Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010130community facilities. Previous AMRs have shown that MHDLP policieshave proven to be successful at ensuring community facilities are notlost to redevelopment and unacceptable changes of use.LOCAL INDICATOR 17: COMMUNITY FACILITIES PERMITTED1.23 The definition of community facilities for this indicator includes youthcentres, doctor surgeries, places of worship, community centres, villagehalls and meeting rooms, local sport and leisure facilities and schoolsand day nurseries and public houses.1.24 Unfortunately the Planning and Housing Services at Malvern HillsDistrict Council has recently changed its planning application databaseprovider and as such officers have been unable to analyse planningapplications with planning consent for community facilities.App No. App Site Community FacilityDATA UNAVAILABLETable 36: Number of Community facilities approved during 2009/10LOCAL INDICATOR 19: HEALTH CARE FACILITIES1.25 This indicator looks to monitor the number of new health care facilitiesincluding nursing homes and supported housing1.26 For the period 2009/10 MHDC approved no health care facilities.LOCAL INDICATOR 20: DWELLING DENSITIES1.27 Sites adjacent to urban areas or rural settlements should be developedat densities of between 30 and 50 dph. In towns and local centreswhere there is good public transport accessibility densities of about70dph should be achieved (WCSP Policy D9). MHDC’s target is toachieve 50% of completed development at a density of over 30dwellings per ha.