Annual Monitoring Reports

Monitoring has an important role within the new planning system.  Section 35 of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires every local planning authority to produce an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR).  This Report has to describe progress in implementing the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and the extent to which the policies set out in the Local Development Documents (LDDs) are being achieved.

The third in this series of AMRs has now been produced for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 and was submitted to the Secretary of State in December 2007.

In this transitional period of introducing the new planning system, the AMR is monitoring progress of the 18 new Local Development Framework (LDF) Spatial Objectives but related at the current time to saved policies of the adopted Local Plan.  In future years, these saved policies will be replaced by the relevant new LDF policies.

Monitoring is used to test the saved policies for their effectiveness; the results can then help determine the wording of the replacement policies in the emerging LDF.

The 2006-7 AMR is available to download below.  Copies are available to purchase at £25 including postage and packing.  For any further information please contact Jennifer Heaton on 01628 796066.

The Berkshire Unitary Authorities also produce an annual Joint Berkshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report, which is available for download from the Joint Strategic Planning Unit website.

Annual Monitoring Reports

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Front cover (pdf 273KB)

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Main Report (pdf 763KB)

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Appendices (excluding Maps of Accessibility) (pdf 379KB)

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Appendix 4a: Maps of Accessibility Part 1 (pdf 581KB)

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Appendix 4a: Maps of Accessibility Part 2 (pdf 598KB)

•   RBWM Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 - Appendix 4a: Maps of Accessibility Part 3 (pdf 627KB)

Five Year Housing Land Supply

Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing was published in November 2006.  One of the requirements is that local planning authorities identify sufficient deliverable sites to deliver the first five years of the strategic housing requirement.  The five year supply will be monitored through future AMRs but the Council has prepared an interim paper to demonstrate a five year supply at March 2007.

•   5 Year Housing Land Supply in RBWM as at 31 March 2007 (pdf 273kb)