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Breckland Annual Monitoring Report 2008Breckland Annual Monitoring Report 2008

31 Introduction

42 Profiles

53 Housing, Employment and Regeneration

184 Natural Resources

195 Environment

216 Accessibility

227 Local Development Scheme

258 Performance of Saved Policies

Appendices

33A Residential Completions by Parish

Breckland Annual Monitoring Report 2008

1 Introduction1.1 Monitoring is essential to establish what is happening now and what may happen in the future. The planningsystem in the UK has moved away from a ‘predict and provide’ approach to allocating land, to a system of ‘plan,monitor and manage’ covering issues that are wider than those that are land-use based. Therefore, monitoring iscentral to this approach and this is reinforced by the Government through the Planning and Compulsory PurchaseAct 2004 (the Act). Section 35 of the Act requires all Local Authorities to produce Annual Monitoring Reports(AMRs). The Act requires that Local Authorities' AMRs must be submitted to the Secretary of State by the end ofDecember each year and include information covering the previous financial year.

1.2 This is the forth AMR to be produced by Breckland Council and builds on previous data captured to monitorthe adopted Local Plan and outlines the status of land supply and land take-up as well as the key economic, socialand environmental characteristics of the district during the last financial year. The report has included whereverpossible, additional years of data to assist in developing trends and assessing change since the base date (2001)of the draft East of England Plan. This report has been prepared wherever possible, to meet the expectations of‘Local development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide’ and the recently published revised Core OutputIndicators (Update 2/2008) .

1.3 This AMR takes a slightly different shape to previously published AMRs. The Council's Core Strategy andDevelopment Control Policies is nearing completion and the AMR has been prepared in such a way to reflect thestrategic themes outlined in the document. These are as follows:

Housing, Employment and RegenerationNatural ResourcesEnvironmentAccessibility

1.4 Future AMRs will monitor the performance of the adopted strategy and policies of the Core Strategy andDevelopment Control policies DPD.

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2 Profiles2.1 The following indicator bundle seeks to outline some key changes that have happened to the populationstructure of the district over time. Using these indicators will provide a benchmark from which to establish changesover consecutive monitoring periods.

Population Structure

107,167Population 1991 (Census):

121,418Population 2001 (Census):

128,000Population Estimate 2008 (Norfolk County Council):

+19.4%Population change since 1991:

Housing Profile

2.35Ave Household size 2001:

14.97 KmAve distance travelled to fixed place of work 2001:

54590Housing stock 2005:

55308Housing stock 2006:

0.93 persons per hectare.Population density:

£167,216*Ave House price 2004/05:

£175,000*Ave House price 2005/06:

£189,950*Ave House price 2006/07:

£209,995*Ave House price 2007/08:

2.2 *Figures provided from Breckland Housing Service using standard median of sample.

Environmental Characteristics

4Special Areas of Conservation:

414County Wildlife Sites (CWS):

3National Nature Reserves:

4Local Nature Reserves:

1 - East Wretham.Air Quality Management Area:

50 in 45 ParishesConservation Areas:

1523Listed Buildings:

9Historic Parks and Gardens:

1Special Protection Areas

123Scheduled Ancient Monument

1Ramsar Sites

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3 Housing, Employment and Regeneration

Housing

3.1 The following section outlines the status of housing land supply and completion rates over the period sincethe base date of the draft East of England Plan, 2001. Housing monitoring is undertaken solely by the PlanningPolicy Team and the numbers of completions are established by surveying all sites with planning permission eachyear. Housing completions data is recorded within a database system and analysed to produce more detailedbreakdowns of completions by land types and dwelling types. Dwellings are recorded as being complete when thestructure and internal finish of the building would indicate that the unit could reasonably be occupied. This is toensure a consistency of approach and generate robust data.

Total Completions

3.2 Over the financial year 2007/2008, 625 dwellings were completed in Breckland. The following table breaksthis down by town and year.

Total2007/082006/072005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02461292512532606319Attleborough106216161107162214200157Dereham2143681327455926Swaffham1000961301412771889672Thetford36754777962171068Watton1505249219240260160176201All other Parishes4609625520592841884604543Total

Table 3.1 Housing Completions

3.3 Table 3.1 ‘Housing Completions’shows that Breckland has failed to achieve the annual targets set out forhousing delivery in the East of England Plan to date. A step change in housing delivery will be required over theremainder of the plan period to meet the target of 15,200 completed homes by 2021. Appendix A ‘ResidentialCompletions by Parish’ shows the breakdown of housing completions by parish.

Completions on Previously Developed Land

3.4 The East of England Plan sets out a regional target of 60% of new development to be completed on PreviouslyDeveloped Land (PDL). Over the financial year 2007/2008, 543 of the 625 dwellings completed were on PDL, thisequates to 87%. So far over the plan period 52% of new homes have been completed on PDL. It is unlikely thata rural District such as Breckland with limited amounts of PDL will achieve the Regional target, however, as thefigures above demonstrate, performance to date has been good.

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Housing Mix

3.5 Monitoring the size and tenure of the mix of the new housing developed in the District is an important toolin assessing whether an appropriate mix of housing is being provided in the district to meet local needs. Thefollowing table illustrates the breakdown of completions by dwelling size and tenure for the financial year.

BedroomsTenure7654321000834463Affordable12138722012784Private

Table 3.2 Mix of Dwellings

3.6 Table 3.2 ‘Mix of Dwellings’ shows that the greatest proportion of dwellings completed are 2 and 3 bedroomprivate housing units. Table 3.3 ‘Completions 2001-2008 by Bedroom Size’ shows the total dwelling completionsover the whole plan period. The table clearly shows the greatest proportion of homes built are 3 and 4 bedroomhouses.

Number of Dwellings Built 2001-2008Bedrooms2371958218123143741555563728

Table 3.3 Completions 2001-2008 by Bedroom Size

3.7 Over the financial year 2007/2008, 91 affordable homes were built. This equates to 15% of the totalcompletions for the financial year. Since the beginning of the plan period 6.5% of total completions have beenaffordable. This figure is far below the Regional target of 35% and the recommended target of 45% in the HousingSub-Region's Strategic Housing Market Assessment. However, this can be explained due to lack of local andadopted regional policy requiring adequate levels of affordable housing on new schemes. In May 2008 the Eastof England Plan was adopted. The plan requires 35% of new housing development to be of affordable tenure.Therefore affordable housing completions should increase in future years. Currently there are over 300 uncompletedaffordable homes with planning permission in the District.

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Density

3.8 Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) puts the efficient use of land as an important consideration in planningfor housing. PPS3 sets a national indicative minimum of 30 dwellings per hectare (dph). The following table showsthe average densities of housing developments completed in the financial year 2007/2008. The table shows thata larger proportion of housing developments in the District achieve the national indicative minimum density.

Percentage of Dwellings CompletedDensity

42%Less than 30 dph

28%30 to 50 dph

30%More than 50 dph

Table 3.4 Density

Outstanding Allocations and Planning Permissions

TotalLand TypeAllocation Reference

GreenfieldPDL

25025Attleborough H.1.

17170Watton H.1.

421725Total

Table 3.5 Remaining Allocations in Local Plan

3.9 Table 3.5 ‘ Remaining Allocations in Local Plan’ identifies the housing allocations in the Breckland AdoptedLocal Plan (1999) that did not have the benefit of planning permission as of 31/03/2008. The table shows thereis a limited amount of land allocated for housing that does not have planning permission. This reflects the currentposition of the Local Plan in its lifespan and is an indication that the majority of new residential development willcome forward on windfall sites until the adoption of Development Plan Documents in the LDF.

3.10 Table 3.6 ‘Outstanding Permissions’ shows the number of dwellings with planning permission as of the1st April 2008. This includes dwellings under construction and dwellings with outline planning permission.

Number PermittedParish name82Attleborough313Dereham87Swaffham355Thetford82Watton12Harling6Narborough32Shipdham17Swanton Morley1186All other Parishes

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Number PermittedParish name2172Total

Table 3.6 Outstanding Permissions

Housing Trajectory

3.11 Housing trajectories support the ‘plan, monitor and manage’ approach to housing delivery. This trajectoryreflects a 25 year period from the base date of the Regional Spatial Strategy timescale (2001-2026). The trajectoryseeks to establish current and projected housing completions and establishes that the projected rate at whichfuture completions will have to come forward at to meet the requirements outlined in the East of England Plan.

3.12 The trajectory has used data from past completions, outstanding planning permissions, data from theBreckland Strategic Housing Land Availability Study (SHLAA), and data from the Council's statement of 5 yearhousing land availability. The LDF allocation completion projections have been estimated with regard to infrastructuredelivery timescales and data from the SHLAA. Large site completions have been estimated from data providedin the Council's Five Year Supply of Housing Assessment. For small sites an average of 331 units a year has beenassumed based on previous completion rates. A 3% lapse rate has been applied to small site projected completions.

3.13 The trajectory can be seen in Figure 3.1 ‘Housing Trajectory’. The data behind the trajectory can be seenin Table 3.7 ‘Trajectory Data’.

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Trajectory

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2016-17

2015-16

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

2008-09

2007-08

2006-07

2005-06

2004-05

2003-04

2002-03

2001-02

543

352

384

347

261

276

215

PDL

Actua

lCom

pletions

82168

208

493

623

329

328

Greenfield

059

6690

267

249

268

152

232

PDL

LargeSites

Perm

itted

(Projections

)20

2063

600

00

065

Greenfield

40268

264

257

PDL

SmallS

ites

Perm

itted

(Projections

)63

6777

Greenfield

7680

153

030

7030

00

0PDL

Allo

catio

ns(Projections

)700

697

757

792

752

353

00

00

Greenfield

796

856

1039

942

1049

712

629

483

631

625

520

592

840

884

605

543

Total

Table3.7Trajectory

Data

2025-2026

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

PDL

Actua

lCom

pletions

Greenfield

00

0PDL

LargeSitesPe

rmitted

(Projections

)15

2020

Greenfield

PDL

SmallS

itesPe

rmitted

(Projections

)Greenfield

00

00

00

3650

50PDL

Allo

catio

ns(Projections

)780

780

780

780

780

910

850

864

750

Greenfield

780

780

780

780

780

910

901

934

820

Total

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Five Year Supply of Housing Land

3.14 In April 2008, shortly after the completions for 2007/2008 had been counted, Breckland conducted a studyinto its five year supply of deliverable housing land, in line with the requirements of PPS3. The study concludedthat Breckland has a 2.8 year supply of deliverable housing land supply and is 1786 dwellings short of the fiveyear target.

The Travelling Community

3.15 The following tables outline the current position regarding the status of the travelling community withinBreckland during the last financial year. The data illustrates the capacity (capacity expressed in units with 1 unit= 1 caravan) of travellers with a variety of differing planning status. This over time, this will enable an accuraterecording of any gain or loss in the number of units present in Breckland. The data provided is as of January 2008

Publicly Funded sites with Planning Permission

CapacityRefurbishedOpenedGrid referenceManaged byName

4620061994587191/309701

Norfolk CountyCouncil

The Splashes, CastleAcre Road,Swaffham

62004Brunel Way, Thetford

52Total

Table 3.8 Publicly funded sites with Planning Permission

Private Sites with Planning Permission

Capacity (units)Grid ReferenceLocation (Parish)1604295Attleborough3595313Gressenhall2586313Little Dunham4604311Mattishall2592321Stanfield1581307Swaffham2580308Swaffham15Total

Table 3.1 Private sites with Planning Permission

Unauthorised sites without Planning Permission both tolerated and non-tolerated

3.16 The following table illustrated the number of unauthorised encampments on sites which are in the ownershipof gypsies and travellers.

Units not toleratedUnits toleratedGrid ReferenceLocation (Parish)01594,322Brisley02598310Shipdham03Total

Table 3.2 Unauthorised sites

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3.17 Although the number of unauthorised encampments across the district is relatively low, it is hoped that theplanning status of these encampments will change over the coming financial year in order to bring these into linewith current planning policy.

Core Output Indicators for Housing

Result for 2007/2008DescriptionCore OutputIndicator

2001 to 2021: 15,200 dwellings (East of EnglandPlan (RSS))

Identifies the planned housing targets for theDistrict

H1

See Table 3.1 ‘Housing Completions’(Figures are gross, however, losses areminimum over plan period)

Net additional dwellings (in previous years)H2(a)

See Table 3.1 ‘Housing Completions’(Figures are gross, however, losses areminimum over plan period)

Net additional dwellings (in reporting year)H2(b)

See Figure 3.1 ‘Housing Trajectory’ and Table3.7 ‘Trajectory Data’

Net additional dwellings (in future years)H2(c)

See Figure 3.1 ‘Housing Trajectory’Managed delivery targetH2(d)

87%New and converted dwellings - on previouslydeveloped land

H3

8 in TransitNet additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller)H4

91Gross affordable housing completionsH5

Not monitoredBuilding for Life AssessmentsH6

Table 3.3

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Employment Development

3.18 Employment land development is monitored by the Planning Policy Team. The team conducts site visitsand examines past records on an annual basis to assess the status of employment land supply. The status ofdefined employment sites is assessed to establish the amount of land completed and permitted each year. Thisallows for analysis of take-up and provides an accurate picture of the current status of employment allocations inthe adopted Local Plan.

3.19 Specifically, data is collected as to the gross site area developed on employment areas in order to establishthe amount of land remaining for development. In addition, the precise floor area of the employment land developedis recorded in order to illustrate the concentration of the use.

Amount of Employment Land Developed

3.20 The following table shows the breakdown of additional employment floorspace by use class completed inthe financial year 2007/2008. Table 3.9 ‘ Employment Land Developed’ shows the completed floorspace on PDL.

TotalB1/B2/B8 split unknownB8B2B1

4028324000788Floorspace (sqm)

1.410.94000.47Site Area (ha)

Table 3.9 Employment Land Developed

TotalB1/B2/B8 split unknownB8B2B1

2346 (58%)1558 (48%)00788 (100%)Floorspace (sqm)

Table 3.10 Additional Floorspace on Previously Developed Land

3.21 The East of England Plan identifies Thetford as a Key Centre for Development and Change. 281sqm ofB1 floorspace was completed in Thetford in 2007/2008 all of which was on PDL.

Employment Land Supply

3.22 The following table shows the amount of employment land available for development in the District.

TotalB1/B2/B8 splitunknown

B8B2B1

59.1944.649.231.36Extant Planning Permissions(Ha)

89.1889.18000Extant Allocations (Ha)

148.37133.7849.231.36Total

Table 3.11 Employment Land Availability

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3.23 Of the 148.37ha of employment land available, there is 38.61ha of available employment land in Thetford.As can be seen by the above table there is still a large amount of undeveloped employment land. The majority ofthis land is in Snetterton.

Town Centre and Retail Development

3.24 Retail and town centre development is monitored by the Planning Policy Team utilising individual sitesurveys. Information regarding floorspace is gathered from planning application information and from nationalnon-domestic rates data. Floorspace is monitored using the trading area of the site. The trading area is calculatedbased on the assumption that the retailing area is approximately 60% of the gross floor area.

A1 Retail Development

3.25 The following table shows the distribution of A1 retail units across the locations described in Table 2 ofAnnex A of Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres.

Net Retail Floorspace as of 31/03/2008 (sqm)Location

44760.80Town Centre

3452.45Edge of Centre

13662.55Out of Centre

15101.39Out of Town

76977.19Total

Table 3.12 A1 Floorspace

Town Centre Mix

3.26 The following tables show the mix of uses within the 5 town centres of the District.

AttleboroughFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

6515.06A193.43A1 & A32248.43A2798.43A3293.58A4239.03A5206.98C1127.00D1 & A3135.42D2165.47NA557.33Sui Generis

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DerehamFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

32008.31A13181.58A2980.40A3909.61A4274.64A5820.61B1802.26B2762.43B8303.71B8 & A1797.91C1431.42D1243.78D21239.58NA7426.80Sui Generis

SwaffhamFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

7802.32A11863.48A2654.49A3734.17A4201.26A5436.72C1482.96D1612.34NA1447.09Sui Generis

ThetfordFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

24956.64A12656.25A21042.02A3347.45A4352.15A51154.67C1471.88D11052.38NA

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ThetfordFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

584.71Sui Generis

WattonFloorspace (sqm)Use Class

5710.34A174.77A1 & A3927.86A1 & B21379.56A2352.52A3403.09A4241.09A5517.87B13424.95B2141.40C1309.78D1753.94NA940.89Sui Generis

Total Town Centre Use Development

3.27 Table 3.13 ‘ Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses’ shows changes in floorspace of town centreuses in the five market towns over the financial year 07/08. Newly vacant units, changes of use and demolitionscount towards losses. Table 3.14 ‘ Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses in Town Centres’ shows thechange in the town centres of the market towns and Table 3.15 ‘Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses inThetford’ shows change in Thetford.

TotalD2A5A4A3A2A1

776.48000188.88496.5991.01Gains

1692.57019.1285.04001588.41Losses

916.090-19.12-85.04188.88496.59-1497.41Net

Table 3.13 Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses

TotalD2A5A4A3A2A1

685.47000188.88496.590Gains

1692.55019.1285.02001588.41Losses

-1007.080-19.12-85.02188.88496.59-1588.41Net

Table 3.14 Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses in Town Centres

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TotalD2A5A4A3A2A1

35.00000035.000Gains

601.740085.0000516.74Losses

-566.7400-85.00035.00-516.74Net

Table 3.15 Changes in Floorspace of Town Centre Uses in Thetford

Number of Vacant Units

3.28 The following table shows the number of vacant retail units and associated floorspace. The table showsa higher level of vacancy in 2008. Despite the rise vacancy rates across the District remain small at 3%.

Number of UnitsFloorspace (sqm)Year583832.212008433325.502007

Table 3.16 Vacant Units

Core Output Indicators for Business Development and Town Centres

Result for 2007/2008DescriptionCore OutputIndicator

See Table 3.9 ‘ Employment Land Developed’Show the total amount of additionalemployment floorspace

BD1

See Table 3.10 ‘Additional Floorspace onPreviously Developed Land’

Show the total amount of additionalemployment floorspace on PDL

BD2

See Table 3.11 ‘ Employment Land Availability’Show the total amount of employment landavailable

BD3

See Table 3.13 ‘ Changes in Floorspace of TownCentre Uses’ (note this data is collected by streetsurvey and not from planning permission data)

Show the total amount of completedfloorspace

BD4

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4 Natural Resources4.1 This section monitors the effects of development on natural resources in the District.

Development on Greenfield land

4.2 Over the financial year 2007/2008 there has been approximately 7 hectares of development on greenfieldland (employment land and housing land). The housing contribution of this figure is only from sites that have beenfully completed. Clearly a number of homes have been completed on sites that are not entirely complete andthese will be picked up in future years.

Flood Risk and Water Quality

4.3 The Council has published a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for the District. Overall, very small areas ofthe District are at risk from flooding. However, there are localised areas at risk from surface run off and rivers.The Environment Agency are the statutory regulators for water quality and flood risk issues.

Number of Planning Permission Granted Contrary to Environment Agency Advice

4.4 In the financial year 2007/2008 there were no planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agencyadvice on water quality issues or flood risk.

Number of Homes in Flood Zones 2,3a and 3b

4.5 The total number of homes (council tax paying) in flood risk areas is shown in the following table.

Number of HomesFlood Zone

37Flood Zone 3b

169Flood Zone 3a

648Flood Zone 2

Table 4.1

Core Output Indicators

Result for2007/2008

DescriptionCore Output Indicator

0Only includes unresolvedobjections

E1: Number of planning permissions granted contraryto Environment Agency advice on flooding and waterquality grounds

Table 4.1 Core Output Indicators

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5 Environment5.1 This section monitors the state of the natural environment and renewable energy development.

Biodiversity

5.2 Breckland has 13% of all of the Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East of England. It alsocontains a large number of Special Areas of conservation and Special Protection Areas. The range and quality ofthese sites are crucial to the operation of natural processess and the overall quality of life in Breckland. Thefollowing table highlights the condition of SSSIs in the District.

2008

50% of SSSI in a favourable condition

4% of SSSI in a unfavourable condition recovering

15% of SSSI in a unfavourable condition declining

31% of SSSI in a unfavourable condition no change

Table 5.1 SSSI Condition

Renewable Energy

5.3 In the financial year 2007/2008 no new commercial scale renewable energy was installed in the District.The following table identifies the current installed capacity of renewable energy in the District.

CapacityDate InstalledDeveloperLocationType

38.5 MW1999FibrowattMundford Road, ThetfordBiomass (Animal Litter)

1.5MW1999EcotricitySwaffham 1, EcoTech CentreWind Energy (1 Turbine)

1.8MW2003EcotricitySwaffham 2, EcoTech CentreWind Energy (1 Turbine)

16MW2006Enertrag UKNorth Pickenham andSwaffham

Wind Energy (8 Turbines)

57.8MWTotal

Table 5.2 Installed Renewable Energy

Core Output Indicators

Result for 2007/2008DescriptionCore Output Indicator

Table 5.1 ‘ SSSI Condition’ shows thecondition of SSSIs at present. Future

To show losses or additions tobiodiversity habitat

E2: Change in Biodiversityimportance

AMRs will be able to monitor the chnagein condition

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Result for 2007/2008DescriptionCore Output Indicator

See Table 5.2 ‘ Installed RenewableEnergy’

To show the amount of renewableenergy generation by installedcapacity and type

E3:Renewable EnergyGeneration

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6 Accessibility6.1 At present there are no indicators being monitored that relate to this higher strategic theme. As monitoringsystems improve, future AMRs will include indicators that report on the performance of policies that relate toaccessibility.

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7 Local Development Scheme

Progress of the Statement of Community Involvement

7.1 The Council adopted it's first Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) on the 31st March 2006. Thisdocument has been the subject of significant consultation and examination. The adoption of this document metthe milestone as set out in the Council's adopted Local Development Scheme. The Council plans to review theSCI in 2009/2010

Progress of the Core Strategy and Development Control Policies Development PlanDocument

7.2 The Council has made significant progress in the preparation of this document over the last year. At thebeginning of the financial year 2007/2008, Breckland completed a consultation on the 'Issues and Options' of theCore Strategy and Development Control Policies document. The results of this consultation fed into the 'PreferredOptions' of the the document which was consulted on over the months of January, February and March 2008.Breckland is now preparing the submission version of the document which is likely to be published in January2009.

Progress of the Site Specific Policies and Proposals Development Plan Document

7.3 In March 2008 Breckland issued an 'official call for sites' to be considered in the preparation of the DPD.Over the summer months, Breckland undertook a 12 week consultation on the sites promoted to the Council.

Progress of the Thetford Area Action Plan

7.4 Over the months of June, July and August, Breckland undertook a consultation on the 'Issues and Options'of the Thetford Area Action Plan. The Council is currently preparing a 'Preferred Options' consultation which islikely to be published early in 2009.

Risks to Adherence of Local Development Scheme Timescale

7.5 Producing a Local Development Framework within a set timetable is not without risk. A number of riskshave been identified since the first LDS was adopted in 2005. As far as is practicable, these risks will need to befactored into a revised timetable. However, it is recognised that there are risks that, should they come to fruition,are insurmountable including further significant changes to the planning system at either the national / regionallevel.

Implications for LDF ProgrammeIdentified RiskAs with most rural planning authorities, the planning policy team at Breckland Councilis small. Staff turnover, the national lack of qualified planners, and increasing need forstaff to specialize all pose medium risks to the timetable if one or more members of

Staff Resources

the team were to leave the authority during the next 3 years. Staff retention andreplacement will be priorities and this aspect will be managed to ensure that the timetablefor the LDF is not put at risk.There is an increasing reliance on Information Technology – use of the internet, receivingLDF submissions electronically, GiS etc. This demands increasingly specialisedknowledge, increased capabilities of internal systems (i.e. web server capacity) and

Information Technology

secure and reliable systems that will not breakdown or corrupt. This risk isacknowledged and increased resources are being directed towards I.T. hardware andtraining to ensure that LDF production remains on target. The acquisition of LimehouseSoftware has addressed some of these risks.

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Implications for LDF ProgrammeIdentified RiskThe LDF system came into force in September 2004 and lessons about its practicalapplication are regularly emerging from national examples. From the initial tranche ofsubmitted LDFs that have been assessed for their soundness it is clear that Government

Practical Implementation ofthe new System

guidance can be interpreted in several ways and that much of the detail of how thenew system will actually work is yet to be fully set out in guidance and understood bypractitioners. Following some high profile failings of documents prepared under thenew LDF system it is anticipated that further guidance will need to be produced togetherwith revised interpretations and analysis from officials. A clear example is the newemphasis on producing detailed and specific strategies, when initial advice was toprepare visionary and non-specific strategies that would not require regular updating.To minimise the risk in this area, there will be close monitoring of DCLG advice andregular liaison with the Government Office. The new Planning Policy Statement 12and new regulations published in 2008 which attempt to streamline the preparation ofplans may mean the targets in the LDS are easier to achieve. However, at the time ofwriting the system is in transition and it will take time to see if the new provisions speedup plan preparation delivery.

Table 7.1 Risks to adherence to LDS

Recommended Amendments to the LDS

7.6 A revised Local Development Scheme was submitted to the Secretary of State in November 2008. Thechanges to the scheme from the last LDS are summarised below

ReasoningProposed Milestonein Submitted LDS

Existing MilestoneDocument

To enable further evidence arounddeliverability and impact upon European

Submission toGovernment -February/March 2009

Submission toGovernment -September 2007

Core StrategyandDevelopmentControl Policies habitats to be collated. Changes to

regulations mean that submission will takeplace at least 6 weeks after publication

Changes to the plan making regulationsmean there is no longer a requirement to

Further Consultation -March/April 2009 and

Consultation onPreferred options -November 2008

Site SpecificPolicies andProposals undertake a preferred options consultation.October/November

2009 Consultation on additional site promoted tothe Counil in the first Issues and OptionsConsultation will be consulted on in early2009, further consultation on sites will takeplace once the examination on the CoreStrategy is complete.

The plan will now also incorporate strategicgrowth for Attleborough and will be renamed

Consultation-2009/2010

Consultation onpreferred options -

Snetterton HeathArea Action Plan

'Attleborough and Snetterton Heath AreaSeptember/October2009 Action Plan'. Timetable for production will

not change.

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ReasoningProposed Milestonein Submitted LDS

Existing MilestoneDocument

To allow for the findings of AppropriateAssessment on the Core Strategy andDevelopment Control Policies DPD

Consultation onPreferred Options -January/February2008

Consultation onPreferred Options -November/December2008

Thetford AreaAction Plan

Table 7.2 LDS Amendments

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8 Performance of Saved Policies8.1 As of the 27th September 2007 the 'saved' policies contained within the Breckland Council Adopted LocalPlan (1999) expired. On the 14th September 2007 Breckland Council received a Direction from the Secretary ofState under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) to save someselected policies in the Local Plan until the relevant DPD is adopted. The following table shows the saved policiesand includes some indicators to monitor their performance.

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Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

Table5.1

‘SSSI

Condition’

%ofSSSI

in favourable

condition

Qualityof

designated

sites

Yes,to

someextent

CoreStrategy

and

Development

ControlPolicies

DPD

Toensure

protectionof

locallydesignated

sites

Yes

Protectionof

Habitat

ENV6

Datanot

available

No

CoreStrategy

and

Toensure

developm

ent

Yes

Housing

inthe

Towns

HOU2

Development

takesplacein

ControlPolicies

DPD

sustainable

locations

andat

appropriate

densities

Datanot

available

No

CoreStrategy

and

Toensure

developm

ent

Yesin

principle,

Development

ofsm

allscale

HOU4

Development

takesplacein

butina

residential

ControlPolicies

DPD

sustainable

locations

andat

slightly

different

form

developm

entin

villages

appropriate

densities

Datanot

available

No

CoreStrategy

and

Toensure

developm

ent

Yesin

principle,

Restrictsnew

housing

HOU6

Development

takesplacein

butina

developm

ent

ControlPolicies

DPD

sustainable

locations

andat

slightly

different

form

outside

settlem

ent

boundaries

appropriate

densities

62%of

allocation

remaining

%of

allocation

remaining

Land

allocated

atSnetterton

Heath

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yes

Allocationof

Land

atSnetterton

ECO2

ControlPolicies

important

DPDandSite

objective,

Specific

Policies

26


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

andProposals

DPD

particularly

along

theA11

corridor

20%ofthe

land

inthe

%of

allocations

remaining

Land

allocated

atFrans

Green,N

orth

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

Land

for'Bad

Neighbour'

ECO3

allocations

Pickenham

,ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

Employment

Uses

is remaining

Roudham

and

DPDandSite

review

edShipdham

Airfield

Specific

Policies

andProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

Datanot

available

No

CoreStrategy

and

Toallowsome

flexibilityfor

Yes

Development

ofEmployment

ECO5

Development

employment

uses

outside

ControlPolicies

DPD

developm

entin

thecountryside,

Settlement

Boundaries

wherethereare

sustainability

advantages

for

locatinginthe

countryside

Datanot

available

No

CoreStrategy

and

Essentialfor

maintaining

aYes

Traffic

Generation

TRA5

Development

efficientandsafe

transportnetwork

ControlPolicies

DPD

0.672

hectares

Amountof

open

space

Residential

developm

ents

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Principalw

illbe

retained

but

Yes

Provision

ofOpenSpace

REC2

provided

over25

Development

standardsand

27


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

contributions

level

willchange

on25

dwellings

dwellings

toprovideopen

ControlPolicies

DPD

ormore

(Ha)

spaceto

NPFA

standard

16%ofthe

land

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

Allocationhas

been

commenced

No

Allocationof

siteH2

(Attleborough)

(002)2

allocated

forhousing

underthis

policyis

remaining

63%ofthe

land

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Todeliver

significant

housingrequired

bytheRSS

Yes

Allocationof

siteH6

(Attleborough)

(002)6

allocated

forhousing

ControlPolicies

underthis

DPDandSite

policyis

remaining

Specific

Policies

andProposals

DPD

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

siteE2

(Attleborough)

(002)8

Allocated

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

inthis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

28


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

siteE3

(Attleborough)

(002)9

Allocated

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

inthis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

0%ofland

Allocated

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

OpenSpace

has

been

provided

No

Allocationof

sitesOS1,

OS2,OS3,

(002)11

inthis

OS5

policyis

remaining

(Attleborough)

forhousing

developm

ent

allocations

H1,

H2,H3,H4,

H5,H6

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

ProvisionofOpen

Space

isan

important

Yes

Seekto

providesite

OS6

(Attleborough)

(002)12

Allocated

inthis

ControlPolicies

objective.

Thisis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

particularly

importantas

andProposals

DPD

Attleborough

has

adeficitprovision

comparedto

NPFA

standards

29


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

siteE1

(Dereham

)

(025)1

Allocated

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

inthis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

Racing

Circuitarea

No

CoreStrategy

and

Provision

ofland

forspecific

Yes

Development

relatedto

(087)1

notdefined

Development

employmentuses

motorracing

(Snetterton)

inLocal

Plan

ControlPolicies

DPDandSite

inthislocation

hasbeen

Specific

Policies

establishedas

anandProposals

DPD

important

objectiveandwill

becontinuedin

theLD

F

23%of

land

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

sitesE1&E2

(Thetford)

(099)1

Allocated

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

inthis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

30


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

Subjective

policy

No

CoreStrategy

and

Protectionof

locally

important

Yes

Protectionof

theAmenity

(099)4

Development

landscapeisa

keyobjective

valueofthe

RiversThet

ControlPolicies

DPD

andLittleOuse

(Thetford)

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Allocationof

siteE4

(Watton)

(104)3

Allocated

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

inthis

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

Site

hasplanning

permission

fora

No

Identificationof

redevelopm

ent

(104)5

mixed

use

opportunity

RO2(W

atton)

schemeinvolving

mostly

housing

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

ProvisionofOpen

Space

isan

important

Yes

Identificationof

redevelopm

ent

opportunity

RO3(W

atton)

(104)6

Allocated

inthis

ControlPolicies

objective,

policyis

remaining

DPDandSite

Specific

Policies

particularly

inthe

markettow

nsandProposals

DPD

wherelarge

deficienciesexist

againstthe

NPFA

standards

31


Result

07/08

Indicator

Target

Reaso

nfor

not

Mon

itorin

g

Ableto

beMon

itored?

Prop

osed

Rep

lacemen

tReaso

ning

Willthe

Principle

ofthe

Policybe

Rep

laced

Summaryof

Policy/Areaof

Cov

erag

e

Policy

100%

ofland

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

ProvisionofOpen

Space

isan

important

Yes

Allocationof

siteOS1

(Watton)

(104)13

Allocated

ControlPolicies

objective,

inthis

DPDandSite

particularly

inthe

policyis

remaining

Specific

Policies

markettow

nsandProposals

DPD

wherelarge

deficienciesexist

againstthe

NPFA

standards

66%of

land

%of

Allocation

remaining

Yes

CoreStrategy

and

Development

Provision

ofland

foremployment

uses

isan

Yesin

Principle

actual

Identifyland

for

industrial

developm

ent

(Weeting)

(107)1

Allocated

inthis

ControlPolicies

important

objective

allocations

tobe

policyis

remaining

DPDanSite

Specific

Policies

review

edandProposals

DPD

atSite

Specific

Policies

and

Proposals

DPD

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Appendix A Residential Completions by ParishNumber of Homes Completed in 2007/2008Parish Name5Ashill29Attleborough6Banham11Bawdeswell1Beachamwell4Beeston5Beetley2Besthorpe68Carbrooke1Caston1Cockley Cley7Colkirk1Croxton161Dereham1Elsing1Foulden2Foxley1Fransham5Garvestone1Gressenhall4Griston3Gt Dunham1Gt Ellingham1Hardingham2Harling2Hilborough3Hockering1Hoe3Holme Hale1Horningtoft2Kenninghall2Longham2Lt Dunham15Mattishall5Mileham2Mundford2Necton3New Buckenham7Nth Elmham1Nth Lopham5Old Buckenham5Oxborough2Quidenham2Saham Toney1Scoulton2Shipdham

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Number of Homes Completed in 2007/2008Parish Name4Shropham1Snetterton1South Lopham1Sparham6Sporle3Stanfield1Stow Bedon36Swaffham3Swanton Morley96Thetford2Thompson54Watton1Weasenham St. Peter11Weeting2Wendling1Whinburgh1Whissonsett4Wretham5Yaxham

Table A.1 Completed Homes

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