Shropshire Council Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) Base Date: 31st March 2020 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Context .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Plan Making .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Creating Sustainable Places ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Meeting Housing Needs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 A Prosperous Economy .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Environment ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Minerals & Waste ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Adopted Local Plan ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 The Authority Monitoring Report ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Layout of the Report: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Section 1: Context ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Communities: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 People and Places ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Deprivation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Housing and Health .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Education and Training..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Community Safety ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Economy: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Employment ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Page 1 Town Centres ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Tourism ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Transport and Accessibility .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Environment: ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Natural Environment ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Historic Environment ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Climate Change ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Water Environment ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Minerals and Waste ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Section 2: Planning Policy Context ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Adopted Local Plan ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Local Plan Review ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Neighbourhood Planning .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Much Wenlock Neighbourhood Plan .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Shifnal