Local Development Framework for Pendle Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) 2005/062006/07 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007 Adopted 18th December 2007 £20.00 For an alternative format of this document phone 01282 661330 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 Contents 1 Executive Summary 6 2 Introduction 8 3 Spatial Portrait 12 4 Local Development Scheme Implementation 20 Review of Proposed Local Development Documents 22 Revisions to Local Development Scheme Timetable 24 Implementation of Existing Policies 29 5 Core and Local Output Indicators 32 Business Development Indicators (1A - 1F) 33 Housing Indicators (2A - 2D) 39 Transport Indicators (3A - 3B) 45 Local Services Indicators (4A - 4C) 48 Flood Protection and Water Quality Indicators (7) 53 Biodiversity Indicators (8) 54 Renewable Energy Indicators (9) 56 Additional Local Output Indicators (10) 57 6 Significant Effects Indicators 60 7 Monitoring Framework 62 0 Appendices A Local Development Scheme Timetable 66 B Adopted Local Plan Policies translated to Local Development Documents 68 C Adopted Local Plan Policies and their measurement indicators 72 0 List of Figures Figure 3.1 - Spaital Portrait Sub-areas 13 Figure 5.1 - Housing Trajectory for Pendle 2007-2016 41 Figure A.1 - LDS Timetable 2008 66 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 Contents 0 List of Tables Table 3.1 - Pendle a Spatial Portrait 17 Table 4.1 - LDS (2006) key targets during AMR period 20 Table 4.2 - LDF Status - Local Plan 22 Table 4.3 - LDF Status - SCI 23 Table 4.4 - LDF Status - Development Plan Documents 23 Table 4.5 - LDF Status - Supplementary Planning Documents 23 Table 4.6 - Proposed revisions - Core Strategy DPD 24 Table 4.7 - Proposed revisions - Land Use Allocations DPD 24 Table 4.8 - Proposed revisions - Bradley AAP 25 Table 4.9 - Proposed revisions - Railway Street Neighbourhood (Brierfield) AAP 26 Table 4.10 - Proposed revisions - South Valley (Colne) AAP 26 Table 4.11 - Proposed revisions - Southfield (Nelson) AAP 27 Table 4.12 - Proposed revisions - Design Principles SPD 27 Table 4.13 - Proposed Revisions - Pendle Conservation Area Design and 27 Development Guidance SPD Table 4.14 - Time extensions - Saved policies 28 Table 4.15 - Time extensions - Current SPGs 29 Table 4.16 - Usage of current policies 29 Table 5.1 - List of Core Indicators 32 Table 5.2 - Core Indicator 1A - Context 33 Table 5.3 - Core Indicator 1A - Performance 33 Table 5.4 - Core Indicator 1B - Context 34 Table 5.5 - Core Indicator 1B - Performance 34 Table 5.6 - Core Indicator 1C - Context 35 Table 5.7 - Core Indicator 1C - Performance 35 Table 5.8 - Core Indicator 1D - Context 36 Table 5.9 - Core Indicator 1D - Performance 37 Table 5.10 - Core Indicator 1E - Context 37 Table 5.11 - Core Indicator 1E - Performance 38 Table 5.12 - Core Indicator 1F - Context 38 Table 5.13 - Core Indicator 1F - Performance 38 Table 5.14 - Local Indicator 1FL - Performance 39 Table 5.15 - Core Indicator 2A - Context 39 Table 5.16 - Core Indicator 2A - Performance 40 Table 5.17 - Core Indicator 2B - Context 42 Table 5.18 - Core Indicator 2B - Performance 42 Table 5.19 - Core Indicator 2C - Context 43 Table 5.20 - Core Indicator 2C - Performance 43 Table 5.21 - Core Indicator 2D - Context 44 Table 5.22 - Core Indicator 2D - Performance 44 Table 5.23 - Core Indicator 3A - Context 45 Table 5.24 - Core Indicator 3A - Performance 46 Table 5.25 - Core Indicator 3B - Context 46 Table 5.26 - Core Indicator 3B - Performance 47 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 Contents Table 5.27 - Local Indicator 3BL - Performance 48 Table 5.28 - Core Indicator 4A - Context 48 Table 5.29 - Core Indicator 4A - Performance 49 Table 5.30 - Core Indicator 4B - Context 49 Table 5.31 - Core Indicator 4B - Performance 50 Table 5.32 - Local Indicator 4BL(i) - Performance 50 Table 5.33 - Local Indicator 4BL(ii) - Performance 51 Table 5.34 - Core Indicator 4C - Context 52 Table 5.35 - Core Indicator 4C - Performance 52 Table 5.36 - Local Indicator 4CL - Performance 52 Table 5.37 - Core Indicator 7 - Context 53 Table 5.38 - Core Indicator 7 - Performance 54 Table 5.39 - Core Indicator 8 - Context 54 Table 5.40 - Core Indicator 8 - Performance 55 Table 5.41 - Core Indicator 9 - Context 56 Table 5.42 - Core Indicator 9 - Performance 57 Table 5.43 - Local Indicator 10AL - Performance 57 Table B.1 - Translation of Replacement Local Plan 2001-2016 policies to Local 68 Development Documents Table C.1 - Measurement of Replacement Local Plan 2001-2016 policies through 72 core and local output indicators Annual Monitoring Report 2007 Contents Annual Monitoring Report 2007 5 Executive Summary 1 6 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 1 Executive Summary 1.1 This is the third Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) prepared by Pendle Borough Council and covers the period 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007. 1.2 The purpose of the AMR is to provide a review of the progress made in implementing the Local Development Scheme (LDS), together with an evaluation of the effects of the policies within the Borough's Local Development Framework (LDF). 1.3 The key document prepared during the 2006/07 monitoring period was the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI went through an examination in February and was declared sound. It was then formally adopted by the Council in March following the receipt of the binding Inspectors report. 1.4 Work has continued on the Bradley Area Action Plan with consultation on the Preferred Options due to take place in the next few months. Work has also started on the South Valley and the Railway Street Neighbourhood Area Action Plans. 1.5 As a result of experiences both here and in other Boroughs, revisions to the Pendle LDS are proposed in this AMR. It is now proposed to delay adoption of the Core Strategy by 11 months until March 2011. Extra time is needed at the Issues and Options stage to establish a robust evidence base. Further time will also be needed to prepare the Preferred Options. 1.6 It is also proposed to delay the adoption of the Land Use Allocations DPD by 20 months until December 2011. This is on the advice of GONW and PINS which require a Core Strategy to be examined prior to submitting any other key DPD which needs to be in conformity with the Core Strategy. Time extensions to other DPDs are also proposed. 1.7 The revised LDS will be submitted for approval by Government Office early in the New Year. The proposals will necessitate application for an extension to the saved policies within the Replacement Pendle Local Plan 2001-2016 until the new LDF for Pendle is in place. 1.8 This AMR comments on the implementation of the current saved policies in the Replacement Pendle Local Plan 2001-2016. A number of core indicators determined by Communities and Local Government (CLG), together with a number of locally defined indicators, have been used to measure performance against the adopted policies and, where applicable, policy targets. 1.9 Together with future reports it will be possible to build up time series data for key indicators, which will help to inform the new Core Strategy policies, and subsequently when in place, to assess implementation of the new planning policy framework. Annual Monitoring Report 2007 7 Introduction 2 8 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 2 Introduction What is an AMR? 2.1 This is Pendle’s third Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) prepared under the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and associated regulations and guidance. It covers the period from 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007. 2.2 The 2004 Act introduced major changes to the development plan system. The Borough, as the Local Planning Authority, is now required to produce a suite of Local Development Documents (LDDs) collectively called a Local Development Framework (LDF), rather than a single document (the Replacement Pendle Local Plan 2001-2016) as prepared under the previous legislation. The programme of work detailing the production of these documents is set out in the Council’s Local Development Scheme (LDS). 2.3 The purpose of this AMR is, initially in the main, to assess the progress in introducing the documents outlined in the LDS, and longer term when implemented, to assess the extent to which the policies within these documents are being achieved and the impacts that they may be having. However, until the full suite of LDDs are produced, the AMR reports progress against current saved policies, at the same time building time-series data, and an evidence base, that will help to inform the future LDF policies. 2.4 In summary, the AMR is a key aspect of the 'plan, monitor and manage' approach detailed in PPS12 (Local Development Frameworks) and helps to Reflect what is currently happening within the Borough and facilitate the establishment of a baseline against which future performance can be assessed. Provide an appreciation of what changes may need to happen in the future. Allow for an assessment of how policies in LDDs are performing, and how they may perform in the future. Inform decisions on whether changes to the policies within LDDs are required. Structure of the AMR 2.5 The AMR seeks to provide the reader with an understanding of the most important issues facing the Borough of Pendle. This is detailed in the Spatial Portrait (Section 3). It then outlines how the implementation of the LDF documents are progressing, in accordance with the LDS timetable (Section 4). The heart of the AMR (Section 5) provides details of performance against a number of 'core' indicators (set nationally to allow comparison with other districts or local planning authorities) as well as some 'local' indicators influenced by planning decisions and development.