Bournemouth Local Plan Authority Monitoring Report 2013/14

Research & Information Bournemouth Borough Council May 2015

Bournemouth Local Plan Authority Monitoring Report 2013/14

Bournemouth Local Plan

Authority Monitoring Report 2013/14

Research & Information

Bournemouth Borough Council

May 2015

01202 454684

[email protected]

Contents

Glossary 1

1 Introduction 9

2 Core and Contextual Indicators 13

3 Economy 25

4 Natural and Built Environment 45

5 Housing 51

6 Transport 81

7 Local Development Scheme Milestones 85

Appendix 1 Schedule of Contextual Indicators 89

Appendix 2 Schedule of Core Indicators 97

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Glossary

Glossary of Terms

Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)

The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) is conducted in two parts: one dealing with employment, the other with financial information. The financial inquiry covers about two thirds of the UK economy including: production; construction; distribution and service industries; agriculture (part), hunting, forestry and fishing. The coverage of the employment inquiry is wider.

Annual Population Survey

A quarterly residence based labour market survey encompassing population, economic activity (employment and unemployment), economic inactivity and qualifications.

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) provides information about the levels, distribution and make-up of earnings and hours paid for employees within industries, occupations and regions.

Area Action Plan (AAP)

A detailed plan for a particular area lying within the local authority boundary, usually where there is major new development, or substantial regeneration or conservation issues.

Authority Monitoring Report (AMR)

A report assessing the progress and effectiveness of the documents which together form the new Bournemouth Local Plan including monitoring the progress of each document with respect to the timetable specified for each document in the Local Development Scheme.

Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)

A plan, programme or strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.

Brownfield land Land which has previously been developed. Also known as previously developed land or PDL.

Business Demography

Taken from an extract of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) this shows the number of births and deaths of firms as well as the number of active enterprises.

Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)

An employer survey of the number of jobs held by employees that includes the detailed industry (5 digit SIC2007). The survey records a job at the location of an employee’s workplace. The data is restricted and requires a license to access.

Census of Population

The census has been undertaken every 10 years since 1801 and provides detailed statistics from national down to small geographies in the local area.

Communities and Local Government (CLG)

The government department responsible for planning, regeneration and housing.

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Conservation Area

Section 69 of the 1990 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act empowers local planning authorities to designate Conservation Areas, being areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. A local planning authority has also to keep these areas under review and prepare schemes of enhancement.

Contextual indicators

A series of indicators originally recommended for collection by the South West Assembly.

Core Strategy A Development Plan Document setting out the vision, spatial strategy and core policies for the development of Bournemouth.

Development Plan Document (DPD)

Local policy documents which together form the new Local Plan for the area and form the basis on which planning decisions are made.

General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ)

GNVQs aim individuals to develop knowledge, skills and understanding in broad vocational areas. These areas include skills in communication, application of numbers, and information technology. They have been designed to improve employability skills.

Greenfield land Land on which no urban development has previously taken place, usually understood to be on the periphery of the existing built-up area. Please see the housing chapter for a fuller explanation.

Gross Value Added (GVA)

GVA measures the contribution to the economy of each individual producer, industry or sector in the United Kingdom.

Highway network The local road network comprising County Primary, County Distributor, District Distributor and Local Distributor roads.

Historic park and garden

These are planned landscapes which have been designated by English Heritage in the same manner as Listed Buildings.

House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

A HMO is a house shared by a number of unrelated people (like a shared student house).

Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

The HHSRS is the risk assessment procedure for residential properties. It replaced the Housing Fitness Regime on the 6 April 2006 in England, and in Wales later that year. HHSRS also replaces the Fitness Standard as an element of the Decent Homes Standard as an element of the Decent Homes Standard.

Housing Market Area (HMA)

Geography used for strategic housing market assessments. Bournemouth falls within the Bournemouth and Poole HMA which comprises the local authorities of Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Poole and Purbeck.

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Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA)

The purpose of this appendix is to bring together statistical information relevant to the formulation of a local authority Housing Strategy. The presentation of these data will enable local authorities, partners and other interested parties to gain a quick overview of the position and will inform development of the Regional Housing Strategy. It brings together data items from many different housing areas in a concise and handy reference document. This was superseded by the simplified Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) return in 2012.

Housing trajectory A housing trajectory supports the ‘plan, monitor, manage’ approach to housing delivery.

Income Support A benefit for those on a low income or none at all, who are working less than 16 hours a week and haven’t signed on as unemployed.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 is a measure of multiple deprivation at the small area level.

Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR)

The IDBR is based on inputs from three administrative sources: traders registered for Value Added Tax (VAT) purposes with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), employers operating a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) scheme - registered with HMRC and incorporated businesses registered at Companies House.

Listed building Buildings included in the statutory list of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Historic buildings are listed by English Heritage and are classified into three grades - I, II* and II depending on their importance.

Local Authority Housing Statistics Return (LAHS)

This is a return collected from 2012/13 onwards by central government which contains information on local authority housing stock including waiting lists, lets, vacant dwellings, dwelling condition, rent collected, and affordable units / contributions. This was designed to replace three main returns to avoid duplication of effort, including the HSSA return (see above)

Local Development Scheme (LDS)

The Local Development Scheme sets out the time tabled programme for preparing planning policy documents over a rolling three year period.

Local Nature Reserve (LNR)

A title conferred by the local authority under section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 on a site needing special protection because of its value for wildlife and for people to see, learn about and enjoy wildlife.

Local Transport Plan (LTP)

LTPs set out the authority's local transport strategies and policies, and an implementation programme.

National Core Output Indicator (NCOI)

Under the LDF monitoring guidance a set of core indicators were included which local authorities are required to address in their Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). To allow meaningful analysis these indicators have to be collected within a consistent time framework using a clearly identified set of definitions.

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National Nature Reserve (NNR)

A site of special scientific interest or national importance for nature conservation, which is managed by or on behalf of English Nature, in the interests of wildlife, research and public appreciation (where appropriate).

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

Published in March 2012 the NPPF sets out the Governments planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. The NPPF superseded the Planning Policy Guidance and Planning Policy Statement documents that had contained previous Government advice.

NOMIS NOMIS official labour market statistics www.nomisweb.co.uk . Part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suite of websites providing primarily labour market statistics.

Office of National Statistics (ONS)

ONS is the government department responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about the UK's society and economy.

Pension Credit Pension Credit is an income related benefit made up of 2 parts - Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit. Statistics provide an indication of pensioners on a low income.

Previously Developed Land (PDL)

Alternatively known as brownfield land, this is land which has some form of built land use.

Prime transport corridor

A Prime Transport Corridor is where priority will be given to moving people and goods rather than vehicles and where development will be focused.

Proposals Map A map illustrating all the policies and proposals in the Development Plan Documents.

Private Registered Provider (PRP)

This is the current accepted umbrella term for Registered Social Landlords (RSL) or Housing Associations (HA) who provide affordable / social rent housing.

Sites of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI)

A site defined by the Dorset Wildlife Trust as being of County importance for nature conservation.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

A site notified by Natural England under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 on account of its flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features. All NNRs, Ramsar sites, SACs and SPAs have also been notified as SSSIs.

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

Document setting out how the authority intends to achieve continuous community involvement in the preparation of the Local Development Framework.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

An assessment of the environmental impacts of the policies and proposals contained within the Local Development Framework. Required under the European Directive 2001/42/EC.

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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

A SHLAA is a thorough and robust strategic housing land availability (and other sources) assessment of a local authority area in order to inform the preparation of the local planning authorities’ LDF Core Strategies. The study is carried out in accordance with advice contained in ‘Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments: Practice Guidance’, DCLG, July 2007.

Super Output Area (SOA)

Super Output Areas (SOAs) are a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics in England and Wales. Their first statistical application was for the Indices of Deprivation 2004, giving them instant publicity and usage across the local government sector. The SOAs have recently been revised in some areas for the 2011 Census.

Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Non-statutory documents intended to expand upon the policies and proposals in Development Plan Documents. Not subject to independent examination.

Survey of English Housing (SEH)

The SEH is a continuous household survey that collects information from nearly 20,000 households about the characteristics of their housing and their attitudes to housing and related issues.

Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

An assessment of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the policies and proposals contained within the Local Development Framework.

Travel plans A Travel Plan is a package of measures and initiatives that aim to reduce the number of car journeys made, by providing people with greater choice.

Use Classes Order (UCO)

The Use Classes Order groups together in specified classes various uses of buildings or land. The Planning Acts then provides that a change of use of a building or other land will not require planning permission if the new use and the former use are both within the same class.

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Use classes: A1

A2

B1

B2

B8

C2

C3

C4

D2

Shops, retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, dry cleaners, internet cafes, etc: Pet shops and sandwich bars; and Showrooms, domestic hire shops, funeral directors Banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies; and Professional and financial services, betting offices Business class which must be capable of being undertaken “in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit”. Within B1 there are divisions: B1(a) : Offices, not within A2 B1(b) : Research & development, studios, laboratories, high tech B1(c) : Light industry General industry Wholesale warehouse, distribution centre, repositories Residential schools and colleges; Hospitals and convalescent / nursing homes Use as a dwelling house (whether or not as a sole or main residence) by: C3(a): those living together as a single household as defined by

the Housing Act 2004 (basically a ‘family’) C3(b): those living together as a single household and receiving

care, and C3(c): those living together as a single household who do not

fall within the C4 definition of a house in multiple occupation (HMO)

Houses in multiple occupation – use of a dwelling house by not more than six residents. Cinemas, music and concert halls

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Wards

BE BW CE EC ES KN KS LI

MO QP RN SP TB TM

WW WS WC WE

There are 18 wards in Bournemouth. For convenience, they are sometimes referred to by a shortened code: Boscombe East Boscombe West Central East Cliff and Springbourne East Southbourne and Tuckton Kinson North Kinson South Littledown and Iford Moordown Queen’s Park Redhill and Northbourne Strouden Park Talbot and Branksome Woods Throop and Muscliff Wallisdown and Winton West West Southbourne Westbourne and West Cliff Winton East

Working tax credit Those who work but are on a low income may qualify for working tax credit. Statistics on this provide an indication of the number of working age residents on a low income.

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1 Introduction

1.1 This is the ninth monitoring report relating to the Bournemouth Local Plan. Like the previous reports, it draws together, into a single report, the results of monitoring which has been undertaken for many years, and previously published separately, and new assessments introduced as a result of the need to comprehensively monitor the framework. The data used in this report relates to the year ending 31 March 2014 although, where appropriate, longer periods are reported.

1.2 The need to monitor the Local Plan through the publication of an Annual Monitoring Report is a requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 section 35. Section 113 of the Localism Act 2011 amends section 35 in respect of the requirements to prepare this Monitoring Report. The report must be prepared at least annually (hence renaming it to ‘Authority Monitoring Report’ (AMR) since 2011/12) and contain information on the implementation of the local development scheme (LDS) and the extent to which the policies set out in local development documents (LDDs) are being achieved. Additionally it must set out residential completions; details of any neighbourhood development plans or orders; information in relation to the Community Infrastructure Levy and details on what action has been taken in respect of the duty to co-operate on strategic matters with bodies as specified in the Localism Act section 33A.

The Development Plan

1.3 As a unitary authority, Bournemouth Borough Council, as the local planning authority, is responsible for the full range of planning and land-use related functions. In addition, it is the highway authority for its area. The planning authority is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the development plan. As at March 2014 the development plan for Bournemouth comprised:

• Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (saved policies); • Bournemouth Local Plan Core Strategy 2012; • Bournemouth Local Plan Town Centre Area Action Plan 2013; • Bournemouth Affordable Housing Development Plan Document 2009; • Dorset Waste Local Plan; and • Dorset Minerals and Waste Local Plan (minerals policies only).

1.4 Eventually, the District Wide Local Plan saved policies will be replaced by new planning documents prepared under more recent planning legislation. The changes are discussed below.

Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan

1.5 The Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (BDWLP) covers the whole of the administrative area of the Borough. The policies contained in the BDWLP form the basis for development control decisions throughout the Borough. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 allowed policies in existing Local Plans to retain their development plan status for three years following the introduction of the Local Development Framework System. Policies could also be ‘saved’ beyond this initial

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three year period with the agreement of the Secretary of State and a formally agreed schedule was published.

1.6 As documents making up the new Bournemouth Local Plan are adopted policies in the existing BDWLP will be superseded or be found to be no longer required or needed. The current status of saved policies can be seen on the council’s website under http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/savedpolicies.

Dorset Minerals and Waste Local Plan and Waste Local Plan

1.7 The Dorset Minerals and Waste Local Plan was adopted by the three councils, Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole, in April 1999. A separate Waste Local Plan was adopted by the three Councils in June 2006. A Minerals Strategy was adopted in May 2014, this replaces a number of saved minerals policies of the Minerals and Waste Plan 1999. Appendix 2 to the Minerals Strategy sets out which policies are to be replaced. These local plans are monitored separately by Dorset County Council on behalf of the other local authorities.

Monitoring the Local Plan

1.8 Monitoring of the Local Plan is undertaken primarily by the Research and Information team. The primary source of data for monitoring is the planning applications database (DLGS-DataWright). Fields from this database populate fields in a further ‘Land and Policy Monitoring’ database developed in-house. This database is used to generate national, regional and local returns and to monitor the effectiveness of planning policies.

1.9 The datasets are compiled primarily by officers of the Research and Information team. There has been a long history of monitoring housing completions and employment land development in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. Documents relating to house completions and employment land development have been published annually since the late 1980’s, originally by Dorset County Council, but, since 1997, collaboratively by the County Council and Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities.

1.10 The majority of data for the core datasets has been derived from the in-house database, supplemented by data from other local sources, including the Environment Agency and the Renewable Energy Strategy.

Duty to Co-operate

1.11 Section 34 of the Local Planning Regulations 2012 introduced the requirement for the AMR to give details of what actions have been taken by the Council on the Duty to Co-operate on strategic planning matters.

1.12 During March 2012 a public examination was held into the Core Strategy. Prior to the examination the Inspector requested information and tested how the plan preparation had satisfied this new requirement. The Council produced a paper setting out how it carried out the Duty to Co-operate; this explained how bodies had been engaged on an ongoing and constructive basis, detailing the outcomes from this co-operation. The paper can be accessed on the Core Strategy web page. The

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Inspector found that the plan had been prepared in accordance with the requirement to co-operate.

1.13 During February and April 2013 the Dorset Heathland DPD – Preferred Options Consultation Document was subject to consultation. The document was produced by a partnership of local authorities across SE Dorset, working with Natural England (a ‘prescribed body’).

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2 Core and Contextual Indicators

Overall context

2.1 Bournemouth Borough Council is a unitary authority within the Dorset sub-region of the South West region. It forms, with neighbouring Poole and Christchurch, the Bournemouth-Poole conurbation, which is the second largest urban area in the region, with a total population of over 379,000 people1. The majority of the borough is developed, with the highest number of people per hectare within the South West1, while the remainder is statutory green belt. The borough is bordered by Poole, East Dorset and Christchurch to the west, north and east respectively, the sea to the south and the River Stour to the north, which forms the borough boundary. The borough has strong links with the neighbouring South East region with connections via the trunk road network to the M27 and M3 motorways, and the national rail network to London. Links to the rest of the South West are poor, particularly to Bristol, although proposals at the strategic level are seeking to improve routes to the rest of the region.

2.2 A series of basic statistics about the borough with comparisons with the South West region and England are contained in Table 2.1 below. A list of contextual indicators and their values are contained in Appendix 1. The Core Output Indicators are reported in the appropriate sections of the report and are contained in Appendix 2. More detailed information on the basic statistics and indicators can be found in the context sections.

2.3 Each LPA is required to report on five and fifteen year supply of land for future residential development either within the AMR or as a separate report. Details of the five year supply can be found in the housing section of this AMR.

1 2011 Census, ONS

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Table 2.1 Basic Statistics about Bournemouth Bournemouth

Town Centre2 Bournemouth South

West England and

Wales Land area (ha) 235 4,617 2,382,89

7 15,118,890

Population (2011 Census)

10,519 183,491 5,288,935

56,075,912

Population 2013 (Mid-Year Estimate)

- 188,700 5,377,595

56,948,229

Average Household Size (2011 Census)

1.7 2.2 2.3 2.4

Population Density (population for each hectare) (2011 Census)

44.5 39.7 2.2 3.7

Ethnicity – White British – largest ethnic group (2011 Census)

64.4% 83.8 91.8 80.5

Average House Prices April 2013 (HM Land Registry)3

- £175,749 £178,812 £171,112

Proportion of households with no car (%) (2011 Census)

52.3 25.9 18.9 25.6

Median earnings, full-time, weekly pay, 2013 (Residence Based) (ASHE, ONS)

- £482.3 £485.1 £518.4

Local Nature Reserves (LNR) (Natural England)

n/a 10 sites, totalling 304 hectares

4,242 hectares

40,450 hectares (England)

Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) (Natural England)

n/a 14 sites, totalling 135 hectares

- -

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) (Natural England)

n/a 4 sites totalling 185 hectares

971 sites 202,209

hectares4

4130 sites 1,083,670 hectares (England)

Heathland Sites, designated as Special Area of Conservations (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA) or Ramsar Sites (Natural England)

n/a 3 sites, totalling 69.5 hectares5

182,600 hectares (approx)

1,165,960 hectares (approx, England)

Number of listed buildings (English Heritage)

70 232 89,668 375,880 (England)

2 Population estimates are derived from the closest geographical overlap of the Town Centre Area as

defined in the Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP) to Output Areas from the 2011 Census. 3 The monthly figures are based on a sample and exclude new build and sales of properties not previously

included in the index. 4 Data extracted from Natural England on 16th January 2015 5 In previous reports, the overlapping areas with different designations were double counted. The figure in

the table above represents the true area of the three designations listed in combination.

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Bournemouth Town Centre2

Bournemouth South West

England and Wales

Number of Conservation Areas

n/a 20 1,537 9,848 (England)

Number of scheduled ancient monuments (English Heritage)

0 3 7,010 19,833 (England)

Area of green belt (ha)

n/a 729 110,420 (2014)

1,638,610 (England, 2014)

Number of Blue Flag beaches (2014)

n/a 4 19 56 (England)

Number of Green Flag parks (2014/15)

n/a 15 81 1,212

Context: Population

2.4 On Census night, 2011, the population of Bournemouth Borough was 183,491. This is an increase of just over 12% in Bournemouth since 2001 compared with an increase of nearly 7% for Poole, nearly 6% for Dorset and nearly 8% for England and Wales. As Table 2.2 illustrates, the percentage change since 2001 varies significantly between areas.

Table 2.2 1991, 2001 and 2011 population figures

Area 1991 2001 2011

% Change 2001 to

2011

Population Density in people per

hectare Bournemouth Town Centre 5,2796 7,612 10,519 38.2 44.5 Bournemouth 151,302 163,444 183,491 12.3 39.7 Poole 133,050 138,288 147,645 6.8 22.8 Dorset 361,072 390,980 412,905 5.6 1.6 Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole) 645,424 692,712 744,041 7.4 2.8 South West Region 4,611,442 4,928,434 5,288,935 7.3 2.2 South East Region 7,497,730 8,000,645 8,634,750 7.9 4.5 England and Wales 49,890,278 52,041,916 56,075,912 7.8 3.7

Source: 1991, 2001 and 2011 Censuses, Crown Copyright, ONS

2.5 Although the population in Bournemouth grew by just over 12% between 2001 and 2011, the pattern of growth between the age groups was not evenly spread as

6 Best fit area with AAP boundary and slightly differs from boundary used in 2001 and 2011

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illustrated by Figure 2.1 below. The population in each quinary (5-year) group increased in all ages with the exception of the 5-14 year olds and those aged 70-84. The quinary age group experiencing the biggest increase was the 20-24 year olds with the working age population generally experiencing more significant growth than those aged over 65.

Figure 2.1 Population change in Bournemouth, 2001 to 2011

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2001 2011 Source: 2001 and 2011 Census, Crown Copyright, ONS

2.6 The population structure for Bournemouth is quite different to that of England and Wales. The population structure has also changed in Bournemouth since 2001 with the proportion of elderly moving more in line with national percentages. The population pyramid shown below (Figure 2.2) illustrates the differences between Bournemouth and England and Wales. Bournemouth has a smaller proportion of under 19s and a slightly larger proportion of over 65s overall. It also has a larger proportion of 19 to 40 year olds than England and Wales. This is probably due to those residents who have moved or remained in the area to study at Bournemouth University and the Arts University Bournemouth and the number of international migrants moving to Bournemouth to take up work in recent years.

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Figure 2.2 Population pyramid: Bournemouth and England and Wales

Source: Mid 2013 population estimates, Crown Copyright, ONS

2.7 ONS publish an estimate of the population of each local authority area each year. The most recent mid-year population estimate for 2013 is 188,7007. The Mid-2013 population estimate is based on the 2011 census estimate rolled forward to the mid-year and adding in births, deaths and migration. Mid-year estimates for the period mid-2002 to mid-2010 have been revised by the Office for National Statistics in 2013 taking account of the 2011 census results and creating a consistent time series. The census estimates and revised population estimates are contained in Table 2.3.

7 Registrar General’s Mid-Year Estimate 2013, ONS

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Table 2.3 Census estimates and Mid-year population estimates

Year Estimate based on new methodology

2001 Census 163,444 2001 mid-year estimate 163,600

2002 mid-year estimate 164,600









2011 Census 183,491




Source: Census estimates and mid-year estimates, Crown Copyright, ONS

Population Density

2.8 In terms of population density, Bournemouth is one of the more densely populated areas. Unlike many areas Bournemouth is primarily urban with little rural or greenbelt area. Bournemouth has the highest density of population of 37 local authorities in the South West and ranks 39 out of 348 in England and Wales, alongside Nottingham, Reading and Bristol. The 50 local authority areas with the highest densities can be found in Table 2.4.

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Table 2.4 Population density - top 50 local authority areas

Local Authority Population density (km2)

Local Authority Population density (km2)

Islington 13,874 Leicester 4,497

Kensington and Chelsea 13,086 Manchester 4,351

Hackney 12,928 Sutton 4,337

Tower Hamlets 12,845 Slough 4,308

Lambeth 11,305 Kingston upon Thames 4,296

Hammersmith and Fulham 11,129 Watford 4,215

Westminster 10,211 Croydon 4,201

Camden 10,112 Liverpool 4,170

Southwark 9,988 Southend-on-Sea 4,159

Wandsworth 8,960 Barnet 4,108

Haringey 8,613 Nottingham 4,097

Newham 8,508 Blackpool 4,076

Lewisham 7,849 Birmingham 4,007

Brent 7,199 Bournemouth 3,974 Waltham Forest 6,655 Bristol, City of 3,907

Ealing 6,093 Enfield 3,866

Greenwich 5,378 Reading UA 3,854

Merton 5,307 Bexley 3,830

Barking and Dagenham 5,149 Sandwell 3,601

Portsmouth 5,081 Wolverhampton 3,593

Redbridge 4,945 Kingston upon Hull, City of 3,589

Southampton 4,752 Norwich 3,396

Harrow 4,737 Ipswich 3,384

Luton 4,687 Oxford 3,331

Hounslow 4,537 Brighton and Hove 3,307

Source: 2011 Census, Crown Copyright ONS

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Population projections

2.9 The 2012-based sub-national population projections prepared by ONS are trend-based projections and as such do not take account of local policies such as the level of housing provision in the borough. These projections cover a twenty-five year period from 2012 to 2037. Projections become increasingly uncertain the further they are carried forward so the first ten years of the projections are likely to more accurate. Its important to remember that projections rely on past trends being replicated in the future and in some instances there are reasons why this may be unlikely. The projections are contained in Table 2.5 below.

2.10 Over the ten year period Bournemouth’s population is projected to increase from 186,700 in mid-2012 to 202,900 by mid-2022, this represents an increase of nearly 9% which is larger than other local authorities in the Dorset LEP as well as within the South East, the South West and in England. This pattern of growth continues through to 2037 when Bournemouth’s population is projected to grow to 224,900, an increase of over 20%.

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Table 2.5 Population projections 2012 to 2037 (numbers in thousands)

2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 2037 2012-2022

% Change 2012-2022

2012-2037

% Change 2012-2037

0-4 10.9 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.8 11.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 5-9 8.5 10.5 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.4 2.2 25.9 1.9 22.4 10-14 8.1 8.5 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.3 2.2 27.2 2.2 27.2 15-19 10.9 10.8 11.0 13.0 13.2 13.2 0.1 0.9 2.3 21.1 20-24 17.8 19.4 18.4 19.2 21.5 21.8 0.6 3.4 4.0 22.5 25-29 14.6 14.0 14.3 13.6 14.0 15.5 -0.3 -2.1 0.9 6.2 30-34 15.3 14.4 14.4 14.5 13.7 14.1 -0.9 -5.9 -1.2 -7.8 35-39 12.2 14.2 13.7 13.9 13.9 13.1 1.5 12.3 0.9 7.4 40-44 12.5 11.7 13.3 13.0 13.3 13.2 0.8 6.4 0.7 5.6 45-49 12.6 12.4 11.5 12.8 12.7 13.1 -1.1 -8.7 0.5 4.0 50-54 10.8 12.6 12.3 11.3 12.5 12.5 1.5 13.9 1.7 15.7 55-59 9.5 10.8 12.5 12.2 11.2 12.3 3.0 31.6 2.8 29.5 60-64 9.8 9.5 10.8 12.5 12.2 11.2 1.0 10.2 1.4 14.3 65-69 9.2 9.6 9.4 10.7 12.3 12.1 0.2 2.2 2.9 31.5 70-74 6.6 8.7 9.2 9.0 10.3 11.9 2.6 39.4 5.3 80.3 75-79 6.1 6.0 8.0 8.4 8.4 9.7 1.9 31.1 3.6 59.0 80-84 5.3 5.0 5.1 6.9 7.4 7.4 -0.2 -3.8 2.1 39.6 85-89 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 5.7 6.1 0.2 5.4 2.4 64.9 90+ 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.8 4.5 6.0 0.7 28.0 3.5 140.0 All Ages 186.7 195.6 202.9 211.0 218.5 224.9 16.2 8.7 38.2 20.5

Source: 2012-based sub-national population projections, ONS, Crown Copyright

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Figure 2.3 Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2010

Source: Indices of Deprivation 2010, DCLG

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2.11 Bournemouth is the most deprived of the local authority districts in the Dorset sub-region, and is ranked 102nd most deprived of the 326 local authority districts in England, according to the CLG English Indices of Deprivation 2010 (IMD). The IMD uses lower layer super output areas (LSOAs). These are based on groupings of census output areas and have an average population of 1,500 people.

2.12 The differences in levels of deprivation across Bournemouth are illustrated in Figure 2.3 above. The darker the shading, the greater the level of deprivation. Seventeen LSOAs fall within the 20% most deprived in England, including areas of Kinson, West Howe, and Townsend. Part of central Boscombe is the most deprived area, with a ranking of 113, whilst the next most deprived is the neighbouring area of St Clements ranked at 1,216, a gap of over 1,100 places. The majority of LSOAs are within the second and third quintiles, which means they fall within the 60% most deprived areas in England. The least deprived area is the Littledown area which is ranked as 29,581 out of 32,482 nationally. Eleven LSOAs within Bournemouth are ranked within the 20% least deprived in England.

2.13 Data for May 2014 suggests that in Bournemouth 12.2%8 of the working aged population is reliant on some form of benefit; this compares with 12.7% in England and Wales. This equates to 15,290 claimants9. Around 19% of the claimants in Bournemouth have children to support. Just under half of claimants (52.5%) are claiming Incapacity benefit with around 17% claiming Income Support (approximately 2% of claimants receive both benefits). At ward level there is significant variation in the proportion of the working age population in receipt of benefits. In Littledown and Iford ward, 7.0% are in receipt of benefits whereas in Boscombe West 22.4% are in receipt of benefit and in Kinson South ward the figure is 19.9%. Turning to the retirement aged population, around 18.1% of Bournemouth pensioners10 are in receipt of pension credit. In Boscombe West, 35.6% of pensioners are in receipt of this benefit compared with 10.2% in Littledown and Iford ward11. Statistics produced using various statistics including tax credit data from HMRC have been produced by the End Child Poverty Now12 group of organisations. Their latest estimates based on a former national indicator on child poverty suggest 16% of children in Bournemouth are living in poverty before housing costs but 25% are in poverty after housing costs are added in. The after housing cost estimate equates to approximately 8,400 children.

8 Working age is defined as those aged 16-64 and retired as aged 65+. The total population is based on

2013 Mid-year estimates. 9 Department for Work and Pensions, May 2014 10 Those eligible for pension credit are aged sixty and over. 11 Department for Work and Pensions, May 2014 12 http://www.endchildpoverty.org.uk October 2014

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Crime rates

2.14 Between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013 there were 15,146 reported crimes in the borough of Bournemouth. This is a 9.6% (-1,617 actual) reduction on the previous year when there were 16,763 crimes. A reduction has also been seen in reports of anti-social behaviour, down 10.1% (-1,417 actual), from 14,073 to 12,656.

2.15 Reductions have been seen across the majority of crime types including violence. Between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013 there were 1,356 assault with injury crimes, a reduction of 17.6% (-289 actual) from 1,645 crimes in the previous year.

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3 Economy

Bournemouth Local Plan Policies

3.1 In terms of employment and commercial land, the policies in the Local Plan seek to:

• encourage the development of employment uses on sites that reduce the need for employees to travel. Therefore, good public transport accessibility and the location of new sites close to residential and associated facilities (where there is no harm to the locality) are key considerations;

• retain existing employment land uses crucial to maintain employment opportunities to meet future needs. It is recognised that the Borough provides only limited opportunities for new industrial and office developments

• retain A1 uses within the prime shopping area. Policies seek to resist retail development in the peripheral area where existing shopping centres could be adversely affected.

• aim to protect and enhance existing leisure and community facilities whilst also supporting growth and sustainable development in business and leisure tourism.

Table 3.1 Schedule of core indicators: Business Development

2013/14

Gross Net (gross minus losses, negative in brackets)

Total amount of additional employment floorspace, by type. (B1a, b, c, B2 and B8)

B1a 1,099 sq m B1b 33 B1c 0 B2 0 B8 775

B1a (10,586) sq m B1b 33 sq m B1c (330) sq m B2 (2,198) sq m B8 208 sq m

Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land, by type.

B1a 100% B1b 100% B1c n/a B2 n/a B8 100%

Employment land with planning permission, by type (hectares).

B1a 6.38 ha B1b 0.18 ha B1c 0.08 ha* B2 0.08 ha* B8 0.08 ha*

* this represents one site only, split evenly between the three use classes (flexible consent, under construction at 31st March 2014)

Please note that discussion of the core indicators is contained in the text of the document. A definition of the individual land use classes noted above can be found in the glossary under ‘Use Classes Order’.

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Context: Business Development

Location of employment land Sites

3.2 In assessing the location of employment land, consideration is given to the need for sustainable development, whereby the number and length of car journeys can be reduced if jobs can be located close to residential areas without having a detrimental effect on the locality. As Figure 3.2 shows, most of the employment land completed or planned during 2013/14 is located close to the major transport routes, such as the A35 (Christchurch Road) or Wessex Way with only a few isolated sites in other locations.

3.3 For the purposes of this report, employment land is classified as any land falling within the B use class (B1a, B1b, B1c, B2 and B8). There were seven sites which included employment floorspace completed over the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, totalling 1,907 square metres. The largest development completed in 2013/14 was a change of use to B1a office use (740 sqm). At the same time, a total of 6.79 hectares of new employment land has current planning permission and is therefore available for development13.

Development progress by land type

3.4 For the 2013/14 year, a total of 0.82 hectares of employment land incorporated completed changes to employment floorspace on seven sites, irrespective of the previous land use. This includes changes of use / extensions to existing employment sites. Of these, only one site can be counted as a new employment land development where there was no existing employment use, and this accounted for a gain of 0.11 hectares. Loss of employment sites to any other use accounted for a loss of 1.18 hectares.

3.5 Under current legislation, private residential gardens fall in the classification of ‘non-previously developed land’ which is commonly known as greenfield. The historical percentages in Figure 3.1 below do not take this into consideration. In practice, however, this has little effect, seeing that most commercial development takes place on existing employment sites, or is proposed on sites which were always classified as greenfield. Current trends suggest that employment sites are not likely to come forward as part of infill / backland development in existing residential areas.

13 The calculation of employment land available does not include developments where the site is already in

employment use. Where a site proposal is for a mixed scheme incorporating employment and non-employment uses, the site area has been adjusted according to the proportion of employment floorspace to non-employment floorspace, resulting in a reduced site area for the purposes of this calculation.

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3.6 85% of development completed since 1994 has been on brownfield land. In future years, this balance could change, with 89% of employment land commitments being on greenfield land (including any available land in employment allocations in the Core Strategy). However, this land is only on three plots: the remaining land at Wessex Fields, Castle Lane East,the land at Riverside Avenue and an employment allocation at Ashley Road Coal Yard (classified as unused urban land).

Figure 3.1 B1 to B8 Completions and Commitments

Source: Research & Information, Bournemouth Borough Council

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Development Progress on Allocated Employment Sites

3.7 Policy CS26 of the Core Strategy is concerned with promoting and protecting existing B1, B2 and B8 usage on the sites indicated in the core strategy proposals map. Policy CS8 (Lansdowne Employment Area) is also linked to this, in that it allows for mixed schemes which are primarily B1 (Business) use, or tertiary teaching use. Within the areas covered by CS26 and CS8, in 2013-14, there were two commencements which included loss of employment floorspace (both in the Lansdowne area). Details of the employment sites are shown in Table 3.2 below.

Table 3.2 Progress on Allocated Employment Sites

Employment Site Total Site Area (ha)

Undeveloped Site Area (ha)

Planning Status as at 31st March 2014

Ashley Road Coal Yard 1.11 1.11 No relevant PP14

Ashley Road Station Approach 2.58 0 No relevant PP

Castle Lane East (Deansleigh / Wessex Fields)

8.39 1.35 Approval in principle for B1a use (17,167 sqm)

Castle Lane East (Riverside) 5.98 5.98 Approval in principle for B1 and

D1 use (30,700 sqm B1a use) Chaseside 11.73 0 No relevant PP Elliot Road / Wallisdown Road (combined)

27.62 0 Various small applications for changes to existing industrial uses

Francis Avenue 1.23 0 No relevant PP Poole Lane 3.87 0 No relevant PP

Southcote Road 5.06 0 Small loss of office space to residential, not started.

Wellington Road, Royal Mail Delivery Office

1.15 0.28 No relevant PP

Wharfdale Road 1.03 0 No relevant PP Yeomans Road 7.98 0 No relevant PP

Lansdowne 14.66

Most developable land is on existing car parks, not measured

Existing permission at St Paul’s Place, includes 12,217 sqm B1a usage (not started). Christchurch Road, loss of 5,325 sqm B1a office space to residential (under construction). Holdenhurst Road, partial loss of office space to student accommodation (under construction).


14 PP is used as an abbreviation for “planning permission”

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Loss of employment land

3.8 Although new employment land is being developed, some existing employment land is being lost to other uses, predominantly housing. The results for 2013/14 show the development of 0.11 hectares of new employment land. Against this, 1.18 hectares of employment land were lost over the same period, with a net loss of 1.07 hectares of employment land. This figure only includes losses of employment land (B1, B2 and B8) to non-employment uses. Of this total loss, 1.01 hectares were lost to residential development. The majority of employment land lost to residential use was on B1a (office) sites, with losses totalling 0.62 hectares (61%). 0.07 hectares of B1c land and 0.32 hectares of B2 were lost to residential use in 2013/14.

3.9 Over the past eight years, from 1st April 2006, 4.03 hectares of new employment land have been developed (where previous land use did not include employment land). In contrast, 8.29 hectares have been lost to other uses, of which 5.29 hectares were to residential use alone, on sites where residential development has started or been completed. This means that over the past seven years there has been a net loss of 4.26 hectares of employment land.

3.10 As at 31st March 2014, a further 1.46 hectares of employment land could potentially be lost to non-employment uses. The existing use of this land is mostly B1 (39.36%) or B2 (39.42%). The biggest loss to non-employment land use on a single site is the potential loss of 0.36 hectares of B2 land to residential use. However, at the same time, 6.79 hectares of new employment land has the potential to be developed with some kind of planning consent. This figure includes the land at Riverside Avenue.

3.11 Policies CS26 and CS27 of the Core Strategy seek to protect both allocated and unallocated employment land from other uses including residential use. Many of the small employment sites which are being lost to housing are often surrounded by, or are adjoined by, housing and a compelling argument for their retention is not always feasible.

The local economy

3.12 In Bournemouth, concentrations of financial and business services account for a significant portion of the local economy. Companies such as Nationwide Building Society, JPMorgan, Capita, RIAS, Pru Health, LV=, Teachers Assurance and many more are based here. JPMorgan is one of the major employers in the town, with over 4,000 employees.

3.13 The main sectors in terms of employment wealth generation are banking, finance and insurance although a high proportion of the working population is also employed in retail, leisure and tourism. High quality service-sector employment has remained fairly resilient during the recession assisted by the skilled local workforce. Many companies have moved to the area because of competitive start up costs, in relation to premises and staff salaries, which are relatively low compared to national levels.

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3.14 Recent unemployment and claimant figures suggest that locally the job market is quite buoyant. A report by Tech Nation ‘Powering the Digital Economy 2015’15 revealed that Bournemouth and Poole was one of the main UK clusters of digital companies, the research also found that the area was one of the UK’s fastest growing tech clusters nationally with leading companies nationally such as Redweb and Bright Blue Day located in Bournemouth.

Economic activity and unemployment

3.15 Over the period July 2013 to June 2014, 74.5% (82,100) of the working age population in Bournemouth were economically active, that is either employed or actively seeking work. For working age males, this increased to just under 77.8% (43,400) whilst a lower proportion of working age females, around 71% (38,700), were economically active in this period16.

3.16 The Indices of Deprivation 201017 included an employment deprivation domain that measures employment deprivation in relation to those people of working age that are involuntarily excluded from work. The domain shows that the majority of LSOAs in Bournemouth are within the 60% most deprived in England. There are areas in the Borough however, such as Littledown/Castledean and around Muscliffe, Northbourne and Victoria Parks that are ranked within the 20% least deprived of areas nationally (Figure 3.4).

3.17 In terms of unemployment, Figure 3.3 below shows that the claimant rate in Bournemouth decreased from 3.1% in April 2013 to 2.4% in March 2014. With the exception of November 2013 and January 2014, claimant counts showed a steady decline over the whole year. The claimant rate in Dorset has decreased from 1.6% to 1.3% of the resident population aged 16-6418. Poole’s rate of unemployment has also decreased, from 2.2% to 1.7%19.

15 Tech Nation ‘Powering the Digital Economy 2015’ https://www.duedil.com/technation/2015/regions/ukds-

nuts3-ukk21/bournemouth-and-poole#business-keywords 16 Annual Population Survey July 2013 to June 2014, NOMIS, ONS Crown Copyright, December 2014 17 Indices of Deprivation 2010, Department for Communities and Local Government, March 2011 18 Please note the method of calculating rates is based on a population estimate which includes both males

and females aged 16 to 64 19 Claimant count, Labour Market First Release, various dates, NOMIS, ONS Crown Copyright

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Figure 3.3 Monthly change in unemployment April 2013 to March 2014

Source: NOMIS, Crown Copyright

3.18 At ward level, the highest claimant rate in March 2014 was in Boscombe West ward with 7.1% of the resident working age population on the claimant register. This is significantly higher than other wards in Bournemouth, particularly when compared with Littledown and Iford and Throop and Muscliff, both with rates of 1.2%.

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Bournemouth’s working age population

3.19 In terms of occupation, Bournemouth’s working age population is employed in a range of jobs. According to the Annual Population Survey20, of those in employment, the largest proportion (18.6%) were working in professional occupations followed by associate professional and technical occupations (14.0%). The occupation that accounts for the smallest percentage of the population (4.8%) is process, plant and machine operatives.

3.20 With regard to industry of employment, data from the 2013 Business Register and Employment Survey shows that the three sectors that employ the largest numbers are ‘public administration, education and health’ and ‘distribution, hotels and catering’ and ‘banking, finance and insurance etc.’ each with 29% and 27% and 27% of employment in Bournemouth respectively. All three sectors employ proportionately more in Bournemouth than in England overall. At the other end of the scale, the ‘Agriculture, forestry & fishing’ sector and the ‘Mining, quarrying & utilities’ sector employ very few people in Bournemouth21.

Figure 3.5 Employee Distribution by broad industrial group, 2013

Source: Business Register & Employment Survey, 2013

20 Annual Population Survey, April 2013 to March 2014, ONS, Crown Copyright 21 Business Register & Employment Survey 2013, Employee Analysis, NOMIS, ONS Crown Copyright

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Figure 3.6 Ward Claimant Rate, March 2014

Source: NOMIS, Crown Copyright

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3.21 According to the Annual Population Survey22, in terms of qualifications, just 4.0% of the working age population do not possess any qualifications, whilst 27% are qualified to GNVQ level 4/5, equivalent to a degree or qualified status in professions such as a teacher or nurse.

3.22 The Indices of Deprivation 2010 included an Education, Skills and Training deprivation domain, split into a further two sub domains: children/young people and skills. The Skills sub domain looks at the relative deprivation of areas in terms of the proportion of working age adults (aged 25-54) in the area with no or low qualifications (2001). For this sub-domain, 9 out of 107 LSOAs in Bournemouth are within the 20% least deprived areas in England. The majority of LSOAs in Bournemouth fall within the third and fourth quintiles, meaning they are outside of the 40% most deprived areas nationally. As this sub domain uses 2001 Census data, the results are identical to those in 2004 and 2007.

3.23 Just under 10% of those people aged 16-74 years old were full-time students as at the 2001 Census and around 2% had never worked23. In 2011 around 5% of 16-74 year olds were full-time students who were economically active while a further 8% were economically inactive students (including full-time students)24.

22 Annual Population Survey, January 2012 to December 2012, ONS, Crown Copyright 23 Key Statistics Table – KS13 Qualifications and Students, 2001 Census of Population, ONS Crown

Copyright 24 2011 Census, Table KS601EW Economic Activity, ONS, Crown Copyright

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Figure 3.7 Education, Skills and Training domain, 2010


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3.24 The 2013 Inter-Departmental Business Register reported that there were 6,880 VAT or PAYE registered enterprises in Bournemouth, which is an increase on the 5,450 enterprises in 2012. In terms of size, the vast majority of these (81%) were small firms employing fewer than 10 employees, whilst in contrast, 30 workplaces (0.4%) employed 250 or more employees. The remaining 18% of workplaces employed between 10 and 249 workers25.

Conclusions – Business Development

3.25 In the year ending 31 March 2013, a total of 1.18 hectares of employment land (including B1a office use) was lost to non-employment uses. A total of 0.11 hectares of employment land was also developed over the past year, resulting in a net loss of 1.07 hectares of employment land overall for the year to 31 March 2014. The majority of losses occurred in favour of residential development, 1.01 hectares in total.

25 Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2013, ONS Crown Copyright, 2013

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Local services

Table 3.3 Schedule of core indicators: Local services - retail, office and leisure

2013/14 Total amount of completed floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ in:

Gross (sq m) Net (gross minus losses) (sq m) negative values in brackets

The Town Centre (AAP) Area

A1 274 A2 593 B1a 1,085 D2 49

A1 (1,679) A2 593 B1a (8,787) D2 49

The whole of Bournemouth

A1 1,195 A2 718 B1a 1,099 D2 1,197

A1 (3,316) A2 322 B1a (10,586) D2 664

3.26 Please note that discussion of the core indicators is contained in the text of the document. A definition of the individual land use classes noted above can be found in the glossary under ‘Use Classes’.

3.27 It is also important to note that the changes in floorspace recorded in this report will not necessarily give a full picture of all commercial floorspace changes. This is due to Permitted Development rights, for example the change of drinking establishments to retail outlets (Use Classes A4 to A1) which do not require planning permission, and are therefore not able to be monitored through the land monitoring system26.

Context: Local Services

3.28 Since the 2005/06 monitoring year, a commercial development database has been used to monitor planning applications covering land use classes A1, A2 and D2 in addition to the employment land uses already monitored. The B1 use classes have been separated out into a, b and c uses, and B1a is included within this indicator as well as reported in the business development indicators.

3.29 In total, 2,671 square metres of commercial (A1, A2, B1a and D2) floorspace were completed during 2013/14, irrespective of previous land use. Of all the commercial land floorspace completed between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014, the majority was for B1 Office (B1a) use, totalling 803 square metres. Development of office space in general (A2 or B1a use) totalled 1,396 square metres without taking losses into account. Overall, taking losses / demolitions into account, there was a loss of office floorspace to the amount of 10,264 square metres.

26 A comprehensive guide to changes of use and permitted development rights can be found on the

Planning Portal website: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/changeofuse/

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Figure 3.8 Commercial Sites, 31 March 2014


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Location of Commercial Sites

3.30 As shown in Figure 3.9, the commercial sites, both losses and gains of commercial floorspace, tend to be concentrated around the coastal wards, and particularly along the main shopping parades, in Bournemouth town centre, as well as in Boscombe, Winton and Kinson27. Within the town centre, the majority of A1 (shop) uses are being lost to A3 (restaurant), and B1a (office) uses are being lost to C3 (residential). In the rest of Bournemouth outside the town centre, the majority of commercial sites are being lost to residential use (around 68% of floorspace, 55% of sites). It should be noted that the allocation for a retail site in Kinson (policy CS10, carried forward from the BDWLP 2002 policy 5.18) is being developed as a large supermarket, and is in the final stages of construction at the time of writing.

3.31 In 2013/14, the largest loss of commercial floorspace on any single site was in the town centre, a loss of B1a floorspace to C3 residential (5,325 square metres), and in general, the town centre schemes were larger in terms of commercial floorspace change. Regarding numbers of sites, the majority were outside the town centre, but smaller in scale.

Commercial Land Availability

3.32 As at 31 March 2014, a significant amount of commercial land had the potential to be developed, with sites having either a current planning permission or in some cases already being under construction. The majority of available land with potential for development was for B1a office use, with 6.38 hectares available where the previous use class was not for B1a use. These sites account for just over 47,900 square metres of B1a floorspace. Figure 3.10 shows the potential loss / gain of commercial floorspace for each commercial / employment land use class. This shows potential net gains of B1a floorspace (52,629 sq m), D2 floorspace (15,984 sq m), and A1 floorspace (4,011 sq m).

27 Where a commercial use (A1, A2, B1a or D2) is being proposed, it only counts as a gain of commercial

floorspace if there is a net floorspace gain. For example, a change of use from shop to office is counted as a commercial gain if the office floorspace is greater than the retail floorspace. If the office floorspace is less than the retail floorspace, it is counted as a loss. A change of use with no change in floorspace is shaded green.

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Figure 3.9 Potential Loss / Gain of Commercial / Employment Floorspace by Use Class


3.33 It should be noted that the potential B1a development mentioned here is also included in employment land availability in an earlier section of the report. This is not in addition to that recorded as employment land.

Losses of Commercial land

3.34 Over the period 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014, there was a net loss of 12,916 square metres of local services floorspace in total, with the greatest loss being for B1a floorspace, at 5,325 square metres. The majority of local services floorspace lost was to C3 (residential) use. The Local Plan seeks to protect A1 floorspace at ground floor level within the Prime Shopping Area. In addition, policies U5 and U6 of the Town Centre Area Action Plan seek to concentrate retail development in the primary shopping area, and define three classes of shopping frontage designation. In total, 4,511 square metres of A1 floorspace was lost in 2013/14, not counting any gains of A1 floorspace. Just under 45% of this will be to further A1 development so will not count as a loss in future, when development is completed. 17.7% was lost to A3/A5 use and 15.6% to B1 use.

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3.35 Overall, for the period 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 there was a net loss of 3,316 square metres of A1 (retail) floorspace against 2,285 square metres lost in 2012/13, 2,544 square metres lost in 2011/12 and 441 in 2010/11. A2 floorspace showed a small net gain in 2013/14 of 322 square metres, and D2 showed a net gain of 664 square metres. Loss of office floorspace (use class B1a) has increased in comparison with the last reporting year by around 400%, at 10,586 square metres. This is largely due to the change in planning rules to allow permitted development for change of use from B1a to C3, which in Bournemouth includes a major office building located in the Lansdowne Employment area. Against this, The Core Strategy seeks, in policy CS8, to encourage development primarily of B1 use in the Lansdowne Employment Area, which is considered to be a key, sub-regionally important, employment site. There is potential for a large gain in office floorspace in the future, but it is uncertain when this will take place. The land at Wessex fields, although providing over 60% of the potential office floorspace supply, has extended permission for fifteen years (until September 2019), and may not be developed for some time.

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4 Natural and Built Environment


4.1 The local plan:

• seeks to protect and enhance the open areas of the Borough, with policies requiring the retention of the Green Belt, and development within it carefully restricted, with new residential development usually prohibited;

• takes account of the impact of development on designated nature conservation areas, SSSIs or LNRs for example, to maintain and enhance the biodiversity of the borough.

• requires that site stability and contamination, flooding, and potential increases in pollution, including noise are also taken into account when assessing the feasibility of new developments;

• aims to promote investment and development in suitable areas of the borough, safeguarding buildings and sites of special interest and character. Policies look to concentrate development in existing built-up areas to protect the Green Belt and open spaces;

• the need to preserve and enhance conservation areas is recognised, with policies restricting alterations to, and demolition of existing buildings;

• subjects listed buildings to similar policies as a way of retaining the character of certain areas of the borough;

• prohibits development that would prove detrimental to nationally important archaeological sites and historic parks and gardens in order to preserve these sites;

• regulates the appearance of areas by restricting changes to historic shop fronts, location of advertisements;

• seeks to protect open space from development; and • requires the inclusion of landscaping, including open spaces and recreation

facilities, as part of development schemes where appropriate.

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Table 4.1 Schedule of core indicators: Flood Protection and water quality

2013/14 E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality

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Table 4.2 Schedule of core indicators: Biodiversity

2013/14 E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance 0.0

4.2 Please note that discussion of the core indicators is contained in the text of the document.

Context: Natural and Built Environment

4.3 In Bournemouth there are 185 hectares of land designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and 13 Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) covering around 172 hectares of land. Bournemouth also has a large area of green belt around the northern fringe of the Borough which covers an area of approximately 731 hectares. In addition, as at 2014, Bournemouth has ten Local Nature Reserves, with the most recent designation of Boscombe Chine in 2008. The ten sites are listed below, together with an indication of the approximate area that they cover.

Table 4.3 Local Nature Reserves in Bournemouth

Local Nature Reserve Area (hectares) Boscombe and Southbourne 8.7 Boscombe Chine 3.6 Hengistbury Head 155.0 Iford Meadows 15.5 Kinson Common 14.9 Millhams Mead 18.6 Pug’s Hole 4.2 Redhill Common 7.0 Stour Valley 33.7 Turbary Common 43.1

Source: Bournemouth Borough Council

4.4 Over the 2013/14 financial year, there have been a number of applications made within these designated areas, but only for minor amendments to existing buildings, changes of use, or tree applications, none of which can be considered to have had a significant impact upon these designations.

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4.5 In terms of the built environment, Bournemouth has 21 Conservation Area designations within the Borough, compared to 241 within the Dorset sub-region (including Bournemouth and Poole). In addition, Bournemouth has 237 listed buildings, which are protected against demolition or inappropriate alteration28. According to English Heritage there are around 11,000 listed buildings in the Dorset sub-region. The borough has a Grade II* listed garden (Lower, Central and Upper Gardens) and a Grade II listed garden (Wimborne Road Cemetery). The two gardens cover a total of 18.5 hectares.

Biodiversity

4.6 Bournemouth Borough has a number of sites designated for their importance with regard to biodiversity, habitats, archaeology and history. Many of the designations overlap with one another (for example, one site may have several designations). During 2013/14 the area of biodiversity importance did not change29.

Table 4.4 Designated areas in Bournemouth

Designation No of sites Area (ha) RAMSAR (International Statutory) 2 37.4 Special Area of Conservation (European Statutory) 3 76.1

Special Protection Area (European Statutory) 2 64.7

Scheduled Ancient Monument (National Statutory) 4 89

Site of Special Scientific Interest (National Statutory) 4 184.9

Local Nature Reserve (Local Non-statutory) 9 304.3

Site of Nature Conservation Interest (Local Non-statutory) 14 134.8

4.7 The Green Space Strategy sets an aim to designate an additional local nature reserve at Strouden /Wordsworth Woods. All designated sites have a management plan in place.

4.8 Natural England suggests 1 hectare of Local Nature Reserves (LNR) per 1,000 of the population to act as accessible natural greenspace. Bournemouth currently has 1 hectare per 604 people, and this figure will improve as further sites are designated.

4.9 The Borough has 43 Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority species and 7 priority habitat types; these are listed within the Borough’s Nature Conservation Strategy and in Appendix 4 of this report. There is no aim to increase these figures, just to maintain and improve those habitats. 28 Bournemouth Borough Council, Heritage Assets, English Heritage, 2011 29 Core Output Indicator E2: Biodiversity

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4.10 Bournemouth has been awarded fourteen green flags for open spaces. Those open spaces that are eligible for the Green Flag Award Scheme, achieve the green flag status by achieving high enough scores against the eight judgement criteria, including being a welcoming, healthy and safe place, being sustainable and well managed as well as being judged in terms of conservation and heritage. In addition, four beaches have been awarded Blue Flag awards. The open spaces and beaches that have achieved awards in Bournemouth for 2013 are shown below.

Table 4.5 Green and Blue Flag Awards 2013

Open Space / Beach Name Green Flag Blue Flag

Alum Chine including Argyll Gardens (Alum Chine) Boscombe Chine Gardens Durley Chine Fisherman's Walk Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve Kinson Common Nature Reserve Lower Central and Upper Gardens Moore Avenue Park Pelhams Park Redhill Park and Common Seafield Gardens Slades Farm Southbourne Springbourne Gardens Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve Winton Recreation Ground

Source: Green Flag Awards, Keep Britain Tidy

4.11 With Bournemouth currently holding fourteen Green Flag awards for parks within the Borough, the aim is to achieve 2 more in 2014 – Queens Park and Tuckton Tea Gardens.

4.12 All public open space has been audited using Green Flag methodology, each being given a score. Low scoring sites are investigated for improvement. All large park or countryside sites have or are programmed to have a management plan written to Green Flag standard.

4.13 Two local indicators, taken from the LDF sustainability appraisal, are included in the AMR. They are:

• percentage of land managed for nature conservation as a proportion of total open space freely accessible to the public; and

• percentage of land managed for nature conservation as a proportion of managed open space in the borough.

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Table 4.6 Local natural environment indicators

Designation 2013/14 Percentage of land managed for nature conservation as a proportion of total open space freely accessible to the public

22.8%

Percentage of land managed for nature conservation as a proportion of managed open space in the borough 39.5%

4.14 During 2013/14, no planning permissions were granted by the Borough Council contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality30.

Heathland mitigation

4.15 In January 2007, the local planning authorities in South East Dorset agreed an interim planning framework to mitigate the effects of new residential development on heathland sites of European importance. The framework imposed an embargo on further residential development within 400 metres of protected sites and a system of commuted payments to mitigate adverse effects of residential development between 400 metres and 5 kilometres of the sites. The monies collected through the developer contributions are spent on providing wardening services and education programmes and on specific projects to divert recreational use from the heathlands through the Urban Heaths Programme.

For the year 2013/14, £463,346.18 of contributions in accordance with the heathland mitigation policy was actually received from planning consents granted by the Borough Council as the local planning authority. Planning permission on a total of 156 sites, which account for 1,481 dwellings (total gross on site)31, was granted for residential development within the 5 kilometres zone over this period. Within the 400m buffer zone in 2013/14, only one site came forward as a prior approval notification (not a full planning application) for an additional unit, which was allowed under permitted development rights for change of use from B1a office to C3 residential. Therefore the impact on the heathlands is assumed to be negligible. The money collected has been used on a range of projects within and outside the borough.

30 Core Output Indicator E1: Flood Protection and Water Quality 31 This includes proposed dwellings in any existing applications from previous years and does not double

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5 Housing


5.1 The Local Plan:

• seeks to maintain an adequate supply of housing in the borough, with consideration given to affordability issues;

• permits infill residential development so long as neighbouring developments are not adversely affected. The same applies to the development of sheltered housing and residential institutions;

• encourages development on appropriate brownfield land; • encourages development in areas well served by sustainable modes of transport

Bournemouth Affordable Housing Development Plan Document (AHDPD)

5.2 The Affordable Housing DPD:

• seeks to provide affordable housing, on-site, through a negotiated process; and • applies to all residential development with the affordable contribution being a

target of 40% of the number of dwellings on the site.

Table 5.1 Schedule of core indicators: Housing

2013/14

Plan period and housing targets

2006-2026: 14,600 dwellings within the built up area (Core Strategy, Bournemouth Borough Council, 2012)

Net additional dwellings in previous years (7 years before)

2006/07 1,089 2007/08 1,534 2008/09 1,218 2009/10 622 2010/11 492 2011/12 555 2012/13 639 Total 6,149

Net additional dwellings in current reporting year 2013-14

394

Net additional dwellings in future years

671 each year

New and converted dwellings on previously developed land (gross)

451 (93.6%)

Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller) None

Gross affordable housing completions 22

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2013/14

Housing Quality - Building for Life assessments (based on ‘Building for Life 12’)

12 ‘greens’ (Diamond standard) 9 to 11 ‘greens’ 6 to 8 ‘greens’ Less than 6 ‘greens’

0% 38% 62% 0%

Full details of the scores can be found below in the “Quality of design” section

Please note that discussion of the core indicators is contained in the text of the document.

Context: Housing

Completions and Commitments – meeting our strategic housing requirement

Completions

5.3 A total of 482 new dwellings (gross) were completed in Bournemouth in the year 2013/14 (gross completions, not taking into account the losses of existing dwellings). The number of net completions was 394 dwellings.

Figure 5.1 Dwelling completions (gross) in Bournemouth 1987/88-2013/14


5.4 Using the housing target from the Core Strategy (adopted May 2012), 14,600 dwellings (net) between 2006 to 2026 was the starting point to calculate the housing trajectory and the five and fifteen year supply figures.

5.5 The number of dwelling completions per year fluctuates, as shown by Figure 5.1 above. Completions for the year 2013/14 were lower than in the previous year, although the amount of dwellings under construction or with consent, but not yet started, is similar to the levels seen in 2004/05.

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5.6 In the process of constructing 482 new dwellings in the year 2013/14, a total of 88 existing dwellings were lost through conversion or demolition to make way for new dwellings, giving a net total of 394 additional dwellings completed in Bournemouth. This figure also includes 1 additional dwelling counted as a correction to a previous year.

5.7 In terms of dwelling completions over the plan period, the level of development continues ahead of the target of 14,600 dwellings. The first eight years of the period has seen 6,543 dwellings completed; an annual average of 818 dwellings. The target for the built-up area is 730 dwellings (net). Therefore Bournemouth has already provided 45% of the anticipated new dwellings in 40% of the 20 year plan period, and this despite the drop in development due to the recession in recent years.

Commitments

5.8 Since May 2013, central government has introduced a number of changes in legislation surrounding permitted development (PD) rights32. It is now possible to develop C3 dwelling houses as a change of use from B1a (offices) use under PD33. There is a requirement to inform the Local Planning Authority (LPA) of the intention to develop (using a ‘prior approval notification’), and the LPA determines whether the proposed development does indeed fall under the category of PD. Commitments in this report include C3 dwellings which have come about as a result of the PD legislation.

5.9 The number of units under construction, plus units with unimplemented planning permission or PD rights, give an indication of how much residential development is likely to occur in the near future. At 31 March 2014 there were 1,242 dwellings (gross) under construction and approved planning consents for 1,483 dwellings net (outline and full permissions, or PD).

5.10 Even though net completions in 2013/14 are below the annualised Core Strategy target of 730 dwellings, net commitments and units under construction are at a level only last seen in 2004/05, and could possibly indicate completions in 2014/15 more in line with the 2005/06 year (over 1,500 net). In any case, the adjusted annualised target, taking into account completions since the start of the plan period, is still below 730 dwellings, demonstrating that completions so far are still ahead of the target and are likely to increase in the near future.

32 Permitted Development (PD) is defined as development work which can be carried out without needing

to apply to the Local Planning Authority (LPA) for full planning permission. 33 The first change to PD rights came into force in May 2013 as a temporary change in legislation (for three

years), and included the change of use of B1a (offices) to C3 (dwellings). Subsequent revisions have now included PD rights for changes of use to C3 (dwellings) from A1 (shops), A2 (financial / professional services) and agricultural usage.

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Five year land supply

5.11 When determining the annual requirement for residential completions, the LPA can take in to account development which has already been completed. The requirement up to 2026 is 14,600 dwellings (net) less those completed in the first eight years of the plan period (6,543 dwellings net) giving a residual figure of 8,057 dwellings (net). Therefore, the annual figure is 671 dwellings (net) and a required five-year target of 3,357 dwellings (net). In addition, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires a 5% buffer, giving an adjusted 5 year target of 3,525 dwellings (net).

5.12 The land supply is updated at least once a year, and the starting point is outstanding consents (either dwellings under construction or those with consent but which have not been started). It is accepted that within the first five years, not all consents will be completed. Historical research into completion rates shows that around 10% of dwellings in the supply are not completed in the first five years (although most of these sites tend to come forward again within ten years of planning consent expiring). Table 5.2 below includes a reduction for 10% non-implementation, based on sites which had not started at 31st March 2014.

Table 5.2 Five year land supply sources, March 2014

Land Supply Source Dwellings Sites with planning consent (not started) 1,483 -10% for non-implementation in first five years -148 Sites under construction 1,242 Local Plan Allocations remaining 377 Additional Sites remaining from SHLAA 2012/13 692 TOTAL 3,646 Core Strategy Requirement 3,357 Requirement including 5% buffer 3,525 Surplus 121

Source: Residential Land Monitoring, Research & Information and SHLAA 2012/13, Planning Policy

5.13 Historically, Bournemouth has shown a pattern of development consistently coming forward despite the lack of significant allocations. Even though development has seen a reduction in recent years in line with national decline due to economic circumstances, it can already be seen that over the whole plan period, housing completions have started to recover, and commitments are similar to the levels seen at the end of the 2004/05 year, which led to over 1,500 completions in 2005/06.

Strategic housing land availability assessment (SHLAA)

5.14 A strategic housing land availability assessment (SHLAA) is a requirement of the NPPF. LPAs are required to identify sufficient developable land for residential use for the next 15 years. Bournemouth published its fourth SHLAA covering the fifteen years, from April 2013 to March 2028, in March 2014.

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5.15 Part of the SHLAA process is the identification of sites which are suitable, available and achievable for the first five years. The SHLAA 2013 report uses the five year land supply as at 31st March 2013. Additional dwellings coming forward as sites submitted by landowners to the SHLAA process are also added, as are Local Plan allocations. The SHLAA 2013 report clarifies the process.

5.16 Full details of the fifteen year land availability assessment are available in the SHLAA report which can be downloaded from the Bournemouth Borough Council website: www.bournemouth.gov.uk/shlaa2013

Nature of new dwellings completed

Type of Unit

5.17 Of the 482 new dwellings (gross) completed in the year 2013/14, 400 were flats (83.2% of the total), 56 were houses (11.6%), 20 were bungalows (4.2%) and 5 were other dwellings (HMOs) (1.0%). 1 unit was counted a correction to a previous year.

Proportion of Houses and Flats

5.18 The results of the 2011 Census indicate that there were 87,016 household spaces in Bournemouth, of which 50.4% (43,912) were houses or bungalows (occupied and un-occupied), 49.1% (42,671) were flats and 0.5% were mobile or temporary structures34. Adding the net completions of the different dwelling types since April 2011 indicates that there are slightly more houses/bungalows than flats in Bournemouth as at 31st March 2014, with roughly 50% houses/bungalows, and 49.5% flats.

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Figure 5.2 Household spaces and accommodation type, 2011

Source: 2011 Census of Population, National Statistics

Figure 5.3 Household spaces and accommodation type, 2001

Source: 2001 Census of Population, National Statistics

5.19 The proportion of houses and flats has changed from the 2001 Census, when 56% of dwellings in Bournemouth were houses or bungalows, 43% were flats and

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1% were shared dwellings35. This change in the proportion of houses and flats is evident when looking at completions by unit type between 1994 (when monitoring started) and 2014. Over this period, 76% of all residential units completed were flats, 20.6% were houses and 2.9% were bungalows (shown in Figure 5.4 below).

Figure 5.4 Type of dwellings completed (gross) 1994-95 to 2013-14


5.20 The Core Strategy recognises the potential for conversion of houses to flats, and anticipates that continued conversion of small family houses would lead to pressure to build replacement stock elsewhere in the borough. This is addressed by policies CS19 and CS20 which seek to both protect and encourage small family dwelling houses.

Bedroom Numbers

5.21 The number of bedrooms in each new dwelling is a statistic which central government introduced in 2000/0136 to give an indication of the size of units coming forward. Bedroom number data has not been collected historically (in the 1991 Census the total number of rooms was recorded, but not the number of bedrooms) so it is not possible to analyse changes in bedroom numbers, and therefore size of dwellings, prior to 2000/01.

5.22 In 2013/14, the majority of completed dwellings (gross) were 1 bedroom units, accounting for 252 units (52.5%). This is slightly more than last year, when the percentage of 1 bedroom units completed was 51.2%. Two bedroom units account for 34.2%, which is slightly more than the past two years (they accounted for the majority of development in 2008/09, at 52.0%). Completions of 3 bedroom units increased to 8.7%, which is on a par with 2011/12. Completions of units with four or more bedrooms accounted for 4.4%, which is more in line with previous years. 35 Key Statistics Table KS16 – Households Space and Accommodation Type, 2001 Census of Population,

ONS 36 Collected on the Housing Flow Reconciliation (HFR) return.

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5.23 Figure 5.5 below shows the size of completed dwellings in terms of bedroom numbers in the years 2010/11 to 2013/14. The high proportion of units completed with one unit is a trend which has been present since the 2009/10 year – prior to that, the majority of completions were two bedroom units.

Figure 5.5 Housing completions (gross) by unit size, 2010/11 to 2013/14


Number of Units on Site

5.24 Housing developments across Bournemouth vary in scale, as shown in Figure 5.6 below. Of the 99 sites37 with completions in 2013/14, 58 were small sites of four or less units on site and 50 sites were large sites of 5 or more units on site. Completions on small sites (1-4 units in total) accounted for 19.5% of the completions on all sites, which restores the proportion of units completed on small sites to the level seen in the 2010/11 year. Only 0.8% of completions in 2013/14 were on sites with 15 to 19 dwellings. The main difference with completions in the previous year is the lower number of completions on large sites. This is set to change in 2014/15 as a number of significantly larger sites are built out.

37 In this report ‘sites’ refer to the individual records on the housing monitoring database. The site sizes

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Nature of sites

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5.25 An amendment of Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) in June 2010 excluded private residential gardens from the definition of previously developed land (PDL). This amendment remained in place with the NPPF. This means that most of the residential backland or infill development taking place in Bournemouth has now been re-classified as ‘non-PDL’. For the purposes of this report, the term ‘non-PDL’ is preferred to ‘greenfield’ to avoid confusion. This is because the term ‘greenfield’ has historically been attributed to sites which were often agricultural in nature (see Table 5.2 below).

5.26 Under the NPPF, there is no longer a target for development on PDL. In 2013/14, 93.6% of all new housing developed in Bournemouth was completed on PDL.

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Backland Where part of a plot to the rear of a property is used to support residential development. If the land was a private residential garden, it is counted as non-PDL according to the definition in the NPPF

Conversion Change from residential use to alternative residential use, for example house to flats through sub-division

Change of use Change from one use to another different use, for example, employment to residential use or hotel to flats

Derelict Land Land that may have been previously developed at some point, but has been vacant for a number of years

Extension Where a proposal involves an extension to an existing property and cannot be classed as either conversion or change of use. For example 2-storey extension to form 3 additional flats within an existing block of flats. Where this involves some loss of a private residential garden, this has also been counted as non-PDL

Greenfield Usually agricultural land that is situated towards the edge of the Borough. For the purposes of this report, this is counted as non-PDL, but does not cover all types of non-PDL under the definition in the NPPF

Infill A plot situated between other existing plots. If the land was a private residential garden, it is counted as non-PDL

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5.28 Redevelopment accounted for the majority of residential development completions during 2013/14, at 55.8% although this represents a significant decrease over last year (71%). Infill and backland development together account for 2.3% - this does not include any sites which are classified as residential gardens. Conversion from one residential use to another (for example a house being converted into two flats) accounted for 12.2% of completions. Changes of use, where a non-residential changes to a residential use (for example a shop into a flat), increased to 14.5% in 2013/14. Extensions to existing housing to create additional residential units accounted for 8.7% of completions during 2013/14. Non-PDL completions (including residential gardens) accounted for 6.4% of the total, which is slightly more than the previous monitoring year.

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Figure 5.7 Type of site where dwellings completed (gross) 2013/14

Source: Residential land monitoring, Research & Information

Allocated Land and Windfall Sites

5.29 New housing has traditionally been brought forward on two types of site:

• Allocated sites - land allocated for housing in local plan policies. This includes policies in the AAP which indicate an expectation of residential development, and one saved policy from the BDWLP (4.12)

• Windfall sites - where the land is not allocated for housing, but becomes available and is brought forward by the developer, subject to approval through the planning process.

All dwelling completions in 2013/14 were on windfall sites. Progress on any allocations which form part of the AAP and policy 4.12 of the BDWLP is shown in Table 5.4 below.

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Table 5.4 Progress on allocated sites

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Density of new housing developments

5.30 The NPPF does not propose any recommended targets with regard to density. Figure 5.9 below shows the average density of all dwellings completed, under construction or with planning approval as at 31st March 2014 by ward in Bournemouth. The map shows that two wards had an average density below 30 dwellings per hectare on developments. Thirteen of the eighteen wards are supporting developments with average densities greater than 50 units per hectare for 2013/14. The highest average density of development was found in Boscombe West, with an average density of just under 220 dwellings per hectare in this ward, closely followed by Central ward at just over 200 dwellings per hectare. Three other wards had densities of over 100 dwellings per hectare.

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5.31 The map shows that the coastal wards have experienced higher density development than the inland wards; this pattern of development is an ongoing trend and is influenced by the existing properties in the wards. Older large-scale houses and hotels in sizeable grounds along the coastal area are continuing to be converted into a number of units or demolished to make way for new units. In Central ward, a number of high density sites are being built on existing car parks. By contrast the inland areas were developed later and took the form of suburbs of smaller houses with smaller gardens. Therefore these areas have less scope for higher density re-development.

Distribution of new and planned dwellings across Bournemouth

5.32 Figure 5.10 shows the distribution of new dwellings completed (gross) in 2013/14, with the majority of sites concentrated along the coastal fringe of Bournemouth. Two wards had more than 70 completions: East Southbourne & Tuckton (82) and East Cliff & Springbourne (77). Kinson South had no completions, and eight other wards had 10 or less completions.

5.33 The distribution of dwellings under construction shows a high concentration of dwellings in the town centre, with 522 dwellings under construction in Central ward (see Figure 5.11). This represents 42% of all dwellings under construction. East Cliff & Springbourne had 163 units under construction, followed closely by Westbourne & West Cliff (157 units). In comparison, four wards had fewer than 10 units under construction. In Bournemouth overall there were a total of 1,242 dwellings under construction at 31st March 2014, which is an increase of 640 dwellings on last year’s figure. Of those 1,242 dwellings, 1,046 (84%) were not under construction last year – they were either on new sites or were previously un-started. This shows a marked increase in commencements on site over last year. Of the 602 dwellings under construction in 2012/13, 369 (61%) were completed in 2013/14.

5.34 As at 31st March 2014, Central ward offered the greatest potential for additional residential units being built in the future, with 840 dwellings (net) with current unimplemented planning permissions (see Figure 5.12). This represents just over 56% of all unimplemented dwellings. Both East Cliff & Springbourne and Westbourne & West Cliff had 131 dwellings unstarted (8.8% each). By contrast, Throop & Muscliff had 3 unimplemented dwellings and twelve other wards had less than 40. In total, 1,483 dwellings (net) had outstanding planning consent but remained unimplemented as at 31st March 2014, a decrease of 105 compared with the same time the previous year.

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Quality of design

5.35 The NPPF links securing good design with achieving sustainable development. It seeks to secure high quality design, a good standard of amenity for all existing and future occupants of land and buildings and better places for people. NPPF design policy relates to all types of development and does not have separate design policy relating to the quality of new built residential development as PPS3 had done.

5.36 Nevertheless, assessment of completed residential developments over ten units will continue to be a key indicator of design quality in Bournemouth. In order to provide continuity with previous years’ assessments, this has been carried out using the Building for Life criteria produced by the Commission for the Built Environment (CABE) (now Design Council CABE) – Building for Life 12.

5.37 Building for Life 12 (published in 2012 using 12 criteria) replaced the previous 20 criteria which assessed matters such as: character, setting, overall design, facilities, layout, transport connectivity and housing mix. This is the second year that Building for Life 12 has been used and although the essence of the criteria remained the same, the results are not like for like compared to previous years.

5.38 With Building for Life 12, developments are assessed on a traffic light system of green, amber and red. Schemes are eligible for ‘Building for Life Diamond’ status as exemplars for achieving 12 ‘greens’. For full details of the Building for Life criteria please visit the Design Council CABE website38. Previously, developments that were assessed to score 16 or more out of 20 were eligible to apply to CABE for the gold standard and those that met 14 or more the silver standard.

5.39 A total of 10 new development sites were assessed by the Council's accredited design staff. The results can be seen in Table 5.5 below.

Table 5.5 Design Council CABE - Building for Life assessments 2013/14

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9 to 11 ‘greens’ 5 73 38% 6 to 8 ‘greens’ 5 119 62% Less than 6 ‘greens’ 0 0 0% Total 10 192 100%

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Table 5.6 CABE Building for Life assessments - Percentage of all dwellings assessed

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5.41 Under Building for Life 12, schemes should aim to achieve a high number of ‘greens’ and have a minimal number of ambers. Reds are to be avoided as they are a warning that an aspect of a development needs to be reconsidered. Developments might not achieve 12 greens for a number of reasons and local circumstances may justify why the scheme cannot meet the higher standard expected of a green.

5.42 With an average of 8 out of 12 ‘greens’ for the 10 sites, this is higher than last year’s average of 7 ‘greens’. The number of schemes assessed with fewer than 6 ‘greens’ has also improved on last year, reduced from 3 to 0. Although the highest scores continue to be unachieved, the second highest category of 9 to 11 ‘greens’ (equivalent to 14/15 out of 20 in previous years) has continued to improve. Nevertheless, there is still a clear need to keep raising the scores.

5.43 Current practice is for planning officers to consult the Design & Heritage Team (Planning, Transport & Regulation Services) on the larger residential schemes (10 units or more). The aim is to negotiate improvements to the design of the development during the period of consideration of the planning application and through the pre-application process. The adopted Core Strategy (2012) also includes a policy on Quality Design (CS41). This policy specifically promotes high quality

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design and encourages residential schemes to meet Building for Life standards. Through these two measures it is hoped that the quality of residential development will continue to rise.

Vacant dwellings, and second or holiday homes

5.44 There were approximately 86,969 properties in Bournemouth as at 1st April 201439. As a guide to the number of second homes in Bournemouth, there were an estimated 3,373 second homes40. The identification of certain properties as second homes relies on people registering for the council tax discount for second homes.

5.45 As at April 2014, an estimated 1,143 dwellings were long term vacant7. Please note, this indicator has changed since the last report to only include properties which were vacant for more than six months, so direct comparison is not possible. Of these, only 6 dwellings were owned by the Local Authority41.

Housing market and income

5.46 The average price of a property in Bournemouth has again stayed reasonably static over the last year. Based on sales in the first quarter of 2014 the average price was £208,343 (a decrease of only 0.3% on the same period in 2013). Prices are comparable to those during the last quarter of 2006. Figure 5.13 below shows the change in average house prices and volume of sales in Bournemouth from January 2006 to October 2014, based on the monthly statistics from the Land Registry.42

39 Census 2011 dwelling count, and completions data for 2011/12 to 2013/14, Research & Information,

Bournemouth Borough Council 40 Figure supplied by Revenue and Benefits, Bournemouth Borough Council, April 2014 41 Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) 2014. Data taken from return submitted by Bournemouth

Borough Council. 42The monthly house price index from the land registry is a subset of all house sales, based only on repeat

sales, which is good for showing the trend in house prices. This means that no new build properties are included, and has a tendency as a result to show lower house prices than the quarterly statistics, which include new build properties.

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Figure 5.13 Average House Prices and Volume of Sales

Source: Monthly house price index and volume of sales

Land Registry © Crown Copyright 2014

5.47 Figure 5.14 shows the average price of dwellings sold across the borough, by postcode sector, during the first quarter of 2014. Dwellings sold in the postcode sector BH1 4 had the lowest average price, at £136,191. The highest average price for property sales occurred in postcode sector BH6 4 with sales averaging a price of £318,74643.

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5.48 At the average price of £231,71844, a buyer requiring a 80% mortgage (which would require a deposit of £46,344) would need to be earning just under £53,000 per year to purchase a property (assuming a mortgage of three and a half times annual salary). To put this into perspective, the 2014 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) indicates that the average gross annual earnings for full-time employees who are resident in Bournemouth is £27,48645. On this income, a single person could borrow £96,201 (assuming three and a half times annual salary) so with a 20% deposit, they would be able to purchase a property for approximately £120,300.

5.49 Figure 5.15 below compares average property prices with the average property price that could be afforded given average earnings and based on acquiring a mortgage of 3 and a half times annual earnings (plus a 20% deposit)46. It shows that average annual earnings overall have increased slightly between 2002 and 2014, but the gap between earnings and house prices is still substantial.

Figure 5.15 Comparing average earnings and average property prices, 2002 to 2014

Source: HM Land Registry and ASHE, Crown Copyright

5.50 ASHE data indicates that at April 2014, 10% of the full-time employees on adult rates in Bournemouth, earned less than £288.30 per week, equating to around £14,992 per year47. With a mortgage of three and a half times salary, a person 44 Average house price data (quarterly) April – June 2014, HM Land Registry, Crown Copyright 45 Average gross annual earnings for full-time employees on adult rates, residence-based median. Includes

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earning £14,992 per year could borrow £52,470, so with a 20% deposit, they would be able to purchase a property for approximately £65,600.

5.51 With two incomes at £288.30 per week, giving a total household income of about £29,980 per annum, a couple would be able to purchase a property for approximately £131,200 (assuming a 20% deposit of roughly £26,200).

5.52 Home Truths 2014/1548, published by the National Housing Federation attributed a house prices to income ratio of 9.3 to Bournemouth, based on average house prices in 2013 and average incomes.

5.53 The Indices of Deprivation 201049 included a ‘Barriers to Housing and Services’ domain, split into a further two sub-domains: geographical barriers and wider barriers. The wider barriers sub-domain looked at the relative deprivation of areas in terms of:

• Household overcrowding: The proportion of all households in an LSOA which are judged to have insufficient space to meet the household’s needs. (2001);

• Homelessness: The rate of acceptances for housing assistance under the homelessness provisions of housing legislation. (2008-09) and;

• Housing affordability: The difficulty of access to owner-occupation, expressed as a proportion of households aged under 35 whose income means that they are unable to afford to enter owner occupation. (2008)

5.54 Compared to 2007, the previous index, Bournemouth experienced only a slight deterioration in this area, with 28% of its LSOAs50 falling outside of the top 40% most deprived nationally, compared to 31% in 2007 and none in 2004. As the data for household overcrowding was the same as in 2007 and 2010, the slight deterioration must be due to changes in homelessness and housing affordability. Either there has been a small change for the worse in terms of this indicator in Bournemouth itself, or other local authorities have improved since 2007.

48 Home Truths 2014/15: South West, National Housing Federation, October 2014. 49 Indices of Deprivation 2010, Department for Communities and Local Government, released March 2011 50 The geography used is the lower layer Super Output Area. These areas are based on groupings of

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Affordable housing

Amount of Affordable Housing

5.55 The delivery of affordable housing in the town is monitored on an annual basis in this report. The monitoring process records progress on the number of affordable dwellings provided through both BDWLP Policy 6.6 and, from May 2010, whether the targets set out in the Affordable Housing Development Plan Document (AHDPD) are being met.

5.56 The monitoring process for affordable housing records:

• the total number of dwellings built; • the number of affordable dwellings built as a result of the affordable housing

policy in the AHDPD or BDWLP policy 6.6; • the percentage of affordable dwellings built as a result of the affordable housing

policy in the AHDPD or BDWLP policy 6.6; • the number of affordable housing units built directly by Private Registered

Providers (PRPs)51; • the number of open market units acquired by PRPs; • the tenure of the affordable dwellings being delivered.

5.57 In addition, the National Indicator NI 155 required the total number of affordable homes delivered (gross). The National Indicator was designed to promote an increase in the supply of affordable housing. Although the national indicators have now been abolished, NI 155 has been retained as a local indicator which measures total supply of social rented housing and intermediate housing. Against this, the Council will deduct the number of social rented units lost through ‘Right to Buy’.

5.58 In December 2009 the new AHDPD was adopted by the Borough Council but was not implemented until the companion supplementary planning document (SPD) had been adopted. The SPD was adopted in April 2010 and the new AHDPD policy applied to all residential development applications registered on or after 4 May 2010. The policy seeks to secure a target of 40% affordable housing with no threshold on site size or number of dwellings. The affordable housing is expected to be provided on-site. Where this is not appropriate then off-site provision or financial contribution may be accepted. If developers can demonstrate that providing 40% affordable housing will make the scheme unviable then a cascade mechanism can be used to increase viability firstly through securing grant, secondly by varying the tenure mix, or finally reducing the overall amount of affordable housing required on the site.

5.59 In the year 2013/14, a total of 22 affordable dwellings were built or classified as affordable. 6 of these were classified as local authority “purchase and repair” units and do not appear in the net housing figures. 12 of the affordable units constructed were as a direct result of the superseded BDWLP policy 6.6, 2 were as a direct result of the AHDPD and 2 were Local Authority build. Section 106 agreements have been made to provide more units as a direct result of the AHDPD

51 The term Private Registered Provider is now commonly used instead of Registered Social Landlord or

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in the future, and financial contributions have been made (see below). The 22 additional units represent 4.6% of all completions52. In contrast, 54 units were sold under “right to buy” so there was a net loss of affordable dwellings in 2013/14 of 32 units53. There were no known purchases or sales of housing stock by private registered providers.

5.60 In terms of financial contributions for affordable housing, around £993,600 was actually received in the year 2013/14 as a result of the AHDPD. There were 155 sites granted planning permission for any additional residential units in 2013/14. 27 of these (17.4%) were considered “not viable” for an affordable housing contribution under the AHDPD. Legal agreements for affordable housing contributions were agreed in principle from residential applications to the amount of around £1,473,400.

5.61 The total number of dwellings in Bournemouth increased between 1996 and 2012, with 72,888 properties on the Council Tax Register in 1996, compared to a total dwelling stock of 86,969 at 1st April 201454. This equals an increase of just over 19%.

5.62 According to the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) return, there were 5,089 Local Authority dwellings in Bournemouth at 1 April 2013. Combined with last year’s stock of 3,545 homes provided by PRPs55, this represents 9.9% of the total dwelling stock of 86,969 units. The proportion of social housing units compared to the total dwelling stock has remained fairly constant since 1996, when it was around 10.6%.

Housing trajectory

5.63 The housing trajectory has been prepared in the same manner as previous years, following advice contained in the superseded good practice guide and discussion amongst officers of the local planning authorities in the Dorset sub-region. The figures contained within the trajectory are net dwellings, in line with the Core Strategy target.

52 Affordable housing only accounts for dwellings to be managed directly by the Local Authority or PRP’s. It

is acknowledged that some developers build units which are intended to be rented out below the usual market value, and could be considered more “affordable”, but are still not officially counted as affordable dwellings.

53 Data taken from LAHS 2014 and residential land monitoring, Research & Information (Bournemouth Borough Council) 2013/14

54 Calculated from Census 2011 (ONS) and Residential Land Monitoring Completions from 1st April 2011 (Research & Information, Bournemouth Borough Council). Please note, the source is different from previous years, so direct comparison is not possible.

55 Data taken from DCLG Live Table 115, www.gov.uk – originally provided by the HCA.

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5.64 In terms of dwelling completions, the level of development continues ahead of the Core Strategy target. The first eight years of the plan period has seen 6,543 dwellings completed; an annual average of 818 dwellings. The annualised Core Strategy target is 730. Therefore Bournemouth has already provided 45% of the overall target for new dwellings.

5.65 New housing stock in Bournemouth has predominantly come forward from windfall development, although some significant allocations from the town centre AAP have now commenced. The next few years is likely to see an increase in completions in light of the increased number of dwelling commitments with planning consent or prior approval notifications for PD. The fourth SHLAA identifying developable land for residential use up to April 2026 was published in March 2014.

5.66 Although limited numbers of dwellings were constructed as a direct result of any affordable housing policies, this year has seen a significant increase in the number of Local Authority led schemes commenced, and numbers of affordable units completed are likely to be higher in 2014/15 as a result.

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6 Transport

6.1 Operating the local transport network in Bournemouth as efficiently as possible remains essential to support the local economic and population growth, in addition to enabling visitors and residents to access key services.

6.2 The Council’s Capital Programme and the Utility Companies’ ongoing maintenance and improvement programmes for the network and the supporting infrastructure beneath have caused some disruption, particularly along sensitive corridors. Nonetheless maintenance and improvement to the network is critical to ensure it is able to continue serving the hundreds of thousands of users on a daily basis. The Council works closely with the utility companies and adjacent authorities to programme these works and to prepare suitable diversion routes to minimise any disruption.

6.3 The Core Strategy’s strong emphasis on sustainable travel, particularly walking, cycling and public transport is being reflected in the quality of developments coming forward since its adoption helping to reduce car dominance.

6.4 Since the adoption of the AAP and the Core Strategy many of the remaining transport policies within the Local Plan have been rescinded leaving only a few. The remaining Local Plan policies are currently being reviewed as part of the forthcoming Development Management DPD. One area that is receiving particular attention is number and location of the development control lines across the borough with proposals to remove redundant control lines and where necessary introducing new development control lines. The Development Management DPD is also looking at the walking and cycling missing links that would provide a comprehensive network across the town removing barriers to accessibility.

Traffic Trends

6.5 Traffic flow within Bournemouth has increased from 2011 to 2012, which represents a change in the downwards trend prevalent since 2002. Traffic has grown by 0.9% across all monitored sites to an average daily flow of 519,530 vehicles in 201256. From 2002 to 2006, the decline in traffic flow has been steady, and the steeper decline from 2006 to 2011 is almost certainly linked to the financial crisis of 2007. Similarly, growth in traffic flow for 2012 is most likely related to the return to economic growth.

6.6 Monitored corridors are however behaving differently due to local conditions. Within the Town Centre Cordon traffic has seen a 0.1% growth in 2012 with an average daily flow of 190,25056. Outside the Town Centre Cordon, the Castle Lane Corridor and A338 continue to attract a long term growth in traffic volumes compensating for declines elsewhere. The increase in traffic flow along Castle Lane Corridor could be as a result of the opening of the Castlepoint Shopping Centre in 2003/04 pulling journeys away from the Town Centre. The growth is also in part related to the intensification of the Wessex Fields employment centre through JP Morgan, the Village, RIAS and the Hospital, which all attracting large numbers of employees and visitors.

56 Bournemouth Transport Statistics 2012, Bournemouth Borough Council, 2013.

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Figure 17 Traffic Flow in the Town Centre Cordon, 1996 to 2012

Source: Bournemouth Transport Statistics

6.7 Traffic accidents and road causalities remain a problem in Bournemouth. However, a significant reduction has occurred in slight casualties and killed or seriously injured child casualties over the past 10 years. Nonetheless, 81 people are killed or seriously injured and 632 slightly injured on Bournemouth’s roads on average every year57. It is recognised that there is still a significant problem with higher severity accidents in Bournemouth. These are very hard to target as they are often spread out and caused by many factors, although vulnerable road users and particularly cyclists are at greatest risk. The Council will continue to monitor these statistics and develop and implement road safety measures to target accident cluster sites.

Cycling and Walking

6.8 Cycling in Bournemouth has seen a boost in numbers with the 10 year trend seeing a 47% increase, with a 5% average annual growth58. Cyclists are an increasingly common sight on the Borough’s roads in comparison with 10 years ago for a wide range of purposes; whether this is leisure, shopping, exercise or commuting. Whilst this is a success, and use of cycling as a means of transport in Bournemouth is above the national average, more can still be done before cycling is chosen as a preferred method for travelling to work.

57 Bournemouth Transport Statistics 2012, Bournemouth Borough Council, 2013. 58 Bournemouth Transport Statistics 2012, Bournemouth Borough Council, 2013.

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6.9 The adoption of the Core Strategy has seen the inclusion of new walking and cycling policies that seek to improve the walking and cycling network from all new developments. Pedestrian and cycle improvement works in the Town Centre, Boscombe, Kinson, and the Turbary area have been undertaken to remove obstacles, provide new facilities such as cycle stands, and improve access for vulnerable users. The Ringwood Road combined cycleway is the most prominent of these.

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6.10 Parking has long been seen as an issue for residents, businesses and visitors to Bournemouth. Parking pressure leads to illegal parking on the pavement and conflict between users as well as obstructions to driveways. The needs of disabled people and provision of disabled parking bays has to be balanced against providing taxi bays, loading bays and regular parking spaces all within the tight confines of the highway.

6.11 The Council has altered a number of on-street parking arrangements across the borough to try reduce tension between need for parking restrictions and the demand for on-street parking As part of the AAP’s redistribution of public car parks within the Town Centre, the Madeira Road West surface car park is being developed into 400 space multi-storey car park, while the nearby Leyton Mount surface car park has been closed and is being replaced by a mixed use development.

6.12 The parking requirements for new development are under review with a forthcoming Parking SPD due for public consultation late 2013/early 2014. This new document applies to residential and commercial premises and is based on an extensive evidence base assembled over several years. Parking standards will be significantly updated for motor vehicles and cycles to ensure realistic levels of provision, while promoting alternatives to the car - particularly for peak time travel.

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6.14 A general increase in rail patronage from a base of 2.2 million passengers in 2004/05 to just over 2.6 million passengers in 2011/12 has occurred at Bournemouth Station60. This is an improvement on the preceding year but it seems growth has slowed. Continued investment at the Travel Interchange is likely to enhance the attractiveness of using the station as an interchange facility between modes. Pokesdown Station has seen a drop in passengers down from 330,000 passengers in 2010/11 to 312,00060.

Figure 19 Exits and Entries to Bournemouth and Pokesdown stations, 2003/04 to 2011/12

Source: Station Usage, Office of Rail Regulation 2013

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7 Local Development Scheme Milestones

Timing of Plans

7.1 In accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 the AMR has to contain particular information on progress being made on plans as specified in the Local Development Scheme (LDS). A schedule of LDS milestones can be found in Appendix 4. The latest full LDS was published and came into effect in January 2013. The LDS identifies the following Development Plan Documents:

Green Completed on schedule Yellow Completed but not to schedule Orange Not completed and not on schedule Blue Delay agreed None Timetable outside the scope of this annual monitoring report

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February 2009: Start of Core Strategy regulation 25 engagement with key delivery stakeholders and preparation of a public document for consultation. On 12th February 2009 letters were sent to all statutory bodies and key stakeholders to gather views on what should be included in the Core Strategy and to ensure that the options were deliverable.


July/August 2009: start of Issues and Options consultation. The Issues and Options consultation document was published for an eight-week period of consultation on 14th August 2010.


May/June 2010: Draft Preferred Options consultation On 30th June 2010 consultation started for a six-week period on the Preferred Options.


August/October 2011: Submission DPD “Soundness” Consultation The Pre-Submission consultation document was published for an eight-week period of consultation on 31st August 2011.


Submission to Secretary of State November 2011 The Pre-Submission consultation document was submitted to the Secretary of State on the 16th November 2011. A public examination was held in March 2012 and the Plan was adopted in October 2012.

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Town Centre Area Action Plan


Start of period of preparation, community involvement and consultation with consultees scheduled to commence in December 2008 There has been ongoing dialogue between the Council and stakeholders on key issues included in the AAP.


Start of period of public participation on Issues and Options scheduled to commence in April 2009. The period of public participation on the Issues and Options document commenced on schedule.

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Draft Preferred Options Consultation Delay agreed to draft Preferred Options consultation (January/February 2010) (see below)


Submission DPD “Soundness” Consultation The Pre-Submission consultation document was published for an eight-week period of consultation on 31st August 2011.


Submission to the Secretary of State November 2011 The Pre-Submission consultation document was submitted to the Secretary of State on the 16th November 2011. A public examination was held in May 2012 and the Plan was adopted in March 2013.

Affordable Housing DPD


January/February 2009: submission DPD soundness consultation. On 21st January 2009 consultation started for a 6 week period on the submission DPD.


March 2009: submission of DPD to Secretary of State in preparation for independent examination. On 27th March 2009 the documents were prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State.

Milestone Target not met

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Issues and Preferred Options Consultation November 2011 / February 2012 On the 18th November 2011 the DPD was issued for consultation for 12 weeks.


Publication of DPD for ‘Soundness Consultation’ July 2012. Due to the volume of responses received feedback on responses was not reported to Councils until November 2012. Later stages of preparation of the DPD have been delayed due the volume of responses received; the release of revised government guidance and the need to update the needs assessment. A revised Project Plan was agreed in March 2013 which specified a revised milestone for undertaking consultation on ‘Additional Sites’ that in effect extends the previous issues and options consultation stage.


August/ Sept 2014: Consultation on Additional Sites (only in Districts where deliverable sites identified) Consultation took place between 15 Sept and 24 October 2014.

Milestone November/December 2015: Submission DPD “Soundness” Consultation

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Development Management Policy DPD Milestone Target partly met

Initial Regulation 18 engagement with stakeholders July 2013. Some internal consultation undertaken, delay in broader reg 18 consultation due to resources. Stakeholder consultation took place between 12 November – 24 December 2013


October/November 2013: start of Issues and Options consultation. A later date for consultation on this stage was agreed by Cabinet as the Government are currently consulting on a range of changes to planning legislation that will have an impact on the content of development management policies

Milestone January/February 2015: Issues and Possible Options consultation

Milestone July/August 2015: Submission DPD “Soundness” Consultation.

Milestone Submission to Secretary of State September 2015.

Community Infrastructure Levy


August / September 2014: Consultation on Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule. The Bournemouth CIL Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule was published on 1 August 2014 for a 6 week period of public consultation expiring on 15 September 2014

Milestone November/December 2014: Consultation on Draft Charging Schedule

Milestone December 2014: Submission of Draft Charging Schedule to Secretary of State.

Milestone February 2015: Examination in Public

Milestone July/August 2015: Submission DPD “Soundness” Consultation.

Milestone Submission to Secretary of State September 2015.

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Appendix 1 Schedule of Contextual Indicators

Population (2011 Census)

Usual Resident Population 183,491

Population (Mid Year Estimates) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Population 166,700 170,100 172,000 174,300 179,300 183,500 186,700 188,700 Age Structure 0 to 15 years 25,600 26,000 26,400 27,000 27,700 28,300 29,200 29,900

16 to 29 years 36,600 38,200 38,600 38,500 40,300 41,100 41,500 41,200

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85 years and over 5,700 5,900 6,000 6,000 6,100 6,200 6,200 6,100

Population Density Population by hectare 36.1 36.8 37.2 37.7 38.8 39.7 40.4 40.9

Households (2011 Census)

Total number of households (with residents) 82,374

Total number of household spaces (with/without residents) 87,016

Percentage of household spaces with no usual residents 5.3%

Households (2001 Census)

Vacant 3.9% Second residence/holiday accommodation 2.1%

Household type (2011 Census)

All Pensioner households 21.4% Married or same sex civil partnership couple households 25.4% Cohabiting couple households 10.3% Lone parent households 8.6% Other households 34.3%

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Detached 31.0% Semi-detached 13.2% Terraced (inc end-terrace) 6.2% Flat, maisonette or apartment: Purpose-built block of flats or tenement 31.5%

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits) 15.2%

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Average household size 2.2

Housing (Completions) 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Number of dwellings completed (net) 1,534 1,218 622 492 555 639 394

Number of dwellings completed (gross) 1,709 1,344 743 601 679 693 482

Percentage on brownfield land * 98.0% 98.0% 99.9% 87% 95.0% 94.5% 93.6%

Percentage houses 14.4% 15.5% 14.8% 16.3% 21.0% 9.9% 11.6% Percentage flats 85.6% 84.5% 85.2% 80.0% 76.6% 87.4% 83.2% Number of affordable housing completions 210 172 213 113 48 13 22

Average density of new development (dwellings per hectare)

75.9 93.4 89.0 96.5 87.6 117.1 97.8

*the definition of brownfield land for 2010/11 onwards no longer includes land previously in use as residential gardens.

Tenure (2011 Census)

Owns outright 27.7%

Owns with a mortgage or loan 29.4%

Shared ownership (part owned and part rented) 0.7%

Social Rented: Rented from local authority 5.9%

Social rented: Other 5.2%

Private Rented: Private landlord or letting agency 28.2%

Private Rented: Other 1.8%

Living rent free 1.0%

Amenities:

With central heating 96.2%

Without central heating 3.8%

Total number of dwellings 85,381

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Crime (Bournemouth) Crime rates per 1,000 of the resident population61 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Anti-social behaviour 81.22 70.00 64.34 Burglary 10.34 9.96 9.52 Criminal damage and arson2 7.2 13.15 11.39 Drugs2 1.9 2.10 1.57 Other crime62 26.92 2.36 0.76 Other theft 13.04 19.50 18.08 Public disorder and weapons2 1.68 2.69 2.43

Robbery 0.58 0.60 0.57 Shoplifting2 5.35 8.40 9.09 Vehicle crime 9.06 9.86 8.14 Violent crime 18.20 13.30 12.94 TOTAL 175.47 151.93 138.85

Social (Indices of Deprivation) 2004 2007 2010

Local authority Rank of Average Score (where 1 is the most deprived)

Ranked 95th out of 354 local authorities (77% of LSOAs within Bournemouth are within the 60% most deprived nationally)

Ranked 108th out of 354 local authorities (77% of LSOAs within Bournemouth are within the 60% most deprived nationally)

Ranked 102nd out of 326 local authorities (75% of LSOAs within Bournemouth are within the 60% most deprived nationally)

Geographical barriers to services sub-domain

54 out of 107 LSOAs within Bournemouth are within the 60% most deprived nationally



61 Rates calculated using mid-year population estimates for 2011,2012 and 2013. Crime incidence source:

data.police.uk monthly crime statistics for the Dorset Police force. 62 The categories “Criminal damage and arson”, “Drugs”, “Other theft”, “Public disorder and weapons” and

“Shoplifting” were only reported from September 2011 onwards. As a result, the “other crime” category shows more entries in 2011/12 than 2012/13.

Social (House price to income ratio)

NHF 2006

NHF 2007

Hometrac 2008

SW Home Truths 2010

SW Home Truths 2011

SW Home Truths 2012

SW Home Truths

2013/14

SW Home Truths

2014/15 House price/ income ratio

9.8:1 12.0:1 6.5:1 10.3:1 11.3:1 11.4:1 10.9:1 9.3:1

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Health (Life expectancy at birth) Life expectancy (ONS) 1999-03 2003-05 2003-07 2007-09 2008-10 2010-12 2011-13

Male 75.9 77.3 77.5 78.0 78.0 78.6 78.9

Female 81 81.9 82.1 82.6 82.6 83.1 83.0

Health (Limiting long term illness by household) One or more person with limiting long term illness, 2011 Census 25.95% of households

Economy (Gross Value Added)

GVA 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013* GVA per head (£million) (Bournemouth & Poole)

18,546 19,418 20,477 20,350 21,040 20,753 21,063 22,428 22,981

Indexed to UK (where UK is 100)

96.1 95.9 96.1 94.0 99.1 94.7 94.3 98.4 98.2

*provisional

Economy (Employment) Employment 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Claimant rate, March (residence based) (Nomis, ONS)

1.7% 1.5% 3.3% 3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 2.4%

Economy (Number of firms, ABI) Number of Firms by Sector and Size (ABI)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Agriculture and fishing Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential

Energy and water Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential Manufacturing 5.3% 5.0% 4.2% 4.6% 4.3% Construction 10.1% 10.6% 9.9% 10.9% 11.2%

Distribution, hotels and restaurants 33.4% 32.5% 31.0% 31.0% 30.9%

Transport and communications 2.9% 3.1% 2.8% 3.0% 2.9%

Banking, finance and insurance 31.4% 31.9% 33.8% 33.4% 33.4%

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Economy (Number of firms, ABI) Public administration, education and health

8.3% 8.6% 9.9% 9.2% 9.3%

Other services 8.3% 8.1% 8.5% 7.8% 7.7%

Economy (Number of firms, IDBR)

Number of Firms by Sector (IDBR, ONS) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Agriculture, forestry & fishing 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% Mining, quarrying & utilities 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% Manufacturing 4.7% 4.4% 4.2% 4.3% 4.2% Construction 15.8% 15.3% 14.9% 14.6% 14.4% Motor trades 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.8% Wholesale 3.4% 3.8% 3.6% 3.7% 3.5% Retail 11.2% 11.5% 11.1% 11.0% 10.4% Transport & storage (inc. postal) 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% 1.9% 1.9% Accommodation & food services 8.4% 8.1% 8.3% 8.3% 8.0% Information & communication 8.0% 8.4% 8.5% 8.7% 9.5% Finance & Insurance 2.3% 1.9% 2.1% 1.9% 1.8% Property 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 4.7% 4.9% Professional, scientific & technical 13.7% 14.9% 15.4% 15.7% 15.9% Business administration & support services 7.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 6.7% Public administration & defence 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Education 2.4% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3% 2.4% Health 5.3% 5.5% 5.7% 6.0% 5.9% Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 7.4% 6.9% 7.2% 7.1% 7.2%

Economy (Business size, IDBR)

Business size (IDBR, ONS) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Mini-micro (0-4 employees) 75.7% 76.0% 75.1% 75.1% 74.9% Micro (0-9 employees) 88.6% 88.6% 88.0% 87.4% 87.3% Small (0-49 employees) 98.1% 97.8% 97.9% 97.8% 97.9% Medium (50-249 employees) 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% Large (250+ employees) 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4%

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Economy (Employees in employment, BRES) Employees by Sector (BRES, ONS) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Agriculture, forestry & fishing Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential Production 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% Construction 4% 3% 3% 3% 3% Motor trades 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Wholesale 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%

Retail 15% 14% 14% 14% 13% Transport & storage (inc. postal) 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Accommodation & food services 13% 13% 12% 12% 12%

Information & communication 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Finance & Insurance 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% Property 1% 1% 2% 2% 3% Professional, scientific & technical 5% 6% 6% 6% 6%

Business administration & support services 5% 6% 6% 7% 8%

Public administration & defence 4% 4% 4% 3% 3%

Education 8% 8% 8% 9% 9% Health 15% 16% 17% 17% 17% Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 4% 4% 5% 5% 5%

Economy (Business Births and Deaths) Business Demography, ONS 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Births 915 785 635 670 785 800 910 Deaths 765 695 875 755 675 725 710 Active Enterprises 6,780 6,680 6,530 6,535 6,415 6,495 6,620

Economy (Median earnings) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Median gross full-time weekly earnings (Residence-Based) (ASHE)

£463.50 £460.00 £464.70 £482.00 £482.30 £509.90

% of GB Median 94.5% 91.7% 92.9% 94.8% 93.1% 97.9% Median gross full-time weekly earnings (Workplace-Based) (ASHE)

£490.20 £425.90 £440.70 £479.10 £479.80 £465.60

% of GB Median 100.1% 85.1% 88.1% 94.3% 92.7% 89.5%

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Environment (Area protected by an environmental designation)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 International 76 ha 76 ha 76ha 76ha 76ha 76ha 76ha

National 274 ha 274 ha 274ha 274ha 274ha 274ha 274ha

Local 429 ha 438 ha 436ha 439ha 439ha 439ha 439ha

Environment (River Quality)

River Quality (Environment Agency) Current Chemical Quality 2013

Current Ecological Quality 2013

Branksome Chine Stream Not required Moderate Potential

Bourne Stream Not required Moderate Potential

Lower Stour Good Poor Potential

Environment (Bathing Water Quality)

Bathing Water Quality (Environment Agency) 2014

Alum Chine Higher standard

Boscombe Pier Higher standard

Bournemouth Pier Higher standard

Durley Chine Higher standard

Fisherman’s Walk Higher standard

Hengistbury West Higher standard

Southbourne Higher standard

Transport (2011 Census) Car Ownership

Households with no car 25.9%

Households with one car 44.7%

Households with 2+ cars 29.4%

All cars/vans in the area 92,927

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Transport (2011 Census) Travel to work

Work mainly at or from home 6.6%

Underground, metro, light rail, tram 0.1%

Train 1.1%

Bus, minibus or coach 5.6%

Taxi 0.2%

Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.7%

Driving a car or van 36.0%

Passenger in a car or van 3.2%

Bicycle 3.0%

On foot 7.9%

Other method of travel to work 0.3%

Not in employment 35.2% Source: Census 2011 commissioned table CT0045

Education (DfE) Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and Maths

2006/ 07

2007/ 08

2008/ 09

2009/ 10

2010/ 11

2011/ 12

2012/ 13

2013/ 14*

England (state funded schools)

45.9% 48.4% 50.9% 55.3% 58.4% 59.1% 60.8% 56.8%

Bournemouth LA 48.2% 48.9% 51.5% 56.5% 57.4% 60.7% 63.0% 61.1%

* It is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years due to the changes in methodology.

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Appendix 2 Schedule of Core Indicators

The Core Output Indicators listed below are fully described in the relevant chapters of this monitoring report. It is no longer a statutory requirement for Local Authorities to report on these indicators as shown below. Many of the indicators, however, are useful for the monitoring process and will still be recorded in the same manner as in previous years.

Economy

BD1 Total amount of additional employment floorspace - by type

BD2 Total amount of additional employment floorspace on previously built land - by type

BD3 Employment land available - by type

BD4 Total amount of floorspace for 'town centre uses'

B1a B1b B1c B2 B8 Total BD1 Gross (sq m) 1,099 33 0 0 775 1,907

Net (sq m) (10,586) 33 (330) (2,198) 208 (12,873) BD2 Gross (sq m) 1,099 33 0 0 775 1,907

% gross on PDL 100% 100% N/A N/A 100% 100%

BD3 Hectares 6.38 0.18 0.08 0.08 0.08 6.8

BD4 A1 A2 B1a D2 Total (i) Town centre Gross (sq m) 274 593 1,085 49 2,001 Net (sq m) (1,679) 593 (8,787) 49 (9,824) (ii) Local authority Gross (sq m) 1,195 718 1,099 1,197 4,209

Net (sq m) (3,316) 322 (10,586) 664 (12,916)

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Housing

H1 Plan period and housing targets

H2 (a) Net additional dwellings - in previous years

H2 (b) Net additional dwellings - for the reporting year

H2 (c) Net additional dwellings - in future years

H3 New and converted dwellings - on previously developed land

H4 Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller)

H5 Gross affordable housing completions

H6 Housing Quality - Building for Life Assessments

Start of plan period

End of plan period

Total housing required Source of plan target

H1 2006 2026 14,600 (within the built-up area) Core Strategy

2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Rep Rep Rep Rep Rep Rep

H2a 1,089 1,534 1,218 622 492 555 H2b H2c Net additions

Annual Target 730 730 730 730 730 730

2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 Rep Current 1 2 3 4

H2a 639 H2b 394 H2c Net additions 671 671 671 671

Annual Target 730 730 730 730 730 730

2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 5 6 7 8 9 10

H2a H2b H2c Net additions 671 671 671 671 671 671

Annual Target 730 730 730 730 730 730

2024/25 2025/26 Total 11 12

H2a 6,149 H2b 394 H2c Net additions 671 671 8,052

Annual Target 730 730 14,600

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Number on PDL % gross on PDL H3 451 93.6%

Permanent Transit Total

H4 0 0 0

Social rent homes provided

Intermediate homes provided

Affordable homes total

H5 22 0 22

H6 BFL Score Number of sites Dwellings on site % of dwellings

12 / 12 Greens 0 0 0 9 to 11 Greens 5 73 38% 6 to 8 Greens 5 119 62% Less than 6 Greens 0 0 0% TOTAL 10 192 100%