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Doncaster Local Development Framework

Annual Monitoring Report 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007

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Contents

Introduction 4

Contextual Characteristics 6

Core Output Indicators 1�

Housing 15

Transport 19

Leisure and Tourism �0

Minerals �0

Biodiversity �1

Flood Protection �4

Renewable Energy �4

Monitoring Local Development Document Production �5

Saved Policies �8

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The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is required by the Planning and Compulsory PurchaseAct �004 and the detail are provided in the Town and Country Planning (LocalDevelopment)(England) Regulations �004. The AMR is intended to address;-

Are policies achieving their objectives and in particular are they delivering sustainable development and sustainable communities?Have polices had unintended consequences?Are the assumptions and objectives behind the policies still relevant?Are the targets being achieved?

It is also intended that the AMR will report on the progress of the Local DevelopmentScheme and highlight where there maybe difficulty in meeting the timetable.

The AMR should report and monitor activity, covering where possible, the preceding periodbetween April to March. The �007 AMR therefore covers the period between 1 April �006 to�1March �007. This is referred to as the “AMR period” in this document.

The AMR takes account of the Good Practice Guidance for AMR’s published by the Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Local Development Framework (LDF) coreoutput indicators. In view of the lengthy process in bringing forward LDF policies, the AMRhas focussed on reporting on the key national indicators.

The monitoring of the LDF will continue to develop as its strategies and policies emergethrough the Core Strategy and Development Plan Documents. Comments on the contentand approach are welcomed. Where appropriate, changes can be included in future AMRdocuments. These should be forwarded to the LDF Team, Development and Planning;address and contact details are located on the back cover of this document.

Purpose and Development of the Annual Monitoring ReportWhilst monitoring of the principal physical, economic, social and environmentalcharacteristics has always been a statutory requirement, the new approach to planningembeds the monitoring with in the actual planning process to enable early review andrevision to keep the LDF up to date. This monitoring provides crucial feedback within thecyclical policy making process. It provides information on the performance of policy andits surrounding environment taking a future orientated approach by identifying keychallenges and opportunities and enabling adjustments to be made. In the context ofsustainable development, monitoring takes on added importance in providing a check onwhether the aims are being achieved. An important aspect of the new arrangements isthe flexibility to update certain components of the local development documents, asopposed to one local plan, which allows the Local Planning Authority to respond quicklyto changing priorities for development and monitoring will provide a critical part in identifying these.

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New technology has a role to play including Geographical Information Systems and theneed to collaborate with partners. The AMR for Doncaster is therefore a process that willevolve. Progress will be built around;

Emerging new policies from the Core Strategy and Development Plan DocumentsRobust data acquisition and analysisChanging economic, demographic and social background, andWorking with partner’s assessment methods

The AMR process so far there describes the initial progress on the LDF and begins touse a range of indicators and information to provide a basis for measuring the effect ofpolicies and the progress of development. As the AMR process continues, new indicatorswill be used and existing information developed in more detail. The third AMR varies fromthe first two with a focus on national planning indicators rather than sustainability objectives.It is anticipated that as polices take shape, specific monitoring indicators linked to policies

Structure of the AMRThe structure of the AMR seeks to follows the guidance set out in the ODPM Good PracticeGuide and the national key indicators. The AMR describes the backdrop to the boroughand the context for developing spatial plan policies. Theses are followed by providinginformation with a commentary on the key indicators including a housing trajectory. Finally, the AMR reports on the progress of the Local Development Scheme and revisions toit agreed during the last year and consultations undertaken as part of that process.

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Introduction

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Contextual Characteristics

The Vision for Doncaster Borough The Borough Strategy identifies the vision which Doncaster is seeking for the short term i.e. up to �010:

“By 2010 Doncaster will be a major contributor to regional and national prosperity. The Borough will enjoy a high growth economy supported by a substantial increase in educational attainment, the consolidation of commercial strength and widespread improvements in quality of life. Our communities will be vibrant and sustainable and Doncaster will be able to offer everyone living and working here the opportunity to achieve their full potential.”

The LDF provides the spatial framework for this vision and presently the Core Strategy is being prepared and is emerging with this AMR. It identifies the need to balance economic growth, urban renaissance and sustainable development. The core strategy advances a longer term vision to �0�1:

“Doncaster Borough will have rates of economic activity, employment and earnings that are at, or above, the regional average and will be experiencing steady in-migration. High quality housing development will be continuing to meet the requirements of this in-migration as well as trend based household formation and identified housing need; the Borough’s secondary schools and many of its poorer recreation and other community facilities will have been renewed.”

The Borough Strategy is currently being reviewed together with a new Economic Strategy, and the review will inform the LDF process as a key evidence base. The review is likely to maintain the growth aspirations of Doncaster consistent with the Regional Spatial Strategy and the Sheffield City Region Development Plan

It is around these strategies and visions that policies will emerge that will guide the data and information to be monitored. This, with analysis, will inform any changes necessary to guide spatial planning in Doncaster Borough. It is therefore important that the monitoring keeps to the following principles:-

1. Data must be relevant to the LDF and be capable of identifying its objectives and progress on them. �. It can be updated periodically to identify changes in the subject. �. It should be efficient in that they do not duplicate other measures or what other organisations keep. Involvement with partners will be critical in meeting this principle.

Spatial characteristics of Doncaster Borough Doncaster has a diverse settlement pattern; the main urban area of Doncaster with its town centre, employment areas and suburbs lies in the centre of the Borough; around it lie a dozen market and coalfield towns and approximately 50 villages. The form and functions of many of these settlements have changed considerably from their original purpose and continue to change.

Doncaster Settlements and Transport Links

Doncaster’s economy is undergoing major structural change; a major decline in recent years of mining and traditional manufacturing industries has led to problems, particularly in some communities, of high unemployment, low wages, social deprivation and poor access to jobs (see plan � below for indices of Multiple Deprivation �004). On the other hand major investment in recent years in the Doncaster Carr/Lakeside, town centre, M18 and A1(M) corridors, including the opening of the former Finningley Airbase as a commercial airport, has significantly improved Doncaster’s economy.

Doncaster benefits from a variety of strategic transport links but also faces a number of challenges, primarily from issues of limited capacity on the strategic highway network and how best to capitalise on the opportunities created by the new airport and meet its medium-long term surface access needs.

Large areas of the Borough are rural in character with some attractive villages and large swathes of attractive countryside; the largest land use (67%) is agriculture. The countryside in the western ‘half’ of the Borough is Green Belt. The extensive urban fringes are a

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valuable informal recreation resource but in many areas need environmental improvement and greater accessibility. The Greenbelt covers �,��5 ha (41%) of the borough and the Countryside Policy Area covers �4,�50 (4�%).

Doncaster has a very diverse settlement pattern combining a range of urban areas with varying built-environment quality. This ranges from historic areas and town centres through attractive suburbs to employment areas and run-down former mining villages and commuter settlements.

Doncaster has very substantial deposits of magnesium limestone (dolomite), sand and gravel, coal (both shallow deposits of coal, which could be extracted by open-cast methods, and deep deposits which have historically been extracted by underground mining) and peat, all of which have been worked for many years. Natural gas, clay, and recently coalmine methane and oil are also exploited. Peat extraction on Thorne Moor has now ceased and now is very limited on Hatfield Moors, in recognition of the international nature conservation importance of these major sites. The main minerals in terms of output in Doncaster are the limestone’s and sand and gravels used for aggregates (i.e. materials used for construction).

A land use survey was undertaken in 1997 based on aerial photographic interpretation. This identifies the amount of land used in 1� major categories sub-divided further in to 149 types. This survey has been updated to take account of residential and employment land developed since 1997.

Land Use Survey

Table 1 Land Use Survey �006

Land Use Type �006 Area Ha. %

Agriculture �4,867 61.�%

Woodland 4,170 7.�%

Unimproved Grassland and Heathland 804 1.4%

Water and Wetland �,916 5.1%

Rock and Coastal Land 0 0.0%

Minerals and Landfill �,�45 �.9% (including active mineral workings)

Recreation 1,695 �.0%

Transport 1,811 �.�%

Residential 5,��0 9.�%

Community Buildings 781 1.4%

Industrial and Commercial 1,966 �.5%

Vacant Land and Buildings �70 0.7%

Defence 6 0.01%

Total (ha) 56,851

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Plan � Flood Risk

The proportions of the borough in each flood risk area are shown below. The development of the planning application system (CAPS) will enable analysis of planning decisions in each risk category and will be included in future monitor reports.

The Environment Agency has published more upto date flood risk maps but which do not identify zones �a-c. Following publication of PPS�5 the council will update the above flood risk maps.

Table � Flood Risk Zones

Flood Risk Zone Area Ha. %

Zone �c Generally not suitable for development. 696 1

Zone �b Generally not suitable for development unless location is essential. 15,�� 7

Zone �a May be suitable for development with suitable flood defences. 1,057 �

Zone � Flood risk assessment required appropriate to scale of development. Generally not suitable for essential civil infrastructure (e.g. Hospital, Fire Station). 4,517 8

Zone 1 Little or no risk. No constraints on development. �5,�� 6�

Total 56,8�5 100

Levels of Deprivation in Doncaster

Pockets of deprivation exist in Doncaster as shown in the Context Section. The diagrambelow demonstrates the location of Doncaster’s deprivation in the national context. The following plan shows the worst and best areas of Doncaster compared to the nationalposition; the red areas fall within the worst �0% deprived areas in England whereas theyellow areas fall with in the top �0% areas in England with the other colours falling inbetween. This plan shows the pockets of deprivation in Doncaster. In order to reducedeprivation (relative to other areas) the number of areas falling on the worst �0% (red)should decrease and more areas should fall in the lesser deprived areas.

Plan 4 Indices of Multiple Deprivation �004

Flood risk areas in Doncaster

In order to identify flood risk areas and their impact on spatial opportunities the Councilcommissioned a strategic flood risk assessment study (JBA Consultants). This identifiedvarious categories of flood risk to guide sustainable development decisions shown in theplan on page 11. This study is currently being updated to take account of PPS�5 and moreupto date information.

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Amount of floorspace developed for employment by type, in employment orregeneration areas.

Table 4 Regeneration Areas (UDP MURP)

Type Site area (ha) % Floor Space m� %B1 1.48 8% 7,941 11%B� 0 0% 0 0%B�/B8 9.99 55% �7,11� 5�%B8 6.54 �6% �4,910 �6%Mixed 0 0% 0 0%Total 18.01 69,964 (7ha)

Table 5 UDP Employment Site

Type Site area (ha) % Floor Space m� %B1 0.44 1% 1,760 1%B� 1.47 �% 4,55� �%B�/B8 11.79 16% �9,71� 16%B8 55.58 76% 196,��0 78%Mixed �.5 5% 10,5�7 4%Total 7�.78 �5�,89� (�5ha)

Table 4 details development in ‘Mixed Use Regeneration Policy Areas’ as identified in the1998 Unitary Development Plan (UDP). Table 5 details development on land proposed forstrategic new ‘Employment Sites’ as identified in the UDP 1998.Source: Employment Land Survey �007

Table 6 Amount of floorspace by employment type, which is on previously developed (BF) land

Type Site area (ha) % Floor Space m� %B1 1.�5 11% �,6�5 9%B� 1.47 1�% 4,55� 11%B�/B8 0 0% 0 0%B8 �.55 �0% 5,50� 1�%Mixed 7.18 57% �7,�50 67%Total 1�.55 41,0�9 Of Overall Total 15% (4.1 ha)

Core Output Indicators

Business DevelopmentThe total amount of land developed for employment use in the period April �006 to March�007 was 84.08 hectares (gross) spread over �0 sites. Almost half of this total was on � largesingle building B8 warehouse type developments (Nimbus Park Thorne and RedhouseInterchange). This years total is a significant increase on the last � years of ��.�6 hectares�006 and 15.4� hectares �005. 1�.55 hectares (15%) of all development was on previouslydeveloped (Brownfield) land.

Completed developments for April �005 to March �007 are detailed by market category inTable �.

The net build area of all of this years completions is �9 hectares. This equates to a net ratioof almost �5% of the total gross site area.

The amount of employment land available is ��5.54 hectares at April �007. Of this total 4�%is on brownfield sites and 57% on greenfield. 55 hectares has full planning permission withno development started and 10 hectares is in temporary use. When land reserved forspecific uses, small sites or sites unlikely to come forward are discounted, a supply ofapproximately 140 hectares remains.

This year’s net total supply of land is down by almost �0 hectares from the �006 figure of�54 hectares.

Further work is being conducted on the suitability of existing employment land supply aspart of the LDF process. The demand for developing land for alternative uses and continuingproposals for large site users e.g. warehousing is being addressed through the InterimPlanning Position Statement.

Table � Amount of floorspace developed for employment by type, during the AMR period

Type Site area (ha) % Floor Space m�B1 �.7 4% 1�,�46B� 1.47 �% 4,55�B�/B8 11.79 14% �9,71�B8 57.5� 68% �01,074Mixed 9.59 11% ��,5�7Total 84.08 �91,11� (�9ha)

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Table 7 Employment land available by type

Status BF (ha) GF (ha) Total (ha)Site has full permission but is not started �8.89 15.8� 54.7�Undeveloped sites 101.59 159.47 �61.06Sites in temporary use 0 9.76 9.76Total 140.48 185.06 ��5.54% 4�% 57%

Table 8 Losses of employment land to alternative uses

Type Site area (ha)Employment & Regeneration areas �.6�Other within LA area 0

Table 9 Amount of employment land lost to residential development

Employment land lost to residential development NIL

Table 10 Amount of completed office development

Type Site area (ha) Floorspace m�Completed office development �.7 1�,�46% of total dev (84.08 ha) 4.4%

Table 11 Amount of completed office development in Town Centre

Type Site area (ha) Floorspace m�Office development in town centre NIL NIL

The town centre is defined by office policy area in the UDP appraisal map 1.

Housing

Housing Trajectory Guidance for AMR’s requires monitoring of housing completions compared to targets set bythe Regional Spatial Strategy expressed as a housing trajectory.

Housing Trajectory

Source: Derived from Doncaster Council Residential Land Availability (RLA) Study �006/07 and Regional Spatial Strategy (Government Modifications, September �007)

The housing trajectory shows the emerging housing target within the Regional SpatialStrategy (Government Modifications, September �007). This shows the net requirement(blue line) and the indicative gross build (red line). Actual net and gross completions to dateare shown by the yellow (net) and blue (gross) bars.

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Housing Completions on Previously Developed Land

Table1� Housing Completions & Previously Developed Land 1997/98 to �006/07

Completions and average completions over past 5 years

Total Brownfield % Greenfield %

Completions 1997-98 880 �65 41% 515 59%

Completions 1998-99 1,486 607 41% 879 59%

Completions 1999-�000 1,119 604 54% 515 46%

Completions �000-01 748 �16 4�% 4�� 58%

Completions �001-0� �16 97 �1% �19 69%

Completions �00�-0� 660 �97 45% �6� 55%

Completions �00�-04 805 578 7�% ��7 �8%

Completions �004-05 780 545 70% ��5 �0%

Completions �005-06 809 606 75% �0� �5%

Completions �006-07 988* 958 97% �0 �%

Completions over past 5 years 4,04� �,984 74% 1,058 �6%

Average completions over past 5 years 808 597 74% �1� �6%

* includes 146 dwellings completed in previous year(s) but previously unaccounted.Source: Doncaster Council, Residential Land Availability Study �006/07

The table demonstrates the rates of dwelling completion since 1997 including the AMRperiod. Records since 1997 includes % on Brownfield land and the effect of the Greenfieldhousing moratorium (implemented since �00�) which has increased the average rate to74% over the past 5 years. The latest target in the draft Regional Spatial Strategy is 65%.Doncaster Council are currently in the process of consulting on a number of InterimPlanning Position Statements; amongst a number of things it is proposed to lift theGreenfield housing moratorium. A decision is likely to be made in February �008.

A fuller version of this table can be found at Appendix A covering housing completions from1986/87.

Demolitions between �006/07

Year Total Dwellings Demolished

1 April 1998 - �1 March 1999 1�

1 April 1999 - �1 March �000 �

1 April �000 - �1 March �001 �0�

1 April �001 - �1 March �00� 8

1 April �00� - �1 March �00� 40

1 April �00� - �1 March �004 157

1 April �004 - �1 March �005 15�

1 April �005 - �1 March �006 ��4

1 April �006 - �1 March �007 68

Years Total Dwellings Demolished

1 April 1998 - �1 Mar �004 4�4

1 April �004 - �1 Mar �007 455

1 April 1998 - �1 Mar �007 879

Source: Doncaster Council Residential Land Availability Study �006/07

During the AMR period there have been 68 dwellings demolished. The following table coverstotal demolitions from 1998 to �007.

Table 1� Density of new dwellings completed between �006/07

Density %

a) <�0 dwellings per ha �8

b) between �0 and 50 dwellings per ha 48

c) >50 dwellings per ha �4

Source: Derived From Doncaster Council Residential Land Availability Study �006/07

The density calculations are based on all sites that have been fully completed during theperiod 1 April �006 to �1 March �007.

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Table 14 Housing type & size analysis – completions** �006/07 Type 1 Bed � Bed � Bed 4 Bed 5+ Bed Total

Detached 1 5 �9 104 44 19�

Semi-Det. 1 14 48 7 0 70

Terraced � 40 80 0 0 1��

Bungalow 0 � 6 6 1 16

Flat �� 171 8 0 0 �01

Total �6 �� 181 117 45 60�

** Where house type & size known from the annual RLA survey i.e. data derived from 60�(61%) completed dwellings from a possible 988 completions for the period 1 April �006 to �1 March �007. Source: Doncaster Council Residential Land Availability Study �006/07

Affordable housing completions During the AMR period there have been 96 affordable housing completions. Doncaster’s newHousing Market Assessment Housing Needs Study (May �007) has identified that there is asignificant shortfall of affordable housing throughout the Doncaster Borough and has statedthat Doncaster’s affordable housing requirement should be not less than �6% of all units on site. Since April �007 the Council has been seeking affordable housing contributions on sites of15 or more dwellings (or a site area of 0.5+ha) in accordance with the governments nationalindicative minimum site size threshold (Planning Policy Statement � Housing).

Transport

The South Yorkshire PTE have developed a transport accessibility model (Accession) that identifies location of services and transport routes. The model identifies such services as doctors, hospitals, schools, employment areas, shops. New housing sites have been measured against the location of services in order to demonstrate access to public transport in the borough.

Table 15 Housing developments within �0 minutes by public transport

GP 100%

Primary School 100%

Secondary school 100%

Major retail centre 100%

Employment 100%

Hospital ��5 properties completed are not within �0 minutes. This equates to ��% within the Borough.

Local Services

Completed Office useA total of �.7 ha. has been developed for office uses in the AMR period on 5 different sites; none of these sites are located in Doncaster other town centres.

Completed Retail UseThe only significant new retail floorspace completed in Doncaster was the new Doncaster Interchange which was officially opened on June �0th �006. The new Frenchgate extension comprises of 68 completed Units covering a retail floor space of approximately 49�0m�. The table below shows the retail floor space currently in Doncaster’s town centres and the Doncaster figure includes the new Frenchgate Interchange.

Table 16 Doncaster Council / major town centres / retail �006

Doncaster Mexborough Thorne

Total No. Units 84� ��1 150

Total Floor Space (m�) 165,154 �0,100 �4,�8�

Vacant Floor Space (m�) 17,671 �,1�4 1,47�

Vacant No. Units 1�� 18 14

Source: Doncaster Council Retail Survey �006

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Amount Of Eligible Open SpaceThere are currently no eligible open spaces managed to Green Flag Award standard. However neighbourhood services are aspiring towards designating to green flag standard sites at Sandal Beat Wood and Cusworth Country Park.

Leisure and TourismThe following hotels were opened within the AMR period:• A Choice Hotels ‘Sleep in’ brand consisting of 87 rooms, located on the Teardrop site Trax Park which opened in February �007.• A BDL Hotels Holiday Inn Express consisting of 94 rooms located on the First Point Business Park which opened in October �006.

The development of the new Keepmoat stadium was under construction within the AMR period, the stadium seats a 15,��1 capacity replacing the former Bell Vue football ground.

The New five storey Leger Stand at Doncaster Racecourse was under construction within the AMR period replacing the old stand holding a �000 seated capacity and including a new conference and exhibition centre.

MineralsThe �006 Yorkshire and Humber RAWP Report is the most recently published report (based on the calendar year). The �006 report indicates that the sand and gravel aggregate and non-aggregate sales in �005 (million tonnes) for South and West Yorkshire were 0.5, as per the previous year. It should be noted that within South Yorkshire, Doncaster is the only authority which contains sand quarries. The report indicates that the crushed rock: aggregate and non-aggregate sales in �006(million tonnes) for South Yorkshire were �.6 (0.4 mt less than the previous year). Noting that within South Yorkshire only one currently operational limestone quarry is located outside Doncaster - in Rotherham.

The Report states, “Within the region, the minerals waste and industrial by products used as aggregates are unburnt colliery spoil, metallurgical slags and power station wastes (furnace bottom ash and pulverised fuel ash). In recent years there have been significant changes in the coal industry in the region that may affect the future availability and use of colliery spoil. The Selby Coalfield closed in October �004, leaving Kellingley Colliery as the only mine in production in North Yorkshire. In South Yorkshire only Maltby Colliery remains in production.”

BiodiversityThere are 15 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and approximately �00 sites of regional/local nature conservation importance. Thorne and Hatfield Moors, an extensive area of lowland raised peat bog, are of international importance. �00 Tree Preservation Orders cover a large number of individual trees and woodlands and there are ��90 kilometres of hedgerows including many ancient hedgerows.

With respect to non-statutory ‘Local sites’ there has been no change to actual ‘designation’ status within the reporting period, some of the sites do not exist anymore with respect to their environmental value. The Local Sites are currently under review and this may result in a future change in designated status of non-statutory sites in future monitoring periods.

During the AMR period there have been no significant developments that have affected sites with particular bio diversity interest.

The UDP continues to provide the planning policies for protecting the environment and specific areas of special interest from inappropriate and damaging development. The table identifies the amount of area designated with environmental policies in the existing Unitary Development Plan and national designations.

UDP Environmental Designations

Ha % of Borough

Area of Special Landscape Value 1�,5�8.� ��

Site of International Importance for Nature Conservation �,68�.8 5

Site of regional / Local Importance for Nature Conservation 51,88.5 9

Site of National Importance for Nature Conservation 566.4 1

Conservation Area 896.9 �

Doncaster Borough 56,857

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Landscape CharacterThe Landscape Character and Capacity Study assesses the capacity of the landscape to accommodate different types of development including housing, strategic employment, minerals and waste, large-scale forestry and renewable energy. It forms part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework (LDF) and develops clearly defined criteria to help assess the impact of proposed development on the landscape. It will be used in the determination of current and future planning applications. Part � of the document provides general landscape design principles for development types.

The UDP currently has an Area of Special Landscape Value where planning decisions will seek to protect and enhance. This area covers 1�,5�8 ha or ��% of the borough. Detailed work has been done through the Landscape character Assessment Study to evaluate the whole landscape character of the Doncaster Council area that assists the assessment of mineral and other major developments and support emerging LDF policies as a key evidence base.

WasteThe following planning permissions for waste facilities were granted during the AMR period:

05/0�577/COUChange of use of land from coal merchant/vehicles spares & repair to metal reclamation site 1st September �006. The site is expected to accept the following annual tonnes of materials (with a 5-10% increase following an extension to the site):

Scrap Metal 9,456

End of Life Vehicles 4,907

Tyres 6

Batteries 5�

Motor Oil 1�,�50

06/0�496Change of Use of Barn to waste transfer/treatment facility�1st December �006. The site is expected to accept the following annual tonnes of materials:

Paper / Card 50

Plastics �80

1000 Tyres <1

Glass / Metal �0

A key aspect of sustainable waste management is the waste hierarchy, whereby waste is seen as a resource to be utilised rather than a ‘problem’ to be disposed of. The tables below show that the amount of household waste within the borough which is disposed of to landfill is decreasing, whilst the amount of waste which is recycled and composted is increasing, in line with the aspirations set out in the Doncaster Municipal Waste Strategy (The Zero Waste Strategy).

Table 18 Percentage of household waste arisings which have been sent for recycling

�005/06 �006/07

Household dry recycling �4,000 tonnes

Total household waste 156,000 tonnes

Dry recycling rate 1�.77% 15.68%

Table 19 Percentage of household waste sent for composting or anaerobic digestion

�005/06 �006/07

Household Composting 1�,600 tonnes

Total household waste 156,�00 tonnes

Composting rate 5.78% 8.7�%

Table �0 Percentage of household waste used for energy recovery

�005/06 �006/07

Used for Energy Recovery 0 tonnes

Total household waste 156,�96 tonnes

Energy recovery rate 0%

Table �1 Percentage of household waste that is landfilled

�005/06 �006/07

Land filled 118,000 tonnes

Total household waste 156,400 tonnes

Landfill rate 80.��% 75.45%

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Flood ProtectionOnly one Major planning permission was granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on Flood risk ground.

Renewable EnergyNo planning permissions have been granted for large scale stand-alone renewable energy schemes. However, there are a number of proposals within the borough, which have not yet been determined.

During �004, the Council considered the scheme of a wind farm of �8 turbines located at Tween Bridge, Thorne and in April �005 objected on the grounds of the impact on aviation safety and the environmental and amenity impact. The scheme went to public enquiry in January of the AMR period. The planning application is currently awaiting the planning inspector’s decision.

An application for a wind farm at Marr was submitted within the AMR period, the application has outline planning permission subject to an awaiting signed legal agreement.

Monitoring Local Development Document Production

IntroductionThe Annual Monitoring Report is required to review the production of development plan documents against the timetable set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS). This should set out whether:• The timetable is being met. • Reasons where the production process is not meeting targets and the reasons for this.

There is a need to update the Local Development Scheme. Since the last AMR a revised LDS has been approved by the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber (GOYH) in �007. The revised LDS took account of the matters identified in the previous Annual Monitoring Report. A table summarising progress on the LDF documents is included in this Chapter.

The Local Development SchemeThe Local Development Scheme (LDS) informs residents, businesses and communities how the LDF will proceed and also provides a framework and timetable for managing LDF related work. Table 16 sets out progress on a document by document basis. The �006 Annual Monitoring Report for �006 identified that a review of LDS was needed due to important new emerging government policy and guidance and other strategies which the LDF needed to take account of, following the Planning Inspectorate’s Examination of the first round of Core Strategies and following test of soundness assessment of Doncaster’s Core Strategy. The previous AMR identified changes to the LDS which were likely to result from the emerging changes to the national policy context. The LDS was subsequently amended, as envisaged and the changes are summarised below.

The LDS programme was revised in March �007 to take account of the following new factors: programme slip to the emerging Regional Spatial Strategy and Planning Policy Statement PPS� on Housing; an updated Doncaster Economic Strategy due in �007; the Planning Advisory Service publication ‘Core Strategy Guidance’ and the Planning Inspectorate ‘Core Strategy lessons learnt’ publication. The revised programme also gives the opportunity for further soundness work on major issues arising from the previous round of Core Strategy consultation and to update key evidence base documents such as the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.

For further information, please see Doncaster’ Local Development Scheme �007 Review, which is available on the Council’s website www.doncaster.gov.uk on the Planning section. In summary, the changes to Doncaster’s LDS, compared to the previous March �006 LDS Review are as follows:

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Progress on Local Development Framework Development Plan Documents (DPDs)1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation December �005 Following consideration by Planning Inspectorate theProposed Date for Adoption* SCI was found sound subject to some minor changes, November �006 which were made, and adopted by Doncaster Council.

Core Strategy Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation March �009 The Core Strategy Options paper was published inProposed Date for Adoption* June �005 followed by the Core Strategy Preferred July �010 Options which was consulted between December �005 and March �006. The comments received have been summarised and placed on the Council’s website on the LDF section. In the revised LDS approved by GOYH in �007 the Core Strategy submission date was amended from January �007 to March �009. This is to allow evidence base work to be completed to support new requirements for indicative housing percentages and employment land or floor space per settlement or area to be added to the Core Strategy, along with strategic Waste and Minerals Preferred Areas of Search and supporting policy. This in the light of the changed national policy context described earlier in this chapter. Evidence base and document preparation work is on target to meet the programme as follows: Core Strategy Further Options consultation August-September �007; Core Strategy Amended Preferred Options consultation September �008.

Housing, Transport, Retail, Employment and Local Waste DPD

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation July �010 A draft Housing Options Site Selection Methodology wasProposed Date for Adoption* consulted on December �005 to March �006. October �011 In the revised LDS the Housing, Employment and Transport topic DPDs are combined into one document, along with Retail and Local Waste provision, covering site allocations and more detailed policy. Evidence base and document preparation work is on target to meet the programme as follows: Options consultation December �007, Preferred Options consultation September �008.

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St Sepulchre Gate West Area Action Plan

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation June �008 Evidence base and document preparation work on targetProposed Date for Adoption* to meet the programme as follows: Preferred Options September �009 consultation November �007. While this is one month’s slip compared to the LDS it is not anticipated that this will compromise the Submission date.

Environment and Minerals Allocations and Detailed Policies DPD

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation July �010 Environment and Minerals Allocations and detailed policies Proposed Date for Adoption* are combined into one DPD covering allocations and October �011 detailed policy as appropriate. As part of the evidence base for this DPD, a new Doncaster Biodiversity Action Plan and Landscape Character Capacity Study have been completed. The borough’s SSIs have been resurveyed and will be reviewed. Evidence base and document preparation work is on target to meet the programme as follows: Options consultation December �007, Preferred Options consultation September �008.

Doncaster Town Centre Area Action Plan

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation June �010 Evidence base and document preparation work is on Proposed Date for Adoption* target to meet the programme as follows: September �011 Options consultation December �007, Preferred Options consultation September �008.

Joint Strategic Waste (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham) DPD

Proposed Date for Submission Progress on document preparation To be confirmed In line with government guidance and waste procurement Proposed Date for Adoption* requirements a Joint Strategic Waste DPD for Barnsley, To be confirmed Doncaster and Rotherham has been added to the LDS, with timescales be to finalised and added as an addendum to the LDS as an addendum.

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Consultation DatabaseAn extensive consultation database of organisations, stakeholders, consultees and interested persons has been developed. As the LDF documents are published, including placing on the Council’s website, the database contacts are notified in writing of the consultation and informed how these documents can be accessed. Any organisation or individual that wishes to be added to the database should contact the LDF team with their contact details.

Consultation undertaken on the Local DevelopmentFramework from 1st April �006 to �1st March �007

The Statement of Community Involvement states that the Annual Monitoring Report will reflect on and evaluate the community involvement process undertaken the previous year. Following completion of the Core Strategy Preferred Options consultation in March �006 no LDF Options of Preferred Options public consultations were undertaken in the period 1st April �006 to �1st March �007. This is because of the revision of the LDF programme necessary to take account of new government policy and guidance, as described above. Work has focussed on updating the LDF evidence base (for example Employment Land Availability Study, Biodiversity Action Plan, Landscape Character and Capacity Study and Sustainability Appraisals. In addition work has gone into preparing the documents for the next round of LDF consultations between August �007 and September �008 – as described in the table above.

Saved Policies Doncaster Council and the Secretary of State have approved the saving of the majority of the adopted UDP policies after September �007, until they are replaced by the emerging LDF. A copy of the Secretary of State’s Direction on this, confirming which policies are saved is available on the Council’s website on the Planning web page.

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