Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 201042Gross DwellingCompletions in2009/10Total PreviousDeveloped Land(PDL)% onPDLMalvern Hills 245 181 74%Worcester City 342 342 100%Wychavon 178 102 57%South Worcs 765 625 82%Table 6: New and converted dwellings built on previously developedland during 2009/10 (COI, H3).Accessibility – Ensuring access to services and facilities fromnew developments5.9 Increasing transport choice and enabling modal shift are integral to theadopted local plans and the emerging SWDP. It is important that, overtime, new development is planned in a way that enables people toaccess services more easily on foot/cycle and by public transport.Indicators of accessibility have been drawn from the sustainabilityframework as well as GIS analysis undertaken to ascertain howaccessible facilities and services are to newly built residentialdevelopments.5.10 As expected there were a higher percentage of dwellings built within areasonably accessible distance to a service in Worcester Citycompared to the more rural District of Malvern Hills. It is anticipatedfuture editions will include accessibility data on newly built houses inWychavon so as to provide a full account of new houses accessibility toservices and facilities across South Worcestershire.5.11 Table 7 provides a best estimate for the number of housingcompletions within a specified distance of a facility. The location offacilities is based upon spatial data captured a few years ago, for this