Annual Monitoring Report 2007(6.6MB) - Scarborough Borough ...

Annual Monitoring Report 2007
1 Introduction
Background
1.1 Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires that all Local
Planning Authorities must prepare an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) for submission to the
Secretary of State in December of each year to indicate progress with the implementation of
the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and the extent to which the policies in Local Development
Documents (LDDs) are being achieved. It will be difficult to provide meaningful monitoring on
policies within LDDs for the foreseeable future as they are at a very early stage of preparation,
however, to assist Local Planning Authorities in compiling the AMR, the Department of
Communities and Local Government has listed required information in Annex B of the publication
Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide. These include:-
Review progress in terms of Local Development Document production against the timetable
and milestones set out in the LDS;
Assess the extent to which policies in the LDDs are being implemented;
Explain why policies are not being implemented and where necessary explain how this will
be rectified, or if policies are to be amended or replaced;
Identify the effects of the policies in LDDs;
Set out whether policies are to be amended or replaced.
1 Introduction
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1.2 The areas covered in this report are the economy, housing, transport, retail, leisure and
tourism, health and community facilities, the built and natural environment, renewable energy
and energy efficiency.
Scarborough Borough's AMR Methodology
1.3 This AMR covers the period 1 April 2006 - 31 March 2007. However, with reference to the
progress with the LDF in relation to the targets within the Local Development Scheme (LDS),
this will be as up to date as possible. The document comprises:
An introduction to Scarborough Borough and background information and data;
A summary of progress with the preparation of the LDF, measured against the milestones
of the Council's LDS;
Core and contextual indicators to illustrate the current economic, social and environmental
characteristics of the Borough; and
An indication of progress in implementing current Local Plan Policy/ meeting targets for
2006/7.
1.4 The majority of data and summaries are based on the current Local Plan, as no new LDF
policies have yet been adopted. The Local Plan was adopted in April 1999, and a number of
policies have been extended by the 2004 Act.