Annual Monitoring Report...Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2008 4 Employment and economic development • 81.2% of all new employment

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Development Framework

A n n u a l M o n i t o r i n g R e p o r t

December 2008

Newcastle – under - Lyme Annual Monitoring Report 2008 Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 3

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 7

2. The monitoring framework................................................................................... 6

3. Local Development Implementation.................................................................... 8

4. The key characteristics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme............... 11

5. Policy monitoring................................................................................................ 20

5.1 Sustainability ................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Housing ........................................................................................................... 27 5.3 Employment .................................................................................................... 34 5.4 Town centres................................................................................................... 37 5.5 Community facilities ........................................................................................ 39 5.6 Natural environment........................................................................................ 40 5.7 Historical environment..................................................................................... 43 5.8 Transport......................................................................................................... 44

Appendix 1 – Significant effects indicators.......................................................... 46

Appendix 2 – ‘Saved’ Local Plan 2011 policies.................................................... 50

Appendix 3 – Detailed policy monitoring tables .................................................. 54

Newcastle under Lyme Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report 2008

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NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – 2007/2008 Policy monitoring Sustainable development

• 86.3% of all new housing development was built on previously developed land; clearly this is a vast improvement upon last year. However it should be noted that there are a significant number of existing commitments on two large greenfield sites that have yet to be completed. These developments were granted permission prior to the adoption of the 2011 Local Plan.

• 97% of all new permissions granted in 2007/08 are on previously developed

land • 3% of all new completed development took place in the Green Belt • 43.2% of all new housing was built within the Renew North Staffordshire

boundary • 67.6% of all new housing was built within the North Staffordshire

Regeneration Zone

• No development took place that was contrary to Environment Agency advice on water quality and flood risk grounds

• No major renewable energy development took place in 2007/08

Housing

• 142 net additional dwellings were completed in 2007/08. This marks a significant shortfall in comparison to what was previously anticipated (the most recent trajectory produced by officers suggested there would be approximately 227 net additional dwellings). This shortfall is largely due to the non completion of a number of major developments expected to be completed by the year end. The figure for the first quarter of the 2008/9 monitoring period, at 140 completions, suggests that this was simply a temporary delay and that much of this development has now come forward.

• Just one affordable dwelling was completed in 2007/08. It should be noted

that as at March 2008, 17 affordable dwellings were under construction. Furthermore permissions were granted for 194 affordable dwellings in 2007/08. This brings the total permissions for affordable housing to 290 dwellings

• The average density of residential development in 2007/08 was 32 dwellings

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Employment and economic development

• 81.2% of all new employment development took place within the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone

• 100% of all new employment development took place on previously

developed land • As of 31st March 2008 the borough has a supply of 95 hectares of available

employment land

• Retail surveys suggest that the Town Centre continues to offer a healthy mix of shopping and services

Community facilities

• There was no loss of essential community facilities in 2007/08 Natural environment

• An additional Local Nature Reserve at Bradwell Wood was formally designated

• The Council attained a further Green Flag Award for Lyme Valley Park

Access and transport

• The results of the Accession analysis carried out by the County Council suggest that a significant amount of the new residential development completed in 2007/08 provides good access to shops, employment opportunities and key services by non-car modes of travel.


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1. Introduction 1.1 The role of the Annual Monitoring Report This report covers the period from 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008. Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires every local planning authority to produce an annual report for submission to the Secretary of State containing information on:-

• The progress made towards implementing the programme outlined in the authority’s Local Development Scheme.

• The progress made towards achieving objectives and targets identified in

local development plan documents.

• The impact of policies upon national and regional targets – Local Planning Regulations 48(7) specifically requires information on net additional dwellings.

• The significant effects of policy implementation upon the social, economic and

environmental sustainability of the local plan area.

• Whether policies in local development plan documents need to be updated, adjusted or replaced in order to achieve identified targets, and to reflect changes in national or regional policy.

1.2 The importance of monitoring Monitoring is becoming an increasingly central aspect of evidence based policy making. Government guidance highlights the need to make a shift away from past views of monitoring as an error-correcting mechanism to bring land use plans back on track, towards an approach to monitoring as a positive, future orientated means for identifying the key issues and challenges within a local authority. This in turn will inform the future development, revision and adjustment of Local Development Framework (LDF) policies. The AMR is an invaluable tool for the planning policy team, providing a means for –

• Promoting the central role of planning within the local authority • Providing accessible information on the performance of local policies • Highlighting the key issues, challenges and opportunities in the borough • Providing a comprehensive evidence base for the development of future

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2. The monitoring framework 2.1 Local indicators No Development Plan Documents had been formally adopted prior to, or during, the monitoring period April 2007-Mar 2008. Therefore this report will continue to focus upon the monitoring of policies in the adopted Local Plan 2011. These policies were automatically ‘saved’ until September 27th 2007. To ‘save’ these policies beyond this date the Council had to seek approval from the Secretary of State. Only policies that met all of the following criteria were eligible to be saved –

• Where appropriate, there is a clear central strategy • Policies have regard to the community strategy for the area • Policies are in general conformity with the Core Strategy development plan

document (where the Core Strategy has been adopted) • There are effective policies for any of the authority’s area where significant

change in use or development of land or conservation of the area is envisaged

• Policies are necessary and do not merely repeat national or regional policy

The Council received a ‘direction’ letter from Government Office for the West Midlands (GOWM) on September 7th informing them of which policies would continue to be ‘saved’. A full list of those Local Plan policies which have and have not been ‘saved’, is set out in Appendix 3 of this report. As a result of this process, the number of policies in the Local Plan has been significantly reduced. This has clear implications for the monitoring of Local Plan policy. A number of the indicators used in previous AMRs were specifically aimed at monitoring the performance of policies that now no longer exist. However, despite this, it is felt that until such a time when the Borough has a comprehensive set of LDF policies, the continued use of the existing local indicators provides a valuable picture of the key local issues and challenges within the Borough. 2.2 Core Output Indicators These are a set of indicators that authorities are required to monitor on an annual basis. Data produced by local authorities will be used by regional planning authorities to build up a picture of spatial planning performance within the region. These indicators also provide an additional means for measuring the performance of local policies. In July of this year, Communities and Local Government (CLG) published a paper titled Regional Spatial Strategy and Local Development Framework: Core Output Indicators – Update 2/2008 which set out the revised framework of indicators that local planning authorities have a statutory duty to report on in their AMRs. The indicators have been streamlined and clarified, with a greater emphasis upon reporting in detail, the future provision of housing and housing land.


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A further significant (and potentially very useful) addition is the requirement to assess the design quality of all completed major housing developments against the Commission for Architecture and Built Environment (CABE) Building for Life checklist. A number of the original Core Output Indicators have been removed, notably indicators on housing density, accessibility of key services and Green Flag Awards. There is however, significant value in continuing to monitor and report on these and as such they will be adopted as local indicators. 2.3 Contextual Indicators Contextual indicators reflect the need to take into account the social, economic and environmental issues and circumstances, that exist within a locality. Contextual indicators provide the essential background information which informs both the development of and future monitoring of local polices. 2.4 Significant Effects Indicators Local authorities must undertake sustainability appraisals of all policies within the LDF. Significant effects indicators should be drawn from the indicators and objectives developed for the sustainability appraisal. Significant effects indicators will enable local authorities to compare the predicted effects of a policy against the actual effects. Appendix 1 to this report provides a baseline starting point for the significant effects monitoring framework for the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy.


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3. Local Development Implementation 3.1 The Local Development Scheme The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the timetable for the production of individual Local Development Documents (LDDs) which collectively make up the Local Development Framework for the Borough. It is a three year rolling programme. The LDS monitored in this report was agreed with the Government Office for the West Midlands (GOWM) in May 2007. The LDDs identified in the 2007 LDS were -

• Statement of Community Involvement (adopted August 2006) • North Staffordshire Core Spatial Strategy • Newcastle Town Centre Area Action Plan • Generic Development Control Policies DPD

• Developer Contributions SPD

• Knutton and Cross Heath Design Brief SPD • Conservation and Heritage Guidance SPD

• North Staffordshire Generic Design Guidance

3.2 Progress on the production of the Local Development Framework in 2007/08 - North Staffordshire Core Spatial Strategy LDS Date Actual Date Consultation on Revised Preferred Options Report

June 2007 June 2007

The Core Strategy (now formally titled the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy is being produced jointly with Stoke-on-Trent City Council to ensure a consistency of approach at a strategic level throughout the conurbation. Consultation on the Revised Preferred Options Report took place in June 2007. Following this the Submission Draft report was approved by Stoke in March and by the Borough Council in May this year and published for pre-submission publication in August 08. At this time the submission programme was rescheduled to take advantage of the greater flexibility provided by the introduction of new national plan making regulations. Consequently, subject to there being no significant questions as to its soundness, it is anticipated that the Strategy will be submitted to the Secretary of State in November 2008 and will be subject to public examination in March 2009. The proposed adoption date of the Strategy is now October 2009


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Newcastle Town Centre Area Action Plan LDS Date Actual Date Submission of the development plan document May 2007 May 2007 Pre-examination meeting September 2007 - Examination November 2007 -

The AAP was submitted to the Secretary of State in May 2007. Following a pre-examination exploratory meeting with the appointed inspector, a decision was made by the Council to formally withdraw the AAP. The AAP was removed from the programme on the 27th Feb 08 in response to a Direction which had been sought in November 07. A decision was made by the Council to prepare an SPD for the Town Centre instead. Generic Development Control Policies LDS Date Actual Date Commencement July 2007 July 2007 Issues and Options December 2007 - A Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report was published for statutory consultation in Sept 2007. However, whilst production of this DPD is still considered to be important, a decision was made in the short/medium term to direct resources towards the submission of the Core Spatial Strategy and the production of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD. Therefore, further work on this DPD will not be carried out until the above DPDs are at advanced stages. Developer Contributions SPD LDS Date Actual Date Representations and finalise SPD June 2007 June 2007 Adoption and publication of SPD October 2007 October 2007 Knutton and Cross Heath Design Brief SPD* LDS Date Actual Date Preparation of draft SPD September 2007 February 2007 Consultation and Public participation (6 weeks) November 2007 March 2008 *Now formally titled the Knutton and Cross Heath Development Sites (Phase 1) SPD. Delays in the preparation of the SPD were experienced due to the protracted land assembly negotiations between the lead developer and English Partnerships, land owner of one of the development sites.


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Conservation and Heritage Guidance SPD LDS Date Actual Date Preparation of draft SPD May 2008* - *Now expected to commence in 2011. The timescale for production has been revised to take account of the availability of staff, the timetable of the Core Spatial Strategy and the Council’s Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMPs) programme. North Staffordshire Generic Design Guidance* LDS Date Actual Date Preparation of draft SPD November 2007 February 2009 *Now formally titled the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Urban Design Guidance SPD. The delay to the commencement of the document was largely due to issues of funding. In addition the programme was recently revised to incorporate recommendations from a recent design review panel, allow time to make the design guidance interactive, and to consider a suggestion of AWM that further work be done to make sustainable design more explicit in the document. Detailed, up to date progress on the Local Development Framework is provided in the Local Development Scheme 2008 and on the monthly LDF newsletter. Both can be accessed at www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/ldf


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4. The key characteristics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme


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4.1 Geography The Borough of Newcastle under Lyme is one of eight districts within Staffordshire. It covers an area of 210 square kilometres in the north western corner of the county. Newcastle town, which adjoins the western edge of the City of Stoke on Trent, is the borough’s largest settlement, with the town of Kidsgrove in the north eastern corner of the borough, the second largest. The area to the west and south of the conurbation is dominated by greenbelt. 4.2 Population The 2001 Census recorded the total population of the borough as 122,030. The population is predominantly urban, with 79% of the population residing in either Newcastle town (73,944) or Kidsgrove (22,145), the remainder residing within the numerous villages to the west of the urban areas. Recent data produced by TEMPRO (Trip End Model Presentation Program – which provides future modelling of trips, car ownership and population/workforce data based upon current Regional Planning Policy) suggests that the Borough will see a decline in population of approximately 1400 residents (1.2% of total population). However, Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2006 sub-national projections (based upon past trends), predicts a significant increase of approximately 10,000 residents (8.3%) in the Borough over the same time period. In terms of additional households this suggests an increase from 53,000 in 2006 to 60,000 in 2026. ONS 2006 mid-year estimates of population age structures suggest that the Borough has a population marginally older than regional and national averages, a trend which current projections suggest will continue. As part of the Revision of the North-West Regional Spatial Strategy, a study has been commissioned to examine the linkages between North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. As part of this study, data was sourced on internal migration flows in 2007. The data relevant to Newcastle is summarised in the table below. Whilst there are marginal net losses of population to the South Cheshire districts, the most significant movements are between the Borough and Stoke-on-Trent, with a net gain of just over 400 residents. Internal migration – 2007

To Newcastle

From Newcastle

Congleton 240 290 Crewe & Nantwich 170 190 Macclesfield 40 40 Staffordshire Moorlands 280 250 Stoke-on-Trent 2470 2030 North Shropshire 110 140 Rest of England & Wales 2990 2760 Source: ONS Migration Statistics Unit (data based upon re-registrations for local doctor’s surgeries/clinics)


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4.3 Economic Development The economy of the borough was traditionally dominated by coal extraction and heavy manufacturing industries. The borough has also traditionally had very strong ties with the local ceramics industry and the economy of the neighbouring City of Stoke on Trent. The decline of these industries over the last few decades and the resultant transition of the borough’s economic and occupational structures has created both challenges to, and opportunities for, the future growth and prosperity of the borough. These changes have seen significant regeneration activity, in particular the reclamation of former coal mine sites for service and logistics uses. The table below clearly shows the dramatic transformation of the Borough’s employment structure in recent years with significant losses in manufacturing as expected, accompanied by growth in transport/communications/logistics industries far in excess of regional and national averages. Also of note is a significant growth in the banking, financial and insurance services sector.

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-23% -37% 30% 4% 23% 19% 25% 35%

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-22% -29% 15% 5% 10% 23% 23% 22%

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The table below shows the broad employment structure in the Borough. The Borough clearly has an over representation of distribution and transport/communications industries and lower levels of banking and financial industries.

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1% 15% 5% 24% 6% 18% 27% 5%

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1% 11% 5% 24% 6% 22% 27% 5%

Source ONS – ABI/Nomis 2007 This over-representation of transport/logistics industries is arguably reflected in workplace earnings within the Borough, which are, as the table below demonstrates, higher than in Stoke-on-Trent but significantly lower than at regional and national levels.

Earnings by residence and workplace 2007 ONS – hours and earnings (2007)

Newcastle

Stoke-on-Trent

West Midlands

Great Britain

Earnings by residence

£457.10

£382.10

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Earnings by workplace

£400.70

£394.30

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£458.60

Source: Nomis 2007 Interestingly, earnings by residence are higher than regional averages and very close to the national average. This tends to suggest that a significant level of the Borough’s high earners actually hold positions in neighbouring authorities. It may also be reasonable to suggest that this is indicative of the unbalanced nature of the housing offer within Stoke-on-Trent; the City simply unable to meet the needs of its upwardly mobile residents; a need that is perhaps partially met by the Borough’s most attractive urban and rural neighbourhoods.


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Job Seeker Allowance claimants within the Borough are lower than at regional and national levels - JSA claimants – as % of working age pop (ONS June 2008)

Newcastle Stoke-on-Trent

West Midlands

Great Britain

All people 1.9% 3.2% 3.0% 2.2% Males 2.6% 4.7% 4.3% 3.1% Females 1.1% 1.6% 1.7% 1.2% The critical need to create a more diverse, balanced and flexible economic base, with a greater presence of high value employment opportunities is universally recognised. The Borough’s economic regeneration strategy – Building Prosperity; The Core Spatial Strategy; and the recently published North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership Business Plan 2008-11; all place great emphasis upon the importance of creating growth in high tech/high value employment opportunities; and identify the key assets within the Borough central to achieving this aim. These assets are –

• Newcastle Town Centre – The Town Centre currently offers a vibrant mix of retail, leisure and evening/night time activities, alongside an established and growing Financial and Professional Services sector, all set within an attractive and distinctive historical market town environment. In addition, the Town Centre is also a highly sustainable location for residential development. Providing jobs for over 10,000 people, the Town Centre is also the Borough’s largest employment area. As such it is central to the future prosperity of the Borough. The Newcastle Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document, scheduled to be adopted in January 2009, together with the Core Spatial Strategy, will establish the planning framework for ensuring that the optimum and most sustainable use of developable sites within the Town Centre is achieved.

• Keele University and Science Park – The Keele University and Science

Park is a regionally influential growth pole for medical and healthcare technologies and research – the fastest growing business sector in North Staffordshire. As such, the expansion of the Campus will be central to achieving the aim of raising the quality of employment opportunities in future years.

• Chatterley Valley – The mix of Hi – tech manufacturing, enterprise centres,

and warehousing, all built to the highest environmental/sustainability performance standards and set within an attractively landscaped environment will make a significant impact upon the quantitative and qualitative nature of employment opportunities within the borough.

4.4 Housing The 2001 Census records that owner occupation within the borough, at approximately 72.5% of all households, is marginally higher than for the West Midlands region (69.5%) and for England (68.7%). The majority of the remaining


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stock is provided through local RSLs (the largest being Aspire), and a relatively small percentage of private rented housing. Whilst average house prices within the Borough have increased significantly over the last decade, they still remain significantly lower than national and regional averages.

Jan – March 2008

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Terraced Flat/Apartment Average Price

Newcastle 237610 127936 110640 93438 149404 Stoke 176433 100014 56024 72548 92231 Staffordshire 246429 131766 99230 98233 154234 West Midlands 272017 141473 106603 109178 154149 England 278937 173493 145301 174334 185038 Source: Land Registry 2008 There are significant levels of market differentiation within the borough, with relatively buoyant markets within Newcastle town centre and the rural villages; and several areas - specifically those areas targeted by the Renew HMR programme – Knutton, Cross Heath, Chesterton and Galleys Bank, Kidsgrove, which suffer from market stagnation, low demand, an imbalance of housing types and tenures, and in the case of the Lower Milehouse estate - relatively high levels of vacant dwellings. This market differentiation means that the provision of affordable housing is a key issue for the borough. Evidence suggests that the cost of entry level market housing is increasingly beyond the means of many new households. The table below shows the inter-borough variations in average house price/average household income ratios. This is, admittedly, a relatively crude indicator; however, it clearly shows the disparity between incomes and house prices, the cost of an average house now appearing to be far beyond the financial means of the average household.

Post Code

Sector

Area* Average House Price

2007

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income 2007**

Ratio of income to

house price

ST5 0 Wolstanton/May Bank 135697 29743 4.6 ST5 1 Town Centre 122430 27742 4.4 ST5 2 Thistleberry 154894 29482 5.2 ST5 3 Westlands 197823 33536 5.8 ST5 4 Rural south 171745 35718 4.8 ST5 5 Rural south-west 307659 40610 7.6 ST5 6 Knutton/Silverdale 115444 26247 4.4 ST5 7 Chesterton 117004 27538 4.2 ST5 8 Bradwell/Porthill 133254 30578 4.3 ST5 9 Cross Heath 118603 25561 4.6 ST7 1 Butt Lane/Talke 122465 25643 4.8 ST7 4 Kidsgrove 143892 31515 4.6 ST7 8 Audley Parish 140701 30983 4.5 CW2 5 Rural west 369000 33929 10.8 CW3 9 Madeley/Rural west 184850 34687 5.3 TF9 2 Rural South west 282333 39286 7.2 TF9 4 Loggerheads 231688 40377 5.7 Source: Land Registry, CACI, NOMIS 2007


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*Broad estimate of Ward/Postcode sector relationship **Based upon an average 2.25% increase in average household incomes within the Borough in 2007 In June 2007 the Council joined with partners to commission a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), to ensure that it has a robust evidence base to support the development of a consistent policy framework. The SHMA identified a significant quantitative need for additional affordable housing within the Borough. The Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, programmed to be adopted by the Council in January 2009, together with the Core Spatial Strategy, will set out the Council’s approach to securing affordable housing to address this need. 4.5 Social inclusion Education The table below shows educational achievements as a percentage of the working age population. As can be seen, whilst educational achievements in the Borough are higher than in Stoke-on-Trent, they remain lower than national and regional averages.

Newcastle Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands Great Britain

NVQ4 and above 22.9% 16.2% 24.6% 28.6% NVQ3 and above 38.5% 33.2% 42.0% 46.4% NVQ2 and above 55.7% 54.0% 61.1% 64.5% NVQ1 and above 70.1% 70.3% 75.4% 78.1% Other qualifications 5.5% 6.5% 7.7% 8.8% No qualifications 24.4% 23.1% 17.0% 13.1% Source: ONS Community Safety Crime indicators BVPI 2006/07


Domestic burglaries per 1000 households 8.17 17.04 Violent crime per 1000 population 25.58 37.70 Robberies per 1000 population 0.45 1.49 Vehicle crime per 1000 population 9.57 16.65 Source: NULBC In addition, data from the Newcastle Crime Audit 2007 suggests that 31.3% of older people suffer from a genuine fear of being a victim of crime.


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Health The tables below provide a brief picture of the general health of the Borough’s population. In general residents are healthier than their neighbours in Stoke but marginally less so than at regional and national levels. ONS 2001 Percentage of pop in good health


West Midlands

England

Good 66% 63% 67% 69% Fairly good 23% 24% 23% 22% Not good 11% 13% 10% 9% ONS2004/06 Life expectancy at birth


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Males 76.9 74.5 76.6 77.32 Females 81.5 79.6 81.1 81.55 4.6 Built environment The borough has a unique and distinctive historical built environment with 20 designated Conservation areas and 365 nationally listed buildings. The historical landscapes, townscapes and buildings of the borough are irreplaceable; not only for their intrinsic architectural and aesthetic value and their contribution towards creating a collective sense of place and civic pride, but also for their contribution towards making the borough an economically attractive and competitive focus for inward investment. The distinctive market town character and atmosphere of Newcastle Town Centre is central to its vitality and viability and the role it plays within the North Staffs sub-region as a strategic centre. Similarly, the spacious, leafy streets of the Bramptons Conservation area provide a locally unique and attractive location for Finance and Professional Service industries. A key future challenge will be to balance the need for growth and inward investment with the need to protect and enhance the borough’s urban and rural landscapes. A challenge best achieved by first recognising that growth and conservation can play complementary rather than mutually exclusive roles. Urban Vision North Staffordshire will continue to play a key role in ensuring that the design of new development contributes towards the enhancement of the borough environmental distinctiveness, through both the assessment of new applications and LDF documents at their Design Review Panel meetings and through a programme of educational/training events. Furthermore the Borough, in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Urban Vision, has commissioned the drafting of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Urban Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPD). This SPD will establish the key design and planning principles for the design of new development across Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent. It will place the built environment policies in the Core Spatial Strategy in a local context.


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4.7 Natural and rural landscape The borough benefits from a distinct and diverse natural and rural landscape. The borough falls within two ‘Natural Areas’ (as defined by Natural England); the uplands, wooded valleys and ancient agricultural landscapes of the Potteries and Churnet Valley Natural Area in the north east of the borough; and the gently rolling plains and wetlands of the Meres and Mosses Natural Area to the west and south of the borough. The borough has two sites identified under the 1971 Ramsar Convention as internationally important wetland sites – Betley Mere, and Black Firs & Cranberry Bog. The borough also benefits from five sites designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a number of Grade 1 County Sites of Biological Importance (SBI), several high quality country parks and approximately 330 hectares of woodland identified as ‘ancient semi-natural woodland’. The borough’s urban centres, Newcastle and Kidsgrove, benefit from an extensive network of formal and informal green spaces which provide valuable contributions towards recreational space, amenity, and wildlife habitats within the urban fabric. The North Staffordshire Green Space Strategy (September 2007) provides the strategic framework for the future provision and management of the borough’s parks, playgrounds etc. Crucially, the strategy recognises that the provision of sufficient high quality greenspace is vital not only for the general health and well being of the community but also for attracting the people and investment needed to support the borough’s housing market renewal and economic regeneration initiatives and strategies.


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5. Policy monitoring NB – Many of the policies referenced have not been saved beyond September 2007. However, as much of the development has taken place as a result of decisions based upon these policies, it is felt that it is appropriate for this monitoring year, to continue to reference them. 5.1 Sustainability

Core Output Indicator H3 – New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S1, S3, S4, H3.

Brownfield Total

% of new dwellings

on brownfield

sites New Builds Completed 161 185 87.0% Net Conversions and Changes of Use 15 19 78.9% Total 176 204 86.3% Ensuring the optimum use of brownfield land resources continues to be a key priority in local, regional and national planning policy. As the table above clearly shows, a significant amount of new residential development in 2007/08 took place on brownfield sites. This marks a significant improvement on the previous year’s performance when just 66.5% took place on brownfield sites. It should be noted however that there is still a significant number of permissions on greenfield sites that have yet to come forward (in particular at the Lyme Valley allotments, Clayton Rd and Keele Rd sites). As such it is anticipated that in subsequent years there may be a short term increase in permissions on greenfield sites. The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision, when adopted will set a target for the North Staffordshire conurbation of 90% of all residential development to 2016 to be on brownfield land. In 2007/08 97% of the land that was granted planning permission for residential development was brownfield.


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Local indicator - Amount and types of development in the Greenbelt Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S3

Use Class

Total Completions

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Completions within the Green Belt

(ha)

% of total completions

within the Green Belt

A 4.82 0.00 0.00% B 31.20 0.00 0.00% C (excl. C3) 0.00 0.00 0.00% C3* 5.75 1.16 20.17% D 0.74 0.15 20.27% Sui generis 0.47 0.00 0.00% Totals 42.98 1.31 3.05%

* Conversions have been excluded from these figures A total of 9 houses (use class C3) were completed in the greenbelt in 2007/08, all of which were on brownfield land. Four of the dwellings were replacements for existing dwellings. Five were on a site previously occupied by a disused sports and social club. The relatively large total site area of the residential development in the greenbelt is primarily due to one replacement dwelling taking place on a site totalling 0.86 hectares. Core Output Indicator H6 – Housing quality: Building for Life Assessments Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S15, S17 Development

Address

Building For Life Score (max = 20)

24 dwellings

James Street, Wolstanton

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42 dwellings

Stanier Street, Newcastle

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26 dwellings

Pennyfields Road, Kidsgrove

10.5

27 dwellings

Scott Hay Road, Silverdale

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It should be noted that permissions for all of the above developments were granted prior to the statutory requirement for ‘design and access statements’ was introduced and two were granted and two of the developments were granted permission prior to the adoption of the Local Plan 2011. Furthermore, the Building for Life scoring system allocates points for issues such as on – site renewable energy provision, innovative use of building techniques/materials, the provision of affordable housing etc. All of which have only emerged as key priorities relatively recently and arguably after these developments were granted permission. Therefore the potential for these developments to score highly is very limited. Building for Life is the national standard for well designed homes and neighbourhoods in England. It was established by CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) the government advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. The standard has been used in housing audits conducted by CABE since 2004 and has subsequently been adopted both by the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships. In, July 2008, CLG introduced a requirement for each Local Authority to complete a Building for Life Assessment for all new build completions and to report this in the AMR. The Assessment involves evaluating each development against 20 standard Building for Life criteria, phrased as questions, which are each worth one point. A scheme can, therefore, score up to twenty points, which translate to -

• Very good = 16 or more

• Good = 14 or 15

• Average = 10, 11, 12 or 13

• Poor = less than 10 The aim is to encourage new housing schemes to demonstrate a commitment to high design standards, good place making and sustainable development. However, whist a Building for Life Assessment is a valuable tool to assess design quality in new housing schemes, it only measures the standard achieved. This is useful because it can promote best practice and contribute to a wider understanding of why a scheme works well, but if we are to drive up standards other measures are needed. The draft Core Spatial Strategy includes a policy CSP1 - Design Quality to ensure that all development has regard to key design principles. More detailed practical advice and guidance will be set out in the Urban Design Guide SPD to be adopted in 2009.This could ultimately lead to the Assessment being used as the basis for writing development briefs, as a basis for assessing planning applications and interpreting design and access statements. It is also recognised that a formal system for effectively monitoring this new indicator needs to be devised and that this is likely to be quite resource intensive. Attention will therefore be given to this, including consideration of systems operated by other local authorities. The training requirements of both members and officers will also remain a key priority.


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Local indicator – Developments assessed by Design Review Panel Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S15, S17 The Council continues to work closely with Urban Vision North Staffordshire to ensure that new development within the Borough meets the highest standards of design quality. Thirteen development proposals were examined by the Urban Vision Design Review Panel, which draws upon the knowledge and skills of a wide range of architects, urban designers, town planners and other built environment professionals. In addition, the draft design policies for the Newcastle Town Centre Area Action Plan and the Core Spatial Strategy Revised Preferred Options Report were also assessed by the panel. Local indicator - Amount of new development within the Renew North Staffordshire/North Staffs Regeneration Zone boundaries Source: NULBC monitoring

Use Class

Total employment completions

within the Borough

Completions within

Regeneration Zone

% Completions

within Regeneration

Zone

Class B1(a) 391 139 35% Class B1(b) 0 0 - Class B1(c) 52 52 100.0% Class B1 3140 3140 100.0% Class B2 10459 9951 95.1% Class B8 89239 68342 76.6% Class B1/B2/B8 11864 11864 100.0%

Totals 115145 93480 81.2% The North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone boundary is shown on page 13 of this report. As can be seen in the table above, newly completed employment/service development was predominantly located within the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone. The one significant development outside of this zone was 20,316m² of B8 logistics/warehouse facilities at West Avenue, Kidsgrove. Once adopted, the Core Spatial Strategy will further strengthen the focus upon the Regeneration Zone as the priority location for new employment development.


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Use Class

Total residential

completions within the Borough

Completions within Renew

% Completions within Renew area

of intervention

C3* (Residential 185 80

43.24%

* Conversions have been excluded from these figures The Renew North Staffordshire area of intervention boundary is shown on page 13 of this report. Current regional policy and emerging local policy emphasises the need to concentrate new development within the Renew Housing Market Renewal area of intervention and to demonstrate a degree of restraint outside of these areas. As can be seen in the table above, a relatively large proportion of new residential development was on sites outside of the Renew area. However, it should be noted that a significant number of these sites were granted permission prior to the designation of the area as a Housing Market Renewal Area. The draft Core Spatial Strategy sets out the level and broad locations of additional housing development to 2026 and aims to make the optimum use of locations within the Renew area of intervention. It should be recognised however, that the neighbourhoods outside of the Renew area such as May Bank, Wolstanton, Porthill and Bradwell to the north of the town centre; and Clayton and the Westlands to the south, do provide highly sustainable locations for additional residential development. As such, a degree of managed growth within these neighbourhoods is desirable to ensure their continued vitality and sustainability and to make the optimum use of the Borough’s finite brownfield resources.


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Core Output Indicator E1 – Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality grounds Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – S8 No permissions were granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding. The table below provides details of the applications which EA objected on flood risk grounds - Outcomes of applications subject to objection by the Environment Agency on flood risk grounds - Application

Type of development

Environment Agency grounds for objection

Planning application outcome

08/00057/FUL Residential - major Request for flood risk assessment

Application was deemed invalid

07/00825/FUL Residential - minor Request for flood risk assessment

Application was returned

07/00991/FUL Other-minor Request for flood risk assessment

EA withdrew objection – development was permitted

07/00499/FUL Heavy industry /warehousing - major

Request for flood risk assessment


07/00949/FUL Heavy industry /warehousing - major

Request for flood risk assessment


Outcomes of applications subject to objection by the Environment Agency on water quality grounds – No permissions were granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on water quality. The table below provides details of the applications which EA objected on water quality grounds – Outcomes of applications subject to objection by the Environment Agency on water quality grounds - Application

Type of development

Environment Agency grounds for objection

Planning application outcome

06/00723/FUL

Holiday cottages - minor

Water quality – disposal of waste water

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In September 2007, Newcastle and Stoke Councils commissioned a joint Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) in accordance with PPS25. This assesses and maps all forms of flood risk from groundwater, surface water, sewer, and river sources, taking into account climate change predictions. The SFRA was signed off by the Environment agency in July 2008. The SFRA will be used as an evidence base to help locate future development primarily in low flood risk areas. The outputs from the SFRA will help the Council to prepare sustainable policies for the long-term management of flood risk and improve existing emergency planning procedures. The SFRA is a ‘living’ document and will be reviewed on a regular basis in light of new information as it becomes available. Up-to-date details of the SFRA will be available at - www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/ldf Core Output Indicator E3 – Renewable energy generation Source: NULBC monitoring No renewable energy development has been permitted or completed in 2007/08.


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5.2 Housing Core Output Indicator H1 – Plan period and housing targets Source: NULBC monitoring The plan period and housing targets are as follows –

• Plan period: 2006-2026

• Housing targets: 5700 net additional dwellings (4800 urban, 900 rural) These are derived from the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision submitted to the Secretary of State in December 2007 and scheduled for examination in public in April 2009. The plan period and housing targets are also included at a local policy level in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy, programmed for submission to the Secretary of State in November 2008. It should however be noted, that CLG have expressed concerns over the housing numbers in the Revision and have commissioned consultants to produce further options proposing higher housing delivery targets to be assessed at the examination. As such the existing targets in the RSS Revision and the draft Core Spatial Strategy may be subject to further change in subsequent years. Core Output Indicator H2 (a) – Net additional dwellings – in previous years Source: NULBC monitoring

Year

New dwellings

completed

Gain/loss from change of use

Demolitions

Net additional

dwellings

2002/03 159 0 30 129 2003/04 238 41 12 267 2004/05 181 35 8 208 2005/06 235 29 28 236 2006/07 215 45 52 208

Total

1028

150

130

1048

Core Output Indicator H2 (b) – Net additional dwellings – for the reporting year Source: NULBC monitoring

Year

New dwellings

completed

Gain/loss from change of use

Demolitions

Net additional

dwellings

2007/08

185

19

62

142


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As the tables above clearly show, the level of delivery of net additional dwellings in 2007/08 was relatively low in comparison to previous years. Furthermore the total is significantly lower than anticipated in the plan period housing trajectory set out in the draft Core Spatial Strategy, which suggested an estimated 227 additional dwellings in 2007/08. It should be noted however that this shortfall is to some degree, due to a number of development which were expected to be completed by 31st March 2008 but were not - for example the 45 apartments at Hassel St, Newcastle which were recorded as being completed early in the 2008/09 monitoring year. As a result of this completions early in 2008/09 have been relatively high in comparison to previous years. Core Output Indicator H2 (c) – Net additional dwellings – in future years Source: NULBC monitoring

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

2013/14

Gross Completions 263 221 218 231 244 405 Gross Completions (Ha) - 5.35 5.08 6.05 8.07 11.34 Demolitions 79 48 61 31 16 16 Net Completions

184 173 157 200 228 389

All of the above projected development is already committed (i.e. has planning permission). It is estimated that the Borough will have approximately 2100 outstanding commitments for housing development at the beginning of the next five year period (starting April 1st 2009). With an estimated annualised build rate of 325 dwellings required to meet the plan period target, this approximately equates to a 6.4 year housing land supply. The indicator also requires the projected additional dwellings for the period 2014/2015 to 2023/2024. This is set out in H2 (d) on the following page. This development will take place on the remaining sites with existing commitments and on sites identified through the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and Allocated in the proposed Site Allocations and Policies DPD. NB – This is an additional requirement introduced for the first time this year. The calculations involved are extremely challenging. As we are producing the AMR well in advance of the submission deadline there will be sufficient time to work with neighbouring authorities to establish a best practice approach. Therefore the results presented in this draft report may be further refined for the final report.


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Core Output Indicator H2 (d) - Managed delivery target Source: NULBC monitoring

Year Gross Completions Demolitions Net

Completions

Cumulative Completions to the end of the

plan period 2006/07 260 52 208 208 2007/08 204 62 142 350 2008/09 263 79 184 534 2009/10 221 48 173 707 2010/11 218 61 157 864 2011/12 231 31 200 1064 2012/13 244 16 228 1292 2013/14 405 16 389 1681 2014/15 430 16 414 2095 2015/16 438 16 422 2517 2016/17 407 16 391 2908 2017/18 387 16 371 3279 2018/19 322 16 306 3585 2019/20 318 16 302 3887 2020/21 318 16 302 4189 2021/22 318 16 302 4491 2022/23 318 16 302 4793 2023/24 318 16 302 5095 2024/25 318 16 302 5397 2025/26 319 16 303 5700 Totals 6257 557 5700

H2d - Managed Delivery Target

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2006

/07

2007

/08

2008

/09

2009

/10

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

2021

/22

2022

/23

2023

/24

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/25

2025

/26

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Demolitions

Net Completions


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Clearly, the trajectory detailed above shows a slight variation to that proposed in the draft Core Spatial Strategy, with slightly lower levels of delivery in the period 2008-13 than was originally projected and as a consequence, marginally higher levels of delivery in the latter part of the plan period. This revised trajectory reflects recent changes and uncertainty in the global and national economic climate and the resultant narrowing of access to personal mortgage finance. Furthermore, it should be noted that in the event that local housing targets are increased as a result of the challenges to the Regional Spatial Strategy revision (as discussed earlier) then clearly the trajectory would have to be revised again. In the event that the Borough is allocated significantly higher targets then this additional provision would necessarily have to be phased towards the end of the plan period. Premature delivery of any additional requirement could potentially undermine the efforts of the Council and Renew North Staffordshire to revitalize those neighbourhoods currently suffering from weak/low demand housing markets. The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment – a summary The Council recently completed and published the first stage of its Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The assessment is essentially an evaluation of the quantity and quality of the land potentially suitable for housing development in the Borough. The assessment provides the evidence base for demonstrating that the Borough has adequate suitable land available to meet the requirements of Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing i.e. a 5 year supply of deliverable sites and a further 10 years supply of specific developable sites or broad locations potentially suitable for housing development. The key headlines of the SHLAA report were as follows –

• Initially 324 potential sites were identified covering 971 hectares (these included sites identified by the Council and its partners and sites proposed by landowners, agents and members of the public).

• An initial filter was carried out to identify and remove sites within the

functional flood plain. In addition Council owned/managed sites which currently provide essential community facilities or were considered to be of irreplaceable amenity value were also removed.

• Site surveys/assessments were carried out for the remaining 215 sites. Of

these 130 sites were judged to have a theoretical potential for housing development, although it should be noted that further work is required to assess the viability of these sites and any site specific constraints to delivery.


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The broad locations and indicative capacities of these sites is detailed in the table below -

Brownfield Capacity

% of Total

Greenfield Capacity

% of Total

Green Belt Capacity

% of Total

Total

Chesterton 489 72.0% 190 28.0% 0 0.0% 679

Kidsgrove 175 31.3% 384 68.7% 0 0.0% 559 Knutton &

Cross Heath 241 61.6% 150 38.4% 0 0.0% 391

Newcastle East

67 17.5% 215 82.5% 0 0.0% 282

Newcastle South

162 20.8% 237 79.2% 0 0.0% 399

Thistleberry 25 18.5% 110 81.5% 0 0.0% 135 Silverdale 23 25.3% 68 74.7% 0 0.0% 91

Town 500 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 500 Rural 208 12.2% 72 4.2% 1423 83.6% 1703

Totals

1890

36.2%

1426

36.5%

1423

27.3%

4739

The full SHLAA Summary report is accessible at www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/ldf Core Output Indicator H4 – Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller) Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – H19, H20 No additional pitches for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation were delivered in 2007/08. There is currently one application for further temporary provision at a site at Lindley Cottage, Kidsgrove. It is expected that a decision on this application will be made towards the end of 2008. The Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford was commissioned in November 2006 to coordinate the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment for five local authorities (East Staffordshire Borough Council, Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council, Stafford Borough Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council) in the North Staffordshire area. The Assessment was published in December 2007 and can be accessed on the Council’s website. The assessment identifies the quantitative future need for additional Gypsy and Traveller pitches within the Borough to 2026. If the provision of these additional pitches necessitates the identification of further land/sites then these will be identified and allocated in the Council’s Site Allocations and Policies DPD. The identification of additional sites will be in conformity with Circulars 1/2006 and 4/2007 and the criteria set out in policy CSP7 – Gypsy and Travellers of the Core Spatial Strategy.


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Core Output Indicator H5 – Gross affordable housing completions Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – H11, H12

Year Affordable Completions Total Completions % of Total

1996/97 13 273 4.76% 1997/98 51 336 15.18% 1998/99 42 260 16.15% 1999/00 52 352 14.77% 2000/01 30 173 17.34% 2001/02 22 116 18.97% 2002/03 20 159 12.58% 2003/04 28 279 10.04% 2004/05 25 216 11.57% 2005/06 10 264 3.79% 2006/07 0 260 0.00% 2007/08 1 204 0.49% Totals 294 2892 10.17%

As the table above clearly shows, in recent years only a very small proportion of new residential development has been for affordable housing. Policy H11 of the Local Plan 2011 came into effect in 2003. The policy required all developments of 25 dwellings or more to contribute towards the provision of affordable housing where there was a proven local need. The policy was not ‘saved’ beyond September 2007 as it was deemed to be contrary to affordable housing guidance in PPS3: Housing. At first glance with just 5% of the total housing affordable during the period the policy was in effect, the policy appears not to have been effective. However it must be noted that the many of the completions that came forward in this period were granted permission prior to the adoption of the Local Plan 2011. Furthermore the most up to date evidence at that time was the Housing Needs Survey published in 2002 which stated that there was an over-provision of general needs affordable housing within the Borough. It should also be noted that as of March 2008, 17 affordable dwellings were under construction. Furthermore permissions were granted for 194 dwellings in 2007/08. This brings the total permissions for affordable housing to 290 dwellings. A large proportion of these were negotiated using policy H11 as a starting point. The West Midlands North Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), published early in 2008 now provides the most up-to-date evidence of affordable housing need throughout the Borough. The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase II Revision proposes a minimum annual delivery target of 500 affordable housing dwellings per annum for the North Housing Market Area (Newcastle-under-Lyme, the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stafford Borough and East Staffordshire). It is anticipated that the proposed approach towards delivery of affordable housing set out in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy will deliver approximately 60-70 affordable dwellings per annum within the Borough.


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Local indicator: Density of residential development Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies:

Urban Rural Borough Year No.

Completed Site Area (ha)

Density per ha

No. Completed

Site Area (ha)

Density per ha

No. Completed

Site Area (ha)

Density per ha

1998-99 194 8.38 23 51 3.21 16 245 11.59 21 1999-00 273 10.51 26 63 4.68 13 336 15.19 22 2000-01 136 5.34 25 35 2.33 15 171 7.67 22 2001-02 73 2.56 29 43 2.66 16 116 5.22 22 2002-03 77 2.82 27 82 4.68 18 159 7.5 21 2003-04 144 4.93 29 94 6.61 14 238 11.54 21 2004-05 144 3.75 38 37 2.96 13 181 6.71 27 2005-06 201 3.9 52 34 3.07 11 235 6.97 34 2006-07 185 4.35 43 30 2.17 14 215 6.52 33 2007-08 156 3.45 45 29 2.29 13 185 5.74 32

Totals 1583 49.99 32 498 34.66 14 2081 84.65

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Local Plan 2011 policy H16 – Density of residential development was not ‘saved’ beyond September 2007. The efficient use of land is a central element of national and regional policy. PPS3-Housing suggests a minimum density of 30 dwellings per hectare. As is clear from the table above, the average densities of completed development over the last ten years is significantly less than this (although it has improved in recent years). As the table above clearly shows there is a significant difference in densities between rural and urban developments. Whilst the overall level of rural development is relatively low, a significant amount of this involves the conversion of existing dwellings and rural buildings and is frequently at very low densities, as expected. Therefore whilst recent urban developments have predominantly been at relatively high densities, the Borough wide average is significantly skewed by the low rural densities


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5.3 Employment Core Output Indicator BD1 – Total amount of additional employment floorspace – by type Source: NULBC monitoring

Use Class

Gross floorspace

developed (m²)

Losses through

change of use (m²)

Net floorspace developed (m²)

B1(a) 391 97 294 B1(b) 0 0 B1(c) 52 37 15

B1 3140 3140 B2 10459 932 9527 B8 89239 89239

B1/B2/B8 11864 11864

Total

115145 1066 114079

As the table above clearly shows, employment development for 2007/08 was largely for B8 – warehousing/distribution use. This development took place on three sites at Lymedale, Chesterton and West Avenue, Kidsgrove. This reflects the continued importance of logistics/distribution industries to the Borough and the attractiveness of the Borough for these types of industries. However, there is an aspiration to attain a more balanced and diverse economic base. As such the Core Spatial Strategy, in line with the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy and the West Midlands Regional Economic Strategy, seeks to promote inward investment to raise the quality of the employment offer within the Borough. These aspirations are further amplified in the recently published North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership Business Plan 2008-11. Core Output Indicator BD2 – Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land – by type Source: NULBC monitoring

Use class Gross floorspace (m²)

m² on previously developed land

%

Class B1(a) 391 391 100.0% Class B1(b) 0 0 - Class B1(c) 52 52 100.0%

Class B1 3140 3140 100.0% Class B2 10459 10459 100.0% Class B8 89239 89239 100.0%

Class B1/B2/B8 11864 11864 100.0%

Totals

115145 115145 100.0%


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Whilst Local Plan 2011 policy S4: Development and brownfield, derelict or potentially contaminated land was not saved beyond September 2007, the preference for developing brownfield land rather than greenfield sites remains a key local priority. The table above clearly demonstrates the past effectiveness of this policy. The effective use of brownfield resources is a central aspect of national and regional planning policy. The Core Spatial Strategy, once adopted, will reinforce this strategic aim. However, the Core Spatial Strategy does recognise that as the Borough’s brownfield resources are finite, greenfield sites may need to be identified for development to meet the employment needs of the Borough to 2026 and beyond. Core Output Indicator BD3 – Employment land available – by type Source: NULBC monitoring

Land (in Hectares) which is available for employment use

Allocated in Local

Plan

Covered by Planning

Permission

Sites under construction at 31.3.2008

No allocation or planning permission but clearly available

Total

Class B1(a) 0 2.39 0.16 0.00 2.55 Class B1(b) 0 8.58 0.00 0.00 8.58 Class B1(c) 0.7 0.30 0.24 0.00 1.24 Class B2 0 3.83 0.00 0.00 3.83 Class B8 0 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.14 Class B1/B2/B8 10.14 67.36* 1.47 0.15 79.12*

Total

10.84 82.46* 2.01 0.15 95.46*

*Inclusive of 18ha Regional Investment Site at Peacock Hay, Chatterley Valley which does not contribute towards employment land requirements proposed in the RSS revision The Staffordshire Structure Plan target for employment development has now been effectively superseded by emerging targets in the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision. This sets the following targets for employment development in the Borough to 2026 –

• A 5 year rolling supply of 28 hectares of readily available employment land • An indicative long term supply of 84ha

This has been interpreted in the Core Spatial Strategy as a broad target of 112ha of additional employment land for the period 2006-26. The table above clearly shows that there are sufficient existing commitments to satisfy both the need for a 5 year supply and a significant amount of the longer term requirement. However, it should be noted that there are some concerns as to whether some of the available sites are of sufficient quality to meet the future needs


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of the Borough (particularly in light of the aspiration to raise the quality of employment opportunities in the Borough). Working in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent the potential for commissioning a joint Employment Land Review is being investigated. This will establish whether the current mix of employment land provision is appropriate to the needs of modern business and to help determine the scale and nature of the provision of additional employment sites that may need to be brought forward through the Local Development Framework process. The review will be both quantitative and qualitative. Local Indicator: Progress towards meeting plan period employment development targets Plan period 2006-2026 employment land development (as at 31/03/2008)

Ha

Completions 01/04/2006- 31/03/2008 20.63Sites under construction as at 31/03/2008 1.47Sites with outstanding planning permission on ‘new’ sites as at 31/03/2008* 8.58Sites with outstanding planning permission on ‘redevelopment for new use’ sites as at 31/03/2008

47.94

Sites proposed in 1986-2001 Local Plan - not yet granted planning permission as at 31/03/2008

0

Sites proposed in 1996-2011 Local Plan - not yet granted planning permission as at 31/03/2008

0

Commitment to renew expired planning permissions (1996-2011 Local Plan) not yet granted planning permission as at 31/03/2008

4.79

Total employment land as at 31/03/2008* **

83.41

Indicative 20 year supply for 2006-2026 (from RSS Phase Two Revision) 112 Additional employment land requirements to 2026

28.59

*The 18 hectare Regional Investment Site (RIS) at Peacock’s Hay, Chatterley Valley is not included in these figures as the RSS Phase 2 Revision considers RIS land to be additional to the plan period development targets ** Unlike the data for COI BD3 – Employment land available, this total does not include ‘like for like’ development i.e. the redevelopment of sites previously used for employment purposes


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5.4 Town centres Core Output Indicator BD4 – Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ Source: NULBC monitoring

A1 Completed gross internal

floorspace (m²)

Total Trading space

A2

B1(a)

D2

Within the Borough

331 160 17 139 362

Within the Town

Centre 15 0 17 34 0

‘Town centre’ uses are defined as – retail, financial and professional services, offices, and leisure facilities. Existing national and regional planning policy (and emerging local policy) places great importance upon the need to reverse recent trends towards decentralised out of town locations and to focus such development, once again within town centres. As the table above clearly shows, the level of new development in 2007/08 was minimal and whilst much of this development did place outside of existing centres, it largely involved minor extensions/alterations to existing premises and therefore it is highly unlikely that these had any significant adverse impact upon the vitality and viability of the Borough’s centres. Local indicator: Percentage of primary shopping frontage within Newcastle town centre for A1 use classes Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 – R3, R5, R6

Newcastle Town Centre

Use Class

Town Centre

Primary shopping

frontage only

A1 - Shops 185 85 A2 – Financial and Professional 34 12 A3 – Restaurants/Cafes 25 7 A4 – Drinking establishments 30 12 A5 – Hot food take - away 4 - Sui generis - other 4 1 Vacant 25 10 D2 - Leisure 3 Total

310

115

% A1 (Shops)

60%

74%


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The West Midlands RSS categorises Newcastle Town Centre as a ‘strategic centre’ within the region along with Stoke on Trent City Centre. The vibrant mix of retail and entertainment it offers, complementing rather than competing with the offer of the city centre. The primary objective of policies R3, R5 and R6 of the Local plan 2011, are to protect and enhance the distinctive character, and strategic role of Newcastle Town Centre. Central to this objective is ensuring that the town centre provides an appropriate, attractive and diverse mix of retail, financial and professional services, restaurants, cafes, bars and public houses. These policies were not saved beyond September 2007. However, the Newcastle Town Centre SPD will serve to provide effective guidance on what is appropriate development within the Town Centre. Furthermore, the SPD defines an expanded primary shopping frontage to now include Castle Walk. For monitoring purposes the methodology for classifying business uses has changed slightly, therefore exact comparisons with previous years is difficult. However, as the table above shows, the Town Centre continues to offer a very healthy mix of services. Furthermore, with the expansion of the primary shopping frontage to include Castle Walk (which is almost exclusively A1 shops), the % of primary frontage in A1 uses appears to be far healthier than previous years. The only issue of concern is a marginal increase in vacant units – 23 reported in 2006/07 and 25 in 2007/08. Local indicator: Shopping provision in District centres Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 R12, R13, R14, R15 District centres

Use Class

Kidsgrove Wolstanton Chesterton Silverdale

A1 - Shops 49 41 25 18 A2 – Financial and Professional 9 3 5 1 A3 – Restaurants/Cafes 4 1 1 A4 – Drinking establishments 2 3 1 1 A5 – Hot food take - away 9 4 6 3 Sui generis - other 4 4 2 1 Vacant 6 3 6 4 Total

83

59

46

28

% A1 (Shops)

59%

69%

54%

64%

As was the case for the Town Centre data, the methodology for classifying business uses has changed slightly, therefore exact comparisons with previous years is difficult. However the table above demonstrates that all of the major district centres within the Borough continue to offer a relatively healthy mix of services. Importantly, the Local Plan 2011 policies relevant to these centres have been saved beyond


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September 2007 and will continue to provide effective guidance until replaced through the Local Development Framework. 5.5 Community facilities Local indicator: Additional community facilities Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 - C23 Completions in 2007/08 Use Class Area Type of developmentVeterinary Surgery, Friarswood Road, Newcastle D1 0.09 Replacement facility

Hanover Street, Newcastle D1 0.1 COU from drug rehab centre to vets

Hassell Street, Newcastle D1 0.01 COU from estate agent to holistic therapy centre

Wolstanton Golf Club, Hassam Parade, Wolstanton D2 0.41 Extension to

clubhouse

Cricket Club, The Drive, Alsagers Bank D2 0.15 Replacement Changing Facilities

Audley Brass Band Hall, Dean Hollow, Audley D2 0.02 Replacement facility

Onneley Golf Club, Onneley D2 0.07 Extension to clubhouse

Total 0.85 Local indicator: Loss of existing community facilities Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 - C22 There was no loss of existing community facilities in 2007/08


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5.6 Natural environment Core Output Indicator E2 – Change in areas of biodiversity importance Source: NULBC monitoring, Natural England, Staffs Ecological Record Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 - N1 – N22 Current site area of ‘local sites’ - Type of local site

Site Area (hectares)

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)*

88.80ha

Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs)**

590.40ha

Local Nature Reserves LNRs**

65.18ha

Total site area**

705.88ha

*Includes Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) and sites designated as Ramsar sites **Within the Borough there are both LNRs within SBIs and SBIs within LNRs, therefore the total site area is not exactly the sum total of the three separate parts. Local Indicator: Condition of SSSIs Source: Natural England Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 - N5, N6 The borough has five sites identified nationally as Sites of Special Scientific Interest: (SSSI)

• Balterley: Black Firs and Cranberry Bog • Betley: Betley Mere

• Loggerheads: Burnt Wood

• Maer: Maer Pool

• Newcastle: Former Metallic Tileries (Geological interest)

In addition the borough has 2 sites – Betley Mere and Black Firs and Cranberry Bog, established under the 1971 Ramsar Convention as internationally important wetland sites.


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The table below summarises an audit of the condition of the SSSIs within the borough updated by Natural England in September 2008 SSSI name: Betley Mere % Area meeting PSA* target

% Area favourable

% Area unfavourable recovering

% Area unfavourable no change

% Area unfavourable declining

% Area destroyed / part destroyed

71.13% 50.05% 21.08% 28.87% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – A slight decline in the % classified as favourable since 2007 (51.5%)

SSSI name: Black Firs & Cranberry Bog % Area meeting PSA* target

% Area favourable





86.00% 45.18% 40.82% 14.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – No change since 2007

SSSI name: Burnt Wood** % Area meeting PSA* target

% Area favourable





100.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments – A decline in the % classified as favourable since 2007 (3%) SSSI name: Maer Pool % Area meeting PSA* target

% Area favourable





0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments - No change since 2007 SSSI name: Metallic Tileries, Parkhouse % Area meeting PSA* target

% Area favourable





100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Comments - No change since 2007


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Favourable condition - means that the SSSI land is being adequately conserved and is meeting its 'conservation objectives’; however, there is scope for the enhancement of these sites. Unfavourable condition - means that the special interest of the SSSI unit is not being conserved and will not reach favourable condition unless there are changes to site management or external pressures. *PSA – Public Service Agreement target - 95% of SSSIs in favourable or recovering condition by 2010. **A significant proportion of this site is in the Borough of Stafford. Policy CSP4 – Natural Assets in the draft Core Spatial Strategy makes a commitment to work closely with relevant partners to achieve significant improvements to the internationally, nationally and locally designated natural areas/sites. In particular Natural England have suggested that a partnership is established between themselves, the Borough, Crewe Borough Council (soon to be East Cheshire Council), the Parish Council, the Environment Agency and United Utilities, to investigate the potential for eliminating the adverse water quality impacts of existing and future development upon the Black Firs and Cranberry Bog Ramsar site. Local indicator: Number of Green Flag Awards Source: NULBC monitoring Borough Council owned/managed open spaces in possession of Green Flag Awards

Newcastle Crematorium 5.84ha Brampton Park 2.92ha Queens’s Gardens .23ha Lyme Valley Park 2.76ha Total

11.75ha

Total area of Borough Council owned/managed open spaces

738ha

% of Borough Council owned/managed open space in possession of Green Flag Awards (ha)

1.59%

The Green Flag scheme is managed by the Civic Trust on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Green Flag Advisory Board. The scheme is the national standard for quality parks and green spaces. Newcastle Crematorium, Brampton Park and Queen’s Gardens have all been accredited for the fourth consecutive year. Lyme Valley Park has received the award for the first time this year.

The Borough Council is the only authority in Staffordshire to receive four Green Flags.


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5.7 Historical environment Local indicator: Production of Conservation Appraisal and Management Plans Source: NULBC monitoring Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 - B1- B22 The following Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans (CAAMPs) have been produced and adopted by the Borough Council for the following Conservation Areas -

• Butterton (adopted 2007) • Basford (adopted 2007) • Newcastle Town Centre (adopted 2008) • Betley (adopted 2008)

A programme setting out the timetable for the production of the remaining Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans will be produced in early 2009. Local indicator: Number of listed buildings Source: English Heritage Relevant polices: Local Plan 2011 - B1 – B22 There are 365 statutory listed buildings within the Borough –

• 3 buildings listed as Grade I

• 340 buildings listed as Grade II • 22 buildings listed as Grade II*


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5.8 Transport Local indicator: Amount of new residential development within 30 minutes public transport time of: a GP; a hospital; a primary school; a secondary school; areas of employment; and a major retail centre(s) Source: Staffordshire County Council Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 - S1, H1, T1, C23 There is no longer a statutory requirement to report on this indicator. However the data provides an invaluable indication of the effectiveness of current development plan policies for achieving a genuinely sustainable geographical distribution of new residential development. As such the data will now be recorded and reported as a local indicator. The County Council have agreed to continue to carry out the analysis and provide the results on an annual basis.

Service No. of completions accessible

Total no. of completions % Accessible

Hospitals 160 185 86.49%

Town centres 171 185 92.43%

GPs 175 185 94.59%

High Schools 171 185 92.43%

Primary Schools 175 185 94.59%

Industrial Estates 164 185 88.65%

As is clear from the above table, a significant percentage of all the new residential development completed in 2007/08 was built on sites which provided good access to essential services, shops and employment opportunities. The results are marginally lower than last year but do not suggest that there is any major cause for concern. Ensuring that access to employment and key services is maximised is a central theme of national, regional and emerging local planning policy, therefore this analysis will continue to be of significant value in future years


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Local indicator: Number of green Travel Plans produced, amount of new cycle and pedestrian facilities and amount of funding from development Source: Staffordshire County Council Relevant policies: Local Plan 2011 - T2 Site Location

Development

Action taken/means imposed

Keele University

Day nursery and Business Village

Travel Plan Framework and monitoring fee secured through a Section 106 Agreement

Knutton Lane/Liverpool Road

New college, sports facilities, Superstore, Petrol Filling station, offices, housing, parking, landscaping and associated engineering works


Land off Lower Milehouse Lane, Knutton

Extra Care/Health Centre

Minimalist Travel Plan secured through a Section 106 Agreement

Watermills Road, Chesterton

B1, B2, B8 employment development


Land north of Watermills Road, Chesterton

B1, B2, B8 employment development



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Appendix 1 – Significant effects indicators This sets out the baseline position for the indicators in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy Sustainability Appraisal.

Sustainability Appraisal

Indicator

Source

2007/8 Baseline

1. To help to meet the housing needs of the whole community The number of non local authority owned vacant dwellings returned to occupation or demolished as a direct result of action by the local authority.

BVPI 2007/08 32

Percentage of new homes built in the year which are affordable

NULBC monitoring 1

Percentage of new homes permitted on previously developed land.

NULBC monitoring 86.3%

Changes in house prices relative to the regional average

Land Registry 97% of Regional average

Number of houses completed annually NULBC monitoring 204 gross 142 net

Proportion of households accepted as statutory homeless by the Authority within the last two years

Repeat homelessness database

.003%

2. To increase life expectancy and improve the health of the population overall Percentage of population with good health

ONS 2001 66%

Life expectancy at birth ONS 2004/06 Males - 76.9 Females – 81.5

3. To provide the best possible environment to encourage and increase economic enterprise and employment Average weekly earnings by residence NOMIS 2007 £457.10 Average weekly earnings by workplace NOMIS 2007 £400.70 Jobs Density (ration of total jobs to working age population)

NOMIS 2007 0.66

Changes in the percentage of the population who are economically active

NOMIS 2007 75.3%

5 or more GCSE passes at grade A-C NVQ2

ONS 2001 55.7%

Number of VAT registrations (includes rural businesses)

NOMIS 2007 Registrations 265 Deregistrations 230

Number of Jobseeker Allowance claimants in Borough

NOMIS 2007 1641 (2.1%of population)

Sq metres of Class B development completed in year

NULBC monitoring 115145m²

Percentage of Class B development completed that has taken place on brownfield sites

NULBC monitoring 100%

Quantity of national and regional quality employment land.

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4. To enable access to the widest range possible of shopping and commercial services for the resident population Percentage retail/ commercial floor space by type

NULBC monitoring 491m² of additional retail floorspace. 15 m² was in Town Centre

Loss of Community Facilities NULBC monitoring None

5. To protect and enhance the vitality and viability of the city, town and district centres within the conurbation and village centres in the rural area Rank of centre Experian Newcastle 237th (vitality

107th) out of the top 500 centres

Number of vacant shop units in town centre

NULBC monitoring 25

Percentage of primary shopping frontage within town/city centre in A1 use

NULBC monitoring 74%

6. To provide a more equitable society where the provision of the widest possible range of community, cultural, educational, health, recreational and leisure facilities are available to all sectors of the population with particular emphasis on deprived neighbourhoods Pattern of deprivation Indices of deprivation

2004 The borough is ranked 138th most deprived local authority out of 354

Participation rates in sport NBC LPI 2007/08 – visits to indoor leisure facilities per annum

714,135

The number of playgrounds and play areas provided by the Council per 1,000 children under 12

NBC LPI 2007/08 2.97

Percentage of Local Authority buildings open to the public in which all public areas are suitable for and accessible to disabled people

BVPI 2007/08 72.73%

7. Reduce crime and the fear of crime Domestic burglaries per 1000 households

BVPI 2007/08 8.67

Violent crimes per 1000 population BVPI 2007/08 21.03 Vehicle crimes per 1000population BVPI 2007/08 7.98 The level of fear of crime in older people

LPI-Crime Audit 2007 31.3%

8. To reduce the need to travel while increasing accessibility for all Journey to work- modal split (% of car, bus, rail and other means of travel)

LTP 2006 Car 65%, Motorcycle 1%, Cycling 2%, Walking 13%, Taxi 1%, Work at Home 9%, Train 1%, Bus 8%.

Percentage of new residential development within 30 minutes by public transport of GP, hospital, primary and secondary schools, employment and major health centre

Staffordshire County Council Accession analysis

Hospitals 86%, town centres 92%, GPs 94%, high schools 92%, primary schools 94%, industrial estates 88%

9. To encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking Cycle trips (annualised index) LTP 2006 94.6 (2004/05) Total journeys by bus LTP 2006 16623


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Access to major shopping centre by bus

LTP 2006 Within 15 minutes 28.9%, within 30 minutes 82.4%

Patterns and levels of congestion on primary highway and public transport network.

LTP 2006 Average delay per vehicle mile – 44.2 (secs/vm).

Proportion of workforce covered by travel plans

LTP 2006 LTP 2006 12.8% 2004/5

Percentage of new residential development within 30 minutes by public transport of GP, hospital, primary and secondary schools, employment and major health centre

Staffordshire County Council Accession analysis

Hospitals 86%, town centres 92%, GPs 94%, high schools 92%, primary schools 94%, industrial estates 88%

10. To increase the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in existing and new development and redevelopment. Energy created from new renewable energy development

NULBC monitoring No renewable energy development took place in 2007/08

Energy efficiency of dwellings NULBC monitoring Newcastle Housing Stock Condition Survey 2002 SAP rating 49 (a new survey is due in December 2008)

11. To improve air quality, creating cleaner and healthier air Number of days per year that air quality is below national standards

LTP 2006 LTP 2006 See LTP indicator M18 (LTP8)

12. Retain and enhance the species and habitats targeted for improvement in the Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan No reduction in the abundance and distribution of BAP species/ habitat

Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan/Staffordshire Ecological Record

Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan/ Staffordshire Ecological Record

Increase in the area of native broadleaved woodland



Reversal in the decline of farmland birds



Endangered species Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan/Staffordshire Ecological Record


13. Ensure that there is no loss in the extent and quality of SBIs, LNRs, RIGs Percentage loss of SBIs (known as NHAs in Stoke-on-Trent) and number of Grade 1 sites downgraded

NULBC monitoring No data currently available

SSSI land of “unfavourable” condition English Nature English Nature 62ha is in favourable condition out of a total of 82ha (75%)

Number and size of local wildlife sites e.g. LNRs SBIs

NULBC monitoring NBC Local Plan A 57 SBIs

The area of Council owned parks and green spaces managed for biodiversity.

NBC LPI 2007/8 660.98 hectares.


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14. Increase the amount accessible natural green space Total area of Council owned parks and green spaces

NULBC monitoring 738 hectares

15. Reduce the amount of land in SSSIs classified in an ‘unfavourable’ condition Area and Number of SSSIs in ‘favourable’ condition

Natural England 62Ha of SSSI is in favourable condition out of 82Ha Target of 95% by 2010

16. To reduce contamination, regenerate degraded environments, maintain soil resources and air quality and minimise development on greenfield sites Percentage of new homes built on previously developed land

NULBC monitoring 2007/8

86.3%

Amount and type of development in the Green Belt

NULBC monitoring 2007/8

1.31ha of development =3.05% of total development. 9 dwellings and some community facilities

Amount of waste collected per head of population

BVPI 2007/08 416.99kg

Percentage of household/commercial waste recycled

BVPI 2007/08 18.19%

Amount of derelict/contaminated land Derelict Land Monitoring 2007/08

53.69ha

17. To reduce the amount of development within the floodplain and promote the use of sustainable drainage systems (SUDS). Number of applications contrary to EA advice on flood risk grounds and water quality

NULBC monitoring None

Development incorporating SUDs NULBC monitoring None 18. To increase the efficient use of water resources. Water consumption/extracted

Environment Agency 136 litres per head per day

19. To improve water quality and meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive Percentage of rivers/canals classed as good/fair water quality

Environment Agency Newcastle – 29% good biological quality, 40% good chemical quality

20. To help to maintain distinctiveness and foster interest in and concern for the heritage of the area Number of listed buildings including those at risk

NULBC monitoring 365

Archaeological features and remains NULBC monitoring 13 scheduled ancient monuments

Number and area of listed parks and gardens

NULBC monitoring 2

Number and area of conservation areas;

NULBC monitoring 20

21. To help to provide a safe and efficient highway network Patterns and levels of congestion on primary highway and public transport network

LTP 2006 LTP data only covers access to City Centre


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Appendix 2 – ‘Saved’ Local Plan 2011 policies

Polic

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S3 Development in the Green Belt

H1 Residential Development: Sustainable Location and Protection of The Countryside

H3 Residential Development -Priority to Brownfield Sites

H4 Housing Development and Retention of Parking Facilities

H6 Encouragement of The Provision of Living Accommodation By The Conversion of Existing Non-Residential Urban Buildings

H7 Protection of Areas of Special Character

H8 Large Residential Buildings

H9 Conversion of Rural Buildings For Living Accommodation

H10 Renewal of Existing Permissions for Residential Development

H12 Affordable Housing in Rural Areas

H13 Supported Housing

H15 Small Additional Dwelling Units Within The Curtilages of Existing Dwellings

H18 Design of Residential Extensions, Where Subject to Planning Control

E2 Chatterley Valley

E3 Lymedale Park Extension

E4 London Road, Chesterton

E5 Church Lane, Knutton

E6 Chemical Lane

E7 Kidsgrove Station Yard

E8 Keele University and Keele Science Park

E9 Renewal of Planning Permissions for Employment Development

E11 Development of Employment Land for Other Uses

E12 The Conversion of Rural Buildings

R1 Major Retail and Leisure Development – The Sequential Approach

R12 Development in Kidsgrove Town Centre

R13 Non- Retail Uses in Kidsgrove Town Centre


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R14 Development in District Centres

R15 Non- Retail Uses in District Centres and Other Groups of Shops

T9 Rail Freight

T10 Taxi and Private Hire Bases

T11 Canals

T12 M6 Corridor

T16 Development – General Parking Requirements

T17 Parking in Town and District Centres

T18 Development – Servicing Requirements

T19 Telecommunications Development – General Concerns

T20 Telecommunications Development – Required Information

C2 Retention of Allotment Gardens

C3 Publicly Accessible Open Space, Poolfields, Newcastle

C4 Open Space in New Housing Areas

C8 Country Parks

C9 Countryside Parks

C11 New Footpaths, Horse Routes and Cycleways

C13 Additional Facilities at Apedale Community Country Park

C14 Extension of The Keele Conference Centre at The Hawthorns

C16 Restrictions On Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation

C17 Camping and Caravan Sites

C19 Burial Ground Bradwell

C20 Madeley Village Hall

C21 White Rock – Apedale Road

C22 Protection of Community Facilities

N2 Development and Nature Conservation - Site Surveys

N3 Development and Nature Conservation – Protection and Enhancement Measures

N4 Development and Nature Conservation – Use of Local Species


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Polic

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Policy Name

N7 Protection of Local Sites

N8 Protection of Key Habitats

N9 Community Woodland Zones

N10 New Woodland – Considerations

N12 Development and The Protection of Trees

N13 Felling and Pruning of Trees

N14 Protection of Landscape Features of Major Importance to Flora and Fauna

N16 Protection of a Green Heritage Network

N17 Landscape Character - General Considerations

N18 Areas of Active Landscape Conservation

N19 Landscape Maintenance Areas

N20 Areas of Landscape Enhancement

N21 Areas of Landscape Restoration

N22 Areas of Landscape Regeneration

N24 Water Based Landscape Features

B2 Scheduled Ancient Monuments

B3 Other Archaeological Sites

B4 Demolition of Listed Buildings

B5 Control of Development Affecting The Setting of a Listed Building

B6 Extension Or Alteration of Listed Buildings

B7 Listed Buildings - Change of Use

B8 Other Buildings of Historic Or Architectural Interest

B9 Prevention of Harm to Conservation Areas.

B10 The Requirement to Preserve Or Enhance The Character Or Appearance of a Conservation Area

B11 Demolition in Conservation Areas

B12 Provision of Services in Conservation Areas

B13 Design and Development in Conservation Areas

B14 Development in Or Adjoining The Boundary of Conservation Areas


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Policy Name

B15 Trees and Landscape in Conservation Areas

B16 Shop Fronts in Conservation Areas

B17 Awnings, Canopies and Blinds in Conservation Areas

B18 Security Shutters in Conservation Areas

B19 Illuminated Signs in Conservation Areas

B20 Illuminated Fascia and Other Signs in Conservation Areas

IM1 Provision of Essential Supporting Infrastructure and Community Facilities.

IM2 Compliance with Policy Concerns


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Appendix 3 – Detailed policy monitoring tables BD1 - Amount of completed floorspace - Gross and Net

B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8

K283 West Ave, Kidsgrove 06/40/FUL No Brownfield 434 Sep-07

K294 West Ave, Kidsgrove 05/313/FUL No Brownfield 20316 Jun-06

K300 Jamage Road, Talke Pits 07/1126/FUL No Brownfield 147 Mar-07

N1365 Silverdale Colliery, Silverdale 06/623/FUL Yes Brownfield 3305 Dec-07

N1489 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 04/482/FUL Yes Brownfield 5040 Mar-07

N1492 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 04/1301/FUL Yes Brownfield 38611 Dec-07

N1498 Brock Way, Knutton 05/1086/FUL Yes Brownfield 1164 Mar-08

N1529 Lymedale Ext. Chesterton 05/1140/REM Yes Brownfield 28064 Jun-07

N1531 King Street, Newcastle 06/301/FUL Yes Brownfield 34 Dec-07

N1536 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 06/383/FUL Yes Brownfield 257 Mar-08

N1539 Brock Way, Knutton 06/563/FUL Yes Brownfield 660 Dec-07

N1542 Speedwell Rd, Chesterton 06/722/FUL Yes Brownfield 78 Sep-07

N1543 Etruria Road, Basford 06/882/FUL Yes Brownfield 24 Dec-07

N1573 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 06/928/FUL Yes Brownfield 824 Dec-07

N1578 Spencroft Rd, Chesterton 06/931/FUL Yes Brownfield 1815 Mar-08

N1590 Lymedale Ext. Chesterton 06/531/CPO Yes Brownfield 3140 Mar-08

N1597 A500 Wolstanton Stock Yard 05/965/FUL Yes Brownfield 8559 Sep-07

N1601 Rosevale Business Park, Chesterton 07/143/FUL Yes Brownfield 47 Sep-07

N1604 Holditch Rd, Chesterton 07/300/FUL Yes Brownfield 66 Jun-07

N1611 Liverpool Rd, Cross Heath 07/452/COU Yes Brownfield 81 Mar-08

N1613 Brock Way, Knutton 07/559/FUL Yes Brownfield 735 Mar-08

N1623 Rosevale Road, Parkhouse Ind. Est 07/749/COU Yes Brownfield 932 Mar-08

N1638 Centre 500, Wolstanton 07/559/FUL Yes Brownfield 52 Jan-08

R81 Smithy Lane, Knighton 06/467/FUL No Brownfield 180 Sep-07

R100 Home Farm, Keele 07/561/COU No Brownfield 252 Sep-07

R104 Park Lane, Ashley 07/864/COU No Brownfield 328 Mar-08

391 0 52 3140 10459 89239 11864

B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8

N1556 London Road, Newcastle 06/153/COU Yes Brownfield 37 Oct-07

N1623 Rosevale Road, Parkhouse Ind. Est 07/749/COU Yes Brownfield 932 Mar-08

N1627 Ironmarket, Newcastle 07/810/COU Yes Brownfield 97 Mar-08

97 0 37 0 932 0 0

B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B1 B2 B8 B1/B2/B8Net 294 0 15 3140 9527 89239 11864

Brownfield/ Greenfield

Use Class (m² floorspace developed) Completed

Totals

Site ID Location Planning Application

North Staffs Regen. Zone

Brownfield/ Greenfield

Use Class (m² floorspace developed) Completed

Totals

Site ID Location Planning Application

North Staffs Regen. Zone

Use Class (m² floorspace developed)


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BD3 - Employment land available – by type

B1(a) B1(b) B1(c) B2 B8 B1/B2/B8

K275 Kidsgrove Station Yard E7 0.7 0.7N1474 London Road, Chesterton E4 5.35 5.35

N1477† Centre 500, A500 E9/4 3 3N1471† Rowhurst Close, Chesterton E9/2 1.79 1.79

0.00 0.00 0.70 0.00 0.00 10.14 10.84

K278† Congleton Road, Butt Lane 05/629/FUL 0.04 0.04K279† Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove 05/622/OUT 0.27 0.27K286* Oldcott Cres, Kidsgrove 06/228/COU 0.03 0.03K295 West Ave, Kidgrove 06/777/OUT 1.83 1.83N1451† Lymedale Park Extension 03/560/OUT 1.00 1.00N1466 Brymbo Road, Chesterton 04/693/FUL 0.04 0.04N1468 Peacock Hay, Chatterley Valley 04/546/OUT 18 18N1470† Chatterley Sidings, Ch. Gateway 04/546/OUT 22 22N1479 Cemetery Road, Silverdale 04/1136/FUL 1.09 1.09N1487 Pepper Street, Keele 04/1321/FUL 0.34 0.34N1489 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 04/482/FUL 0.88 0.88N1490 Lyme Valley Road , Newcastle 05/870/FUL 0.03 0.03N1523† Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 05/973/CD 1.3 1.3N1541† Howle Close, Chesterton 06/684/FUL 0.04 0.04N1562* High Street, Wolstanton 06/610/COU 0.3 0.3N1576† Watermills Road, Chesterton 07/499/FUL 1.05 1.05N1586 Knutton Lane, Knutton 05/1119/DEEM3 0.12 0.12N1599 Brock Way, Knutton 06/976/FUL 0.94 0.94N1608 Watermills Road, Chesterton 06/374/OUT 1.2 1.2N1609 Watermills Road, Chesterton 06/375/OUT 0.41 0.41N1615 Brock Way, Knutton 07/590/FUL 0.19 0.19N1616 Lymedale Cross, Chesterton 06/906/FUL 1.87 1.87N1628C Liverpool Road, Ashfields New Road 06/1180/OUT 0.36 0.36N1642 Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 06/401/FUL 0.27 0.27N893† Lowlands, Chatterley Valley 04/546/OUT 20 20N927C† Rowhurst Close, Chesterton 03/562/FUL 0.16 0.16R68† Keele Science Park (Phase 3) 05/1146/OUT 8 8R69† Keele Science Park (Phase 2) 04/1005/OUT 0.58 0.58R101 Nantwich Road, Audley 07/813/COU 0.12 0.12

2.39 8.58 0.30 3.83 0.00 67.36 82.46

N1589† Lymedale West Business Park 06/817/FUL 1.47 1.47N1600 Brock Way, Chesterton 07/147/FUL 0.16 0.16N1614 Brock Way, Chesterton 07/558/FUL 0.14 0.14R88* Newcastle Road, Madeley 05/1144/COU 0.24 0.24

0.16 0 0.24 0 0.14 1.47 2.01

N1473 Cemetery Road, Silverdale 96/302/OUT 0.15 0.150.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.15

2.55 8.58 1.24 3.83 0.14 79.12 95.46

* These sites have permission to change the use of a current building on the site to a B class use.† Sites which are counted towards 1996-2011 County Structure Plan Allocation

Totals (Hectares)

Totals (Hectares)

Grand Total (Hectares)

Totals (Hectares)

Totals (Hectares)

Totals

D. Sites 'under construction' at 31.03.08

E. No allocation or planning permission but clearly available

Use Class (Hectares Available)

A. Allocated in 1996-2011 Local Plan

B. Policy to renew planning permission in 1996-2011 Local Plan

C. Covered by Planning Permission

Site No. Location LP Policy/ Planning Application Number

Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total

2007/08 156 29 185 35 12 47 21 7 28 14 5 19 56 6 62 114 28 142

Net additional dwellings (a)+(b)-(c)Gained Lost Net (b)

Year

New Dwellings completed (a)

Dwellings provided by Conversion or Change of Use Demolitions (c)


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H2 (a) – Net additional dwellings in previous years


2002/03 77 82 159 31 17 48 41 7 48 -10 10 0 29 1 30 38 91 1292003/04 146 92 238 53 23 76 27 8 35 26 15 41 5 7 12 167 100 2672004/05 144 37 181 43 13 56 17 4 21 26 9 35 1 7 8 169 39 2082005/06 201 34 235 29 20 49 11 9 20 18 11 29 25 3 28 194 42 2362006/07 185 30 215 45 29 74 23 6 29 22 23 45 46 6 52 161 47 208Totals 753 275 1028 201 102 303 119 34 153 82 68 150 106 24 130 729 319 1048

Year

Demolitions (c) Net additional dwellings (a)+(b)-(c)Gained Lost Net (b)

Dwellings provided by Conversion or Change of New Dwellings completed (a)

H2 (b) – Net additional dwellings in current year


2007/08 156 29 185 35 12 47 21 7 28 14 5 19 56 6 62 114 28 142

Net additional dwellings (a)+(b)-(c)Gained Lost Net (b)

Year

New Dwellings completed (a)

Dwellings provided by Conversion or Change of Use Demolitions (c)

Local indicator – Housing densities

Site ID Site Location Total Site Area (Ha)

Total no on site Density Less than

30Between

30 and 5050 and above

N706 Stanier St.,Newcastle (former ICL premises) 0.26 42 162 42N703 King St.,Newcastle (11/11A) 0.04 6 150 6N746 James St.,Wolstanton (R.Chase Eng) 0.19 24 126 24N750 Victoria St., Silverdale 0.07 6 86 6N584 Booth St., Chesterton, (site of 28/30) 0.04 3 75 3N733 Wolstanton Rd.,Chesterton (adj 20) 0.03 2 67 2N734 Warwick St.,Chesterton (38) 0.03 2 67 2N680 Enderley St.,Newcastle (Enderley Mills) 0.85 52 61 12N723 Lower Oxford Rd.,Basford (garden to 1) 0.04 2 50 2

R583A Newcastle Rd.,Madeley (Madeley WMC) 0.54 25 46 2N760 Oxford Rd.,Basford (Brooks Laundry) 0.45 20 44 1N647 Clayton Rd., (Allotments),Newcastle 3.5 135 39 13K439 Turnhurst Rd.,Packmoor (Packmoor Sports & Social Club) 0.14 5 36 5R569 Stableford, Newcastle (former 'Cock Inn') 0.2 7 35 7R562 Heathcote Rd.,Miles Green (adj 160) 0.03 1 33 1N738 Castle St.,Chesterton (69) 0.03 1 33 1K412 King St.,Kidsgrove (adj.No.2) 0.03 1 33 1N685 Lichfield Close, Silverdale (adj.19) 0.03 1 33 1N635 Farcroft Ave.,Chesterton 1.56 51 33 7K440 Banbury Nursery School, Butt Lane 0.19 6 32 3N638 Springfield Close,Chesterton 0.24 7 29 1N709 Scot Hay Rd.,Silverdale (Parksite Social Club) 1 27 27 3R153 Hill Terrace, Audley, (Former builders yard) 0.16 4 25 1R538 Moss Lane, Madeley ('Yew Tree Cottage') 0.08 2 25 2R543 Apedale Rd.,Wood Lane (adj 'Woodhouse Farm') 0.04 1 25 1R506 Hougerwall Rd.,Audley (82/84) 0.04 1 25 1R400 Keele Rd., Keele, (Site of 'Stanley') 0.04 1 25 1K363 High St.,Harriseahead (Adj.52/54) 0.04 1 25 1N688 Pilkington Ave.,Westlands (adj. 1) 0.04 1 25 1N694 The Crossway, May Bank (adj. No.21) 0.04 1 25 1N748 Seabridge Rd.,Newcastle (rear 24) 0.04 1 25 1K390 Pennyfields Rd.,Newchapel (rear WMC) 1.06 26 25 2

N648A Keele Rd.,Newcastle 12.4 274 22 8R535 Newcastle Rd.,Baldwins Gate (adj. Station Stores) 0.1 2 20 1N683 Downham Rd.,Knutton (adj.1) 0.05 1 20 1N756 Albert St.,Chesterton (garden of No.4) 0.06 1 17 1N661 Harrowby Drive, Westlands (adj.27) 0.27 4 15 4R544 Newcastle Rd.,Loggerheads (rear 5) 0.07 1 14 1R547 Market Drayton Rd.,Loggerheads (21) 0.07 1 14 1K428 Long Lane,Harriseahead (115) 0.08 1 13 1N755 West Ave.,Basford (9) 0.08 1 13 1R518 Newcastle Rd.,Loggerheads (9) 0.09 1 11 1K429 The Avenue,Kidsgrove (16) 0.09 1 11 1N717 Seabridge Lane,Seabridge (adj 210) 0.11 1 9 1

R583B Newcastle Rd.,Madeley (former WMC) 0.13 1 8 1R564 Stableford (adj 'Meadowcroft') 0.13 1 8 1N778 High Street, Silverdale (Silverdale WMC) 0.14 1 7 1N682 Brampton Rd.,Newcastle (adj.'Eversley') 0.17 1 6 1R573 Minn Bank, Aston ('Hillside Bungalow') 0.24 1 4 1R584 Main Rd., Betley ('White Oaks') 0.86 1 1 1

26.21 760 29 44 42 9923.8% 22.7% 53.5%

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