Rushcliffe Local Plan Monitoring Report 2017/18 As at 01 April 2018 Contents 1 1 Introduction 2 Key Characteristics of the Borough 2 3 Local Plan Updates 5 Local Development Scheme and Milestones 8 Neighbourhood Plans 11 4 Duty to Co-operate 17 5 Key Monitoring Updates 22 Housing Data (including 5 year land supply) 22 Economic Indicators 33 Environmental Indicators 42 Core Strategy Indicators Summary 46 6 LDF Sustainability Appraisal Monitoring Indicators 54 Appendix 1 – Housing Land Availability Appendix 2 – Employment Land Availability Appendix 3 – Housing Implementation Strategy Update As at 01 April 2018 1 Introduction This Local Plan Monitoring Report is based upon the monitoring period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. The monitoring report contains information on the implementation of the Local Development Scheme and the extent to which policies in development plan documents are being successfully implemented. The National Planning Practice Guidance states that local planning authorities should publish annually a monitoring report that shows progress with Local Plan preparation, reports any activity relating to the duty to cooperate and shows how the implementation of policies in the Local Plan is progressing. The Rushcliffe Local Plan was adopted in 1996. While the plan covered the period up to 2001, six policies were saved, reducing to five with the adoption of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy in December 2014. The 1996 Local Plan will be fully replaced once Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies, has been adopted. The Part 2 plan is expected to be examined at the end of the year. The purpose of the Local Plan Monitoring Report is to monitor progress against the targets established in the Local Plan and to assess how effective these policies have been by monitoring appropriate data. This Local Plan Monitoring Report monitors against the ‘saved’ policies of the 1996 Rushcliffe Local Plan and the Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy. The Core Strategy was adopted during this monitoring year; however, the start date for the plan was 2011. This monitoring report therefore includes monitoring data backdated to the start of the plan period (2011/2012). Regulation 34 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (Part 8) sets out what information the reports must contain. The following report has been produced in accordance with these Regulations. The Monitoring Report has been structured into four sections as follows: Key Characteristics of the Borough Local Plan Updates Duty to Co-operate Key Monitoring Indicators 1 2 Key Characteristics of the Borough Population Demographic Structure The population of the borough at the time of the 2011 Census was 111,129 which is a 5.25 per cent increase from 2001, representing an additional 5,539 residents. The balance between male and female residents is 49 per cent male and 51 per cent female. The 2011 census results show that the Borough has an ageing population, with residents over 60 representing just over 25 per cent of the population (compared with 22% nationally). There are more than 5,800 residents over the age of 80, representing over 5 per cent of the population, the same as the national average. The percentage of the population aged over 65 increased by 19 per cent between 2001 and 2011. Figure 2.1 - Population Breakdown by Age Group 2 Ethnicity Over 90% of the Rushcliffe population gave their ethnic group as ‘White’ in the 2011 Census. The largest non-white ethnic group in the borough is ‘Asian/Asian British’ at 4.1 per cent, followed by ‘Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Group’ (1.8%), and ‘Black or Black British’ (0.6%). Deprivation According to the IMD (Indices of Multiple Deprivation) 2015 rankings, Rushcliffe Borough is one of the least deprived in England, being ranked at 319 out of 326 local authorities. This does, however, represent a small change from 2010, when it was ranked at 318 out of 354. There are pockets of relative deprivation in the Borough with areas in Cotgrave and Keyworth amongst the 40% most deprived in England. Figure 2.2 – Indices of Multiple Deprivation (2015) 3 Economy Unemployment At the start of the Core Strategy monitoring period unemployment was 5.2 per cent (March 2012). It has since decreased to 2.8 per cent for the year ending March 2018. This is below both the national and the East Midlands average for the same period; 4.1 and 4.3 respectively1. Out of the 172 wards in Nottinghamshire, only two Rushcliffe wards (Cotgrave and Trent Bridge) feature amongst the top half for highest unemployment rates. 2. Labour Supply According to the 2011 Census, of employed Rushcliffe residents, the highest proportion were in the ‘Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations’ category at 26.5 per cent, followed by ‘Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations’ at 18 per cent, and ‘Higher Professional Occupations,’ at 14 per cent. In total, 59 per cent of workers were employed in the ‘professional occupations’ category, the highest level in Nottinghamshire. Education 80.2% of pupils in the borough gained English and Mathematics grades of 9 - 4 (A* - C equivalent) for the 2016/17 year. This was significantly higher than the Nottinghamshire average of 65.9%.3 1 ONS Regional Labour Market statistics <https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/mod elledunemploymentforlocalandunitaryauthoritiesm01> 3 Nottinghamshire Insight Rushcliffe District Profile 2018 <http://www.nottinghamshireinsight.org.uk/libraries/profile-library/district-profile-rushcliffe/> 4 3 Local Plan Updates The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out what Development Plan Documents (DPDs) the Council intends to prepare as part of the Local Plan and the programme for their operation. Work has commenced on the Local Plan Part 2 LAPP (Land and Planning Policies Development Plan Document) which will set out the non-strategic development allocations and a number of detailed policies for managing new development, following on from the strategic framework set out in the Local Plan Part 1 (Core Strategy). When adopted, both documents will constitute the statutory development plan for the whole of the borough and will replace all former Local Plans. The LAPP will run to 2028 to align with the plan period of the Core Strategy. This section reports the progress of the Local Plan and other Development Plan Documents (DPDs). Development Plan The development plan for the Borough consists of the five saved policies of the 1996 Local Plan, together with the Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy. Table 3.1 - Five Saved Policies from the 1996 Local Plan Policy Status Reason The policy and its associated designation on the adopted policies map define the full and detailed extent of the Green Belt within Rushcliffe. The policy is retained because the ENV15 SAVED detailed boundaries for the whole of the Green Green Belt Belt are not defined in the Local Plan Part 1 (Core Strategy). The policy will not be fully replaced until after the Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies document is finalised. The policy is retained as it allocates land for new housing and the development of one site H1 is still to be completed. This policy will not be Housing SAVED fully replaced until after the Local Plan Part 2: Allocations Land and Planning Policies document is finalised. 5 Policy Status Reason The policy is retained as it allocates land for new employment and the development of E1 some sites is still to be completed. Employment SAVED The policy will not be fully replaced until after Land Provision the Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies document is finalised. E4 It is superseded by the strategic allocation of Tollerton SUPERSEDED the East of Gamston/North of Tollerton (Policy Airfield 3 and Policy 25 of the Core Strategy). The policy is retained as it covers the redevelopment of specific sites. The policy is still relevant and applicable but the matters it E7 covers are not strategic in nature and, Redevelopment SAVED therefore, are not addressed by the Local Plan of Employment Part 1 (Core Strategy). Sites The policy will not be replaced until after the Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies document is finalised. This policy is retained as it defines an area where new employment development is permitted at Langer Airfield. The policy is still relevant and applicable but the matters it E8 SAVED covers are not strategic in nature and, Langar Airfield therefore, are not addressed by the Local Plan Part 1 (Core Strategy). The policy will not be replaced until after the Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies document is finalised. 6 Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy The Core Strategy establishes the strategic approach to new development in the borough and identifies the strategic allocations.. The hearing sessions were held 1-11 July 2014 with the appointed Inspector issuing her report on 8 December 2014. The report concluded that subject to her recommended main modifications, the Core Strategy was sound and could be adopted by the Council. Adoption of the Core Strategy was considered at the Council meeting of 22 December 2014 where it was resolved that the Council adopt the Core Strategy. Table 3.2 - Local Plan Part 1 preparation stages Stage Date Issues and Options June 2009 Option for Consultation February 2010 Publication March 2012 Submission for Examination October 2012 Suspension of Examination April 2013 Examination Hearings July 2014 Main Modifications August 2014 Adoption December 2014 The 2013 LDS identified that adoption of the Core Strategy would be in August 2014. The four month delay was as a result of additional transport modelling for the East of Gamston / North of Tollerton strategic allocation being required.