East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 1 East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 Covering the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan area and the Waveney Local Plan area An update on progress of the Local Plans, delivery of policies and proposals and other monitoring information for East Suffolk Published December 2019 East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 2 Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 1 2 Content and structure of the report......................................................... 3 3 Progress of Local Plan against Local Development Scheme milestones ... 6 Suffolk Coastal Local Plan ........................................................................................................... 6 Waveney Local Plan ................................................................................................................... 7 4 Neighbourhood Plans / Neighbourhood Development Orders ................ 8 5 Community Infrastructure Levy .............................................................. 10 6 Duty to Cooperate ................................................................................. 14 7 Implementation, performance and delivery of the Suffolk Coastal and Waveney Local Plans .............................................................................. 20 Appeal decisions....................................................................................................................... 20 Local Plan policies not being implemented ............................................................................. 21 Employment ............................................................................................................................. 22 Retail and Leisure ..................................................................................................................... 30 Tourism .................................................................................................................................... 35 Housing .................................................................................................................................... 38 Transport .................................................................................................................................. 50 Community Facilities and Assets .............................................................................................. 54 Climate Change ........................................................................................................................ 61 Design ....................................................................................................................................... 66 Natural Environment ................................................................................................................ 69 Historic Environment ............................................................................................................... 73 Health ....................................................................................................................................... 75 Delivery of infrastructure projects ........................................................................................... 78 www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planningpolicy East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 3 Progress on delivery of Site Allocations (Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans) ................... 82 8 Sustainability Appraisal .......................................................................... 89 Appendix 1 List of Indicators and data sources ....................................................................... 98 Appendix 2 Indicators not being currently monitored .......................................................... 102 Appendix 3 Suffolk Coastal and Waveney Local Plan Sustainability Appraisals indicators ... 104 Appendix 4 Glossary .............................................................................................................. 120 Erratum 7 January 2020 Section 5 Community Infrastructure Levy – Breakdown of CIL expenditure table Project spend for Ufford Recreation Ground car park resurface corrected to £3,000.00 (previously reported as £30,000.00). Total infrastructure payment in Suffolk Coastal corrected to £152,484.56 (previously reported as £179,484.56). Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of data in this report it cannot be guaranteed free of errors. www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planningpolicy East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 4 About East Suffolk District 79km covers coastline 487 117,860 properties square 56% of people are aged miles 248,249 Population Largest District Council 16-64 in England by population Ageing population 27% are aged Employment 59,000 work full-time 65+ 32,000 work part-time Key statistics 2018/19 Total new homes Community Infrastructure Levy 885 £4.6million collected Housing Land Supply £410,000 passed to Parish 76% market homes and Town Councils 24% affordable homes 7.07 years £307,000 spent on New former Suffolk infrastructure improvements Coastal area Neighbourhood Plans 6.58 years 0.63 hectares 2 Plans Made former Waveney New employment 4 Areas designated area land delivered 2018/19 Source: About East Suffolk - Office for National Statistics population estimates 2019; Valuation Office Agency Council Tax Stock of Properties 2019; Business Register and Employment Survey 2018. Key statistics 2018/19 - see Appendix 1 Indicators and sources. www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planningpolicy East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 1 1 Introduction 1.1 Authority Monitoring Reports provide an assessment on the progress of the preparation of a Local Plan and monitor the effectiveness of polices and delivery of allocations in the Local Plan. 1.2 This Authority Monitoring Report covers the monitoring period 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 and includes any significant progress that has been made or milestones achieved in this monitoring period. 1.3 Monitoring plays an important role in the successful delivery of Local Plans. The Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) is the main mechanism for assessing the effects of the Local Plan and the performance of its policies. The results of monitoring will feed into any future review or revision of policies that may be required. The Authority Monitoring Report therefore forms an important role by assessing performance and informing the review of outdated or redundant planning policies. 1.4 East Suffolk Council was created on 1st April 2019, covering the former districts of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney. East Suffolk Council is the Local Planning Authority for the District other than the part that lies within the Broads Authority area. 1.5 Both former Councils have produced an Authority Monitoring Report each year since 2004/05. This is the first Authority Monitoring Report for East Suffolk. The Broads Authority produces its own monitoring report to cover that part of East Suffolk that lies within the Broads Authority area. 1.6 The East Suffolk Waveney Local Plan was adopted on 20th March 2019, at the very end of the monitoring year. Prior to the East Suffolk Waveney Local Plan, the adopted planning policies and site allocations were contained in the Waveney Local Development Framework (LDF) documents. As the monitoring year effectively precedes the East Suffolk Waveney Local Plan, it is the effectiveness of the LDF policies that will be reflected in this Authority Monitoring Report. 1.7 A new Local Plan for the former Suffolk Coastal area is currently being prepared and is at an advanced stage having been submitted to the Secretary of State for Examination on 29th March 2019. This Local Plan will ultimately supersede the documents listed in the table below. It is the effectiveness of the Local Plan policies listed below that will be reflected in this Authority Monitoring Report. www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planningpolicy East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 2 Local Plan Document Adopted date Geographical coverage Suffolk Coastal District Local Plan Core July 2013 Former district of Strategy and Development Suffolk Coastal Management Policies Suffolk Coastal Site Allocations and January 2017 Area Specific Policies Felixstowe Peninsula Area Action Plan January 2017 Saved Policies from the First and 2001 and 2006 Second Alteration Suffolk Coastal Local Plan Waveney Local Plan 20th March 2019 Former district of Waveney (excluding the Broads Authority area) Waveney Core Strategy January 2009 (superseded 20th Former district of March 2019) Waveney (excluding the Waveney Development Management January 2011 (superseded 20th Broads Authority area) Policies March 2019) Waveney Site Specific Allocations January 2011 (superseded 20th March 2019) Lowestoft Lake Lothing & Outer January 2012 (superseded 20th Harbour Area Action Plan March 2019) Waveney Proposals Map January 2012 (superseded 20th March 2019) www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planningpolicy East Suffolk Authority Monitoring Report 2018/19 | 3 2 Content and structure of the report 2.1 There are key pieces of information that must be covered by an Authority Monitoring Report: • progress on the Local Plan against the timetable in the Local Development Scheme; • details of any neighbourhood plans or neighbourhood development orders that have been adopted; • any Community Infrastructure Levy receipts; • any action taken under the duty to cooperate; • details of any policies not being implemented;