Dudley Local Plan Part One
Appendix 6 – Monitoring Indicators
We will monitor the implementation of the Local Plan policies to ensure that the objectives and targets within the Plan are met.
The table sets out the Council’s key monitoring indicators which will be used to monitor how successful the policies are towards meeting the objectives of the plan. If the trigger points are reached the Council will carry out a review to assess whether the policy is working as expected. This may mean that:
- The policy itself is not proving effective and requires a review;
- The policy is not being implemented as expected and this implementation needs to be reviewed; or
- There are good reasons why the policy is not achieving the expected result for the period in question, and the policy, nor its implementation needs amending.
All indicators will be reviewed annually through the Authority Monitoring Report (AMR).
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Policy |
Monitoring Indicator |
Trigger for Review / review mechanism |
Data Source |
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DLP1 – Development Strategy DLP6 – Infrastructure Provision |
Delivery of sufficient infrastructure to support new development. |
Ongoing monitoring through the Infrastructure Funding Statements (IFS) or related planning documents which may supersede IFS documents. |
DMBC |
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DLP 8 – Health and Wellbeing |
100% of qualifying applications should have an accompanying HIA. |
Ongoing monitoring. |
DMBC |
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DLP 9 – Healthcare Infrastructure |
No net loss of healthcare facilities during the Plan period without adequate alternative provision available. |
Significant loss in healthcare facilities floorspace with no adequate alternative provision available |
DMBC |
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DLP1 – Development Strategy DLP10 – Delivering Sustainable Housing Growth |
Housing delivered in line with Dudley annual housing Target. |
Housing delivery 75% below the annual housing requirement over the previous three years. |
DMBC |
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DLP12 – Delivering Affordable, Wheelchair, Accessible and Self-Build/ Custom- Build Housing |
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Major residential applications approved at a rate below the % set in the policy in any given year. |
DMBC |
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DLP15 – Accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Show people |
Gypsy and Travellers residential pitches and Travelling Show People pitches delivered. |
Available deliverable supply falls below 5 years. |
DMBC |
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DLP16 – Education Facilities |
No net loss of education facilities during the Plan period without adequate alternative provision available. |
Loss of education facilities/floorspace that would adversely affect local access, where no suitable alternative. provision is available. |
DMBC |
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DLP1 – Development Strategy DLP18 – Economic growth and job creation DLP19 - Strategic Employment Areas DLP20 – Local Employment Areas DLP21 – Other Employment Areas |
Net loss of Employment land (ha). |
Net loss in Strategic Employment Sites. |
DMBC |
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DLP1 – Development Strategy DLP18 – Economic growth and job creation DLP19 - Strategic Employment Areas DLP20 – Local Employment Areas DLP21 – Other Employment Areas |
Net completions in Employment Land (ha). |
If the deliverable supply of employment land falls below a five-year supply, a review assessing the reasons for shortfall will be triggered. |
DMBC |
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DLP18 – Economic growth and job creation DLP19 – Strategic Employment Areas |
No net loss of B2 and B8 floorspace within designated Strategic Employment Areas. |
Significant loss in B2 or B8 floorspace within designated Strategic Employment Areas. |
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DLP18 – Economic growth and job creation DLP20 – Local Employment Areas |
No net loss of floorspace to alternative uses outside of those noted in DLP18. |
Loss of B2 or B8 floorspace within designated Local Employment Areas that would compromise their viability or role as local employment sites. |
DMBC |
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DLP24 – Dudley Borough Centres |
Planning applications granted for unacceptable uses within centres as defined in Policy DLP24. |
Applications approved in any given year for alternative uses. |
DMBC |
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DLP25 – Local and District Centres and Local Services |
Valued local services lost without appropriate alternative provision. |
The loss of any valued local service without confirmation of alternative provision. |
DMBC |
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Number of vacant units within the District and Local Centres. |
Vacancy rates showing an upward trend for three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP26 – Small Scale Local Facilities DLP27 – Edge-of-Centre and Out-of-Centre Development |
New net floorspace for town centres uses outside of designated centres. |
Two or more applications approved in a monitoring year where it has not been demonstrated that the requirements of DLP26 or DLP27 are met. |
DMBC |
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DLP29 – Hot Food Takeaways |
Location of new Hot Food Takeaways. |
Permissions consistently being granted contrary to the location requirements of point 2 of policy DLP29. |
DMBC |
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DLP30 – Shop Front Security |
Number of new external roller shutter/ grilles on designated heritage assets or within conservation areas. |
Applications approved for new external roller shutters in these locations. |
DMBC |
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DLP31 – Nature Conservation |
Changes in national sites for nature conservation. |
No net loss or deterioration in quality associated with development of national importance sites for nature conservation. |
DMBC |
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Changes in local areas of biodiversity importance. |
Significant loss or deterioration in quality associated with development of local importance sites for nature. conservation, without detailed justification supported by the Council. |
DMBC |
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DLP32 – Nature Recovery Network and Biodiversity Net Gain |
All relevant development sites to provide biodiversity net gain. |
Ongoing monitoring through Biodiversity duty No trigger due to statutory requirements. |
DMBC |
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DLP34 – Provision, retention, and protection of Hedgerows |
Loss of measured hedgerow value through BNG mechanism. |
Ongoing monitoring through Biodiversity duty No trigger due to statutory requirements. |
DMBC |
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DLP37 – Open Space and Recreation |
Number of developments granted approval resulting in the loss of high value open space (as defined in the Green Space Audit). |
Net loss of high-value open space, as defined in the Dudley Open Space Review, for three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP38 – Playing Fields and Sports Facilities |
Net loss of Playing pitches capacity. |
Net loss in playing pitch capacity for three consecutive years without detailed justification supported by the Council. |
DMBC |
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DLP42 – Energy Infrastructure |
Development proposals that incorporate decentralised energy provision. |
No trigger. Ongoing monitoring. |
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DLP44 – Flood Risk |
Planning permissions granted within floodzone 3. |
Any permission granted without support from the Environment Agency. |
DMBC/ EA |
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DLP45 – Sustainable drainage and surface water management (SuDS) |
New housing and other development built including SuDS. |
More than 10% of relevant permissions failing to comply with the requirements over three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP46 – Renewable and Low Carbon Energy and BREEAM Standards |
Developments meeting the renewable and low carbon energy and BREEAM New Construction standards set out in Policy DLP47. |
More than 10% of relevant permissions failing to comply with the requirements over three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP48 – Green Belt DLP49 – Agricultural and Rural Workers dwellings in the Green Belt |
Inappropriate development granted planning permission within the Green Belt. |
Any permissions |
DMBC |
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DLP51 – Dudley Borough’s Green Infrastructure Network |
Developments within the Green network retaining a width of 15 metres. |
More than 10% of relevant permissions which result in the Green Network becoming less than 15 metres wide over three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP53 – River Stour and its Tributaries |
Developments within 10-metre of the River Stour which encroach within the 10m wide buffer, as measured from each riverbank top. |
More than 5% of relevant permissions falling short of the targets set out within the monitoring year. |
DMBC |
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DLP54 – Conservation and Enhancement of the Historic Environment of Dudley DLP56 – Listed Buildings |
Loss of designated heritage assets. |
Any applications approved resulting in the loss of a listed building. |
DMBC |
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DLP59 – Public Open Space within New Large Housing Developments |
Developments of 80 dwellings or more which are isolated from nearby accessible open space area, which provide for on-site recreational amenity green space. |
Applications of 80 dwellings or more approved where neither on-site amenity green space nor a connection to existing open space is provided. |
DMBC |
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DLP61 – Allotments and Community Gardens |
Net loss of viable allotment land. |
Net loss of any viable allotment land without any alternative provision provided. |
DMBC |
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DLP65 – Transport Impacts of New Developments DLP69 – Planning for Low Emission Vehicles |
Travel Plans to be produced for all relevant planning application that are required to submit Transport assessment or a Transport statement. |
Applications approved without a required Travel Plan. Targets and measures contained in Travel Plans and agreements will be monitored and reviewed. |
DMBC |
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DLP67 – Active Travel |
Number of applications approved which provide secure cycle storage. |
Applications approved without providing secure cycle storage. |
DMBC |
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DLP68 – Parking Management |
Number of publicly available long stay parking places in strategic and town centres. |
No decrease in the number of long stay parking spaces in centres for three consecutive years. |
DMBC |
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DLP70 – Waste Infrastructure – Future Requirements DLP79 – Resource Management and New Development |
Percentage of Local Authority collected waste diverted from Landfills (DeFRA LACW Statistics) |
If the annual percentage falls below 95%. |
DEFRA |
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DLP70 – Waste Infrastructure – Future Requirements DLP761– Waste sites |
Net loss of Waste capacity (tonnes per annum) including Strategic Waste states as listed under DLP76. |
Any net loss of waste capacity. |
DMBC |
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DLP71 – Waste Sites |
Planning applications for housing development near to a Strategic Waste Site for compliance with policy. |
Any major planning application for housing which is not policy compliant. |
DMBC |
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DLP72 – Locational Considerations for New Waste Facilities |
Planning applications for waste development approved within Local and Other employment areas. |
Consistently approving planning applications for waste development (excluding landfill sites) outside of Local or Other employment areas. |
DMBC |
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DLP74 – Mineral Production – Requirements |
Levels of aggregates produced from secondary and recycled sources. |
Reduction in current levels consecutively over three year period. |
DMBC |
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DLP75 – Minerals Safeguarding and Minerals Processing/ Infrastructure Sites |
Planning applications for housing development near to a mineral processing or infrastructure sites for compliance with policy. |
Any major planning applications for housing which is not policy compliant. |
DMBC |
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BH PS1 |
Quantity and type of development granted planning permission at each Priority Site. |
Development does not come forward in line with Delivery phasing. |
DMBC |
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BH PS2 |
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BH OS1 |
Type of development granted planning permission at each Opportunity site. | Any applications approved for contrary uses. | DMBC |
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BH OS2 |
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BH OS3 |
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DLP D PS1 |
Quantity and type of development granted planning permission at each Priority Site. |
Development does not come forward in line with Delivery phasing. |
DMBC |
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DLP D OS1 |
Type of development granted planning permission at each Opportunity site. |
Development does not come forward in line with Delivery phasing. Significant applications approved for contrary uses. |
DMBC |
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DLP D OS2 |
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DLP D OS3 |
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DLP D OS4 |
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DLP S OS1 |
Type of development granted planning permission at each Opportunity site. |
Significant applications approved for contrary uses. |
DMBC |
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DLP S OS2 |
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DLP S OS3 |
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DLP H OS1 |
Type of development granted planning permission at each Opportunity site. |
Significant applications approved for contrary uses. |
DMBC |
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DLP H OS2 |
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