Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 20101511.11 This indicator monitors the number of Planning permissions granted contrary tothe advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or waterquality.1.12 During the 2009/10 monitoring period no applications were granted approvaldespite an objection from the environment agency on the grounds of waterquality or flood risk.Local indicator 3: Number of refusals based on Flood Protection and WaterQuality policies.Table 47: Number of refusals based on flood protection and water pollutionpoliciesPolicy Used for RefusalNumberNE20 – Safeguarding Watercourses 0NE21 & 22 – Floodplain ( Blue and Yellow Zone) 0NE23 – Floodplain (Red Zone) 0Total 0(Multiple policies may be used as reasons for refusal for the same application)Policy Aims & Performance1.13 Promoting environmental protection, biodiversity and enhancement ofwildlife habitats(Relates to saved policies NE2 and NE3 of The City of Worcester Local Plan)Whilst there is no evidence that there has been No changesignificant species loss or gain in the past year andall Special Wildlife Sites and Local Nature Reserves have been preserved, thereis a significant lack of historical continuity in the data regarding the quality ofhabitats and changes in biodiversity. However continued monitoring work by theUrban Design and Conservation Team is beginning to improve the quality of datawe have received, so future AMRs should be able to begin recording trends onthis subject.