Gravesham Authority Monitoring Report April 2016 - March 2017 Gravesham Authority Monitoring Report (2016 – 17) 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 3 2 THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ....................................................................... 4 3 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ............................................................ 5 4 SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 7 Local Development Scheme (LDS) ......................................................................................... 7 Context – Population, Economy and Housing ....................................................................... 7 Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy Monitoring – Development Summary ....................... 8 5 CONTEXT .................................................................................................... 9 Population .............................................................................................................................. 14 Economic Profile ................................................................................................................... 16 Housing .................................................................................................................................. 19 6 DUTY TO CO-OPERATE .......................................................................... 29 General strategic working .................................................................................................... 29 Specific issues .................................................................................................................... 30 Studies ................................................................................................................................ 31 Involvement with studies from neighbours ............................................................................ 31 Plan-making ........................................................................................................................ 31 Ebbsfleet Garden City ......................................................................................................... 31 7 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING ............................................................... 33 8 GRAVESHAM LOCAL PLAN CORE STRATEGY MONITORING ............ 34 8.1 Policy CS01: Sustainable Development ................................................................... 34 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 34 Performance Monitoring and Remedial Actions .................................................................... 34 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 34 8.2 Opportunity Areas and Key Sites policies CS02-CS06 and CS21 ........................... 35 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 35 Performance Monitoring and Remedial Actions .................................................................... 36 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 37 8.3 Policy CS07: Economy, Employment and Skills...................................................... 44 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 44 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 44 8.4 Policy CS08: Retail, Leisure and the Hierarchy of Centres ..................................... 48 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 48 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 48 1 Gravesham Authority Monitoring Report (2016 – 17) 8.5 Policy CS09: Culture and Tourism ........................................................................... 52 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 52 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 52 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 52 8.6 Policy CS10: Physical and Social Infrastructure and Policy CS11: Transport ....... 54 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 54 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 54 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 54 8.7 Policy CS12: Green Infrastructure and Policy CS13: Green Space, Sport and Recreation .............................................................................................................................. 57 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 57 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 57 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 58 8.8 Policy CS14: Housing Type and Size ....................................................................... 61 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 61 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 61 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 61 8.9 Policy CS15: Housing Density .................................................................................. 62 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 62 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 62 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 62 8.10 Policy CS16: Affordable Housing ............................................................................ 64 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 64 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 64 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 64 8.11 Policy CS17: Provision of Traveller Sites ................................................................ 65 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 65 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 65 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 65 8.12 Policy CS18: Climate Change ................................................................................... 67 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 67 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 67 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 67 8.13 Policy CS19: Development and Design Principles .................................................. 69 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 69 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 69 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 69 8.14 Policy CS20: Heritage and the Historic Environment .............................................. 71 Policy Delivery ..................................................................................................................... 71 Performance Monitoring and Review ................................................................................... 71 Outturn ................................................................................................................................ 71 9 SELF-BUILD AND CUSTOM BUILD ......................................................... 74 10 APPENDIX 1: 2016/2017 DWELLING COMPLETIONS .......................