East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06
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Data Issues
8.2 In some cases the precise geographic sub
regional area to be covered has not been defined;
indicators also need to be refined and there are some
indicators where recent data is sparse.
Policy 5: Concentrating Development in
Urban Areas
This policy requires Development Plans, LDFs,
LTPs and economic development strategies to:
• Locate significant levels of new development in
PUAs
• Locate significant levels of new development in
Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough
• Locate appropriate development of a lesser scale
in Sub-Regional Centres
Targets: To be developed
Indicators:
• % of region’s new development in Principal Urban
Areas (PUAs)
• Number of new houses, land and floorspace
developed within and outside PUAs
• % of new development in Northants growth towns
Results and Data Analysis:
8.3 Since work commenced on this current Annual
Monitoring Report work has taken place to provide
clarification of the area covered by the Region’s three
largest PUAs.
Banks &
Building
Societies
(4km)
Cash
Points
(4km)
Hamlet and Isolated
dwellings - Sparse
Hamlet and isolated
Dwellings - Less sparse
Village - Sparse
Village - Less sparse
Town and fringe -
Sparse
Town and fringe -
Less sparse
Urban >10K - Sparse
Urban >10K -
Less sparse
36.1
60.9
16.5
40.5
92.2
72.4
100.0
99.6
55.2
87.7
55.9
81.2
100.0
98.6
100.0
100.0
Source: SERRL, 2005. Rural Services Series
GP
Surgeries
(4km)
57.4
78.2
38.7
65.8
92.0
91.6
94.3
99.9
Primary
School
(3km)
44.3
73.9
59.4
76.9
98.8
98.9
99.2
100.0
Policy Commentary
8.4 Further work is needed to develop meaningful
targets as well as to define the remaining key urban
areas covered by this Policy before the next (2006/07)
round of annual monitoring.
Policy 6: Regional Priorities in Rural Areas
This policy requires development plans, LDFs, LTPs
and economic development strategies to ensure
that new development maintains the distinctive
character and vitality of rural communities,
strengthens rural enterprise and linkages between
settlements and their hinterlands
Targets:
• Increase in numbers of bus passenger journeys
from 2001 levels
• Increase in numbers in employment
• Improvement in accessibility to services
Indicators:
• Number of bus passenger journeys per year in rural
areas
• Numbers in employment in rural areas
• Accessibility to essential services in rural areas
Results:
8.5 Numbers in employment in rural areas is covered
in the economy chapter.
8.6 There is no data for the number of bus passenger
journeys in rural areas.
Table 8.1- % of residential delivery points within specified distance of service in the East Midlands
Supermarkets
(4km)
36.7
71.5
20.2
52.0
99.4
88.9
95.6
99.9
Job
Centre
(8km)
23.7
61.3
25.3
53.6
27.8
63.1
99.9
98.1
Libraries
(4km)
34.5
69.7
5.5?
47.1
63.3
88.1
100.0
99.8
Petrol
Station
(4km)
65.2
86.7
83.0
78.9
86.7
95.7
100.0
100.0
Post
Office
(2km)
41.2
70.4
59.2
70.5
99.4
98.4
99.8
99.8
Secondary
School
(4km)
37.5
62.0
30.3
44.8
79.5
77.0
97.7
99.6