Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan

15.1 Review is the process of looking again at the Plan policies and proposals in the light of information gained from the monitoring process and deciding whether changes need to be made to the policies and proposals.The Government has legislated to fundamentally alter the development plan system within England. This involves the replacement of the UDP with a Local Development Framework (LDF) consisting primarily of a core strategy and a number of subject based development plan documents together with action and area plans. The Local Development Scheme (LDS), required under the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, and which sets out the programme of work to be undertaken by the Council, is currently under review. It will include a number of documents including one covering a review of the extent and boundaries of the Green Belt which will be undertaken in order to provide a long term defensible Green boundary that will last unchanged for at least 30 years. Work has commenced on the new LDF for the District.

15.2 An annual report will be published utilising monitoring information on the key indicators in Table 15.1 that will provide a basis for any future review, be it minor changes or a more comprehensive review, of the Plan’s policies and proposals. It will also be of particular importance to housing issues and will allow the phasing of housing sites to be reviewed during the life of the Plan.

15.3 The two procedures of monitoring and review are therefore vital if the policies and proposals are to remain relevant to the District’s needs. By the combination of monitoring and review it is intended that the policies and proposals contained in this plan will be up-dated to form parts of the LDF.

15.4 Monitoring is the process of collecting, collating and presenting information on those matters that are seen as important measures of change in the District. It is fundamental to the requirement of testing the performance and effectiveness of planning policies and to keep them up-to-date. Therefore, monitoring needs to be undertaken continuously and with a high degree of consistency and accuracy. The monitoring of key topics within the adopted UDP will therefore take place on a regular basis to ensure that up-to-date information is available to assist in making planning and development decisions and to help identify priorities for the future.The Annual Monitoring Report required for the Local Development Framework addresses many of these issues.

15.5 The following major objectives of the Plan will therefore be monitored via the key indicators set out in Table 15.1 below:-

Table 15.1 Principal Plan Objectives and Key Policy Indicators

Objective	Principal Policies	Principal Indicators	Target (where applicable1)
The regeneration and renaissance of the district	GE4	Amount of derelict or degraded land (ha) brought back into use;
	GH2	Number of housing completions on previously developed land	85%
To make adequate provision for employment related development	GE1 GE2	Take up of land (ha) for employment uses; Loss of land (ha/year) allocated as new employment sites to non-employment uses
To meet the housing needs of the district	GH1	Number of housing completions	450 per annum
To enhance the town centres and meet the shopping needs of the district	GS1 GS2	Regular monitoring of town centre statistics (as per PPS6) and planning applications for retail development
To protect and ensure adequate provision of open space	GOS1	Amount of development on Open Space (ha) Increase in amount of open space (ha) in areas of deficiency
To enhance and protect the quality of the built and natural environment	GBE1	Number of Listed Buildings/Ancient Monuments demolished per annum
To ensure an efficient transport network	GT1 GT2	Monitored through the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
To ensure the principle aims of national Green Belt policy are met	GNE1	Number of planning applications approved in Green Belt
To ensure the effective protection of environmentally important areas within the district	GNE2	Number of designated sites lost Number of new sites designated
To conserve and enhance natural resources	GEP2	Amount of energy produced from renewable energy sources (Mw)
To meet the District’s needs regarding minerals and waste management	GM1 GWM1 GWM2	Data on planning applications and extent of reserves

1. Quantitative targets do not exist for many indicators but where they do, generally they are set down in the Regional Spatial Strategy for Yorkshire and the Humber (2004).

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