Authority Monitoring Report - Thurrock · 2015. 3. 5. · Thurrock Council Authority Monitoring Report 2014 1 INTRODUCTION This is Thurrock Council’s tenth annual report. This Authority

Thurrock Borough Council

Authority Monitoring Report

For the Local Plan

1st April 2013 to 31

st March 2014

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CONTENTS Page

INTRODUCTION 1 LOCAL PLAN PROGRESS 2 CONTEXT 5 POLICY PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTS 11 LONDON GATEWAY LOGISTICS PARK LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER (LDO) 34 APPENDIX

Thurrock Council Authority Monitoring Report 2014

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INTRODUCTION This is Thurrock Council’s tenth annual report. This Authority Monitoring Report covers the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 required that every local planning authority submitted an Annual Monitoring Report to the Secretary of State by the 31st December every year. The Localism Act 2011 and Town and Country Planning Regulations 2012 set out revised requirements for monitoring. Local planning authorities are still required to publish information monitoring progress on the implementation of their Local Development Scheme and planning policies included in their development plan documents at least on an annual basis, however the requirement to submit the Annual Monitoring Report to the Secretary of State by 31 December has been removed Act and the document renamed the Authority Monitoring Report (AMR). The Localism Act 2011 also created the duty to co-operate which places a legal duty on local planning authorities and other specified organisations to co-operate with each other to address strategic issues relevant to their areas. The Regulations require the AMR to give details of what action the Council has taken relating to the duty to co-operate. This Report is also written against a local background whereby, on 12 February 2014, Cabinet authorised the preparation of a new Local Plan for Thurrock to replace the Adopted Core Strategy. This will in turn mean that the scope and nature of future AMRs will be revised to reflect the programme for preparing the new Local Plan and its future policy aims, objectives and outcomes.

SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE AUTHORITY MONITORING REPORT (AMR) The monitoring data contained within this report is broken down into three sections;

1. An overview of the progress with Local Plan preparation, including a report on activity relating to the duty to cooperate.

2. The Thurrock Context. Contextual indicators establish the social, environmental and

economic circumstances of the Borough.

3. An analysis of policy performance and effects utilising a range of indicators. These include Core Output and Local Output and Significant Effects Indicators that are tailored to particular local circumstances as well as the achievement of sustainable development objectives. While the Core Output Indicators and the national indicator set have now been withdrawn by DCLG, it is considered that the Core Output Indicators guidance still provides a useful basis for the monitoring report and they remain in use for the Council’s own monitoring purposes.

The adopted Contextual and Core Output Indicators are listed in Chapter 7 of the Adopted Core Strategy. In the following sections of this Report, the indicators refer to any relevant policies in the Local Development Documents (LDD) and to saved policies from the Thurrock Borough Local Plan 1997. The saved policies from the Thurrock Borough Local Plan and the Essex County Council First Review Minerals Local Plan are set out in Appendix 7 of the Adopted Core Strategy.


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LOCAL PLAN PROGRESS

Thurrock Local Plan The Regulations require the AMR to provide information about the timetable specified in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for the preparation of the Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents. It must also specify the stage the document has reached in its preparation and, if the document’s preparation is behind the timetable, the reasons for this. 2013 LDS The former LDS was approved by the Council in April 2013. This made provision for the following Development Planning Documents (DPDs).

• Thurrock Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP)

• Core Strategy and Policies for the Management of Development Focused Review: Consistency with National Planning Policy Framework DPD

• Core Strategy and Policies for the Management of Development Focused Review: Broad Locations and Strategic Sites DPD

• Core Strategy and Policies for the Management of Development Focused Review: Policy CSTP7 Network of Centres and, Land at Arena Essex, North of A1306, West Thurrock DPD

• Minerals and Waste Local Plan

• Gypsy and Travellers Local Plan The adoption by the Council of a new LDS on 12 February 2014 meant that, with the exception of the Core Strategy Focused Review: Consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework, the ongoing production of all of the other DPDs referred to above will now be merged with the preparation of a new Local Plan for the Borough. The Core Strategy Focused Review: Consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework was considered by an Inspector at an Examination in Public on 8th April 2014 and is now progressing to Adoption. 2014 LDS Thurrock’s currently adopted Plan is the ‘Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development’ (Core Strategy), which was adopted in December 2011. On 12 February 2014, Cabinet authorised the preparation of a new Local Plan for Thurrock and on the 9th April 2014 approved the publication of a new LDS. This came into effect on the 1st May 2014 and committed the Council to preparing the following Local Plan documents to replace the Core Strategy:

• Thurrock Local Development Scheme 2014-2017

• Thurrock Statement of Community Involvement (First Revision)

• Thurrock Local Plan

• Thurrock Local Plan Policies Map In addition to the production of these Local Plan documents, the Council will also continue to progress the preparation of a number of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) during the period covered by the LDS. These include the following:

• Developer Contributions SPD


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• Design and Standards SPD

• Green Grid SPD

• Lakeside Delivery and Implementation SPD

• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule. As required by the regulations the LDS sets out a high level programme, including key milestones, for preparing the new Local Plan. The full timetable to 2018 is reproduced at the end of this section. However, since the LDS was published in April, the Government has announced a further delay in making a decision on the route and location of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing. This has implications for the programme for preparing the Local Plan and will necessitate an amendment to the timetable set out in the LDS to allow the statutory plan-making process to properly reflect the planning, transport and environmental issues and opportunities arising from a future Government decision on the scheme.

Duty to Cooperate The Localism Act (2011) and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) created a legal duty on local planning authorities, county councils and prescribed public bodies to “engage constructively, actively and on an ongoing basis” with each other, in the preparation of Local Plans and other planning policy documents relating to sustainable development, that cover strategic matters. This is known as the ‘Duty to Cooperate’. The Council is undertaking a Duty to Cooperate Protocol. The purpose of this is to set out how Thurrock Council intends to cooperate with other local authorities and other public bodies in the preparation of the Local Plan and other planning documents covering strategic matters. This will ensure that cross-boundary issues are considered and planned appropriately and that we produce effective policies that meet future needs of the area. This will be reported to Cabinet in early 2015.

Thurrock Local Development Scheme Timetable

Q1 = Jan/Feb/Mar, Q2 = Apr/May/Jun, Q3 = Jul/Aug/Sep, Q4 = Oct/Nov/Dec

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Local Development

SchemeAdoption

Statement of Community

Involvement

SCI PubC. Adoption

Thurrock Local Plan

I&OPubC. DP-Pub CSUB - Pub

ConE I P EIP/IR Adoption

Policies Map DP-Pub C

SUB - Pub

ConE I P EIP/IR Adoption

Community Infrastrucutre

Levy (CIL)

PPPP

ED&T

20182014 2015 2016 2017

PP PP

SCI PubC = Statement of Community Involvement Public Consultation

ED&T =Evidence Development and Testing

I&O PubC. = Issues and Options Public Consultation

PP = Plan Preparation

DP-PubC = Draft Plan Public Consultation

SUB-PubCon = Submission Public Consultation

EIP = Examination in Public

EIP/IR = Examination in Public/ Inspectors Report


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THURROCK CONTEXT This section sets out the key contextual characteristics of the Borough.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THURROCK Thurrock is located on the north of the Thames, twenty miles east of central London and has a population of 160,849 (ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates 2013). The Borough covers 165 sq km and has a diverse range of land uses and associated environmental issues. More than half of the land in Thurrock is designated Green Belt and the Borough has over 18 miles of riverfront. Much of the riverside area of Thurrock is highly urbanised with a mixture of industrial and residential development at the west and eastern ends of the Borough. The Borough has a number of main settlements including Grays, Stanford/Corringham, South Ockendon and Tilbury, together with a number of villages in the Green Belt. Thurrock also has the developing community of Chafford Hundred and the Lakeside Regional Shopping Centre located west of Grays and east of the M25. Thurrock has a diverse and thriving economy with logistics and distribution and retailing as major employment sectors. The construction of a major port and employment development at the former Shell Haven refinery site is now underway. Thurrock benefits from a good location in terms of transport. The M25 London Orbital Motorway passes through the Borough, as does the A13 London to Southend trunk road, which connects with the M25 (Junction 30) just north of the Dartford Tunnel (Junction 31) and the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. The Channel Tunnel Rail link also passes through the Borough and the C2C Railway links London (Fenchurch Street) to Southend, with seven stations in the Borough. The existing Port of Tilbury provides international connections for both passengers and freight. Thurrock has more than 70% of its land in the Green Belt. Some of the Green Belt throughout Thurrock is also of considerable nature conservation and landscape value. The Borough has sites of international and national importance for nature conservation including a Ramsar site and 12 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). There are 7 Conservation Areas and 239 Listed Buildings.


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CONTEXTUAL INDICATORS

Contextual indicators are used in order to establish the social, environmental and economic circumstances of the Borough. These are listed in Chapter 7 of the Adopted Core Strategy.

DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

CON1 a): Population of Thurrock - Total

In 2013, there were 160,849 people residing in Thurrock (Source: ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates 2013). CON1 b): Population of Thurrock - by age

The age breakdown of the total 2013 population was estimated to be:

Persons All Ages

Persons 0-15 years

Persons 16-64 years

Persons 65 years and

over

160,849 33,271 (20.7%) 105,763 (65.7%) 21,815 (13.6%)

(Source: ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates 2013) CON1 c): Population of Thurrock - by gender

Of the 160,849 people residing in Thurrock in 2013, approximately 79,332 (49.3%) were male and approximately 81,517 (50.7%) were female (Source: ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates 2013).

CON1 d): Population of Thurrock - by ethnic minority In 2011, Thurrock had a similar proportion of men and women from minority ethnic communities than nationally:

• Ethnic minorities made up 14.1% of the population in 2011, compared with 14.5% across the country as a whole, with Black/African/Caribbean/Black British; African being the largest group at 6.2% (Source: ONS, 2011 Census).

Population Projections

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) projections indicate that Thurrock's population will grow to 198,700 by 2031. This would be an increase of approximately 40,400 population (25%) when compared with the estimated 2011 population. (Source: ONS 2012-based Sub-National Population projections) http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-335242


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(Source: ONS 2012-based Sub-National Population projections)

CON2: Household type

In 2011, there were 62,353 households in Thurrock. Of these:

16,368 (26.3%) were one person 41,175 (66.0%) were one family 4,810 (7.7%) were all other households (Source: ONS, 2011 Census).

According to the most recent household projections, the number of households in Thurrock will increase from 62,600 households in 2011 to 71,600 by 2021. This forecast increase of 10% compares to an increase of 12.0% in Essex and is the same as the forecast percentage increase across England as a whole. (Source: CLG 2011-based Interim Sub-National Population projections) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-household-projections

SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES CON4: Deprivation levels in Thurrock

Thurrock has an overall index of multiple deprivation of 19.45, which ranks the Borough 143rd out of 354 across England in 2010 (1 being the most deprived). This is nineteen places lower (less deprived) than from the 2007 survey (124th). Thurrock has only 5 of its 95 Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) within the 10% most deprived in England and Wales (Source: Communities and Local Government Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010).


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ECONOMY

CON5: Employment rate in Thurrock

The economically active population in Thurrock in 2014 was 88,500 (79.5% of the working age population). 82,100 (73.8% of the working age population) were in employment and 6,600 (7.4% of the working age population) were unemployed. (Source: Nomis) https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157204/report.aspx?#tabempunemp )

CON6: Average Earnings of Employees

The gross weekly pay of all full time employees working in Thurrock was £518.10 in 2011. No more recent data is available. (Source: Nomis) https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431778/subreports/ashew_time_series/report.aspx?

Employment in Thurrock – Sectors & Occupations There were an estimated 58,800 jobs in Thurrock in 2014, of which 38,000 were full time. Thurrock has a distinctive jobs profile in terms of employment opportunities, with wholesale and retail being the largest sector of employment in 2014.

Employees Jobs by Industry in Thurrock 2014

Thurrock (employee

jobs)

Thurrock (%)

East (%)

Great Britain

(%)

Primary Services (agriculture and mining) 0 0.1 0.3 0.3

Energy and Water 1,100 1.9 0.9 1.1

Manufacturing 3,200 5.4 8.8 8.5

Construction 2,700 4.6 4.8 4.4

Services 51,700 88.0 85.2 85.7

Wholesale and retail 17,500 29.8 17.7 15.9

Transport storage 8,300 14.1 4.7 4.5

Accommodation and food services 3,700 6.2 6.3 7.0

Information and communication 700 1.1 3.5 4.0

Financial and other business services 7,800 13.2 22.2 21.8

Public admin, education & health 12,100 20.6 26.6 28

Other services 1,700 3.0 4.2 4.6

TOTAL 58,800 100.0 100.0 100.0 (Source: ONS business register and employment survey) http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157204/report.aspx?town=thurrock#tabjobs


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House Prices

The average house price in Thurrock in August 2014 was £159,154. This was an increase over the previous year and compares with an average of £177,824 nationally. (Source: HM Land Registry) http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/hpi CON7: All age all cause mortality rates

The chart below shows the overall mortality rate in Thurrock from 2000 – 2010 which refers to directly standardised death rates per 100,000 population deaths of all ages and all causes. In 2010, Thurrock had 612.6 per 100,000 male deaths and 466 per 100,000 female deaths.

(Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre https://indicators.ic.nhs.uk/webview/ )

The table above indicates that the all age, all cause mortality rate has been falling for both males and females since 2000. This has fallen at a faster rate for males than females. However, the mortality rate for males is still larger than for females.


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ENVIRONMENT

Conservation Areas There are seven conservation areas within Thurrock. The Council continues to research and identify other potential conservation areas.

Conservation Area Date Designated

Horndon-on-the-Hill September 1969

Corringham June 1973, extended 1986

Orsett September 1975

Fobbing June 1976

Purfleet October 1985

West Tilbury July 1991

East Tilbury March 1993

(Source: Thurrock Council) https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/conservation-and-preservation

Biodiversity

The Borough has a number of sites designated for their wildlife importance. Thurrock’s designated wildlife sites include:

Designation Number of Sites

Ramsar 1 Special Protection Site (SPA) 1 Sites of Special Scientific Importance (SSSI) 12 Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) 70 Local Nature Reserves 2 Green Flag Parks 3

Further information relating to biodiversity indicators is given under Environmental Quality in the section on Policy Performance.


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POLICY PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTS This section of the AMR assesses to what extent policies in the Local Plan are being implemented or where policies are failing to be implemented. Progress is reported against a set of indicators that form part of the adopted LDF Core Strategy. These include Core Output and Local Output and Significant Effects Indicators that are tailored to particular local circumstances as well as the achievement of sustainable development objectives. While the Core Output Indicators and the national indicator set have been withdrawn by DCLG, they remain in use for the Council’s monitoring purposes. The Indicators are listed under the following headings:

• Housing

• Socially Inclusive Communities

• Transport and Access

• Employment & Retail

• Environmental quality

• Minerals

• Waste

Time-series data is shown where this is available in order to provide an indication of whether a situation is improving or getting worse. Where data is not available, or is not complete, this is stated.

HOUSING H1: Plan period and housing targets Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy H3 - Redevelopment of Non-Residential Land for Housing LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP1 - Sustainable Housing and Locations CSTP1 - Strategic Housing Provision LDF Site DPD Policy SAP1 - Land for Housing Development

The Plan period and the overall housing targets are shown in the table below:

Start of Plan period End of Plan period Total housing Required

Source of plan Target

01/04/2001 31/03/2026 23,250 (18,500 2001 to 2021 plus 4,750 to 2026 and beyond)

Adopted LDF Core Strategy and RSS

H2(a): Net additional dwellings – in previous years H2(b): Net additional dwellings – for the reporting year Relevant Policies: as in H1above

There were 323 net additional dwellings during 2013/14. 6,303 net additional dwellings have been completed between 1st April 2001 and 31st March 2014. This is an average build rate of 485 over this period. This is below the annual average provision of 950 dwellings per annum that is required to meet the LDF dwelling provision targets. The annual figures are shown in the chart below:


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H2(c): Net additional dwellings – in future years H2(d): Managed delivery target Relevant Policies: as in H1above

Housing requirement to 2026 The Adopted Thurrock Council Core Strategy sets out a requirement for 23,250 dwellings to be built between 2001 and 2026. Taking the 6,303 completions 2001 to 2014 into account, a further 16,947 units still need to be built by 2026 in order to meet the housing target. This equates to an annual build rate of 1,412 units per annum. The Five Year Supply of Sites for Housing As Thurrock has been unable to meet the housing delivery rates required by the NPPF, the Council is now required by the NPPF to identify a five year land supply plus 20% buffer with a view to increasing the availability of land in the short term to meet future identified housing requirements. The 5-Year Housing Supply target using the residual method is 7,060 (this being 5 times 1,412). The five year requirement with a 20% buffer is 8,472. The Assessment of the supply of sites From the SHLAA pool of sites, the identified five year supply of deliverable sites in the current year 2014/15 is 488. If realised, this would represent the highest number of completions 2005/06. The identified five year supply of deliverable sites is 4,219. This is an average of 843 dwelling completions per annum and is a level of house building that would be comparable to that seen before the economic recession. However, the level of under build seen during the recession


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meant that the residual requirement has increased. Consequently, the identified five year supply represents 60% (or 3.0 years of supply) of the five year requirement. When the 20% buffer is taken into account, the supply represents 50% (or 2.5 years of supply) of the five year requirement. The components of the supply are shown in the table below.

Net additional dwellings in the next 5-years

5-Year Supply

2014/15 current

year

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

5-Year TOTAL

Large Sites With Permission # 456 834 705 565 538 539 3181

Small Sites With Permission 30 37 16 27 1 0 81

TOTAL With Planning Permission 486 871 721 592 539 539 3262

Large Sites Without Permission # 0 105 229 248 176 145 903

Small Sites Without Permission 2 11 29 2 7 5 54

TOTAL Without Planning Permission

2 116 258 250 183 150 957

TOTAL ON ALL SITES 488

987 979 842 722 689 4,219

# Large sites with an estimated capacity of 10 or more dwellings

A schedule of the sites that are considered to be deliverable within 5 years is shown in Appendix 1. The main source of information for this assessment is the Thurrock SHLAA. This was published in March 2010 and had a base date of December 2009. The baseline was updated in further SHLAA work produced in conjunction with the Further Issues and Options LDF Site DPD, which was published for public consultation in March 2012. As such, this assessment is heavily based on the pool of sites that were identified and assessed in conjunction with that work. This evidence is out of date and is to be updated during 2015. The Council will conduct a new “Call for Sites” in order to identify sites that have the potential to be developed within the Plan period. This will be the preface for the new SHLAA. This exercise will fully assess any new sites coming forward and provide a full reassessment of the deliverability of the previously identified sites. In the interim, the Council’s annual monitoring has updated the development progress on sites and also identified any new sites receiving planning permission. The assessment of the supply of sites also takes account of information from the local development and construction sector in respect of their current estimates of future housing completions and phasing of development on their sites.


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Housing Supply to the end of the Plan period In addition to the identified five year supply of deliverable sites, the dwelling capacity that has been identified from the SHLAA pool of developable sites in years 6 to 15 is in the order of 11,500 dwellings.

Current year 2013/14 488 Deliverable Sites Year 1 to 5 4,219 Developable Sites Year 6 to 15 12,555 Total 16,952

The identified dwelling capacity is equal to the overall requirement of 16,947 dwellings. As stated above, additional sites will be evaluated and the identified capacity will be fully reassessed as part of the process of producing the new Technical Evidence for the Local Plan Review. Housing Trajectory The Housing Trajectory shows:

1. Dwelling completions since 2001 2. Dwelling completions identified in the current year 2014/15 3. Dwelling completions identified on deliverable sites in the first five years 4. Dwelling completions identified on developable sites up to and beyond the end of the

current plan period in 2026. For the deliverable sites, the phasing shown is on an annual basis. For the developable sites in the later periods, these are shown as an annualised average. The level of net additional housing expected to come forward in future years is shown in the Housing Trajectory chart and table shown on the following pages and in the tables shown in Appendix 2.

HOUSING TRAJECTORY CHART Net Additional Dwellings in Previous Years and Projected for the Next Fifteen Years

HOUSING TRAJECTORY TABLE Net Additional Dwellings in Previous Years and Projected for the Next Fifteen Years

Projected Dwelling Completions

Yr 0 Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11

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Dwellings

Completed 906 957 477 1,167 739 413 161 130 88 288 343 311 323

Identified for

completion 488 987 979 842 722 689 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225

Cummulative

Completions 906 1,863 2,340 3,507 4,246 4,659 4,820 4,950 5,038 5,326 5,669 5,980 6,303 6,791 7,778 8,757 9,599 10,321 11,010 12,235 13,460 14,685 15,910 17,135 18,360

Plan Target 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 950 950 950 950 950

Cummulative

Target 925 1,850 2,775 3,700 4,625 5,550 6,475 7,400 8,325 9,250 10,175 11,100 12,025 12,950 13,875 14,800 15,725 16,650 17,575 18,500 19,450 20,400 21,350 22,300 23,250

Monitor - No.

dwellings above or

below cumulative

development plan

target -19 13 -435 -193 -379 -891 -1,655 -2,450 -3,287 -3,924 -4,506 -5,120 -5,722 -6,159 -6,097 -6,043 -6,126 -6,329 -6,565 -6,265 -5,990 -5,715 -5,440 -5,165 -4,890

Residual Delivery

Target 930 931 930 950 940 950 978 1,024 1,076 1,138 1,195 1,256 1,328 1,412 1,496 1,547 1,610 1,706 1,847 2,040 2,203 2,448 2,855 3,670 6,115

Number of years

left in Plan(s) 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Dwelling Completions to Date


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H3: New and converted dwellings – on previously developed land Relevant Policies: as in H1above

308 (95.4%) of the 323 dwelling completions that took place in 2013/14 were on Previously Developed Land (PDL). The Local Plan target is to allocate at least 85% of new housing development in the 5-year period for 2011-2016 inclusive to PDL locations. H4: Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller) Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy H13 - Mobile Homes and Caravans Used as Dwellings LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP3 - Gypsies and Travellers CSTP4 - Travelling Showpeople LDF Site DPD Policy SAP2 - Gypsy and Travellers Sites

There were 3 authorised public and private sites in Thurrock in 2013. These were

Gammon Fields, Grays, Essex, RM16 2QH Pilgrims Lane, North Stifford, Grays, Essex, RM16 5UZ Ship Lane, Aveley, RM15 4HB

There is also a private site at Herd Lane, Corringham. No count of gypsy caravans has been carried out since 2008. H5: Gross affordable housing completions Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy H5 - Affordable Housing LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP2 - The Provision of Affordable Housing

76 affordable houses were completed during 2013/14. These were on the following sites:

Land at Thurrock Technical College, Wood View, Grays Green Plus Ltd, Arisdale Industrial Estate, South Ockendon Fox and Goose, 584 London Road, West Thurrock Land Adjacent Victor Pyrate, Arisdale Industrial Estate, South Ockendon A Stone's Throw Public House, 92 South Road, South Ockendon


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The table below shows the proportion of affordable housing completions on sites liable to affordable housing provision under planning policy:

Affordable Housing completions Affordable

Housing Total Dwellings on Sites

Liable to Affordable Housing Provision

% Affordable

2009/2010 29 45 64.4

2010/2011 57 232 24.6

2011/2012 28 332 8.4

2012/2013 138 363 38.1

2013/2014 76 266 28.6

Note: The figures shown relate to those given under indicator H2(b) above (Net additional dwellings – for the reporting year) . These figures are not necessarily the same as the figures recorded for NI155. LDF policy provides that the Council will seek the minimum provision of 35% of the total number of residential units built to be provided as Affordable Housing.

H6: Housing Quality – Building for Life Assessments Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP1 - Strategic Housing Provision

Policy PMD2 of the Council’s Adopted Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development DPD requires developers to consider the Building for Life criteria set out by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in designing residential development and confirms that the Council will use the criteria to evaluate the proposals. Where the Council considers that the proposed development site has the potential to meet all the criteria, the Council will require residential development to meet the ‘silver’ standard, and from 2016, the ‘gold’ standard. Building for Life was relaunched in September 2012. ‘Building for Life 12’ contains a different ‘traffic light’ rating system. The Council has yet to decide how to respond to the new standard and, pending a decision about how to proceed, has not required any scheme to meet the ‘silver’ standard.


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Additional Indicator : Percentage of new dwellings completed, by density Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy None LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP1 - Strategic Housing Provision

In 2013/14 there were 266 dwellings built on sites of 10 dwellings or more. The range of density of these is shown in the table below which shows the density of development completed in the last five years. Adopted LDF Policy CSTP1 provides that a density of at least 60 dwellings per hectare would be appropriate in urban locations with high public transport accessibility. In suburban locations, a density range of between 30 and 70 dwellings per hectare would be more appropriate.

Density of new dwellings completed

less than 30 dwellings per

hectare

between 30 and 70 dwellings per

hectare

above 70 dwellings per

hectare

April 09/April 10 0 (0.0%) 23 (40.4%) 34 (59.6%)

April 10/April 11 0 (0.0%) 92 (38.0%) 150 (62.0%)

April 11/April 12 0 (0.0%) 157 (52.7%) 175 (42.3%)

April 12/April 13 14 (3.9%) 201 (55.4%) 158 (43.5%)

April 13/April 14 11 (4.1%) 173 (65.0%) 82 (30.8%)

The above figures only include developments of more than 10 dwellings. Gross site areas have been discounted in order to estimate the net developable area of the sites.


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EMPLOYMENT & RETAIL Indicator BD1: Total amount of additional employment floorspace – by type. Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy E1 - Development within Primary Industrial and Commercial Areas E2 - Land for New Industrial and Commercial Development in Primary Areas E3 - Development within Secondary Industrial and Commercial Areas E4 - Land for New Industrial and Commercial Development in Secondary Areas LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP2 - Sustainable Employment Growth CSTP6 - Strategic Employment Provision LDF Site DPD Policy SAP4 - Industrial and Commercial Areas SAP5 - Land for Industrial and Commercial Development

There was a net increase of employment floorspace during 2013/14 of 2,805 square metres. The floorspace completions for the last four years are shown in the table below.

Monitoring Year

Business (B1-B8) Floorspace Change (square metres)

Light Industrial (B1)

General Industrial

(B2)

Warehousing (B8)

Split unknown

(B1/ B2/ B8) Total

2010/2011 0 4,300 4,454 208 8,962

2011/2012 193 0 -2,995 0 -2,802

2012/2013 299 16,080 2,365 0 18,744

2013/2014 2,988 -5,059 4,106 770 2,805 19,705 square metres of employment floorspace was developed on five separate sites during 2013/14. However, these gains were largely offset by general industrial floorspace lost as a result of demolition and change of use on two other sites. The largest of these was Thermalite Ltd, Motherwell Way, West Thurrock.


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BD2: Total Amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land – by type. Relevant Policies: as in BD1 above

All of the Floorspace Change (square metres) recorded during the year 2012/13 was on previously developed land. BD3: Employment land available – by type. Relevant Policies: as in BD1above

The chart below shows the take up of land available for new industrial and commercial purposes since 2001. The employment development that took place during 2013/14 was on existing employment sites, so no land available for new development was taken up.

The Development of Land Available for Industrial/Commercial Purposes Since 2001 (ha)

The amount of land that was considered to be readily available, or which was available but subject to constraints (hectares) in April 2014 was 379.8 hectares. The available sites are those listed under LDF Site DPD Policy SAP5 – Land for Industrial and Commercial Development.


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The amount of land that has historically been available is shown in the chart below.

There has been an increase in the amount of land that is immediately available. The largest change was owing to the clearance of the former Shell Haven oil refinery site from 2007. This is now in the process of re-development for a Port and business development. The amount of land available showed a small further increase in 2012 because of changes in the sites allocated in the LDF. Additional Indicator : Losses of employment land Relevant Policies: as in BD1above

No land that is allocated for employment uses was developed for non-employment uses during the last five years.


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BD4: Total amount of floorspace for ‘town centre uses’. Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy SH1 - Major Retail Developments SH3 - Grays Shopping Centre – Additional Retail Floorspace SH6 - Existing Town Centres – Additional Retail Floorspace SH8 - New Local Shopping Facilities LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP7 - Network of Centres CSTP8 - Vitality and Viability of Existing Centres LDF Site DPD Policy SAP8 - Retail Development SAP6 - Mixed Use Development Areas

The amount of floorspace developed for town centre uses over the last five years is shown in the Table below.

Monitoring Year

Town Centre (A1-A5) Floorspace Change (square metres)

Shops (A1)

Financial & Professional

Services (A2)

Restaurant & Cafés, Drinking Establishment &

Hot Food Take-away (A3, A4 & A5)

Total

2009/2010 1,761 335 942 3,038

2010/2011 2,407 0 35 2,407

2011/2012 3,769 11 69 3,849

2012/2013 2,111 -63 2,368 4,416

2013/2014 1,642 84 -236 1,490

The majority of the completed floorspace over this period was in the Lakeside Shopping Centre and Retail Areas and often as a result of changes of use and/or the installation of mezzanine floors. BD5: Number of VAT registrations for businesses Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP6 - Strategic Employment Provision

VAT registered business stock in the Borough increased steadily from 2,940 businesses in 2001 to 3,620 in 2007 (Source: NOMIS). This represented a growth of 23.1%. There is no further published information since 2007. However, there has been a global economic restructuring that has affected parts of Thurrock’s economy. The indications from regional forecasting are that the local economy will continue to grow over the long-term period to 2021 with retail, transport and communications, health and public administration being the key growth sectors.


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SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES SIC6: Adult participation in sport Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP4 - Sustainable Green Belt CSTP9 - Well-being : Leisure and Sports CSTP10 - Community Facilities

The sports participation indicator measures the number of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in at least 30 minutes of sport at moderate intensity at least once a week.

Adult participation in 30 minutes, moderate intensity sport Thurrock England

2008/2009 30.8% 35.7%

2009/2010 32.6% 35.3%

2010/2011 33.3% 34.8%

2011/2012 30.7% 36.0%

2012/2013 31.8% 35.2%

(Source: Sport England) http://www.sportengland.org/media/162197/02_1x30_table_aps7q2.xls SIC9: a) Working age population qualified to at least Level 2 or higher b) Working age population qualified to at least Level 3 or higher c) Working age population qualified to at least Level 4 or higher Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP10 - Community Facilities CSTP12 - Education and Learning

The table below indicates the number of working age males and females that are qualified at various levels. Proportion of working age population qualified in Thurrock

To Level 2 or higher To Level 3 or higher To Level 4 or higher 2008/09 54.3 36.3 18.6

2009/10 58.0 37.0 17.7

2010/11 56.2 33.9 16.2

2011/12 62.0 41.7 21.9

2012/13 62.8 43.6 24.7

(Source: Thurrock Council Performance Data Tables)


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TRANSPORT AND ACCESS Information for the following indicators, T1 – T5, is no longer collected. The most recently available data for each is shown below. T1: Access to services and facilities by public transport, walking and cycling Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP3 - Sustainable Infrastructure

CSTP14 - Transport in the Thurrock Urban Area CSTP15 - Transport in Greater Thurrock

CSTP16 - National and Regional Transport Networks

Access to Post 16 education opportunities by public transport, walking and cycling (%)

2008/09 86.5

2009/10 100.0

2010/11 100.0

2011/12 98.5

(Source: NI175i)

The 2011/12 figure exceeded the target of 91.0%.

Access to Basildon Hospital by public transport, walking and cycling (%)

2008/09 90.5

2009/10 97.5

2010/11 100.0

2011/12 93.0

(Source: NI175ii)

The 2011/12 figure equalled the target of 93.0%.

Access to Access to GP Surgery within 30 minutes by public transport, walking and cycling (%)

2008/09 99.5

2009/10 98.0

2010/11 97.0

2011/12 98.0

(Source: NI175iii)

The 2011/12 figure exceeded the target of 96.0%.

No figures are available since 2011/12 as this indicator is no longer reported.


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T2: Number of primary school children travelling to school by car Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP14 - Transport in the Thurrock Urban Area

CSTP15 - Transport in Greater Thurrock CSTP16 - National and Regional Transport Networks

No figures are available after 2011 as this indicator is no longer reported.

Number of primary school children travelling to school by car (%)

2008/09 34.4

2009/10 32.8

2010/11 24.2

(Source: NI198a)

T5: Reductions in CO2 emissions by sector Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP3 - Sustainable Infrastructure


CSTP16 - National and Regional Transport Networks CSTP17 - Strategic Freight Movement and Access to Ports CSTP25 - Addressing Climate Change

CSTP26 - Renewable or Low-Carbon Energy Generation

Reductions in CO2 emissions by sector

2008/09 20130

2009/10 20290

(Source: NI185)

Data for this indicator is no longer collected as a result of the abolition of the National Indicator Set and a move to locally driven performance datasets.

T6: People killed or seriously injured in Road Traffic Accidents Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP14 - Transport in the Thurrock Urban Area

CSTP15 - Transport in Greater Thurrock CSTP16 - National and Regional Transport Networks

CSTP17 - Strategic Freight Movement and Access to Ports

People killed or seriously injured in Road Traffic Accidents

2009/10 67.0

2010/11 62.0

2011/12 65.0

2012/13 68.3

2013/14 70.0

(Source: NI47 Proxy)


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T7: Local bus passenger journeys originating in Thurrock Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP3 - Sustainable Infrastructure


CSTP16 - National and Regional Transport Networks

Bus usage in Thurrock is shown in the table, below:

Number of local bus passenger journeys originating in the authority area undertaken each year (millions)

2008/09 4.10m

2009/10 4.11m

2010/11 4.22m

2011/12 4.38m

2012/13 4.25m

2013/14 4.59m

(Source: NI177) The recent recorded increase in passenger journeys is attributed to improved local bus service to include additional bus stops which are installed along some key bus routes within the Borough


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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice

on flooding and water quality grounds. Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP13 - Emergency Services and Utilities CSTP27 - Management and Reduction Of Flood Risk PMD15 - Flood Risk Assessment

There were no applications in Thurrock granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flood risk or water resources in 2013 to 2014. The emerging LDF Policy sets out the broad principles for the management of flood risk at all stages of the planning process. E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy LN15 - Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation LN16 - Areas of Local Nature Conservation Significance and Ecological Corridors LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP5 - Sustainable Greengrid

CSTP18 - Green Infrastructure CSTP19 - Biodiversity CSTP20 - Open Space

PMD7 - Biodiversity and Development There has been no change in the areas of biodiversity importance, as shown below.

Green Infrastructure Value and Quality

Designated Areas Area (hectares) Change 31.03.2013 to

01.04.2014

Ramsar Thames Estuary Marshes – 1site 5,553.6 No change

SPA Mucking Flats and Marshes- 1site 312.7 No change

SSSI - 12 sites 1,350.9 No change

Local Wildlife Sites - 70 sites

Positive management - 33 sites

1074.1

655.0

No change

No change

Local Nature Reserves - 2 sites 5.5 No change


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E3: Improving local biodiversity: active management of local sites Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy LN15 - Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation LN16 - Areas of Local Nature Conservation Significance and Ecological Corridors LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP5 - Sustainable Greengrid

CSTP18 - Green Infrastructure CSTP19 - Biodiversity CSTP20 - Open Space

PMD7 - Biodiversity and Development The number of Local Wildlife Sites in Thurrock with positive conservation management plans in place remained unchanged at 33. Local Wildlife Sites in Thurrock support a wide range of habitats including ancient woodland, hedgerows and green lanes, post industrial brownfield sites, reedbeds and chalk grassland. There are 69 designated Local Wildlife Sites in Thurrock of which 33 sites covering an area of 655 hectares, have positive conservation management plans in place. The 33 Local Wildlife Sites with positive management plans in place are as follows:

Site Reason for Selection Area (hectares)

Mardyke River flood-plain 77.6

Hall/Gravelhill Woods Ancient Wood 9.9

The Park/Coombe Wood Woodland complex 24.6

Old Hill/ Great Sutton Wood Woodland complex 13.7

Northlands Wood Woodland complex; hedgerows 19.8

One Tree Hill Grassland flora 3.3

Martinhole Meadow Old grassland 1.3

Martinhole Wood Complex Ancient Wood; hedgerow 7.0

Hawkesbury Grasslands Old grassland 13.5

Fobbing Reedbeds Reedbed 4.9

Corringham/Fobbing Marsh Coastal Grazing marsh 307.2

Manorway Fleet Reedbed Reedbed 9.5

Warwick Wood Ancient Wood 5.5

White Post Wood Ancient Wood 5.2

Oak Wood Ancient Wood 5.3

Little Dilkes Wood Ancient Wood 1.1

Warren Gorge Grassland flora: invertebrates 26.4

Clockhouse Lane/Wodham Cliff Chalk grassland flora: invertebrates 1.3

Tilbury Centre Reedbed: invertebrates 2.8

Tank Lane Chalk grassland flora: invertebrates 1.1

Belhus Park East Grassland flora 13.9

Anchor Field Invertebrates: reptiles 3.3

Blackshots Nature Area Invertebrates 18.7

Horndon Meadow Grassland flora 0.7

Linford Wood Wet woodland complex 3.2

Grovehouse Wood & Marsh Wet woodland: reedbed: Elmwood 2.3

Millard’s Garden/ Brannett’s Wood Woodland complex 20.4

Mill Wood and Cliff Ancient woodland Invertebrates 3.5

Warren Lane Grasslands Brownfield habitat: Invertebrates 1.4

Lytag Brownfield Site Invertebrates 12.4

Grays Pit Extensions Invertebrates: Wildlife corridor 5.9

Stanford Warren Wetlands Reedbed and damp grasslands 20.9

Lion Gorge Flora: Invertebrates: Bats 7.4


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E4: Number of residents involved in the management of open space Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP4 - Sustainable Green Belt CSSP5 - Sustainable Greengrid CSTP18 - Green Infrastructure CSTP20 - Open Space

In 2014 there were 16 “Friends of” groups for the following open spaces:

Belhus Woods Country Park Hardie Park, Stanford Blackshots Langdon Hills Country Park Bulphan Parker Road Chafford Gorges Nature Park Rainbow Road Coalhouse Fort RSPB, Rainham, Wennington and Aveley Marshes Coalhouse Fort Park South Ockendon Rec. Davy Down Riverside Park Thurrock Thameside Nature Park Dilkes Park Tilbury Fort

E5: Number of parks achieving Green Flag status Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSSP5 - Sustainable Greengrid

CSTP18 - Green Infrastructure CSTP20 - Open Space

In 2014 there were 3 sites. These had a total area of 513.9 hectares. This was a reduction of 4.4 hectares from the previous year, owing to the loss of Green Flag status for the Grays Beach site. The maintenance of Green Flag Status is a LDF Core Strategy indicator under Policy CSTP20.

E8: Renewable Energy Generation Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP25 - Addressing Climate Change CSTP26 - Renewable or Low-Carbon Energy Generation

No additional renewable energy capacity was added in 2013.

E10: Adapting to climate change Relevant Policies: LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP25 - Addressing Climate Change CSTP26 - Renewable or Low-Carbon Energy Generation

As a measure of action against climate change, Thurrock Council has reached Level 2. This means that the authority has identified effective adaptation responses to address the risks and opportunities, explicitly related to other council strategies, plans and operations. The target is to reach Level 3, whereby the authority has developed an adaptation action plan to deliver steps to achieve the existing objectives, and partnership arrangements in light of projected climate change.


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WASTE & MINERALS WM1: Production of primary land won aggregates by mineral planning authority Relevant Policies: Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP32 - Safeguarding Mineral Resources

It is not possible to disclose the total figure for primary land won aggregates as Thurrock has two fully working quarries and there is client confidentiality to consider. WM2: Production of secondary and recycled aggregates by mineral planning authority Relevant Policies - Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP31 - Provision Of Minerals CSTP32 - Safeguarding Mineral Resources

The number of secondary operations may mean that disclosure of the figures is not possible. WM4: Amount of municipal waste arising, and managed by management type by waste planning authority Relevant Policies - Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CTP29 - Waste Strategy

In 2013/14 there were 77,527 tonnes of municipal waste arising. Of this, 23.3% was sent to landfill. The remainder was sent for recycling, reuse or composting. The proportion that was landfilled was an increase on the previous year. The reduction of municipal waste landfilled is a Core Strategy indicator under Policy CSTP20.

Amount of municipal waste arising, and managed by management type (tonnes)

Category 2011/12 % 2012/13 % 2013/14 %

Municipal Waste Landfilled

19,716 28.3 12,920 18.5 18,098 23.3

Total Municipal Waste Collected (tonnes)

69,613 100.0 69,912 100.0 77,527

100.0

(Source - NI 193 Thurrock Council Environment, Waste & Recycling Department)

WM5: Maintenance of a 7 year minerals land bank Relevant Policies - Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CSTP31 - Provision Of Minerals CSTP32 - Safeguarding Mineral Resources

For reasons of client confidentiality, it is not possible to disclose the capacity figures.


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WM6: Residual household waste recycled and composted Relevant Policies - Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CTP29 - Waste Strategy

In 2012/13 there were 67,197 tonnes of household waste arising. Of this, 43.0% was sent for recycling, reuse or composting.

Percentage HH waste sent for Reuse, Recycling or Composting (tonnes)

Category 2011/12 % 2012/13 % 2013/14 %

HH waste sent for recycling, reuse or

composting

28,254 42.4 28,868 43.0 29,921 40.9

Total HH Waste Collected

66,614 100.0 67,197 100.0 73,111 100.0

(Source - NI 192 Thurrock Council Environment, Waste & Recycling Department) WM7 - Reduction of municipal waste land filled Relevant Policies - Local Plan Saved Policy Essex County Council Minerals Local Plan policies LDF Core Strategy Policy CTP29 - Waste Strategy

The year on year reduction in landfill was 9.8% - See WM4 above. Waste disposal and recovery installations The European Community Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) provides an overarching legislative framework for the management of waste across Europe. The Directive requires Member States to draw up waste management plans and for those plans to contain specific information including details of major disposal and recovery installations. Those requirements have been transposed in England through regulations. DCLG guidance for local planning authorities on implementing the planning requirements of the Directive states that Waste Planning Authorities should provide this information on a proposals map or as part of their local waste plan. Where this is not the case steps should be taken to provide this information. The guidance states that unless included as part of the local waste plan this information should be set out in an authority’s Monitoring Report. The Council does not have an adopted waste plan. Consequently the details are set out in this AMR at Appendix 2. This information has been provided by the Environment Agency.


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INDICATORS WHERE DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE The indicators in these lists have not been included in the main part of the AMR as there is no data available to report on. Data for the following indicators is no longer collected as a result of the abolition of the National Indicator Set and a move to locally driven performance datasets.

CON3 - Percentage of residents who feel safe during the day and night (reducing gap between best 5 and worst 5 wards)

H7 - New developments achieving BREEAM very good or excellent or Code for

Sustainable Homes Level 3 - 6

H9 - Previously developed land that has been vacant or derelict for more than 5 years

E12 - Tackling fuel poverty - people receiving income based benefits living in

homes with a low energy efficiency rate

T3 - Number of secondary school children travelling to school - car share T4 - Working age people with access to employment by public transport (and

other specified modes) T8 - Number of single Occupancy cars per consented development SIC4 - Participation in culture- use of public libraries SIC5 - Number of tickets sold for arts and heritage events SIC7 - Access to primary care- ability to book a GP appointment SIC8 - Reduction in worst performing neighbourhoods - the number of working

people claiming benefits SIC10 - Number of primary fires and related fatalities and non-fatal casualties,

excluding precaution checks WRC3 - Flood and coastal erosion risk management WM3 - Capacity of new waste management facilities by waste planning authority


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LONDON GATEWAY LOGISTICS PARK LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER (LDO) Background The London Gateway Logistics Park Local Development Order (LDO) was made by Thurrock Council and came into force on the 7th November 2013. The LDO was subject to an agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Section 120 of the Local Government Act 1972 (the S106 Agreement). Clause 8.3 of Schedule 2 of the S106 Agreement requires the London Gateway Companies to provide to Thurrock Council with an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR), setting out the status of the development permitted pursuant to the LDO on the anniversary of its coming into force. The AMR is required to report on the following matters:

• The total number of jobs on-site at the development;

• The nature of enterprises present at the development;

• The extent of employee car usage at the Development and the number of parking spaces;

• The provision for operational lorry parking;

• Information on HGV movements and the proportion of them that relates to the port;

• The number of rail movements;

• Information as to sustainable buildings; and

• Such other additional information as is agreed between the parties. Development Status The status of development permitted pursuant to the LDO at the 7th November 2014 (1st Anniversary) is reported in the Table overleaf. Over the course of the initial year since the making of the LDO Prior Notifications relating to three elements of the overall logistics park development have been submitted and confirmed by the Local Planning Authority. A further fourth Prior Notification has been submitted and awaits determination. These four Prior Notifications relate to a total of 65,496sq.m of commercial floor-space within two B8 warehouse buildings along with the associated common site infrastructure which services these building plots including road and footway/cycleway access, drainage and services. The permitted floor-space represents 10.4% of the overall allowable within Use Class B8 and therefore suggests that the logistics park is on course to deliver the level of B8 floor-space envisaged by the LDO over its 10 year lifespan. It is also notable that, in relation to the Common User Facility (CUF) building, construction commenced within 3 months of the provision of suitable design drawings. This represents a substantial reduction in comparison with the standard planning process (i.e. full or Reserved Matters Application with attached pr commencement conditions). It is further to be noted that the LG Companies are now receiving significant interest from a number of parties seeking to establish commercial development on the logistics park site. Many such parties cite the process of obtaining consent pursuant to the LDO as offering significant benefits over the normal planning process.

Development Permitted Pursuant to the London Gateway Logistics Park Local Development Order (LDO) as at 7th November 2014

Development Nature of Development Pre-

Notification

Submitted

Pre-

Notification

Reference

Pre-

Notification

Confirmed

Consented

Development

Floorspace

(Gross

Internal Area)

Construction

Commenced

Date of

first

operation

Operational

Floorspace

Current Status Construction

Employment

Operational

Employment

Infrastructure

Phase 1

Common infrastructure corridors comprising roads,

shared use footways/cycleways, landscaping,

drainage, and service ducts

03/04/2014 14/00368/

LDOPND

01/05/2014 N/A 01/05/2014 N/A N/A Under

Construction

75 N/A

Common User

Facility

B8 warehouse and ancillary office accomodation

with associated parking, loading and unloading

areas, site access and circulation roads, footways,

refuelling and vehicle wash facilities, plant rooms

incorporating substations, drainage, landscaping

and ground-raising

23/04/2014 14/00441/

LDOPND

20/05/2014 36,088sq.m 15/07/2014 N/A 0 Under

Construction

70 N/A

Prologis B8 warehouse and ancillary office accomodation


areas, site access and circulation roads and

footpaths, plant deck, electrical infrastructure,

drainage, landscaping and ground raising

12/08/2014 14/00937/

LDOPND

29/08/2014 29,408sq.m N/A N/A 0 Permitted but

not yet

commenced

N/A N/A

Electrical

Infrastructure -

Phase 1

Electrical Infrastructure comprising 2 x primary

substations, 3 x street lighting substations and 10 x

ring main units, with associated ground-raising and

access and service infrastructure

17/11/2014 14/01262/

LDOPND

Pending

determination

N/A N/A N/A N/A PNF awaiting

confirmation

N/A N/A

Status of Consent Status of Development Employment Levels

Development Nature of Development Lorry

Parking

Car

parking

Public

Transport

Walk/

cycle

Car

Share

Single

Occupancy

Car Use

Synergy

with

Port

Rail

Transport

Transhi

pment

Targetted

BREEAM

Rating

Achieved

BREEAM

Rating

Target

Proportion

of

Renewables

Achieved

Proportion

of

Renewables

Infrastructure

Phase 1

Common infrastructure corridors comprising roads,

shared use footways/cycleways, landscaping,

drainage, and service ducts

0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Common User

Facility

B8 warehouse and ancillary office accomodation


areas, site access and circulation roads, footways,

refuelling and vehicle wash facilities, plant rooms

incorporating substations, drainage, landscaping

and ground-raising

112 286 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Very Good N/A 11.20% N/A

Prologis B8 warehouse and ancillary office accomodation


areas, site access and circulation roads and

footpaths, plant deck, electrical infrastructure,

drainage, landscaping and ground raising

75 234 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Very Good N/A 1% N/A

Electrical

Infrastructure -

Phase 1

Electrical Infrastructure comprising 2 x primary

substations, 3 x street lighting substations and 10 x

ring main units, with associated ground-raising and

access and service infrastructure

0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sustainable BuildingsPermitted Parking

Levels

Sustainable Transport - Operational Staff

Movements

Sustainable Transport -

Freight Movements

Appendix 1 - Deliverable Sites that are likely to come forward within 5-YearsApril 1st 2015 to 31st March 2020

Reference: Site address: Dwelling capacity

April 2014 Year 1 to 5

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

FIVE YEAR SUPPLY Current Year

2017/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

0 - 5 Years

10110 40Aveley Football Ground, Mill Road, Aveley 11040 20AVE05

171728 Purfleet Road, Aveley. RM15 4DL. 17AVE10a

150 135 55340Aveley Village Extension, South of Aveley Bypass, Aveley

190AVE30

3328 High Street, Aveley, RM15 4AD 3AVE35

4438 Mill Road, Aveley, RM15 4SL 4AVE43

11 Land To Rear Of 110 High Street, Aveley 1AVE44

40183 50The Culver Centre, Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon 18350 43BEL03

1515Whiteacre, Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon 15BEL04

2222Knightsmead School, Fortin Close, South Ockendon 22BEL06

66Broxburn Drive North, South Ockendon 6BEL15

77North of Faymore Gardens, South Ockendon 7BEL16

1515Dilkeswood Centre, Darenth Lane, South Ockendon 15BEL17

2286 Humber Avenue, South Ockendon 2BEL23

116 High Road, North Stifford, Grays 1BEL24

1111Bentons Farm, Mollands Lane, South Ockendon 11BEL25

2 2South Bungalow, Hogg Lane, West Thurrock 2CNS04



2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17


2017/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2234 Warren Terrace, Arterial Road, North Stifford, Grays, RM16 6UT

0CNS05

11Water Tower, Guardian Avenue, North Stifford, Grays 0CNS09

8 8Land Rear Of 78-131, Dudley Close, Chafford Hundred, Grays

8CNS13

1414Former Ardale Site Extension, Harrington Crescent, North Stifford, Grays

14CNS14

2 2Pump House, Church Road, Corringham 2COF35

2020Rear of 1-39 St Johns Road, Chadwell St Mary 20CSM15

33246 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary, RM16 3AP 0CSM18

2520Land rear of St Johns Way, Chadwell St Mary 25CSM24

44Oxford Avenue, Chadwell St. Mary 4CSM35

22109 - 111 Riverview, Chadwell St. Mary 0CSM40

88Riverview Methodist Church, River View, Chadwell St Mary, RM16 4BJ

8CSM41

44The Greyhound, Heath Road, Chadwell St Mary 4CSM47

60 60299 60Bata Field, East Tilbury 29960 59EAT08

22Land Adj Farm Road, East Tilbury 2EAT12

22The Old School, Rectory Road, West Tilbury 0EAT28

30 3080 20Former Belmont Allotment Site, Grays 80GRI04

353559-65 High Street, Grays 35GRI29

4141'Changes' Health & Fitness Club, 76 High Street, Grays, RM17 6HU

41GRI30



2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17


2017/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

10 1030 10Land East of West Street, South Grays 30GRI31

28Argent Street / Thames Road, Grays (Council owned portion)

2828GRI33

24Lion (of Grays) Ltd, 85 London Road, Grays, RM17 5XX 2424GRI34

3310 High Street, Grays, RM17 6LU 0GRI47

5353Seabrooke Rise (ex garages), Grays 53GRI53

22Land To Rear Of 3A - 3B Derby Road, Grays 2GRI54

16The Tops Social Club, Argent Street, Grays 168 8GRI55

11223A Lodge Lane Grays 1GTH03

30 4272Treetops School, Dell Road, Grays 72GTH07

1515Scout Hut & Function Hall, Grays Park, Bridge Road, Grays

15GTH12

2246 Lucas Road, Grays, RM17 5AJ 0GTH28

2525Land at Junction Dell Road and Orsett Road, Grays (greenfield portion)

25GTH36b

7Grove Road, east of no. 54, Grays 77GTH43

3030Masonic Hall, Lenthall Avenue, Grays 0GTH44

2228 Hampden Road, Grays 0GTH45

3 3Land Rear Of 89 To 99 Connaught Avenue, Grays 3GTH49

19 19Land West of Morley Hill 19HOM03

22183 Southend Road, Stanford-Le-Hope 2HOM16

11Hazelmere, Central Avenue, Stanford Le Hope 0HOM19



2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17


2017/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

110 100 95305Land at Thurrock Technical College, Wood View, Grays 195LTB08

11Land To Rear Of 128 And 130, Blackshots Lane, Grays 1LTB11

24Garden Centre, Chadwell Road, Grays 2424LTR06

3341 - 43 Southend Road, Grays, RM17 5NJ 3LTR20

1115 - 17 Southend Road, Grays, RM17 5NH 0LTR21

77Retail Units Corner Broadway and Whitehall Lane, Little Thurrock, Grays

7LTR23a

44Arthur Court, Arthur Street, Grays 0LTR27

227 Rectory Road, Grays, RM16 8BA 2LTR29

44Regency Ceilings, Depot Rear Of St Johns Hall, College Road, Grays

4LTR31

1515Former Congregational Church, North Road, South Ockendon

15OCK01

1414Green Plus Ltd, Arisdale Industrial Estate, South Ockendon

0OCK03d

60 65185 60Former Ford Motor Company, Arisdale Avenue, South Ockendon

185OCK03e

12 12R/O 32/42 Anton Road, South Ockendon 12OCK05

12 12Anton Road North, South Ockendon 12OCK26

2525Derry Avenue Car Park, South Ockendon 25OCK30

11Land Rear Of 10 - 8 Orchard Close, South Ockendon 1OCK35

1128 Avontar Road, South Ockendon, RM15 5AX 1OCK36

13 1Dahlia Cottage, Kirkham Shaw, Horndon On The Hill 2ORS03



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11Wynstay (Plot 2), Stanley Road, Bulphan 1ORS05a

55Southfields, Land Adjoining Essay Villa, Grosvenor Road, Orsett

5ORS14

11Baker Street Garage, Baker Street, Orsett 0ORS20

77Sandown Nurseries, Sandown Road, Orsett, RM16 3DD 7ORS40

11Barringtons Farm, Brentwood Road, Orsett 0ORS44

11Tan-y-Bryn, Hillcrest Road, Horndon-on-the-Hill 1ORS66

44Hill View, Stanford Road, Orsett 0ORS67

1818Kemps Farm, Dennises Lane, South Ockendon, RM15 5SD.

18ORS68

3 3Portland Lodge, Brentwood Road, Bulphan 3ORS71

20 60140 60Bannatynes Health Spa, Howard Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, RM16 6YJ

140SCH03

2424The New Pompadour, St Johns Way, Corringham, SS17 7NA

24SEC07

11Land to Rear of 1 St James Avenue East, Stanford Le Hope, SS17 7BB

0SEC08

1212Bracelet Close, Corringham 12SEC14

9 9First Floor, Grover House, Grover Walk, Corringham 9SEC16

1110 High Road, North Stifford, Grays 1STC21

35 35153 35Land adjacent to A13/ A1014, Stanford-le-Hope 15335 13STW01

1414Rear of 43 King Street, Stanford 0STW08

17171/2, Southend Road, Stanford Le Hope, SS17 0PQ 17STW09



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2222R/O 42 King Street, Stanford-Le-Hope 22STW11

1616Tanglewood, Billet Lane, Stanford Le Hope 16STW18

22Land Rear Of 42-44 Fairview Avenue, Stanford Le Hope (Car Park and Pubs)

2STW24

50 50 50350 50Land at St Cleres golf club Stanford-le-Hope 25050 50STW25

1414Stanford Road (rear of Oxford Road cul-de-sac), Stanford

14STW34

1Leos, 8 Rayleigh Road, Stanford Le Hope, SS17 0NE 11STW38

111 Fairview Avenue, Stanford Le Hope, SS17 0DW 0STW39

5Cabborns Crescent, Stanford-le-Hope 55STW45

2323Units 2,3,5,7, Lansdowne Road, Tilbury 0TRV09

1515Units 2,3,5,7, Lansdowne Road (Remainder), Tilbury 0TRV09a

4747Site at the corner of Brennan Road and London Road, Tilbury

47TRV21

35 35Tilbury Market, Calcutta Road, Tilbury 35TRV32

11162 Dock Road, Tilbury, RM18 7BS 0TRV48

2020New Calcutta Club, 46 - 48 Calcutta Road, Tilbury 20TSC05

40 40130 50St Chads School, St Chads Road, Tilbury 130TSC11

1 1108 Christchurch Road, Tilbury, RM18 7RD 1TSC14

150 50MOT Centre, Tank Hill Road, Purfleet 15050 50WTS01

5555Re-Development Site (remainder), Schoolfield Road, West Thurrock

55WTS18



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2828The New Venue, Flint Street, West Thurrock 28WTS18a

50 50 40140William Ball Site, West Thurrock 90WTS30

236 50Acorn Trading Estate (First phase), Gumley Road, Grays 23693 93WTS31

22Land Including Church Cottage/ Bungalow, Church Hollow, Purfleet

2WTS46

77Harlow Cottage, The Dipping Bungalows, Off London Road, Purfleet

7WTS48

800 200Purfleet Centre - Phase 1 (Site includes WTS04, WTS06, WTS08 and WTS12)

800300 300WTS59

4753 488 987 979 4219842Phase Total 722 689

David Bull - Director of Planning & Transportation, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6SL