St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11
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St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 St Edmundsbury Borough Council Planning and Economic Development Services December 2011 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Local Development Scheme Update 3. Homes and Community Core Strategy CS1 and CS11/12 Housing Development Indicators CS4 Community Indicator CS5 Affordable Housing Indicators CS6 Gypsy and Traveller Indicator Local Plan H5 Housing Development Indicator H7 Special Housing Needs Indicator 4. Historic and Natural Environment Core Strategy CS2 Natural Environment Indicators CS3 Design and Local Distinctiveness Indicator Local Plan NE1, NE2, NE3, NE4 and RU6 Natural Environment Indicators HC9 Historic Indicators 5. Sustainability and Climate Change Core Strategy CS2 Natural Environment Indicators 6. Infrastructure and Services Core Strategy CS4 Infrastructure Indicator CS13 Infrastructure Indicator CS14 Infrastructure Indicator 7. Culture and Leisure Core Strategy CS2 Leisure Indicator Local Plan L4 and L5 Leisure Indicators 8. Travel Core Strategy CS7/CS8 Travel Indicators CS13 Infrastructure Indicator Local Plan L7 Public Rights of Way Indicators T3, T6 and T8 Sustainable Transport Indicators 2 9. Jobs Core Strategy CS9 Employment Indicators CS10 Retail, Leisure, Cultural and Office Provision Indicators Local Plan E1 Employment Indicator RU1 and RU9 Rural Employment and Retail Indicators TCR2 and TCR4 Town Centres and Retail Indicators 10. Plan, Monitor, Manage Core Strategy CS15 Plan, Monitor, Manage Indicator 11. Vision 2031 and Localism Appendices Appendix A - Glossary of Terms Appendix B - Current Relevant Planning Policies Appendix C - Headline Sustainability Appraisal Objectives Appendix D - Housing Trajectory Table 3 Section 1: Introduction 1.1 This is the Seventh Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to be produced by St Edmundsbury Borough Council. It covers the period 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011, and meets the requirements of the relevant legislation. 1.2 The Borough Council is responsible for preparing and delivering the Local Plan policies for the borough, based on the objectives, of supporting needed growth and development whilst protecting the environment and creating attractive places to live. AMRs are produced to show the extent to which planning objectives are achieved. 1.3 This report has been adapted since previous AMRs to reflect the adoption of St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Core Strategy in December 2010. As set out by the Localism Bill, AMRs are, in future, to be focussed on local priorities. This is to help communities, councillors and council officers to understand the issues facing our Borough and the impact that planning policy has had over the previous twelve months. 1.4 It is likely that future AMRs will monitor indicators that are relevant to local priorities. The borough council has spent much of the last year working with communities and key partners to decide what the key issues facing the area are, through the commencement of the Vision 2031documents for Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and the Rural Area. 1.5 This document represents a transition from the old style of reporting to the new, reporting on the indicators outlined by the Core Strategy and Local Plan, set out, as far as possible, to support the different themes of Vision 2031. However, given that the Core Strategy was not adopted until December 2010 it was only in operation as formal policy for three months of this monitoring year. Where appropriate, figures have been included for topics since March 2011 for information purposes. Future reports could go beyond planning policy and be focussed on monitoring the broad range of outcomes that Vision 2031 sets as priorities for St Edmundsbury. 1.6 St Edmundsbury Borough Council would like to acknowledge the assistance of Suffolk County Council, the Environment Agency and English Heritage in producing this report. 4 Section 2: St Edmundsbury Local Development Scheme 2.1 All local planning authorities are required to prepare a Local Development Scheme (LDS), which is one of the documents that make up the Local Development Framework. It sets out the timetable for the production of the rest of the Local Development Framework documents, and is updated periodically in line with recent progress. 2.2 The current LDS was approved by the Council in March 2011 following the decision to formally adopt the Core Strategy in December 2010. 2.3 It is a statutory requirement that Annual Monitoring Reports monitor the implementation of the Local Development Scheme, and so monitor the progress of producing Local Development Framework documents. This section records whether or not the 2010/2011 milestones have been met, and gives an indication of the LDS timetable in 2011/2012. Achievements in 2010/2011 2.4 The Core Strategy, which sets out the principles for development in St Edmundsbury, was adopted by St Edmundsbury Borough Council on 14th December 2010. This followed an examination in public of the document by a Planning Inspector earlier in the year and a number of rounds of consultation at earlier dates. In addition, consultation took place on the draft submission version of the Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) and the Preferred Options for the Rural Site Allocations DPD. In February 2011, consultation commenced to identify issues and objectives for the Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill Area Action Plans and the wider Rural Area Vision document that will include the rural site allocations referred to above. 2.5 As a consequence of the adoption of the Core Strategy, the Development Plan as at 31st March 2011 comprises: The Core Strategy. Saved policies of the Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016. Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS). PPS’s/PPG’s. Adopted Master Plans. Adopted Concept Statements. Schedule for 2011/2012 2.6 A revised Local Development Scheme is contained on the following pages. During 2011/12 the following stages will be reached in respect of the LDS Development Plan Documents: Development Management Policies DPD: The Council has agreed to prepare joint Development Management Polices document with Forest Heath District Council. Consequently, further consultation will take place during 2011/12 to bring the policies for both districts into alignment. Area Action Plans: Area Action Plans are being prepared for Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. They are to be known as Vision2031 documents and will cover both land use planning and corporate service provision. A Rural Vision 2031 document is also being prepared which will encompass the Rural Site Allocations DPD. As mentioned above, initial consultation commenced in February 2011 and the draft documents will be 5 published in March 2012 for consultation. The Area Action Plans are being prepared around the following themes: Homes and Community; Jobs and Economy; Travel; Infrastructure and Services Historic and Natural Environment; Culture and Leisure; Health and Wellbeing; Education and Skills; Crime and Safety; and Sustainability and Climate Change. The reporting of indicators in this Annual Monitoring Report are, where possible, set out to correspond with the Vision2031 themes. 6 Local Development Scheme Revision October 2011 Local Development Documents 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2 3 2 Development Management DPD (joint DPD with Forest Heath District Council) 1* 2 3 2+ Rural Site Allocations and Policies DPD 1 1# 2 1 2 Bury St Edmunds Area Action Plan 1 2 Haverhill Area Action Plan 1 2 7 Local Development Documents 2012 2013 2014 J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2 3 2 Development Management DPD 3 Rural Site Allocations and Policies DPD 3 Bury St Edmunds Area Action Plan 3 Haverhill Area Action Plan 3 8 1* Development Control Issues and Options consultation undertaken as part of Core Strategy Preferred Options Consultation 1# Site Allocation Issues and Options Additional Sites consultation 2+ First regulation 25 consultation on joint Development Management Document with Forest Heath District Council Document preparation/consultation/consideration of responses Public participation/consultation: 1 – Issues and Options, 2 – Preferred Options, 3 – Final Document stage Submission to the Secretary of State Pre-examination meeting Independent examination NB for the Site Allocations and Area Action Plans, the detailed examination timeframes may be subject to change at the time of submission depending on the Planning Inspectorate’s timetables. Receive Inspector’s report Adoption LDS milestones completed (year end) NOTE: Not all stages apply to each Development Document 9 Section 3: Homes and Communities 3.1 Strategic Aim A of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To meet the requirements for housing in such a way that is sustainable and will best serve the whole community’. Strategic Objective A of the Core Strategy has similar aims that include providing specialist and affordable housing and providing an adequate and continuous supply of land for housing. This section of the report will cover the housing and community related indicators from the Core Strategy, which monitors policies CS1, CS4, CS5, CS6, CS11 and CS12. Several of the saved Local Plan policies are relevant to the topic of Homes and Communities, and in particular policies H5 and H7, and indicators have also been included to monitor the effectiveness of these policies. Up until December 2010 the planned housing provision was contained in Policy H1 of the Replacement Local Plan, planning for 4,590 new homes across the borough between 2004 and 2016. This section of the AMR also includes data relevant to new government policy on affordable housing. Core Strategy Policies CS1, CS11 and CS12 Housing Development Indicators 3.2 Policy CS1 covers the Borough Council’s approach to meeting projected housing needs to 2031, encouraging the development of new homes whilst protecting the natural and historic environment, along with the character of the borough.