Chapter 4: Delivery Mechanisms and Monitoring Framework

In order to achieve the strategic objectives a number of critical success factors were devised (see pages 28-32). Below are the mechanisms and monitoring framework under which these will be achieved, delivery will be either through a specific stand-alone critical success factor for the scheme or an indicator, which will be monitored over the life of the plan.

Delivery of the spatial strategy

Critical Success Factors include:

• The Hastings/Bexhill Link road open by 2011.
• The Baldslow link between Queensway and The Ridge/A21 to be open by 2011.
• Expand the national cycleway route along the seafront to join up Grosvenor Gardens and Galley Hill in Rother.
• Work with Rother District Council and East Sussex County Council to develop the new Pebsham Countryside Park by 2016.
• Establish a strategic network of multifunctional greenspace and cycle and pedestrian routes giving access to greenspace and connecting communities.
• £1.7m of Townscape Heritage Initiative funding spent on building restoration by 2011.

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Location, Scale and Type of Major Development – Housing
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements (210 per annum).	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
4	% of residential development completed on brownfield land – 86% in 2006/07	At least 60% of residential development each year.	Annual Monitoring Report, Forward Planning, HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Location, Scale and Type of Major Development – Employment
1, 3, 4	% of employment development floorspace completed on brownfield land	Provide for at least 60,500m² of modern, purpose-built industrial and warehouse floorspace on land outside of the town centre.	New Indicator
3, 12	Number of VAT registrations/deregistrations and net change in stock - 2006 VAT registrations - 190 VAT deregistrations - 135 Net Change - 55	Increase in business activity (measured by an increase in VAT registrations).	NOMIS – VAT Data
3, 4	Total floorspace completed in 2006/07 within use classes B1 (a): 6806.8m² B1 (b): 148m² B1 (c): up to 4497.2m² B2: 11,093m² B8: up to 2211m²	Provide for at least 60,500m² of modern, purpose-built industrial and warehouse floorspace on land outside of the town centre.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Location, Scale and Type of Major Development – Employment continued
1,3, 4	Vacancy rates in employment areas. 2005 – 3.96% 2007 – 5.04%		Annual Industrial Survey – Forward Planning, HBC
1, 3, 4	Number of VAT registered businesses – 1,995 in 2006	Increase in business activity (measured by an increase in VAT registrations).	NOMIS – VAT Data
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Location, Scale and Type of Major Development – Retail
1, 3, 4	Vacancy Rates from the retail survey 2006 – 11.23%	Vacancy rates maintained at less than 15% in district and local shopping areas.	Annual Retail Survey – Forward Planning, HBC
6	Basic services in local shopping areas	Local shopping areas to retain basic services such as a small supermarket, a sub-post office, pharmacy, bank and newsagent.	New Indicator
3, 4, 5, 7	Amount of retail floorspace completed 2004/05 – 0m² 2005/06 - 360.05m² 2006/07 - 238.93m²	A gross increase of 30,000m² comparison goods retail floorspace in the town centre by 2016. An increase of 2,600m² of purpose-built retail/commercial floorspace in St Leonards District centre from the Crystal Square development.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – Central Area
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – Central Area continued
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
1, 3, 4	% of employment development floorspace completed on brownfield land		New Indicator
1, 3	Average earnings 2006– Workplace based - £369 Residence based - £377	Improve our relative position on (workplace-based) wage rates in Hastings by closing the gap between Hastings and East Sussex median average.	ONS – Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
1, 3, 11	Economically active working age population – 77.9% in December 2006		ONS – Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey
3, 4, 5, 7	Amount of retail floorspace completed 2004/05 – 0m² 2005/06 - 360.05m² 2006/07 - 238.93m²	A gross increase of 30,000m² comparison goods retail floorspace in the town centre by 2016.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
1, 3, 4, 8	Total education floorspace completed	Expansion of the education sector requiring 35,885m² of floorspace by delivering the college sites at Station Plaza, Ore Valley and Phase 2 UCH by 2011.	New Indicator

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – South St Leonards
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
3, 4, 5, 7	Amount of retail floorspace completed 2004/05 – 0m² 2005/06 - 360.05m² 2006/07 - 238.93m²	An increase of 2,600m² of purpose-built retail/commercial floorspace in St Leonards District centre from the Crystal Square development.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
2	Household Type – One person households 13,720 (36.5%) - Hastings 2,156 (62.1%) - Central St Leonards	Reducing the proportion of single person households in Central St Leonards to below 50% by 2021.	Census 2001
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
2	Tenure of Affordable Housing delivered	Widen the range of housing available in Central St Leonards, particularly by increasing the amount of social rented housing.	New Indicator

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – East Hastings
3, 4	Total floorspace completed within use classes - 2006/07 B1 (a): 6806.8m² B1 (b): 148m² B1 (c): up to 4497.2m² B2: 11,093m² B8: up to 2211m²	Provide for at least 60,500m² of modern, purpose-built industrial and warehouse floorspace on land outside of the town centre.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
1, 3, 4, 8	Total education floorspace completed	Expansion of the education sector requiring 35,885m² of floorspace by delivering the college sites at Station Plaza, Ore Valley and Phase 2 UCH by 2011.	New Indicator
3, 4, 5, 7	Amount of retail floorspace completed 2004/05 – 0m² 2005/06 - 360.05m² 2006/07 - 238.93m²	A net increase of 15,560m² in purpose-built town centre comparison goods retail floorspace to address a shortfall in scale and quality identified by retail studies (consisting of gross 30,000m² including related service trade shops). An increase of 2,600m² of purpose-built retail/commercial floorspace in St Leonards District centre from the Crystal Square development.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – East Hastings continued
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
3, 12	Number of residential developments over 10 dwellings providing at 10% of their energy requirements from onsite renewable energy generation		New indicator
2, 3, 12	Number (or %) of new homes built to Code for Sustainable Homes level 3		New Indicator
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – North St Leonards
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Areas of Change – North St Leonards continued
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
3, 4	Total floorspace completed within use classes - 2006/07 B1 (a): 6806.8m² B1 (b): 148m² B1 (c): up to 4497.2m² B2: 11,093m² B8: up to 2211m²	Provide for at least 60,500m² of modern, purpose-built industrial and warehouse floorspace on land outside of the town centre.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change – Wilting
3, 4	Total floorspace completed in within use classes - 2006/07 B1 (a): 6806.8m² B1 (b): 148m² B1 (c): up to 4497.2m² B2: 11,093m² B8: up to 2211m²	Provide for at least 60,500m² of modern, purpose-built industrial and warehouse floorspace on land outside of the town centre.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change – Wilting continued
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change – Housing
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
2	Net housing completions – 203 completions in 2006/07	Provide for at least 4200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026 in line with Draft South East Plan requirements. (210 per annum)	Annual Monitoring Report/ L159 – Forward Planning, HBC
2, 13	Housing density – percentage of new homes completed at less than 30 dwellings per hectare (5.6% in 2006/07), 30-50 dwellings per hectare (38% in 2006/07), above 50 dwellings per hectare (56.4% in 2006/07).	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change – Housing continued
8	Percentage of new residential development within 30 minutes public transport time of a GP, hospital, primary and secondary school, employment and a major retail centre.	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
4	% of residential development completed on brownfield land – 86% in 2006/07	At least 60% of residential development each year.	Annual Monitoring Report, Forward Planning, HBC
2, 13	Number of empty homes brought back into use.		BVPI 64 - Empty Homes Officer - HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change - Affordable Housing
2	The number of new affordable homes delivered through the planning system as a percentage of those capable of being delivered. 10/10 – 100% in 2006/07	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	LAA Indicator
2	Tenure of Affordable Housing delivered	Widen the range of housing available in Central St Leonards, particularly by increasing the amount of social rented housing.	New Indicator
2	Affordable housing completions completed through the planning process. 2004/05 - 27 2005/06 - 52 2006/07 - 72	Affordable housing provided on all suitable sites of 15 dwellings or more	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Managing Change - The Local Economy
3, 6, 9, 10, 13	Number of new hotels provided	Provision of additional good quality hotel bedspaces through the provision of new facilities and the upgrading of existing ones.	New Indicator
3, 7, 8	Average distance travelled to work by residents - 13.33km in 2001	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	ONS – Census Statistics - 2001
1, 3	Average earnings 2006– Workplace based - £369 Residence based - £377	Improve our relative position on (workplace-based) wage rates in Hastings by closing the gap between Hastings and East Sussex median average.	ONS – Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
1, 3, 11	Economically active working age population – 77.9% in December 2006	Increase economic activity to South East average	ONS – Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey
1, 3, 5, 6	Business survival rates after 3 years – 1380 in 2007	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	Neighbourhood Statistics
1, 3, 5, 6	Business start ups and closures – 2005 Registrations – 175 De-registrations - 170	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	Small Business Service - NOMIS
3, 6, 9, 10, 13	Change of use from hotel to other uses		New Indicator
1, 3	Losses of employment land in local authority area – 1.9ha (2006/07), 0.13ha (2005/06), 0.86ha (2004/05)		Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
3, 10, 13	Number and size of language schools		New Indicator

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Managing Change - Transport and Accessibility
8	Percentage of new residential development within 30 minutes public transport time of a GP, hospital, primary and secondary school, employment and a major retail centre– 100% in 2006/07.	Will be monitored via a traffic light system	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
6, 7, 8, 11, 12	Bus passenger journeys – 18% in 2006/07	Increase the total number of bus passenger journeys – 9% in 2008/09	Community Strategy – 19
8	Compliance for travel plans to be provided on commercial schemes over gross 1,000m²	Require travel plans for commercial development schemes of over gross 1,000m².	New Indicator
8	Compliance of car parking standards in residential completions (Annual 10% random sample)		New Indicator
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Managing Change - Greenspace and Leisure
10, 11, 12, 13	Access to open space - Increase the percentage of households within 300m of an accessible open space that meets the Councils Quality standards – 66% in 2006/07	Increase the percentage of households within 300m of a multifunctional greenspace, which meet the Councils’ quality standard in all relevant respects by not less than 4% in each of the next five years and to at least 90% by 2013.	Community Strategy - 20
10, 11, 13	Condition of SSSI’s – 100% in a favourable (unfavourable recovering) condition in 2006/07	PSA set by Govt requires that 95% of SSSI’s be in a favourable (unfavourable recovering) condition by 2010	English Nature

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Managing Change - Greenspace and Leisure continued
10, 11, 13	Percentage of open spaces managed to green flag award standard – 38.4% in 2006/07	1% increase year on year	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
10, 11, 13	Change in areas and populations of biodiversity importance: -Priority habitats & species by type - 729.29 Hectares & 20 different types of Priority Species – No change -Change in areas designated for their intrinsic environmental value including sites of international, national, regional, sub-regional or local significance - 1178.71 Hectares – No Change	Manage Hastings Country Park Local Nature Reserve to enhance biodiversity and improve opportunities for informal recreation. Carry out a review of Sites of Nature Conservation Interest in 2008 to identify those areas of most value to local communities and for biodiversity.	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
12	Planning permissions granted contrary to advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality – 0 for flood defence, 0 for water quality in 2006/07	0 planning permissions contrary to advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
9, 10, 11	Numbers of participations engaged and registered on Active Hastings interventions- Under 16 – 2,927 Over 16 – 1,511	Under 16 – 800 per annum Over 16 – 1450 per annum	Sports Development Team – HBC

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches - Managing Change - Greenspace and Leisure continued
9, 10, 11	Numbers of participations engaged and registered on Active Hastings interventions within 20% most deprived SOAs – Under 16 – 831 Over 16 – 478	Under 16 – 400 per annum Over 16 – 725 per annum	Sports Development Team – HBC
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change - Environmental Sustainability and Design
12	Renewable energy capacity (MW) installed by type – 0 completions in 2006/07		Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC
12	Number of commercial buildings over 1000m providing at 10% of their energy requirements from onsite renewable energy generation	10% of energy used in new major sites to come from on-site renewables	New Indicator
3, 12	Number of residential developments over 10 dwellings providing at 10% of their energy requirements from onsite renewable energy generation	10% of energy used in new major sites to come from on-site renewables	New indicator
3, 12	Number of qualifying developments/properties installing SUDs		New Indicator
12	All major housing developments (10 or more dwellings) to be appraised against Council for Architecture and The Built Environment guidance	All major housing developments (10 or more dwellings) to be appraised against Council for Architecture and The Built Environment guidance by 2010	New Indicator

Strategic Objectives	Indicator	Critical Success Factors	Data Source
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches – Managing Change - Environmental Sustainability and Design continued
12	Planning permissions granted contrary to advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality – 2004/05, 2005/06 & 2006/07 - 0 on Flood Defence Grounds, 0 on Water Quality Grounds	0 planning permissions contrary to advice of the Environment Agency on either flood defence grounds or water quality	Annual Monitoring Report – Forward Planning, HBC

Jargon Buster

Note about the Jargon Buster

Documents that were part of the old planning system (the Local Plan) are marked with an asterisk (*).

Affordable housing

This can take many forms - social rented, low cost home ownership, key worker housing. Most of the demand in Hastings is for social rented housing, but we could look at having a more flexible policy to provide a greater choice and mix of affordable housing types – reflecting the marginal economics of developing some sites in Hastings.

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR)

We have to produce an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to show progress of the Local Development Scheme, and how well the planning policies are working, as well as identifying new issues to be addressed.

Area Action Plan (AAP)

These help make sure development is of an appropriate scale, mix and quality for key areas in the town.

Area Coordination Zones

The town has been broken down into four distinct areas: North St Leonards, South St Leonards, Central and East Hastings.  Each area has four wards, matching the pairing of County Council constituencies, and each has a population of around 21,000. Four Area Management Boards across the town bring together local people, elected members and senior managers from service providers.  They aim to shape services to respond effectively by overseeing the performance of Area Delivery Plans, sharing information about major area developments and providing local and specialist knowledge to better understand the needs of these specific communities and neighbourhoods.

BAP – Biodiversity Action Plan

These plans are produced at National, Regional and Local levels. Their main aim is to “focus resources to conserve and enhance biodiversity by means of local partnerships, taking account of both national and local priorities" (Guidance for Local Biodiversity Action Plans, 1997).

Biodiversity

This encompasses the whole variety of life on earth. Not only does it include all species of plants and animals, but also their genetic variation, and the complex ecosystems of which they are part. It is not restricted to rare or threatened species but includes the whole of the natural world from the commonplace to the critically endangered. It includes the plants and animals familiar to all of us in the places where we live or work, wherever that may be.' UK Biodiversity Group, Guidance for Local Biodiversity Action Plans: Guidance Note 1, An introduction, 1997.

BREEAM

This stands for Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. It assesses buildings against a range of criteria (i.e. energy efficiency, renewable energy production, construction materials) and rates them as PASS, GOOD, VERY GOOD or EXCELLENT. There are different standards for different buildings including schools, offices, retail, etc.

Brownfield sites

A broad term to describe land which is or has been developed e.g. a factory site which could be cleared and redeveloped, as opposed to land which has never been developed e.g. greenfield land.

Code for Sustainable Homes

Due to replace the EcoHomes standards that relate to homes. However it is similar and assesses buildings on a range of criteria including energy efficiency, accessibility, construction materials.

Community Strategy

A strategy produced in partnership with various organisations working together to achieve a ten-year vision to improve Hastings & St Leonards.

Core Strategy

This will contain a vision for what kind of place we want the town to be in 10-15 years, will make sure all development is consistent with our Community Strategy, and will give an analysis of the strategic challenges and opportunities facing the town.

Country Avenue

The Country Avenue concept was proposed in the “Towards a Masterplan for Hastings and Bexhill” document prepared in 2002. The Country Avenue would enable people to connect more easily with each other around the outskirts of the town. It also provides a framework to cater for the new development needed in the area in the long term.

Development Plan Document (DPD)

This is the name given to any one Local Development Framework documents that are part of the statutory development plan. The following parts of the Hastings LDF will be known as Development Plan Documents or DPDs:

• Core strategy
• Site specific allocations of land
• Area action plans (where needed)
• Proposals map (with inset maps, where necessary)

District Centre

This usually comprises of groups of shops often containing at least one supermarket and a range of non-retail services such as banks, building societies, restaurants, as well as local public facilities such as a library. In the retail hierarchy of the Town, the district centres are St Leonards Town Centre and Ore Village.

DPD - Development Plan Document

Any part of the Local Development Framework that forms part of the statutory development plan. A Development Plan Document can include any of the following:

• Core strategy
• Site specific allocations of land
• Area action plans (where needed); and
• Proposals map (with inset maps, where necessary)

Economically Active

Are those people who are in employment plus the unemployed.

Economic Activity Rate

This is an indication of the employment opportunities offered by the local labour market.  It measures the number of people who are in employment or unemployed expressed as a percentage of the working age population.  

Economically Inactive

People who are neither in employment or unemployment.  This includes those looking after a home or retired or permanently unable to work.

Economic Inactivity Rate

The number of people who are economically inactive expressed as a percentage of the working age population.

Energy Efficiency

Making the best or most efficient use of energy in order to achieve a given output of goods or service, and of comfort and convienience.

ESCC – East Sussex County Council

County Authority for East Sussex

Examination in Public (EIP)

An examination chaired by an independent inspector into objections to the LDDs and the overall “soundness” of the LDD.

GCSE – General Certificate of Secondary Education

Certificate of qualification

GOSE – Government Office for the South East

The Government Office for the South East works with organisations and local authorities across the South East to deliver the Government’s policies and programmes in the region.

Greenfield sites

These are sites which have never been developed or used for an urban use, or are on land that has been brought into active or beneficial use for agriculture or forestry i.e. fully restored derelict land.

Grotbusters

This was set up as a direct response to the wishes of local people. It is a hardline, zero tolerance approach to combat run down and derelict buildings in the town. It utilises to the fullest extent enforcement powers conferred by Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Since July 2000 it has turned around 360 former eyesores, transforming the town's built environment.

High-tech

The latest and new development of technology in a specific field, at a particular moment in time.

HNS – Housing Needs Survey

A study examining housing requirement needs aspirations and demands of the community and households of the Borough.

ICT – Information Communication Technology

The use of hardware, software, data and communications technology.

IMD – Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) combines information relating to income, employment, education, health, skills and training, barriers to housing and services, and crime into an overall measure of deprivation.

Lifetime homes

A home built with design features that create a flexible blueprint for accessible and adaptable housing in any setting. Designs incorporate features that allow for flexible living over the lifetime of the occupants and the property. For example in addition to the normal ground and first floors, a house could be provided with full basement, and accessible useable roof space. These areas of the house may be fully furnished and divided or left to be fitted out as and when needed or finances arise.

Local Area Agreement (LAA)

Local Area Agreements set out the priorities for a local area agreed between central government and a local area (the local authority and Local Strategic Partnership) and other key partners at the local level. LAAs simplify some central funding, help join up public services more effectively and allow greater flexibility for local solutions to local circumstances.

Local Centre

This usually comprises of a small range of shops of a local nature, serving a small catchment – could include a small one supermarket, a newsagents, a sub-post office, laundrette etc). In the retail hierarchy of the Town, the local centres are the Old Town, Silverhill, and Bohemia.

Local Development Document (LDD)

This is the name given to any one of the LDF documents that set out policies for specific topics and for named geographical areas.

Local Development Framework (LDF)

The collective name given to all policies and documents forming the planning framework for the town.

Local Development Scheme (LDS)

A project management document setting out what the LDF will contain, a timetable for its production, proposals for monitoring and review.

Local Plan *

Under the old planning system, a statutory document prepared by the Council which sets out land use policies and proposals for the whole of the town. The current Hastings Local Plan (link to existing Local Plan was published in 2004 and will be replaced by the LDF under the new planning system.

Mixed use

This term describes development which includes a range of different facilities, which might include for example shops, bars, restaurants, cafes, offices, homes, hotels, cinemas, clubs and other leisure facilities. Mixed use developments have many benefits, particularly in a town centre. The range of activities can help to attract people at different times of the day and night which helps make the area feel alive and therefore safer. This in turn helps to attract custom and helps the area to thrive both economically and socially.

NOMIS – National Official Labour Market Statistics

A web-based database of labour market statistics. It houses an extensive range of government statistical information on the UK labour market including Employment, Unemployment, Earnings, Labour Force Survey and Jobcentre Plus vacancies, (NOMIS, 2005).

ONS – Office of National Statistics

Responsible for producing a wide range of economic and social statistics.

Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) *

Under the old planning system, these provided statements of Government planning policy on a range of issues. Now being replaced over time by

Planning Policy Statements.

Planning Policy Statement (PPS)

Government statements of national planning policy, being phased in to supersede Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs).

Principal Centre

In the retail hierarchy of the Town, the Town Centre area is the Principal Centre

Proposals Map

A map showing site allocations and geographical areas where policies apply.

Regional Planning Guidance (RPG) *

Non-statutory guidance under the old system, that were approved by central Government and setting out regional planning policy. Now to be replaced by the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS)

A statutory document setting out regional spatial strategy and policies, that replaces Regional Planning Guidance. In Hastings this will be known as ‘The South East Plan’. Local Development Documents will have to be in accordance with it.

Renewable and Low Carbon Energy

Includes energy for heating and cooling as well as generating electricity. Renewable energy covers those energy flows that occur naturally and repeatedly in the environment – from the wind, the fall of water, the movement of the oceans, from the sun and also from biomass. Low carbon energy technologies are those that can help reduce carbon emissions.

RSL – Registered Social Landlord

Affordable housing in a Hastings context generally means social housing to rent, which traditionally has been developed by Housing Associations known as RSLs.

SEERA – South East England Regional Assembly
The South East England Regional Assembly is the representative voice of the region. It comprises 112 members, including elected councillors nominated by the region's local authorities. The Assembly has three key areas of work:

• promoting the interests of the South East to Central Governnment
• making sure regional organisations work to meet the region's needs
• advising Government on regional planning, transport and housing priorities for the South East and important topics such as sustainable development, social inclusion, health and education

South East Plan

The South East Plan is produced by the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA), and sets out a vision for the future of the South East region to 2026, outlining how challenges facing the region such as housing, the economy, transport and protecting the environment should be responded to. The South East Plan is currently in draft format, and is scheduled to be finalised in early 2008. As it covers a larger geographical area, the South East Plan will influence and shape the Hastings Local Development Framework.

Spatial Planning

Spatial planning goes beyond traditional land use planning of considering pieces of land. It seeks to bring together land-use policies with other policies, programmes and strategies (e.g. the Hastings & St Leonards Community Strategy) which can influence the nature of places and how they function.

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

This document sets out how Hastings Borough Council will involve the community in the preparation, alteration and review of the Hastings LDF and in the consideration of planning applications.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Environmental assessment of policies, plans and programmes required under the European SEA Directive 2001/42/EC.

Structure Plan*

Under the old planning system, a statutory document prepared by county councils and strategic planning authorities setting out a broad strategy and land use policies for county areas. They will cease to exist under the new system.

SUDs – Sustainable Drainage Systems

Alternatives to traditional ways of managing runoff from buildings and hardstandings. They are designed to improve the rate and manner of absorption by water of hard and soft surfaces, in order to reduce the total amount, flow and rate of surface water that runs directly to rivers through stormwater drains.

Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Non-statutory documents within the LDF, the purpose of which is to expand upon policies or proposals in Development Plan Documents. These replace Supplementary Planning Guidance.

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)*

Non-statutory guidance prepared under the old planning system to expand upon policies and proposals in a Local Plan. Have been replaced by SPDs under the new system.

Sustainable Development

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustainable living

Sustainable living is a lifestyle that meets the needs of the present day without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustainable travel / sustainable transport

Often meaning walking, cycling and public use of transport (and in some circumstances "car sharing"), which is considered to be less damaging to the environment and which contributes less to traffic congestion than one-person car journeys.

Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

Assessment of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the polices and proposals contained within the LDF.

The Task Force

The Task Force is a partnership of public sector organisations that came together in September 2001 to improve the economy of the Hastings and Bexhill areas. Sea Space is the development company set up in 2003 by The Task Force to put its economic development programme into action.

UCO - Use Classes Order

The Use Classes Order 2005 classifies uses of property, such as A1: Shops, A2: Financial and Professional Services, A3: Restaurants and Cafes etc. It also identifies the changes between these classes that would, or would not require planning permission.

Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF)

Working Neighbourhoods Funding (WNF) replaces neighbourhood renewal funding and incorporates the Department of Work and Pensions Deprived Areas Fund. The WNF provides resources for local authorities to tackle worklessness and low levels of skills and enterprise in their most deprived areas. WNF is part of local authorities’ area based funding and is not ring fenced for a particular purpose. However the Government does expect local authorities to set and meet related national indicator targets through their LAA (East Sussex LAA for Hastings and Rother) and there will be reward funding for those that succeed.