Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010988.57 Greenspace includes common land, urban greenspace, Areas ofOutstanding Natural Beauty and village greens.Local AuthorityDwellings completed,during 2009/10, within1km of GreenspacePercentage of totalnet completionsduring 2009/10Malvern Hills 192 86%Worcester 342 100%Wychavon N/A N/ASouth Worcs N/A N/ATable 28: The total number of housing completions in 2009/10 within1km of Accessible Natural Greenspace.Cultural Heritage – Listed Buildings at Risk8.58 An objective of national planning policy is to protect and enhance sites,features and areas of historical, archaeological and cultural value andtheir setting. The number of ‘Listed Buildings at Risk’ is a sustainabilityframework indicator that has been included here as a useful proxy.Before assessing the position with listed buildings locally, it is firstimportant to identify exactly how many there are across SouthWorcestershire. The total figure across the area stands at 5,016. Thesplit of these buildings across the three local authority areas is shownin the table 29. Wychavon District has the largest number of ListedBuildings (49%) in South Worcestershire and Worcester City the least.Local AuthorityTotal Number ofListed Buildings% of SouthWorcestershireListed BuildingsstockMalvern Hills 1,862 37%Worcester 701 14 %