Authority Monitoring Report 2016/17 October 2017 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose of monitoring ........................................................................................................................ 1 Requirement to monitor ..................................................................................................................... 1 2. Profile of South Oxfordshire District Council .................................................................................. 2 3. South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Framework ............................................................... 3 Sustainability Appraisal ....................................................................................................................... 3 Neighbourhood Plans.......................................................................................................................... 3 Community Infrastructure Levy .......................................................................................................... 3 Other documents ................................................................................................................................ 3 Key progress ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Evidence base...................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Neighbourhood Plans...................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 4 South Oxfordshire District Council’s approach ................................................................................... 5 Progress of Neighbourhood Plans ...................................................................................................... 5 5. Duty to Cooperate .......................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 6 South Oxfordshire District Council neighbouring authorities and prescribed bodies ........................ 6 Key stages of the Duty to Cooperate .................................................................................................. 7 6. Settlements and Housing ................................................................................................................ 7 Meeting the identified housing need ................................................................................................. 7 Housing supply .................................................................................................................................... 8 Housing Land Supply ........................................................................................................................... 9 Unmet needs in Housing Market Area (HMA) .................................................................................... 9 Site allocations .................................................................................................................................. 10 Housing mix ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Specialist accommodation for older people ..................................................................................... 10 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People ............................................................................... 10 Self‐Build ........................................................................................................................................... 11 7. Economy ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Employment provision ...................................................................................................................... 11 Employment sites .............................................................................................................................. 11 Employment land lost to non‐employment generating uses ........................................................... 13 Businesses in SODC area ................................................................................................................... 13 8. Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................ 14 Number of permissions granted for retail developments over 500m2 accompanied by a Retail Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 14 Net additional floor space from retail, leisure, office and other main town centre uses outside designated centres/contrary to policy .............................................................................................. 14 9. Design ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Proportion of strategic sites with comprehensive master plans completed .................................... 15 10. Community ................................................................................................................................ 15 Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA’s) ........................................................................................ 15 Number of Lower Super Output Areas in the 40% most deprived areas ......................................... 16 Number of essential community facilities lost or gained ................................................................. 16 Provision of sporting facilities ........................................................................................................... 16 Green Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................... 17 11. Natural and Built Environment ................................................................................................. 17 UK41 Priority Habitats ....................................................................................................................... 17 UK species of principle importance .................................................................................................. 18 Distribution and Status of Farmland birds ........................................................................................ 18 Distribution and status of water voles .............................................................................................. 18 Changes in areas of non‐agri environment biodiversity gains .......................................................... 19 Condition of SSSI’s and other areas of landscape and biodiversity importance .............................. 19 Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments on the “at risk register” ............ 19 Net Changes in the number of listed buildings, registered parks and gardens, conservation areas, battlefield and sites of archaeological importance including scheduled monuments ..................... 19 12. Climate Change ......................................................................................................................... 20 CO2 emissions .................................................................................................................................... 20 Sustainable drainage strategy ........................................................................................................... 20 Renewable energy ............................................................................................................................ 20 Infrastructure Delivery Plan .............................................................................................................. 21 Appendix 1: Progress of Neighbourhood Plans in South Oxfordshire .................................................. 22 Appendix 2: Non‐agricultural environment biodiversity ...................................................................... 23 Appendix 3: Condition of SSSI ............................................................................................................... 24 Appendix 4: Emerging Local Plan 2011‐2033 Monitoring Framework ................................................. 33 1. Introduction Purpose of monitoring 1.1. The monitoring of a Local Plan enables local planning authorities to track progress towards meeting the district’s development needs and to establish whether adopted policies are being effectively implemented. It also allows communities and interested parties to be aware of the progress local planning authorities are making towards delivering their vision and objectives, as set out in their Development Plan. Requirement to monitor 1.2. The requirement to monitor annually was introduced under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 which placed a duty