2013 AMR Word - Nottingham City

BD/NCC/13Nottingham City Authority Monitoring Report 2012/13

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CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS……………...…………4 1.1. IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF POLICIES…………………….…………….4 2. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………..5 2.1. BACKGROUND…………………………………………………………………………5 2.2. LINKS TO OTHER STRATEGIES…………………………………………………….5 3. IMPLEMENTATION & IMPACT OF LOCAL PLAN DOC UMENT

POLICIES……………………………………………………………………….7 3.1. BACKGROUND……………………………………………………………………….7 3.2. CITY FOR EVERYONE……………………………………………………………….7 3.3. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES…………………………………………………….7 3.4. A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY………………………………………………………..11 3.5. A THRIVING CITY CENTRE & TOWN CENTRES AT THE HEART OF

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES……………………………………………………..15 3.6. A QUALITY BUILT ENVIRONMENT.………………………………………………..17 3.7. SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE PUBLIC SPACES AND A NETWORK OF OPEN

SPACES…………………………...……………………………………………………18 3.8. IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND REDUCING CONGESTION………………..20 3.9. BUILDING BALANCED COMMUNITIES…….………………………………………21 4. PROGRESS IN PREPARING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DO CUMENTS..23 5. APPENDIX 1:AREA COVERED BY NOTTINGHAM CITY L OCAL PLAN 25 6. APPENDIX 2 : GLOSSARY…………………………………………………… 27 7. APPENDIX 3 : STUDENT CONCENTRATION MAP…………… …………29 8. APPENDIX 4: STUDENT BEDSPACE COMPLETIONS & PROJECTED………………………………………………………………….…….30 9. APPENDIX 5: DETAILS OF FUTURE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION….………………………………………………….31 10. APPENDIX 6 : USEFUL CONTACTS… ..……………………………………32

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS

1.1. Implementation and impact of policies

City for Everyone / Sustainable Communities

1.1.1. The net new dwellings built in 2012/13 was 799 (including 490 student dwellings). There were 60 demolitions as regeneration schemes proceeded. 95.5%, including student dwellings, were built on Previously Developed Land (PDL).

1.1.2. In the future it will be increasingly important to improve the balance of communities, - for example through the implementation of Policy ST1.

A Successful Economy

1.1.3 In terms of Business Development Use classes B1(a-c), B2 and B8, there are 235,900sqm of office development in the pipeline in and around the City Centre alone.

• The employment land situation in Nottingham is being considered within the wider strategic context, and the City Council is working with other Local Authorities to ensure a balanced portfolio of employment land is available. It also needs to respond to changing economic circumstances and opportunities related to policy initiatives such as ‘Science City.’

• It is important to protect existing employment sites where they meet the needs of modern businesses, and Policies E3 and E4 are being reviewed, as is the area covered by Policy E3.

Improving Accessibility and Reducing Congestion 1.1.4 Construction is underway on two more lines as part of NET Phase 2, contributing

towards building a cross-city network linking outlying boroughs to the south and west of the city to key employment, health and education sites. Policies to improve accessibility and reduce congestion are being successfully implemented. In 2012/13 The combined number of passenger journeys by bus and tram in Greater Nottingham was 74.13 million of which tram was 8 million passenger journeys. This represents a 10% increase since 2003/04. In 2012/13 bus and tram patronage fell slightly compared to 66.74m in 2011/12.

Preparing Documents

1.1.5 The AMR considers actual LDD preparation against the milestones contained in the May 2013 LDS. - Preparation of each LDD was either on track / not applicable ,. The City Council will consider the inclusion of additional LDDs to be prepared in the


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near future such as site specific LDDs to take into account emerging regeneration and development opportunities.

2. INTRODUCTION

2.1. Background

2.1.1 The 2nd Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) (there were previously 7 Monitoring Reports) runs from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013.

The AMR is part of the Local Plan. It assesses the implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and the extent to which policies and objectives in Local Planning documents are being successfully implemented.

2.1.2 The AMR monitors against the ‘saved’ Nottingham Local Plan (NLP) adopted in November 2005.

2.1.3 Many key ongoing policy areas are starting to be implemented successfully, for others there is no clear evidence at this stage to say that they are not being implemented. The effectiveness of their implementation will be highlighted in future reports.

2.1.4 The AMR recognises that a key objective of the planning system is that Local Plans will be ‘spatial’ rather than purely land-use plans, and will embrace wider social, environmental and economic objectives.

2.1.5 The monitoring of the Local Plan is undertaken within a wide policy context related to the Government’s sustainable communities agenda. The AMR is in line with relevant national guidance eg National Planning Policy Framework, and is intended to be both dynamic and systematic.

2.2 Links to other strategies

2.2.1 It is important that the Local Plan links to other strategies, particularly Nottingham’s Sustainable Community Strategy (July 2009), prepared by One Nottingham (the Local Strategic Partnership), which shares the same objective of sustainable development. Therefore the AMR maximises the communality in the baseline and monitoring requirements.

2.2.2 The Council seeks to adopt an integrated approach to monitoring which takes full account of the monitoring requirements of the Sustainability Appraisals which accompany other Local Planning documents.

2.2.3 Nottingham City has a joint responsibility for waste planning, and for this reason the Nottingham City LDS includes milestones for the production of the joint Waste Development Plan Documents. Both waste and mineral monitoring are carried out


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by the City, in reality however, the built up nature of the City means that there are unlikely to be any planning applications for mineral extraction.

2.2.4 All indicators will be reviewed regularly and all targets are DRAFT and provisional, apart from the approved Nottingham Local Plan targets.

2.2.5 The AMR is part of a series of monitoring documents produced by Nottingham City Council including the annual ‘Delivery Report’ on the Local Transport Plan.

2.2.6 CORE STRATEGY ALIGNMENT: All the Greater Nottingham local planning authorities (Ashfield District Council1, Broxtowe Borough Council, Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, Gedling Borough Council, Nottingham City Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council) previously agreed to align their Core Strategies.

2.2.7 However, Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Councils are proceeding with aligned Core Strategies whilst Erewash, Rushcliffe and Ashfield are preparing separate Core Strategies.

2.2.8 In order to continue with the aligned approach, District/City officers are working closely with officers from the other local authorities making up Greater Nottingham, including Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils. A Greater Nottingham Joint Planning Advisory Board has been established to oversee the preparation of the Core Strategies. This is made up of District, City and County Councillors who have a lead responsibility for planning and transport matters from the partner authorities. It will not make the final decisions on the Core Strategies, rather its role is to advise and make recommendations to the constituent local authorities.

2.2.9 The first stage, publishing and consulting on aligned Issues and Options (based on a single evidence base for matters of common concern) took place in June and July of 2009, and a ‘Consultation Option’ version of the aligned Core Strategy was published in February 2010 for an 8 week consultation period. The aligned Core Strategies were submitted on 7th June 2013. Examination Hearing sessions were held in October and November 2013, and adoption is anticipated in summer 2014.

3 IMPLEMENTATION & IMPACT OF LOCAL PLAN DOCUMENT POLICIES

3.1 Background

3.1.1 This section uses Contextual Indicators and Nottingham Local Plan (NLP) Indicators. The implementation of LDDs is monitored qualitatively as well as quantitatively and led by the objectives of the NLP.

3.2 City for Everyone 1 For the Hucknall area only.


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Context

3.2.1 The City ranked 20th most disadvantaged out of 326 areas, and 24.8% of population of the City lived in the 10% most disadvantaged Super Output Areas (SOAs) in the country (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 (IMD)). This is an on track improvement from 13th most deprived and 31.2% of the population in 2007.

3.2.2 In July 2013 there were 12,869 unemployed people in the City a rate of 6.1% of the population aged 16-64. The unemployment rate is lower than in July 2012 but has fallen at a slightly slower rate than the regional and national averages. In the City’s most disadvantaged SOAs, the unemployment rate was 9.6%

Policy Implementation

3.2.3 There were 0 permanent pitches provided (Gypsy & Traveller) in 2012/13. There were no transit pitches and 60 permanent pitches in total as at 31st March 2013. The Regional Plan’s minimum requirement of 10 additional pitches by 2012 had already been met by April 2010.

3.2.4 In 2012/13, 92 new affordable dwellings were completed in the City. This is a not on track decrease in the percentage of total completions - to 24.5% of gross completions excluding purpose-built student dwellings).

3.3 Sustainable Communities

3.3.1 Between 2002 and 2012 the population of Nottingham has had an increase of 37,000 or 14% to 308,700. (Source: ONS, 2012 Mid Year Estimates).

Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST1, ST2

Directly Monitors Policies: H5, Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST1, 2, E1-4 / all

Directly Monitors Policies: H1-3, MU1-9 Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST1, T1


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3.3.2 Information about the number of people arriving from the new EU countries is limited. The best source is the number registering for National Insurance numbers. 2,120 National Insurance numbers were given to people in the City from the new EU countries (1,456 of them from Poland) in 2012/13, a slightly higher figure than in 2011/12 (1,870). The total since 2004/05 is now 17,600. These figures need to be treated with some caution, because they do not take any account of people leaving the country again and they exclude dependants, but they nevertheless give an indication of the scale of the issue. This level of immigration has implications for many services of the Council and its partners and research has published research examining these http://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/insight/docs/resources.ashx?f=REPORTS.R_09_1089&title=Nottingham_Migrant_Worker_Survey_-_Main_Report.

3.3.3 Despite being the smallest geographically (7,461 hectares) of the 8 Core Cities, the City has the 7th highest population and the 3rd highest density, at 41.4 residents per hectare in 2012.

3.3.4 The most significant difference between the City’s population structure and nationally is in the 20-24 age range (14.8% and 6.8% respectively). This is primarily due to the number of students attending the two universities (Source: ONS, 2012 Mid Year Estimates).

3.3.5 The City is relatively ethnically diverse with 34.6% (25.2% in 2001) of the population coming from Black and Minority ethnic groups (i.e. all categories except White British) - this compares with 14.6% regionally and 20.2% nationally (Source: ONS, 2011 Census).

3.3.6 The City has a large proportion of single adult households (49.2%) (50.4% in 2001), e.g. single parent families, compared with 40.9% nationally (Source: 2011 Census).

3.3.7 In 2011 there were 126,131 households in the City (116,112 in 2001), and an average of 2.30 people per household, an increase from 2.22 in 2001. Nationally the figure is higher at 2.36 people per household but this is unchanged since 2001.

3.3.8 The 2011 Census showed that Nottingham had a higher percentage of overcrowded households (12.6%) (9% in 2001) than nationally, 8.7%.

3.3.9 Nottingham has an average of 4.9 rooms per household compared to 5.4 nationally.

3.3.10 The City has a large proportion of council rented properties (20.8%), and a low proportion of owner occupied (45.6%), compared with national figures of 9.4% and 64.2% respectively (Source: 2011 Census). Both locally and nationally, the proportion of owner occupied and Council rented properties has fallen since the 2001 Census with the private rented sector now being the second largest provider (21.6% in Nottingham and 15.4% nationally)


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3.3.11 The East Midlands Regional Plan was revoked in March 2013, and is no longer part of the statutory Development Plan.

3.3.12 Communities and Local Government clarified in 2008 that National Indicator 154 – “Net additional homes” includes purpose-built student dwellings, whereas the definition which they have previously used for annual monitoring excludes them. Consequently, student dwellings are included in the figures in the AMR. Figures for the years before the change was made have also been amended where necessary. To complicate the issue, the Nottingham Local Plan (NLP) specifically says that its dwelling provision (derived from the now superseded Structure Plan) excludes student dwellings. The NLP’s plan-period ended on 30th June 2011.

3.3.13 The increase in dwellings achieved between April 2011 and March 2013 was 1,221 net (i.e. an average of 610.5 per annum), including 934 purpose-built student dwellings and 0 permanent pitches for gypsies and travellers. The net increase in 2012/13 was 799, including 490 student dwellings.

3.3.14 At 1st April 2013, planning permission existed for sites to accommodate 5,341 dwellings, a rise from 4,475 in 2012. Of these, 595 were on sites which were already under construction. In addition, approximately 1,470 dwellings could be accommodated on sites allocated for housing in the NLP which did not yet have planning permission and those sites awaiting the signing of a Section 106 agreement.

3.3.15 The City Council has prepared a five-year land supply assessment in accordance with Government guidance. The full assessment, including a schedule of all sites which the Council considers to be deliverable within the five year period, is available. It uses results from the Greater Nottingham Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment2 updated to March 2013. A summary of the findings of the assessment is set out below. It concludes that the City Council currently has about 5.88 years supply of deliverable sites.

ACS dwelling provision and 5 year requirement

2 www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ldf_shlaa

Directly Monitors Policies: H1-3, MU1-9, Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST1, T1


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ACS dwelling provision and 5 year requirement

Net

dwellings Total Dwelling Provision 2011-13 950 Total Dwelling Provision 2013-14 880 Total Dwelling Provision 2011-14 1,830 Dwellings completed to March 13 1,221 Dwellings to be completed April 13 - March 14 636 Dwellings completed to March 14 1,857 Surplus from Apr 2011 27 Surplus per annum 2014-28 2 Total Dwelling Provision 2014-18 3,520 Total Dwelling Provision 2018-19 1,190 Total Dwelling Provision 2014-19 4,710 Total Dwelling Requirement inc. surplus 4,700 Annual remaining requirement 940 5 Year requirement with 5% buffer 4,935 5 Year Supply (including 200 windfall) 5,525 Years Supply 5.88

Completions** expected

from deliverable sites Identified Capacity 2014-2019* Sites under construction as at 31/3/13 319 Planning permissions as at 31/3/13 2,222 Sites where planning permission is awaiting the signing of a Section 106 agreement (as at 31/3/13)

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Local Plan Housing & Mixed Use site allocations without planning permission

872

Other deliverable sites 1,886 Windfalls 200 TOTAL 5,525

*As the CLG guidance requires the 5-year land supply assessment to be based upon a ‘forward look’, an estimate needs to be made for the number of completions during year 1 (2013-2014). The estimated figure has been derived from the updated SHLAA

3.3.16 The City Council has also produced a housing trajectory to 2028 which is consistent

with the five-year land supply assessment information from the updated SHLAA.


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This gives an indication of the possible level of housing provision up to 2028. (COI H1, H2).

3.3.17 Details of the sites included for development in Years 1 to 6 (2013/14 to 2018/19)

can be found in the Appendix 8. 3.3.18 So far as housing suitable for families is concerned (defined as having 3 or more

bedrooms), there was a decrease in the proportion of family housing built in the City to 35.8% of all dwellings completed (excluding purpose-built student dwellings). This compares with the 2011/12 figure of 35.3%. Outside the City Centre, the proportion was 37.9%, compared with 35.7% in 2011/12. As the general trend has been upwards since 2003, this can be considered broadly on track - NLP Policies ST1 and H3.

3.3.19 The number of children aged under 16 has been rising since 2003 and rose by 757 2011/12. The drive for additional family housing is to reduce the out-migration of families with children. The net number of children aged under 16 moving out of the City was 900 in 2012 (to the remainder of England and Wales only). This number has changed little in recent years and can be regarded as not on track. Currently, the City continues to gain people of student age from elsewhere in the country and to lose all other age-groups. It is likely to be some time before this pattern is altered.

3.3.20 The City Council adopted the Building Balanced Communities Supplementary Planning Document on 24th March 2006 with the aim of increasing the proportion of completions which are suitable for families. There was a High Court challenge relating to student housing but the challenge was withdrawn. The document was reissued with the ‘family element’ excluded. It is therefore intended to bring in a proactive policy approach to family housing via the Core Strategy and Land Plan.

3.4 A Successful Economy

Context

3.4.1 Between April 2012 and March 2013 59.1% of 16-64 year old people were in employment in the City, this is a decrease from 59.6% in 2011/12. The City figure is

Directly Monitors Policy: ST2, Indirectly Monitors Policies: E1-4


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the 2nd lowest of the 8 Core Cities and lower than the East Midlands and national averages - some of this difference is due to the high level of student population in the City

3.4.2 The average house price in the City was £83,200 (-3.5% over 12 months), the Region was £121,900 (-0.3%) and England & Wales was £162,400 (+0.7%). The City average house price is always lower than the region and country because the City has a large proportion of terraced dwellings (31%), and a small proportion of detached dwellings (15%), compared with national figures of 26% and 23% respectively (Source: 2011 Census).

3.4.3 Nottingham is home to over 50 Regional or National headquarters.


3.4.4 The latest data for the number of jobs shows a 1.4% increase in the City from 194,000 in 2011 to 196,800 in 2012, and in Greater Nottingham there was a 1.1% increase from 294,900 to 298,200. Jobs in the region fell by 0.4% from 1,901,500 to 1,894,700. However, it is thought that the local figures overstate the number of jobs in Nottingham and Greater Nottingham. The increase over the last year in the official figures is due to national companies reporting their whole UK workforce as being based in Nottingham. This is an ongoing problem and makes monitoring change over time very difficult. Other sources of data (benefit claimants and employment rates) suggest there was a small increase in jobs.

3.4.5 GVA per head of population in the City is the highest of all the NUTS3 areas in the region, highest of 8 Core Cities and one of the highest (9th out of 91 NUTS3 areas) in England. The latest data shows a not on track 0.8% decrease between 2010 and 2011 in Nottingham from £25,100, while the England average increased from £21,100 to £21,300.

3.4.6 The latest data shows that in 2011 Nottingham has had 935 new VAT registrations.

3.4.7 Data for the period from 1st April 2012 and 31st March 2013 shows:

3.4.8 In terms of Business Development Use classes B1(a-c), B2 and B8, nothing was built on allocated employment land. The main developments on unallocated land were:

ADDRESS PROPOSAL B1a

offices

B1b research &

development

B1c light

industry B2 B8

Directly Monitors Policies: ST2, H1, E1-4, MU1-9 Indirectly Monitors Policies: S1-4, T1, T6


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The Poplars Lenton Lane Nottingham NG7 2PW

Erection of three storey extension to existing office premises.

2895 Burton street 9 storey office building 5976 Units 1 And 2 First And Second Floor Shipstones Business Centre North Gate Nottingham NG7 7FN

Change of use from offices to mixed use as training centre (use class D1) and gym (use class D2 -591

TOTAL 8280 0 0 0 0

3.4.9 There are 235,900sqm of office development in the pipeline in and around the City Centre alone including Furlong House And John Peyton House Queens Drive are being redeveloped as ‘The Portal’ - a six storey office building with undercroft car parking, and five storey office building.

The table below shows losses of offices, industry and warehousing to residential uses: Permission Reference

Start Date Address Description Non Residential Floorspace (sqm)

Residential Units

Non res use description

09/02472/PFUL3 01/04/2012 Lidl Supermarket 323-333 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG5 2DA

Conversion of first floor offices to student accommodation.

643 2 Offices

10/03459/PFUL3 01/04/2012 79 Oakdale Road Change of use of first floor from office to self contained apartment. Replacement of part of flat roof with pitched roof. Erection of external staircase.

45 1 Offices

11/00801/PFUL3 01/04/2012 Bowman House 100-102 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5NF

Change of use from offices to student accommodation (140 student studio bedrooms), including front extension and infill of undercroft car parking.

3387 138 Offices

11/02870/PFUL3 01/04/2012 2 Clarendon Street And 60 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5JQ

Conversion of 2 Clarendon Street to ground floor office (B1) with student accommodation above and 60 Talbot Street to 2 student accommodation units.

204 3 Offices


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11/03243/PFUL3 01/04/2012 51 Church Street Old Basford Nottingham NG6 0GA

Change of use of first floor office accommodation to two bedroom flat retaining existing second floor flat and ground floor office use. Installation of escape stairway and alterations to windows.

114 1 Offices

11/03871/PFUL3 07/06/2012 107-129 Castle Boulevard Nottingham

Erection of buildings and conversion of existing to provide 21 new dwellings.

1027 13 Offices

12/00598/PFUL3 01/04/2012 Lawrence House Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5NT

Change of use from offices to student accommodation comprising studio 200 bedrooms, common room, gymnasium, cycle parking and associated works.

4620 200 Offices

12/01647/PFUL3 01/04/2012 Equitable House 5-7 South Parade Nottingham

Change of use of upper floors to student accommodation comprising 8 flats within Use Class C4 and a 9 bed HIMO. Insertion of 2 new windows in rear elevation.

1000 9 Offices


Change of use of the existing office building into a ground floor Use Class A1 Retail Unit and 10 residential units on the upper floors.

2820 10 Offices

12/02735/PFUL3 03/12/2012 87 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GN

Change of use from office to house in multiple occupation.

390 1 Offices

TOTAL B1a & B1b 14250

13/01753/PFUL3 09/01/2013 Melrose House Waverley Street Nottingham

Conversion of a large residential detached 2 storey property in a surrounding environment of mixed use (including B1 and D1), to 11 apartments.

874 11 Mixed Use (B1 and D1)

10/00489/PFUL3 16/08/2012 Byron Works 106-110 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 1EH

Conversion to 20 student apartments.

1544 20 Factory


Erection of buildings and conversion of existing to provide 21 new dwellings.

1027 13 Light Industry

TOTAL B1c, B2 & B8

3445


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3.4.10 The employment land situation in Nottingham needs to be considered within the wider strategic context, and the City Council is working with other Local Authorities to ensure a balanced portfolio of employment land is available.

3.4.11 It is important to protect existing employment sites where they meet the needs of modern businesses, and Policies E3 and E4 are being reviewed, as is tthe area covered by Policy E3.

3.5 A Thriving City Centre & Town Centres at the He art of Sustainable Communities

Context

3.5.1 Nottingham City Centre is the 6th largest in the UK outside London according to 2013 CACI data. Retail spending in Nottingham in 2013 was expected to be around £1.15bn although a change in methodology means this figure is not comparable to 2011. Leicester remained the 12th largest centre and Derby remained the 21st.


3.5.2 In 2012/13 Nottingham had 4870.6sqm gross (3830.6sqm net) development of retail and leisure. Of this, 614.5sqm gross 12.6% (-534sqm net) was in town centres. The biggest change in leisure was a change from B8 to a martial arts studio on Colborn Street.

Directly Monitors Policy: ST3 Indirectly Monitors Policies: H1, MU1-5, S1-11, BE6-7, T15-16

Directly Monitors Policies: ST3-4,H2, MU1-9, S1-5, T1 Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST2, H1, S6-10, R7-8, T6


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3.5.3 A City Council survey revealed that in August 2013 there were 219 vacant retail units (16.7%) in the City Centre out of 1,310 units. The vacancy rate in the City is high and this is partly due to the global recession and partly because the waiting list of new shops, restaurants and bars consists mainly of large stores waiting for the new city centre retail development to accommodate large stores. The City Council have prepared a City Centre Time & Place Plan to assist development in the City Centre.

3.5.4 In 2012/13, 497 dwellings (including 479 students dwellings) were completed in the City Centre. A number of large student developments are either under-construction or have planning permission, but is unlikely that any significant non-student schemes will commence in the near future. This relates to Policies ST3-4, H2, MU1-5 and T1.

3.5.5 The number of jobs in the City Centre was 62,100 in 2012. The number of jobs in the City Centre was 62,900 in 2011.

A1 A2 D2 Total

Gross all 386 1070.6 3414 4870.6

Net all -534 950.6 3414 3830.6

Gross in Centre 214 400.5 0 614.5

Net in Centre -367 280.5 0 -86.5

Gross out of Centre 172 670 3414 4256.1

Net out of Centre -167 670 3414 3917.1


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3.6 A Quality Built Environment

Context

3.6.1 In March 2013 there were 31 Conservation Areas in the City, - this was on track.

3.6.2 In March 2013 in the City 753 building entries were Listed grade II


3.6.3 In 2012/13, 95.5% of new-build and converted dwellings (including purpose-built student dwellings) were built on Previously Developed Land (PDL). This is a similar figure to the previous year, when 95.4% were on PDL. Between 2006 and 2013, 92.6% of dwellings were built on PDL (using the definition current at the time). This reflects the success of Policies H1, H4 and MU1-8.

3.6.4 The number and proportion of total new build completions on housing sites reaching very good, good, average and poor ratings against the Building for Life criteria is not requested via ONE App and cannot therefore be monitored.

Directly Monitors Policy: BE9 Indirectly Monitors Policies: BE10-13

Directly Monitors Policies: H1, BE9 Indirectly Monitors Policies: MU1-9, BE10-13, T1


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3.7 Safe and Attractive Public Spaces and a Network of Open Spaces

Context


3.7.1 Green Flags are awarded annually and recognise excellence in parks and open spaces, not only for reaching high environmental standards, but also for involving local communities in their upkeep, development and use. They are awarded each summer so this list was announced in summer 2013: 19 Green Flag awarded sites: The Arboretum, Bulwell Bogs, Lenton Recreation Ground, Victoria Park, Strelley Recreation Ground, Sandy Banks, Martin’s Pond, Queens Walk Recreation Ground, Lenton Abbey, Clifton Playing Fields, Highwood Cemetery, King George V, Heathfield Park, Woodthorpe Grange Park, Vernon Park, Southern Cemetery, Forest Recreation Ground, University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus.

3.7.2 In 2012/13 the City produced no primary land won aggregates or secondary recycled aggregates – this is on track and relates to Policy NE16. There has not been any development of new waste management facilities. An application for a third line / to extend the Eastcroft Incinerator (07/01502/PMFUL3) was submitted in August 2007. The appeal decision date was in January 2009 for 100,000 tonnes pa Although the full operation has yet to be implemented, the development has commenced in December 2011, as they have done some ‘enabling works’ to keep the permission extant - this relates to Policy NE15. Planning permission was granted for a manufacturing, research and development facility, with energy generation

Indirectly Monitors Policies:BE4-5, BE7, NE1-8, NE10, NE14-16, R1, R2, R4, R5, R7-9

Directly Monitors Policies: BE4-5, BE7, NE1-4, NE10, NE14-16 Indirectly Monitors Policies: NE5-8, R1, R2, R4


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demonstrator and associated offices (13/00757/PMFUL3). This includes a maximum annual throughput of 30,000 tonnes of waste per annum.

3.7.3 In 2012/13 the total amount of City municipal solid waste (MSW) arising was 147,956 tonnes (115,235 tonnes of Household and 32,721 tonnes of Trade and other non household waste) this is 3.36% more than 2011/12. There is an interrelationship with this and Policy NE15. Nottingham city has already reached it's landfill diversion target for 2020 as set by Government under the landfill directive and was 56.83% below it’s allowance for 2013. Of the total municipal waste arising, the management of this is broadly on track:

* 19,847 tonnes were landfilled. This represents 13.42% of MSW

* 76,704 tonnes were incinerated with Energy from Waste. 51.84% of MSW were incinerated

* 51,405 tonnes were Recycled & composted. This represents 34.74% of MSW.

Outturn % ChangeHOUSEHOLD WASTE % Tonnes % Tonnes On Year

Household Waste Recycled 33.14% 37,221.78 31.62% 36,442.28 -2.09%Household Waste Incinerated (Energy from Waste) 55.57% 62,421.92 54.83% 63,181.19 1.22%Household Waste Landfilled 11.29% 12,680.51 13.55% 15,611.26 23.11%Total Household Waste 100.00% 112,324.21 100.00% 115,234.73 2.59%

MUNICIPAL SOILID WASTE % Tonnes % TonnesMunicipal Waste Recycled 31.34% 44,865.10 34.74% 51,405.02 14.58%Municipal Waste Incinerated (Energy from Waste) 53.84% 77,063.52 51.84% 76,703.51 -0.47%Municipal Waste Landfilled 14.82% 21,215.64 13.41% 19,847.26 -6.45%Total Municipal Waste 100.00% 143,144.26 100.00% 147,955.79 3.36%

NON HOUSEHOLD SOILID WASTE % Tonnes % TonnesNon Household Waste Recycled 24.80% 7,643.32 45.73% 14,962.74 95.76%Non Household Waste Incinerated (Energy from Waste) 47.51% 14,641.60 41.33% 13,522.32 -7.64%Non Household Waste Landfilled 27.69% 8,535.13 12.95% 4,236.00 -50.37%Total Municipal Waste excluding Household 100.00% 30,820.05 100.00% 32,721.06 6.17%

2011/122011/12

3.7.5 In 2012/13 8 applications were objected by the Environment Agency. However, 1 was withdrawn, 3 were refused. Of the other 4, the EA’s objection was withdrawn and they were granted permission,- this indicator is on track . There is a strong interdependence between this and Policy NE10.

3.7.6 In 2012/13 there were 11 Local Nature Reserves (LNR) totalling 156.6ha, which

represents 0.5 Ha of LNR per 1,000 pop. The LNRs are Sandy Banks (5.9ha), Springfield Corner/Moorbridge Pond (1.96ha), and Hucknall Road Linear Walkway (8.65ha), Colwick Woods (48.2ha), Clifton Grove, Clifton Woods & Holme Pit Pond (38.4ha) Bulwell Hall Park Meadows (24.3ha), Sellars Wood (13.9ha), Beeston Sidings (5.6ha) Martins Pond (3.9ha), Harrison Plantation (4.3ha) and Sunrise Hill (1.5ha). Within the LNRs there were 3 Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Colwick Cutting (2.07 ha) favourable; Holme Pit (4.17ha) unfavourable recovering; and Seller's Wood (13.88ha) unfavourable recovering. The process is underway to declare two more LNRs in autumn 2013.


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3.7.7 In 2012/13 although data on renewable energy has been collected it has not been analysed. In May 2007 the City Council resolved that planning applications for all major new development in Nottingham City will be expected to provide at least 10% of their energy use from renewable or low carbon sources.

3.8 Improving Accessibility and Reducing Congestion

Context

3.8.1 The City scores relatively well in relation to access to services. Only 1 of the 176 SOAs in the City is the 10% most disadvantaged in the country in terms of the extent of deprivation in terms of ‘barriers to housing and services’ (IMD).

3.8.2 The proportion of households in the City with no car or van fell slightly from 44.9% in 2001 to 43.7% in 2011 (Source: Census).

Policy Implementation 3.8.3 Policy ST4 of the NLP sets the context for ensuring that development is located in

sustainable locations. An indicator of the success of this overarching policy, and other policies which have regard to it, is that 100% of the 799 net new homes are within 30 minutes public transport time of a hospital, GP, primary and secondary school, employment and a major retail centre. These figures are on track.

3.8.4 Because Nottingham City boundaries are tight the vast majority of the City is urban

and well served by public transport and services. The City Council is trying to improve education standards in the City. This is leading to a reorganisation of secondary schools, with accessibility planning as a key consideration.

Indirectly Monitors Policies: ST4, T1-16

Directly Monitors Policies: ST4, CE1-4, CE6-8, BE2, T1, T3, T6, T7, T15 Indirectly Monitors Policies: H1-2, H6, MU1-MU9, BE1 T2, T8-14, T16


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3.8.5 In accordance with the overall land use/ transport objective set out in the Local Plan, and Policy ST4, a network of Healthy Living Centres (HLCs) and / One-Stop Centres/Local Initiative Finance Trusts (LIFTS) are being set up in the City to offer a range of accessible services.

3.8.6 The AM peak period inbound traffic flow to the Inner Traffic Area was 36,800

vehicles in 2012 – this shows a decrease of 14.7% from 2000 and a 0.9% decrease from 2011

3.8.7 In 2012/13 The combined number of passenger journeys by bus and tram in Greater

Nottingham was 74.13 million of which tram was 8 million passenger journeys. This represents a 10% increase since 2003/04. In 2012/13 bus and tram patronage fell slightly compared to 66.74m in 2011/12. Policies T6, T7, T8 and T9 of the NLP have contributed to this success by safeguarding provision of new public transport infrastructure in the City area. Policies to improve accessibility and reduce congestion are being successfully implemented.

3.8.8 It should be noted that the increase in public transport use was from what was already a very high base, as the 2001 census results have shown that Greater Nottingham has the highest bus share for commuting of any Core City or large urban area in England, second only to London.

3.8.9 The indicators indicate that the objective and policies relating to improving accessibility and reducing congestion set out in the NLP are working successfully ie:

• to promote land use which improves accessibility and provides real transport choices while reducing the need to travel.

• an integrated approach which seeks to reduce use of the private car, particularly for travel to work, increase use of public transport and use of other alternative modes

• encourage mixed use development and development in or close to existing centres

3.9 BUILDING BALANCED COMMUNITIES

3.9.1 The Building Balanced Communities Supplementary Planning Document was adopted in March 2006. Following resolution of judicial review it was reissued in March 2007 with policy guidance which promoted family housing on appropriate sites outside of the City Centre and Regeneration Zones withdrawn. Policy guidance seeking to address the impact of large concentrations of students on the


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balance of communities was unchanged and has been a material consideration in the determination of planning applications from March 2006.

3.9.2 The policy guidance has been successful in assisting to maintain and promote balanced communities by encouraging well managed purpose built student accommodation in appropriate locations, with the intention of freeing up other residential properties for occupation by other households. A map showing the locations of purpose built student accommodation and the concentration of student in particular areas of the city is included in the Appendices.

3.9.3 A table showing trends in the number of students attending the City’s two universities and available bedspaces is included in the Appendices. This table shows that the number of students attending the two universities full-time has risen from 39,056 in 2003/04 to 52,103 in 2012/13 of which 43,000 live within the City. In 2002/03, approximately 21,526 students required accommodation in private flats or houses, after a peak in 2009 in declined to 21,485 in 2012/13. Due to the increases in student fees, it must be unlikely that the recent big increase in student numbers will continue. Nearly 3,000 new student bedspaces are likely to be provided in the next three years, meaning that the need for students to be accommodated in the private housing stock should be reduced.


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4. PROGRESS IN PREPARING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS

PROGRESS IN PREPARING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS T O THE END OF OCTOBER 2013 All the milestones are set out in the table below. The AMR will consider actual LDD preparation progress only against the milestones contained in the May 2013 LDS. On track is on time or early, Virtually on track is 3 months late or less, Broadly on track is 3-6 months late, and, Not on track is 6 or more months late DOCUMENT NOTES

Saved Plans Nottingham Local Plan

On track . Adoption was 28/11/05. However, there was a High Court Challenge regarding the open space designation on part of the Radford Bridge allotments. This was resolved in September 2006

Development Plan Documents (DPDs) Aligned Core Strategy

On track . The ‘Publication Version’ was consulted on for 6 weeks 11/6/12-23/7/12. Submission to Secretary of State was 07/06/13. The pre-hearing meeting was held on the 30/07/13. The Examination took place 15/10/13 – mid November

Land and Planning Policies DPD

On track . An issues and options document was out for consultation 26/9/11-21/11./11. A Preferred Option was approved by Executive Board on 17/9/13 for consultation, which took place 7/10/13-2/12/13

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Core Strategy

On track . The Strategy was submitted on 14/1/13. The pre-hearing meeting was held on the 8th March 2013 and the hearing took place between 8th May 2013 and 17th May 2013. The Councils undertook a four week consultation on the main modifications between 24th June 2013 and 22nd July 2013. The Inspectors Report was received in October 2013. The Strategy was adopted by the County Council in November and the City Council in December.

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Development Management Policies

On track . Preparation commenced January 2013

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Allocations Policies

On track . Preparation commenced June 2013

Other LDF Documents Statement of Community Involvement

On track . Preparation to commence January 2014.

Authority Monitoring Report

On track . Start of work delayed to September, but finalize d in Nov/Dec 2013


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Chart showing Progress in preparing Local Developme nt Documents: End of October 2013 (please refer to key in Section 4.1)

YEARMONTH J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

LDS

ACTUAL

LDS G J K L MACTUAL

LDS D G J K L M

ACTUAL

LDS G J K L M

ACTUALl

LDS A D G J K L M

ACTUAL

LDS A D G J K L M

ACTUAL

LDS A D MACTUAL

LDS A M A M A MACTUAL

: Position at end of October 2013

: Beyond LDS timetable

lower case: Not in line with schedule

2014 2015

Saved Plans

Nottingham Local Plan Review 2005

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Allocations Policies

Development Plan Documents (DPDs)

2013

Authority Monitoring Report

Aligned Core Strategy

Other LDF DocumentsStatement of Community Involvement

Land and Planning Policies DPD

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Core StrategyNottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Development Management Policies

Key to accompany the Progress chart (featured above )

Saved SCI DPDs SPDsAB

C Preparation of Draft SCIPreparation of Issues & Options DPD inc public consultation

Preparation of Draft SPD + SA report

DPublic Participation on Draft SCI

Public Participation on Preferred Options DPD+ SA Report

Public Participation on Draft SPD + SA report

E

Consideration of representations + discuss with community and stakeholders

Consideration of representations

FPreparation of submission SCI

Preparation of submission DPD+ any amendments to the SA report

GSubmission to Secretary of State of SCI

Submission to Secretary of State of DPD+SA report

HPublic consultation period on DPD document and SA report

IJKL

L1

Proposed Modifications (transitional arrangements)

M

PRODUCTION & MONITORING MILESTONES (KEY MILESTONES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD)

Commencement of document preparation/ evidence gath eringPreparation of the scoping report for the SA

Adoption and publication of document

Receipt of Inspector’s binding reportCommencement of examination / period

Pre-examination meetingPre-examination consideration of representations


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5. APPENDIX 1 : AREA COVERED BY NOTTINGHAM CITY LOCAL PLAN


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MAP OF NOTTINGHAM IN CONTEXT OF GREATER NOTTINGHAM


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6.APPENDIX 2 : GLOSSARY Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) – Monitors progress in relation to the Local Development Scheme and policies and proposals in Local Planning Documents. Category 1 Hazards – A category 1 hazard under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System means that there is a signific ant risk to the occupiers or visitors to the property Core Strategy (CS) – A Development Plan Development setting out the spatial vision and objectives of the planning framework for an area, having regard to the Community Strategy (see also DPDs). For Nottingham, the Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy forms part 1 of the new Local Plan. Generic Development Control Policies (GDCP) – A limited suite of policies which set out the criteria against which planning applications for the development and use of land and buildings will be considered. They may be included as part of the Core Strategy or in a separate development plan document. Local Development Scheme ( LDS) - The local planning authority’s time-scaled programme for the preparation of Local Development Documents that must be agreed with Government and reviewed every year. Nottingham Local Plan (NLP) - An old-style development plan prepared by District and other Local Planning Authorities. Saved policies from these plans continue to operate for a time, until replaced by the part 1 and part 2 of the new Local Plan. Saved Policies/Saved Plan - Policies within Unitary Development Plans, Local Plans, and Structure Plans that are saved for a time-period during replacement production of Local Development Documents. Site Specific Land Allocations and Policies (SSLP) – Where land is allocated for specific uses (including mixed uses) this should be made in one or more development plan document. Policies which relate to the delivery of site specific allocations, such as critical access requirements which may be sought, must also be set out in a development plan document. For Nottingham City this is the Land & Planning Policies document which forms part 2 of the new Local Plan Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) - The SCI sets out standards to be achieved by the local authority in involving the community in the preparation, alteration and continuing review of all local development documents and development control decisions. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - An environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes, including those in the field of planning and land


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use, which complies with the EU Directive 2001/42/EC. The environmental assessment involves the: • preparation of an environmental report; • carrying out of consultations; • taking into account of the environmental report and the results of the consultations in decision making; • provision of information when the plan or programme is adopted; and • showing that the results of the environment assessment have been taken into account. Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) - An SPD is a Local Development Document that may cover a range of issues, thematic or site specific, and provides further detail of policies and proposals in a ‘parent’ DPD. Sustainability Appraisal (SA) - The process of weighing and assessing all the policies in a development plan, Local Development Document, or Regional Spatial Strategy, for their global, national and local implications. (See also Strategic Environmental Assessment). Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) - The Sustainable Community Strategy sets the overall strategic direction and long-term vision for the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the City of Nottingham. The strategy is informed by both evidence reviews and local aspirations. It provides the overarching vision and aims for all the city’s other public strategies and plans, including the Local Area Agreement. It is a statutory requirement.


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7. APPENDIX 3: STUDENT CONCENTRATION MAP (November 2013)


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8. APPENDIX 4: STUDENT BEDSPACES COMPLETED AND PRO JECTED as at 31 st March 2013 Scenario one - assumes student numbers remain static after 2012/13

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

46,909 49,538 52,214 52,103 52,103 52,103 52,103Students with term time addresses in the City[2] - estimate 32,024 32,604 33,834 33,967 34,747 36,060 38,503 36,611 38,489 38,436 38,436 38,436 38,436

10,498 11,081 12,854 13,882 13,905 14,556 14,863 15,218 16,292 16,951 18,179 19,067 19,876

22,197 21,485 20,257 19,369 18,560

[1] Nottingham Trent University (NTU) excludes an allowance for sandwich students not in Nottingham. University of Nottingham (U of N) includes nursing / midwifery students, but excludes those out of the university. [2] 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 based upon 2002 survey data (79.5% for U of N and 71.3% for NTU); 2003/04 to 2009/10 based on 2005 survey data (85% for U of N and 78% for NTU); 2010/11 onwards based on HESA data (80.1% U of N and 65.7% NTU)[3] This includes both NTU and U of N accommodation and all privately owned purpose built student bedspaces.

Estimates of future student numbers are not available, but are not likely to rise significantly

Total number of full-time students who require accommodation[1] (Sept-Sept) 39,056

23,640

43,90139,724 41,219 41,338 42,292

21,393

Completed purpose built student bedspaces[3] (including university owned and managed bedspaces)

20,842 21,504

Remaining students who will need to be accommodated in private flats or houses in the City 21,526 21,523 20,980 20,085

9. APPENDIX 5: DETAILS OF FUTURE STUDENT

ACCOMMODATION (as at December 2013)

Student schemes for 2013 AMR and trajectory (update )

Bedspaces complete for 2013/14 (ready for September 2013 occupation)

Site Reference Bedspaces UnitsByron House, Shakespeare Street 11/01686/PFUL3 559 67Gill Street 11/01687/PFUL3 352 423 and 4 Poultry 11/03791/PFUL3 16 232-44 Castle Gate 12/01688/PFUL3 125 1735 Curzon Street 12/02112/PFUL3 46 862 Player Street 12/02629/PFUL3 87 6Adult Education Centre, 14-22 Shakespeare Street / 8-10 Peachey Street

12/02811/PFUL3 52 52

Total 1,237 194


Site Reference Bedspaces UnitsOdeon, Angel Row 10/04106/PFUL3 449 10995 Talbot Street 11/01989/PFUL3 65 52Former Police Warehouse, North Sherwood Street / Shakespeare Street

12/01581/PFUL3 44 44

Equitable House, 5-7 South Parade 12/01647/PFUL3 20 9Catherine House, Woolpack Lane 12/02339/PFUL3 48 1731 Huntingdon Street 12/02755/PFUL3 46 9Minerva House, Spaniel Row 12/03487/PFUL3 155 153Halley House, 33-37 Hounds Gate 13/01072/PFUL3 61 61Total 888 454


Site Reference Bedspaces Units1 Hockley 12/00640/PFUL3 127 37Talbot House, Talbot Street 12/02660/PFUL3 389 255B Siegel, 1 Maiden Lane 12/03334/PFUL3 113 92The Old Peacock, 136 Ilkeston Road 13/00430/PFUL3 45 7Winchester House, 39 Hounds Gate 13/00620/PFUL3 10 105-13 Upper Parliament Street 13/01148/PFUL3 47 24Perry's Factory, Russell Street* 13/02213/PFUL3 78 78Total 809 503

TOTAL 2,934 1,151

* Applications currently pending a decision

10. APPENDIX 6 : USEFUL CONTACTS

For further information on this document please con tact:

Authority Monitoring Report: Nottingham City Counci l:

Paul Tansey: Senior Officer, Policy & Information Team, Development Department, Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NGTelephone: 0115 876 3973

E-mail: [email protected]

www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Development Management Statistics: Nottingham City Council:

Martin Poole: Telephone: 0115 876 4073

Email: [email protected]

David Bishop, Corporate Director for Development

Development Department, Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

Useful web sites: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/population www.communities.gov.uk The AMR is available to local communities in hard copy, and, like all other Local Planning documents is available on the City Council’s planning web site: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=535 The AMR text can be provided in large print, Braill e, tape or computer disc, or in alternative languages on request.