Appendices

1

Deliver suitable employment land and premises at the towns to enable forecast job growth potential to be realised, with additional provision in Frome to promote a better balance of jobs and economically active people.

SAO9: Provide sufficient employment land to meet the district’s requirements
enhancing its economic vitality and viability

CP3

• Job creation by town and by sector
• Change of employment land/ floorspace by type and location
• Supply of employment land (allocated, serviced, implemented)

• Employment land secured against  requirements in  policy CP3

2

Deliver a mixture of modern and flexible employment premises with an emphasis on supporting existing local firms, flexible/incubator space to support the establishment and growth of small businesses and office space that reinforces the vibrancy of our town centres.

SAO8: Encourage and support the diversification of the district’s economy

CP3

•  Job creation by town and by sector
•  Type and size of employment space built
•  Report of progress on major employment schemes/allocations and starter units/ incubator schemes

• Provision of new floorspace within particular use classes reflecting projected and emerging demands from business.

3

Retain jobs on redundant employment sites through mixed use re-development.

DP20

• Floorspace and/ or jobs retained or re-provided on former employment sites developed for alternative/mixed uses.  

4

Support proposals which improve and extend tourism in across the district.

SAO10: Ensure the district’s tourism potential is realised

CP3
CP6-10

• Report on Tourism projects/ facilities delivered

• Net gain in tourist accommodation (bedspaces)

5

Deliver new vocational training and skills development facilities at the towns including the expansion of Strode College in Street and expansion in secondary education facilities in Frome on a site which could also fulfil potential for further education opportunities.

CP3
CP6-10
DP19

• Report on progress on delivery of new school capacity, delivery of training facilities and other local economic initiatives

6

Deliver new primary/first schools in Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells and Street.

CP6-10
DP19

• Report on progress of delivery of new school capacity in AMR and Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

7

Develop and reinforce the distinctive identities and specialisms of the Mendip towns.

CP5
CP6-10
DP19

•  Coverage and status of  community planning documents
•  Number of applications refused against community planning documents
• Report on progress of town projects in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan

• No refusals

8

Concentrate the majority of jobs, housing, cultural activity and services within the district’s towns.

CP1
CP2
CP3

• Share of development across settlements

• 80% of new homes /employment in towns,

9

Maintain and enhance town centres to make them attractive places to visit at any time of the day, and promote sensitive redevelopments, particularly in Wells and Frome, that make them the first choice shopping destination for the widest range of goods that their catchment areas can support.

SAO11: Maintain and enhance the vitality of our town centres ensuring they are vibrant and exciting places to live, work and play

CP6-10
DP21

• Gains/losses & net addition  in Town Centre floorspace – use  classes (Classes A1-A5)
• Proportion of development within town centre boundaries v. edge of centre
• Proportion of retail/ non-retail units in primary and secondary frontages.
• Mix of multiple and local independent traders in town centres
• Gain/losses in town centre office  floorspace
• Report on progress of major retail schemes/allocations or commercial/leisure development  which supports the town centre

• No net loss of A class uses within Towns to achieve 100%

• Aim to achieve 100%

• Maintain in broad balance as observed in 2010 Mendip Town Centres Study

10

Ensure that the rural population has better access to basic community facilities such as shops, schools and social venues, as well as housing to meet local needs.

SAO13: Improve access to facilities and services

CP4
DP17

• Gains/ Losses of key facilities (bi-annual survey)
• Number of  registered ‘community assets’

• No loss of key facilities and services in villages to other uses.

11

Support and enable diversification of the rural economy in suitable and sustainable locations.

CP4
DP13
DP22
DP23

• Gain/loss in floorspace for employment uses in rural areas through the reuse of rural buildings
• Number of temporary and permanent dwellings approved with agricultural restrictions & no of restrictions removed

12

Deliver additional or replacement healthcare facilities in Frome, Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet.

CP6-10

• Report on progress in planning and delivery of facilities in AMR and further details in Infrastructure Delivery Plan

13

Maintain and extend the networks of open spaces and sports facilities, particularly in the towns, to improve their use as a means to promote more active lifestyles.

DP16

• Open space (by type)  secured (or lost) through allocations and developments
• Delivery of locally defined objectives in  Green Infrastructure Strategies (when adopted)
• Progress on open space projects by location

• Delivery against open space study benchmarks  in policies CP6-10

14

Deliver new housing within our towns at levels that maintain or, as in the case of Frome and Wells, improve the balance of jobs and economically active people and rural housing that is clearly related to identified local needs.

SAO12: Meet the district’s housing requirements whilst providing suitable housing for
all in appropriate, sustainable locations

CP1
CP2
CP6-10

• Annual  additional dwellings by settlement
• Housing delivery against Plan and town requirements
• Five year housing supply of deliverable sites
• Projected housing supply  (trajectory to 2029)
• Report on preparation of development briefs and implementation of strategic housing  sites

•  420 p.a. (2013-29)
• As set out in policy
• 5 yr supply demonstrated

15

Maximise the delivery of affordable housing.

DP11

• Total affordable homes built  by tenure and size
• Projected affordable housing supply
• Number of sites delivering to 30% or 40% policy target
• Additional homes secured from financial contributions

• 100-140 dwellings per year
• 80% social rented, 20% intermediate

DP12

• Number of homes secured on  rural exception sites by tenure and size
• Proportion of market to affordable housing

• Provision v. Local needs assessments

16

Deliver a range and mix of house types and sizes to meet the variety of local housing needs in both the open market and affordable housing sectors.

DP14

• Mix of accommodation by bedroom size and type (houses/ flats)

• Mix in line with current housing needs assessment

17

Provide for sites to accommodate the needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities.

DP15

• Additional pitch provision by type
• Supply identified in G&T housing land availability

• Progress against G&T need survey requirements

18

Ensure that the majority of new developments, particularly major traffic generators, are located to be accessible by a range of transport modes.

SAO7: Encourage more sustainable travel patterns

DP9

• Number of qualifying developments subject to a Travel Plan

• Travel Plan agreed on all qualifying developments

19

Create safe and convenient footpath and cycleway networks, ensuring that new development encourages walking, cycling and the use of public transport.

DP18

• Maintenance of safeguarded corridors for sustainable transport
• Length of defined safeguarded corridors for sustainable transport brought into use.
• Report progress on  specific projects in the main towns

• No applications which constrain or cut safeguarded links

Parking Standards

DP10

• % of developments complying with car parking standards
• Number of residential spaces per dwelling

• 100% compliance with county standards

20

Create well designed places that are safe and responsive to their surroundings, whether built, natural or cultural, whilst maintaining and enhancing the historic environment.

SAO6: Protect and enhance the district’s built environment

DP1
DP3
DP7
DP6-10

• Report on any appeals with implications for adopted policy.
• Proportion of Conservation Areas with an up to date appraisal
• Number of “Buildings at Risk”
• Number of schemes recognised in the Somerset Preservation Building Trust Awards.

21

Deliver new development that makes efficient use of land, using sustainable methods of construction and utilising technologies that minimises their environmental running costs.

SA03 Promote increased energy production from renewable sources and encourage a reduction in consumption of energy

DP7

• Number and capacity of renewable generating capacity developed in the district.

• Proportion of  zero carbon homes

• Number of new developments incorporating SuDs schemes

• Amount in MWe of renewable electricity projects in the district
• Proportion of new homes meeting the national zero carbon targets
• 100% of eligible developments.

CP2

• Number of homes completed / approved on brownfield land.
• Density of residential development
• Number of homes approved on  existing residential sites  (back garden development)

• Within guideline densities in local plan

22

Protect sensitive wildlife habitats and valued landscapes from development and enhance biodiversity and local scenery through an integrated network of green spaces, corridors and protected areas.

SAO4: Protect, maintain and where possible enhance, the district’s native biodiversity

DP5
DP6

CP7
CP8

• Area of designated wildlife site (by type)  lost to development
• Areas of protected wildlife habitats whose formal designated status is changed
• Area of additional habitat/ ecological network  created
• Changes in population of selected species
• Delivery of strategic open space and other specific mitigation measures to ensure habitat regulations compliance

• No loss of designated sites
• 95% of SSSI’ to be in favourable or recovering condition
• No decline in population of selected species
• Progress v. HRA targets

SAO5: Protect and enhance the district’s landscape

DP4
DP1

• % of applications adjacent or within AONBs refused or modified on  design grounds
• % of applications adjacent or within  SLF areas refused or modified on design grounds

• No unsuitable development within AONB’s
• No unsuitable development in Special Landscape Feature Areas

SA02 To maintain and where necessary improve water quality, and provide for sustainable sources of water supply

DP8

• Number of Air Quality Management  Areas
• Water quality indicators to be agreed with environment agency

• No AQMA’s
• To be agreed with Environment Agency

23

Recognise and manage development in light of emerging climate change impacts with particular regard to the location of new development away from areas of flood risk and developments that would increase the risk of flooding elsewhere.

SA01 Avoid, reduce and manage flood risk

DP8

• Monitoring  of planning permissions modified on the basis of Environment Agency advice or flooding and water quality grounds
• % of  dwellings approved within  flood zones 2 & 3

• No applications approved against EA advice