Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010132they will eventually be replaced. They can also submit a list of policiesthat they no longer wish to save.2.2 Two lists of Malvern Hills Local Plan policies to be saved / not savedwere submitted to the Government Office for the West Midlands on 30December 2008. Following confirmation on the 9 July 2009, theGovernment Office for the West Midlands agreed to save our submittedlist of saved policies. Policies not listed in the Government Office forthe West Midlands letter expired on the 11 July 2009. See web site formore details.3.0 APPEAL MONITORING3.1 Monitoring appeal decisions allows us to trigger a review of any policieswhich are consistently given little or no weight in decision making byInspectors or are no longer relevant due to updated national or regionalguidance. A list of saved and non-saved Local Plan policies can befound on our website.3.2 The following information gives a breakdown of the overall positionsince 2006/07.APPEALS 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10Total number of appealsdecided (that fall within thePlanning Inspectorate56 45 63 45definition)No. of cases where appealwas allowed23 14 26 14Percentage of cases whereappeal was allowed41% 31% 44% 31%National average for 34% 35% 34% 34%