Bracknell Forest Final Sustainability Appraisal Report Bracknell Forest Borough Core Strategy Development Plan Document Technical Document B - Baseline data, characterisation, indicators and trends LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Settlement character Bracknell Forest Borough Council (BFBC) is a Unitary Authority located in the county of Berkshire in the South-East of England. The administrative area covers approximately 110 square kilometres and has a population of around 110,000 people. The Borough has seen significant population, housing and employment growth over the last few decades mainly in and around Bracknell Town. With a background as a small market town, Bracknell was earmarked for development as a ‘new town’ to alleviate the housing crisis caused by World War II. Bracknell New Town was designed on the neighbourhood principle with a primary school, shops, church, community centre and public house at the heart of each of the nine neighbourhoods. Generally the housing stock is relatively expensive and spacious at average densities, with 1007 people per km 2, compared to 424 km 2 in the South- east [ONS, 2003]. The settlements in the Borough comprise of Sandhurst and Crowthorne to the south; the semi-rural communities of Binfield, Warfield and Winkfield to the north; and the former New Town of Bracknell in the centre of the Borough. © Crown Copyright. ONS 2004. Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 1 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Population and Human Health Population Structure • Between 1991 and 2001, the population of Bracknell Forest rose by 13,668 (14.25%) from 95,949 to 109,617, making it the fastest Population of Bracknell Forest - Change between growing authority in Berkshire. The population is projected to grow 1991 and 2001 by a further 4% by 2006 and the estimated population by 2016 is 113,000 [Office National Statistics]. 120000 • The population is younger than the national average but there is an 100000 increasing proportion of older people. 80000 Females • The number of households with children rose by 2,119 between the 60000 Males two census counts. However, as a proportion of the total number of All people households within the Borough, this represents a decrease of 6.98%. Population 40000 20000 • Between 1991 and 2001, the proportion of Bracknell Forest residents categorised as ‘white’ fell from 97.30% to 95.05%. The proportional 0 representation of all other ethnic groups rose, with the exception of 1991Year 2001 ‘black other’. However, with the exception of those classified as ‘Indian’ (1.15%) and ‘Other’ (1.65%), each of these ethnic groups continued to represent less than 1% of the Borough’s population. Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 2 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Population pyramid for Bracknell Forest 2005 Housing OBJECTIVE 1: TO MEET LOCAL HOUSING NEEDS BY ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A DECENT, SUSTAINABLY CONSTRUCTED AND AFFORDABLE HOME. One of the Government’s aims is to give everybody the opportunity of a decent home, therefore make housing available to serve the needs of all the community. House prices in the Borough are flats considerably higher than the national average and over 40% of residents earn less than the national average, making it difficult for people to afford to buy. detached Headline statistics (key census data): terraced • Between 1991 and 2001 the number of households within Bracknell Forest rose by 7,692 (21.55%) semi- from 35,700 to 43,392. detached • Between 1991 and 2001, the proportion of all households within Bracknell Forest which were detached rose by 14.07%; the proportion of semi-detached houses rose by 10.92%; the proportion Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 3 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc of flats, maisonettes and apartments rose by 6.22%; the proportion of terraced houses fell by 16.08%. In terms of numbers, rather than proportion, every category increased. • In 1991 the average household contained 2.59 people, by 2001 this figure was 2.46. This represents a decrease of approximately 0.13 people (4.90%). • Between the 2 nd quarter of 1998 and the 2nd quarter of 2006, the average price of a property within Bracknell Forest rose from £112,716 to £229,054 (an increase of 103%). This increase is lower than that for England and Wales (149%) and for the South East (134%). Indicator Local data Sub regional / regional data National data Target Trend Data Sources Total Completions: 4201 [1991/2001] ; Annual completions: Meet the housing Annual [1995/96]; 804 completion targets completions [1996/97]; 520 in RPG9: South appear to be [1997/98] 503 South East: 21,687 [1990/91]; 25,053 UK: 191,635 [1991]; 178,061 BFBC completions East: 195000 below target. Housing [1998/99]; 294 [1999/2000]; 22,917 [2000/01]; [2000]; 175,006 [2001]; records; DCLG [2001/06]; Bracknell Forest completions [1999/2000]; 156 25,858 [2001/02]; 25,592 [2002/03]; 182,690 [2002]; 189,939 housing returns: Berkshire: 13100 target from the [2000/01]; 202 27,975 [2003/04], 31,900 [2004/05]. [2003] www.DCLG.gov.uk [2001/06]; Berkshire [2001/02]; 425 Bracknell Forest: Structure Plan [2002/3]; 320 1,950 [2001/06] 2001 - 2006 [2003/04]; 337 [2004/05] 242 [2005/06] 300 Households: Rented: BFBC: 5,968 (14%); Housing Needs Rented: Housing Survey 2004 Association/ Increase the indicated a current Registered Social E&W: Households: Rented South East: Households: Rented from supply of shortage of Landlord: 1,531 (4%) from local authority: 2,868,529 www.statistics.gov.uk Provision of local authority: 241,767 (7%); Rented affordable housing affordable houses. [2001] Additional net (13%); Rented from: Housing BFBC additional affordable from: Housing Association/ both in numbers National Register provision: 72 Association/ Registered Social provision: housing Registered Social Landlord: 217,198 and as a of Social Housing [1999/2000]; 58 Landlord: 1,288,722 (6%) www.DCLG.gov.uk (7%) [2001] proportion of total (NROSH) is [2000/01]; 133 [2001] housing stock expected to be [2001/02]; 49 available from [2002/03], 71 April 2005 [2003/04], 62, [2004/05], 61. Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 4 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Indicator Local data Sub regional / regional data National data Target Trend Data Sources Average Bracknell: Avg Increasing the property Prices/ Avg Earnings: South East: Avg Prices / Avg E&W: Avg Prices / Avg supply of Land Registry price £210,557 (2003 – 2 nd Earnings: 5.4 [1999]; 6.5 [2000]; 6.6 Earnings: 5.2 [1999]; 5.8 affordable housing compared quarter) £35,204 [2001] [2000]; UK: 5.3 [2001] will help decrease www.statistics.gov.uk with average (2003) 5.9. the ratio. earnings Reduce numbers of homeless Households households in on the 3,500 [2004] 4000+ South East: 129,324 [2002], 181,196 priority need. South East: up www.southeast- N/K Housing [2006]. [2005] Reduce number of 14% since 1999 ra.gov.uk Register households in housing need on Housing Register. Reduce the Number of Local Authority: 9 percentage of UK: www.jrf.org.uk unfit homes [2003]; RSL: 19 South East; 120,456. [2005] (3.4% of UK: 1,455,000 classified as unfit / non-decent Bracknell Forest: per 1,000 [2003]; Total: 719 stock) unfit (6% of stock) homes. Eliminate www.DCLG.gov.uk dwellings [2003] them in the public sector [2010] Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 5 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Health and well-being OBJECTIVE 3: TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING. The conditions in which people live and work, their access to facilities and services, their lifestyles, and their community networks can all affect resident’s health and in this respect this can be affected by spatial planning. The health of the borough is generally good, with the number of people who judge their own health to be ‘good’ at 75.3% (2001 Census), considerably higher than the national average (68.6%). Health can also be measured by the numbers of people with a long-term limiting illness; this is then recorded as a percentage of all people. In the 1991 and 2001 Census people were asked whether they had any long-term illness, health problem or disability, which limited their daily activities or the work they could do, including problems due to old age. Since 1991 there has been an increase in the percentage of people with a long-term limiting illness in Bracknell Forest, however the percentage increase is less than both nationally and regionally. % of people who classify their health as good, fairly good or not good (Census 2001) % of people with a long-term limiting illness (Census 2001) 20 80 Bracknell Bracknell 18 70 16 Forest Forest 60 14 12 South 50 South 10 East 40 East 8 6 England 30 % people England 4 people % 20 and and 2 Wales 10 Wales 0 0 1991 2001 Good Fairly good Not good year health Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 6 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Bracknell Forest Borough Council – Final Sustainability Appraisal October 2006 B 7 LDFCSSubmissionAnnexe5b0.doc Sub regional / Indicator Local data National data Target Trend Data Sources regional data England (per 100,000): Standardised mortality South East (per 100,000): Over the long term, to Circulatory Disease: 166 ratios (SMR) for all Circulatory Disease: 136 reduce death rates from [1993]; 147 [1995]; 135 circulatory disease, all [1993]; 125 [1995]; 114 these diseases