Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

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SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010168Core Indicator H3: New and Converted Dwellings on Previously DevelopedLand4.9 100% of all dwellings developed either through conversion or new build werebuilt on Previously Developed Land in the 2009/10 monitoring year. Thisremains a high proportion, and exceeds the 93% experienced during theprevious monitoring year. When viewed in conjunction with a longer period thisfigure represents the sixth straight year that the proportion has been above 90%and is still much higher than the average of 92% (2001-2009).Core Indicator H4: Net Additional Pitches Gypsy and Traveller4.10 No new pitches were created in the monitoring year.Core Indicator: H5 Gross Affordable housing completions4.11 92 affordable housing units were transferred to registered social landlords in themonitoring period, 82 of which were new unit completion. The remaining 10 wereacquisitions by RSLs. This new unit figure is higher than the target of 75.5 unitsfor the monitoring year in the Balanced Housing Markets Development PlanDocument adopted in December 2007, but not significantly so. The figurerepresents a decrease of 65 new units compared to last year.Policy Aims & Performance1 To ensure the provision of suitable sites for housing to meet therequirements of the Worcestershire County Structure Plan;2 to maximise the use of previously-developed land and vacantbuildings in meeting these requirements;3 to ensure that new housing developments are located in such a wayas to maximise the opportunities to travel by modes other than theprivate car;4 to ensure that the city’s housing requirements are met without theloss of valuable open land; and
SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 20101695 to allow for housing development on suitable (previously-developed)windfall sites and for changes of use/conversions of redundantbuildings to housing use.(Relates to saved policies H16, H17, H18, H19, H21, H22, H23 of the City ofWorcester Local Plan and the January 2008 Balanced Housing Market DPD.)As of April 2010 it has become clear that the No changeeconomic condition facing the country is having an effect on the city’s housebuilding rate. As of October 2009 the planning and building control applicationsrate had reduced by roughly 15% compared to 2008/09, which wasrepresentative of the last few years. There are likely to be further financialchallenges during the rest of the 2010/11 monitoring year and beyond. Theseinclude questions which are difficult to assess including how strong will thecontraction of development in the City be if the economic climate continues toworsen; especially on small sites, and will large sites continue with later phasesof development if the slowdown in housing sales continues?Despite this, even factoring in an approximately 1/3 slow down in the predictedhousing build rate, the City is likely to meet its emerging Regional SpatialStrategy Targets before the target date of 2026, therefore satisfying the ‘nochange’ bracket for this criterion. This predicted slow down, although perhapssurprising, is consistent with the Housing Land Monitor’s analysis of active sitesas of March 2009; on the 31 st March 2010 there were 619 units underconstruction compared to 641 in 08/09 and 924 in 07/08.1 To ensure that a variety of housing types are provided in terms ofsize, type, location and affordability;2 to ensure that a proportion of the total new housing provision meetsthe needs of households identified as being in need of affordablehousing; and3 to protect and, where possible, improve existing housing areas.(Relates to saved policies H16, H17, H18, H19, H21, H22, H23 of the City ofWorcester Local Plan and the January 2008 Balanced Housing Market DPD.)
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