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

Social Profile

2.6 The social characteristics of the District are varied. Some rural and semi-rural areas that are close to good communications are growing as a result of new housing developments, with people commuting typically to Leeds or Manchester for employment. In contrast, some residents of remote and scattered rural settlements lack access to the facilities available in the larger towns of the District Some small communities are experiencing a contraction in local services.

Calderdale's diverse communities contain contrasts of affluence and poverty. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (2004) shows that Calderdale ranks between 65^th and 87^th out of 354 districts on the six indices of deprivation.

Areas with the highest levels of multiple deprivation are within the Halifax wards of Park, Ovenden, Illingworth & Mixenden and Town. Significant pockets of deprivation are also found in other wards. For those affected, particularly outside Halifax, difficulties with transport and access compound other aspects of social exclusion.

Within the urban areas in particular, characteristics associated with low incomes and poverty are present. There is a high proportion of households with no car relative to national figures. Lone parents comprise a relatively high proportion of households with children under 16 years old. In April 2005, 20% of households received Council Tax Benefit. In two wards, the figure exceeded 30%. Altogether, 45% of all people claiming benefits administered by the Council are pensioners.

By contrast, in other parts of the urban areas, and in the rural areas, there are signs of increasing prosperity. In five wards, a quarter of all households have annual incomes above £40,000, compared to the Calderdale average of just under £27,000.

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