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St EdmundsburyLocal Development FrameworkAnnual Monitoring Report 2010/11

St Edmundsbury Borough CouncilPlanning and Economic Development Services

December 2011

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Contents 1. Introduction

2. Local Development Scheme Update

3. Homes and Community

Core Strategy CS1 and CS11/12 Housing Development Indicators CS4 Community Indicator CS5 Affordable Housing Indicators CS6 Gypsy and Traveller Indicator

Local Plan

H5 Housing Development Indicator H7 Special Housing Needs Indicator

4. Historic and Natural Environment

Core Strategy CS2 Natural Environment Indicators CS3 Design and Local Distinctiveness Indicator

Local Plan NE1, NE2, NE3, NE4 and RU6 Natural Environment Indicators HC9 Historic Indicators

5. Sustainability and Climate Change

Core Strategy CS2 Natural Environment Indicators

6. Infrastructure and Services

Core Strategy CS4 Infrastructure Indicator CS13 Infrastructure Indicator CS14 Infrastructure Indicator

7. Culture and Leisure

Core Strategy CS2 Leisure Indicator

Local Plan L4 and L5 Leisure Indicators

8. Travel

Core Strategy CS7/CS8 Travel Indicators CS13 Infrastructure Indicator

Local Plan L7 Public Rights of Way Indicators T3, T6 and T8 Sustainable Transport Indicators

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9. Jobs

Core Strategy CS9 Employment Indicators CS10 Retail, Leisure, Cultural and Office Provision Indicators

Local Plan E1 Employment Indicator RU1 and RU9 Rural Employment and Retail Indicators TCR2 and TCR4 Town Centres and Retail Indicators

10. Plan, Monitor, Manage

Core Strategy CS15 Plan, Monitor, Manage Indicator

11. Vision 2031 and Localism

Appendices

Appendix A - Glossary of Terms

Appendix B - Current Relevant Planning Policies

Appendix C - Headline Sustainability Appraisal Objectives

Appendix D - Housing Trajectory Table

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Section 1: Introduction

1.1 This is the Seventh Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to be produced by St

Edmundsbury Borough Council. It covers the period 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011, and meets the requirements of the relevant legislation.

1.2 The Borough Council is responsible for preparing and delivering the Local Plan

policies for the borough, based on the objectives, of supporting needed growth and development whilst protecting the environment and creating attractive places to live. AMRs are produced to show the extent to which planning objectives are achieved.

1.3 This report has been adapted since previous AMRs to reflect the adoption of St

Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Core Strategy in December 2010. As set out by the Localism Bill, AMRs are, in future, to be focussed on local priorities. This is to help communities, councillors and council officers to understand the issues facing our Borough and the impact that planning policy has had over the previous twelve months.

1.4 It is likely that future AMRs will monitor indicators that are relevant to local priorities.

The borough council has spent much of the last year working with communities and key partners to decide what the key issues facing the area are, through the commencement of the Vision 2031documents for Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and the Rural Area.

1.5 This document represents a transition from the old style of reporting to the new,

reporting on the indicators outlined by the Core Strategy and Local Plan, set out, as far as possible, to support the different themes of Vision 2031. However, given that the Core Strategy was not adopted until December 2010 it was only in operation as formal policy for three months of this monitoring year. Where appropriate, figures have been included for topics since March 2011 for information purposes. Future reports could go beyond planning policy and be focussed on monitoring the broad range of outcomes that Vision 2031 sets as priorities for St Edmundsbury.

1.6 St Edmundsbury Borough Council would like to acknowledge the assistance of

Suffolk County Council, the Environment Agency and English Heritage in producing this report.

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Section 2: St Edmundsbury Local Development Scheme

2.1 All local planning authorities are required to prepare a Local Development Scheme (LDS), which is one of the documents that make up the Local Development Framework. It sets out the timetable for the production of the rest of the Local Development Framework documents, and is updated periodically in line with recent progress.

2.2 The current LDS was approved by the Council in March 2011 following the decision to

formally adopt the Core Strategy in December 2010. 2.3 It is a statutory requirement that Annual Monitoring Reports monitor the implementation

of the Local Development Scheme, and so monitor the progress of producing Local Development Framework documents. This section records whether or not the 2010/2011 milestones have been met, and gives an indication of the LDS timetable in 2011/2012.

2.4

Achievements in 2010/2011 The Core Strategy, which sets out the principles for development in St Edmundsbury, was adopted by St Edmundsbury Borough Council on 14th December 2010. This followed an examination in public of the document by a Planning Inspector earlier in the year and a number of rounds of consultation at earlier dates. In addition, consultation took place on the draft submission version of the Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) and the Preferred Options for the Rural Site Allocations DPD. In February 2011, consultation commenced to identify issues and objectives for the Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill Area Action Plans and the wider Rural Area Vision document that will include the rural site allocations referred to above.

2.5 As a consequence of the adoption of the Core Strategy, the Development Plan as at 31st

March 2011 comprises: The Core Strategy. Saved policies of the Replacement St Edmundsbury Borough Local Plan 2016. Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS). PPS’s/PPG’s. Adopted Master Plans. Adopted Concept Statements.

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Schedule for 2011/2012 A revised Local Development Scheme is contained on the following pages. During 2011/12 the following stages will be reached in respect of the LDS Development Plan Documents: Development Management Policies DPD: The Council has agreed to prepare joint Development Management Polices document with Forest Heath District Council. Consequently, further consultation will take place during 2011/12 to bring the policies for both districts into alignment. Area Action Plans: Area Action Plans are being prepared for Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. They are to be known as Vision2031 documents and will cover both land use planning and corporate service provision. A Rural Vision 2031 document is also being prepared which will encompass the Rural Site Allocations DPD. As mentioned above, initial consultation commenced in February 2011 and the draft documents will be

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published in March 2012 for consultation. The Area Action Plans are being prepared around the following themes:

Homes and Community; Jobs and Economy; Travel; Infrastructure and Services Historic and Natural Environment; Culture and Leisure; Health and Wellbeing; Education and Skills; Crime and Safety; and Sustainability and Climate Change.

The reporting of indicators in this Annual Monitoring Report are, where possible, set out to correspond with the Vision2031 themes.

Local Development Scheme Revision October 2011

Local Development Documents 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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

Core Strategy and Policies DPD

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Development Management DPD (joint DPD with Forest Heath District Council) 1*

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Bury St Edmunds Area Action Plan

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Haverhill Area Action Plan

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Rural Site Allocations and Policies DPD 3

Bury St Edmunds Area Action Plan 3

Haverhill Area Action Plan 3

1* Development Control Issues and Options consultation undertaken as part of Core Strategy Preferred Options Consultation 1# Site Allocation Issues and Options Additional Sites consultation 2+ First regulation 25 consultation on joint Development Management Document with Forest Heath District Council Document preparation/consultation/consideration of responses Public participation/consultation: 1 – Issues and Options, 2 – Preferred Options, 3 – Final Document stage Submission to the Secretary of State Pre-examination meeting Independent examination NB for the Site Allocations and Area Action Plans, the detailed examination timeframes may be subject to change at the

time of submission depending on the Planning Inspectorate’s timetables. Receive Inspector’s report Adoption LDS milestones completed (year end) NOTE: Not all stages apply to each Development Document

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Section 3: Homes and Communities

3.1 Strategic Aim A of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To meet the requirements for housing in such a way that is sustainable and will best serve the whole community’. Strategic Objective A of the Core Strategy has similar aims that include providing specialist and affordable housing and providing an adequate and continuous supply of land for housing. This section of the report will cover the housing and community related indicators from the Core Strategy, which monitors policies CS1, CS4, CS5, CS6, CS11 and CS12. Several of the saved Local Plan policies are relevant to the topic of Homes and Communities, and in particular policies H5 and H7, and indicators have also been included to monitor the effectiveness of these policies. Up until December 2010 the planned housing provision was contained in Policy H1 of the Replacement Local Plan, planning for 4,590 new homes across the borough between 2004 and 2016. This section of the AMR also includes data relevant to new government policy on affordable housing.

Core Strategy Policies

3.2

CS1, CS11 and CS12 Housing Development Indicators Policy CS1 covers the Borough Council’s approach to meeting projected housing needs to 2031, encouraging the development of new homes whilst protecting the natural and historic environment, along with the character of the borough. Policies CS11 and CS12 set out the approach to strategic growth in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. The respective targets of percentage completions by settlement are 52% in Bury St Edmunds, 34% in Haverhill and 14% in the rural areas.

CS1, CS11 and CS12: Annual net dwelling completions

Target: East of England Plan target of 500 per annum between 2001-2021

Bury St Edmunds Haverhill

Rural Area Total Target Difference

2001-2002 92 182 64 338 500 -162 2002-2003 321 83 64 468 500 -32 2003-2004 306 206 100 612 500 112 2004-2005 86 47 37 170 500 -330 2005-2006 190 135 42 367 500 -133 2006-2007 285 109 142 536 500 36 2007-2008 320 168 58 546 500 46 2008-2009 159 107 85 351 500 -149 2009-2010 239 85 38 362 500 -138 2010-2011 215 24 28 267 500 -233 Totals: 2213 1146 658 4017 5000 - 983

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The Regional Plan (RSS) was not adopted until May 2008 and the previous Local Plan (2006) was based on delivering the former Suffolk County Structure Plan target of 440 dwellings per annum. The Core Strategy policy to deliver the RSS target, and supported by local assessment, was not adopted until December 2010 and it is therefore entirely reasonable that the higher figure is not yet being delivered, especially in the light of the current economic recession.

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Net dwellings are the total number of new homes built, minus the number of existing homes demolished, in a given year. The rate of completions has always tended to fluctuate. However, the graph indicates the completions in Bury St Edmunds remain relatively high, whereas the rate in the rest of the borough continues to decline. It also shows that the bulk of new development has been in St Edmundsbury’s two main towns, helping to preserve the rural nature of the borough.

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Housing Requirement The Council is required to ensure that sufficient land is available that can readily come forward to provide for at least five years supply of housing. The Core Strategy makes provision for 15,630 new homes in the borough between 2001 and 2031, equating to a completion rate of 521 new homes a year. As noted in the completions table above, the average between 2001 and 2011 was 401 a year, falling short of the long term requirement. However, the Core Strategy, which introduced a higher need, was not adopted until

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December 2010 and until this time the Borough Council was planning for the much lower rates contained within the former Suffolk County Structure Plan and the 2006 Replacement Local Plan. It will be difficult to immediately meet those earlier unmet Core Strategy numbers given the current economic climate and the fact that it takes a while to bring forward sites through the planning process. However, sufficient provision has been made to meet the overall long term needs, as is indicated in the housing Trajectory for the borough in Appendix D. Core Strategy Housing Requirement 2001-2031 (Policy CS1) 15630 Completed 2001 – 2011 4010 Residual requirement 2011-2031 11620

Divided by remaining years of the Core Strategy (20 yrs) 580 per annum NB - Figures rounded to nearest 10 Housing Supply (based on table in Policy CS1) Policy CS1 sets out a table of expected components of the projected housing supply to 2031. The position at 1 April 2011 is set out below.

Five year Land Supply The requirement calculation above would suggest that there is a need for sites for 2,900 new homes over the next five year period to satisfy the PPS3 requirements for local planning authorities to be able to identify at least five years worth of sites available for new housing. The definition which the Planning Inspectorate uses to define availability is:

Be available – the site is available now; Be suitable – the site offers a suitable location for development now and would

contribute to the creation of sustainable, mixed communities; and Be achievable – there is a reasonable prospect that housing will be delivered on the

site within five years.

However, a conservative and realistic approach to what sites identified in the Housing Trajectory (appendix D of the AMR) are likely to come forward in the five year period suggests that sites for 2,892 are available at 1 April 2011. Based on the residual requirement of 580 homes per annum, this would amount to 4.9 years supply. However, based on the overall requirement in Policy CS1 of 15,630 (and an average of 521 homes per annum), there would be a 5.5 years supply. Local Plan Housing Requirements Target: 440 homes per annum 1996-2016

Local Plan Housing Requirement 1996 – 2016 (Policy H1) 8800 Completed 1996 - 2011 6979 Residual requirement 2011-2016 1821

Divided by remaining years of the Local Plan (5 yrs) 364 per annum

Commitments at 31/03/2011 (planning permissions) 666 Remaining allocated sites in Replacement Local Plan 1754 Core Strategy Strategic Sites & Rural Area Sites 7615 Other potential 1687 Rural windfall 300 12022

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Local Plan Housing Supply

Five year Land Supply (Based on Local Plan requirements) The requirement calculation above indicates that there is a need for sites for 1,821 new homes over the last five year period of the Replacement Local Plan to satisfy the PPS3 need for local planning authorities to be able to identify at least five years worth of sites available for new housing. The Local Plan was the relevant local policy in place until December 2010. As with making an assessment against the Core Strategy requirements, a conservative and realistic approach to what sites identified in the Housing Trajectory (appendix D of the AMR) are likely to come forward in the five year period suggests that sites for 2,270 new homes are available at 1 April 2011 (not including sites identified in the Core Strategy). Based on the residual requirement of 364 homes per annum, this would amount to 6.2 years. However, based on the overall requirement in the Local Plan of 8,800 (and an average of 440 homes per annum), there would be a 5.1 years supply.

Commitments at 31/03/2011 (planning permissions) 666 Remaining allocated sites in Replacement Local Plan 1754 Other potential 1687 4225

CS1: Number and percentage of dwellings completed on brownfield land Target: 40%

The Council encourages new development on previously developed land, and has comprehensively exceeded the target set by the Core Strategy for the year 2010-2011.

Area Number Percentage St Edmundsbury 161 49.7 Bury St Edmunds 86 37.9 Haverhill 36 65.5 Rural Areas 39 92.9


CS1: Previously developed land that has been vacant or derelict for more

than five years (Previously NI 170). 2010-11 Target: 3.4%

The Council has previously identified the amount of the urban area in the borough that has

been vacant and derelict for more than five years. The statistic was formerly reported as part of the set of local authority National Indicators and based on the National Land Use Database. In 2009/10 it was estimated that 3.48% of the urban area had been vacant and derelict for more than five years and the target for 2010/11 was 3.4%. During 2010/11, no previously identified vacant and derelict land was brought back into use. Dwellings completed on allocated sites: As a percentage

of total gross completions Bury St Edmunds 38 (11.7%) Haverhill 0 (0.00%)


The Replacement Local Plan identified sites for new development across the borough. The above information shows that few new dwellings have been built on allocated sites in 2010/11.

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CS1, CS11 and CS12: Dwellings per hectare of net developable area Target: Was previously 30 dwellings per hectare, (requirement for minimum was removed from PPS3 in June 2010)

Completed dwellings per hectare (2010/11):

St Edmundsbury 54.38 Bury St Edmunds 55.35 Haverhill 79.99 Rural Area 22.28

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The table indicates the average number of new dwellings completed per hectare of net developable land - the area of a new development site minus any open space. This data demonstrates the variation in density of new housing between the different areas of the borough. Whilst the national minimum target of 30 dwellings per hectare no longer exists, this does show that old targets are generally being exceeded as existing planning consents get built. The variation exists due to the difference in character between the three areas. In the rural areas, a larger proportion of new dwellings were on single dwelling plots.

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CS4 Community Indicator Policy CS4 sets out the Council’s vision for maintaining the identity and character of the borough’s towns and villages. Whilst this policy focuses mainly on the level of development to be allocated to settlements, it also recognises that the outcome of development should be the creation of a settlement that people enjoy living in. As such, the Core Strategy calls for the following to be monitored.

3.5

CS5 Affordable Housing Indicators The delivery of additional affordable housing is a top priority for the Council, given the relative difficulty that many people have in purchasing homes in the borough. Policy CS5 seeks to ensure that the mix, size, type and tenure of affordable homes meets the local need. Affordable housing is housing that meets the needs of specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. It can include social rented housing and intermediate housing.

CS5: Homeless Numbers

Target: Reduce

Year Number on Housing Register 2006 4673 * 2007 4433 * 2008 5088 ** 2009 5094 2010 1858 *** 2011 1996

Source: Housing Options Team, St Edmundsbury Borough Council

* This was known as the ‘waiting list’ – held by Havebury ** In February 2009 the ‘waiting list’ was replaced by ‘Home-link’ *** Between 2009 and 2010 a major review removed households who had registered for a ‘future’ need. There are presently around 2,000 applicants with about 400-500 available properties per year. In recent months there has been a steady rise in Band A and B (highest need) categories.

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CS5 (and Local Plan Policy H5): Affordable Housing Completions and

Permissions. Target: 30% affordable housing

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Plots 114-135, 143-148 & 155-160. Area F2, Moreton Hall

Bury St Edmunds

Granta Housing Society 34 34

Plots 31-36 & 41-49. Area B, Moreton Hall

Bury St Edmunds

Granta Housing Society 15 15

Plots 11-30. Land between 82-104 Out Westgate.

Bury St Edmunds

Havebury Housing Partnership 20 10

Land adj plot 15 Spring Lane

Bury St Edmunds


Plots 100-124. Hardwick Industrial Estate

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk Housing Society 25 25

Site of former Merry-Go-Round PH, St Olaves Road,

Bury St Edmunds


Horace Eves Close, Withersfield Road

Haverhill Havebury Housing Partnership 24 -7

1-4, 7-8, & 17-20 Norse Avenue

Stanningfield Havebury Housing Partnership 22 12

Chalkstone Way Haverhill Havebury Housing Partnership 9 9

Oxlip House, VSH, Moreton Hall

Bury St Edmunds

BPHA 52 52

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Gross Completions Net Completions 2009-2010 2010-2011 2009-2010 2010-2011 Bury St Edmunds 76 156 35 146 Haverhill 26 33 26 2 Rural 6 22 6 12 St Edmundsbury 108 211 67 160

Gross Permissions Net Permissions 2009-2010 2010-2011 2009-2010 2010-2011 Bury St Edmunds 0 41 0 39 Haverhill 0 4 0 4 Rural 17 16 11 16 St Edmundsbury 17 61 11 59

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Strategic Housing

CS5: Average property price and housing affordability ratio Target: Decrease

Average Property Prices, at November 2010 Bury St Edmunds

Haverhill Rural St Edmundsbury

East of England

Average Detached House

£234,651 £221,591 £362,616 £321,417 £366,148

Average Semi-detached

£214,277 £151,531 £196,127 £190,896 £222,930

Average Terraced

£180,094 £134,234 £141,832 £169,214 £184,469

Average Flat/ Maisonette

£120,449 £89,064 £128,685 £106,629 £143,473

Average all types

£209,310 £161,310 £288,959 £230,214 £251,022

Source: Hometrack

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Source: Based on Hometrack Sales and Valuations Nov 2010-Apr 2011 Average house price and CACI average income for May 2010-Apr 2011 Housing affordability ratios indicate how many times an annual income would need to be multiplied to match the house price. So, in Bury St Edmunds the average house costs six times more than the average annual income

Housing Affordability Ratios at November 2010 Lower Quartile Price: Lower Quartile Income

Average Price: Average Income

Bury St Edmunds 7.18 6.00 Haverhill 5.74 4.58 Rural 8.40 7.83 St Edmundsbury 6.77 6.39 East of England 6.63 6.84

3.6

CS6 Gypsy and Traveller Indicator Policy CS6 states the Council will allocate sites for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople in line with national and regional policy.

CS6: Provision for gypsy and traveller pitches

Target: 20 pitches by 2011

The Department of Communities and Local Government Annual Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans in England, which took place on 27 January 2011, indicates that there are 19 caravans in St Edmundsbury. Local Plan Policies

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H5 Housing Development Indicators Local Plan policy H5 sets out to create mixed and inclusive communities, by ensuring that developments are of varying sizes and tenures of homes, in order to widen access to housing.

H5: Mix of Housing

Target: n/a

Number of bedrooms in new dwellings built in 2010/11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7+

Bury St Edmunds

17 (10%)

71 (41%)

61 (35%)

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(63%) 10

(22%) 1

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(40%) 8

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(18%) 94

(36%) 79

(30%) 35

(13%) 6

(2%) 1

(0.5%) 1

(0.5%) Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council It is notable that no one bedroom properties were built in the Rural Areas in 2010-2011. The relatively large number of new one bed dwellings in Haverhill was as a result of the Horace Eves Close development.

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3.8

H7 Special Housing Needs Indicators Policy H7 notes the ageing population of the borough, and the growing trend towards older people being supported to live in their own homes, rather than moving into residential care.

H7: The number of older people supported to live at home per 1,000 people

Target: 85 per 1,000 people

Number of over 65’s receiving home care package 2009-2010 2010-2011

Bury St Edmunds 12.7 9.7 Haverhill 10.0 8.2 Rural 11.2 9.1 St Edmundsbury 11.5 9.1

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Suffolk Observatory. Population based on 2009 estimates The table indicates the number of over 65’s receiving a home care package from Suffolk County Council, per thousand of the total population. It does not include any of those who purchased care privately.

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Section 4: Historic and Natural Environment

4.1 Strategic Aim G of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To maintain and improve the quality of the built environment’. Strategic Objective G of the Core Strategy is ‘To maintain and protect built and natural environment and ensure that new development maximises the opportunity to re-use previously developed land and protects and enhances assets of local design, cultural, historic and conservation importance, and character of the landscape and townscape.’ Planning policies seek to preserve the finite resource that is our natural and historic environment, by ensuring that development is appropriate in scale and by taking measures to enhance biodiversity.


4.2

CS2 Natural Environment Indicators Core Strategy Policy CS2 has a range of aims, including protecting biodiversity, conserving natural resources and enhancing the character of local landscapes.

CS2: Change in number and area of designated ecological sites (and Local

Plan Policy NE1): Protection change in number and area of designated ecological sites Target: No net loss

Number and area of sites Site type 2010-2011 Wetland of International Importance (RAMSAR)

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Special Protection Area (SPA) 1- Brecks Area Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) 2

Brecks (part), and Waveney and Little Ouse Valley

Fens (part) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

27 (4,627ha)

County Wildlife Sites (CWS) 153 (3,527 ha) Local Nature Reserves (LNR) 3 (42.4ha)

Haverhill Railway Walks Moreton Hall Community Woods,

Bury St Edmunds Rede Wood

Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) 32 (307.22 ha) Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA’s) 2 (17,489 ha)

Source: Natural England, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Suffolk County Council It should be noted designated ecological sites do not necessarily have just one designation. For example, they may be a County Wildlife Site as well as a Local Wildlife Site.

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CS2: Achievement of Habitat and Species Action Plan Targets Target: Compliance

St Edmundsbury Borough Council aims to carry out habitat improvement work on ten sites each year. The following sites have received active management in 2010: 1. Railway Walks, Haverhill: County Wildlife Site 2. Disused Allotments, Manor Road, Haverhill: County Wildlife Site 3. Meldham Washlands, Withersfield: County Wildlife Site 4. Millfields Way, Haverhill: County Wildlife Site 5. East Town Park, Haverhill 6. Bumpstead Road, Haverhill: County Wildlife Site 7. Bury St Edmunds Cemetery 8. Hardwick Heath, Bury St Edmunds 9. Nowton Park, Nowton/Bury St Edmunds 10. Ten Acre Field, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds Significant Species that were recorded and/or benefitted from this habitat management: Cowslip Bee Orchid Common Spotted

Orchid Pyramidal Orchid

Grass Vetchling

Sulphur Clover Slow worm Common Lizard Grass Snake Common Frog Toad Rosel’s Bush

Cricket Great Diving Beetle

Bullfinch Song Thrush

House Sparrow Skylark Reed Bunting Meadow Pipit Harvest Mouse Otter Hedgehog

This work will continue into 2011 and extend to 10 new sites/areas. The use of volunteers participating in habitat management, led by park rangers, has proved to be a very effective partnership, making the above work possible.

CS2: Improved Local Biodiversity- Proportion of Local Sites (County Wildlife

Sites) where active conservation management is being achieved (old National Indicator 197 and Single Data List 60) Target: Improve

Mar-10 Mar-11St Edmundsbury 38% 58%Suffolk 40% 50%

Active management was defined by the Audit Commission as ‘Positive conservation management is management that contributes to maintaining or enhancing the features of interest for which a site has been selected.’ As the number of actively managed sites fluctuates throughout the year, this indicator is a snapshot taken on 31st March 2010 and 31st March 2011. This shows a trend of increasing levels of active management, and greater levels of biodiversity management in St Edmundsbury than over the rest of Suffolk.

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Percentage of County Wildlife Sites where active conservation management is being achieved

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CS2: Reported condition of ecological SSSIs

Target: Meet Public Service Agreement (95% of SSSIs favourable or unfavourable recovering by 2010).

These assessments were carried out over a number of years, but represent the most up to date data available. It appears that the Public Service Agreement target is not being met at this time, as only 82.18% of SSSI’s are reported as in a ‘favourable’ or ‘unfavourable recovering’ condition.

Reported Condition of Ecological SSSI's

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Source: Natural England

CS2: Reported condition of geological SSSIs and RIGSs

Target: Not to decrease There are two mixed interest SSSI’s in the borough which include an aspect of geological interest: SSSIs Status Thetford Heath SSSI Unknown Breckland Forest SSSI ‘Favourable’

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There are two sites of geological significance in the borough; one Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS), now known as Local Geological Sites (LGS), This designation protects them through planning policy. LGSs (Previously RIGs) Status Bugg’s Hole Fen LGS, Thelnetham.

‘Good Improving’

There is also one County Geosite (CGS) which may need consideration under this policy: CGSs Status Knettishall Heath CGS

Not yet assessed

CS2: Development proposals affecting BAP habitats outside protected areas

Target: Zero Unfortunately, it has not been possible to report progress towards this target for 2010/11.

CS2: Change in amount of accessible natural green space

Target: Increase Accessible natural green space has no rigid definition, but is essentially space where human control is not intensive, so that a feeling of naturalness can predominate (Natural England, ‘Nature Nearby’, 2010).

Total accessible natural green space (m2) 2010 2,399,244 2011 2,400,981

This increase of 1,737 m2 (0.7% of the total area) comes from the inclusion of Haverhill Recreation Ground as Natural Green Space.

CS2: Water Quality in Rivers

Target: Improve Two measures of river quality are recorded here, chemical and biological. Chemical quality – dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and ammonia. This is an indicator of organic pollution in general, assessing the quality of rivers in terms of the measurements which detect the most common types of pollution – discharges of organic wastes from sewage treatment works, from agriculture and from industry.

CHEMICAL 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Very Good 4.65 4.65 0.00 0.00 0.00

Good 43.02 35.58 32.21 32.21 50.70

Fairly Good 26.40 26.86 50.70 54.19 35.70

Fair 21.16 25.47 6.16 7.44 10.93

Poor 4.77 7.44 10.93 6.16 2.67

Bad 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Source: Environment Agency Figures are percentages

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BIOLOGICAL 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Very Good 25.10 33.15 41.88 32.95 32.95

Good 43.99 27.88 21.58 21.58 30.86

Fairly Good 22.92 30.98 36.54 45.47 36.19

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CS2: Groundwater Quality

Target: Improve

Groundwater Quality Chemical Status Poor Quantitative Status Poor

Groundwater quality is measured by five chemical and four quantitative tests. Each test is applied independently, with the worst test status reported as the overall assessment of groundwater body chemical and quantitative status. Unfortunately, the groundwater in this area was judged to be poor on a number of chemical and ecological measures; but this is recognised in the water study as the norm in this area of agricultural dominance.

CS2: Flood risk- planning applications approved against Environment Agency

advice Target: Compliance with EA advice

No applications for development were approved against Environment Agency advice in 2010-2011, meaning that this target has been met.

CS2: Properties at risk of flooding from rivers

Target: Decrease/maintain/stable 2006 2011 Properties at risk from flooding (in Flood Zone 2) 1,337 1,345 Percentage of total number of properties in St Edmundsbury 3% 2.8%

Source: Environment Agency This figure can be seen as stable, over the past five years, given the very small increase which is likely to have been caused by changes in the area of flood zones. As there have not been any planning permissions granted against Environment Agency advice in the past year, the implementation of planning policies could have done no more to improve this situation in 2010-2011.

CS2: Have annual mean concentrations of any key pollutants been exceeded?

Target: Zero exceedances There has been one reported exceedance of key pollutants in 2010/11. The Progress Report of Air Quality in St Edmundsbury has concluded that for the most part air quality remains good. Road traffic emissions continue to be the main source of pollution and there is concern that increasing levels of nitrogen dioxide in the vicinity of the Northgate Roundabout, Bury St Edmunds, may exceed the Government’s objective levels in future years. One exceedance of the annual air quality objective for nitrogen dioxide is recorded in the vicinity of the Post Office, The Street, Great Barton. The site is inside an Air Quality Management Area and subject to a further assessment. Other than this, and the previously mentioned concern regarding Northgate Roundabout, there have been no material changes or developments that put the Government’s objectives for the seven prescribed pollutants at risk of being exceeded.

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CS2: Number and percentage of new dwellings completed on greenfield land

Target: Not identified

Area Number Percentage St Edmundsbury 163 50.3 Bury St Edmunds 141 62.1 Haverhill 19 34.5 Rural Areas 3 7.1

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council CS2: Number of listed buildings and buildings at risk

Target: Decrease (buildings at risk only) 2009-10 2010-11

Grade I 98 98 Grade II* 160 160

Number of Listed Buildings

Grade II 2986 2985 Number of buildings at risk 21 21

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The table shows that the number of buildings at risk has remained the same in 2010/11 as it was in 2009/10, therefore not meeting the target to decrease the number considered to be at risk. One of the Grade II listed buildings identified in 2009/10 has been downgraded

CS2: Number and area of Conservation Areas and Article 4 Directions

Target: No net loss 2009-10 2010-11 Number/area of Conservation Areas

35 (1,864ha) 35 (1,708ha)

Number of properties covered by Article 4 Directions

1,015 1,015

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The number of Conservation Areas and Article 4 Directions has remained the same, though the area covered by Conservation Area designations has fallen, which was a result of a calculation error.

CS2: Number and area of Conservation Area Appraisals completed and

enhancement schemes (in conservation areas) implemented Target: Increase

A Conservation Area Appraisal is a study into the character and merit of a Conservation Area, which helps develop a robust policy framework for planning decisions. One Appraisal has been completed in 2010-2011, covering the Ixworth Conservation Area. In the past two years there were no enhancement schemes proposed.

CS2: Number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) damaged as a result of

development Target: Zero

No Scheduled Ancient Monuments have been damaged as a result of development in 2010-2011.

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CS2: Number of applications affecting known or unknown archaeological sites but judged of high potential and approved with conditions requiring prior excavation or recording during development. Target: Not identified

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

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Applications recommended for approval with conditions 130 134 106 94 99

Source: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service The overall downward trend is likely to be as a result of a fall in planning applications, rather than a reduction in the proportion of applications granted approval with conditions.

4.3

CS3 Design and Local Distinctiveness Indicator Policy CS3 seeks to protect and enhance the architectural and historic merit of the Borough, by ensuring that new development creates and contributes to a high quality and safe environment.

CS3: Number of approved Concept Statements and Masterplans Target: Not identified.

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Address / Title Date document adopted if applicable Document Status

Business Park, Risby June 2007 Masterplan Adopted Moreton Hall East, Bury St Edmunds February 2008 Revised Masterplan Adopted West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds April 2011 Revised Masterplan Adopted West Suffolk House, Bury St Edmunds February 2007 Masterplan Adopted Hardwick Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds June 2006 Masterplan Adopted Former fireworks site, Chedburgh January 2007 Masterplan Adopted North West Haverhill April 2011 Revised Masterplan Adopted Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds April 2011 Masterplan Adopted Land to east of Suffolk Business Park, Bury St Edmunds June 2010 Masterplan Adopted Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds March 2009 Masterplan Adopted Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds N/A Masterplan ** Station Hill and Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds October 2007 Concept Statement Adopted Land off Crown Lane, Ixworth December 2010 Masterplan Adopted West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds NA Masterplan Abandoned Hanchett End, Haverhill March 2011 Masterplan Adopted Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds May 2008 Development Brief Adopted Upthorpe Road, Stanton September 2009 Development Brief Adopted Gurteens, Chauntry Mill, Haverhill June 2010 Development Brief Adopted The Green, Barrow March 2011 Development Brief Adopted Stoke Road, Clare September 2011* Development Brief Adopted * Adopted after 1 April 2011 – outside AMR monitoring period. ** Consultation process completed but not submitted for adoption

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Local Plan Policies NE1, NE2, NE3, NE4 and RU6 Natural Environment Indicators This section of the Replacement Local Plan aims to promote the prudent use of resources, conserve landscapes and biodiversity, and protect human health.

NE1: Areas designated for landscape value Target: Not to decrease

The areas designated for landscape value (shown on Map 4.1 of the Core Strategy) have

not changed in 2010-2011. NE1: Protection of Suffolk’s biodiversity measured through sampling

Target: Not to decrease This indicator has not been monitored for 2010-2011.

NE1: Area of Local Nature Reserves per 1,000 population (ha)

Target: 1 ha per head of population Population: 104,533 Total area LNR’s: 42.4 ha Hectares LNR per head of population: 0.0004 ha Based on 2010 figures. Source: Natural England and Suffolk Observatory This figure is clearly far below the target set by the Local Plan, the picture is better if all SSSIs, County Wildlife, Local Nature and Local Wildlife sites are taken into account.

NE3: Percentage of broadleaf and coniferous woodland

Target: Not identified There is no data available for this indicator.

NE3 and RU6: Landscape Character Areas and the influence of planning

Target: Not identified There is no data available for this indicator.

NE4: Agricultural land use (%)

Target: Not identified Data does not appear to have been published by DEFRA since 2005.

4.4 HC9 Historic Indicators

Policy HC9 recognises the value of archaeology as a finite resource, requiring the Council to have regard to archaeological sites when considering planning applications.

HC9: Number of archaeological field monuments

Target: Not to decrease In 2011 there were 68 Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Borough. This indicator has not previously been monitored. Source: English Heritage

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Section 5: Sustainability and Climate Change

5.1 This section of the Annual Monitoring Report covers those indicators that are relevant to mitigating against, or adapting to, climate change.

5.2 Strategic Aim H of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To achieve a

balanced natural environment, where the use of resources and energy is minimised, materials and waste recycled and development undertaken with minimum adverse impact, giving close regard to the principles of sustainability’. Planning policies seek to make development sustainable. This means protecting resources and the natural environment to enable all people to satisfy their basic needs, without compromising the needs of future generations.


5.3

CS2 Natural Environment Indicators Core Strategy Policy CS2 has a range of aims, including climate adaptation, conserving natural resources and encouraging carbon neutral development.

CS2: Daily domestic water use, per capita

Target: 105 litres per capita per day in new homes, in line with Code Level 3

HOUSEHOLD WATER USE – (Litres per person per day) Year Unmetered Metered 2000-1 155 114 2001-2 150 119 2002-3 159 123 2003-4 163 127 2004-5 160 125 2005-6 160 128 2006-7 156 137 2007-8 158 142 2008-9 158 139 2009-10 Information not published 2010-11 Information not published

Source: Anglian Water Services

CS2: Consumption of electricity Target: Decrease

ELECTRICITY Average domestic consumption per meter (KWh) Year Ordinary Economy 7 2004 4089 6660 2005 4002 6366 2006 3999 6142 2007 3932 6087 2008 3894 5606 2009 3764 5573 2010 Information not yet published

Source: Department of Energy and Climate Change

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GAS Year Average domestic consumption (KWh) 2004 18,206 2005 17,716 2006 16,881 2007 16,303 2008 15,435 2009 14,245 2010 Information not yet published

Source: Department of Energy and Climate Change

CS2: Consumption of gas Target: Decrease

CS2: Household and municipal waste

Data recorded by SCC, but not available for publishing until November, when it has been audited by the Environment Agency.

CS2: Tonnage/ proportion of household waste recycled and composted Target: Increase

Data recorded by SCC, but not available for publishing until November, when it has been

audited by the Environment Agency

All new dwellings in 2010-11 met Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 standards. 22 new dwellings in Stanningfield exceeded the minimum standard, achieving Code Level 4.

CS2: Percentage of buildings achieving desired rating against BREEAM or Code for Sustainable Homes ratings. Target: All new dwellings meeting Code Level 3 by 2010, Code Level 4 by 2013 and Code Level 6 by 2016

CS2: Number of homes receiving grants to increase energy efficiency Target: Increase

Cavity wall insulation Loft insulation measures Total 2008/2009 1013 1403 2416 2009/2010 735 827 1562 2010/2011 601 754 1355

Source: Environmental Health Services, St Edmundsbury Borough Council

It has not been possible to collect this data for 2010/11.

CS2: Percentage of new development which sources a percentage of energy from low carbon or renewable sources. Target: 10% by 2010, 17% by 2020

Section 6: Infrastructure and Services

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6.1 This section includes indicators relevant to the provision of infrastructure, such as access to key services and the distribution of new development across service centres.

6.2 Planning policies need to ensure that new development occurs in such a way as to not put

undue strain on infrastructure or that the capacity of infrastructure increased to meet the demands of growing settlements.


6.3

CS4 Infrastructure Indicator Core Strategy Policy CS4 sets out a settlement hierarchy for the borough. This helps to avoid infrastructure becoming overstretched, by ensuring that development is spread in a proportionate way across local towns and villages

CS4: Percentage of all new development taking place in Towns, Key Service

Centres, Local Service Centres and Infill Villages Target: To meet the requirements set out in Policy CS1 (52% in Bury St Edmunds, 34% in Haverhill and 14% in Rural areas)

The Core Strategy settlement hierarchy seeks to encourage growth in towns and key service centres. These charts show that whilst the bulk of new development in 2010-2011 has taken place in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill, there have also been a significant proportion of new dwellings sited in infill villages. This has been caused in large part by the construction of 22 affordable homes in Stanningfield, an infill village.

Percentage of residential developments taking place in towns and service centres

66.2%

17.5%

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6.4

CS13 Infrastructure Indicator Core Strategy Policy CS13 sets out the infrastructure requirements of St Edmundsbury’s towns and villages.

CS13: Percentage of rural households within a 15 minute walk of local

services. Target: Percentage increase

See data below.

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6.5

CS14 Infrastructure Indicator Core Strategy Policy CS14 sets out the principles for infrastructure delivery in the Borough, and as such is central to ensuring that infrastructure meets the requirements of growth.

CS14: Proportion of population with access to a hospital, GP or dental

surgery Target: Percentage increase

In future years, this would be part of a Health section. Please note that the information contained in the Figure, below, does not include information for Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill.

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PLEASE NOTE: To the best of our knowledge and belief the above information is correct. It is based on our own data and that supplied by others. If you see any mistakes, please email us at: [email protected]

Private/free schools, allotments, fire stations and police stations will be added in future AMR’s. The term ‘garage’ includes petrol filling stations and garages that do services and/or MOTs. Where a village has an entry that indicates a minimum; for example there may be more than one green, pub etc.

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Section 7: Culture and Leisure

7.1 This section of the AMR covers the indicators that are relevant to the provision of leisure and cultural facilities in the borough.

7.2 Planning policies seek to encourage the sustainable provision of sports, leisure and cultural

facilities, as well as protecting open space and accessible facilities.


7.3

CS2 Leisure Indicator Core Strategy Policy CS2 has a range of aims, of which the provision and protection of parks is one.

CS2: Areas of historic parks and gardens

Target: No net loss Important natural environment sites include Historic Parks and Gardens at Culford, Euston, Ickworth and the Abbey Gardens and Precincts in Bury St Edmunds. There has been no net loss in areas of these historic parks and gardens since the previous Annual Monitoring Review for 2009/10.

Local Plan Policies

7.4

L4 & L5 Leisure Indicators The leisure section of the Replacement Local Plan sets to meet the objectives noted in section 7.3, above.

L4: Provision of outdoor playing space (youth and adult use) Target: No net loss

Total number of outdoor playing sites, (figures include pocket parks) at 31 March 2011:

Bury St Edmunds 26 Haverhill 26

Borough Council Owned

Rural 2 County Council Owned 2 Parish Owned 54 Total 110


L5: Number of recreational facilities lost as a result of development Target: No net loss

There were no recreational facilities lost as a result of development during 2010/11

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Section 8: Travel

8.1 Strategic Aim F of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To enable people and goods to move around efficiently and safely to the benefit of the economy and community, with minimum harm to the environment by seeking to reduce car dependency’. This means that planning policies will encourage travel by bicycle, public transport or on foot, whilst also trying to ensure that the location of developments reduces the need to travel at all.


8.2

CS7 and CS8 Travel Indicators Core Strategy Policy CS7 promotes the development of a high quality and sustainable transport system across the borough that reduces the need to travel. Developments will be required to provide for travel by a range of means other than the private car. Core Strategy Policy CS8 states the Council’s ambition to work with partners to secure necessary transport infrastructure, as identified in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

CS7 and CS8: Percentage of all new residential development taking place in

major towns Target: Increase

See tables in paragraph 3.3 in relation to CS1, CS11 and CS12: Annual net dwelling completions.

CS7 and CS8: Number of developments where a travel plan is submitted or is a

condition of development Target: Increase

In 2010/11, there was no permissions issued requiring submission of a travel plan by way of condition.

CS7 and CS8: Percentage of journeys to work undertaken by sustainable means Target: Increase

Percentage travelling to work sustainably* St Edmundsbury 24.95% Suffolk 24.51%

Source: 2001 Census *This is based on the percentage of people who work at home or travel by train, underground train, bus, as a passenger in a car, by bicycle or on foot. This data is from the 2001 Census and so is clearly out of date, but is the only information available until the 2011 census data is released.

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CS7 and CS8: Percentage of schoolchildren travelling to school by sustainable means Target: Increase

Percentage of schoolchildren travelling sustainably

Bury St Edmunds 72.06 Haverhill 78.85 Rural 69.24 St Edmundsbury 73.21 Suffolk 75.26

Note: These figures only cover state schools. Source: Suffolk County Council School Travel Survey, January 2010

CS7 and CS8: Car parking standards (the number of spaces per development)

[and Local Plan Policy T5: Number of off-street parking spaces in new residential schemes] Target: Decrease

Average number of off highway car parking spaces per new dwelling.

2009- 2010 2010-2011 Bury St Edmunds 1.06 1.48 Haverhill 1.16 0.63 Rural 2.35 2.24 St Edmundsbury 1.25 1.45

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The relatively low level of car parking provision in Haverhill in 2010 is due to the Horace Eves Close development, which has very few spaces for the new homes.

8.3

CS13 Infrastructure Indicator Core Strategy Policy CS13 sets out the infrastructure requirements of St Edmundsbury’s towns and villages.

CS13: Percentage of rural households within a 15 minute walk of an hourly bus

service Target: Percentage increase

Unfortunately, due to the complexity and expense of collecting information on this indicator, we cannot report on it in this year’s Annual Monitoring Report.

Local Plan Policies

8.4

L7 Public Rights of Way Indicators Policy L7 seeks to preserve and protect rights of way by preventing development that would have a negative impact on existing or proposed rights of way.

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L7: Improvements to the public rights of way network Target: Increase

The table shows the number of improvements to public rights of way carried out in St Edmundsbury in 2010/11. Data obtained next year will allow comparison of improvements that have been carried out.

2010-11 Repairs/replacements to signposts 50 Surface repairs/improvements to routes 12 Replacement/repairs to bridges 16 Cases of clearance (trees) affecting rights of way 3

L7: Length of rights of way routinely cleared of surface growth

Target: No target Approximately 209,000 metres of rights of way have been cut twice during the year as part of the annual surface cutting programme.

8.5

T3, T6 and T8 Sustainable Transport Indicators These policies support sustainable transport through requiring commercial developments of a certain size to produce green travel plans, limiting off road parking in residential developments and promoting cycle ways.

T3: Number of major employers with green travel plans

Target: Increase There are four major employers with commercial travel plans within the borough in the year 2010-11.

T6: Town centre car parking spaces

Target: No target Year Bury St Edmunds Haverhill 2005/6 3504 671 2006/7 3402 778 2007/8 3491 845 2008/9 3736 1095 2009/10 3803 1095 2010/11 3826 1095


T8: Total length of urban and rural cycle routes

Target: Increase T8: Percentage increase in people cycling

Target: Increase T8: Percentage increase in pedestrian trips of less than one mile

Target: Increase Unfortunately, it has not been possible to collect this data for 2010/11.

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Section 9: Jobs

9.1 Strategic Aim B of the Replacement Local Plan Development Strategy is ‘To secure economic

vitality and wealth creation in all communities without causing unacceptable harm to the environment’. Planning policies will ensure an adequate supply of sites and premises to allow firms to grow and encourage new firms to locate in the Borough, whilst minimising the harm that new development does to the environment. This section of the report will report on all Core Strategy indicators relating to employment in the Borough.


9.2

Policy CS9 Employment Indicators Core Strategy Policy CS9 sets out to support St Edmundsbury’s diverse and growing economy, by allocating employment land that will supply 13,000 additional jobs by 2026.

CS9: Unemployment Rate

Target: Reduce Jobseekers Allowance Claimants, 2007-2011 (average across 12 months) 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 Bury St Edmunds 1.7% 2.4% 3.0% 2.4% Haverhill 2.1% 2.9% 4.6% 3.7% Rural 0.9% 1.4% 2.1% 1.7% St Edmundsbury 1.5% 2.1% 3.0% 2.4% Suffolk 1.8% 2.3% 3.3% 3.0%

Source: NOMIS There is a marked variation in the JSA claimant rate in the Borough, showing that unemployment is significantly higher in Haverhill than Bury St Edmunds, with the lowest rate occurring in the Rural areas. Whilst the rate of JSA claimants is lower than the County average, and we are seeing a decrease and so meeting the target set by the Core Strategy, employment in the Borough has not yet recovered to the pre-recession levels.

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CS9: Employment land availability: urban

Target: To maintain a supply of available land where appropriate CS9: Employment land availability: rural

Target: To maintain a supply of available land where appropriate

Employment commitments on brownfield/greenfield by type:

Employment commitments on brownfield/greenfield land by location B1, B2 and B8 commitments (floorspace – m2) 2010/2011

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B8 (Storage and distribution)

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A4 (Drinking establishments)

0 667 667

A5 (Hot food take-away)

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D1 (Non-residential institutions)

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D2 (Assembly and leisure)

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Sui-Generis (Other employment uses within their own category)

21127 12237 33364

Total (floorspace m2)

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Allocated Employments sites in the Replacement Local Plan

Bury St Edmunds Policy Employment Area Total area (ha)

of GEA in Replacement Local Plan 2016

Land remaining available - August 2011

BSE4 a) Anglian Lane 6.40 0.40 b) Barton Road 0.40 0.29 c) Blenheim Park 10.50 0.77 d) British Sugar, Hollow Road 34.20 0 e) Suffolk Business Park 27.70 6.24 f) Chapel Pond Hill 20.60 0.88 g) Eastern Way 18.40 0.78 h) Enterprise Park, Etna Road 1.00 0 i) Mildenhall Road 15.80 3.6 j) Moreton Hall 29.70 0 k) Northern Way 14.10 0.34 l) Western Way 21.10 1.91 m) Greene King, Friars Lane 7.50 0 BSE3 Suffolk Business Park – Strategic site 68.28 68.28 Sub-total 275.68 83.49

Haverhill

Policy Employment Area Total area (ha) of GEA in Replacement Local Plan 2016


HAV4 a) Bumpstead Road 14.70 7.81 b) Falconer Road 21.40 3.73 c) Haverhill Industrial Estate 74.30 1.70 d) Homefield Road 11.20 0.26 e) Project Office Furniture 5.50 2.6 HAV3 Hanchett End - Strategic Site 12.10 12.10 Sub-total 139.20 28.20

Rural Allocations

Policy Employment Area Total area (ha) of GEA in Replacement Local Plan 2016


RA3 a) Barrow Business Park 1.0 1.0 b) Chedburgh 13.30 1.1 c) Clare, Bridewell Industrial Estate 0.5 0 d) Gorse Industrial Estate, Barnham 11.80 0 e) Ingham 2.10 0 f) Risby Business Park 3.20 2.47 g) Rougham 16.80 2.2 h) Saxham 24.00 0 i) Shepherd’s Grove, Stanton 92.50 53.11 j) Wratting 9.60 0 Sub-total 174.80 59.88 Borough total @ August 2011 589.68 171.57


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CS9: Employment permissions and allocations Target: None identified

E1:Employment permissions and completions on brownfield land Target: None identified

Employment permissions on brownfield/greenfield land by type:

Use Class Greenfield (floorspace

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Brownfield (floorspace m2)

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Employment permissions on brownfield/greenfield land by location B1, B2 and B8 permissions (floorspace – m2) 2010/2011

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Employment completions on brownfield/Greenfield land by type:

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council Employment completions on brownfield/greenfield land by location B1, B2 and B8 completions (floorspace – m2) 2010/2011

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0 1842 1842


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7470 93 7563


0 0 0


0 0 0


0 0 0


0 0 0


92 2841 2933


0 42 42


42 599 641

Total 7604 6025 13629

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9.3

CS9: Number of farmers markets and farm shops Target: Increase

There were 16 Farmers Markets and Farm Shops as of June 2011. Figures for previous are years not available.


CS10: New retail floor space in town centres Target: No target set

Policy CS10 Retail, Leisure, Cultural and Office Provision Indicators Core Strategy Policy CS10 covers retail, leisure and cultural provision. It identifies Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill as the focus for new development. Completions and commitments for Retail, Office and Leisure development in shopping centres by type – 2010-2011.

Use Class Completions Commitments A1 (Shopping)

0 1887

A2 (Financial & professional services

0 -2087

A3 (Restaurants & cafes) 0 1441 A4 (Drinking establishments)

0 440

A5 (Hot food take-away) 0 114 B1(a) (Office)

29 2161

C1 (Hotels)

0 0

D1 (Non residential institutions)

115 765

D2 (Assembly and Leisure)

0 0

Total (sq m) 144 4721

Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council Completions and commitments for Retail, Office and Leisure development in shopping centres by location – 2010-2011.

Policy – CS10 Location Completions Commitments Bury 144 3577 Clare 0 236 Haverhill 0 908 Ixworth 0 0 Stanton 0 0

Retail, Leisure, Cultural and Office Provision. Use Classes A1- A5, B1(a), C1, D1 & D2.

Total (sq m) 144 4721


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CS10: Percentage of vacant units in BSE and Haverhill town centres Target: Not exceed the national average

Bury St Edmunds Haverhill Apr-10 7.40 6.00

May-10 8.00 4.90 Jun-10 8.00 5.50 Jul-10 8.20 No data

Aug-10 8.00 No data Sep-10 7.50 No data Oct-10 7.50 4.90 Nov-10 6.70 5.30 Dec-10 6.50 6.40 Jan-11 5.80 6.40 Feb-11 6.50 6.40 Mar-11 5.90 5.30

Apr-11 6.9 6.3 May-11 6.9 6.4 Jun-11 6.9 6.9 Jul-11 7.7 4.8

Aug-11 7.2 4.8 Sep-11 8.0 5.3

Oct-11 8.0 4.8 Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council The Association of Town Centre Management did a trial survey of vacant units in October 2010 and found a national vacancy rate of 12.7%. The above figures show that the percentage of vacant units in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill is significantly below the national average vacancy rate. Up-to- date information, beyond the AMR period, has been supplied for information.

9.4 Policies RU1 and RU9 Rural Employment and Retail Indicators These policies cover retail and commercial development in the rural areas and aim to support rural businesses without harming the character of the Borough’s villages.

RU1: Number and percentage of employees by location

Target: No target

No current monitoring RU9: Rural retail floor space completion / permissions

Target: No loss

There were no retail (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 or A5) completions in the Countryside. There were two retail planning permissions (total floor area 192 square metres) in the Countryside and one retail planning permission (total 26 sq. m) within a Housing Settlement Boundary, but outside a Rural Shopping Centre.

9.5

Policies TCR2 and TCR4 Town Centres and Retail Indicators.

No current monitoring

TCR2 and TCR4: Town centre uses profile Target: No target

Section 10: Plan, Monitor, Manage

10.1 A key aim of the current planning system is to be flexible, with an ability to respond quickly to changing circumstances. This is the fundamental purpose of this report, to provide the evidence to recognise whether or not the objectives set out by the Core Strategy and Local Plan are achieved, in order that changes in policy can be made.

10.2 Core Strategy Policy CS15 sets out the mechanisms that will be triggered, if it appears that

policies and allocations are not being met.

1. Review of housing and employment land supply and allocations 2. Action to bring forward sites for development, wherever possible in partnership with

landowners and developers. 3. Action to bring forward development on previously developed land. 4. Action to secure the timely provision of infrastructure 5. Review of relevant parts of the LDF

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Section 11: Vision 2031 and Localism

13.1 The Coalition Government has set localism as the central tenet of its agenda. It seeks to give communities a much greater say in planning. Annual Monitoring Reports do feature in the Government’s flagship Localism Bill, where the requirement to submit this report to Government is removed. Further regulation on the content of future Annual Monitoring Reports is not yet available, but under the spirit of localism, local planning authorities are likely to be required to put much greater emphasis on the issues facing local communities.

13.2 Vision 2031 is a project to create a community-led vision for different parts of the borough,

which has taken place whilst this report was being prepared. With consultation having taken place across the borough on ten themes, it will be the most comprehensive expression of community issues possible. It is therefore proposed that future Annual Monitoring Reports will focus on those Core Strategy and Replacement Local Plan indicators that are relevant to the outcomes identified by Vision 2031.

13.3 This year’s report has gone some way to focussing on Vision 2031, by reporting on

indicators under some of the Vision 2031 themes. It is hoped that this has created an Annual Monitoring Report that is easier to comprehend and relate to. Between now and the publishing of next year’s report, the St Edmundsbury Borough Council Planning Policy team will be considering ways in which future reports can better reflect the needs and wishes of the Borough. If you have any ideas as to planning outcomes that are particularly relevant to your community and should be monitored by the Annual Monitoring Report, please let us know via the contact details below: Email: [email protected] Post: AMR Comments, Planning Policy Section, St Edmundsbury Borough Council, West Suffolk House, Western Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3YU.

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mailto:[email protected]

Appendix A

Glossary of Terms

List of acronyms and technical terms used in St Edmundsbury documents. Items in italics each have a definition

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Glossary

Acronym Term Definition

Accessibility The ability of everybody to go conveniently where they

want.

Adoption The final confirmation of a Local Development Document

as having statutory status by a Local Planning Authority.

Affordable housing Affordable housing includes social rented and intermediate

housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing should:

– Meet the needs of eligible households including availability at a cost low enough for them to afford, determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices.

– Include provision for the home to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or, if these restrictions are lifted, for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.

Rural Site Allocations DPD

The document within the St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework that will contain site specific allocations for rural areas. It will have the status of a Development Plan Document.

AMR Annual Monitoring Report

Annual report on the progress of preparing the Local Development Framework Report and the extent to which policies are being achieved.

Areas subject to planning restrictions

Gardens, open areas with grass and trees, greens, and other areas of visually important gaps and open spaces within Housing Settlement Boundaries where proposals for development will not be considered favourably

BAP Biodiversity Action Plan

A strategy prepared for a local area aimed at conserving biological diversity.

Brownfield land Brownfield land (also known as Previously Developed

Land) is that which is or was occupied by a permanent structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed surface infrastructure. The definition covers the curtilage of the development. Opposite to greenfield land.

Conservation Area Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the

character, appearance or setting of which it is desirable to

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preserve or enhance.

Core Strategy The Local Development Framework document which sets

out the long term spatial vision for the local planning authority area, and the spatial objectives and strategic policies to deliver that vision. The Core Strategy will have the status of a Development Plan Document.

CAP Community Action Plan

Community-led processes for identifying local needs and priorities, prepared within the context of the Community Plan.

CP Community Plan The long term vision and action plan for St Edmundsbury articulating the aspirations, needs and priorities of the local community – prepared by the Local Strategic Partnership.

Development Plan The statutory Development Plan comprises the Regional

Spatial Strategy and the Development Plan Documents contained in the Local Development Framework.

DPD Development Plan Document

Development Plan Documents outline the key development goals of the Local Development Framework.

Development Management DPD

The document within the St Edmundsbury LDF which will contain detailed policies guiding particular forms of development. It will have the status of a Development Plan Document.

Greenfield land Land (or a defined site) which has never been built on

before or where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape over time (opposite of brownfield land). Applies to most land outside the Housing Settlement Boundary.

Housing Needs Study

A study which assesses the future housing needs of the District, in terms of the size, type and affordability of dwellings. The St Edmundsbury Housing Needs Study was published in 2005.

HSB Housing Settlement Boundary

Housing Settlement Boundaries represent the development limits or residential areas within which development proposals would be acceptable, subject to complying with other policies contained in the Development Plan. They seek to prevent development from gradually extending into the surrounding countryside.

Issues and Options Document(s) produced during the early production stage

of the preparation of Development Plan Documents and issued for consultation.

LDD Local Development Document

The various individual documents (DPD, SCI, SPD) in the LDF.

LDF Local Development Framework

The name for the portfolio of Local Development Documents. It consists of Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents, a Statement of Community Involvement, the Local Development Scheme and Annual Monitoring Reports. Together these documents will provide the framework for delivering the spatial

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planning strategy for St Edmundsbury.

LDS Local Development Scheme

A public statement setting out which documents will make up the LDF, and when they will be produced.

Local Plan The plan produced under the former planning system by

District Councils. The Replacement St Edmundsbury Local Plan 2016 will be replaced by the LDF.

LTP Local Transport Plan

The transport strategy prepared by the local transport authority, i.e. Suffolk County Council.

PPG Planning Policy Guidance

Guidance produced by the Government on planning matters (being replaced by PPSs).

PPS Planning Policy Statement

Statements of National Planning Policy issued by the Government (to replace PPGs).

Preferred Options Document(s) produced as part of the preparation of

Development Plan Documents, and issued for formal public participation. It shows the preferred “direction” of a Development Plan Document.

Recreational Open Space

An area that is primarily used for children’s play, and/or formal or informal organised games, but may also be visually important.

RPG Regional Planning Guidance

The strategic plan for the region prepared under the former planning system, now replaced by the Regional Spatial Strategy.

RSS Regional Spatial Strategy

The broad spatial strategy for the region prepared by the East of England Regional Assembly, and forming part of the statutory Development Plan.

Rural Service Centre

A larger village that fits within the Spatial Strategy set out in policies SS1 and SS4 of the East of England Plan, i.e. villages that include some or all of the services and facilities listed in paragraph 3.17 of the East of England Plan.

SA Sustainability Appraisal

Identifies and evaluates the effects of the strategy or plan on social, environmental and economic conditions.

SCI Statement of Community Involvement

Document setting out how and when stakeholders and other interested parties will be consulted and involved in the preparation of the LDF (and in the consideration of individual planning applications).

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

An assessment of the environmental effects of a plan or programme required by EU Directive 2001/42/EC. Combined with the Assessment Sustainability Appraisal.

Site specific allocations

Allocations of sites for specific or mixed uses or development, to be contained in the Allocations DPD. Policies will identify any specific requirements for individual proposals. The sites themselves will be shown on a Proposals Map.

Spatial planning The concept of spatial planning is intended to be at the

heart of the new planning system. Previously, the focus of the planning system was narrow and regulatory. The new spatial planning system of RSS and LDF is much wider and more inclusive. Spatial planning concerns itself with places, how they function and relate together – and its objectives are to manage change to secure the best achievable quality of life for all in the community, without wasting scarce resources or spoiling the environment. It will include policies which can impact on land use, for example by influencing the demands on, or needs for, development, but which are not capable of being delivered solely or mainly through the granting or refusal of planning permission, and which may be implemented by other means.

SPD Supplementary Planning Document

Elaborates on policies or proposals in DPDs, and gives additional guidance.

SPG Supplementary Planning Guidance

Provides guidance or development briefs to supplement policies and proposals in a Local Plan (being replaced by SPD).

Structure Plan The strategic plan produced under the former planning

system by County Councils. The Suffolk Structure Plan (and the St Edmundsbury Local Plan) will be replaced by the RSS and LDF.

The Act Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Puts in place the new statutory framework for preparing RSS and LDFs.

The Regulations

Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004

The formal Government regulations that define how the LDF is produced.

UCS Urban Capacity Study

A study produced (and kept under review) to assess the amount of land available for housing on brownfield land (previously developed land). The latest St Edmundsbury Urban Capacity Study was published in September 2005.

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Appendix B

Current Relevant Planning Policies The St Edmundsbury Core Strategy was adopted at Full Council on 14 December 2010. The adopted Core Strategy and supporting documents can be viewed on the Council’s web site at

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/thecorestrategy.cfm The Core Strategy now forms part of the Council's Local Development Framework and supersedes a number of policies in the current Replacement Local Plan. Some of the Local Plan Policies have been saved and are therefore still relevant.

The relevant Planning Policies by which applications will be assessed are set out below:

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Relevant Policy Title Core Strategy Policies CS1 St Edmundsbury Spatial Strategy CS2 Sustainable Development CS3 Design and Local Distinctiveness CS4 Settlement Hierarchy and Identity CS5 Affordable Housing CS6 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople CS7 Sustainable Transport CS8 Strategic Transport Improvements CS9 Employment and the Local Economy CS10 Retail, Leisure, Cultural and Office Provision CS11 Bury St Edmunds Strategic Growth CS12 Haverhill Strategic Growth CS13 Rural Areas CS14 Community infrastructure capacity and tariffs CS15 Plan, Monitor, Manage Local Plan Policies DS2 The Sequential Approach to Development DS4 Masterplans DS5 Design Guidance and Development Briefs H1 Scale of Housing Provision H2 Housing Development within Bury St Edmunds and

Haverhill H4 Housing Density H5 Mix of Housing H6 Alterations or Extensions to Dwellings H7 Special Housing Needs H8 Provision for Gypsies and Travelling People E1 Existing Employment Land and Premises RU1 Employment Development in the Rural Areas RU2 Farm Diversification

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/thecorestrategy.cfm

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RU3 Equine-Related Activities outside Housing Settlement Boundaries

RU4 Re-use of Rural Buildings in the Countryside RU5 Replacement of Buildings in the Rural Areas RU6 Housing Development in the Rural Areas RU7 Removal of Agricultural Occupancy Conditions RU8 Rural Housing Exception Sites RU9 Retail Proposals within Rural Housing Settlement

Boundaries RU10 Protection of Rural Services RU11 Touring Holiday Caravan and Camping Sites L1 Golf Courses and Related Facilities L2 Tourism Development L3 Visitor Accommodation L4 Standards of Open Space and Recreation Provision L5 Safeguarding Parks and Open Spaces L6 Allotments L7 Public Rights of Way TCR2 Protection of Primary Shopping Areas and Shopping

Centres TCR3 Shopfronts and Advertisements TCR4 Amusement Arcades TCR5 Street Trading and Street Cafés TCR6 Ancillary Retail Uses T1 Transport Assessments T3 Travel Plans T4 Private Non-Residential Parking T5 Parking Standards T6 Off-Street Car Parking T7 Lorry Parking T8 Cycling and Pedestrian Strategies T9 Roadside Services HC1 Alterations and Extensions to Listed Buildings and

Development within their Curtilage HC2 Demolition of Listed Buildings HC3 Enabling Development HC4 Buildings of Local Architectural or Historic

Significance or Protected by an Article 4 Direction HC5 Demolition of Unlisted Buildings, Structures or

Features within Conservation Areas HC6 New Development in Conservation Areas HC7 News Uses for Historic Buildings HC8 Development Affecting Parks and Gardens or Special

Historic or Design Interest HC9 Sites and Features or Archaeological Importance NE1 Impact of Development on Sites of Biodiversity and

Geological Importance NE2 Protected Species NE3 Protection of the Landscape NE4 Natural Resources NE5 Environmental Quality NE6 Safeguarding from Hazards FC1 Community Services

Relevant Policy Title FC2 Utility Services FC3 Telecommunications Development FC4 Renewable Energy Proposals BSE1 Housing on Brownfield Sites – Bury St Edmunds BSE2 Vinefields Farm, Bury St Edmunds BSE3 Strategic Site – Suffolk Business Park, Moreton Hall,

Bury St Edmunds BSE4 General Employment Areas – Bury St Edmunds BSE5 British Sugar Site – Bury St Edmunds BSE6 Station Hill Development Area – Bury St Edmunds BSE7 Town Centre Development Area – Bury St Edmunds BSE8 St Edmundsbury Retail Park – Bury St Edmunds BSE9 Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds BSE10 St Andrews Street North BSE11 Park and Ride – Bury St Edmunds BSE12 New Railway Station BSE13 Bury St Edmunds Eastern Relief Road BSE14 West Suffolk Hospital and St Nicholas Hospice BSE15 New School Sites – Bury St Edmunds BSE16 West Suffolk College BSE17 Western Way – Bury St Edmunds HAV1 Housing on Urban Sites – Haverhill HAV2 Strategic Site – North West Haverhill HAV3 Strategic Employment Site – Hanchett End, Haverhill HAV4 General Employment Areas – Haverhill HAV5 Haverhill Town Centre Masterplan HAV6 Haverhill Retail Park HAV7 New Local Centres and Facilities, Haverhill HAV8 Haverhill Northern Relief Road RA1 Brownfield Allocations – Rural Services Centres RA2 Greenfield Allocations – Rural Service Centres RA3 General Employment Areas – Rural Areas RA4 New Open Space Provision – Rural Areas

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Appendix C Headline Sustainability Appraisal Objectives. Social objectives 1. To improve the health of the population overall. 2. To maintain and improve levels of education and skills in the population

overall. 3. To reduce crime and anti-social activity. 4. To reduce poverty and social exclusion. 5. To improve access to key services for all sectors of the population. 6. To offer everybody the opportunity for rewarding and satisfying employment. 7. To meet the housing requirements of the whole community. 8. To improve the quality of where people live and to encourage community

participation. Environmental objectives 9. To maintain and where possible improve water and air quality. 10. To conserve soil resources and quality. 11. To use water and mineral resources efficiently, and re-use and recycle where

possible. 12. To reduce waste. 13. To reduce the effects of traffic on the environment. 14. To reduce contributions to climate change. 15. To reduce vulnerability to climatic events. 16. To conserve and enhance biodiversity. 17. To conserve and where appropriate enhance areas of historical and

archaeological importance. 18. To conserve and enhance the quality and local distinctiveness of landscapes

and townscapes. Economic objectives 19. To achieve sustainable levels of prosperity and economic growth throughout

the plan area. 20. To revitalise town centres. 21. To encourage efficient patterns of movement in support of economic growth. 22. To encourage and accommodate both indigenous and inward investment.

Appendix D HOUSING TRAJECTORY TABLE

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Ref Site Capacity Remaining 2011

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LOCAL PLAN SITES BSE1 b Jacqueline Close 50 50 10 20 20 BSE1 c Telephone Exchange 30 30 30 BSE1 d Hospital Road 65 65 10 30 25 BSE1 e Garages & Bus Depot 50 50 10 25 15 BSE1 h Coach Park, Cotton Lane 45 45 20 25 BSE2 Vinefields 73 73 25 48 BSE6 Station Hill 140 140 25 50 65 BSE9 Tayfen Road 100 100 25 50 25 HAV1 a Gasworks 10 10 10 HAV1 b Telephone Exchange 24 24 24 HAV1 c Hamlet Croft 100 100 50 50 HAV1 Atterton & Ellis 39 39 14 25 HAV2 North-west Haverhill 755 755 50 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 30 RA1 Reeves Farm, Ixworth 20 20 20 RA2 Stanton 70 70 25 45 RA2 Ixworth 90 90 10 50 30 RA2 Barrow 33 33 10 23 RA2 Clare 60 60 20 40 SUB-TOTAL 1754 1754 0 174 381 230 145 195 245 200 100 30 0 54 0 SITES WITH PLANNING PERMISSION BSE Peach Maltings 106 15 15 BSE Area F Moreton Hall 301 66 30 36 BSE1 f Hardwick Industrial Estate 163 62 20 42 BSE Queens Road 10 10 10

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Ref Site Capacity Remaining BSE 5a Kings Road 19 19 19 BSE Rear 10 Risbygate Street 14 14 14 BSE Borough Offices, Angel Hil 11 11 11 BSE Maltings, Mildenhall Road 35 35 35 HAV Appleacre Road 111 14 14

HAV Anglian House, Burton End, Haverhill 27 15 15

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AV hill 17 17 1York Rd, Haver 7 RUR Barningham 12 1 1 RA1 Fireworks Factory, Chedburgh 52 52 15 37 Small Sites Consents 335 335 67 67 67 67 67 SUB-TOTAL 826 666 268 160 104 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER POTENTIAL CAPACITY BSE Station Hill additional capacity 260 260 30 50 60 60 60 BSE Eastgate Grange 30 30 30 BSE Shire Hall 100 100 20 50 30 BSE Maltings, Mildenhall Road 35 35 35

BSE7 Town Centre Development Area 11 11 11

HAV North-west Haverhill phase 2 350 350 50 100 100 100 HAV Gurteens 80 80 40 40 HAV Hanchet End Business Park 150 150 25 75 50 Other Urban Capacity 671 671 54 54 54 54 54 54 69 69 69 69 71 SUB-TOTAL 1687 1687 89 54 150 219 164 54 99 119 179 229 231 100 Rural Windfall Allowance 300 300 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 LDF Strategic Sites BSE Fornham 900 900 50 100 100 100 100 100 150 200

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Ref Site Capacity Remaining BSE Westley 450 450 100 100 150 100 BSE Moreton Hall 500 500 50 100 100 100 100 50 BSE Compiegene Way 1250 1250 100 100 100 100 150 150 150 150 150 100 BSE Rougham Road 1250 1250 100 100 100 170 150 150 150 100 100 130 HAV NE Haverhill 2500 2500 150 250 250 250 220 250 250 300 300 280 6850 6850 100 200 200 200 200 250 250 350 450 450 450 520 520 550 550 550 550 510 LDF Rural Sites 765 765 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 45 50 50 50 50 SUB-TOTAL 7615 7615 140 240 240 240 240 290 290 390 490 490 490 560 560 595 600 600 600 560 TOTAL 11117 11722 357 388 775 756 616 489 584 609 594 674 746 669 515 585 585 620 625 625 625 585

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