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Annual Monitoring Report 2007 to improve contact and involvement with minority groups. The recently adopted Statement of Community Involvement outlines how community consultation will be undertaken to maximise the number of people meaningfully involved in the consultation process as part of the formation of development plan documents. 2.7 Tables and graphs showing more detailed information for the above issues can be found in Appendix C. Housing Average Housing Price 2.8 House prices have continued to rise over the past few years within the Borough. Table C.6 ‘Average House Prices for Local Plan Period (£)’ (appendix C) shows that Scarborough Borough has seen a rise in house prices that outstrips (proportionately) that of the county, regional and national price rises. This is a serious concern because the traditional and predominant types of employment within the area are often low-waged and seasonal. Research undertaken in conjunction with the Housing Market Assessment has confirmed that the rise in house prices, combined with the low wage economy of the Borough, is creating increasing problems associated with the affordability of properties in the Borough. 2 Scarborough Borough - Background Information 5 Housing Type 2.9 The breakdown of house types (detached, semi, terraced, flats) is monitored and compared with the regional and national average. In general the proportional breakdown of properties is similar to the national and regional picture, however, Scarborough Borough has a higher than average proportion of flats and apartments. This is considered to be a reflection of the increasing tradition of 'retiring to 'the coast' and the historic trend of converting large coastal properties to flats to cope with this demand. Additionally, recent years has seen an upsurge in the redevelopment of many sites, especially within the Scarborough town centre, with flat schemes. The full breakdown of these figures is in Appendix C. Tenure 2.10 Scarborough has a higher percentage of 'owner-occupied: owned outright' properties than at the regional and national level. This is likely for the same reasons as the higher than average proportion of flats identified in the previous chapter. The Housing Market Assessment also suggests that it could in part be due to the attraction of this area as a place to retire to, with people coming to the area having been in the property market for some time and being in a position to buy a property outright.
Annual Monitoring Report 2007 2 Scarborough Borough - Background Information 6 Condition of Housing Stock 2.11 The proportion of Local Authority Homes classified as 'non-decent' stood at 54% in 2003-4. This compares to figures for North Yorkshire and England and Wales of 30% and 37% respectively. The Local Authority Housing Stock was transferred to Yorkshire Coast Homes in December 2003. During 2003-04, 2.74% of housing classified as unfit was either made fit or demolished. This compares to the national average of 3.39%. Socio-Cultural Issues Indices of Deprivation 2.12 These are produced by the Department of Communities and Local Government to identify areas of social and economic deprivation across the country. Each electoral ward in England and Wales comprises a number of Super Output Areas consisting of between 100 and 150 households. There are 71 such output areas in the Borough of Scarborough. Of these, seven are included within the list of the top 10% most deprived areas in the country for overall deprivation. These are within the wards of Eastfield, Castle, North Bay and Woodlands (Barrowcliff). Scarborough Borough is also in the top third most deprived Local Authorities (ranked 91 out of 354 Local Authorities) for average overall deprivation score. In addition, Scarborough is ranked 67 out of 354 for local concentration of deprivation, which indicates that the Borough has certain 'hotspots' of deprivation. Crime 2.13 Levels of certain types of crime and disorder within Scarborough are higher than the average for North Yorkshire as a whole, but generally lower than the national average. The Scarborough Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy identifies that recorded crime is not evenly distributed across the Borough. There are 'hot spots' of crime associated with areas of greater social disadvantage, such as areas within the towns of Whitby and Scarborough. A table showing the different types of recorded crime can be found in Appendix C. Economy 2.14 The economy of the Borough can be measured not only by economic activity rates but also by such measures as income, house price level and employment figures. Employment 2.15 Of those that are of working age in the Borough, currently 80.8% are economically active, either as an employee or self employed. This was a substantial increase on the previous year's figures. Employment has also risen in the region, whilst the national figure has remained reasonably constant. 2.16 Of those economically inactive, the majority do not want a job. The most up to date figures show that in Scarborough Borough 14.5% of the working age population do not want a job. This is less than both the national and regional averages.
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