Annual Monitoring Report and Five Year Land Supply Update Published

18th December 2014

The Greater Norwich authorities work together to prepare an Annual Monitoring Report which provides a useful indication of how the Greater Norwich area is performing against the objectives set out in the Joint Core Strategy (JCS).

The Annual Monitoring Report measures the implementation of the JCS policies and outlines the 5 year land supply position. It also updates the Sustainability Appraisal baseline and includes a section on the implementation of each Local Authority’s policies from their respective local plans (not covered by the JCS).  Finally, the Annual Monitoring Report includes information on CIL receipts for the monitoring year and details of how the Local Authority's have met the Duty to Cooperate.  

This year's report shows that there are many indicators that are currently being met or where clear improvements have been made:

The number of new employee jobs has increased this year by more than the target requires for the first time since the base date of the plan;
• The amount of business and employment floorspace developed has been significant;
• The proportion of people working in higher occupations has increased;
• New housing completions by bedroom number have met the appropriate proportions set out in the Sub-Regional Housing Market Assessment;
• The proportion of new and converted dwellings developed on Previously Developed Land has met target across the Greater Norwich area as a whole;
• No planning permissions have been granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality
• Public transport accessibility to market towns and key centres of employment at peak times has improved;
• The proportion of 16-18 year olds not in education, employment or training has decreased;
• The proportion of Local Sites in positive conservation management has increased each year since 2007/08;
• Life expectancy has increased; and
• The proportion of people claiming Employment Support Allowance/Incapacity Benefit has remained broadly stable over time.

For more details please see below

Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk: Annual Monitoring Report 2013-14   Size: 2.7 MB – Date: 18/12/2014

The 2013/14 Annual Monitoring Report is published alongside an updated five year land supply paper dated December 2014.  

In compliance with paragraph 36 of Appendix A of the Joint Core Strategy Annual Monitoring Report the Greater Norwich councils are now in a position to provide a factual update on matters related to land supply.

The report provides an update to the 1st December 2014 and is published to ensure that all development management decisions can be based on the most up to date information possible.

The update demonstrates that in line with the councils’ clearly expressed commitment to address the 5 year land supply deficit, there has been significant
progress made since the April 2014 figures published in the JCS AMR.

Overall, across the Norwich Policy Area (NPA) this demonstrates that in total, a net gain of 773 dwellings (from 1st April 2014 to 1st December 2014) can now be included in the 5 year supply period following the grant of planning permissions or committee resolutions to grant, changes to projected delivery of sites and taking into account lapses in existing permissions.

These changes bring the total number of dwellings in the 5 year supply period to 12,090, 262 in excess of the requirement of 11,828 dwellings. This equates to 102% of the requirement, 5.10 years of a 5 year supply.

For more details please see below

5 Year Land Supply Update Paper December 2014   Size: 514 KB – Date: 18/12/2014