Braintree District Ward Profiles Stour Valley South Ward Revised May 2021
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Braintree District Ward Profiles Stour Valley South Ward Revised May 2021 1 2 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 About Stour Valley South Ward ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Local Governance .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Community Facilities ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Major Businesses, Industrial Estates & Commercial Developments ................................................................................ 5 Development Sites ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 People ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Population ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Age ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Health ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Life Expectancy .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Limiting long-term illness .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Level of unpaid care provided ................................................................................................................................... 9 Ethnicity ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Religion........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Highest level of qualification....................................................................................................................................... 11 Household composition .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Place ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Housing tenure ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 Household Size ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Social housing stock .................................................................................................................................................... 15 How residents travel to work ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Car & van ownership ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Prosperity ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Economic activity ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Employment type ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Employment sectors ................................................................................................................................................... 18 3 Braintree District Ward Profiles Snapshot: February 2019 Stour Valley South Ward Introduction This profile explores the demographic, social and economic characteristics of Stour Valley South Ward and is largely based on data drawn from the 2011 Census. 2001 Census data has also been used to provide comparisons in the Ward over time for some of the characteristics. This profile is a snapshot, and is intended to support an understanding of Braintree District’s Ward characteristics. These Ward profiles represent the new Ward boundaries introduced in the Braintree District by the Electoral Commission from May 2015. This has meant that it has not been possible to directly source data from the 2011 Census for these new Wards, as they didn’t exist when the Census was completed. Data for the rural Wards has been produced by adding up the Census data at a Parish level to make up the new Ward areas. 4 If you have any questions regarding the content of this document please contact Tracey Headford in the Business Improvement Team at the below email address: [email protected] About Stour Valley South Ward The Stour Valley South Ward is a predominantly rural Ward located in the north-east of the Braintree District and contains the following Parishes, Bulmer, Gestinthorpe, Wickham St. Paul, Bures Hamlet, Alphamstone, Great Henny, Lamarsh, Twinstead, Middleton and Little Henny. Following the redrawing of the Ward boundaries, the original Stour Valley South Ward was altered by expanding it to include the Parishes of Bulmer, Wickham St. Paul and Gestinthorpe. The Parish of Pebmarsh is no longer included within the boundaries of this Ward. Local Governance Stour Valley South Ward has Parish Councils in all of the Parishes that make up the Ward. For contact details please follow the below link: http://braintree.cmis.uk.com/braintree/ParishandTownCouncils.aspx Stour Valley South Ward is currently served by the District Councillor, Wendy Scattergood. To find your District Councillor’s contact details please use the below link: https://braintree.cmis.uk.com/braintree/Councillors/tabid/63/ScreenMode/Party/Default.aspx Stour Valley South Ward is covered by the Hedingham County Electoral Division and the County Councillor serving this division is Peter Schweir. To find your County Councillor’s contact details please use the below link: https://cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Councillors.aspx The UK Parliament Constituency that covers the Stour Valley South Ward is the Braintree County Constituency and the MP responsible for this constituency is James Cleverly. To find your MP’s contact details please use the below link: https://www.writetothem.com Community Facilities For information on facilities, transport links, planning applications and crime levels within the Ward, please follow the below link and enter the postcode for the area you wish to investigate. https://apps.esriuk.com/app/MyNearest/18/view/f1240506ad064aea8b7f5c8519d79b39/index.html Major Businesses, Industrial Estates & Commercial Developments If you would like information regarding businesses and commercial developments in the Ward please contact the Economic Development Team at the below email address: [email protected] 5 Development Sites The Braintree Development Plan sets out what, where, when, and how development will be managed in the District. Whilst the National Planning Policy Framework July 2018 (NPPF) sets out the presumption in favour of sustainable development, planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The NPPF does not change the statutory status of the development plan as the starting point for decision making. The current adopted Braintree District Development Plan is made up of a number of documents, including the Local Plan Review 2005 and the Core Strategy 2011. See: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/info/200230/planning_policy/712/braintree_district_development_plan for further details. The Local Plan Review is available to view as an interactive document at: http://www.planvu.co.uk/bdc/plan_index.htm The relevant maps show the allocations for homes, employment, open space and other designations. Inset maps can be found for each town or village with a defined development boundary, within which development is generally acceptable subject to the policies in the Plan. Areas outside of the development boundaries are classified as countryside where development is restricted to uses appropriate to the countryside. The Pre Submission Site Allocations & Development Management Plan as amended by Further Changes (ADMP) was adopted at Full Council on 15th September 2014, as a material consideration in accordance with the Interim