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
  • The District of Calderdale
  • Population
  • Households
  • The Housing Stock
  • Local Economy
  • Social Profile
  • The Environment
• 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

Population

2.2 The District is the sixth largest of the 36 Metropolitan Districts in terms of land area, but is the fifth smallest in terms of population. Almost half of its residents live within the built-up area made up of the towns of Halifax and Sowerby Bridge. The population of Calderdale is approximately 194,300 (2004 mid-year estimate). There have been fluctuations over the previous ten years due to changing patterns of migration. The latest Government population projections (2003) indicate that the population will rise rapidly over the next ten years, this contrasts with a steady decline that was experienced in the District during the early 1990s.

The population projections indicate that the population will continue to rise over the next few years to approximately 199,200 by the end of the decade and to 204,000 by 2014. The numbers of children under 16 years are forecast to decline by about 3% between 2004 and 2014, whilst people between 45 and retirement are expected to increase by about 13%. Older people (over retirement age) are expected to increase by 18%.

Calderdale's small ethnic population accounts for about 7% of the District’s population (Census 2001). This is below the average for England and Wales (9%) and significantly less than the 11.4% for West Yorkshire as a whole. The majority of this ethnic population is of Pakistani/Kashmiri origin and mainly lives within the west central area of Halifax, where they make up over 50% of the population. The age profile of the ethnic minority population is young, with about 30% being under 16 years old, compared to about 20% within the white population. There are small concentrations of minority ethnic populations living in Elland and Todmorden.

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