Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18 Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 BarrowBarrow Borough Borough Council Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18 Barrow Borough Council Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18 Contents Part One: Introduction 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 6 2. The Planning System ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 National Planning Policy ......................................................................................................... 8 2.2 The Development Plan ............................................................................................................ 8 2.3 The Barrow Port Area Action Plan .......................................................................................... 8 2.4 Supplementary Planning Guidance and Documents .............................................................. 9 3. Other Corporate Plans & Strategies .............................................................................................. 10 3.2 Sustainable Community Strategy .......................................................................................... 10 3.3 Council Plan 2017-2020 ........................................................................................................ 10 3.4 Housing Statement 2012 ...................................................................................................... 11 Part Two: The Indicators 4. Housing ......................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Housing Requirement & Housing Land Supply ..................................................................... 14 4.2 Housing Profile ...................................................................................................................... 14 6.1.4 House Types .................................................................................................................. 15 4.3 Housing Delivery ................................................................................................................... 16 4.4 Prices and Affordability ......................................................................................................... 20 4.5 Gypsy and Travellers ............................................................................................................. 23 5. Demographics ............................................................................................................................... 24 5.1 Demographic Structure ......................................................................................................... 24 5.2 Population Change ................................................................................................................ 26 6. Economy ........................................................................................................................................ 28 6.1 The Borough’s Economy ....................................................................................................... 28 6.2 Employment Type ................................................................................................................. 29 6.3 Earnings ................................................................................................................................. 32 6.4 Economic Activity & Unemployment .................................................................................... 34 6.5 Qualifications ........................................................................................................................ 36 6.6 Retail ..................................................................................................................................... 38 7. Health & Deprivation .................................................................................................................... 39 7.1 The Indices of Deprivation .................................................................................................... 39 Barrow Borough Council 1 Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18 7.2 Health .................................................................................................................................... 39 8. Crime ............................................................................................................................................. 42 9. The Natural Environment .............................................................................................................. 43 9.1 Landscape and Designations ................................................................................................. 43 9.2 Environmental Protection ..................................................................................................... 45 9.3 Renewable Energy................................................................................................................. 47 9.4 Waste Collection and Recycling ............................................................................................ 49 10. The Built Environment .............................................................................................................. 50 10.1 Heritage Assets ..................................................................................................................... 50 10.2 Conservation Areas and Townscape ..................................................................................... 50 11. Cultural & Leisure Facilities ....................................................................................................... 52 11.1 Sports and Leisure ................................................................................................................. 52 11.2 Cultural Facilities & Attractions ............................................................................................ 53 11.3 Regeneration & Public Realm ............................................................................................... 54 11.4 Arts & Media ......................................................................................................................... 55 11.5 Open Spaces .......................................................................................................................... 55 12. Travel & Transport .................................................................................................................... 57 12.1 Transport and Accessibility ................................................................................................... 57 12.2 Traffic and Casualties ............................................................................................................ 58 12.3 Development Accessibility .................................................................................................... 60 13. Community Involvement .......................................................................................................... 61 Appendices Appendix A – Glossary Appendix B – List of Development Plan Policies in place during monitoring period Appendix C – Summary Table of Indicators Barrow Borough Council 2 Annual Monitoring Report 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18 List of Tables Table 1: Housing Stock & Vacancy ........................................................................................................ 14 Table 2: Housing Stock by Tenure ......................................................................................................... 15 Table 3: Planning Permissions by Dwelling Type .................................................................................. 17 Table 4: Percentage of Completed Housing Developments on Previously Developed Land ............... 18 Table 5: Dwellings by Council Tax Band % of Stock .............................................................................. 18 Table 6: Dwellings by Council Tax Band - Actual Stock ......................................................................... 19 Table 7: House Price Comparison £ ...................................................................................................... 21 Table 8: Affordability Ratios .................................................................................................................. 22 Table 9: Affordable Housing Completions and Permissions ................................................................. 23 Table 10: Change in Population of Barrow, Cumbria Districts and the North West Region................. 27 Table 11: Employment by Sector 2015, 2016 & 2017 .......................................................................... 30 Table 12: Employment by Type............................................................................................................. 31 Table 13: Business Demography - Enterprise Births, Deaths & Survivals 2016 .................................... 32 Table 14: Business Demography - Enterprise Births, Deaths & Survivals 2016 .................................... 32 Table 15: Average Earnings of Resident Employees Compared 2016 - 2017 ....................................... 33 Table 16: Estimated Household Income 2016 - 2018 ........................................................................... 34