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ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT
DECEMBER 2007
Uttlesford Local Development Framework
Annual Monitoring Report 2007
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Part One: Key Characteristics
Part Two: The Local Development Scheme
Part Three: Policy Performance and Effects
i) Core Output Indicators
Business Development
Housing Delivery
Housing Completions
Housing Trajectory
Previously Developed Land
Housing Density
Affordable Housing
Statement of 5-year housing supply
Transport
Car Parking Standards
Accessibility
Local Services
Retail, Office and Leisure Development
Green Space
Environment
Flood Defence and Water Quality
Biodiversity
Designated Sites
Renewable Energy
Gypsy and Traveller Issues
ii) Local Indicators
Performance indicators and targets from the Uttlesford Local Plan
Adopted January 2005
Appendices
APPENDIX 1 Table of Employment Completions 06-07
APPENDIX 2 Outstanding Planning Permission for
Employment Uses @31 March 2007
APPENDIX 3 5-year Housing Supply
APPENDIX 4 Residential Land Availability – Large Sites (12
units and over)@31 March 2007
APPENDIX 4a Dwellings without planning permission on
large sites@31 March 2007
APPENDIX 4b Housing Trajectory Data
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APPENDIX 5 Amount of completed non-residential
development complying with car parking
standards
APPENDIX 6 Retail floorspace in the four main centres
Tables and Diagrams
Table 1 Progress against key stages in the LDS
Table 2 Amount of completed employment floorspace by
type 06-07
Table 3 Amount of floorspace by type within employment
areas
Table 4 Amount of completed employment floorspace on
previously developed land (PDL) by type
Table 5 Outstanding planning permission for employment
floorspace by type
Table 6 Annual housing completions from 2000 – 2007
Table 7 Completions on major sites 01-07
Table 8 Affordable Housing Provision
Table 9 Essex and Southend on Sea Structure Plan
Requirements
Table 10 East of England Plan Requirements
Table 11 Comparison of Supply and Requirement
Table 12 Amount of completed non-residential development
complying with car parking standards
Table 13 Amount of new residential development within 30
minutes public transport time of a GP, hospital,
primary school, secondary school, areas of
employment and a major retail centre.
Table 14 Amount of completed retail, office and leisure
floorspace
Table 15 Summary of Open Space Provision
Table 16 Change in priority habitats and species
Table 17 Areas designated for their environmental value
Table 18 Renewable energy schemes.
Table 19 Count of Gypsy and Traveller sites in Uttlesford July
2006 and January 2007
Diagram 1 - Housing completions and trajectory to 2015
Diagram 2 - Density of development 2006-2007
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Local Planning Authorities must now produce an Annual Monitoring Report
(AMR) to show if Local Plans and the new Local Development Frameworks
(LDF’s) are achieving their aims.
This AMR covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007 and it was submitted
to the Secretary of State through the Government Office for the Eastern Region in
December 2007.
The contents of this AMR is in line with advice in Local Development Framework
Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide and other guidance produced by the Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Communities and Local
Government.
Part One: Key Characteristics
Uttlesford is a relatively affluent area with strong positive attributes. The main
challenge is to maintain these while at the same time meeting the needs of the
community.
Part Two: The Local Development Scheme
Work on the new LDF is progressing. with the Core Strategy Policy Choices and
Options for Growth document going out on consultation and the adoption of the
supplementary planning document on replacement dwellings being adopted
within the monitoring period.
Part Three: Policy Performance and Effects
These are being measured against a set of national indicators which all
authorities have to measure and relevant local indicators. Future results will
enable trends to be identified and assessments to be made as to whether spatial
planning policies are working or not. The assessment includes a housing
trajectory to assess future housing provision. This shows that the amount of land
with planning permission is sufficient to deliver the housing required up to 2011
but that housing completion rates are currently lower than they need to be to
deliver this housing on the ground.
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Introduction
1. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act came into force in September
2004 and introduced a new planning system replacing Local Plans with Local
Development Frameworks (LDF’s). One of the requirements of the new
system is that authorities should prepare an Annual Monitoring Report
(AMR). The AMR has three main functions:
to check the progress of the new Local Development Documents (LDDs)
which the Council has said it will prepare against the timetable set out in
the Local Development Scheme (LDS)
to check the extent to which policies in the new LDDs are being achieved.
No LDDs have yet been adopted by the Council so this AMR will monitor
policies in the Uttlesford Local Plan adopted in January 2005
to advise on the need to revise and update the LDS
2. The monitoring period to be covered by the AMR is from April to March and
it has to be submitted by the end of December in the same year. This report
will cover the period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.
3. This monitoring report is divided into three parts the first part looks at the
issues, challenges and opportunities facing the District. The second part looks
at the implementation of the LDS and the third part is an analysis of policy
performance and effects.
4. If you have any questions about the report please contact Development
Services - Local Plan Policy Section on 01799 510461 or 510454. If you would
like a copy of this report in large print, Braille or any other format please
contact the Customer Care Officer on 01799 510467.
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PART ONE: KEY CHARACTERISTICS
Uttlesford-Key Statistics
Population Households
Total Population 2007 = 71,300 Average household size is 2.51
Population change between 2001
and 2007 = +3.4% Single person households make up
Population density per hectare = 1.1 25% of households in the District
Housing Car Ownership and Commuting
The average house price in July 2006 12% of households have no car/van
– June 2007 was £296,077 37% of households have 1 car/van
3.5% of dwellings are vacant 51% of households have 2 or more
13% of households live in Council or cars/vans
Housing Association housing 66% of residents commute to work
43% of housing is detached by car
31% of housing is semi-detached 9% of residents commute by public
16% of housing is terraced transport
45% of people working in the
District live outside the area
Resources
Domestic gas consumed per person in 2005 = 21,354 KwH
Domestic electricity consumed per person in 2005 = 5,765 KwH
Daily domestic water use per person in 06/07 = 168 litres
Volume of household waste collected by household in 06/07 = 405.51 kg
Socio- cultural Issues
30% population aged 16-74 are educated to NVQ 4 level or higher
In September 2007 the unemployment rate was 0.8%
According to the 2004 English Indices of Multiple Deprivation Uttlesford
is one of the least deprived districts ranked 341 out of 354 Local
Authorities
Ethnic Group
White: 98.17% Black or Black British: 0.16%
Mixed: 1.1% Chinese or Other: 0.46%
Asian or Asian British: 0.55%
(unless stated all figures are 2001)
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5. Uttlesford is a relatively affluent area that has strong positive attributes
including;
a mainly rural environment, with productive farmland and historic small
towns and villages,
high levels of economic activity and very low unemployment,
good access to London and Cambridge which provide job opportunities,
cultural and sporting attractions and shopping,
a growing network of domestic and international air services through
Stansted Airport which is a major employment site,
excellent schools,
good access to healthcare,
low crime rate.
6. For reasons partly related to these attributes, house prices, car ownership,
road traffic casualty rates and road traffic growth forecasts are relatively high.
Use of resources including energy and water is also high.
7. The major challenge is to maintain the features above, which contribute to
people’s quality of life while addressing the following needs within the
District:
To provide affordable housing
To help local companies to grow, creating more jobs locally
To reduce and control noise and air pollution
To provide new development which is of good quality, well designed,
and accessible to all sections of the community
To make sure that people in the countryside have access to local
facilities like schools, shops and leisure
To deal with the threats posed by climate change
To reduce waste and increase recycling
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PART TWO: THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
LDS Implementation
8. The first LDS was brought into effect from 26 April 2005. The Council then revised the LDS to take account of changes to the
programme, the need to include reference to additional documents and some general updating. The first review was
approved by Members for submission on 6 June 2006 and submitted to the Secretary of State on 9 June 2006. In response to
a questionnaire on the Issues and Options for the Core Strategy in July 2006 the Government Office raised concerns about
the programme of proposed work. These changes have been reflected in the second revision to the LDS which was
submitted to the Secretary of State on 13th November and was brought into effect on the 12th December 2006.
Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
Uttlesford Adoption n/a n/a Yes Plan adopted 20 January 2005
Local Plan
Statement of Information December n/a Yes
Community gathering/stakeholder 2004 – March
Involvement involvement and 2005
preparation of a draft SCI
Consultation on Draft SCI April 2005 – n/a Yes Consultation period from 5 April to 16
May 2005 May 2005
Submission to Sec of State June 2005 n/a Yes Submitted 30 June 2005
Consultation on July 2005- n/a Yes Consultation period from 21 July to 31
Submission SCI August 2005 August 2005
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
Examination December n/a Yes Examination by written representations.
2005 The inspector’s decision letter was
received on 28 February 2006.
Adoption July 2006 n/a Yes First full Council at which the SCI could
be adopted.
Core Strategy Evidence Gathering and January January Yes Joint working group set up with other
Stakeholder Involvement 2005- 2005- Mid – Essex Districts to commission joint
December December studies.
2005 2005
Commencement January 2006 January 2006 Partly (see The trigger for commencement was
notes) committee consideration of the evidence
base and early stakeholder involvement.
In practise this was an unrealistic trigger
due to the way the evidence base is being
collected. It was not presented as a
complete work to members before early
stakeholder involvement began in Jan 06.
Issues and Options May 2006- May 2006- Yes Workshops held 19, 22 and 26 April 2006
Consultation July 2006 July 2006 Issues and Options Questionnaire in
Uttlesford Life – Closing Date 31 July
2006
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
Second Issues and n/a January – Yes This second consultation stage was added
Options Consultation Febuary due to advice from the Government
Stage 2007 Office
Public Participation on October 2006 November No
Preferred Options – November 2007 –
2006 January 2008
Submission to Sec of State March 2007 March 2008
Consultation on March 2007 – April 2008
Submission Core Strategy April 2007
Examination September October 2008
2007
Adoption March 2008 April 2009
General Evidence Gathering and June 2006 – June - Yes The LDS has been updated and the 2nd
Development Stakeholder Involvement Dec 2006 December revision has taken account of the
Control 2007 previous slippages.
Policies Commencement January 2007 The evidence gathering and stakeholder
Issues and Options March 2007 – March – June involvement has taken place, including
Consultation June 2007 2008 meetings with PCs, Essex CC and other
Public Participation on September November – key stakeholders.
Preferred Options 2007 – December
October 2007 2008
Submission to Sec of State March 2008 April
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
Consultation on March 2008– May 2009
Submission Development April 2008
Control Policies
Examination October 2008 January 2010
Adoption March 2009 July 2010
Site Specific Evidence Gathering and June 2006 – June 2007-
Policies Stakeholder Involvement Dec 2006 December
2007
Commencement January 2007
Issues and Options March 2007 – March – June
Consultation June 2007 2008
Public Participation on September November –
Preferred Options 2007 – December
October 2007 2008
Submission to Sec of State February April 2009
2008
Consultation on February March – July
Submission Site Specific 2008 – May 2009
Policies 2008
Examination October 2008 January 2010
Adoption March 2009 July 2010
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
SPD - Home Evidence Gathering October October Yes Baseline information collected. Internal
Extensions 2004- April 2004- April officer discussions
2005 2005
Draft SPD in consultation May – June May – June Yes “Issues and Options” consultation 10/6 –
with stakeholders 2005 2005 15/7
Meeting PC’s 7/6 and Agents Forum
14/6
Public participation on August 2005 August 2005 Yes 18/8/05 – 30/9/05
draft SPD
Adoption November November Yes Adopted by Environment Committee
2005 2005 1/11/05
SPD – An Evidence Gathering October October Yes Baseline information collected. Internal
Accessible 2004- 2004- officer discussions
Environment February February
for All – 2005 2005
Renamed Draft SPD in consultation March 2005- March 2005- Yes Meeting with Chair access group 1/05
Accessible with stakeholders April 2005 April 2005 Initial comments received 31.3.05
Homes and Draft SPD discussed by access group
Playspace 20/6/05
Public participation on August 2005 August 2005 Yes 18/8/05 – 30/9/05
draft SPD
Adoption November November Yes Adopted by Environment Committee
2005 2005 1/11/05
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
SPD – Evidence Gathering October 2005 October 2005 Yes Baseline information collected. Internal
Replacement – February – February officer discussions
Dwellings 2006 2006
Draft SPD in consultation March 2006 – March 2006 – Yes “Issues and Options” Questionnaire sent
with stakeholders April 2006 April 2006 out March/April 2006
Public participation on June 2006 June 2006 Yes 16/6/06 – 28/7/06
draft SPD
Adoption September September Yes 26/9/06
2006 2006
Urban Place Evidence Gathering December December Yes Workshops 2/05-04/05
Supplement 2004-April 2004-April
2005 2005
Draft SPD in consultation May 2005- May 2005- Yes Survey July/Aug 2005
with stakeholders May 2006 May 2006 Technical Consultation 11/05 - 3/06
Questionnaire 11-12/05
Developer Meetings May 06
Public participation on September September Yes Consultation from 15/9/06 – 27/10/06
draft SPD 2006 – 2006 –
October 2006 October 2006
Adoption January 2007 March 2007 Yes Adopted by the council on the 13th March
2007
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Table 1: Progress Against Key Stages in the LDS
Document Key Stage Programmed Programmed Key Comment
Dates in 1st Dates in 2nd Milestone
Revision Revision Met
(July 06) (December
06)
Energy Evidence Gathering October – October – Yes Baseline information collected. Internal
Efficiency 2006 2006 officer discussions
SPD February February
2007 2007
Draft SPD in consultation March 2007 – March 2007 – Yes Issues and options questionnaire sent out
with stakeholders April 2007 April 2007 in April – May 2007
Public participation on June 2007 June 2007 No Consultation from 17 August – 28
draft SPD September
Adoption September September No Adopted by the Environment Committee
2007 2007 30/10/2007
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PART THREE: POLICY PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTS
9. The Government has published a list of the Core Output Indicators which it
expects to see covered in the monitoring report. Relevant Local Indicators
should also be included as appropriate. This monitoring report will also
consider the policy performance and effects of the policies in the Uttlesford
Local Plan, adopted in January 2005. The Core Output Indicators are
considered in Section i) below. Section ii) looks at the Local Indicators from
the Adopted Plan. Some of the Local Indicators are covered by the Core
Output Indicators.
10. This report uses the following threshold figures for the development types
measured in the indicators below. These are consistent with the Essex County
Council monitoring for the East of England plan.
Offices - 1,000 sq m or more
Retail - 250 sq m or more
Industry/Warehousing – 100 sq m or more
Recreation and Leisure – 1,000 sq m or more
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i) Core Output Indicators (COI)
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
COI/1a - Amount of floorspace developed for employment by type
11. A full schedule of employment completions is included as Appendix 1. A
summary is included in Table 2 below.
Table 2: Amount of Completed Employment Floorspace by type 06-07
Employment Type Completed %
Floorspace
Sq. M
Business B1 (a) Offices - -
Business B1 (b) Research and Development 1528 9
Business B1 ( c ) Light Industry 607 3
B1 (Not specified) 1277 7
General Industry (B2) 2271 13
Industry/Warehousing/Storage (B8) 11990 68
B1/B2 and B8 (Not specified) - -
Total 17,673
Source: Non Residential Land Availability Study 2007 – Essex County
Council and Uttlesford District Council
12. Of the total employment floorspace above, 7,450 (42%) comes from new build
at Chesterford Research Park, Stansted Airport and Stansted Distribution
Centre. 8149m2 (46%) of the floorspace comes from the re-use of agricultural
buildings – this is in line with policy E5 in the adopted Local Plan and
National Guidance which encourages the re-use of suitable rural buildings for
employment use. The remaining 2344m2 (13%) comes from changes of use
within the employment classes or extensions to existing employment uses.
COI/1b – Amount of floorspace developed for employment by type which is in
employment and or/regeneration areas.
13. There are no regeneration areas within Uttlesford. Table 3 below records the
development completed within employment areas.
Table 3 - Amount of Floorspace by Type within employment areas
Amount of Employment Location Status Notes
Completed Type
Floorspace
(Sq.M)
1528 B1 (b) Chesterford Safeguarded New build
Research Park employment
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land
1277 B1 not specified Stansted Employment New build
Distribution allocation in
Centre adopted plan
1100 B2 general Stansted Employment New build
industry Distribution allocation in
Centre adopted plan
280 B2 general Shire Hill Safeguarded Change of
industry employment use from
land B1
557 B2 general Shire Hill Safeguarded Change of
industry employment use from
land B8
545 B8 general Shire Hill Safeguarded Change of
storage employment use from
land B1
Source: Non Residential Land Availability Study 2007 – Essex County Council and
Uttlesford District Council
COI/1c – Amount of floorspace by employment type, which is on previously
developed land
14. Appendix 1 gives details of all the employment floorspace completed during
the year 06-07. The information is summarised below. Overall, 78% of
completed floorspace is on previously developed land (PDL). The majority of
the PDL land is used for B8 offices.
Table 4 : Amount of Completed Employment Floorspace on Previously
Developed Land (PDL) by Type
Employment Type Completed Completed % % of
floorspace Floorspace Of PDL Total
On PDL by Floorsp
Employ ace on
ment PDL
Type
Business B1 (a) Offices 1277 1277 10 7
Business B1 (b) Research and 1528 1528 11 9
Development
Business B1 ( c ) Light Industry 607 607 4 3
B1 (Not specified) - - - -
General Industry (B2) 2271 2271 17 13
Industry/Warehousing/Storage 11900 7740 58 44
(B8)
B1/B2 and B8 (Not specified) - - - -
Total 17583 13423 100 76
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Source: Non Residential Land Availability Study 2007 – Essex County Council
and Uttlesford District Council
COI/1d Employment land available by type
15. In the Uttlesford Local Plan, provision is made for a net increase of about
17.35 hectares of land for business, general industry, storage or distribution
(there is no distinction by type of use on a site by site basis). The sites which
make up this total are listed below. This figure excludes land within Stansted
Airport. The relevant target in the adopted plan is a net employment land
increase of 16 hectares by 2011.
Great Dunmow Business Park 9.60ha
Land adjoining Saffron Business Centre 1.00ha
Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden 3.76ha
London Road, Great Chesterford 0.89ha
Stansted Distribution Centre Expansion 2.10ha
16. In addition 77.94 hectares of existing employment land are allocated in the
adopted plan as safeguarded employment land on the following sites:
Chesterford Research Park 15.59
Golds Enterprise Zone and Old Mead Road Elsenham 2.20
Station Road, Great Chesterford 2.46
Chelmsford Road Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow 4.23
Flitch Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow 2.10
Hoblongs Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow 2.60
Oak Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow 2.10
Ongar Road Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow 1.52
Ashdon Road Commercial Centre, Saffron Walden 12.83
Printpack Factory, Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden 2.00
Shire Hill Industrial Estate, Saffron Walden 11.25
SIA Factory, Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden 3.00
Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden 2.10
Parsonage Farm, Birchchanger 2.09
Start Hill, Takeley 5.61
Parsonage Road, Takeley 1.00
Chemical Works, Thaxted 0.86
Sampford Road, Thaxted 1.42
Elsenham industrial Estate 2.99
17. Appendix 2 gives a full list of the outstanding planning permissions for
employment land for Classes B1, B2 and B8 at 31 March 2007. Table 5 below
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only includes the new employment sites from this list. It does not include
those sites in Appendix 2 which are within the allocated or safeguarded
employment areas listed above or permissions which involve the conversion,
extension or redevelopment of an existing employment use.
Table 5: Outstanding Planning Permission for Employment
Use by Type
Employment Type Ha
Business B1 (a) Offices 1.08
B1 – B8 24.64
B1/B2 and B8 (Not specified) 0
Total 25.72
Source: Non Residential Land Availability Study 2007 – Essex
County Council and Uttlesford District Council
COI/1e Losses of employment land in (i) employment/regeneration areas and
(ii) local authority area
18. Loss of employment land in designated employment areas = 0
Loss of employment land in Local Authority Area = 0
COI/1f – Amount of employment land lost to residential development
19. Amount of employment land lost to completed residential development = 0
HOUSING DELIVERY
Housing Completions
20. The target in the adopted plan is a net dwelling stock increase of 4,620
between 2000 and 2011. Table 6 below shows progress to date against this
target.
Table 6: Annual Housing Completions from 2000-2007
2000-2001 224
2001-2002 154
2002-2003 393
2003-2004 229
2004-2005 335
2005-2006 554
2006-2007 326
Total 2215
Shortfall 2405
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Source: Annual Land Availability Studies
Housing Trajectory
COI.2a Housing Trajectory showing
i) net additional dwellings over the previous 6 year 1919
period or since the start of the relevant
development plan document period, whichever is
the longer (2000-2006)
ii) net additional dwellings for the current year 326
(2006-2007)
iii) projected net additional dwellings up to the end 2001
of the relevant development document period or
over a ten year period from its adoption, which
ever is the longer (2006-2015)
iv) the annual net additional dwelling requirement 430
of the East of England Plan [2001-2006] 2006-2021
and,
v) Annual average number of net additional 447
dwellings needed to meet overall housing
requirements, having regard to previous year’s
performance (iii/9)
21. The Housing Trajectory is a way of showing past and future housing
performance by identifying the predicted provision of housing over the
period of the plan. The trajectory below shows that housing completion
figures have only failed to reach the average annual requirement of the
regional plan in two years since 2001. However, a significant increase on the
current completion rates is still needed to meet the housing numbers required
for the remainder of the period. Appendix 4b shows the predicted annual
completion rates for known development sites.
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Diagram 1: - HOUSING COMPLETIONS AND TRAJECTORY TO 2015
700
600
500 Projected Completions on Green Field
Projected Completions of Previously
Developed Land
400
Actual Completions
RSS Average Annual Requirement 2001-
300 2015
Requirement taking into account
previous years completions
Average annual requirement taking into
200
account previous years performance
100
0
96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15
22. Within the trajectory there is considerable reliance on a limited number of
major sites. This is identified as a key risk to achieving the numbers required.
The four major sites are:
Woodlands Park, Great Dunmow
Priors Green, Takeley/Little Canfield
Oakwood Park, Felsted/Little Dunmow
Rochford Nurseries, Stansted Mountfitchet
23. At March 07 both Woodlands Park and Oakwood Park were under
construction. The trajectory anticipates that Oakwood Park will continue at a
rate of about 100 per year completing in 2010, and Woodlands Park will
proceed at about 60 per year. Development has commenced for 650 units at
Priors Green at an assumed rate of 100 per year.
A second developer is pursuing phases 7&8 which may increase completion
rates. Rochford Nurseries has planning permission for 600 units. Detailed
consent exists for 427 units. Development has now commenced and the off
site infrastructure works are complete.
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Table 7: Completions on Major Sites 01-07
Completions
Capacity 2000 2001- 2002- 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total Outstanding
-01 02 03 -04 -05 -06 -07 To 2007 with
planning
permission
Woodland 1253 30 24 33 24 119 143 30 403 1003
s Park
Priors 815 26 26 624
Green
Oakwood 810 30 54 105 82 73 108 113 565 273
Park
Rochford 720 0 0 600
Nurseries
Source:2007 Annual residential land availability studies
Previously Developed Land
COI/2b Percentage of new and converted dwellings on previously developed
land
24. Previously developed land (PDL) is that which is or was occupied by a
permanent structure (excluding agriculture or forestry buildings). The
definition covers the curtilage of buildings. PDL may occur in both built up
and rural settings.
25. The national target is that by 2008 60% of additional housing should be
provided on previously developed land and conversions of existing
buildings. Between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007 a total of 363 gross
residential units were built. Of these 229 were on PDL (63%). In the previous
year 554 units were built of which 340 were on PDL (61%)
26. By the very nature of Uttlesford there is limited PDL in the District. The
percentage of homes built on PDL will therefore reflect the scale of housing
required and the availability of PDL in the District.
27. The Local Plan adopted in January 2005 contains policies, which allow
development on PDL and safeguarded Greenfield sites. However three of the
major sites permitted for urban expansion and settlement expansion at
Stansted Mountfichet, Takeley and Great Dunmow are not classed as PDL.
Once development proceeds on these sites the percentage of homes built on
PDL will decrease significantly. The target for use of PDL in the adopted Plan
is therefore 40%.
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Housing Density
COI/2c Percentage of new dwellings completed at: Less than 30 dwellings per
hectare; (ii) between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare; and (iii) above 50
dwellings per hectare.
28. The Government guidance as set out in PPG3 is that local planning authorities
should avoid development which makes inefficient use of land (ie less than 30
dwellings per ha), encourage housing development which makes more
efficient use of land (between 30 and 50 dwellings per ha), and seek greater
intensity of development at places with good transport accessibility.
29. The chart below shows that 30% of the housing completions were built at a
density of over 30d/ha. Completions at a density of under 30 dwellings per
ha accounted for 70% of completions for the year.
30. The reason for such low density is due to the majority of these sites being
replacement dwellings and single dwellings on infill plots in villages and
rural locations where seeking a higher density would be detrimental to the
character of the area.
Diagram 2 Density of Development 2006-07
140
120
100
80
Percentage
Rural
Urban
60
40
20
0
% under 30ha at 30ha-50ha over 50ha
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Source: Residential Land Availability Survey 2007
Affordable Housing
COI/2d Affordable Housing Completions
31. The target in the Uttlesford Local Plan is to provide 980 affordable homes between
2000 and 2011. The table below shows the affordable housing completions from
2000. These completions include both exception sites and affordable housing as an
element of market housing schemes.
Table 8: Affordable Housing Provision
Year No of Affordable Houses
Completed
2000-2001 26
2001-2002 28
2002-2003 14
2003-2004 25
2004-2005 112
2005-2006 172
2006-2007 50
Total 427
Source: Residential Land Availability Survey 2007
32. Planning permission exists for developments which will provide a further 525
affordable units. The majority of these units are to be provided on the major sites
listed in paragraph 22. It is anticipated that the shortfall of 28 units will be met from
rural exception sites, sites without planning permission and through increased
capacities of sites.
33. Policy H9, in the Uttlesford Local Plan seeks 40% affordable housing on suitable
sites. This was adopted in January 2005 and the implementation of this policy should
result in an increase in the number of affordable units coming forward.
Statement of 5 – Year Housing Supply in Uttlesford 2007 - 2010
34. Uttlesford District Council’s five year land requirement are based upon the
District’s housing allocations in the adopted Essex & Southend Replacement
Structure Plan 2001.
35. Table 9 below indicates the 5-year requirement for the period 2007-2012. the
Structure Plan period ends 2011 and therefore regard has been given to the emerging
Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) to cover the full five years.
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Table 9 Essex & Southend on Sea Structure Plan Requirement
Housing Requirement 1996-2011 5600
Houses built 1996-2007 3294
Residual requirement 2007 – 2011 2306
Requirement for 5 years 2007 – 2012 Residual
Residual requirement 2007-2011 2306 annual
Annual requirement of RSS 2012 0430 average of
2736 547 per
annum
36. Regard should also be had to the housing requirement of the Proposed Changes to
the RSS for the East of England as a material consideration. Table 10 below indicated
the 5-year requirement based on the emerging RSS.
Table 10 East of England Plan Requirement
Housing Requirement 2001 - 2021 8000
Houses built 2001-2007 2031
Residual requirement 2007 – 2021 5969 Residual
(residual annual average = 5969/14 annual average
years) of 426 per
annum
Requirement for 5 years 2007 – 2012
(residual annual average of 426 x 5 2130
years
37. Appendix 3 identifies the sites that have the potential to deliver housing during the
five year period. These include sites which have planning permission, sites allocated
for housing in the Development Plan and unallocated brownfield sites that have the
potential to make significant contribution to housing delivering during the five year
period. A total of 2752 dwellings are assumed to be deliverable within the next five
years.
38. Table 11 below, indicates there is sufficient land with planning permission for
housing to meet the requirements of both the Structure Plan and East of England
Plan.
Table 11: Comparison of Supply and Requirement
Essex & Proposed
Southend on Sea changes to East of
2001 based England Plan
Total Supply 2007 - 2012 2752 2752
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Total Requirement 2007 - 2012 2736 2130
Surplus over Requirement 16 622
Number of years supply 5 years 6.5 years
(total supply/average annual
requirement)
TRANSPORT
Car Parking Standards
COI/3a – Amount of completed non-residential development within Use Class
Orders A,B, and D complying with car parking standards set out in the Local Plan.
39. In July 2001 the Essex Planning Officers Association produced Vehicle Parking
Standards and recommended them to District Authorities as Supplementary
Planning Guidance. The standards were maximum standards. The standards were
incorporated into the Uttlesford Local Plan Deposit Draft published in October 2001
but it was not stated that they were maximum standards. The Council adopted the
maximum standards in the Revised Deposit Plan October 2002. Appendix 5 lists all
the Class A, B and D developments completed in 06-07 and shows the parking
provision and requirements for each scheme. This is summarised in table 12 below
and shows that the majority of schemes comply with car parking standards –
whether these are minimum or maximum standards.
Table 12: Amount of Completed Non-Residential Development Complying
with Car Parking Standards
Use Schemes approved before Oct 02 Schemes approved after Oct 02
Class
Floorspace M2 % Floorspace M2 %
A No completions 0 No completions 0
B 2032 40% (60%n/k) 17593 77% (16%n/k)
D No completions 0 No completions 0
Source: Non-residential land availability study 2007
Accessibility
COI/3b – Amount of new residential development within 30 minutes public
transport time of a GP, hospital, primary school, secondary school, areas of
employment and a major retail centre.
40. The following table shows that nearly 100% of houses completed are near key
services. The exceptions to this are Hospitals which are all outside the District. This
indicator does not take into account frequency of public transport.
Table 13: Amount of new residential development within 30 minutes public
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transport time of a………
Net number of houses As a % of total houses
completed completed
GP 215 66.15
Hospital 114 35.08
Primary School 230 70.77
Secondary School 174 53.54
Areas of employment 208 64
Major retail centre n/k n/k
Source: Essex County Council 2007
LOCAL SERVICES
Retail Office and Leisure Development
COI/4a Amount of completed retail, office and leisure development
COI/4b Amount of completed retail, office and leisure development in town
centres
Table 14: Amount of Completed Retail, Office and Leisure
Floorspace
Type of Use Completed Floorspace Amount and % of
06-07 Completed
Floorspace within
Town Centres
Retail (A1 & A2) 270 270 100%
Office (B1a) 1277 0 0%
Leisure (D2) 0 0 0
Source: Non Residential Land Availability Study 2007 – Essex
County Council and Uttlesford District Council
Green Spaces
COI/4c Amount of Eligible green spaces managed to green flag award standard
41. Currently there is only limited information available. There are no green
spaces within the District that have been awarded the Green Flag award but
this indicator is about spaces which would meet the required standards and
the green spaces do not have to receive the award to be included. A PPG17
survey of open space within the District has been carried out as part of the
evidence base for the new LDF. Altogether 136 sites (588.07Ha) have been
identified.
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Table 15: Summary of Open Space Provision
Ha
13 Allotments 10.67
31 Amenity Green Spaces 12.79
31 Natural/Semi Natural 430.01
Green Spaces (inc Hatfield
Forest)
31 Outdoor Sports Provision 107.33
3 Parks and Gardens 8.86
27 Provision for Children 18.41
and Young People
Total 588.07
Source: UDC Green Space Strategy
42. The broad nature of spaces covered by the standard and the fact that it can
apply to sites in private as well as public ownership means that analysing all
potential sites against the list of green flag standards will be a major task. We
aim to have this information available by 2008/09.
ENVIRONMENT
Flood Defence and Water Quality
COI/7 Number of planning permissions granted contrary to the advice of the
Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality
43. In 2006/07 the Environment Agency (EA) raised objections to 9 applications
within the District. 4 were refused, 1 is awaiting a decision and 4 were
approved. Amongst other conditions the approved applications had
conditions relating to the height of the ground floor to minimise flood risk.
Biodiversity
COI/8(i) - Change in Priority Habitats and Species
44. The Essex Biodiversity Action Plan was published in 1999 and currently
contains action plans for 25 species and 10 habitats, the majority of which
have been drawn from the national action plans as being of priority in Essex.
The action plans of relevance to Uttlesford are listed in Table 16. Limited data
exists on the population of species and the Council is reliant on other
organisations for this data. Where species are known to exist ecological
surveys are requested with planning applications.
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45. Table 13 illustrates that a change in priority habitats and species due to
development is not known for the majority of species and habitats. As data
becomes available for more species the Council will be able to record and
monitor changes. The Council is committed to the establishment of a
Biological Record Centre for Essex. However, the species listed are generally
found in locations beyond developments limits where development is not
normally permitted. Where exact locations are known for species or habitats
it is possible to monitor applications for development. This monitoring report
has demonstrated that there have been no permissions for development in the
monitoring year in these known locations. The figures for Uttlesford from the
RSPB Great Garden Bird Watch indicated an increase in the number of
gardens where a Song thrush was seen.
Table 16: Change in Priority Habitats and Species
Species/Habitat Population/Area Change/comment
Mammals Brown Hare Population unknown n/k
EBP undertaking survey Farmland species –
change due to
development unlikely
Dormouse Population unknown n/k
EBP undertaking survey Woodland species –
change due to
development unlikely
Otter 2004 survey (EBP) None
29 locations surveyed of No development
which otters found at 5. permitted in locations
Pipistrelle bats Population unknown n/k
Ecological surveys
requested &
mitigation measures
undertaken when
identified on site
Water Vole 1998 Survey (Mammal n/k
Society) waterways species –
14 locations surveyed, change due to
found at 0 locations development unlikely
Other Great Crested EBP undertaking survey n/k
vertebrates Newts 15 confirmed sites Ecological surveys
requested &
mitigation measures
undertaken when
identified on site
Invertebrates Desmoulins' whorl 2004 Survey (EBP) None
snail Found at 1 site No development
permitted in location
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Birds Grey Partridge Population unknown n/k
Farmland species –
change due to
development unlikely
Skylark 1988/89 survey (BTO) n/k
75 tetrads surveyed, found Farmland species –
in 58. change due to
development unlikely
Song Thrush RSPB Garden survey Negative
Asked Sarah Found in % of gardens n/k if change due to
Kenyon 2004 35% development or other
2005 28% factors
2006 32%
2007 15%
Stone Curlew Population unknown n/k
chalk downland
species – change due
to development
unlikely
Plants Black Poplar 11 specimens None
Oxlip 2002/03 survey of 95 sites Negative
(EWT) (Majority Change due to
previously surveyed in woodland
1974.) management . None
Species found in 70 sites due to development.
Habitats Hedgerows n/k n/k
Ancient 1775 ha None
Woodlands
Cereal field n/k n/k
margins Farmland habitat –
change due to
development unlikely
Heathland 1.75ha None
Old Orchards EBP undertaking survey n/k
agricultural habitat –
change due to
development unlikely
Urban areas 2006 Survey (UDC) None
Allotment 8ha
Natural Greenspace 2ha
Parks & Gardens 0.9ha
EBP – Essex Biodiversity Project RSPB – Royal society for the Protection of Birds
EWT – Essex Wildlife Trust UDC – Uttlesford District Council
BTO – British Trust for Ornithology
Designated Sites
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COI/8(ii) Change in areas designated for their intrinsic environmental
value including sites of international, national, regional, sub-regional or local
significance
46. Table 17 identifies the designated sites within the district.
47. Uttlesford has 12 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) totalling 632ha.
During 2006/07 no development was approved within or adjacent to SSSI.
48. Two of the SSSI are also National Nature Reserves (NNR), totalling 401ha.
During 2006/07 no development was approved within or adjacent to NNR.
49. There is a decrease in the number of County Wildlife Sites (CWS) this year
due to a review of the sites. The study looked at 83 existing wildlife sites
along the A120 and West Anglian Rail corridors to identify the status of the
current network, assessing the sites against the current selection criteria for
Essex and identifying new sites with the potential opportunity for wildlife
corridors between local wildlife sites. Nine new sites were added, 10 were
deleted and the boundaries of some sites have been changed.
50. There are 239 CWS within the District, 157 are woodland, 71 are grasslands
and special roadside verges and 11 are known as mosaic sites with a mixture
of habitats. They total 2141.69 ha of land. In addition there are 16,625 meters
of linear CWS. There were 2 applications approved for development adjacent
to CWS, neither of which would result in a loss of the CWS.
51. Uttlesford has 1175 ha of ancient woodland which represents 49% of the
District’s woodland. During 2006/07 no development was approved within
or adjacent to ancient woodland.
Table 17: Areas designated for their environmental value
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Site Area (ha) Number % Condition/Comments
Ashdon Meadow 1.39 Unfavourable
declining
Debden Water 21.27 Unfavourable
declinin
Elsenham Woods 44.42 Favourable (39.97ha)
Unfavourable
(4.45ha)
Garnets 24.99 Favourable
Wood/Barston Lays
Hales & Shadwell 15.36 Favourable
Wood
Halls Quarry 0.68 Favourable
Hatfield Forest 410.79 Unfavourable
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recovering (367 ha)
Favourable (25ha)
Unfavourable
declining (18 ha)
High Wood 41.53 Unfavourable no
change
Little Hallingbury 4.46 Unfavourable
Marsh declining
Nunn Wood 9.51 Favourable
Quendon Wood 33.51 Favourable
West Wood 23.93 Unfavourable
recovering
631.84
National Nature Reserves
Hales Wood 8.20
Hatfield Forest 392.93
401.13
County Wildlife Sites
Woodland 1811.7 157 85%
Grassland 217.69 71 10%
Mosaic 112.3 11 5%
2141.69 239
Linear County Wildlife Sites
Woodland 6500m 39% Generally Green
(3 sites) lanes
Grassland 10125m 61% Generally road
(25 sites) verges
Mosaic - 0%
16625m
Ancient Woodland
1775 49.2% of
all
woodland
Sources: English Nature 2007
Phase I Habitat Survey 1990
Renewable Energy
COI/9 Renewable energy capacity installed by type
52. The Government has set a target of 10% of electricity supply from renewable
sources by 2010. In 2004 3.1% of the UK electricity supply came from eligible
sources of non-renewable energy. There are two completed schemes in
Uttlesford. The Quarterly Renewable Energy Planning Review for England
April – June 2006 shows three other potential schemes in Uttlesford – listed in
the table below. All three are landfill gas schemes. The council is now
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recording planning applications for domestic and other renewable energy
installations for future monitoring.
53. In 06/07 seven applications were received for renewable energy schemes, 4
were approved, 2 were refused and 1 was withdrawn. The reason for the 2
refusals was because the proposed wind turbines conflicted with the
safeguarding criteria for aircraft safety.
Table 18: Renewable Energy Schemes
Site Capacity Type of Status
(Mw) Energy
Installed and Operational
Crumps Farm, Little 0.47 Landfill Operational
Canfield Gas
West Mill, Near 2.50 Landfill Operational
Stansted Gas
Other Schemes
Elsenham Landfill, 0.97 Landfill No application made
Henham Road, Gas
Elsenham
Ugley 2 Landfill Application approved –
Gas awaiting construction
Crumps Farm Extension 0.47 Landfill Approved Feb 06 –
Gas Awaiting Construction
Source: Quarterly Renewable Energy Planning Review for England
April- June 2006
GYPSY AND TRAVELLER ISSUES
Table 19: Count of Gypsy and Traveller Sites in Uttlesford – January 07
July 06 Jan 07
No of Sites No of No of Sites No of
Caravans Caravans
Socially Rented 1 18 1 18
Private 14 34 14 33
Total on Authorised Sites 15 52 15 51
with PP
‘Tolerated’ sites without 1 1 1 2
PP
‘Untolerated’ sites without 0 0 0 0
planning permission
Total on Unauthorised 1 1 1 2
Sites without Planning
Permission
Source: UDC & Department for Communities and Local Government 2007
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Sites Recorded in January 2007 No of Caravans
Socially Rented Sites
Felsted Travellers Site, Station Road, Little Dunmow 18
Permanent residential
Authorised Private Sites
The Ford, Braintree Road, Great Dunmow 1
Honey Orchard, High Easter 1
The Pickle, High Roding 3
Clay Lane, Stebbing 1
Tall Trees, Church Road, Stansted 10
Middleside, Church Road, Stansted 10
Oakview, Church Road, Stansted 1
Clovelly, Brick End, Broxted 1
Elmswood, Brick End, Broxted 1
Adj to Elmswood, Brick End, Broxted 1
The Patch, Clavering 1
Total 49
54. There were no planning permissions granted for new public or private sites,
or expansion of existing sites, during the monitoring period. There are no
other unimplemented permissions outstanding at the end of the monitoring
period.
55. Looking Back, Moving Forward, an assessment of the housing needs of
Gypsies and Travellers in Essex prepared by Salford Housing and Urban
Studies unit for the Essex Planning Officers Association was published in
December 2005. This will form the basis for further work on needs
assessment at the District level.
56. A report commissioned by EERA concluded that across the East of England
there is a requirement for 1,220 net additional residential pitches over 5 years
from 2006-2011, as well as 300 additional pitches for transit/transient needs.
There are two options for the distribution of the additional pitches, under
option 1 Uttlesford would need to make provision for 12 pitches and under
option 2 15 pitches.
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ii) Local Indicators
Performance Indicators and Targets from the Uttlesford Local Plan Adopted January 2005
Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
ECONOMY
E1 Distribution of To ensure provision Amount, location and Net The target of 16ha is a district wide target.
Employment Land is made for enough rate of employment employment This will be measured under COI/1d
land to meet land provision in land increase
Structure Plan Great Dunmow and of 16 hectares
requirements and Saffron Walden by 2011
to enable the between 2000 and
expansion of 2011 monitored
existing firms and annually
the introduction of
new employment
E2 Safeguarding To ensure that a Area of safeguarded No net 1.17 ha of B1 live work units at Thaxted Rd
Employment Land range of employment land decrease in Saffron Walden - Under construction.
employment between 2000 and identified
opportunities is 2011 safeguarded
available at key land
locations across the
district and that
alternative
employment exists
other than in the
concentration on
airport at Stansted
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
E3 Access to To ensure Number of relevant All relevant SPD not prepared
workplaces development for permissions meeting applications to
employment advisory standards of comply with
purposes is Supplementary SPD
accessible to all Planning Documents
E4 Farm To help diversify Number of No Target met: no appropriate development
Diversification the economy in the permissions for appropriate refused.
E5 Re-use of Rural rural areas and employment uses in development Type No. No. Reasons for refusal
approved refused – contrary to
Buildings provide alternative rural areas refused policies
income for farm Livery Stabling
Business Use 2 6 GEN1 GEN2 GEN4
based businesses ENV8 RE2 E5 T3
RE2 E5 C2 NR1
Retail
Leisure 1 1 C5 T1 RE2 E5 S7
GEN2
Tourism
accommodation
Assembly (non-
residential)
E1 Distribution of To enable As Above As Above See COI 1a-1f
Employment Land opportunities for
E2 Safeguarding local employment
Employment Land close to where
E4 Farm people live, which
Diversification may potentially
E5 Re-use of rural reduce travel to
buildings work.
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
ENVIRONMENT
ENV1 Design of To Conserve and Number and type of No departures Target met: no departure from plan
Development enhance the historic developments from the plan
Within buildings and their permitted in The table below excludes householder
Conservation Areas setting Conservation Area developments.
Type No of applications approved
New dwelling 10
Conversion to 8
residential
Residential 6
redevelopment
New Office 1
Conversion to 4
office
Retail 1
extension
Conversion to 0
financial and
professional
services
Conversion to 1
restaurant/café
Conversion to 0
non-residential
institution
Extension to 0
Hotel
ENV2 Development Number and type of No departures Target met: no departure from plan
affecting listed listed building from the plan
buildings consents permitted
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
ENV3 Open spaces Number of No loss of Data only available for identified protected
and trees developments open spaces or open space. No inappropriate development
resulting in loss of trees through permitted. Only significant application
open spaces and trees inappropriate submitted was for 164 dwellings and school
development building at The Friends School in Saffron
Walden. The application was refused
November 2007.
No data is available this year for loss of
individual trees. Practicalities and
resources needed to monitor this data will
be considered for next year.
ENV4 Ancient To protect Ancient Number and type of No loss of 26 applications approved for development
Monuments and Monuments and development nationally or within ancient monuments or
Sites of archaeological sites permitted each year locally archaeological sites. 14 were for changes of
Archaeological on archaeological sites important use of existing buildings and 2 were for an
Importance archaeological extension to an existing building, 8 were for
sites new buildings and 2 were for reconstruction
and preservation. This excludes
householder applications.
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
ENV5 Protection of To protect the Number and type of No departures Target met :No departures from the plan.
Agricultural Land natural development from the plan An application for 162 dwellings at
ENV6 Change of use environment for its permitted on Oakwood Park, Lt Dunmow advertised as a
of agricultural land biodiversity and agricultural land departure and refused permission, it went
to domestic garden agriculture, cultural to appeal and the appeal was dismissed.
and visual qualities The applicant how now appealed to the
Administrative Court arguing that the
decision was flawed. The appeal is due
sometime in early 2008.
No. Type
5 Residential garden
5 Recreational keeping of horses
0 Car park/parking area
ENV7 The De-designation or No departures See COI/8(ii)
protection of the damage to SSSI’s from the plan
natural environment NNR’s or other
– designated sites nationally designated
sites
ENV8 Other Number of No departures See COI/8(ii)
landscape elements developments on from the plan
of importance for other sites of
nature conservation importance for nature
conservation
Area of Ancient No reduction See COI/8(ii)
Woodland in area
ENV9 Historic Number and type of No departures Target Met. No departures from the plan.
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
Landscape developments from the plan No. Type
permitted each year 0
within identified
historic landscapes
ENV10 Noise To limit sensitive Number and type of No departures Target Met: No departures from the Plan
sensitive development in development from the plan
development and areas subject to permitted in specified No. Type
disturbance from high levels of noise zones 29 Householder
aircraft from aircraft or e.g. extensions etc
ENV11 Noise other sources and (Applications 9 New Dwellings
generators and avoid deterioration recorded within 2004 2 Hotels
exposure to noise in the noise 57Db 16hr 3 Agricultural Building
environment. LEQ ) 4 Employment (Class B1 – B8)
1 Restaurant/café/drinking
establishment
1 Non-residential institution
2 On Airport development
1 Other
Conditions requiring sound insulation
applied
ENV12 To protect ground Number and type of No departures Target Met: No departures from the plan
Groundwater water resources development from the plan
Protection from contamination permitted within No Type
groundwater 33 Householder
protection zones 7 Dwelling
0 Retail
1 Restaurant /Cafe
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
2 Business
1 Residential institution
ENV13 Exposure to To protect users of Number and type of No departures Target Met: No departures from the plan
poor air quality residential development from the plan
properties in permitted No Type
particular from 3 Householder
long term exposure 2 Ag Building
to poor ground 2 Business
level air quality 1 Storage
2 Office development
NB: Part or all of the application sites fall within the
poor air quality zone but the built development itself
my not fall within the zone.
Policies ENV10 to To Improve the As for above policies As for above As above
ENV13 health of the policies
community
HOUSING
H1 Housing To meet the Amount, location and Net dwelling See para 18
Development Structure Plan rate of housing stock increase
housing provision monitored of 4,620
requirement and annually. Location between 2000
provide sufficient will include use of and 2011
housing to meet previously developed
locally generated sites 40% of See COI/2b
requirements. To development
concentrate on previously
housing developed
development in the land over plan
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
main urban areas period.
and other locations
well related to
employment and
facilities
H9 Affordable To meet the need Amount of affordable 980 homes See COI/2d
Housing for affordable new homes provided, between 2000
housing and retain and proportion of the and 2011 (This
mixed and total dwelling is based on the
balanced completions each year assumption
communities that are affordable that relevant
sites are
granted
planning
permission
after the plan
has been
adopted)
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
H10 Housing Mix Number and 1000 homes No update report available.
EERA report not proportion of new between 2000
available yet. homes built with no and 2011 (This Target exceeded
more than 3 is based on the
bedrooms assumption Between 2000 and 2006 1160 (63%) of
that relevant completed dwellings had 3 bedrooms or
sites are less.
granted
planning (Source EERA monitoring report 05/06)
permission
after the plan
has been
adopted)
LEISURE AND CULTURAL PROVISION
LC1 Loss of Sports To safeguard Number and type of No departures Target met – no departures from plan.
Fields and existing open space developments from the plan 1 application received for 164 dwellings (52
recreational facilities within towns and permitted on sports houses and 112 flats) on the Friends School
villages for either fields and recreational playing fields. The application was refused.
formal or informal facilities
recreation
LC2 Access to To ensure Number of relevant All relevant Not included - SPD not prepared yet
Leisure and Cultural development for permissions meeting applications to
Facilities leisure and cultural advisory standards of comply with
purposes is Supplementary SPD
accessible to all. Planning Document
LC3 Community To enable the Number and type of No No relevant applications
Facilities provision of facilities permitted appropriate
community each year development
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
facilities in villages refused
which would
accommodate
activities central to
village life, even
where development
would not normally
be permitted.
LC4 Provision of To develop sport Number, type and No Target Met: No appropriate development
outdoor sport and and leisure facilities location of new appropriate refused
recreational facilities at key sites and facilities development
beyond settlement enable outdoor refused Permissions granted in 06/07 beyond
boundaries recreation in the development limits for:
countryside whilst Erection of new cricket pavilion – Great
protecting it’s Sampford
character and Replacement indoor polo club school –
amenities Great Canfield
Paintballing – Aythorpe Roding
Sports hall – Felsted
Football club changing room – Stebbing
Youth club – Thaxted
2 applications were refused as they were
contrary to policies: C3 C5 E5 S7 GEN2 RE2
LC5 Hotels and Bed To support tourism Number, type and No
and Breakfast in Uttlesford within location of new appropriate Type No of No of
Bedrooms Bedrooms
Accommodation the capacity of its facilities permitted development Of Approved Refused
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
towns and villages refused Development In Out In Out
Dev Dev Dev Dev.
to accommodate Limits Limits Limits Limits
visitors c/u of Rural Building 8 41 - -
c/u of other Building 1 - - -
Extension/ - 19 - -
Replacement
of Existing
Accommodation
New 282 - - -
Building
Total 291 60 - -
RETAILING AND SERVICES
RS1 Access to To ensure retail and Number of relevant All relevant Not included – SPD not prepared
retailing and service permissions meeting applications to
services development is advisory standards of comply with
accessible to all Supplementary SPD
Planning Document
RS2 Town and Local To sustain and Amount and location No net loss of Information on floorspace in the four main
Centres enhance the vitality of retailing and retailing and centres collected as part of commissioned
and viability of services monitored services in retail study forms the baseline information.
Saffron Walden as a annually identified This has been updated for 06/07 as shown
principle shopping settlements in Appendix 5
centre, of Great
Dunmow as a
smaller town centre
and of the local
centres of Stansted
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
Mountfitchet and
Thaxted
To promote mixed
use commercial
developments in
these centres
To focus retail and
mixed use
commercial
developments in
locations that
maximise the
opportunities to use
means of transport
other than the
private car.
RS3 Retention of To prevent further Number of retail and No net loss in No up to date data available on number of
retail and other loss of retail and other services in rural retail and retail and other services in rural settlements.
services in rural other services in settlements monitored other services Survey to be undertaken before March 08 to
areas rural areas. annually in rural areas. obtain baseline information for 07/08.
TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
T1 Transport To facilitate the Number and type of No departures Target Met: No departures from the Plan
Improvements improvement of the development from the plan
transport and permitted in Only safeguarded area is for Dunmow
telecommunications safeguarded areas north west bypass.
network
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Relevant Policy No Objective Indicator of Policy Relevant Progress
Performance Target
T2 Roadside To protect the Number, type and No departures Target met: No departures from plan.
Services and the character of the location of roadside from the plan
new A120 countryside from services permitted
inappropriate each year
T3 Car parking transport and Number of off airport No airport No applications recorded for off airport
associated with telecommunications car parking spaces associated car parking.
development at development parking to be
Stansted Airport permitted
Still to check beyond the
airport
boundaries
T4 Number, type, No departures Target Met: No departures from the plan.
Telecommunications location of equipment from the plan.
equipment permitted each year 4 applications received, 3 approved 1
refused.
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APPENDIX 1
Employment Completions 06-07
Utt Ref Site Development Description Floorspace How Net PDL
(sq m) much Gain
floorspace
currently
in
Employ
ment
use
B1 (a) UTT/1426/04 Land at Stansted Erect units for general business 1277 1277 1277 Y
distribution centre use (B1)
B1 (b) UTT/1622/05 Chesterford Research Erection of new building for B1 1528 1528 1528 Y
Research and Park, Little use in Research Park
Development Chesterford
B1 (c) UTT/0873/06 The Crendon Building, c/u from B8 storage and 607 607 607 Y
Hill Green Farm, distribution to B1 light industrial
Clavering
Total (B1) 3412 3412
B2 General UTT/1534/03 Unit 2a, Stansted General industrial building 1100 1100 Y
Industry distribution centre
UTT/1255/05 Cambridge Road, c/u from nursery storage 85 85 Y
Newport buildings to motor repairs
UTT/2160/04 Unit 3 Shire Hill, c/u light industrial to B2 general 280 280 Y
Saffron Walden industry
UTT/1438/06 Unit 15 Shire Hill, c/u from storage B8 to MOT 557 557 Y
Saffron Walden station servicing and repairs
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Utt Ref Site Development Description Floorspace How Net PDL
(sq m) much Gain
floorspace
currently
in
Employ
ment
use
UTT/0320/06 Richmonds Farm, c/u from B8 potato store to B2 249 249 Y
Thaxted car sales, repairs and storage
Total 2271
General UTT/1965/05 Easter Hall, Aythorpe c/u of grain store to B8 storage 615 615 615 N
Storage Roding
B8 UTT/1650/04 Concord Farm, School c/u from poultry unit to storage 6823 6825 6823 Y
Road, Rayne
UTT/0318/06 Butlers Lane, Saffron c/u from agriculture to B8 180 180 180 Y
Walden
UTT/0535/06 Shire Hil industrial c/u from B1 light industrial to 545 545 545 Y
estate, Saffron Walden B8 warehousing
UTT/0849/05 Site 600, Taylors End, Development for business and 3545 3545 3545 N
Stansted Airport, storage – 11 units including an
Takeley office
UTT/0349/06 Hammer Hill Farm, c/u from barn to studio, 282 282 282 Y
Hammer Hill, production and storage areas
Stanbrook, Thaxted (B8)
Total 11,900 11,900
Total Completed Floorspace 17673
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Outstanding Planning Permission for Employment Uses as at April 07
Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
B1 (a) Offices 1185/02 Dunmow Office units 1050 - 1050 0.25 New employment
Inn, Great site
Dunmow
1361/06 Shire Hill, Demolition of 2979 - 2979 0.29 Safeguarded
Saffron existing units and employment site
Walden erection of new B1
offices
1047/04 10 Erection of business 1690 - 1690 0.04 New employment
Cambridge office site
Road,
Stansted
1662/05 Thremhall Business office 2470 - 2470 0.5 New employment
Priory Start site
Hill, Stansted
Total 8,189 - 8,189 1.08
B1 (b) 1881/04 Chesterford B1 research and 3886 - 3886 0.7 Safeguarded
Research and Research development employment site
Development Park, Little building
Chesterford
1513/02 Chesterford New research 7591 - 7591 0.76 Safeguarded
Research building, facilities employment site
Park, Little building and star up
Chesterford units
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Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
0883/06 Chesterford Erection of new 3428 - 3428 0.34 Safeguarded
Research building employment site
Park, Little
Chesterford
Total 14,905 - 14,905 1.8
B1 (c) 1340/03 Coston Redevelopment light 976 - 976 0.1 Existing
Light Engineering, industrial building employment site
Industrial Bowers Lane,
Hadstock
0743/06 Mawkinsherd Demolition of 1110 - 1110 0.1 Existing
Farm, existing buildings, employment site
Wellstye erection of workshop
Green, and storage
Barnston buildings
0180/02 Hill Top, Mill Replacement 590 310 280 0..47 Existing
Road, building for storage employment site
Henham and repair vehicles
1344/04 The Barn, c/u builders store to 162 - 162 0.12 New employment
Mill Lane, light industrial site
Elsenham
0397/02 Chaffix Farm, B1 light industrial 310 - 310 0.03 New employment
Braintree site
Road, Felsted
0444/03 Elms Farm, c/u agriculture 414 - 414 0.05 New employment
The buildings to light site
Broadway, industrial
Great
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Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
Dunmow
0234/05 Cambridge c/u of agricultural 280 - 280 0.06 New employment
Road, building to B1 site
Littlebury
0321/06 Unit 1 and 2 c/u from farm 342 - 342 0.07 New employment
Butlers Farm, buildings to site
Butlers Lane, carpentry and
Saffron joinery workshop
Walden
1706/04 Veerman site, Erect light industrial 2100 - 2100 0.92 Safeguarded
Thaxted building employment site
Road
0239/05 Parsonage Proposal for B1 use 14000 5200 (ind) - 4.93 Safeguarded
Farm, 8800 employment site
Stansted (outdoor ind
and storage)
0765/05 Factory units Single story link 314 - 314 1.4 Existing
1 & 2 Sibleys extension between employment site
Green, units 1 and 2
Thaxted
1908/05 Thunderley c/u from farm 740 - 740 0.8 Existing
Hall Farm, buildings to B1 light employment site
Wimbish industrial
B1 not 1382/01 Thaxted New general 1288 - 1288 0.18 Allocated
specified Road, Saffron business use. employment site
Walden Live/work units
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Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
Total 22,626 14,310 8,316 9.23
Industry 1931/06 Bonningtons c/u of 3 barns to 760 - 760 0.4 New employment
/Warehouse Farm, storage site
B1 or B2 or Takeley
B8
0241/02 C E Tractor Industry and 1040 - 1040 0.3 New employment
Sales, warehousing use site
Arkesdon
Road,
Clavering
0621/04 Old Mead Sub division of 6576 - 6576 0.66 Existing
Road, distribution employment site
Elsenham warehouse
0478/05 Chickney c/u of redundant 378 - 378 0.4 New employment
Road, building to B8 site
Henham storage
2042/06 Haslers Lane, c/u from B1 to B2 186 - 186 0.05 Existing
Great garage services employment site
Dunmow
1625/03 Smiths Farm, Development of 42200 - 42200 10.00 Allocated
Chelmsford business premises employment site
Road, Great for class B1, B2 and (site area excludes
Dunmow B8 landscape belt)
1719/03 Unit 2 c/u from B2 to B8 3828 - 3828 0.4 Existing
Ashdon Road employment site
Community
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Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
1361/06 Dairy Demolition of 713 - 713 0.07 Allocated
Pipelines, exsisting units and employment site
Shire Hill, erection of new B1
Saffron offices and B2 units
Walden
0136/06 The Doric c/u from 2061 - 2061 0.2 Safe guarded
Buildings, storage/offices/light employment site
Shire Hill industrial to class B8
Saffron
Walden
1709/05 Land Thaxted General storage 172 - 172 0.02
Road, Saffron warehouse
Walden
0875/02 Former c/u garden centre to 3500 - 3500 0.45 Allocated
garden centre industry/warehouse employment site
Thaxted
Road
0484/06 Duck End, c/u of farm building 120 - 120 0.01 New employment
Stebbing to B8 general storage site
1845/04 Windward Extension and c/u 4860 - 4860 0.48 Existing
Bananas employment site
High Cross
Lane, Little
Canfield
0287/05 The Barn, c/u from B2 to B8 162 - 162 0.02 Existing
White Roding employment site
0196/02 Hillside c/u from poultry 1500 - 1500 0.15 New employment
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Utt Ref Site Development Floorspace Employment Net Site Status
Description (Sq M) Floorspace Gain Area
Lost (Ha)
Farm, farm to storage site
Chrishall
Total 68,056 14,310 68,056 13.61
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Appendix 3 The 5 Year Housing Supply : components of supply
Parish address Outstanding Available: Available: Available:
units @ Site under Outline/ Owned by
April 2007 construction Detail/ Developer/
Reserved Known
Matters or Interest/
Local Plan Advertised
Allocation for Sale
Birchanger 300 Birchanger Lane 6
Felsted Ingrams Close 25
Felsted/Lt Dunmow Oakwood Park (Flitch Green) 183
Great Dunmow Counting House Lane 10
Great Dunmow Godfrey Way 7
Great Dunmow Rear of 37-75 High St 71
Great Dunmow 83 High Street 14
Great Dunmow Woodlands Park Sector 2 150
Great Dunmow Rosemary Lane former infants school 30
Great Dunmow Land at Saracens Head 9
Great Dunmow Land at Chequers Inn 8
Great Dunmow Land off Springfields 23
Great Easton Land at Brocks Mead 20
Little Canfield Land south of Dunmow Road 11
Newport ECC Depot Bury Water Lane 14
Saffron Walden Bell College, Peaslands Road 32
Saffron Walden Kiln Court Thaxted Rd 51
Saffron Walden Land south of Ashdon Road 75
Saffron Walden Land at Lt Walden Road 15
Saffron Walden Three Valleys Water site, Landscape View 7
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Parish address Outstanding Available: Available: Available:
units @ Site under Outline/ Owned by
April 2007 construction Detail/ Developer/
Reserved Known
Matters or Interest/
Local Plan Advertised
Allocation for Sale
Saffron Walden Paxtons Depot, Thaxted Rd 12
Saffron Walden 8 Station Road 12
Saffron Walden Friends School 60
Saffron Walden Bell College School Buildings 65
Saffron Walden Bell College Butler Hall site 30
Stansted Mountfitchet Rochford Nurseries 600
Stansted Mountfitchet Silver St 34
Stansted Mountfitchet Stoner House 6
Stansted Mountfitchet Water Lane 8
Stebbing Old Chapel 9
Takeley Priors Green 650
Takeley Takeley Nurseries 35
Takeley Laurels Yard 44
Takeley “Island Sites” Priors Green 20
Takeley Bellrope Meadow 30
Thaxted Vicarage Mead 20
Sites with planning permission
Small Sites minus 10% to allow for non-implementation 356
TOTAL 2752
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Appendix 4 Dwellings with Permission on Large Sites (12+ units) @ 31 March 2007
UTT Reference Site Address Site Built Total Units Total Units
Capacity 2005-06 completed Outstanding
Felsted
1569/03 Ingrams Close Felsted 24 0 0 24
Woodlands Park, Great Dunmow
UTT/0458/93 Sector 1 93 0 93 0
UTT/1006/04 Emblems 105 0 0 105
0510/92 Sector 2 0 0 0 0
1047/93 Woodlands Park 24 0 24 0
0753/96 1 0 1 0
0720/94 220 0 161 0
0817/98 Partial s/s 70 0 70 0
1328/01 of 510/02 126 15 27 99
1809/02 130 15 35 95
0147/03 Sector 2 Housing 156 0 156 0
Association
0409/04 Pt of Sector 2 phase 1 (pt 36 0 36 0
s/s 720/04)
0395/05 51 0 0 51
0496/04 253 0 0 253
0386/05 Sector 3 100 0 0 100
0392/05 300 0 0 300
Great Dunmow
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1185/02 R/o 37-75 High St 71 0 0 71
Gt Dunmow
1738/04 Godfrey Way 14 7 7 7
Berbice Lane
Gt Dunmow
0360/05 83 High Street 14 0 0 14
Great Dunmow
0900/04 Brocks Mead 20 0 0 20
Great Easton
Great Easton
0727/78 Brocks Mead 41 0 21 20
Oakwood Park Little Dunmow
0302/96/OP Felsted Sugar Beet Works, 838 135
0023/03/OP Little Dunmow
0537/05/OP
0302/96/OP 650 - - -
1135/99/ 80 0 80 0
Part
0632/00/ s/s of 47 0 47 0
302/96
1073/01 133 0 133 0
0770/01 38 0 38 0
1821/02 Phase 3 120 36 113 7
1829/03 120 43 120 0
0023/03 56 (s/s 302/96) 216 - - -
&
160 increase
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0090/05 Part s/s 23/03 Phase 5 & 5A 97 34 34 10
0537/05 70 (s/s 23/03) Phase 6 98 - - -
& 28 increase
1225/06 Part s/s 23/03 Area 5B 68 0 0 68
1539/06 Part s/s of Area 5D 53 0 0 53
90/05
Quendon/Rickling Green
1929/04 Red star garage Quendon 14 14 14 0
Saffron Walden
0461/02 8 Station Rd 12 0 0 12
S/ Walden
2128/04 Land East of Bell College, 55 23 23 32
S/ Walden
1382/01 Kilncourt Thaxted Road 60 0 0 60
Saffron Walden
Rochford Nurseries, Birchanger and Stansted Mountfitchet
1100/04 10-20 & land to rear Silver 40 6 6 34
St. Stansted
0204/05 Land at Rochford 315 0 0 280
1685/06 Part s/s of Nurseries, Stansted 35 0 0 35
204/05
1123/01 285 0 0 208
0557/06 Part s/s of 77 0 0 77
1123/01
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Takeley
1512/03 South of A120 & west of 72 22 72 0
0630/03 Hawthorn Close, Takeley 28 0 28 0
Priors Green, Takeley
UTT/0816/00 Land north of Dunmow 650 0 0 361
Rd Takeley
Utt/1197/06 Phase 3B 38 0 0 38
UTT/1066/05 Phase 3A 54 0 0 54
UTT/1067/05 Phase 2 90 4 4 86
0664/06 Affordable Phase 4A 25 0 0 25
0665/06 Affordable Phase 4B 25 0 0 25
1814/06 Phases 7 & 8 (lots 1) 57 0 0 57
Other sites within Priors Green Policy Area
1809/06 Land at the Laurels 44 0 0 44
1042/02 Takeley Nurseries 35 0 0 35
2070/06 1 Hamilton Road 2 0 0 2
Thaxted
1872/04 Vicarage Lane 20 0 0 20
0977/06 Bellrope Meadow 30 0 0 30
Totals 219 2947
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Table RLA.4. Dwellings without planning
permission on large sites @ 31 March 2006
Site Address Site Capacity
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Jossaume’s 25
Thaxted Road
Saffron Walden
Paxtons Depot 13
Thaxted Rd
Saffron Walden
Land South of Ashdon 75
Road
Land west of Lt Walden 15 (affordable)
Road
Priors Green, East of 84
Takeley
212
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Appendix 4b: TRAJECTORY DATA: UTTLESFORD DISTRICT COUNCIL: AS AT 31 APRIL 2007
Site Area Site in Estimated Completions Comments Status
(Gross Adopted No of @ 31/3/07 G=Greenfield
Ha) Local Units PDL=Previously
Plan (A) Total Number of units per year (Estimated for year of completion 1 developed land
or not april to 31 March)
allocated
(N)
07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15
300 Birchanger 0.3 N 6 0 6 PDL 2. With planning
Lane permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
BIRCHANGER 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Felsted/Little 33 A 838 565 62 66 55 PDL 1. Under
Dunmow, Construction
Oakwood Pk
Felsted Ingrams 0.5 N 25 0 25 PDL 1. Under
Close Construction
FELSTED 863 565 87 66 55 0 0 0 0 0
Gt Dunmow 0.4 A 14 7 7 G 1. Under
Godfrey Way construction
Gt Dunmow 54 A 1606 603 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 G 1. Under
Woodlands Park Construction
Gt Dunmow 37-75 1 A 71 0 45 26 PDL 1. Under
High Street Construction
Gt Dunmow 83 0.1 N 14 0 14 PDL 1. Under
High Street Construction
Saracens Head N 9 0 9 PDL 1. Under
Construction
Gt Dunmow 0.3 N 10 0 10 G 2. With planning
Counting House permission (full or
lane reserved matters
covering whole
site)
Gt Dunmow 0.7 A 23 0 13 10 G 2. With planning
Springfields permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
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Gt Dunmow 0.1 N 8 0 8 PDL 2. With planning
Chequers Inn permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
Former Infants 0.8 N 30 0 10 10 10 PDL 7. with pre-
School Rosemary application
Lane discussions
occuring
GREAT DUNMOW 1785 610 61 84 66 53 58 30 30 30
Gt Easton Brocks 0.6 A 20 0 5 15 G 2. With planning
Mead permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
GREAT EASTON 20 0 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Walden, Bell 1 A 55 23 32 PDL 1. Under
College Construction
S.Walden, Thaxted 1 A 60 0 28 12 11 9 PDL 1. Under
Rd Construction
S.Walden 8 0.1 N 12 0 12 PDL 2. With planning
Stations Road permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
Three Valleys 0.2 N 7 0 7 PDL 2. With planning
Water site permission (full or
Landscape View reserved matters
covering whole
site)
S.Walden Paxtons 0.4 A 12 0 12 PDL 5. where full,
Depot outline or reserved
matters at post
committee
resolution subject
so S106
negotiations
Friends School 2 N 60 0 30 30 PDL 6. with application
submitted
Bell college School 1.3 N 65 0 35 30 PDL 7. with pre-
Bldgs application
discussions
occuring
Bell College Butler 1 N 30 0 15 15 PDL 7. with pre-
Hall application
discussions
occuring
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S.Walden Ashdon 5 A 75 35 40 G 8. allocation only
Rd
S.Walden Lt 0.5 A 15 15 G 8. allocation only
Walden Rd
SAFFRON 391 23 60 0 12 115 172 0 9 0
WALDEN
Dunmow Road 0.5 N 11 0 5 6 PDL 2. With planning
permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
LITTLE CANFIELD 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 0
Stansted 0.2 A 40 6 34 PDL 1. Under
Mountfitchet Silver Construction
Street
Stansted 28 A 600 0 50 211 139 100 100 G 1. Under
Mountfitchet Construction
Rochford Nurseries
Stoner House, 0.1 N 6 0 6 PDL 2. With planning
Silver Street permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
8 Water Lane 0.2 N 8 0 8 G 2. With planning
permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
STANSTED 654 6 84 211 139 108 106 0 0 0
MOUNTFITCHET
Former ECC depot 0.5 N 14 0 7 7 PDL 7. with pre-
Bury Water Lane application
discussions
occuring
NEWPORT 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0
Takeley Priors 33 A 650 4 160 160 110 110 110 G 1. Under
Green Construction
Takeley Takeley 1 A 35 0 35 G 2. With planning
Nurseries permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
Takekely Laurels 1 A 44 0 44 PDL 5. where full,
Yard outline or reserved
matters at post
committee
resolution subject
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so S106
negotiations
Takeley Island A 86 0 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 PDL 5. where full,
sites Priors Green outline or reserved
matters at post
committee
resolution subject
so S106
negotiations
TAKELEY 815 4 162 198 159 115 115 5 5 5
Old Chapel 0.2 N 9 0 9 PDL 2. With planning
Stebbing permission (full or
reserved matters
covering whole
site)
STEBBING 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Thaxted Vicarage 0.4 N 20 0 20 PDL 1. Under
Mead Construction
Bellrope Meadow 1.4 A 30 0 30 G 1. Under
Construction
THAXTED 20 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4563 1208 509 574 431 409 473 35 44 35
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APPENDIX 5
Amount of completed non-residential development complying with car parking standards
Schemes approved before October 2002
Use App Ref Site Floorspace Minimum No of Parking Compliment
Class M2 Number of Spaces with Standard
Spaces Provided
Required
(based on
standards
contained in
Local Plan)
B1 546/01 Home Farm Elsenham. 600 17 32 YES
B1 0132/01 Bullocks Farm Hope End Great Canfield 170 5 n/k n/k
B1 1020/02 Rectory Farm, Little Chesterford 728 21 21 YES
B8 1112/00 Rooks Farm Little London Berden 148 1 n/k n/k
B8 1627/00 Warners Field Copthall Lane Thaxted 386 2.5 n/k n/k
Schemes approved after October 2002
App Site Floorspace Maximum No of Parking
Ref M2 Number of Spaces
Spaces Provided
Allowed
(based on
standards
contained in
Local Plan)
A1 None
B1 1622/05 Chesterford Research Park Little Chesterford 1528 43 42 Y
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B1 0873/06 The Crendon Building Hill Green Farm 607 17 15 Y
Clavering
B1 1426/04 Land at Stansted distribution centre 6375 182 154 Y
B2 1534/03 Unit 2a Stansted distrubition centre 1100 22 5 Y
B2 1255/05 Cambridge Road Newport 85 2 3 N
B2 2160/04 Unit 3 Shire Hill Saffron Walden 280 6 10 N
B2 1438/06 Unit 15 Shire Hill 557 11 18 N
B1, B2, 0320/06 Richmonds Farm Thaxted 249 2-7 9 N
B8
B8 1965/05 Easter Hall Aythorpe Roding 615 4 4 Y
B8 1650/04 Concord Farm School Road Rayne 6823 45 45 Y
B8 0318/06 Butlers Lane Saffron Walden 180 1 2 N
B1, B8 0535/06 Shire Hill Industrial estate Saffron 545 4-16 10 Y
Walden
B8 0849/05 Site 600 Taylors End Stansted Airport 3545 24 n/k n/k
Takeley
B8 0349/06 Hammer Hill Farm Hammer Hill 282 2 14 N
Stanbrook Thaxted
D1 None
D2 None
Source: Non residential land availability study 2007
Class A 250sq m or more
Class B: 100sq m or more
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Retail Floorspace in the Four Main Centres
Retail Composition - Saffron Walden
Retail Trade Number Gross Net % of Total
Total Net Floorspace by Type in Saffron Walden - 2007
Group of Floorspace Floorspace Net
Outlets Floorspace 41% 47%
Comparison 90 11356 8440 47
Convenience 9 3029 2304 5
7% 5%
Vacant 14 1332 1077 7
Service 79 7444 5397 41 Comparison Convenience Vacant Service
Totals 192 23161 17218 100
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Retail Composition - Great Dunmow
Retail Trade Number Gross Net % of Net
Total Net Floorspace by Type in Great Dunmow - 2007
Group of Floorspace Floorspace Total
Outlets Floorspace 41% 35%
Comparison 37 3258 2437 35
Convenience 10 2288 1505 21
3% 21%
Vacant 1 272 204 3
Service 42 56237 2859 41 Comparison Convenience Vacant Service
Totals 91 113346 7005 100
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Retail Composition – Stansted Mountfitchet
Retail Trade Number Gross Net % of Net
Group of Floorspace Floorspace Total
Outlets Floorspace
Total Net Floorspace by Type in Stansted Mountfitchet - 2007
Comparison 9 823 588 21
21%
Convenience 10 766 526 19
Vacant 3 231 126 5
55%
19%
Service 22 2525 1515 55
5%
Totals 44 4345 2755 100
Comparison Convenience Vacant Service
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Retail Composition - Thaxted
Retail Trade Number Gross Net % of Net
Group of Floorspace Floorspace Total
Total Net Floorspace by Type in Thaxted - 2007
Outlets Floorspace
27%
Comparison 4 469 371 27
47%
Convenience 6 491 352 26
Vacant 0 0 0 0
Service 8 1153 653 47 26%
0%
Totals 18 2113 1376 100
Comparison Convenience Vacant Service
Source: UDC Monitoring 2007
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