Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

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SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010210Policy COM 12Proposals for new residential development of 5 dwellings or more will be required toprovide public open space (POS) where the adopted standard or assessed standardindicates a deficiency of provision in the local area.Where on-site provision is not appropriate, financial contributions will be sought toprovide new or enhance existing provision according to local circumstances.The long-term maintenance of such facilities may be met by a lump sum paymentsecured by means of condition or by legal agreement as appropriate.16 planning applications in 2009 / 2010 were required to provide financial contributionstoward the provision / enhancement of POS through S106 agreements. This resulted ina total sum of £578,601 to be used to improve facilities. In addition to this, Wychavonare actively encouraging the use of POS throughout the District and many moredevelopment schemes will have provided on-site POS in addition to off-sitecontributions.Community Strategy 2007 / 2010Improve activities / facilities for young people• Droitwich Youth Centre opened and the Youth Zone bus isavailable for use in rural villagesIncrease sporting and cultural facilities and activities• Evesham Leisure Centre opened and Pershore Abbey Parkawarded a Green Flag AwardWychavon’s Overall Vision and Promises 2009 / 2010Open a youth zone in Droitwich and take new youth bus out to villages.Support four improved play area facilities across Wychavon – achievedBroadway, Hinton on the Green, North and Middle Littleton9.0 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY9.1 Business DevelopmentThe Regeneration team continues to receive enquiries for land and premises from startup businesses and those seeking to expand and re-locate. Enquiries are received bydirect contact and also via Worcestershire’s Property Service co-ordinated on behalf ofthe County and districts by the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire andWorcestershire who maintain the property database. In recent years an increasingnumber of enquiries are via the internet.The challenge is finding appropriate sites for some businesses from the currentemployment land supply. There is a shortage of Greenfield sites with good roadtransport links for larger employers who want to remain in the district, and freeholdopportunities are at a premium. Of the districts premier employment sites Stonebridge
SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010211Cross Business Park at Droitwich Spa has one plot remaining, and at Vale Park WestEvesham, Phase 1 has been speculatively developed attracting several significant localemployers.Amount of completed retail, office and leisure development9,798m 2 of office (B1a) and retail (A1 & A2) development has been recorded ascompleted during the monitoring period. This is significantly higher than last year, wherethe figure was 6,688m². This figure excludes leisure development as we currently onlymonitor leisure developments incorporating more than 1,000m 2 gross of builtdevelopment and in the case of hotels, only those with more than 5 bedrooms. Duringthe monitoring period there were two leisure development completions. These wereWorcester Rugby Football Club which consisted of the redevelopment of the East standand hospitality suite and the completion of Evesham Leisure Centre which was a newdevelopment to include a café, community pool and studios.Percentage of completed retail, office and leisure development in town centres31% of completed retail and office development floorspace was in town centres(excludes leisure), it must be noted that these sites are not in the defined shoppingfrontages as stated in the adopted Wychavon District Local Plan, but are still consideredto be town centre sites.Table 71: Total amount of completed floorspace for town centre usesTown CentreEmploymenttype m2 %B1 (a) 349 5%A1 1871 91%A2 273 100%D2 0 0Total 2493Local Authority AreaEmployment type m2 %B1 (a) 7734 77%A1 2064 20%A2 273 3%D2 0 0%Total 10071 100Policy SR2Sufficient land will be provided in the District to enable the construction of 110 hectaresof employment land in B1, B2 and B8 uses between April 1996 and March 2011. Theresidual element of this requirement plus additional land to meet specific employmentneeds will be met through allocations. The allocations will comprise the following sitesidentified on the Proposals Map.In 2009/2010, 62 planning applications were granted approval for businessdevelopment, with site areas totalling 25.95ha and approved floorspace of 51,557m2. Alarge proportion of this floorspace was for the detailed applications for Phase II of theLocal Plan allocation at Vale Park Evesham.At 31st March 2010 there were 39.25 ha of unimplemented planning permissions and24.47 ha of employment land under construction. Therefore the amount of employmentland available i.e. those not started, under construction, and allocated totals 76.4 ha
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