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Newark & SherwoodLocal Plan

Annual Monitoring Report

NEWARK AND SHERWOOD LOCAL PLAN

ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT

October 2002

Planning Services

Newark & Sherwood District Council Kelham Hall

Newark Notts NG23 5QX

Tel: Newark (01636) 650000

e-mail: [email protected]

Contents Page No. 1. Introduction (i) The Local Plan 1 (ii) Objectives of Monitoring 1 (iii) Best Value 1 (iv) Monitoring Systems 2 (v) Format of Monitoring Report 2 2. Trends (i) Population 3 (ii) Economy 3 3. Changing Context (i) Planning Policy Guidance 4 (ii) Planning Green Paper 4 (iii) Regional Planning Guidance 5 (iv) Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Joint Structure Plan 6 (v) Local Transport Plan 6

(vi) Nottinghamshire Retail Study 6 (vii) Supplementary Planning Guidance 6

(viii) Community Strategy 7 4. Effectiveness of Planning Policies (i) Use of Policies in Development Control 8 (ii) Progress towards Implementing Development on Allocated Sites 8 (iii) Departures 8 (iv) Appeals 8 5. Performance Indicators (i) Development and Design 10 (ii) Form, Structure & Patterns of Settlement 10 (iii) Housing 10 (iv) Employment 11

(v) Conservation 12 (vi) Countryside & Natural Environment 12

(vii) Retail and Town Centres 12 (viii) Transportation 13

(ix) Recreation 13 6. Conclusions

(i) Performance Indicators 14 (ii) Performance of Policies 15 (iii) Impact of Planning Green Paper 15 (iv) Review of the Local Plan 15

Appendices Page No. A Local Plan Performance Indicators 16 B Use of Policies in Development Control 20 C Progress towards Implementing Development on Allocated Sites 24 D Departures 26 E Appeals 26 F Housing Land Availability 28 G Housing Completions 29 H Recycling of Land for Housing 30 I Employment Land Availability 31 J Employment Land Take-up 31 K Town Centre Retail Vacancies 32

1.0 INTRODUCTION The Local Plan 1.1 The Newark and Sherwood Local Plan was adopted in March 1999. The Local Plan

makes provision for housing and employment development for the period 1991 to 2006. It was agreed at the 30 April 2001 meeting of the District Council’s Policy Committee that ‘a comprehensive review and replacement of the Local Plan to cover the period to 2011 be commenced.’ The first stage of the process is likely to be the publication of an ‘issues report’ for public consultation.

1.2 Local planning authorities are required, under the Town and Country Planning

Act1990, to keep under review the matters that may be expected to affect the development of their area or the planning of that area. This could involve monitoring the extent to which policies continue to accord with new government guidance (e.g. PPG3: housing densities) and reviews of RPG and the Structure Plan. Population and household forecasts, levels of unemployment, major changes in employment structure, loss or gain of major employer etc, will also need to be taken into account. Three aspects have been identified by the legislation as important components which local authorities are required to keep under review:

• the principal physical and economic characteristics of the area; • the size, composition and distribution of the population of the area; • the communications, transport system and traffic of the area.

1.3 PPG12 ‘Development Plans’ stresses the importance of monitoring local plans and

advises local planning authorities to publish the results of plan monitoring on a regular basis. It notes that a number of local authorities already do this in the form of an annual monitoring report. The Newark and Sherwood Local Plan gives a commitment to produce an annual monitoring statement, to examine the progress that has been made in carrying out the policies and proposals in the Plan.

Objectives of Monitoring 1.4 The main objectives of monitoring the Local Plan are to: 1. Gauge the success of the Plan in meeting its aims and objectives; 2. Form a basis for reviewing the Local Plan; 3. Identify areas where further measures are required to implement

policies/achieve objectives e.g. additional planning briefs/supplementary planning guidance;

4. Identify ways in which the Plan can be modified to aid monitoring, e.g. setting of targets, performance measures, revision of objectives;

5. Help promote the benefits of Planning, in general, and Local Plans, in particular (“Best Value”) in providing added value;

6. Establish areas where further detailed research should be undertaken. Best Value 1.5 The 2001/2002 Best Value Performance Plan includes three indicators of relevance

to monitoring the Local Plan: (i) percentage of new homes built on previously developed land; (ii) percentage of appeals defended successfully; (iii) the percentage of permissions which are departures from the Development Plan. However, as from 1 April 2002, only the first of these indicators will continue to be monitored for Best Value purposes.

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Monitoring Systems 1.6 A great deal of information can be obtained from planning applications. The majority

of policies in the Local Plan are development control policies, and so many of the Plan’s objectives will be achieved through the determination of planning applications. The introduction of the Uniform computerised planning system should, eventually, make it easier to use information from planning applications to monitor the Local Plan.

1.7 The District Council has recently changed its GIS provider. Once the new system is

set up, the task of capturing Local Plan policy areas (e.g. Green Belt, allocations etc) can be completed. Monitoring of the Local Plan will be aided when the GIS is linked to the Uniform system.

Format of Monitoring Report 1.8 The Monitoring Report examines the performance of the Plan over the year

1 April 2001 - 31 March 2002. However, in order to assess whether the Plan is meeting its objectives of providing sufficient land to meet Structure Plan requirements for housing and employment, information on these topics has been collected for each year from the Plan’s base date of 1991.

1.9 The Monitoring Report sets the scene by looking at the overall context for the Plan.

Changes in the economy, and population growth are considered together with new policy guidance that has emerged from Government over the past year. The Report then looks at how planning policies have been used over the last 12 months, and how they have stood up on appeal. Next, the main themes of the Plan are considered, and information is provided on some of the Plan’s key performance indicators. Finally, the Report draws conclusions on the performance of the Plan and makes recommendations on the need for any further work.

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2.0 TRENDS Population 2.1 The population of the District in 1991 (source: Census) was 102,769. This consisted

of 50,304 in the Newark Area; 35,252 in the Western Area; and 17,213 in the Southern Area. Mid-year estimates for 2000 (source: Nottinghamshire County Council) put the population of the District at 105,800. This consisted of 52,195 in the Newark Area; 35,455 in the Western Area; and 18,150 in the Southern Area.

Economy 2.2 Between April 2001-March 2002, the unemployment rate in Newark and Sherwood

has decreased from 3.4% to 2.7%. During the same period, the national average has remained static at 3.8%. In Devon (4.7%), Castle (4.7%), Bridge (4.7%), and Boughton (4.4%) wards, unemployment, at March 2002, was above the national average.

2.3 The District has suffered many job losses recently, especially in textiles, food & drink

and engineering, but retains a fairly stable or falling unemployment rate. Evidence that the jobs lost have now been replaced locally is not apparent. The stability of unemployment may be due to the job losses affecting mainly non-residents who were travelling into the District for work or it may be that residents are increasingly commuting to other areas for employment.

2.4 The period 1991-98 saw a loss of manufacturing jobs at twice the national loss rate.

Added to this are the primary sector jobs lost in the mining and energy industries. The ongoing manufacturing downturn since 1998 has seen closures and redundancies in many large local companies. Whilst other similar areas have replaced manufacturing and primary sector jobs with service sector employment, this has not been the case in Newark and Sherwood District. The District is lagging behind in attracting or developing ‘high tech’ manufacturing employment and high value added businesses which would raise average earnings toward the national level.

2.5 At a national level, manufacturing, utilities and primary industries are expected to

continue contracting, with distribution and service sectors expanding. The trend towards smaller employers and less formalised working patterns (e.g. short term contracts, part-time, self employed) is expected to continue.

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3.0 CHANGING CONTEXT Planning Policy Guidance 3.1 Over the past financial year the DETR has issued the following Policy Guidance: (i) PPG25 (July 2001) - Development and Flood Risk; (ii) PPG8 (April 2001) – Telecommunications; (iii) Draft Planning Technical Advice (February 2002) – Development on Land

Affected by Contamination. 3.2 PPG25 states that policies in development plans should outline the consideration

which will be given to flood issues, recognising the uncertainties that are inherent in the prediction of flooding and that flood risk is expected to increase as a result of climate change. It advises that planning decisions should apply the precautionary principle to the issue of flood risk, using a risk-based search sequence to avoid such risk where possible and managing it elsewhere.

3.3 PPG8 states that Local Plans should normally include criteria-based policies to guide

telecommunications developments where sites other than those identified in the plan are proposed. Criteria should be flexible enough to allow for the efficient development of the network and the demands imposed by technology. General policies should also be included on the siting and external appearance of apparatus, and the circumstances in which the local planning authority may decide prior approval is required or might intervene to seek the relocation of an antenna installed under permitted development rights.

3.4 The Draft Technical Advice Note on ‘Development on Land Affected By

Contamination’ advises local planning authorities that, in preparing development plans, they should take into account any potential implications for land contamination. The steering of development to previously developed land, as promoted by PPG3, is seen as having a positive role in bringing about a progressive improvement in the condition of the land as a whole. Information gathered on contamination, as required by the Environmental Protection Act 1990, should be used to inform the revision of development plans.

3.5 Since April 2002, a revised version of PPG17 ‘Open Space, Sport and Recreation’

(July 2002) has been published. It requires local planning authorities to carry out assessments of open space and recreation facilities to set local standards for provision ant to support planning policies.

Planning Green Paper 3.6 The Government published a Green Paper entitled ‘Planning: Delivering a

Fundamental Change’ in December 2001. Following a consultation exercise, the Government has announced that they are committed to the main principles set out in the Planning Green Paper for reform of the plan-making system at the local level. The key elements of the arrangements that the Government intend to introduce are set out below.

3.7 There will be a single tier of Local Development Frameworks (LDFs), in place of local

plans. Structure Plans will be abolished. The Local Development Framework will comprise a folder of documents for delivering the spatial strategy for the area, consisting of:

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• a core strategy; the core policies for delivering the spatial strategy and vision for

the area. The policies should be location specific rather than site specific and may need to be illustrated by a key diagram;

• a proposals section, with a proposals map: this will cover site specific policies and proposals which cannot be covered in area action plans and should be shown on a proposals map. The map will show existing and revised designations for areas of land, such as conservation areas, defining sites for particular developments or land uses and the areas to which specified policies apply;

• area action plans for key areas of change or conservation; containing detailed site-specific policies, proposals or guidance for areas of change or conservation. Many of these will be statutory and subject to independent testing. Others might be non-statutory such as site development briefs.

3.8 The three elements of the LDF can be prepared together or separately. There will be

flexibility about the review and updating of parts of the LDF, with area action plans in particular being produced as and when needed. Similarly, local authorities will be able, where appropriate, to change and up-date aspects of the core strategy as needed, without waiting to change everything together. Local planning authorities will be required to prepare a three year project plan, or Local Development Framework Scheme, setting out the documents they propose to prepare for the LDF and the timetable for preparing each one. Adherence to the scheme will form part of the Best Value assessment indicators against which the performance of the local planning authority will be measured.

3.9 In order to ensure that the community is more effectively involved in the planning process, the core strategy will contain a Statement of Community Involvement which will set out benchmarks for community participation in the preparation of LDF documents and significant planning applications.

3.10 Statutory LDF documents will be subject to testing by an independent Inspector or Panel. The right of objectors to be heard will remain, although the presumption will be that this will take place in informal hearings. The focus of the Inspector’s or Panel’s examination will be to consider the soundness of the plan as a whole (i.e. not restricting it to those matters that have been objected to, as is currently the case). The Government intends to:

• abolish the ‘two-stage’ deposit process;

• promote mediation over objections to plans;

• require time-tabling of the inquiry process;

• give Inspectors more control over the procedures to be used; and

• make the Inspector’s recommendations binding on the authority.

3.11 In the meantime, local planning authorities are expected to progress their reviews of development plans under the existing arrangements as quickly as possible.

Regional Planning Guidance 3.12 The Regional Planning Guidance (RPG8) was published by the Secretary of State in

January 2002.

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3.13 Housing provision for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Structure Plan Area is

expressed as an annual average rate of 2,450 dwellings for the period 2001-2021. This compares with 3462 dwellings in the current Structure Plan Review. This represents a reduction in scale which could affect housing requirements in the Local Plan review. The target for housing development on recycled land (i.e. ‘brownfield’ sites) in the region as a whole has been set at 60% by 2021.

Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Joint Structure Plan 3.14 Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council have announced their

intention to commence work on a Joint Structure Plan (JSP) for the county. An Issues Report was published for consultation in July 2002. A Draft JSP is programmed to be placed ‘on deposit’ in March 2003.

Local Transport Plan 3.15 The North Nottinghamshire Local Transport Plan (LTP) 2001/2002-2005/2006 was

published in July 2000. The LTP contains an integrated transport strategy, combined with a detailed programme of transport measures. Of particular interest is the designation of Newark as a Mobility Management Action Area in the first year of the plan. Consultation on proposed changes to the Newark Town Centre Traffic Management Order, particularly effecting Cartergate, will take place in September 2002.

3.16 Government guidance, in PPG12, highlights the need to integrate planning and

transport strategies. Those elements of the LTP that have land use implications should be incorporated into the Local Plan when it is reviewed. The LTP will be the main mechanism by which Local Plan transport policies will be implemented. In the future, monitoring arrangements put in place for the LTP should also assist in the monitoring of the Local Plan.

Nottinghamshire Retail Study 3.17 The County Council commissioned CB Hillier Parker to undertake a county-wide

Retail Study, which was published in July 2002. The study provides a qualitative and quantitative assessment of existing provision in Newark. It reviews the scope for new retail development taking into account current expenditure flows and the performance of the centre.

Supplementary Planning Guidance 3.18 Over the past financial year the District Council has published the following planning

briefs and supplementary planning guidance: (i) Egmanton Conservation Area Appraisal (July 2001) (ii) Draft Southwell Conservation Area Appraisal (March 2002) (iii) Draft Coddington Conservation Area Appraisal (March 2002). 3.19 A draft planning brief for Millgate Field, Newark was issued for public consultation in

July/August 2001. Further consultation has recently taken place. Work on the preparation of a revised draft planning brief for Land at Bowbridge Road, Newark has been put ‘on ice’ pending the results of an environmental study.

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Community Strategy 3.20 The Local Government Act 2000 places a duty on local authorities to prepare

community strategies for promoting or improving the economic, social and environmental well-being of their areas, and contributing to the achievement of sustainable development in the UK. The requirement to prepare a community strategy came into force in October 2000. In preparing community strategies, local authorities will need to take into account the policies and proposals of the adopted development plan.

3.21 The District Council has commenced work on the preparation of a Community

Strategy. A number of issue groups have been set up to consider key aspects of the Strategy. It is intended to produce a consultation draft Strategy by April 2003.

3.22 The Planning Green Paper emphasises the key role Community Strategies will play

in informing the preparation of Local Development Frameworks. The Local Development Framework is seen as the land use and delivery mechanism for the objectives and policies set out in the Community Strategy.

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4.0 EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNING POLICIES Use of Policies in Development Control 4.1 Appendix B contains a schedule which shows how often individual local plan policies

have been used in Committee reports, and as reasons for refusal in decision notices. 4.2 PPG12 (paragraph 2.22) suggests, “The review process offers a positive opportunity

to make development plans slimmer and more focused. Evidence that policies or proposals have served no useful purpose may be a trigger for removing them from the plan.”

Progress towards Implementing Development on Allocated Sites 4.3 Appendix C contains a schedule indicating the progress that has been made towards

implementing proposals for housing and employment on sites allocated in the Local Plan. During the past year, progress has been made on developing the following housing sites: (Nb) Balderton Hospital; (Np) North of Valiant Road, Coddington; (Nq) Woodhill Road, Collingham; (Ns) Hill Farm, Norwell; (Se) Marlock Close, Fiskerton; (Sg) School Lane, Kirklington; (Si) Southwell Road, Lowdham; and (Sl) Land to north of Halam Road, Southwell. The following sites have been completed: (Nk) Moulton Crescent, Balderton; (No) Newark Road, Coddington; and (Sm) Lower Kirklington Road, Southwell.

Departures 4.4 One of the Best Value performance indicators monitored is the number of departures

from the Development Plan that are granted each year. The 2001/2002 target was for less than 0.5% of all permissions to be approved departures. The achieved percentage was 0.5%. The purpose of this indicator is to identify those decisions taken by the District Council that are contrary to the Development Plan.

4.5 Applications are only advertised as departures when they have been assessed in

detail and the local planning authority is minded to grant a proposal that is contrary to the Development Plan.

4.6 During the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002, 3 applications were advertised as

departures from the development plan. Of these applications: 2 were approved, 1 was refused (see Appendix D).

4.7 The details of the two departures approved are as follows: Station Road, Edwinstowe – engineering workshop. Contrary to E28: Outside village

envelope, but previous use of site as railway goods yard considered comparable to proposed use.

Bowbridge Lane, Balderton – storage and workshop building. Contrary to E28:

planning gain of upgrading access road to existing employment development was a material consideration.

Appeals 4.8 The success, or otherwise, of the Council’s policies at appeal is a useful indicator of

the performance of the Local Plan. One of the Council’s Best Value indicators was the percentage of appeals defended successfully. During the period 1 April 2001 to

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31 March 2002, 42 appeals (including 2 enforcement appeals) were determined (see Appendix E for schedule of planning application appeals). Of the 42 appeal decisions, 2 were withdrawn, 23 were dismissed and 17 were allowed. This means that of the appeals determined 58% resulted in the Council’s decision being upheld.

4.9 The weight given to Local Plan policies by Planning Inspectors can help the local

authority identify problems, either in the wording or interpretation of policies. An analysis of appeal decisions has been undertaken, and the following appeal decisions were judged to contain policy implications:

• Land adjacent to the Old Rectory, Thurgarton – proposal for 2 dwellings in the

Conservation Area. Although site lies within village envelope, the retention of this open area was considered important to the traditional pattern of development. The Inspector, whilst not accepting the principle of development, considered that a low density scheme was not necessarily appropriate, just because site lies within Conservation Area.

• Westgate, Southwell – historic burgage plots were recognised as an important facet of the character of the Conservation Area. PPG3 does not suggest that efficient use of urban land should take place at the expense of the character or appearance of conservation areas, and the setting of listed buildings.

• Old Station Yard, Occupation Lane, Edwinstowe – Inspector considered that development of this site for housing would not prevent passenger rail services being restored should the Robin Hood Line be extended.

• The Orchards, Lowdham – residential development refused on the advice of the Environment Agency. Although not shown as lying within washlands in the Local Plan, the guidance of PPG25 was an overriding material consideration.

• Market Place, Newark – proposal to change from A1 to A2 Use. ‘Fall-back’ of existing A3 consent outweighed policy presumption against non-retail uses in the Market Place.

• Land east of Lord Ted, Farndon Road, Newark – loss of site would not undermine provision of land in Newark Area for high quality business use.

• Woodruff Lane, Bilsthorpe –provisions of PPG3 not considered sufficient to outweigh the site’s status as an allocated site in the Local Plan. Development of this site would not inhibit the release of other previously developed land.

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5.0 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 5.1 This Section of the Report considers the main themes of the Plan, and provides

information on those Local Plan Performance Indicators (see Appendix A) that it has been possible to measure this year.

Development and Design 5.2 Over the period 1 April 2001 - 31 March 2002, 31 planning applications have been

refused on design grounds (i.e. contrary to either Local Plan policy DD4 or H21), compared to 39 the previous year. In addition, 27 applications were refused as failing to preserve or enhance a Conservation Area (i.e. contrary to policy C1), compared with 37 the previous year.

Form, Structure and Patterns of Settlement Recycling Land for Employment 5.3 Over the past year 74% of completions were on brownfield sites. However, this

figure should be treated with caution, as only 6.13 hectares were developed for employment development during the last financial year.

Recycling Land for Housing 5.4 Central Government has set a national target of providing 60% of additional housing

on previously developed land. The Regional Planning Guidance for the East Midlands contains a regional target of 60% in 2021. Local planning authorities are required to adopt their own recycling targets in development plans. In the Council’s Best Value Performance Plan a target of 50% has been set for 2001-2002.

5.5 Over the past year, 27% of completions were on brownfield sites. During the Local

Plan period to date, 48% of new housing development has taken place on brownfield sites (see Appendix H). It is anticipated that over the length of the Local Plan period, taking account of allocations and existing commitments, 55% of dwellings will be built on brownfield sites.

Housing Housing Land Availability Study 5.6 The District Council undertakes an annual Housing Land Availability Study, which

records the extent to which Structure Plan housing requirements are being met. The Local Plan makes provision for 7762 dwellings for the period 1991-2006, to be distributed as follows: Newark area - 4810; Western area - 1847; and Southern area - 1105 (see Appendix F - housing land availability schedule).

5.7 The new PPG3 no longer requires that the local planning authority demonstrate the

existence of a 5 year supply of housing land. However, the Local Plan Proposals Map should show sufficient sites to accommodate the first five years of housing development proposed in the Plan. In practice, therefore it is considered sensible to try to maintain a 5 year land supply. As at 1 April 2002, sufficient land was available (in terms of allocations and planning permissions) to provide a year 5.86 year land supply for the District (Newark Area – 5.79 years; Southern Area 4.23 years; Western Area - 7.81 years).

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5.8 The Structure Plan requirement represents an annual building rate of 517 dwellings

pa for the District (Newark area - 320 pa; Western area - 123 pa; Southern area - 74 pa). Appendix G provides a schedule of annual housing completions during the plan period (April 1991 - March 2001). Over the first 10 years of the Plan, an annual building rate of 439 dwellings pa has been achieved for the District (Newark Area - 253 pa; Western Area - 118 pa; Southern Area - 69 pa). Completions, over the last two years, have been higher in the District, and in the Newark and Southern Areas, than at any time during the Local Plan period.

5.9 One of the key objectives of the Local Plan is to concentrate most housing

development in and around the larger settlements. In particular, the Local Plan strategy encourages the concentration of new housing development within or immediately adjacent to Newark and Balderton. For the purposes of monitoring this objective, parish boundaries have been used as an approximate measure of ‘within and immediately adjacent to Newark and Balderton’. Over the period 1991-2002, 70% of houses built within the Newark Area have been in the parishes of Newark and Balderton.

5.10 PPG3 requires that the number of dwellings provided on windfall sites is monitored.

This will enable the local authority to make allowance for future windfall potential when preparing urban capacity studies and reviewing the Local Plan. Appendix G provides details of housing completions over the past year split between large (i.e. 10 dwellings or more) windfall sites, small (i.e. less than 10 dwellings) unidentified sites, conversions and allocated sites. The information collected shows that, for the year 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2002, 50% of housing development took place on sites not formally allocated in the Local Plan. This represents a decrease on the previous year, when 62% of housing development took place on sites not allocated in the Local Plan.

Affordable Housing 5.11 The District Council negotiates the provision of affordable housing on applications for

residential development on large sites. To ensure that the benefits of affordability are maintained in perpetuity Section 106 Agreements are negotiated which tie the management of the properties to a housing association, or other registered social landlord. In some cases, the Council will accept a commuted sum towards the provision of affordable housing off-site.

5.12 During the past year 1% of housing built was social housing. In addition, £50,000

was negotiated from developers as commuted sums to be used by the local authority to provide affordable housing on other sites.

Employment

Employment Land Availability Study 5.13 The District Council undertakes an annual Employment Land Availability Study,

which records the extent to which Structure Plan employment land requirements are being met (see Appendix I). The Local Plan makes provision for 258 hectares of employment land, which will be distributed as follows: Newark area - 135 ha; Western area - 120 ha; and Southern area - 3ha. Appendix J provides a schedule of employment land take-up during the plan period (April 1991 - March 2002).

5.14 Take-up rates, which average 3.65 p.a. hectares for the plan period, continue to be

low. In 2001/2002, 6.13 ha of industrial land was developed.

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Conservation 5.15 The District Council is committed to conserving and enhancing the District’s

outstanding architectural and historic heritage. At 31st March 2002, there were 45 grade 1, 57 grade 2* and 1280 grade 2 listed buildings in the District. Of these, 51 are included in the ‘Listed Buildings at Risk Register’.

5.16 The District contains 43 Conservation Areas, 5 of which have adopted Conservation

Area Appraisals (Egmanton, Upton, Farnsfield, Bulcote, Eakring). Draft Conservation Area Appraisals have been prepared for Coddington & Southwell.

Countryside and Natural Environment

Countryside

5.17 Policy NE1 of the Local Plan defines those categories of development that are

appropriate in the countryside. During the period 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001, 20 applications were refused as contrary to policy NE1. This compares with 20 refusals in the previous year.

Natural Environment 5.18 Newark and Sherwood District possesses some of the richest and most diverse

wildlife sites in the County. Sherwood Forest candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) is a site of international importance under the European Habitats Directive. There are also 17 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and over 300 non-statutory Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs).

5.19 None of the sites afforded statutory protection (i.e. SSSIs, nature reserves, cSAC)

have been adversely affected by development proposals since the adoption of the Local Plan. No area of ancient woodland has been lost during the same period. Discussions are still taking place with the Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre at Wollaton Hall to enable information on loss of SINCs to be monitored.

Retail and Town Centres

Town Centres 5.20 PPG6 advises that local planning authorities should undertake ‘health checks’ to

assess the vitality and viability of their town centres. Vacancy rates are a key performance indicator of the health of town centres. Appendix K provides a schedule of vacancy rates in the District’s main centres of Newark, Ollerton and Southwell. In Newark, vacancy rates have increased over the past year, to their highest level since regular annual surveys were undertaken. In Southwell and Ollerton, there has been a slight increase in vacancy rates.

Retail 5.21 There has been a number of significant retail developments implemented or

proposed over the last year. In Newark, a major non-food retail development, totalling almost 99,000 sq ft (gross) floorspace, has been completed at Northgate, with Big W as the anchor tenants. In Ollerton, a 47,050 sq ft (gross) Tescos supermarket is now operating at Rufford Avenue.

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Transportation

5.22 The Local Transport Plan identifies a number of indicators that will be monitored

throughout the plan period and beyond. Annual monitoring reports will be produced to illustrate the progress being made towards meeting the plan’s objectives. A number of the indicators are still being developed and data is currently being collected for the LTP monitoring report. However, many of the indicators are being reported on a countywide basis, due to difficulties in disaggregating the data.

5.23 During the last financial year a cycle route from Newark to the British Sugar Factory

has been completed and is currently being extended to South Muskham. The Sustrans route, on the former Lowfield Line, has been completed from Bowbridge Lane to Beacon Hill Road (connecting by existing route to Northgate Station). A shared cycle/pedestrian facility has been completed on the A6097 linking Lowdham and Gunthorpe. Further routes are planned in the coming year.

Recreation 5.24 The District Council seeks to negotiate provision for public open space in new

housing developments. Provision for children’s play areas or sports pitches are made on-site or a commuted sum is accepted towards off-site provision. Section 106 Agreements are entered into to transfer the open space to the District Council and to specify the amount of commuted sums. During the last financial year, £563,420 was received as off-site financial contributions in connection with new housing developments.

5.25 The District Council has commissioned consultants to carry out an Open Space Audit

and Needs Assessment. One of the outputs of the Study will be a database of existing open space which can be updated to facilitate monitoring.

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6.0 CONCLUSIONS Performance Indicators 6.1 The collection of policy monitoring information is becoming increasingly important.

The District Council is being required to provide information to assist in the monitoring of the Regional Planning Guidance. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has indicated that the Planning Bill to enact the changes proposed in the Green Paper is likely to include a statutory requirement for annual monitoring reports. It is anticipated that this will include a greater emphasis on qualitative issues (e.g. range and mix of housing, not just numbers constructed).

6.2 The monitoring of the Local Plan performance indicators is dependent on the

information that can be obtained from the Department’s computer systems. Information systems need to be improved, if the outcome of planning decisions are to be analysed and used to inform policy formulation. The monitoring of information relating to new housing developments is particularly important, in the light of PPG3. Given the complexity and volume of housing data, a database linked to GIS is being set up. Capturing Local Plan data in a digital form is essential, both for monitoring and the preparation of the new Local Plan. This has been postponed until the new GIS is installed.

Housing 6.3 In terms of housing land availability there is sufficient land, based on the rate of

house building provided for in the Structure Plan, within the Newark and Western Areas for at least 5 years. In the Southern Area, as at 1 April 2002, the supply is below 5 years. However, subsequently, planning permission has been granted for residential development on a number of windfall sites, which brings the land supply up to 5 years.

6.4 Despite above average rates of building over the last four years (including, last year,

the highest rate since 1991), completions in the Newark Area during the Local Plan period as a whole have been significantly lower than envisaged by the Structure Plan. When the Plan is reviewed, the prospect of sustaining these levels of growth needs to be considered. In the Southern and Western Areas, building rates closely match those predicted in the Structure Plan.

6.5 Of the 26 large housing sites (i.e. greater than 10 dwellings) allocated in the Local

Plan, 50% have been completed or are currently under construction. Progress has been made towards developing most of the larger sites in the Newark and Southern areas. House building on the largest allocation in the District, the former Balderton Hospital site, is underway and further phases are due to come on stream. The main allocations in the Newark Area still to come forward for development are brownfield sites, which have ownership and/or contamination constraints. On greenfield sites there are two large allocations in the Southern Area and one in the Western Area, where permission has not yet been granted for residential development. The District Council will need to be re-assess the suitability of these sites, in the light of the guidance contained in PPG3.

6.6 During the Plan period so far, the percentage of new housing development built on

previously developed land has been 48%. Brownfield completions over the last four years, since the Local Plan was adopted, have averaged 33%. Following the adoption of the Local Plan in 1999, a number of new large sites became available.

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Of these, the greenfield sites have tended to come on stream first, because they are the easiest to develop. It is anticipated that, on the basis of completions since 1991, and existing commitments and allocations, 55% of development during the plan period will take place on brownfield sites.

Employment 6.7 The take-up of employment land within the District continues to be low. However,

since April 2002 work has commenced on the development of the South Airfield employment site. Unemployment has decreased over the last financial year, although a number of wards, principally in Newark, are above the national average.

Performance of Policies 6.8 The number of departures granted permission was in line with the Best Value target,

and Local Plan policies have stood up well at appeal. Impact of Planning Green Paper 6.9 At this stage the impact of the Green Paper on the Local Plan is unknown. It is

anticipated that the ODPM will soon be publishing further guidance on the transitional arrangements for moving from the current system to the proposed Local Development Framework (LDF) system. The District Council will work closely with GOEM to ensure that the principles of the LDF approach are incorporated in the forthcoming Local Plan review.

6.10 The Green Paper places strong emphasis on the link between Community Strategies

and the Local Development Framework. The LDF is seen as delivering the land use elements of the Community Strategy. It will therefore be important for work on the District Community Plan to be co-ordinated with the Local Plan process.

Review of the Local Plan 6.11 It is anticipated that a Local Plan Issues Report, the first stage of the Local Plan

Review, will be published early in the New Year. The information contained in this (and previous years’) Monitoring Report(s) will form a starting point for identifying the key issues that the new Plan should address.

6.12 A number of studies will be required to inform the review of the Local Plan. The

revised PPG17, ‘Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation’, requires that local planning authorities ‘undertake robust assessments of the existing and future needs of their communities for open space, sports and recreational facilities.’ Consultants have been commissioned to carry out an Open Space Study for the District, the results of which will be fed into the Review of the Local Plan. PPG3 ‘Housing’ recommends that assessments of housing need are undertaken in order to underpin local plan policies. The District Council is about to tender for consultants to undertake a housing needs study. Consultants have carried out a county-wide retail study which will assist in the formulation of policies for retail development in Newark.

6.13 The District Council are participating as a pilot authority in a ODPM/ Local

Government Association initiative relating to sustainable development plans. The initiative is trailing an approach to identifying and using indicators for measuring sustainable development in development plan preparation. It is hoped that participation in this initiative will ensure that the Government’s requirements for sustainable appraisal of Local Plans are met.

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Appendix A - Local Plan Performance Indicators Key Local Plan Objectives

Indicator

Development and Design 1. To improve the appearance and visual

quality of the built environment through sensitive design.

Number of refusals on design grounds. Also, as % of all refusals. Longer-term aspiration to assess number of applications improved as result of input by the planning authority.

Form, Structure and Patterns of Settlement 2. To respect the existing pattern, structure

and form of settlements.

% of area of MOAs/ Open Breaks/ Green Wedges built on.

3. To direct most new development to the

main settlements and encourage urban regeneration.

% of new houses (and other uses, e.g. employment) built on previously developed land. % of housing/employment in main settlements

4. To safeguard the open character of the

Nottinghamshire Green Belt.

% of area of Green Belt built on.

Housing 5. To identify sufficient housing land to meet

Structure Plan requirements.

Land supply. Housing building rates.

6. To concentrate most housing development

in and around the larger settlements.

% of housing built in and around towns and villages.

7. To encourage the provision of a range of

dwelling sizes, and types of tenure, including affordable housing.

Social housing as a % of all new housing. % of dwellings built of different sizes.

Economy 8. To identify sufficient employment land to

meet Structure Plan requirements.

Employment land take-up rates. Employment land supply.

9. To encourage most employment

development in and around the larger settlements.

Employment development in main settlements.

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Key Local Plan Objectives

Indicator

10. To provide for appropriate employment

development in the villages and the rural areas.

Employment development in countryside, and villages.

11. To safeguard existing employment land.

Area of employment land re-used for other uses.

Conservation 12. To protect and enhance Conservation

Areas and their settings.

Number of approvals/refusals for new dwellings & conversions in conservation areas. % of conservation areas covered by appraisals. Total amount of grants given to buildings in conservation areas.

13. To preserve, enhance and secure the future

of Listed Buildings and other buildings of local architectural or historic interest, and to protect their settings.

Number of listed buildings & number of those at risk. Number and proportion of listed buildings lost through demolition. Total amount of grants given to repair listed buildings. Number of Urgent Works Notices served.

Countryside and the Natural Environment 14. To protect the countryside from

inappropriate development.

Number of refusals for applications in the countryside.

15. To encourage the re-use and adaptation of

existing rural buildings in order to provide opportunities for appropriate employment, community, recreation or tourist uses.

Ratio of applications granted permission for conversion to housing and employment/other preferred uses.

16. To protect and enhance areas of landscape

importance, including Sherwood Forest SLA and Mature Landscape Areas.

% of area of MLAs and SFSLA built on. Number of enhancement schemes negotiated in MLAs.

17. To protect and enhance sites of nature

conservation interest and ecological or geological significance.

% of area of SSSIs, nature reserves, SINCs/ancient woodlands lost.

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Indicator

18. To establish the Greenwood Community

Forest.

Area of new woodland and/or heathland created in GCF area.

Shopping 19. To safeguard the vitality and viability of

existing shopping centres.

Amount of major out-of-town centre retail floorspace. % of vacant town centre shops.

20. To encourage the provision/or retention of

village shops.

Number of villages with shop/post office/pub/primary school.

Transportation 21. To encourage a comprehensive public

transport system and easily accessible termini.

To be developed in tandem with Local Transport Plan.

22. To meet the transport needs of all

residents, including pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders and those with limited mobility.

Length of new cycle routes. To be developed in tandem with Local Transport Plan.

Recreation 23. To protect existing public and private open

space and other land of recreational, amenity or visual importance.

Net loss of recreational open space.

24. To ensure that the District is well provided

with recreational facilities and open space.

Amount of public open space negotiated in new housing developments.

Education, Health and Community Facilities 25. To resist the loss of community and social

facilities.

Number of permissions/refusals for change of use of community facilities to other uses.

Public Utilities and Energy 26. To resist development in the washlands.

% of area of washlands built on.

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Indicator

PPG3 27. To make more efficient use of land.

Average density in new developments. Car parking provision in new developments. Number of dwellings on windfall sites.

PPG13 28. To reduce the need to travel, especially by

car.


29. To promote more sustainable transport

choices.


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APPENDIX B - USE OF POLICIES IN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL Monitoring of Policies in Committee Reports from 1st April 2001 - 31 March 2002. PLAN POLICY

SUBJECT 2000-2001 Use (Refusal)

2001-2002 Use (Refusal)

Development and Design DD1 Development 48 (30) 55 (38) DD2 Comprehensive Development 1 1 (1) DD3 Needs of the Disabled 0 1 (1) DD4 Design of New Development 8 (1) 4 (4) DD5 Energy Efficient Development 1 1 (1) DD6 Design of Advertisements 6 (7) 9 (11) Form, Structure and Patterns of Settlement FS1 Urban Settlement Patterns and the Location of

New Development 0 0

FS2 Open Breaks between Newark and Farndon, Winthorpe and Coddington

0 0

FS4 Clay Lane Green Wedge 0 4 (2) FS6 Edwinstowe Green Wedge 1 (1) (2) FS7 Main Open Areas (2) 2 (1) FS9 Appropriate Development in the Green Belt 8 (7) 9 (6) FS10 The Conversion and Re-use of Buildings in the

Green Belt 1 4

FS11 Infill Development in Green Belt Villages 1 (1) Housing H1 Housing Land Provision 0 0 H2 Housing Land Allocations 4 3 H3 Site Na - Balderton Hospital New Community 1 1 H8 Site Sd – South of Marlock Close, Fiskerton 0 1 (1) H10 Site Sl – North of Halam Road, Southwell 0 2 H12 Housing Development on Unidentified Sites in

Newark and Balderton 7 (1) 9 (2)

H13 Housing Development in Large Villages 49 (21) 35 (10) H14 Housing Development in Small Villages 4 (3) 4 (5) H16 Affordable Housing on Large Sites 3 3 H17 Affordable Housing in Larger Settlements

Outside the Green Belt 0 0

H20 Categories of Affordable Housing Need 0 0 H21 Design and Layout of Housing Development 70 (38) 58 (27) H22 Intensification of Development 2 (1) 2 (2) H23 Backland Housing Development 7 (8) 10 (16) H24 Extension of Dwellings 22 (15) 37 (21) H25 Residential Multiple Occupation 0 1 (1) H26 Residential Uses above Shops 0 1 H27 Housing Development in the Countryside 10 (17) 9 (14) H28 Agricultural Workers’ Dwellings 3 (3) 1 (2) H29 Siting and Occupancy of Agricultural Workers’

Dwellings 1 0

H30 Removal of Agricultural Occupancy Conditions 1 (1) 1 (1)

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PLAN POLICY



H31 Replacement Dwellings in the Countryside 4 (1) 3 (1) H32 Residential Caravans and Mobile Homes 3 (4) 1 (1) H33 Gypsy Caravan Sites 0 (1) Economy E1 Employment Land Provision 1 1 E2 Employment Land Allocations 3 (2) 2 E3 1 E4 Site Nb – Farndon Road, Newark 3 (2) 1 E5 Site Nc - Adjacent to Balderton Hospital,

Newark 0 0

E6 Northern Road Industrial Estate, Newark 0 2 E7 Northern Road Industrial Estate, Newark –

Brunel Drive Frontages 0 1

E9 Great North Road, Sutton-on-Trent 0 (1) E10 Land to the north of Ollerton Roundabout 0 0 E14 Trent Lane Industrial Area, Hoveringham 1 1 E15 Employment Development Within Settlements 9 (1) 7 (2) E16 Protection of Industrial Land 5 (1) 2 (1) E17 Redevelopment of Collieries 0 0 E18 Former Ollerton Colliery 0 0 E23 Relocation of Existing Businesses 0 1 E25 Impact on Nearby Residents 2 2 (1) E28 Employment Development 4 4 Conservation and the Built Environment C1 Development in Conservation Areas 48 (37) 53 (27) C2 Outline Planning Applications in Conservation

Areas 0 0

C3 Demolition in Conservation Areas 6 (1) 3 (2) C4 Natural and Other Features of Interest in

Conservation Areas 7 (7) 15 (4)

C6 Historic Landscape around Laxton 2 (1) 1 C9 Demolition of Listed Buildings 4 (2) 2 (1) C10 Alterations, Extensions and Changes of Use to

Listed Buildings 9 (12) 17 (15)

C11 Setting of Listed Buildings 9 (11) 13 (6) C13 Relaxation of Planning Policy 0 0 C15

Advertisements in Conservation Areas on Listed Buildings

6 (7) 7 (13)

C16 Existing Shopfronts of Architectural Value 1 0 C17 New Shopfronts in Conservation Areas 1 0 C18 Use of Traditional Materials in Shopfronts 1 0 C20 Historic Parks and Gardens 1 0 C21 Stoke Field Historic Battlefield 0 0 C22 Scheduled Ancient Monuments and

Archaeological Sites of Major Local Importance (1) 0

C23 Archaeological evaluation within Newark’s Historic Core

0 1 (1)

C24 Archaeological Evaluation Elsewhere 0 0 Countryside and the Natural Environment NE1 Development in the Countryside 17 (20) 24 (20) NE2 The Conversion of Rural Buildings 7 (3) 4 (2) NE4 Agricultural Development 2 1

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PLAN POLICY



NE5 Intensive Livestock and Food Production Units 1 0 NE6 Farm Diversification 1 (2) 1 NE7 Protection of the Countryside 0 (2) 3 (1) NE8 Mature Landscape Areas 7 (6) 7 (3) NE9 Sherwood Forest Special Landscape Area 8 (9) 10 (3) NE10 Sherwood Forest Heritage Area 0 0 NE12 Sites of National Nature Conservation

Importance 0 0

NE13 Sites of County and District Nature Conservation Importance

2 4 (1)

NE14 Habitat Replacement 1 4 NE15 Management of Wildlife Sites 0 3 NE17 Species Protection 3 3 NE19 Amenity Woodland 0 0 NE21 Woodland Management 0 0 Shopping S2 The Sequential Approach and Vitality of

Newark’s Central Shopping Area 1 0

S3 Retail Warehouses, Supermarkets and Superstores

0 0

S4 Non-retail Uses within the primary Shopping Frontages

1 (1) 1 (1)

S5 Non-retail Uses within Market Place and Stodman Street

1 (1) 1 (1)

S7 Shopping Development within Village Centres 2 (1) 0 S10 Shopping Development in Smaller Villages 1 0 S11 Non-Retail Uses in Edwinstowe, Ollerton and

Southwell Village Centres 0 0

S12 Local Shopping Provision in Newark and the Larger Settlements

0 0

S14 Shopping Development in the Countryside 0 2 (1) S16 Outdoor Markets 0 0 Transportation T3 1 0 T13 Newark Town Centre - Car Parking for New

Commercial Development 0 0

T14 Newark Pedestrian Routes 0 3 T15 Newark Cycle Routes 1 3 T17 Village Centres - Proposed Car Parks 0 0 T22 Motorist-Related Services 0 1 T23 Use of the River Trent 0 0 T24 Roads in New Development 0 0 T25 Car Parking and Servicing in New Development 1 1 (1) Recreation R1 Recreation and Sport in Settlements 1 1 R2 Existing Open Space 2 (1) 3 R3 School Playing Fields 1 0 R4 Children’s Play Areas and Sports Fields 9 7 R5 Amenity Open Space 4 3 R6 Adoption of Open Spaces 0 0 R10 Newark Riverside 0 0

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PLAN POLICY



R18 Proposed Public Open Space in Ollerton/Boughton

1

R22 Proposed Recreation Area Between Blenheim Avenue and Southwell Road, Lowdham

0 0

R23 Recreation and Sports Development in the Countryside

3 9 (3)

R24 Golf Courses 0 0 R25 Built Facilities Associated with Golf Courses 0 1 R28 Riding Schools and Racing Stables 0 0 R29 Keeping of Horses and Construction of Stables 0 2 Tourism TO1 New Tourist Development 0 3 (1) TO2 Tourist Accommodation 5 (5) 3 (1) TO3 Hotel Improvements 1 0 TO4 Youth Hostel Accommodation (1) 0 TO6 Tourist Caravan and Camping Sites 4 (6) 2 (1) Education, Health and Community Facilities EHC1 Newark Proposed Schools 1 1 EHC2 Pre-School Child Care Facilities 1 (1) 1 EHC5 Nursing Homes and Elderly Persons’ Homes 1 2 (1) EHC6 Community Facilities 1 3 Public Utilities and Energy PU1 Washlands 6 (2) 6 (13) PU2 Land Drainage and Surface Water Disposal 5 3 PU4 Aquifer Protection 1 4 PU6 Sewerage and Sewage Treatment 0 0 PU9 Telecommunications Development 0 4 (4)

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APPENDIX C - PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING DEVELOPMENT ON ALLOCATED SITES (as at April 2002) Housing Land Allocations Site

Parish Address Dwellings Allocated *

Current Status Dwellings

Dwellings Built U/c N/s

Greenfield/ Brownfield

Na Balderton Balderton Hospital

1150 OPP DPP

1044 106

35

52

19

Brownfield

Nb Newark Kelham Road 40 COM OPP

43 16

43 Greenfield Greenfield

Nc Newark Lincoln Road 20 ALL Greenfield Nd Newark Cow Lane Scrap

Yard 40 ALL Brownfield

Ne Newark Edward Avenue 25 ALL Brownfield Nf Newark Winthorpe Road 80 COM 95 95 Greenfield Ng Newark Rear of White

House & 82 Millgate

5 ALL Brownfield

Nh Newark Sydney Street Maltings

15 ALL Brownfield

Ni Newark Barnbygate Coalyard

15 ALL Brownfield

Nj Newark Cleanaway Site 80 ALL Brownfield Nk Balderton Moulton Crescent 100 COM 90 90 Greenfield Nl Balderton Church Lane 10 ALL Greenfield Nm Averham Manor Farm 11 ALL Greenfield Nn Averham Pinfold Lane 2 ALL Greenfield No Coddington Newark Road 19 COM 38 38 Brownfield Np Coddington North of Valiant

Road 30 DPP 221 7 4 210 Brownfield

Nq Collingham Woodhill Road 27 DPP 24 22 1 1 Brownfield Nr North

Muskham Meadow Close 5 DPP

OPP ALL

3 1 2

2 1 Brownfield

Ns Norwell Hill Farm 6 DPP 10 8 2 Brownfield Nt Norwell School Lane 4 ALL Greenfield Nu Sutton-on-

Trent Palmer Road 6 ALL Greenfield

Wa Bilsthorpe Eakring Road 78 OPP DPP ALL

21 47 10

47

Greenfield

Wb Bilsthorpe Kirklington Road 40 ALL Greenfield Sa Bleasby Rear of Wagon &

Horses PH 25 COM 23 23 Greenfield

Sb Farnsfield Southwell Road 50 COM 45 45 Greenfield Sc Farnsfield Cockett Lane 30 COM 26 26 Greenfield Sd Fiskerton South of Marlock

Close 15 ALL Greenfield

Se Fiskerton Marlock Close 2 2

ALL COM

2

2

Greenfield Greenfield

Sf Kirklington The Green 2 COM 2 2 Greenfield Sg Kirklington School Lane 2 DPP 2 1 1 Brownfield Sh Kirklington Main Street 1 ALL Greenfield Si Lowdham Southwell Road 70 DPP 74 34 32 8 Greenfield Sj Rolleston Staythorpe Road 2 ALL Greenfield Sk Southwell The Ropewalk 18 ALL 7 Greenfield Sl Southwell Land to North of

Halam Road 70 DPP

ALL 30 40

0 12 18 Brownfield

Sm Southwell Lower Kirklington Rd

30 COM 28 28 Greenfield

Sn Southwell Nottingham Road 20 ALL Greenfield So Thurgarton Bleasby Road 1 ALL Brownfield Sp Upton Upton Hall 1 COM 1 1 Brownfield Sq Upton Redland Farm 1 ALL Brownfield ALL = Allocation COM = Complete * estimated DPP = Detailed Permission U/c = Under Construction OPP = Outline Permission N/s = Not Started

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Employment Land Allocations Site Location Address Hectares

Allocated Current

Status Hectares Hectares

Built U/c N/s

Greenfield/ Brownfield

Na Winthorpe South Airfield Farm

43.00 OPP 43.00 Greenfield

Nb Newark Farndon Road 1.81 ALL 1.45* Greenfield Nc Balderton Land adj to

Balderton Hospital

16.00 ALL 16.00 Greenfield

Nd Newark Northern Rd Industrial Estate

16.20 2.40

ALL DPP ALL

15.38 1.04 2.40

1.04

Greenfield

Ne Newark Hawton Lane Industrial Area

1.60 COM 1.05# 1.05 Brownfield

Nf Balderton Belvoir Ironworks

3.00 ALL DPP

3.00 0.40

0.40

Brownfield

Wa Ollerton Land North of Ollerton Roundabout

21.00 OPP 20.09 Greenfield

Wb Bilsthorpe Brailwood Road 1.33 ALL 1.33 Greenfield Wc Bilsthorpe Bilsthorpe

Colliery 4.67 ALL 4.67 Greenfield

Wd Blidworth Blidworth Industrial Park

0.40 ALL 0.40 Brownfield

We Boughton Boughton Industrial Estate

13.08 ALL DPP

13.08

Brownfield

Wf Rainworth Land to West of Colliery Lane

6.12 ALL 6.12?* Greenfield

Sa Southwell Crew Lane 0.69 ALL 0.69 Greenfield 131.52 127.21 1.05 0.00 1.44 ALL = Allocation DPP = Detailed Permission OPP = Outline Permission U/c = Under Construction N/s = Not Started * Site area recalculated # Remainder of site now retained by owner for future usage

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APPENDIX D - DEPARTURES Applications advertised as potential departures during the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002.

APP NO PROPOSAL ADDRESS PARISH DECISION DECISION DATE

0101160FUL Residential Development and village green

Marlock Close Fiskerton Refused 20/03/02

0102195FUL Erection of engineering workshop

Station Road Edwinstowe Approved 28/03/02

0102206FUL Erection of new storage and workshop building

Bowbridge Lane Balderton Approved 11/03/02

APPENDIX E - APPEALS

APP. NO. PARISH ADDRESS PROPOSAL DECISION DEC. DATE FUL/000113 Farnsfield Land at the Spinney,

Mansfield 9 detached dwellings Allowed 17/05/01

00/01490/FUL Edwinstowe Land rear of 2-64 Rufford Rd

New dwelling Allowed 01/05/01

00/01187/FUL Thurgarton Land adjacent The Old Rectory

Two dwellings Dismissed 24/05/01

00/01375/FUL North Muskham

Land off Chapel Lane New dwelling Allowed 15/05/01

00/01140/FUL Newark 1 Bancroft Road House and garage Dismissed 03/07/01

00/00892/FUL Sutton-on-Trent

2 Middle Holme Lane Change of use to bungalow

Allowed 10/04/01

00/00683/FUL Farndon Land adjacent Greystones, School Lane

Bungalow & garage Dismissed 25/04/01

00/00679/OUT Newark Land to east of Lord Ted

Residential development

Dismissed 07/08/01

01/00237/OUT Collingham Land adjacent Birchley Court, Station Rd

Bungalow & garage Allowed 30/08/01

00/01055/FUL Thorney Land off Drinsey Nook Lane

Temporary dwelling for agricultural worker

Allowed 26/09/01

00/0720/FUL Morton Morton Fields Farm Farm house, garage & stables

Dismissed 12/10/01

00/00974/OUT Edwinstowe Old Station Yard, Occupation Lane


Allowed 05/06/01

00/01817/ADV Newark 23-25 London Road Illuminated display units

Dismissed 25/06/01

00/01732/FUL Newark 22/23 Market Place Change of use to A2 Allowed 01/08/01

FUL/000425 Eakring Rear of Highbank, Kirklington Rd

House Allowed 18/07/01

00/01102/OUT Lowdham Adjacent 10 The Orchards

5 dwellings Dismissed 05/11/01

01/00576/FUL Boughton Roselyn, Retford Rd

Change of use of land from domestic to coach operating centre

Dismissed 14/01/02

00/01363/FUL Edwinstowe Land adjacent 76 High Street

3 houses & conversion of building into 2 flats

Allowed 28/11/01

00/01354/FUL Hoveringham Land at St Michaels Farm, Gonalston Lane

New dwelling Dismissed 03/12/01

00/1503/FUL Barnby Dovecote Farm, Front Street

Two dwellings with garages

Dismissed 16/01/02


Land to rear of 7 Palmer Rd

Dwelling Allowed 11/12/01

00/01345/FUL Southwell Land rear of 25 Westgate

Dwelling Dismissed 21/08/01

01/00233/FUL Thurgarton Bramley Cottage, Bleasby Rd

Extension & detached garage

Dismissed 03/10/01

01/00064/FUL Morton Field OS4126, Back Lane/Moor Lane

Shed and alterations to dwelling

Allowed 29/08/01

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APP. NO. PARISH ADDRESS PROPOSAL DECISION DEC. DATE 01/00386/OUT Gunthorpe Land to the rear of

Park House, Lowdham Rd

Bungalow Dismissed 12/03/02

01/01271/FUL Edingley Land at junction of Station Rd

Change of use of land to provide activity centre

Dismissed 23/02/02

01/01726/FUL Upton Field Cottage, Main Street

Access & driveway Allowed 13/11/01

01/00539/FUL Eakring Long Springs, Kirklington Road

Mobile home/caravan Dismissed 04/12/01

01/01365/FUL Bilsthorpe Land off Woodruff Lane


Allowed 22/11/01

00/01506/FUL Ollerton Shannon Caravan Park, Wellow Road

Change of use of land to form extension to caravan park

Dismissed 25/10/01

01/00327/FUL Blidworth 15 Beck Crescent Carport Dismissed 22/11/01

01/00735/OUT Sutton-on-Trent

Lindens Farm, Great North Road

Factory manager’s dwelling

Allowed 19/03/02

01/00478/RMA Bilsthorpe Adjacent Featherstone House Farm, Mickledale Lane

Employment Park Withdrawn 15/01/01

01/00114/OUT Bilsthorpe Adjacent Featherstone House Farm, Mickledale Lane

Employment Park Withdrawn 15/01/01

01/01379/FUL Gunthorpe Lynwood, Lowdham Road

Extension Dismissed 25/03/02

01/00345/OUT Ollerton Shannon Caravan Site, Wellow Road

Dwelling Dismissed 13/12/01

01/00854/ADV Ollerton 41 Whinney Lane Free standing unit Dismissed 27/12/01

01/01184/FUL Edwinstowe 41B East Lane Alterations Allowed 01/02/02

01/00511/TEM Clipstone 58 Mansfield Rd Change of use garage to chapel of rest

Allowed 25/01/02


Rear of 21 Main Street

Cottage Dismissed 07/02/02

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APPENDIX F - HOUSING LAND AVAILABILITY (as at April 2002)

Newark Area Southern Area Western Area District Total Land Required

Structure Plan Requirement 1991 - 2011 (20 years) 6800 1500 2000 10300

Completions 4/91 - 3/02 (11 years) 2953 826 1292 5071

Residual Requirement (9 years) 3847 674 708 5229

Average Annual Provision Required 427 75 79 581

5 year supply required is 2137 374 393 2905

Land Available

No. of Dwellings with Outline Permission 1137 10 168 1315

No. of Dwellings with Full Permission/RM/UC 1085 218 399 1702

Local Plan Allocations 251 89 50 390

Total Land Available 2473 317 617 3407

Land Supply

(Total Land Available/Average Annual Provision

Required)

5.79 years 4.23 years 7.81 years 5.86 years

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APPENDIX G - HOUSING COMPLETIONS Housing Completions by Local Plan Area 91/

92

92/

93

93/

94

94/

95

95/

96

96/

97

97/

98

98/

99

99/

00

00/

01

01/

02

Total

Building Rate

Newark Area

225

178

140

139

306

186

229

331

391

407

421

2953

268

Western Area

153

110

133

154

110

65

101

129

95

125

117

1292

117

Southern Area

65

49

46

68

48

70

53

81

103

103

140

826

75

Total

443

337

319

361

464

321

383

541

589

635

678

5071

461

Percentage of Newark Area Housing Completions in or adjacent to the Urban Area

91/

92

92/

93

93/

94

94/

95

95/

96

96/

97

97/

98

98/

99

99/

00

00/

01

01/

02

Total

Newark Area

225

178

140

139

306

186

229

331

391

407

421

2953

Newark Urban Area *

124

111

71

57

210

127

162

264

293

281

379

2079

%

55

62

51

41

69

68

71

80

75

69

90

70

* Newark Urban Area defined as parishes of Newark and Balderton. Housing Completions by Type for 1999/2000 & 2000/2001

Allocated Sites No (%)

00/01 01/02

Large Windfall Sites No (%)

00/01 01/02

Unidentified Small Sites No (%)

00/01 01/02

Conversions No (%)

00/01 01/02

Total 00/01 01/02

Newark Area

187 (46)

228 (54)

122 (30)

63 (15)

66 (16)

68 (16)

32 (8)

62 (15)

407

421

Western Area

0 (0)

49 (42)

90 (72)

42 (36)

31(25)

22 (19)

4 (3)

4 (3)

125

117

Southern Area

53 (51)

63 (45)

0 (0)

0 (0)

35 (34)

41(29)

15 (15)

36 (26)

103

140

Total

240(38)

340 (50)

212 (33)

105 (15)

132 (21)

131 (19)

51 (8)

102 (15)

635

678

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APPENDIX H - RECYCLING LAND FOR HOUSING (as at April 2002)

Commitments Dwellings Percentage

Allocations

Dwellings Percentage

Completions


Total


Greenfield

993

33

167

43

2662

52

3822

45

Brownfield

2024

67

223

57

2409

48

4656

55

Total

3017

100

390

100

5071

100

8478

100

Completions April 1991-March 2002

Year Greenfield (%) Brownfield (%) Total

1991-1992 *168 (38) *275(62) 443

1992-1993 105 (31) 232(69) 337

1993-1994 125 (39) 194(61) 319

1994-1995 193 (53) 168(47) 361

1995-1996 130 (28) 334(72) 464

1996-1997 99 (31) 222(69) 321

1997-1998 171(45) 212(55) 383

1998-1999 367(68) 174(32) 541

1999-2000 397(67) 192(33) 589

2000-2001 415(65) 220(35) 635

2001-2002 492(73) 186(27) 678

Total 2662(52) 2409(48) 5071

* Estimated

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APPENDIX I - EMPLOYMENT LAND AVAILABILITY (as at April 2002) Newark Area Western Area Southern Area District Total

Land developed 1/4/91 - 31/3/02 20.21 19.09 0.81 40.11

Hectares of land under construction - - - 0.00

Hectares of land with detailed permission 6.27 2.41 - 8.68

Hectares of land with outline permission 64.98 41.30 - 106.28

Hectares of land requiring detailed planning applications 3.80 12.66 - 16.46

Commitments at 1/4/02 75.05 56.37 - 131.42

Hectares of land allocated: General Industry 18.28 24.15 0.69 43.12

Hectares of land allocated: Strategic or Prestige Sites 17.45 - - 17.45

Local Plan Allocations 35.73 24.15 0.69 60.57

Total hectares of land provided for in the Local Plan 130.99 99.61 1.50 232.10

Note: The Nottinghamshire Structure Plan Review only contains employment land provision figures for the period 1991-2011:- Newark Area 200 ha, Southern Area 5 ha, and Western Area 160 ha. APPENDIX J - EMPLOYMENT LAND TAKE-UP 91/

92 92/ 93

93/ 94

94/ 95

95/ 96

96/ 97

97/ 98

98/ 99

99/ 00

00/ 01

01/ 02

Total Take up Rate

Newark Area

-

0.88

1.99

0.66

5.43

1.04

4.65

0.77

0.41

2.77

1.61

20.21

1.84

Western Area

1.88

5.62

2.32

0.70

1.21

0.97

1.05

-

0.35

0.47

4.52

19.09

1.74

Southern Area

-

-

0.20

-

-

0.61

-

-

-

-

-

0.81

0.07

Total

1.88

6.50

4.51

1.36

6.64

2.62

5.70

0.77

0.76

3.24

6.13

40.11

3.65

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APPENDIX K - TOWN CENTRE RETAIL VACANCIES Newark - Vacant Shop Units (Survey July 2002) USE YEAR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Commercial Properties (A1,A2,A3)

398 414 413 407 401 399

Units Currently Vacant 60 55 52 59 58 63 Vacancy Rate 15.1% 13.3% 12.6% 14.4% 14.5% 15.8% Southwell - Vacant Shop Units (Survey June 2002) USE YEAR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Commercial Properties (A1,A2,A3)

81 87 88 90 87 89

Units Currently Vacant 4 4 5 6 5 7 Vacancy Rate 4.9% 4.6% 5.7% 6.7% 5.7% 7.9% Ollerton - Vacant Shop Units (Survey July 2002) USE YEAR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Commercial Properties (A1,A2,A3)

64 74 74 73 67 69

Units Currently Vacant 9 8 10 9 6 7 Vacancy Rate 14.1% 10.8% 13.5% 12.3% 9% 10.1%

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Documents

Newark & Sherwood Local Plan - Amazon S3s3.amazonaws.com/zanran_storage/ AND SHERWOOD LOCAL PLAN ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT October 2002 Planning Services Newark & Sherwood District