East Midlands Regional Planning Guidance Annual Monitoring Statement 2002/03 December 2003 DTZ Pieda Consulting 10 Colmore Row BIRMINGHAM B3 2QD Foreword by the Regional Planning Body This is the second Annual Monitoring Statement for the East Midlands. It measures policies contained within draft revised Regional Planning Guidance (RPG8) (April 2003). It is the result over four months work by consultants DTZ Pieda, working in close consultation with Regional Planning Officer Groups, with the Regional Monitoring & Review Officer Group acting as the overall project steering group. Before appointing consultants the RPG Officer Groups agreed a set of CORE indicators based on policies contained within Regional Planning Guidance and CONTEXTUAL indicators to provide additional background information. The RPB then produced a set of questionnaires to collect this information from the relevant local authorities. Once appointed this information was passed to DTZ whose job it was to collate this information, gather additional information and, in conjunction with regional partners, set about analysing and comparing the data with that from the first (baseline) RPG8 Annual Monitoring Statement which was produced in March 2003. This final report therefore reports the state of the region in spatial planning terms after two years of monitoring RPG8 and forms a strong base to continue this work in the future as the indicator framework becomes more robust and clear trends begin to emerge. Included in this report DTZ have also made a number of recommendations to the RPB to assist spatial monitoring in the future. Their assessment of the adequacy of the current monitoring arrangements and indicator framework is based on their experience and efforts at collating and analysing the data, as well as examining the monitoring arrangements of other RPBs. Finally DTZ have looked at potential additional CORE and CONTEXTUAL indicators which might allow a more thorough assessment of regional spatial planning in the East Midlands as RPG8 moves towards a Regional Spatial Strategy following the enactment of the Planning Bill which is expected in summer 2004. These recommendations, along with those from the recent Public Examination, will be carefully examined by those with an interest in regional spatial planning in the East Midlands before the work commences on the next Annual Monitoring Statement. i CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction 1 2. Context 4 Key Regional Strategies RPG Priorities and Indicators The AMS 3. Housing 9 Density of New Housing Development Housing Provision Housing Completions by Type and Size Vacant Dwellings by Tenure Housing Built on Previously Developed Land and Conversions Planning Permissions for New Housing Affordable Housing Average Cost of Housing Units and Land Concluding Remarks 4. Economy 28 Employment Land Developed Employment Land Commitments Retail Space and Rents Retail Floorspace Office Rents Concluding Remarks 5. Natural & Cultural Resources 41 Areas of Priority Habitats (Brought into Management and Created) New Forests and Woodlands Cultural Assets Listed Buildings at Risk Energy Production in the East Midlands Regional Priorities for the Water Environment Planning Permissions Granted Contrary to Environment Agency Advice River Peak Flow Trends Flood Risk Assessments Condition of East Midlands Flood Defences Concluding Remarks ii 6. Minerals, Aggregate Production and Waste Management 54 Recycled and Secondary Aggregates Monitoring Waste Waste Management Methods Waste Processing Methods Concluding Remarks 7. Transport 67 Level of Traffic Growth in the East Midlands Motor Vehicle Flows Travel to Work Travel to School Travel Plans in Place Regional Strategy for Behavioural Change Number of People Killed or Seriously Injured in Road Accidents A Regional Freight Strategy Integrated Public Transport Concluding Remarks 8. Key Findings & Issues for Consideration 80 Key Policy Findings Progress Towards Meeting RPG Objectives Assessment of the Current Indicators Framework Technical Implications for Future Monitoring APPENDICES Appendix 1 – Consultations Appendix 2 – An Overview of the East Midlands Economy Appendix 3 – Detailed Housing Data Appendix 4 – Detailed Economy Data Appendix 5 – Detailed Natural and Cultural Resources Data Appendix 6 – Detailed Minerals, Aggregate Production and Waste Mgt Data Appendix 7 – Detailed Transport Data Appendix 8 - Sources and references Appendix 9 – Data received after the deadline Appendix 10 - Policy areas not currently covered by indicators iii LIST OF TABLES 2.1 Revised RPG Indicators 6 3.1 Density of New Housing 2002-03 11 3.2 Housing Completions and Reductions in Stock (numbers), 2002-03 13 3.3 Housing Completions by Type, 2002-03 14 3.4 Housing Completions by Size, 2003-03 15 3.5 Vacant Dwellings by Tenure, as of 31 March 2003 16 3.6 Previously Developed Land by Suitability for Housing and Number of Dwellings by Government Office Region, 2002 18 3.7 Housing Addition on Previously Developed Land and Through Conversions, 2002-03 19 3.8 Planning Permissions for Dwellings Not Yet Completed, 31/3/03 21 3.9 Affordable Housing Completed, 2002-03 23 3.10 Average Dwelling Prices and % Increase by Region, 2002-03 24 3.11 Average Dwelling Prices: by Type of Dwelling and Strategic Authority 25 3.12 Average Land Values in the East Midlands, 2003 25 4.1 Employment Land Developed (ha) 2002/03 Greenfield 30 4.2 Employment Land Developed (ha) 2002/03 Brownfield 31 4.3 Greenfield Employment Land Commitments by Use Class and Type (ha) 33 4.4 Brownfield Employment Land Commitments by Use Class and Type of Site (ha) 2002/03 34 4.5 Regional Comparisons Forecasts of Nominal Rental Growths (2003-07) 36 4.6 Retail Rental Comparisons – East Midlands Centres 37 4.7 Percentage of Vacant Retail Units in the City Centres of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester (2003) 38 4.8 Office Rental Values as at 1 April 2003 39 5.1 Area of Priority Habitats Brought into Management and Priority Habitats Created in the National Forest 43 5.2 Grade II Listed Buildings at Risk 46 5.3 Regional County Area Targets for Electricity Generation from Renewables 47 5.4 Planning Permissions Granted Contrary to Environmental Agency Advice 51 6.1 East Midlands Mineral Sales 2001(Tonnes) 55 6.2 Draft National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Productions 2001-2016 56 6.3 East Midlands Aggregates and non-Aggregates Sales 2002 56 6.4 Principal waste streams arisings within the East Midlands in 1998-99 59 6.5 Municipal Solid Waste arisings in the East Midlands 59 6.6 Actual and likely MSW Tonnages required to Meet Policy Targets for Local Authorities within the East Midlands 60 6.7 Proportion of Household Waste that is recycled or composed 60 6.8 Percentage of Household Waste recycled 1998/9 – 2001/2 61 6.9 Household Waste 63 6.10 Non Hazardous Waste 63 6.11 Inert Waste 64 6.12 Household Waste 64 6.13 Non Hazardous Waste 65 6.14 Inert Waste 65 6.15 Hazardous Waste 65 6.16 Household Waste send on to Landfill 66 7.1 Motor vehicle traffic by road class for the East Midlands 69 7.2 Traffic increase on major roads – GO Region and Country 69 iv 7.3 Average daily motor vehicle flows by major road class 70 7.4 Main method of travel to work, Autumn 2001 71 7.5 Trips to and from School by Main Modes of Transport 1999-2001 72 7.6 Travel Plans in Place 74 7.7 Bus Vehicle Kilometres – GO region and Country 75 8.1 Outstanding Indicators 86 8.2 Analysis of Current Policy Areas Covered by Indicators 87 v LIST OF FIGURES 2.1 Indicative Annual Monitoring Cycle 8 3.1 Density of New Housing 2002-03 11 3.2 Housing Completions and Reductions in Stock (numbers) 2002-03 13 3.3 Housing Completions by Type, 2002-03 14 3.4 Housing Completions by Size, 2002-03 16 3.5a Vacant Dwellings by Tenure, as of 31 March 2003 17 3.5b Vacant Dwellings % of Stock, as of 31 March 2003 17 3.6a Dwellings Built on Previously Developed Land and Conversions, 2002-03 20 3.6b Percentage of Dwellings Built on Previously Developed Land & Conversions, 2002-03 20 3.7 Affordable Housing as a Proportion of All Completions, 2002-03 23 4.1 Total Employment Land Developed by Land Type (ha) 30 4.2 Proportion of Employment Land Developed on Greenfield Sites, 2002-03 31 4.3 Proportion of Employment Land Developed on Brownfield Sites, 2002-03 32 4.4 Total Employment Land Commitments by Land Type (ha), 2002-03 33 4.5a Greenfield Employment Land Commitments, 2002-03 34 4.5b Brownfield Employment Land Commitments, 2002-03 35 4.6 Rental Comparisons 2000-2002 36 4.7 Retail Floorspace Rental Values 37 4.8 Office Rental Values, 2003 39 5.1 Number of Grade 1 and Grade 2** Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments at Risk by GO Region for 2003 and 1999 45 5.2 Grade II Listed Buildings at Risk 46 5.3 Proportion of Listed Buildings by East Midlands County 46 5.4 Number of Sites Generating Electricity from Renewable Sources, Dec 2002 48 5.5 Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources, 2002 (GWh) 48 5.6 Installed Capacity of Sites Generating Electricity from Renewable Sources MW 49 5.7 Proportion of total Combined Heat and Power Schemes in England 2002 50 5.8 Planning Permissions Granted Contrary to Environment Agency Advice 52 6.1 Household and Municipal Waste per Capita (KG per head) 58 6.2 Methods of Municipal Waste Management in the East Midlands 61 6.3 Proportion of Household Waste that is Recycled or Composted 62 7.1 Average Daily Motor Vehicle Flows by major road class 70 7.2 Main Method of Travel to Work 71 7.3 Trips to and from School by Main Modes of Transport 1999-2001 73 7.4 Travel Plans in Place 74 7.5 Bus Vehicle Kilometres – GO Region and Country 2001-02 76 7.6 Number of People Killed or Seriously Injured in Road Accidents 77 7.7 Integrated Ticketing Schemes 78 LIST OF MAPS 3.1 RPG Achievement and Housing Density 12 3.2 Proportion of Housing Built on Brownfield or Through Conversions 19 3.3 Number of Dwellings with Outstanding Planning Permission 22 4.1 Total Employment Land Developed (ha) 32 4.2 Employment Land Commitments (ha), 2002-03 35 vi East Midlands Regional Planning Guidance 2002/03 Annual Monitoring Statement 1 Introduction 1.01 This Report presents the 2002/03 Annual Monitoring Statement (AMS) for the East Midlands.