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| Chapter 14 |
| Monitoring and Review |
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Introduction |
| 14.1 |
To ensure that the Local Plan remains
effective in meeting its aims and the aspirations of the people of
Peterborough, it is necessary to regularly assess its performance.
Also, as the context provided by Government guidance and local and
national circumstances is continually evolving, it is important to
monitor other matters which may affect the planning of the District
and the assumptions on which the Plan is based. |
| 14.2 |
The City Council will regularly monitor
the Plan against key indicators and targets associated with the main
policy areas of the Plan. These are set out in the table below. They
provide a consistent basis for identifying changes in the context
within which the Plan is operating and assessing how successfully
the Plan is achieving its aims. |
| 14.3 |
The indicators have been selected in light
of Best Value Performance Indicators and some are included in the
table. The plan indicators are not intended to be a detailed or comprehensive
set of criteria to assess every matter related to the Local Plan or
to unnecessarily duplicate indicators which are more appropriately
monitored elsewhere (transport, for example, through the annual Local
Transport Plan Monitoring Report). In addition, they have been selected
to ensure monitoring is practical and that the scale of work required
is not so great as to impose an excessive burden on Council resources.
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| 14.4 |
Some of the indicators relate to matters
that the Plan seeks to influence directly, such as the proportion
of new housing built on brownfield land and the density of new housing,
and in these cases quantitative targets are set. Failure to meet such
targets could indicate that policies need to be reviewed and adjusted.
There are also other matters over which the Plan has less control,
such as population trends, unemployment rates and amounts of new floorspace
developed, but these still need to be monitored to provide important
contextual information on the District, or the performance of the
Plan, to assist in future planning decisions. Because these are matters
beyond the Council's control alone it is not appropriate or practicable
to set quantitative targets for them. |
| 14.5 |
In addition to the indicators contained
in the table, the Council will also continue to review: |
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- changes in other policies and objectives of the City Council
and other agencies with an interest in the area;
- changes in Government guidance;
- changes to the local plans and structure plans of adjacent authorities;
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- trends in the development industry and the wider economy.
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| 14.6 |
The City Council will publish a report
annually which sets out the results of the monitoring process. This
will be made publicly available. If necessary, it will highlight the
need for amendments or formal alterations to the Plan. |
| 14.7 |
Explanatory notes and more detailed definitions
of the indicators, including the time period over which each one will
be measured, will be included as part of the monitoring report. |
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Monitoring Indicators |
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Plan Review |
| 14.8 |
It is vital that the Local Plan is kept
up-to-date if it is to properly perform its crucial role in the determination
of planning applications and in ensuring development takes place at
appropriate locations. The monitoring process set out above will provide
information which will be used to identify the possible need for changes
to the Plan. |
| 14.9 |
A review will be necessary where there
is a major change in circumstances which needs to be reflected in
the Plan. For example, major alterations to national or regional guidance,
or the adoption of a replacement of the Structure Plan may create
the need to review the Plan to ensure conformity. The outcome of a
review may involve alterations to the Plan or the preparation of a
full replacement Plan, depending on the scale of the changes required.
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| 14.10 |
The Government expects plans to be reviewed
in full at least once every five years, with partial reviews, for
example on particular topic areas, being undertaken more frequently
as appropriate. |
| 14.11 |
All formal changes to the Plan will be
subject to consultation and, if necessary, a public local inquiry
before they are adopted by the City Council. |
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