representing the ratio of total jobs to working- age population (includes males and females aged 16-64) ....................................... 25 Figure 5: Number of Employee Jobs by Industry Groups – Watford 2008................ 26 Table 13: Earnings by residence - Gross weekly pay – all full time workers ........... 26 Table 14: Earnings by workplace – Gross weekly pay – all full time workers ........... 27 Table 15: VAT Registrations/Deregistrations by Industry ......................................... 27 Table 16: Number of and % change in VAT registered businesses for Watford....... 27 Table 17: Total Claimant Count and Change 2008-2010 ......................................... 28 Table 18: JSA claimants by age and duration (April 2010)....................................... 28 Figure 6: Claimant Count Comparison 2004-2010 ................................................... 29 Table 19: Jobcentre plus vacancies (April 2010)...................................................... 29 Figure 7: GCSE and equivalent results for young people, all pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+ A* - C................................................................................................... 30 Table 20: Qualifications of working age population (males 16-64, females 16-59)... 30 Figure 8: Life expectancy (years) 2006-2008 ........................................................... 31 Table 21: Percentage of completed non-residential development within UCOs A, B and D complying with car-parking standards set out in the WDP 2000 .................... 36 Table 22: Percentage of new residential development (net completions) within....... 37 30 minutes public transport time of services/key activities ....................................... 37 Table 23: Car Ownership - % of households and total cars per household .............. 37 Table 24: Method of travel to work - Watford............................................................ 38 Table 25: % Change in Total Vehicle Kilometreage on HCC roads in Watford......... 39 Table 26: Travel to Work Mode Share by Watford