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Annual Monitoring Report 2013-2014 1

ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2013 - 2014

Planning and Development ServiceOctober 2014

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Borough of Broxbourne Key Map Pg 3

Background and key facts Pg 4

Residential development Pg 5

Employment development Pg 9

Community facilities Pg 11

The natural, historic and built environment Pg 14

Infrastructure and contributions Pg 15

Planning ahead Pg 16

Conclusions Pg 17

Appendix 1: Five year supply list of sites Pg 18

CONTENTS

Borough of Broxbourne Brookfield

Town Centre

District Centre

Lee Valley Regional ParkLee Valley White Water Canoe CentreNew River

Urban Area

Employment Area

Green Belt

M25A10Other Main RoadsRailway Line

BOROUGH OF BROXBOURNE KEY MAP


This report monitors progress on the development and regeneration of Broxbourne between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. It examines the provision of homes, workplaces and other developments and assesses these against the Council’s development plan and planning policies. The section at the end of the report sets out progress on, and a programme for, production of the Broxbourne Local Plan.

Key facts for the April 2013 to March 2014 monitoring year are:

• The population of Broxbourne Borough is estimated to be just under 95,0001 . In 2001 the population of Broxbourne was around 87,000

• The Borough has in excess of 39,000 homes, an increase of 3,000 from 2001. 5,400 of them qualify as affordable

• On average, 2.4 people live within each of these homes. This has not altered since 2001

• 98 new homes (net) were built between April 2013 and March 2014

• No new affordable homes were built but a number of developments, capable of accommodating over 100 affordable units, have started

• The Council can demonstrate a five year supply of housing

• There are estimated to be 36,0002 jobs in the Borough

• Over 27,000 sqm of office, industrial and distribution floorspace has planning consent

• Several major development sites, including the Everest Sports Ground, Britannia Nurseries, the former St Mary’s School site and Broxbourne Enterprise Centre, have planning consent

• 813 planning applications were registered, an increase of 66 from 2012/2013

• 784 planning applications were approved, of which 16 were for major developments

• 122 planning applications were refused, of which two were for major developments

KEY FACTS

BACKGROUND

1IDBR Data held as of September 2013. BRES data is published later in 2014 and was not available for this version 2East of England Forecasting estimation published in spring 2013


RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTBACKGROUND

The Borough has approximately 95,000 residents who live within 39,000 dwellings, at an average occupancy of 2.4 people per dwelling. The population is expected to increase beyond 95,000 and as a result, the Council must continue to identify land for new homes. The Council’s housing target is to build 262 dwellings per annum.

• 119 homes were completed in 2013/14. This included 98 houses/bungalows, 20 flats/maisonettes and one mobile home with temporary permission;

• 21 homes were lost, mostly through the demolition of existing buildings in preparation for new residential development anticipated to come forward in the next monitoring year;

• The average density of developments was 42 dwellings per hectare;

• 84% of new homes were built on previously developed land. This is above the Council’s target of 80%;

• The majority of new homes have been built in the Cheshunt area. 54 dwellings were built on the Aldermere housing site in Cheshunt.

HOUSING COMPLETIONS

Cheshunt South Reservoir (Aldermere)

The chart shows that a large proportion of family homes with three or more bedrooms came forward in the monitoring year, in line with the Council’s aspirations for improving the provision of larger properties in the Borough. The relatively low number of one bedroom properties could indicate their relative lack of popularity with Broxbourne house purchasers or their commercial viability.

Chart 1 Percentage of completed development in the monitoring year by bedroom numbers

1 bed houses/ bungalows

1% 2 bed flats13%


19%


41%

4+ bed houses/ bungalows

22%

1 bed flats4%


Source Number of units

Target supply (262x5 years plus 164 undersupply for 2013/14) 1,474 or 295 p.a.

Large sites with planning consent (above five units in size) 573

Small sites with planning consent (under five units in size) 109

Sites in the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) 710

High Leigh Urban Extension (no. of units estimated to come forward in first five years out of a total of 523)

240

Sub total 1,632

Windfall allowance of 5% of 1,632 * + 81.6

Non-implementation rate of 10% of 1,632 ** - 163.2

Total supply 1,550

Number of years supply (1,550/295) 5.3

3,718 new homes have been built since 2001 at an average rate of 286 per annum. This is roughly 300 units more than the planned target for this period.

Although this year’s completion level is well below the planned target for this period, over 20 development sites began construction work in the monitoring year. These sites have the ability to deliver approximately 220 dwellings of which the majority are estimated to be completed in the next monitoring period (see section below).

Table 1 Housing completions since 2001

Year 01/02

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

Total

Planned target 270 270 270 270 270 270 270 270 240 252 252 262 262 3,428

Housing completions (net)

196 196 229 691 643 260 281 179 316 271 173 185 98 3,428

* 5% windfall is based on historical trends and discounted to take into consideration garden land, the Council’s SLAA and existing market trends ** 10% non-implementation rate is based on historical trends

FUTURE HOUSING

The Council’s annual building target of 262 dwellings (250 plus 5% for choice and competition) has been identified having regard to the Council’s Strategic Housing Market Assessment (May 2013). This target equates to 3,930 dwellings over a 15 year period (2014 to 2029). The Council must maintain a five year supply of housing land which means that land for 1,310 new homes should be available at all times.

National Planning Policy Guidance states that an under-supply of homes, where the number of completions is below the annual target, should be dealt with in the first five years of the plan period where possible. The Council will therefore be attempting to deal with the undersupply for the 2013/14 period of 164 units as part of the five year supply. This equates to an additional 33 units each year.

The five year supply is currently made up as follows:


Appendix 1 provides detailed information on all sites identified as part of the five year supply. Chart 2 below illustrates the actual and projected completions to 2019. The figures in this table do not take into account windfall or non-implementation rates

Chart 2 Actual and projected completions to 2019

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Net completions Annual housing target

Between January and March 2014 the average price of a property in the Borough was £265,600, roughly £2,000 more than the previous year. This price is higher than the England and East of England average but second lowest in Hertfordshire. A breakdown of average house prices by property type and by area can be found in the table below. There are disparities between areas in the Borough in terms of house prices. For example a semi-detached property in Broxbourne is nearly £76,000 more then a semi-detached property in the Waltham Cross/Cheshunt area.

Table 3 Average house prices by property type and by area Jan – Mar 2014

Property type Average house price

Detached £477,100

Semi-detached £304,700

Terraced £251,100

Flat £154,800

Area Average house price by area

Broxbourne £265,600

Broxbourne £300,100

Hoddesdon £242,600

WX/Cheshunt £269,800

Hertfordshire £341,100

East of England £246,200

England £254,500

Source: HM Land Registry

3Hometrack July 2014

The average rent for a three bed property in Broxbourne is £1,196 per month which has increased from October 20133.

HOUSE PRICES


Affordable housing is provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market either through social rent which is determined by the national rent regime, affordable rent which is subject to rent controls or intermediate housing which is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent but below market levels.

As of 1 April 2014 there are 5,400 affordable homes in the Borough. There are also almost 2,500 eligible people and a further 500 non-eligible people on the Council’s housing and transfer register.

Between April 2013 and March 2014 there were no affordable homes completed. However over 100 were granted permission in the period and a number of these are anticipated to come forward in the next monitoring year. This includes units at the Everest Sports ground site in Cheshunt, Eugena House in Waltham Cross and New River Close in Hoddesdon.

Table 4 calculates the number of affordable homes completed since 2001 and the average percentage of all completed homes.

Year 01/02

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

Total

Affordable housingcompletions (Net)

29 15 95 159 136 98 64 31 166 42 37 11 0883

(24%)

Residential SPD standardsIn November 2013 the Council adopted an update to the Supplementary Planning Guidance. This update aims to improve living conditions for future residents by increasing size standards for new housing developments. The new size standards increased dwelling sizes by as much as 25 sqm for some properties, particularly for three and four bed houses, increased bedroom sizes in order to accommodate a reasonable amount of furniture and circulation and increased garden sizes by around 10 sqm for most property sizes. The update also includes a minimum family bathroom size and garage size as well as bedroom width dimension and minimum garden depth.

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)HMOs are lived in by unrelated individuals who share basic amenities such as kitchens and bathrooms. As of the 1 of April, there are estimated to be 12 licensable HMOs in the Borough, an increase of two from the previous year.

Traveller sitesBroxbourne has two authorised private traveller sites at Hertford Road in Hoddesdon and St James Road in Goff’s Oak and a public site at Halfhide Lane. Permission was granted in 2011 for relocation of this latter site to land adjoining Hell Wood. There is one un-authorised site at Wharf Road in Wormley.

Enforcement Notices were issued in February 2014, seeking the cessation of residential occupation at the majority of the occupied plots at Wharf Road. Four of these notices have been appealed. The occupiers of the remaining enforcement plots have six months to vacate the site.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING


EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENTBACKGROUND

There are over 36,0004 jobs and over 3,000 individual businesses within Broxbourne. The majority are within town centres, Brookfield and the seven employment sites at Hoddesdon Business Park, Cheshunt Business Park, Waltham Cross Business Park, Park Plaza, Plumpton Road, Merck Sharp Dohme and the New River Trading Estate (see key map pg 4). The largest individual employers are Tesco, Sainsbury’s, News International, Broxbourne Borough Council and Merck Sharp Dohme. The largest employers by sector in descending order are retail, private security, education and warehousing/storage.

In total, there is approximately 800,000sqm of employment floorspace within the Borough.

Approximately 62.6% of Broxbourne residents are of working age and of those residents, 78.9% are economically active5. This is slightly below the East of England average but above the national average.

The Borough has seen a big reduction in the number of residents claiming job seekers allowance from a peak of 3.7% of working residents making a claim in February 2012 to only 1.9% in June 2014. This is lower than the regional and national average but higher than the county average of 1.5%. The Waltham Cross ward still has one of the highest proportion of claimant counts in the county at 4.1%.

In the monitoring year 3,576 sqm of office and industrial floorspace was built (gross). The majority of this was the conversion of premises into business uses rather than the construction of new floorspace. 78% of this floorspace was built in the six designated employment areas.

Over 27,000 sqm of business floorspace (table 5) has been granted consent. This includes 57 starter units at the Broxbourne Enterprise Centre in Hoddesdon Business Park and 19,000 sqm of office floorspace to the south of the News International printworks in Waltham Cross.

Table 5 Business, industrial and warehouse permissions

Business class use Gross gain (sqm)

Various B uses - office, industrial & warehouse combined 2,316

B1 - office, light industrial and research & development 19,747

B1a – offices 558

B1c – light industrial 0

B2 – general industrial 241

B8 - storage or distribution 4,751

Total 27,613

4IDBR Data held as of September 2013. BRES data is published late September 2014 and therefore not available for this version. 5NOMIS Labour Market Statistics 2013

Office to residential conversionOn 30 May 2013, central government introduced legislation that would enable offices to be converted into residential use without the need for planning permission. An Article 4 Direction has been proposed by the Council which would remove the rights for offices in specified areas to convert to residential use.

COMPLETED AND COMMITTED BUSINESS FLOORSPACE


In the monitoring year the Council received seven prior approval notices for office to residential conversion. Two of these were withdrawn, one was refused and five were accepted. This includes the change of use of Durkan House at High Street Waltham Cross for 60 units and the conversion of a number of small office units in Hoddesdon town centre. As yet no applications have been submitted for sites within the Borough’s designated employment areas.

Durkan House is to be converted into 60 flats

The completion of new business floorspace has significantly reduced particularly when compared to a 2007/08 peak of over 100,000 sqm. This reduction is likely to be as a result of the high occupancy rates in employment areas, the availability of commercial land and in some part, the current economic climate. The Council is actively seeking to unlock and bring forward sites for employment in order to improve job growth and deliver its employment aspirations.

The Council’s economic development strategy, Ambition Broxbourne, sets out aims to provide new accommodation for key sectors and promote employment land to prospective developers.

In March 2014 the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) published its Growth Plan for the County. This contains four priorities including building upon the science and technology industry, building upon relationships with London, re-inventing towns and supporting localised as well as strategic growth. The LEP has secured £200 million for investment for infrastructure, business and skills in Hertfordshire by 2020/21 with £21 million of new funding for 2015/16. Part of this funding will be used to bring forward the Broxbourne Enterprise Centre in Hoddesdon Business Park.

Ambition Broxbourne Job creation through innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship

2013

The Borough of Broxbourne…… Has significant assets:• ExcellentstrategiclocationabuttingLondon. Direct access to motorway and rail networks including a 23minutejourneytoLiverpoolStreet(and the City of London), a 29 minute journey to Stratford (andthe associated international railservices)andexcellentconnectionstoStanstedandLutonAirports.• High quality homes, countrysideand places of interest, such as theLeeValleyRegionalPark,makingtheareaanattractivelocationtoinvest,live,work,learnandvisit.• Home to several majorinternational companies includingNews International, Tesco PLC,Merck Sharp & Dohme and VolkerFitzpatrick.• Olympic Venue, Lee Valley WhiteWaterCentre.

… Is determined to overcome challenges:• The constraint of London’sGreenbelt.• TheA10presentsaphysicalbarrierthat can impact on actual andperceivedmobility.• Town centres are under pressurewiththechangingnatureofretail.• The area is characterised bya relatively low value and lowknowledgeeconomy.• Pocketsofdeprivationcharacterisedby low skills within the residentpopulation.

• High levels of congestion onmaintransport routes, dispersed train stations and poor accessibility tokeycommercialsites.• Some areas suffering from a poorqualitybuiltenvironmentandpublicrealm.

…Is presented with a number of opportunities: • Access to the proposed Crossrail 2route will reinforce the area’sexcellent strategic location andprovideanopportunitytoestablishaninternationalrailhub.• Several development sitesstrategically positioned along theA10corridorthatwillhelpachievethe economic growth ambitions of the Borough, the HertfordshireLocal Enterprise Partnership andthe London Stansted CambridgeConsortium.• A dynamic local authority willingtowork in newways and providestrong strategic and community leadership.

To share your views or for further information contact…

EconomicDevelopmentBroxbourneBoroughCouncil,Bishops’College,Churchgate,Cheshunt,HertfordshireEN89XQ

Telephone:01992 785621E-mail:[email protected]

Ambition Broxbourne…

The next steps will be to:• DiscussAmbitionBroxbournewithourpartners • Produce and deliver an EconomicDevelopmentStrategyandactionplantoreflectdiscussionswithourpartners• Ensure Ambition Broxbourne isreflectedandreinforcedthroughotherkey policies including in particularthe Hertfordshire Local EnterprisePartnership’s Strategy for SmartEconomicGrowth

• Ensure Ambition Broxbourne isreflectedandreinforcedinthebusinessand operational plans of partnerorganisations • Putinplacegovernanceandperformancemanagement arrangements to provide strategic connectivity, direction and supporttodrivedelivery.

Making it happen…

…Presents the Council’s aims andproposed actions for improving economic prosperity across the Borough so that residents and businesses can thrive and contribute to creating sustainable well balancedcommunities.

…Recognises the importance ofconsidering all aspects of communitylife and champions the concept ofSmart Growth (as promoted by the Hertfordshire Local EnterprisePartnership) that embraces andresponds to the dynamic relationshipbetween the Borough’s economy anditsdiversecommunitiesandplaces.

…Cherishesthearea’seconomicheritageandwillmakesurethatthetraditionalvalues of innovation, enterprise andentrepreneurship are embedded in allaspectsofcommunitylife.…Provides the basis for joint workingwith partners in Hertfordshire andthe London Stansted CambridgeCorridor to optimise the benefitsof collaboration and unlock the fullpotentialofthearea’sresources.

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Hertford Regional College in Turnford

The Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross

Concept ideas for proposed Broxbourne Enterprise Centre

The Council is preparing a series of Business Park Improvement Plans which will look to enhance and develop the Borough’s employment areas. The plans will also identify sites which have the opportunity for employment development.

The Hoddesdon Business Park Improvement Plan, adopted in September 2013, is available on the Council’s website.

BRINGING FORWARD NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


BACKGROUND

The Borough encompasses:

• Hoddesdon and Waltham Cross town centres, Cheshunt Old Pond district centre, several neighbourhood centres and modern shopping facilities at Brookfield;

• Four hotels with a total of 384 rooms;

• Laura Trott and John Warner sports and leisure centres (public use);

• The Lee Valley White Water Centre;

• 89 community use playing pitches, 24 tennis and eight squash courts, five bowls greens, three skate parks and 31 indoor courts;

• Thirty primary schools, seven secondary schools, Herts Regional College and various children’s day centres;

• Thirteen doctor’s surgeries, 16 dentists, two healthcare clinics, Cheshunt Community Hospital; and

• Several public and private community halls.

The redevelopment of the Tower Centre, in Hoddesdon Town Centre, for a Morrison’s Supermarket was completed in December 2013. A further 1,617 sqm (gross) of retail floorspace was completed in the Borough. This included a number of proposals to convert existing premises into retail uses and minor extensions. 81% of the retail floorspace was in the Borough’s main retail centres. The breakdown of completed retail floorspace and the final net gain of retail floorspace are shown in table 6 below.

Retail class use Gain (sqm) Loss (sqm) Net gain (sqm)

A1 - shop uses 3,001 582 2,419A2 - financial uses e.g. banks 39 308 -269A3 - restaurant and café use 1,104 103 1,001A4 - drinking establishments 130 250 -120A5 - hot food take-aways 0 0 0

There is over 7,000 sqm of retail floorspace with planning consent in the Borough. This includes proposals to create two additional retail units at Brookfield Retail Park and a new Sainsbury’s store at Bridge House in Broxbourne.

There are a number of planning consents that will result in the loss of retail floorspace including the conversion of retail units into residential uses outside of the Borough’s town centres.

Table 6 Retail completed floorspace

RETAIL

COMMUNITY FACILITIES


Table 7 shows the percentage of vacant commercial properties in the Borough’s town and district centres. There has been a small increase in vacancies in both Waltham Cross and Hoddesdon but vacancies in Cheshunt and Brookfield have stayed the same.

Table 7 Vacancy rates in the Boroughs retail centres

Centre 2012/13 2013/14Hoddesdon town centre 6% 9%Waltham Cross town centre 9% 11%Cheshunt Old Pond district centre 7% 7%Brookfield 7% 7%A5 - hot food take-aways 0 0

Throughout the latter part of 2013 and into early 2014 a series of improvements were made to the northern end of Hoddesdon High Street, building upon the redevelopment of the Tower Centre. These improvements included a new zebra crossing between the clock tower and war memorial to enable safe access for pedestrians, new carriageway reconstruction works to improve traffic congestion and new high quality paving and street furniture, including granite benches and replacement trees, to make the area more attractive. It is hoped that these improvements can now be extended, funding permitted, throughout the High Street to the south.

The town centre is also benefiting from a number of redevelopment opportunities which will bring forward new retail, leisure and commercial uses as well as new residential properties. This includes redevelopment of the former snooker club building at Conduit Lane for retail office and residential, redevelopment of the Conservative Club for apartments, a restored social club and a bar/restaurant and redevelopment of the former Co-op building in the High Street for a shop, restaurant and 13 apartments.

HODDESDON PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Significant improvements have been made to the public realm of Hoddesdon town centre


In the monitoring year the Lee Valley White Water Centre, home to the British Canoe Union, improved its facilities by providing training and administration facilities, additional changing facilities, a café and an additional 250 parking spaces. Permission has also been granted for a barbecue and terrace area.

Work is also nearing completion on the refurbishment of The Laura Trott Leisure Centre (formerly Grundy Park). Refurbishments include extension of the reception area to incorporate a café looking over the park, new changing rooms, an extended gym and a new health suite.

The new café facility, toilets and meeting room at Cedars Park were officially opened in April 2014 following extensive improvements to the grounds, parking and access arrangements.

New play areas are to be provided at Aldermere (Cheshunt South Reservoir) and Academia housing sites (Herts Regional College, Turnford). Further facilities including a Locally Equipped Area of Play, a Multi-Use Games Area and a Neighbourhood Equipped Play Area are to be provided at Britannia Nurseries and High Leigh Garden Village as part of the proposed residential developments on these sites. A new clubhouse for Rosedale Sports Club in Cheshunt is also planned to come forward subsequent to planning consent being granted.

LEISURE

Laura Trott Leisure Centre has undergone major refurbishment and improvement

As well as a new café and meeting room, Cedars Park access and parking has been greatly improved

Indoor and Outdoor Leisure Facilities Strategy The Indoor and Outdoor Leisure Facilities Strategy was completed in the early part of 2014. Key actions include:

• Opening up access to school sport and leisure facilities for greater community use;

• Identifying locations where any undersupply of provision can be met/provided;

• Using S106/CIL contributions and any external funding opportunities to fund solutions and major projects;

• Consideration of sports hubs/village models to maximise longer term efficiencies and bring clubs together.

Education and Community Facilities In the monitoring year 3,752 sqm of educational floorspace was created. This comprised a new two-storey classroom block at The John Warner Secondary School, five practical teaching rooms at the Children’s Centre at Herts Regional College

as well as various extensions to existing primary schools.

The following community facilities have also been granted consent but have yet to be built:

• A doctor’s surgery at Fawkon Walk, Hoddesdon;

• Additional teaching facilities, to those highlighted in the previous paragraph, at John Warner Secondary School;

• Two teaching blocks at St Mary’s Secondary School;

• An 11 bedroom nursing home at Crossbrook Street, Cheshunt;

• A cemetery and crematorium at Woollens Brook, Hoddesdon;

• A community hall at Pound Close in Hoddesdon.

Over 16,000 sqm (gross) of educational floorspace and community uses, including leisure, hotel and care home facilities, are committed to come forward.


Natural environment

• There are 3,314 hectares of green belt land which remains as in 2012/13 (65% of the Borough’s total land area);

• No changes have been made to green belt boundaries in the monitoring year;

• There are over 460 hectares of open space including informal and formal spaces, children’s play areas, sports pitches etc;

• There are two golf courses and one Par 3 course;

• There are 15 allotment sites;

• The Lee Valley Regional Park stretches 26 miles from Ware through Broxbourne to East London;

• Four open spaces and parks have been awarded the Green Flag status and one local nature reserve has been awarded the 2014 Green Flag Community Award;

• At the time of writing there are 78 wildlife sites confirmed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and three sites of Special Scientific Interest i.e. Wormley and Hoddesdon Park Wood North, Wormley and Hoddesdon Park Wood South and Turnford and Cheshunt Pits.

Protected trees

Five Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) were made in the monitoring year including the protection of; 1) a number of Oak trees at Moxom Avenue, Cheshunt; 2) Robinia and Yew trees at Turner’s Hill, Cheshunt; 3) a Yew tree at the Grange, Hoddesdon; 4) a Beech in front of a property at Albury Ride, Cheshunt; and 5) an Evergreen Oak at the Yewlands, Hoddesdon.

Water quality and flooding

The Environment Agency did not object to any applications in the monitoring year on water quality grounds. Seven applications were objected to on flood risk grounds such as unacceptable flood risk assessments or surface water issues. Six of these applications were withdrawn or refused and one is still to be determined (former St Mary’s School site).

Historic environment

• Broxbourne has 303 listed buildings/walls/monuments, the same as 2013;

• The Broxbourne Local List contains 52 locally listed buildings;

• There are six conservation areas and several areas of archaeological interest

In the monitoring year 30 applications for listed building consent were determined, 23 were approved, two refused and five applications were withdrawn from the planning process.

During the monitoring year the Council, with the help of Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund grant, carried out significant conservation work within Cedars Park. This resulted in Theobalds Palace Scheduled Ancient Monument being removed from the English Heritage at Risk Register.

THE NATURAL, HISTORIC AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT


Reducing the Borough’s carbon footprintIn 2013/14:

• Approximately 40 homes implemented photovoltaic roof panels and planning consent was granted for a 50kW ground mounted solar PV installation consisting of 208 panels at Darnicle Hill Nursery in Cheshunt.

• In 2013/2014 the community achieved a recycling and composting rate of 35.1%, an increase of 0.8%.

Interactive design guideThe Council is preparing an Interactive Design Guide to help champion good design in the Borough. It will contain a series of webpages setting out good design principles for a range of developments from single dwellings and householder extensions to large scale residential developments and commercial buildings. Guidance on good quality shop fronts will be the first webpages to be issued by the Council.

• Pedestrian bridges over the railway line at Cadmore Lane, Cheshunt and Mansers in Hoddesdon were constructed in the monitoring year providing much improved and safer access to the Lee Valley Regional Park. Financial contributions from Broxbourne Council supported the construction of the Cadmore Lane Bridge;

• Nearly 400 residential off-street car parking spaces were created in 2013/14 mainly as a result of the Academia housing site being officially completed in its entirety in the monitoring year. Over 700 non-residential off-street car parking spaces were created of which 330 were constructed at the Tower Centre and 250 were constructed at the Lee Valley White Water Centre;

• In the monitoring year four applications for telecommunications equipment were approved, three within the Cheshunt/Turnford area and one in Hoddesdon.

The Council seeks £3,000 per bedroom from residential developments to fund infrastructure and community projects. In the monitoring year £680,426 was collected for infrastructure, community facilities and projects. This includes:

• £300,000 for town centre improvements;

• £64,000 for sustainable transport and highway improvements;

• £12,500 for landscaping and play area improvements;

• £288,000 for general infrastructure improvements; and

• £15,926 for education and library facilities and for community plan purposes.

A further £2,312,000 (approx) will be collected from developments with planning permission if these proceed. This does not include contributions which will be collected from the High Leigh Garden Village scheme which the Council has resolved to approve.

CILThe Council proposes to introduce a Community Infrastructure Levy through the Broxbourne Local Plan.

TRANSPORT AND UTILITY PROVISION

CONTRIBUTIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS


Broxbourne’s current development plan is the Broxbourne Local Plan Second Review, adopted in 2005. This is to be replaced by the Broxbourne Local Plan covering the period 2015 to 2030. The new Local Plan will set out a vision and spatial strategy for Broxbourne and will explain how the Borough will grow and develop to become a more desirable and prosperous place to live, work and visit.

There has been some delay in preparing the new Local Plan due to a need to update the Council’s evidence base, staff shortages and ongoing appraisal of potential development options. It is anticipated that a draft version of the Local Plan will be published in early 2015, with a view to adopting the document in mid-2016.

Duty to co-operateIn order to deliver the new Local Plan the Council will discuss policies, proposals and development sites with the following bodies:

• Hertfordshire County Council on education, waste, highway issues, child care and libraries;

• The Highways Agency on strategic highway issues;

• Local authorities who share boundaries with Broxbourne: East Hertfordshire, Epping Forest, Enfield, Welwyn Hatfield and the Greater London Authority;

• Local authorities which share common issues with Broxbourne such as Harlow and other Hertfordshire councils;

• Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership;

• London Stansted Cambridge Consortium;

• Utility providers including Thames Water, EDF Energy, National Grid and transport providers;

• The Environment Agency on flooding and river issues;

• Lee Valley Regional Park Authority; and

• Neighbourhood groups and residents associations.

In the monitoring year the Council fulfilled its duty to co-operate by contributing to several meetings with local authorities that share common interests including East Herts Council, Welwyn and Hatfield Council and Epping Council. The Council also regularly attends a number of officer and joint member/officer groups including the Herts Infrastructure and Investment Panel, the Herts Planning Group, the Enfield/Essex/Herts Border Liaison Group, the M25/10 Cross Border Group and the West Essex/East Herts Co-operation for Sustainable Development Group.

Furthermore the Council has held a number of meetings with key statutory bodies and infrastructure providers in order to progress the Local Plan. This includes NHS England, Hertfordshire County Council Education Service, its highway team and waste team, the Highways Agency, the Local Enterprise Partnership for Hertfordshire, the Lee Valley Regional Park, the Environment Agency and the London Stansted Cambridge Consortium.

BROXBOURNE LOCAL PLAN UPDATE

PLANNING AHEAD


The 2013/14 year has been a varied period for the Council. Whilst Local Plan progress has been slow and housing and employment completions have been low this year, the Council is bringing forward a number of projects and development sites which will bring much needed housing, affordable housing, employment, leisure, education facilities and infrastructure to the Borough.

The 98 new homes which have been built in the Borough were mostly three, four and five bed properties showing a shift from small apartments to larger family sized homes. These larger homes have been brought forward whilst still making good use of previously developed land. The Council has also been able to maintain a five year supply of future housing land.

For a suburban location, Broxbourne contains a large number of businesses and jobs and the Council is prioritising, through the Council’s economic development strategy, Ambition Broxbourne, economic development as a cornerstone of regeneration. It is actively seeking to promote and develop its existing employment areas as well as promoting sites to new employers. The identification of the Broxbourne Enterprise Centre as an important employment opportunity by the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, reflects the Council’s aspirations for bringing forward new employment opportunities.

The Borough’s town centres have been relatively resilient throughout the recession and into this year with relatively low vacancies. Completion of the Tower Centre redevelopment and improvements to the townscape are a major step forward for the regeneration of Hoddesdon town centre. The Council has also been bringing forward a number of environmental improvements to Waltham Cross Town Centre prior to the adoption and implementation of the Waltham Cross Town Centre Strategy. The Brookfield Centre continues to be one of the most successful commercial locations in Hertfordshire.

This year has also seen significant progress in improving the Borough’s leisure facilities including the regeneration of The Laura Trott Leisure Centre, redevelopment of Cedars Park and improvements to the Lee Valley White Water Centre.

The Council’s aspirations are to improve the quality of homes, deliver job opportunities, improve its leisure facilities and regenerate its town centres to ensure Broxbourne is a pleasant and prosperous place to live, work and visit. The Council was given the opportunity to exhibit the Borough further when the Planning Service took part in the BBC2 documentary ‘Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners’ which aired in February 2014. This documentary gave an insight into the Planning Service and the difficult decisions it needs to make. Broxbourne hosted one of the stages of the Women’s Cycling Tour later in spring 2014 which was televised nationally. It is hoped that this media coverage will help attract investment into the Borough to further support the Council’s aspirations and growth ambitions.

In the forthcoming year, the Council aims to make significant progress in bringing forward the Local Plan, aims to complete a number of town centre projects and environmental improvements and implement measures to improve job provision. Figures also suggest that housing completions including affordable housing completions will be higher and the number of residential development sites starting building work will also increase.

Further InformationIf you require any further information on this monitoring report please contact Vicky Forgione in the Planning Policy Section on: 01992 785555 ext 5952 or email [email protected].

Broxbourne Borough Council Bishops’ College Churchgate Cheshunt Herts EN8 9XB Telephone: 01992 785555

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