Development Management Plan Revised Proposed Submission Version March 2014
Section Four - Implementation and Monitoring
7.1 The National Planning Policy Framework (2012) re-affirms the Government’s commitment to a plan-led system and the role of the planning system, in partnership with the community and developers, in the delivery of sustainable development.
7.2 This section outlines how the Development Management Plan policies will be implemented and monitored. Implementation, monitoring and review are key requirements in the planning system as the preparation of a plan is not a ‘one off’ activity. It is part of a process that involves keeping a check on how successful the plan is in delivering what it sets out to do, and making adjustments to that plan if monitoring reveals that changes are needed.
7.3 One of the tests of soundness of a Development Plan Document (DPD) is whether there are clear mechanisms for implementation and monitoring. The Council is therefore committed to the effective monitoring of the policies within this document, in particular to establish when interventions might be necessary to ensure timely delivery of what is proposed.
7.4 The purposes of monitoring are:
- to assess the extent to which policies in the Development Management Plan are being implemented;
- to identify policies that may need to be amended or replaced;
- to establish whether policies have had unintended consequences;
- to establish whether assumptions and objectives behind policies are still relevant; and
- to establish whether targets are being achieved
7.5 The outcome of our targets, indicators and policy performance monitoring will be shown in the Local Plan Monitoring Report. The monitoring of the allocated sites shall be carried out through quarterly site visits and regular monitoring of planning applications. This will be reported in the Local Plan Monitoring Report which will be published on our website at: http://www.hastings.gov.uk/environment_planning/planning/localplan/monitoring/
7.6 The tables on the following pages show our Implementation and Monitoring Framework for this document.
| Planning Strategy Strategic Objective | Development Management Plan Policies (in order of Plan appearance) | Target | Indicator | Reporting Source | |
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1 |
Objective 1 – Achieve and sustain a thriving economy | DM2 – Telecommunications Technology | Continue to improve telecommunications technology in the Borough and ensure appropriate location of equipment | Telecommunications technology growth in Hastings | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
| 2 | SA1 – Hastings Town Centre Shopping Area | Ensure A1 uses make up at least 95% of the total floorspace of Priory Meadow and 55% of the remaining shopping area in Hastings Town Centre | Net number of non-A1 uses granted planning permission and/or implemented in Hastings Town Centre | Annual shopping area survey and Local Plan Monitoring Report | |
| 3 | SA2 – Other Shopping Areas | Ensure A1 uses make up at least 60% of primary shopping area in St Leonards and at least 40% in the secondary shopping area | Net number of non-A1 uses granted planning permission and/or implemented in Central St Leonards, Old Town, Ore Village, Silverhill, Bohemia, West St Leonards (Bexhill Road), Battle Road, Mount Pleasant, Mount Road and Marine Court where this involves a change away from or to A1 use | ||
| 4 | Ensure A1 uses make up at least 55% of shopping area in Old Town, Ore Village and Silverhill and 50% in Bohemia | ||||
| 5 | Ensure A1 uses make up at least 60% of shopping area in West St Leonards (Bexhill Road), Mount Pleasant, Mount Road and Marine Court and 50% in Battle Road | ||||
| 6 | SA3 – Shops and Services outside the Shopping Areas | Retain where appropriate services outside the defined shopping areas | Change of use away from A, B and D use classes | ||
| 7 | CQ1 – Cultural Quarters | To enhance the cultural offering within the four Cultural Quarters and promote a diversity of cultural attractions | Amount of new cultural related development within the four Cultural Quarters | Local Plan Monitoring Report | |
| 8 | Amount of development resulting in the loss of a cultural asset within the four Cultural Quarters | ||||
| 12 | Objective 2 - Ensure everyone has the opportunity to live in a decent home, which they can afford, in a community in which they want to live | DM3 – General Amenity | Ensure new developments meet minimum internal floorspace standards | Residential completions by internal floor area | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
| 13 | Ensure new residential developments include adequate garden space, with gardens of at least 10m in length | Dwellings completed including garden space by garden size | |||
| 14 | HC2 – Residential Institutions and Student Halls of Residence | To provide suitable accommodation for the elderly, infirm and people who are physically and/or sensory impaired | Provision of residential institutions | ||
| To provide suitable accommodation for student numbers | Provision of student Halls of Residence/ bedrooms | ||||
| 15 | Objective 3 – Safeguard and improve the town’s environment | DM5 – Ground Conditions | Ensure issues around land instability and contamination are satisfactorily addressed before development commences | Number of planning conditions discharged that relate to land instability or land contamination | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
| 16 | DM6 – Pollution and Hazards | Ensure issues around light and airborne pollution, noise and odour are satisfactorily addressed before development commences | Number of planning conditions discharged in relation to light and air borne pollution, noise and odour | ||
| 17 | DM7 – Water Resource Availability | Ensure no adverse effects on ground and surface water resources | Number of planning conditions discharged relating to ground and surface water | ||
| 18 | HN1 – Development affecting the Significance and Setting of Designated Heritage Assets (including Conservation Areas) | Proposals sustain & enhance the significance of designated heritage assets (including Conservation Areas) | Policy will be monitored through annual sample survey of new build developments | ||
| 19 | HN7 – Green Infrastructure in New Developments | Policy will be monitored through annual sample survey of new build developments | Developments make provision for improvement of the green network, retain and create green infrastructure, include appropriate planting and ecology protection and management measures | ||
| 20 | HN8 – Biodiversity and Green Space | Minimise the loss of biodiversity and green space within the Borough | Change in areas of green space as identified on the Policies Map affected by development (by type) | ||
| 21 | HN10 – Amenity Green Spaces | Minimise the loss of private open space, allotments and local green spaces within the Borough | Change in these areas as identified on the Policies Map affected by development (by type) | ||
| 22 | Objective 4 – Addressing the impacts of climate Change | No Development Management Plan Targets or Indicators as this is a strategic issue – please see the Planning Strategy Monitoring Framework | |||
| 23 | Objective 5 – Supporting Sustainable Communities | HC3 – Community Facilities | Resist the loss of active community facilities | Net completions of community facilities | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
| 24 | HN7 – Green Infrastructure in New Developments | Policy will be monitored through annual sample survey of new build developments | Developments make provision for improvement of the green network, retain and create green infrastructure, include appropriate planting and ecology protection and management measures | ||
| 25 | DM4 – General Access | To implement the strategic network of cycle routes | Developments that contribute/safeguard land for cycle routes as required by site policies | ||
| 26 | DM4 – General Access | All new buildings of 3 or more storeys (excluding single dwellinghouses) to provide a lift | Number of built schemes of 3 or more storeys in height incorporating lifts | ||
| 27 | Objective 6– Provision of an efficient andeffective transport system | DM4 – General Access | Parts a-e and g of Policy will be monitored through annual sample survey of new build developments | Developments pay attention to existing and future site access requirements | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
| 28 | Objective 7 – Making the best use of the seafront and promoting tourism | CC1 – Caravan, Camping and Chalet sites | Seek to increase Caravan / Camping / Chalet sites within the Borough | Net additional completions of Caravan / Camping / Chalet sites | Local Plan Monitoring Report |
