1. Publication Draft North East Derbyshire Local Plan 2024 - 2044 (Reg 19)

Publication Draft North East Derbyshire Local Plan 2024 - 2044 (Reg 19)

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9 Monitoring, Review and Implementation Comment

9.1 Introduction Comment

The Local Plan covers the period to 2044. During this time, changes in economic, social, environmental and legislative circumstances may affect the delivery of the Plan's vision, objectives and strategy. It is therefore important that the Plan is subject to effective monitoring and review to ensure that it remains relevant, effective and responsive to changing circumstances.

The Council will monitor the implementation of the Local Plan through a framework of objectives, targets and indicators set out in Table 9.1. The indicators have been selected to provide a proportionate assessment of whether the Plan's strategy is being delivered and whether its objectives are being achieved, rather than assessing individual polices. Monitoring will cover a range of topics including housing delivery, employment growth, town centre vitality, infrastructure provision, climate change, biodiversity, green infrastructure and the delivery of strategic site allocations.

9.2 Monitoring Comment

The Council will monitor the performance of the Local Plan on an ongoing basis and publish the results through an Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) at least annually. The AMR will assess progress against the monitoring framework, identify any significant changes in circumstances, and consider whether policies continue to perform effectively. Where monitoring identifies issues with the implementation of the Plan, the Council will consider whether intervention, further evidence gathering, policy updates or a review of the Plan is required.

The delivery of housing and maintenance of an adequate supply of development land are likely to be key indicators of whether the Plan's strategy is being successfully implemented. However, the Council will also monitor the performance of other strategic objectives and policies, including those relating to employment growth, town centres, climate change, biodiversity, green infrastructure, infrastructure delivery and environmental quality. Where monitoring identifies significant or sustained under-performance against key indicators, the Council will consider whether a review of the Plan, in whole or in part, may be necessary.

In particular, where the Housing Delivery Test indicates that housing delivery has fallen substantially below the housing requirement over the previous three-year period, or where the Council is unable to demonstrate an adequate housing land supply, the Council will investigate the causes of under-delivery and consider whether a review of the Local Plan is required. Similarly, significant changes in national planning policy, legislation, demographic trends, economic conditions or the evidence base may trigger a review where these changes would affect the effectiveness of the Plan or its consistency with national policy.

9.3 Strategic Site and Infrastructure Delivery Comment

Particular attention will be given to the delivery of strategic site allocations and key infrastructure identified within the Plan. The Council will work proactively with developers, infrastructure providers, statutory bodies, neighbouring authorities, landowners and other stakeholders to monitor progress, identify barriers to delivery and facilitate solutions where necessary. Monitoring will also consider the delivery of supporting infrastructure, environmental mitigation, biodiversity enhancements and other site-specific requirements.

9.4 Plan Review Comment

The Council is required to keep the Local Plan under review and assess whether its policies remain effective and up to date. In accordance with national policy and relevant legislation, the Council will undertake a review of the Plan at least once every five years from the date of adoption and determine whether an update, amendment or full review is necessary.

9.5 Implementation Comment

Partnership working between the Council, local communities, developers, infrastructure providers, statutory bodies, neighbouring authorities, landowners, businesses and other stakeholders. The Authority Monitoring Report will play an important role in assessing progress, identifying emerging challenges and opportunities, and informing decisions on whether further action is required to support the delivery of the Plan's vision and objectives.

The adoption-year AMR will establish a clear baseline for each indicator. Where a numeric target is not justified, monitoring will report the direction of travel and explain any material departure. A trigger will prompt investigation and corrective action; but will not automatically require a plan review.

Table 9.1: Monitoring Framework

Objective	Theme	Indicator	Target / desired direction	Principal source	Trigger for investigation or action
SO5	Housing delivery	Net additional dwellings completed each monitoring year	Average of at least 563 dwellings per annum over 2024-2044	Housing completions and AMR	Delivery below 85% of the requirement over a rolling three-year period
SO5 / SO8	Housing land supply	Years of deliverable housing land supply	Maintain at least five years’ supply plus the applicable buffer	Five-year housing land supply assessment	Unable to demonstrate the required supply
SO5	Housing Delivery Test	Published Housing Delivery Test result	At least 95%	Government publication	Result below 95%; formal review consideration if below 75%
SO5	Affordable housing	Affordable homes completed, by tenure, and percentage secured on qualifying schemes	Qualifying schemes meet Policy LC3 unless an evidenced variation is agreed	Permissions, completions and S106 monitoring	Sustained shortfall against policy expectations or repeated viability reductions
SO5	Housing mix and accessibility	Homes approved and completed by size, tenure, specialist housing and M4(2)/M4(3) standard	Qualifying schemes meet Policies LC2, LC5 and LC6	Development Management and Building Control records	Material or sustained non-compliance on qualifying developments
SO5	Self and custom build	Serviced plots permitted and completed compared with register demand	Sufficient permissions to meet evidenced demand; 5% on schemes of 100 or more homes	Self-build register and planning records	Permissions are insufficient to meet statutory demand
SO5	Traveller accommodation	Pitches permitted, completed and available against identified need	Maintain an adequate five-year supply and meet the identified plan-period requirement	GTAA, permissions and completions	Identified need or five-year supply is not met
SO1 / SO2	Employment land delivery	Net employment land and floorspace completed by use class, including allocated sites	Progress towards 20 ha general employment provision and delivery of allocated sites	Employment land monitoring	Sustained delivery materially below the expected trajectory
SO1 / SO2	Strategic logistics	Land and floorspace approved and completed at Land South of Markham Vale	Progress towards delivery of the 35 ha allocation	Planning and site monitoring	No substantive progress within five years of adoption
SO1 / SO2	Safeguarded employment areas	Employment land or floorspace lost to non-employment uses	No significant net loss that undermines the employment land portfolio	Planning permissions and completions	Sustained losses without compensating provision
SO3	Town centre health	Vacancy rate and diversity of uses in each defined centre	No sustained worsening from the adoption baseline	Town Centre Health Checks	Vacancy increases by more than 5 percentage points or worsens for three years
SO8 / SO14	Spatial distribution and brownfield land	Share of housing completions by settlement tier, strategic site and previously developed land	Broad alignment with Policy SS4 and the planned distribution of growth	Housing land monitoring and GIS	Significant sustained divergence that threatens the spatial strategy
SO8	Green Belt	Permissions granted, and appeals allowed, for inappropriate development in the Green Belt without the justification required by Policy SS12 and national policy	No decisions that materially undermine Green Belt purposes, openness or the Plan strategy	Planning decisions, appeal decisions and GIS monitoring	Any decision or appeal outcome that materially undermines the Green Belt or spatial strategy
SO8	Local Settlement Gaps	Permissions granted, and appeals allowed, for development that fails to maintain settlement separation, identity or the undeveloped character of a Local Settlement Gap	No development that materially undermines the function or integrity of a Local Settlement Gap	Planning decisions, appeal decisions and GIS monitoring	Any decision or appeal outcome resulting in material erosion of settlement separation or gap integrity
SO15	Strategic sites	Permissions, starts, completions and policy infrastructure milestones for Policies SS5-SS9	Delivery broadly in line with trajectories, masterplans and agreed phasing	Site delivery schedules and developer liaison	Output more than 25% below trajectory over five years or a critical milestone is missed
SO15	Infrastructure delivery	Status of critical and essential projects in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan	Delivery in step with development and agreed phasing	IDP and S106 monitoring; provider updates	Critical infrastructure is delayed so that planned growth cannot proceed
SO7	Climate change assessments	Qualifying applications accompanied by a proportionate climate change impact assessment	100% of qualifying approvals demonstrate compliance with Policy SS2	Planning application monitoring	Repeated approval without the required assessment or mitigation
SO7	Renewable and low-carbon energy	Renewable and low-carbon capacity approved and operational, by technology (MW)	Positive cumulative increase over the plan period	Planning permissions and completion notifications	No additional operational capacity over three consecutive years
SO11	Biodiversity net gain	Qualifying permissions securing BNG, percentage gain and on-site/off-site delivery	100% statutory compliance and at least the mandatory minimum net gain	Biodiversity gain plans, register and monitoring reports	Any material non-compliance or failure to secure long-term management
SO11	Trees and green infrastructure	Trees lost and replacement planting secured; green infrastructure delivered or enhanced	No unacceptable net loss; replacement planting and GI delivered as approved	Planning conditions, S106 and site monitoring	Repeated failure to implement approved planting or GI measures
SO12	Sustainable transport	Major developments with approved Travel Plans and walking, wheeling, cycling or public transport measures delivered	100% of qualifying schemes; measures delivered to agreed timescales	Transport assessments, Travel Plans and S106 monitoring	Repeated non-compliance or material backlog in delivery
SO7 / SO13	Flood risk and drainage	Permissions contrary to Environment Agency flood-risk advice; qualifying schemes delivering SuDS	Zero permissions contrary to sustained EA objection; SuDS delivered where feasible	Planning records, LLFA and EA consultation responses	Repeated permissions contrary to unresolved flood-risk objection.
SO10	Historic environment	Heritage assets at risk and permitted development causing harm or loss	Reduction in assets at risk and no avoidable loss of significance	Historic England and Council heritage records	Increase in assets at risk or repeated harmful outcomes
SO6 / SO11	Open space and recreation	On-site provision and financial contributions secured, received and spent	Provision delivered in accordance with Policies ID9-ID10 and agreed timescales	S106 and open-space monitoring	Significant backlog, unspent contributions at risk, or persistent deficiencies

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