Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010828.7 Each housing development is awarded a score out of 20 based on ascale of scores from 0; 0.5; 1. The overall scores are categorised as‘very good’ (16/20 points or above); ‘good’ (14-15.5/20); ‘average’ (10-13.5/20); ‘poor’ (9.5/20 or less).Rating Sites Proportion (%)Very good 0 0Good 0 0Average 2 66.6%Poor 1 33.3%Total 3 100%Table 22b: Building for Life Assessments between 1 April 2009 and 31March 20108.8 The assessment from this initial analysis of design quality across theSouth Worcestershire authorities is low, although it should be treatedwith a degree of caution given the sample size. The percentage ofdevelopments receiving high scores is expected to increasesubstantially in the future.8.9 Clearly the Building for Life approach would not have been embeddedin any pre-application discussion or was unlikely to be used as a guideby developers to inform the design process. At the pre-applicationstages it is now possible to apply Building for Life and the findings(along with MADE panel assessments where appropriate) that caninform amendments to schemes. Furthermore, Wychavon Districtadopted a Residential Design Guide SPD in September 2010 that usesthe Building for Life approach. It is the intention to adapt the SPD toform the basis for a South Worcestershire Design Guide by 2012.8.10 Emerging policies in the emerging South Worcestershire DevelopmentPlan preferred options (to be published in September 2011) will berequiring a minimum standard of 14 points from major developments