Second Monitoring Report March 2000 Prepared by Suffolk Local Planning Authorities Babergh District Council St.Edmundsbury Borough Council Forest Heath District Council Suffolk Coastal District Council Ipswich Borough Council Suffolk County Council Mid Suffolk District Council Waveney District Council SUFFOLK’S ENVIRONMENT ... TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - SECOND MONITORING REPORT CONTENTS Chapter Page 1) INTRODUCTION 1 2) DEVELOPMENT IN SUFFOLK 7 Housing BH 1 Number and percentage of new dwellings completed on previously developed land; 8 BH 2 Number and percentage of existing commitments on brownfield sites; 9 H1 Housing stock changes in relation to Structure Plan rates of development; 10 H2 Land availability for residential development in relation to Structure Plan/Local Plan requirements 11 and PPG3; H3 Number of units for affordable housing approved; 12 H4 Number of units for affordable housing refused; 12 H5 Number and percentage of major housing schemes approved with no affordable housing. 13 Employment EM1 Numbers and percentage of unemployed (claimants); 14 EM2 Numbers and percentage of employees in individual Employment Divisions; 16 EM3 Numbers and percentages of employees by location; 17 EM4 Land Availability for business/industrial development; 18 EM5 Completions on business/industrial development land; 18 EM6 Number and percentage of all applications for commercial activity in rural areas approved; 19 EM7 Number and percentage of all applications for expansion of commercial activity refused; 19 EM8 Number and percentage of all applications for new commercial activity refused; 20 EM9 Registered accommodation bedspaces in Suffolk; 20 EM10 Number of visitors to top visitor attractions; 21 EM11 Number of tourist attractions; 22 EM12 Number and percentage of all applications for tourist related development approved; 23 EM13 Number and percentage of all applications for tourist related development refused. 23 3) RURAL ENVIRONMENT 24 Agricultural land AG1: Area of agricultural land allocated for development; 26 AG2: Number and percentage of applications for development (involving change of use of land) on land currently 27 used for agriculture refused; AG3: Number and percentage of applications for development (involving change of use of land) on land currently 28 used for agriculture approved. The landscape of suffolk Millennium landscape recording project 30 L1: Number and percentage of applications in designated landscape areas refused; 33 L2: Number and percentage of applications in designated landscape areas approved; 34 L3: Number and area of historic parks and gardens lost or damaged as a result of development; 35 L4: Number and area of commons and village greens lost or damaged as a result of development; 36 L5: Number of applications refused in, or with a reason for refusal relating to, historic parks and gardens, or 37 Commons and village greens; L6: Number of applications approved which include safeguarding conditions or agreements which specifically 37 relate to historic parks or commons and village greens; L7: Number of applications outside designated landscape areas where loss of landscape features are cited as 38 a reason for refusal. Wildlife habitats E1: Number and area of sites designated as of nature conservation value lost or damaged as a result of development; 39 E2: Number of applications refused in, or with a reason for refusal relating to, sites designated as of nature 40 conservation value; E3: Number of applications approved which include safeguarding conditions or agreements which specifically relate 41 to a site designated as of nature conservation value; E4: Number of applications which include reasons for refusal relating to protected species; 42 E5: Number of applications which include conditions or agreements relating to the safeguarding of protected species; 43 E6: New habitat provided in association with applications where an Environmental Assessment is required or 44 voluntarily produced. 4) BUILT ENVIRONMENT 45 Conservation areas and listed buildings C1: Number of Listed Building Consent Applications and Conservation Area Consent Applications approved; 48 C2: Number of Listed Building Consent Applications and Conservation Area Consent Applications refused; 51 C3: Number of Planning Applications in Conservation Areas approved; 48 C4: Number of Planning Applications in Conservation Areas refused; 51 C5: Number of enhancement schemes in Conservation Areas; 53 C6: Number of Conservation Area Partnerships within the County, compared to the number for which bids were made; 54 C8: Number of Historic Buildings at Risk; 55 C9: Total value of grant aided work to historic buildings and buildings in Conservation Areas. 56 Archaeology A1: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites approved with amendments to 57 design, or working methods, to ensure preservation; A2: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites approved with conditions 58 Requiring prior archaeological excavation or recording during development; A3: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites approved with agreements for 58 management/ enhancement work; (Not triggered in 1997/8 or 1998/9); A4: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites for which archaeological 59 evaluation is required prior to determination; A5: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites refused; 60 A6: Number of SAMs (and other archaeological sites of national importance) damaged as a result of development; 60 A7: Number and percentage of applications which affect known archaeological sites of less than national importance 61 approved with no provision for preservation in situ or recording prior to or during development; A8: Number and percentage of applications affecting no known archaeological site but judged of high archaeological 62 potential and approved with conditions requiring prior archaeological excavation or recording during development. Town centres TC1: Number of units of each land use class in town centres; 64 TC2: Floorspace in town centres by land use class; 68 TC3: Number of vacant units of each land use class in town centres; 71 TC4: Number of multiple retailers in town centres; 75 TC5: Planning approvals and Local Plan allocations for major redevelopments or new developments in town centres; 76 TC6: Rents for each town centre; 77 TC7: Retail yield for each town centre; 78 TC9: Length and area of pedestrianisation in town centres; 80 TC10: Number of town centre car parking spaces; 82 TC11: Number of major commercial applications outside the town centres approved; 84 TC12: Number of major commercial applications outside the town centres refused. 85 The quality of new development BE1: Number of design briefs covering major development sites; 86 BE2: Number and percentage of applications refused on the grounds of density, scale, layout, design, landscaping 87 or impact on the visual character or appearance of a locality; BE3: Number and percentage of applications refused on grounds of privacy, daylight, odour or noise nuisance; 88 BE4: Number of new TPOs served within villages and urban areas. 89 5) TRANSPORT 91 TP1: Percentage of housing in Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Other towns, and elsewhere; 95 TP2: Percentage of all new residential development taking place in Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, 96 Other towns, and elsewhere; TP7: Percentage of population with journey to work public transport; 97 TP8: Number of pedestrian friendly road crossings; 98 TP9: Total length of cycle route; 100 TP10: Number of public cycle parking spaces; 102 TP11: Number of Bus priority measures in major urban areas; 103 TP12: Number of town centre publicly available long stay car parking spaces in Ipswich, Lowestoft, & Bury St. Edmunds;104 TP13: Total funds allocated to implement Urban Traffic Management Schemes; 105 TP14: Number of Villages where Speed Restrictions have been implemented; 107 TP15: Number of applications refused because of unacceptable environmental impact of traffic; 107 TP16: Number of applications refused because of traffic safety implications; 108 TP17: Number of approvals which include conditions or agreement which seek to minimise traffic impact; 108 TPI 32: Number of applications refused because of unacceptable environmental impact of traffic in a Conservation Area; 109 TPI 66: Number of major commercial applications outside Town Centres refused on transport grounds; 109 TPI 67: Number of applications approved where a Green Travel plan is submitted or required by condition or legal 110 Agreement. 6) RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE 111 Open space OP3: Hectarage of publicly accessible open space lost through redevelopment; 113 OP4: Number and percentage of applications refused because of loss of publicly accessible open space; 114 OP5: Number of applications refused because of inadequate publicly accessible open space provision 114 (Not triggered in 1998/99). Recreation REC1: Existing provision of outdoor playing space (youth and adult use); 115 REC2: Existing provision of children’s playspace; 116 REC3: Existing provision of allotments; 117 REC4: Existing provision of facilities for golf; 117 REC5: Indoor recreation facilities; 118 REC7(a): Number and percentage of applications for the provision of new public recreational facilities approved; 119 REC7(b): Number and percentage of applications for the provision of new public recreational facilities refused;