Tendring District Annual Monitoring Report (2006-2007)

This is the third Annual Monitoring Report produced by Tendring District Council. The statistics contained in this report relate to the whole 2006/2007 financial year (i.e. 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007).

Monitoring development trends within the district is important to enable Local Planning Authorities to gauge what is happening now, what may happen in the future and then compare these trends against existing policies and targets to determine any changes that may need to be made to policy. In terms of reviewing the Tendring District Local Plan and any subsequent Local Development Framework, the Annual Monitoring Report will form a key source of technical information.

The requirement for the Council to prepare an Annual Monitoring Report is now a statutory obligation under Section 35 of the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act. Annual Monitoring Reports are submitted on an annual basis to the Secretary of State to both inform the Government of progress in the implementation of the Council's Local Development Scheme and the extent to which the policies set out in the Council's Local Plan (and subsequent Local Development Documents) are being successfully implemented.

The Council is also required to report on its performance against a number of "Core Output Indicators" to feed directly into the East of England Regional Assembly's Annual Monitoring Report. The findings both inform planning policy at the regional strategic level and indicate how well the guidance contained in national policy is being adhered to by Local Authorities. In addition, performance against a number of additional "Local Output Indicators" is included in the report to gauge the performance of a number of locally important planning policies.

This Annual Monitoring Report has been prepared in line with guidance contained in the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's (ODPM) March 2005 publication 'Local Development Framework Monitoring - A Good Practice Guide' and reports on all the core output indicators contained in the ODPM October 2005 document 'Local Development Framework Core Output Indicators - Update 1/2005'. The Report also takes account of the best practice advice contained in the ODPM September 2005 publication 'Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) - FAQs and Seminar Feedback on Emerging Best Practice 2004/05'.

The Annual Monitoring Report relates to the most up-to-date development plan available at its time of writing, which was the Tendring District Replacement Local Plan, Re-Deposit Draft (as amended by the November 2007 binding Inspector's Report). The Council successfully adopted the Tendring District Replacement Local Plan (now entitled the "Tendring District Local Plan 2007") on 11 December 2007. Future Annual Monitoring Reports will be written to relate to the newly adopted Local Plan and policies in the emerging Core Strategy as and when they become available.

(Annual Monitoring Report in pdf format)

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