amr - brighton & hove city council

amr

2009-2010

annual monitoring report

city planning

This Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) provides an update on development activity in the City.The AMR also provides information on the supply of land and measures performance againstnational and council policies during the monitoring year 2009/10.

The population of Brighton & Hove continues to rise within the compact City. The City has ahigh proportion of young working adults and has managed, so far, to weather the worst effectsof the economic conditions affecting the country. House prices recovered in the monitoring yearafter falling in 2008/09 in response to the downturn of the national housing market.

Despite the current economic conditions the City managed to deliver 380 additional dwellingsin the reporting year which is 48 units more than estimated in the housing trajectory in the2008/09 AMR. It includes the completion of 144 units at the Ocean Hotel Development inSaltdean, 48 units at the Ebenezer Chapel site on Richmond Parade and 38 at 50-52 NewChurch Road. Although the completion figure is lower than achieved in previous years theaverage of 601 completions a year over the last five years is still a healthy completion ratewhich had continued to exceed the South East Plan housing target of 570 units per annum.All of the new residential units were completed on previously developed land.

One hundred affordable units were delivered through the completion of developments of 10units or over which represents, via such developments, an average provision of affordablehousing in excess of the 40% target contained in council policy.

The number of residential units given planning permission was similar to the previousmonitoring year. In 2009/10 147 residential planning applications were approved, which couldpotentially provide 424 residential units to the City. 97% of all residential planning applicationsapproved in 2009/10 were designed to lifetime homes standard or lifetime homes standardwas a condition of approval. All new commitments for 10 or more dwellings included aproportion of dwellings designed to the 'wheelchair accessible standard'.

The provision of business floorspace was also encouraging. There was a net increase of1,115m² business floorspace in the monitoring year. This figure comprises a net gain in B1aoffice use (1,248m²) and mixed business use (1,020m²). There was also a net increase of3,934m² floorspace of town centre uses across the Local Authority area. Employment landavailable in the City rose to 44.90ha, including 2.26ha of floorspace on unallocated sitesthrough planning permissions. 34,750m² office floorspace on land adjacent to Amex Housewas both approved and commenced in the monitoring year.

During 2009/10 there was a net gain of 1,225m² retail floorspace and 1,588m² of restaurantfloorspace and the 11,498m² of potential retail floorspace given planning permission in2009/10 suggests a healthy outlook for new retail developments in the City. Shop vacancyrates increased in both the Brighton and Hove shopping centres over the monitoring yearalthough the overall rate for the whole City was 8.8% at the end of 2009/10 which is wellbelow the national average.

There were 109,195 tonnes of municipal waste disposed of in 2009/10 with a reduction ofalmost 5,000 tonnes of waste going to landfill over the previous year.

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Data Collection

3. Local Development Scheme Implementation

4. Implementing the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

5. Monitoring Indicators

5.1 Contextual Indicators

5.2 Core Output Indicators

5.3 Local Output Indicators

5.4 Significant Effects Indicators

5.5 Development Control Performance

6. Summary of Policy Performance

7. Saving Policies

Appendices

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INDEX

Index of Charts and Tables

Chart Title Page No.

Chart 1 Mortality Ratio 1999-2008 13

Chart 2 Brighton & Hove PCT Waiting List Numbers 2003-2009 16

Chart 3Average House Price of Properties in Brighton & Hove and the South East,April 2009- March 2010

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Chart 4 Number of Brighton & Hove Buses Passenger Journeys per Year 36

Table Title Page No

Table 1 Resident Population mid Year Estimates: All Persons 9

Table 2Brighton & Hove Population Density in Comparison with Selected UnitaryAuthorities and Local Districts

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Table 3Resident Population mid Year Estimate 2008 Percentage by Broad AgeBand

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Table 4 Civil Partnership Numbers between 2006 and 2009 11

Table 5 Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages), June 2007 12

Table 6 Life Expectancy at Birth, by Sex, in Years; 2006-2008 12

Table 7 Birth Rate: Live births by Area of Usual Residence of Mother, 2008 13

Table 8Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight and Obese Children, 2008-2009

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Table 9 Smoking and Health 2008/09 15

Table 10 Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions 2008/09 15

Table 11Adult Substance Abuse Deaths 2009 by South East Strategic HealthAuthority and Primary Care Trusts

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Table 12 Indices of Deprivation 2007: Brighton & Hove Local Authority Summary 18

Table 13Levels of Employment and Unemployment; Brighton & Hove, South Eastand Great Britain (2009/10)

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Table 14 Average Full Time Earnings per Residence 2009 20

Table 15 Average Full Time Earnings per Workplace 2009 20

Table 16Active Enterprises, Births, Deaths of Businesses in Brighton & Hove 2004-2008

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Table 17Employee Jobs by Industry in Brighton & Hove Compared to theProportion of each in South East and Great Britain 2008

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Table 18 Student Population for Academic Year 2008/09 22

Table 19 Number of Teachers and Pupil: Teacher Ratio 2007-2009 22

Index of Charts and Tables cont/d.

Table Title Page No.

Table 20Percentage of Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 Achieving 5 or moreGCSEs A*-C Grades (or equivalent)

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Table 21Percentage of Housing Occupancy Types in Brighton & Hove Comparedto Regional and National Figures 2006/07

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Table 22Household Price by Type - Brighton and Hove Council (April 2009 - March2010)

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Table 23Recorded crime in Brighton & Hove for Seven Key Offences and BCSComparator Between 2008/09 and 2009/10

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Table 24Police Officer and Community Support Officer Strength in Brighton &Hove and Sussex, March 2010

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Table 25 Trip Expenditure by Sector in Brighton & Hove (£’s millions) 27

Table 26 Number of Staying Trips by Accommodation 2009 28

Table 27Selected Sustainable Consumption and Waste Reduction PerformanceIndicators for Brighton and Hove

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Table 28 SSSI Condition; Condition of Brighton & Hove SSSI Units 30

Table 29Nature Reserve Condition; Condition of Local Nature Reserves in Brightonand Hove when Last Assessed

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Table 30Results of Brighton & Hove Automatic Monitoring for Nitrogen DioxideComparison with Annual Mean Objective

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Table 31 Road Transport Energy Consumption; Proportion of Overall Fuel Use 2008 31

Table 32 Average Electricity Consumption per Consumer in 2008 (kWh) 32

Table 33 Average Gas Consumption per Consumer in 2008 (kWh) 32

Table 34 Bathing Water Quality 32

Table 35 The Sustainable Cities Index 2010: Brighton & Hove 33

Table 36Estimated Traffic Volume for All Motor Vehicles 2006 - 2009 in VehicleMiles

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Table 37 Average Accessibility to Services in Brighton & Hove 35

Table 38 Reported Killed or Seriously Injured Casualties by Road User Type 35

Table 39The Amount of Shop Front Applications Submitted in 2009/10 by Typeand Decision

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Table 40How Comprehensive a Site Waste Management Plan Will Be Producedand Implemented by the Developer?

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Table 41 Trees and Development Sites SPD Monitoring Indicators 2005/06-2009/10 56

Index of Charts and Tables cont/d.


Table 42 Advertisements SPD Monitoring Indicators 2006/07- 2009/10 57

Table 43Baseline Data for Quantums of Development in London Road MasterplanArea

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Table 44 NO2 Concentrations in London Road Masterplan Area 2007-2009 59

Table 45 Monthly Traffic Flow in London Masterplan Area 2009/10 59

Table 46 Monthly Cycle Flow in London Road Masterplan Area 2009/10 59

Table 47Open Space Provision in 2006 as Published in Open Space Sports andRecreation Study 2009

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Table 48 Number and Area of Designated Sites in Brighton & Hove 61

Table 49 Development Control Performance against BVPI Targets 63

Table 50 Residential Completions by Type of Development 2009/10 65

Table 51 Residential Completions by Windfall or Allocated Sites 2005/06-2009/10 66

Table 52 Residential Developments, Over 10 Units, Completed in 2009/10 66

Table 53Residential Completions, Containing and Element of Affordable Housing2009/10

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Table 54 Change in Floorspace of ‘A’ Use Classes 2009/10 67

Table 55 Potential Floorspace from 2009/10 Retail Permissions 68

Tables in Appendix


Table 1Indicators BD1: Total additional employment floorspace – by type, BD2:Total employment floorspace on previously developed land – by type,BD3: Employment land available – by type

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Table 2Indicator B4: Total floorspace for ‘town centre uses’ in Town centre areasand the Local authority area.

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Table 3 Indicator H1: Plan period and housing targets 72

Table 4Indicator H3: New and converted dwellings - on previously developedland

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Table 5 Indicator H4 Net Additional pitches (Gypsy and Travellers) 72

Table 6 Indicator H5: Gross affordable housing completions 72

Table 7 Indicator H2: Net Additional Dwellings 73

Tables in Appendix cont/d.


Table 8Indicator E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary toEnvironment Agency advice

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Table 9 Indicator E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance 75

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Indicator E3: The number of applications, approved in 2009/10, providing? 3 units, indicating, via the sustainability checklist whether or not CO2emissions will be saved via on-site low and zero carbon (LZC) energygenerating technologies, by how much and the number of theseapplications providing an estimate for the installed capacity of thetechnologies in the development.

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Indicator E3: From the two applications, approved in 2009/10, disclosinginstalled capacity in the Sustainability Checklist; the installed capacity thelow and zero carbon technologies are estimated to provide, bytechnology.

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Table 12 Indicator W1: Planning Permissions Granted for Waste Management inthe Monitoring Year (2009/10)

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Table 13Indicator W2: Amount of municipal waste arising, and managed bymanagement type by waste planning authority

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Table 14Indicator M2: Production of secondary and recycled aggregates bymineral planning authority - Secondary & Recycled Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove up to 31 March 2010

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The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 replaced the existing legislation andintroduced the Local Development Framework (LDF).

It is a requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to publish an AnnualMonitoring Report (AMR), by the end of each calendar year, to report on the previousfinancial year. The report is intended to measure the degree to which local authorities havesuccessfully applied the policies set out in their development plans and measure the progresstowards the LDF.

The Brighton & Hove City Council Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10 will measure theperformance against policies in the Local Plan, adopted 21st July 2005. Measurement againstthe council's policies will help to judge whether current policies are useful, need revision orcomprehensive review and inform the council's work as the new government revises theplanning system. The report will also assess progress in the preparation of the Brighton &Hove City Council LDF. The AMR includes a range of local and Core Output indicators in orderto achieve this.

The planning system is currently under review by the new coalition government which hashad an effect on some of the indicators published this year and will have a further effect infuture years as the reforms continue.

This AMR has been prepared in line with the following guidance by the Department forCommunities and Local Governernment:

Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide, 2004.

Regional Spatial Strategy and Local Development Framework: Core Output Indicators - Update 2/2008

The council welcomes comments on the information set out in this report and how it is presented.

1. Introduction

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The data for this AMR has primarily been compiled from the annual monitoring undertaken bythe Strategic Planning & Monitoring Team within the Planning Strategy and Projects Group.The data collected has been used to respond to the Core Output Indicators.

The Strategic Planning & Monitoring Team monitors all residential and commercial/industrialpermissions for each financial year. The information is collated from planning applicationsregistered with the planning authority which is taken from the information entered into theMVM planning database and directly from planning applications and related documents. Allnew permissions are mapped using the ArcView GIS package. Site visits are carried out onan annual basis to assess the progress of development on each site with planning approval.Other issues monitored by the team include appeals, retail centre and industrial site 'healthchecks', and a broad range of sustainability issues. Data is also gathered from the onlinesustainability checklist, and more information is expected to be collected from this sourceonce the current review of the checklist, prompted by the planned abolition of regionalindicators, has concluded and a revised checklist has gone live in April 2011. Themonitoring for each of these areas is constantly evolving and improved upon during eachmonitoring year to better meet the needs of each indicator and to develop as newindicators evolve.

The Local Output indicators relate to policies in the Local Plan and were derived from thecouncil's Sustainability Strategy (2002) which set out the council's commitment to sustainabledevelopment. The original Sustainability Strategy helped form the basis of the more detailedcity-wide Sustainable Community Strategy and many of its aims have subsequently beentransferred to this.

Information for the Contextual Indicators have been sourced from a variety of places. Much ofthis data, including data from the Census 2001 and subsequent updates, is availableelectronically via the Brighton & Hove Local Intelligence Service website; www.bhlis.org

Brighton & Hove City Council undertakes Waste and Minerals Planning in cooperation withEast Sussex County Council (ESCC). Further data regarding waste and minerals can be found inthe ESCC AMR 09/10, which is located on the following page of the East Sussex CountyCouncil website;www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/amr1

2. Data Collection

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This section of the Annual Monitoring Report provides a progress report against the timetableand milestones for the preparation of documents set out in the agreed Brighton & Hove LocalDevelopment Scheme. The Local Development Scheme (LDS) is the three-year workprogramme to prepare the local development documents that will make up the LocalDevelopment Framework (LDF).

The LDS identifies the main Local Development Documents to be prepared over a three yearperiod including their coverage and status. It also explains the status of policies and plans inthe transitional period from local plan to local development documents and the status ofsupplementary planning guidance notes.

The most recently approved version of the Brighton & Hove LDS is December 2008. For thepurpose of this AMR, this is the version that must be used in order to monitor progress for thefinancial year 2009-10. The LDS will be reviewed following the publication of theGovernment's new planning bill, expected in late 2010.

Updating the programme

The following documents were completed during 2009-2010

l Annual Monitoring Report submitted in December 2009

l Core Strategy Proposed Submission Version DPD, submitted April 2010

l Nature Conservation SPD, adopted March 2010

l Architectural Features SPD, adopted December 2009

l London Road Masterplan SPD, adopted December 2009

Changes to the Timetable

The Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary Of State in April 2010. However, following thegeneral election in May 2010, major changes to the planning system were announced by the newCoalition Government, including the abolition of Regional Strategies and their associated housingtargets. More detail on the changes are expected in a new Localism Bill due to be published inDecember 2010. At present, the city council is continuing to undertake background research onhousing and open space to inform the way forward with the Core Strategy.

The Waste and Minerals Core Strategy timetable is also under review for the same reason andwork on technical background information is ongoing. A revised Minerals and WasteDevelopment Scheme will be published in 2011 with the city council's partner; East SussexCounty Council.

The timetable for the Shoreham Joint Area Action Plan DPD is also under review by the citycouncil, Adur District and West Sussex County Councils, however key background studies onflood risk, transport and capacity are ongoing and are due to report in by the end of 2010.Three Best Value Performance Indicators relate to the LDF. These BVPIs and the progressachieved against these indicators for 1 January - 1 December 2009 are set out below:

3. Local Development Scheme Implementation

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BVPI Status

BV200a - did the local planning authoritysubmit the LDS by 28 March 2005 andthereafter maintain a three year rollingprogramme?

The first LDS was submitted on 4 January2005 and revised on June 2006, April 2007and December 2008

BV200b - has the local planning authoritymet the milestones, which the current LDSsets out?

Ongoing - see following table for details ofmilestones for 2010

BV200c - did the local planning authoritypublish an annual monitoring report byDecember of last year?

Yes submitted Dec 2009

Document and Preparation StageLDS Targets (from

2009 version) Progress Update

CORE STRATEGY

Reg 25: Early Stakeholder andCommunity Involvement: Issues andOptions

October - March 2005 Achieved - commenced on 26October 2005

Reg 25: Early Stakeholder andCommunity Involvement: ScopingReport

October - November2005

Achieved - commenced on 12October 2005

Reg 25: Preferred Options PublicConsultation

November - December2006

Achieved - this consultationran from 9 November to 21December 2006

Reg 25: Revised Preferred Optionsconsultation

May - June 2008 Achieved - consultation ranfrom 28 June to 8 August2008

Reg 25: Proposed Amendment Paperconsultation

Not applicable - newmilestone

Achieved - consultation ranfrom 29 June to 10 August2009

Reg 27: Publication of the documentand pre-submission consultationperiod

October- November2009

The document was publishedon 2 February to 22 March2010

Reg 30: Date for submission toSecretary of State

February 2010 The document was submittedto the Secretary of State on 8April 2010.

Pre-examination meeting withInspector

April 2010 The Pre-Examination meetingwith the Inspector was held on20 May 2010

Examination in Public (estimated) June 2010 The date for the Examinationis under review due tochanges in the planningsystem

Estimated date for adoption by thecouncil

January 2011 The date for adoption is underreview due to changes in theplanning system

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SHOREHAM HARBOUR JOINT AREA ACTION PLAN


June 2009 All milestones for the AreaAction Plan are under reviewdue to expected changes inthe planning system


June 2010 See above


September 2010 See above


See above

WASTE & MINERALS CORE STRATEGY


March - April 2007 Achieved - this consultationran from 19 March to 23April 2007


May - September 2007 Achieved but delayed due tothe need for additionaltechnical research - thisconsultation ran from 29February to 24 April 2008

Reg 25: Preferred Strategy PublicConsultation

October 2009 Achieved - this consultationran from 21 October to 25January 2010


February - March 2010 All milestones are underreview due to changes in theplanning system


June 2010 See above


July 2010 See above

Examination in Public (estimated) September 2010 See above


January 2011 See above

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MINERALS SITES


March - April 2007 All milestones for this DPD areunder review due to changesin the planning system


May - September 2007 See above

Reg 25: Preferred Strategy PublicConsultation

October 2009 See above


February - March 2011 See above


July 2011 See above


November 2011 See above

Examination in Public (estimated) September 2012 See above


April 2012 See above

Supplementary Planning Documents are not subject to performance indicators. However thefollowing table offers a brief summary of the progress of each SPD listed in the 2008 LDS foradoption between 1st January 2009 - March 2010.

SPD

LDS Target Date for

Adoption (2009

version)

Progress Update

Nature Conservation May 2009 Adopted in March 2010

Parking Standards and Accessibility March 2010 Adoption rescheduled to 2011

Architectural Features (previouslyknown as Conservation Features)

June 2009 Adopted in December 2009

London Road July 2009 Adopted in December 2009

Infrastructure Delivery (previouslyknown as Developer Contributions)

March 2010 Adoption rescheduled to 2011

Householder Extensions March 2010 Adoption rescheduled to 2011

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The council has had an adopted SCI in place since September 2005. This SCI will need to bereviewed in light of the 'Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2008' which amended the statutory consultation stages within theproduction of Development Plan Documents and also following the 'Decentralisation andLocalism Bill' expected towards the end of 2010. The review of the SCI will commence in 2011.

During the financial year 2009/10, the Core Strategy Proposed Submission Document waspublished on 5 February 2010 under Regulation 27 of the Town and Country Planning (LocalDevelopment) (England) Regulations 2004 (as amended). There then followed a six weekperiod where stakeholders and members of the public could make comment in thedocument's 'soundness.'

The SCI along with the East Sussex County Council SCI was also used to inform the approachto the Waste and Minerals Core Strategy Preferred Strategy consultation that was held from21 October 2009 to 25 January 2010. This paper was widely promoted via the press, the weband via direct email and mail shot. Four public workshops were also held in November 2009with invitees from waste and minerals industry, district and parish councils as well ascommunity groups and statutory bodies.

4. Implementing the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

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5. Monitoring Indicators

The structure of this section of the AMR is centred on several different types of indicators.

Contextual Indicators present information on all of the key changes taking place inBrighton & Hove, which are unlikely to have been caused by the implementation of theLocal Plan policies.

Core Output Indicators are a set of common requirements for local authorities tomonitor the LDF and Local Plan policies.

Local Output Indicators address the outputs of policies not covered by core outputindicators. They were mostly drawn from within the Land Use Section of the Brighton &Hove Sustainability Strategy. These indicators link to the policies used in the Brighton &Hove Local Plan and are a useful way of monitoring the effectiveness of the document inachieving more sustainable patterns of land use and more integrated development.

Significant Effects Indicators are a product of the sustainability appraisal process. Theyenable a comparison to be made between the predicted effects of the policies on society,the environment and the economy and the actual effects measured during implementationof the policies.

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5.1 Contextual Indicators

Demography of Brighton & Hove

The City of Brighton & Hove is nestled between the South Downs and the sea extending fromthe English Channel and stretching over the rolling hills and into the dry valleys on the lee ofthe South Downs. This constraining location has resulted in a compact city whoseadministrative area covers 8,265 hectares.

According to 2010 Office of National Statistics (ONS) mid-year estimates; the population of thecity was 256,300 in June 2009 (Table 1). The population estimates (ONS) suggest that despite adip in population numbers at the beginning of the decade the population is estimated to haverapidly increased since 2004 with an increase of 10,700 people between 2004 and 2009, anincrease of over 4%; higher than that of regional and national increases. The population isexpected to continue to rise as life expectancy rises (Table 6), birth rates increase (Table 7), deathrates decrease and the city continues to be a net importer of people. Between 2008 and 2009 itis estimated that the population rose by 2.5%, 1% of which came through natural change withthe remainder though migration and other changes (ONS 2010). Moulsecoomb and Bevendean,the largest ward in the city, also continues to be the most populated with an estimated 16,829residents. The least populated is now Wish with 8,626 (ONS 2009) residents after Central Hove'spopulation surpassed it, despite both wards seeing an increase in population.

Table1: Resident Population Mid Year Estimates: All Persons

All Ages Brighton and Hove South East England

2009 256,300 8,435,700 51,80,9700

2008 253,800 8,368,500 51,464,600

2007 250,200 8,295,500 51,106,200

2006 248,000 8,224,300 50,763,900

2005 247,100 8,172,900 50,466,200

2004 245,600 8,114,600 50,109,700

2003 247,000 8,079,900 49,863,300

2002 248,400 8,043,000 49,649,100

2001 249,900 8,023,400 49,449,700

Source: Office for National Statistics 2010

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The population density of Brighton & Hove is 31 residents per hectare. When compared toUnitary authorities of a similar population size it is similar to Derby and Plymouth but lowerthan Portsmouth and Southampton. When compared to local Districts it is similar toWorthing, Lewes and Hastings (Table 2). The majority of the population live within the built uparea which comprises approximately half of the extent of the city. This is reflected by thepopulation densities of the different Wards in the city. The most densely populated Wards haveover 100 residents per hectare all of which are located in the centre of Brighton & Hove, ofthese Brunswick and Adelaide is the most densely populated with 171 residents per hectare.The most sparsely populated Wards are Woodingdean and Rottingdean Coastal which have 11and 10 residents per hectare respectively and both are on the fringes of the city and containcomparatively large areas of countryside.

Table 2: Brighton & Hove Population Density in Comparison with Selected Unitary

Authorities and Local Districts

Population (2009) Area (ha)Density (Residents

per ha)

Brighton and Hove 256,300 8,265 31

Selected Unitary Authorities

Reading 151,800 4,000 38

Bournemouth 164,900 4,600 36

Portsmouth 203,500 4,000 51

Southampton 236,700 5,000 47

Stoke-on-Trent 238,900 9,300 26

Derby UA 244,100 7,800 31

Plymouth UA 256,700 8,000 32

Nottingham UA 300,800 7,500 40

Leicester UA 304,700 7,300 42

Local Districts

Hastings 86,900 3,000 29

Eastbourne 96,400 4,400 22

Lewes 96,400 3,000 32

Worthing 102,400 3,200 32

Crawley 105,300 4,500 23


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The city contains a high proportion of young working adults and those of working age thatlive in the city account for 67.4% of the population (Table 3). This is higher than theproportion found in the South East (61.1%) and England (62.1%). This potential labour pooloffers great opportunities for the city although a lack of sufficient suitable local jobopportunities and the lack of local people with the skills required for jobs within the city canlead to relatively high unemployment levels within this group with many needing to commutefrom the city. The proportion of working age people has been growing significantly over thelast decade due to an in-migration of younger adults. This includes a higher than averageproportion in the 16 to 24 year old age group due to the student population in the city.Consequently this has resulted in a reduction of the ratio of older people and children. Thepopulation in the central wards contains the highest proportions of young adults, withBrunswick and Adelaide, Regency and St. Peters and North Laine containing the most 20-34year olds. Woodingdean and Rottingdean have the highest proportion of their population atretirement age. The city has a mobile population in terms of housing and employment which ismost evident in the centre of the city.

Table 3: Resident Population Mid Year Estimate 2008 Percentage by Broad Age Band

Brighton & Hove South East England

Aged 0-15 % 16 19 18.8

Aged 16-24 % 15.8 11.4 12.1

Aged 25-49 % 39.3 34.4 35.1

Aged 50-64(Males), 50-59(Females)

% 12.3 15.3 14.9

Aged 65 andOver (Males),60 and Over(Females)

% 16.6 19.9 19.1


Brighton & Hove has a much higher proportion of single adults than both the regional andnational figures it also includes a higher proportion of the population living in same sexcouples; reflecting the city's thriving gay community. The city has been the most popular placein the country for civil partnerships since they were launched in December 2005; the city hashosted almost a quarter of all ceremonies in the South East in that time (Table 4).

Table 4: Civil Partnership Numbers between 2006 and 2009


2006 636 2,708 14,383

2007 321 1,419 7,635

2008 274 1,147 6,276

2009 232 2,004 5,443


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There has been a steady rise in the proportion of Black, Minority and Ethnic groups in the city,reflecting the change in the percentage of ethnic groups within the South East (Table 5).

Table 5: Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages),

June 2007


White 90.8 92 88.2

Mixed 2.3 1.5 1.7

Asian or Asian British 3.2 3.5 5.7

Black or Black British 1.7 1.6 2.8

Chinese 1 0.7 0.8

Other Ethnic Group 0.9 0.7 0.7


There are implications for a range of issues as the demographic profile of the city changes.Issues that may arise from changes in the demography of the city include; a sense of localcommunity, the potential for crime and disorder and the need to provide more, and a greatermix of, housing units.

Health Characteristics

Brighton & Hove is part of the World Health Organisation's Healthy City programme which isconcerned with everything that can affect health including health care, social care,employment, housing, transport, crime, leisure, education and poverty. As a member of theHealthy Urban Planning Sub Network the City of Brighton & Hove has been taking forwardHealthy Urban Planning Objectives. Healthy City principles are being built into the LocalDevelopment Framework to ensure health is a key consideration in planning.

Table 6: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Sex, in Years; 2006-2008


Males 76.61 79.19 77.93

Females 82.47 82.95 82.02


Life expectancy for males in the city has continued to increase although it still lags behind bothregional and national life expectancy (Table 6). Female life expectancy has also increased sincethe previous year (2005-2007) and has surpassed the national average, although lifeexpectancy among females in the South East remains higher. On a Ward level Withdean hasthe highest life expectancy of 83.4 years with Brunswick and Adelaide the next highest at 82.5years, other Wards with higher life expectancies tend to be those on the outskirts of the citysuch as Patcham, Woodingdean and Rottingdean. Wards with lower life expectancies tend toeither be towards the centre of the city or are those with higher deprivation; the lowest lifeexpectancy is 75.4 years; in Queens Park, which contains a number of deprived areas.

Birth rates in the city have been steadily rising, at the same rate as births in the South East andEngland (Table 7). Between 2006 and 2008 the highest number of births were in theGoldsmid, South Portslade and Preston Park Wards with the lowest in Rottingdean Coastal,Regency and Woodingdean, this is likely to reflect the different demography's of the areas ofthe City.

The Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) allows for the differing age structure of the populationin different areas of the country. If SMR rates are above 100 they are high in comparison tothe national rate and the numbers of deaths observed are higher than that of the nationalrate. The SMR for the city has been below the national average for most of the last decade(Chart 1), but higher than the South East SMR, although it tends to follow a similar trend. Themost recent figures suggest a drop in SMR compared to the national mortality rate. Over thelast ten years early death rates from all causes, and from heart disease and stroke, havedecreased. The early death rate from cancer is not declining and is above the England average(APHO and Department of Health 2009)1 .

Table 7: Birth Rate: Live births by Area of Usual Residence of Mother, 2008

Brighton and Hove South East England

2008 3,303 104,024 672,809

2007 3,209 101,238 655,357

2006 3,100 98,566 635,748

2005 3,045 93,919 613,028

2004 2,901 93,635 607,185


1Brighton and Hove Health Profile 2009: APHO and Department of Health. © Crown Copyright 2009

Mortality Ratio 1999-2008

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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England and Wales Brighton South East

Chart 1: ONS and Department of Health 2008

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The link between obesity and increased risk of many serious diseases and mortality is welldocumented. In Brighton & Hove adult obesity is lower than the England average, althoughthere are still 1 in 5 adults estimated to be obese (APHO and Department of Health 2009). Theproportion of people living in Brighton & Hove diagnosed with diabetes, a disease linked withobesity, is lower than the England average (APHO and Department of Health 2009). Childhoodobesity in Brighton & Hove is also lower than the England average, although it is slightlyhigher than in the South East region (Table 8).

Table 8: Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight and Obese Children, 2008-2009


School Year Reception Year 6 Reception Year 6 Reception Year 6

Prevalence ofObese Children %

8.9 16.4 8.7 16 9.6 18.3

Prevalence ofOverweightChildren %

13.7 15.2 13 14.1 13.2 14.3

Prevalence ofHealthy WeightChildren %

76.8 67 77.3 68.7 76.2 66.1

Prevalence ofUnderweightChildren %

0.6 1.5 1 1.2 1 1.3

Smoking is the most important cause of preventable ill health and premature death in the UK.It is linked to respiratory illness, cancer and coronary heart disease and smoking in pregnancyhas well known detrimental effects for the growth and development of the unborn baby. Theprevalence of smoking in the Brighton & Hove between 2006 and 2008 was at almost 30%much higher than regional and national averages (Table 9). As a consequence deaths fromcauses, wholly or partially, attributed to smoking in the City between 2006 and 2008 werealso higher than both the regional and national averages. In 2008/09, however, hospitaladmissions, attributable to smoking, were lower than the national average, although higherthan the South East which is also reflected by the cost of these admissions. In contrast, theprevalence of smoking in pregnancy is lower in the City than both regional and nationalaverages. The City Council's Health and Safety and Licensing Team are responsible forenforcing smoke free legislation.

Source: The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care 2010

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Brighton & Hove had a high rate of alcohol related hospital admissions in 2008/09 comparedto the South East and England (Table 10) and experience a 9% increase from the previousyear; greater than on a regional and national level.

Table 9: Smoking and Health 2008/09

Brighton & HoveSouth East

AverageEngland Average

Smoking attributable deaths2006-08*

214.4 174.9 206.8

Smoking attributable hospitaladmissions 2008/09*

1,123.6 1,015.40 1,265.9

Cost of smoking attributablehospital admissions 2008/09

31.2 29.6 33.4

Estimated adult smokingprevalence 2006-08

29.7 19.8 22.2

Smoking in pregnancy2008/09***

8.1 12.8 14.6

*Directly age-standardised rate per 100,000 population aged 35 years and over

**per capita aged 35 years and over

***Percentage of women giving birth who were current smokers at the time of delivery

Source: Local Tobacco Control Profiles. Produced by the Association of Public HealthObservatories 2009

Table 10: Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions 2008/09


Rate of alcohol-relatedadmissions per 100,000population

1,870 1,237 1,583

Percentage change in rate ofalcohol-related admissions per100,000 population fromprevious year

8 7 7

Source: North West Public Health Observatory Local Alcohol Profiles for England 2010

Brighton & Hove has a relatively high drug-using population and had the highest rate ofsubstance abuse deaths in Britain in 2008 and 2009. Over a third of substance abuse relateddeaths in the South East Strategic Health Authority occurred in the Brighton & Hove CityPrimary Care Trust. The Brighton & Hove drug and alcohol action team brings together expertsfrom the council, Sussex Police, the local NHS and probation service and voluntary sectororganisations such as the Crime Reduction Initiative. They are working hard to get drug usersinto treatment, get dealers off the streets, cut drug-related crime and help rough sleepers withdrug problems. The Brighton & Hove Local Area Agreement has prioritised tackling alcohol-related harm, increasing the number of drug users in effective treatment and reducingsmoking rates over the next three years. Brighton & Hove is the first place in the country toprovide drug and alcohol consultations to all young drinkers who attend A&E. The council'ssubstance misuse services assess patients and offer support to them and their families. Duringa six month trial, 85 young people were identified as vulnerable. More than half receivedadvice and support.

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The expansion of the Sussex County Hospital in recent years has created a centralisation ofhealth services on the site and the closure of smaller hospital sites elsewhere in the city. Thefigures for waiting lists within the Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) showconsistently falling waiting list numbers between 2003 and 2008; in which waiting numbershalved, although there was a small rise in the first half of 2008/09.

Table 11: Adult Substance Abuse Deaths 2009 by South East Strategic Health

Authority and Primary Care Trusts

Number and annual death rate per 100,000

population - usual area of residence

No. Rate

Brighton & Hove City 48 22.56

East Sussex Downs and Weald 14 5.15

Eastern and Coastal Kent 38 6.46

Hastings and Rother 8 5.52

Medway 2 1

Surrey 23 2.62

West Kent 7 1.31

West Sussex 5 0.79

South East Coast SHA 145 4.19

Source: National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths, International Centre for Drug PolicyAnnual Report 2010

Brighton and Hove PCT Waiting List Numbers 2003-2009

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7000

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

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The first Brighton Marathon took place in April 2010 which took runners on the 26.2 milecourse from Preston Park to Madeira Drive. The American Express Community stadium atFalmer is due to be completed in May 2011. The stadium will be the home for the city'sleague football club; Brighton & Hove Albion and will primarily host football matches. Inaddition the stadium is designed for other sports such as rugby and hockey. It will also includean area for educational use which is expected to be used by City College for further andhigher education courses which will include courses on sport and health. The Yellowave BeachSports centre has become increasingly popular; offering a number of sand based sportingactivities and will be used as an official beach volleyball pre-training camp for the 2012Olympic Games. Healthy activities continue to be encouraged in the city; the Active for lifedirectory features sport and recreational activities available within the city, Healthwalks offer anumber of regular walks across the city, 'Bikeability' training gives children the skills andconfidence to ride their bikes on the roads and Aqua Festival 2010 and TAKE PART 2010 haveencouraged residents to participate in sporting activities.

Social Characteristics

The English Indices of Deprivation 2007 Report (Communities and Local Government 2008)aims to capture the way in which a local authority may experience multiple deprivation (Table12). The 354 Local Authorities are ranked in level of deprivation experienced; where 1 describesthe most deprived, calculated from the average rank of Super Output Area (SOA) scores. Withinthe South East there are 95 of the 10% most deprived Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) inEngland. The majority of the LSOAs are concentrated in coastal resorts such as Hastings, Thanetand Brighton & Hove. Brighton & Hove is the third most deprived local authority in the SouthEast and the most deprived Unitary Authority. Fifteen of the 10% most deprived LSOAs inEngland are within Brighton & Hove and cover 9.1% of the city. Deprivation is generallydistributed in pockets throughout the City with the majority in the east of the city within theEast Brighton, Hollingbury & Stanmer, Moulsecoomb & Bevendean and Queens Park wards.

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The five most deprived LSOAs in Brighton & Hove are in the East Brighton and Queens Parkwards which are also among the twenty most deprived LSOAs in the South East. The mostdeprived LSOA in the city, within the Queens Park ward, is the sixth most deprived of the5,319 LSOAs in the South East and 499th most deprived of the 32,482 LSOAs in the country.The remaining most deprived LSOAs are located in the St Peters and North Laine ward in thecentre of the City and Hangleton & Knoll in the west. When the averages of the LSOA ranks ineach ward are calculated it describes further deprivation in the Central Hove and Regencywards in the centre of the city and the least deprivation in the Withdean, Stanford andRottingdean Coastal Wards.

Table 12: Indices of Deprivation 2007: Brighton & Hove Local Authority Summary

Rank of Average Score 79

Rank of Extent 95

Rank of Local Concentration 70

Rank of Income Scale 51

Rank of Employment Scale 46

Source: Communities and Local Government (CLG), Local Economic Development and Renewal(LDR) 2007

Brighton and Hove was ranked 69 of the 354 local authorities in the 2007 Income DeprivationAffecting Children Index (IDACI), which shows the percentage of children who are incomedeprived, and ranked 79 in the overall Child Wellbeing Index (CWI) and 113 in the Health andDisability domain of the CWI (where 1 is the most deprived). The Income Deprivation AffectingOlder People Index (IDAOPI) is defined as the percentage of adults aged 60 years or over living inpension credit (guarantee) households. In Brighton and Hove 22% of SOAs are in the mostdeprived quintile in England.

Work is well under way to transform Whitehawk primary school into a 'community hub' toprovide health, education and social care with health and welfare specialists all on one site, thefirst in the country to do so. This is to allow local people access to health, adult education,cultural and social care services in a 'one-stop shop' setting.

Between 2004 and 2009 the number of homeless applications reduced from around 3,000 to1,000 a year after the housing options team launched a 'prevention' strategy. The team workwith voluntary organisations, health, probation, social services and other housing advice centresto help people avoid losing their homes before they become homeless. Between 2005 and 2010the number of homeless teenagers has fallen by 80%, work has been undertaken to helpprevent family breakdown, provide supported housing for teen mothers and tackle theunderlying causes of youth homelessness such as mental illness, drugs or alcohol dependency.

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Economy

Brighton & Hove experienced significant falls in unemployment and a rise in average earningsover the past decade in which employment has increased by 22% or around 21,300 jobs (LocalFutures Group Place Profile 2010). Between 1996 and 2004 the economy grew by £600 million.Britain entered recession in January 2009 and this has impacted on the economic growth ofBrighton & Hove, although the City has managed, so far, to weather the worst effects of therecession. The number of people in employment fell by 2.1% between 2008/09 and 2009/10and the number of unemployed rose by 1,400 to 8.2% of the economically active population;higher than both the regional and national averages (Table 12). The number of self employed inthe city dropped in 2008/09 but in 2009/10 the numbers recovered to a level similar to 2007/08and is significantly higher than in the South East and Great Britain. Females appear to have beeneffected more than males in the monitoring year as female unemployment rose by 3.6% whilemale unemployment decreased 1.3% since 2008/09; this may be because a lower proportion offemales have entered self-employment.

Table 13: Levels of Employment and Unemployment; Brighton & Hove, South East

and Great Britain (2009/10)

Numbers are for those aged 16 and overBrighton

& Hove

(No's)

Brighton

& Hove

(%)

South

East (%)

Great

Britain

(%)

% Employment is for those of working age

% Unemployment is a proportion ofeconomically active

All people

Economically active 145,100 78.3 79.6 76.5

In employment 133,200 71.6 74.5 70.3

Employees 108,400 58.5 63.6 60.9

Self employed 23,500 12.4 86.1 9

Unemployed 11,900 8.2 79.9 7.9

Males


In employment 70,600 76.5 79.9 75.2

Employees 53,700 58.3 65.3 62

Self employed 16,400 17.7 14.2 12.8

Unemployed 5,700 7.4 7.1 8.9

Females


In employment 62,600 66.8 69.2 65.5

Employees 54,700 58.7 62 59.8

Self employed 7,000 7.1 6.8 5.2

Unemployed 6,300 9.2 5.3 6.7

Source: ONS Annual Population Survey 2009/10

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Salaries being earned in the city in 2009, both by those working and those living in the city havefallen since 2008. The average gross weekly full time pay for those working in the city fell byover £20 a week. This is in contrast to the South East Region which continued to see a rise inaverage earnings (Tables 14 and 15). The city has developed a dual economy with, on one hand;a large number of highly skilled jobs in knowledge based occupations, and on the other; agrowing number of lower paid and lower skilled frontline support services workers in areas suchas care work, hospitality and retail. This is illustrated by the 2007 CACI Wealth of the Nationreport which demonstrated that although the average household income in Brighton & Hove was£35,123, 61% of households earned below that average due to the number of high earners inthe city.

Table 14: Average Full Time Earnings Per

Residence 2009

Brighton &

HoveSouth East

Weekly Pay £499.9 £536.6

Hourly Pay £13.17 £13.73

Table 15: Average Full Time Earnings Per

Workplace 2009

Brighton &

HoveSouth East

Weekly Pay £459.8 £513.6

Hourly Pay £12.17 £13.09

Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings 2009

Levels of business activity reflect the strength of the City economy as they create jobs, wealthand new enterprises take advantage of new opportunities. Birth and death rates of businessesand the number of active enterprises in the City gives a good indication as to the health of theeconomy. The number of active enterprises in the City rose steadily between 2004 and 2008(Table 15); however, the number of business births has fallen, although the number of businessdeaths has also fallen over the same time period. Brighton featured in the top ten of businessbirths, nationally in 2008 and also performed strongly in other economic indicators such as highskills and knowledge intensive industries.

Table 16: Active Enterprises, Births, Deaths of Businesses in Brighton & Hove 2004-

2008

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Active Enterprises 11,615 11,620 11,725 12,095 12,230

Births 1,785 1,530 1,460 1,485 1,365

Deaths 1,485 1,350 1,105 1,205 1,160

Source: ONS Business Demographics 2009

The city's economy is dominated by a strong services sector which also provides the mostemployment in the city. Widespread employment is also provided by public services, educationand health, financial and business services. In addition the growing media and creative sectorshave assisted in strengthening the city's economy. Between 2007 and 2008 the number ofjobs in the majority of industries fell or stayed the same with the exception of Tourism,Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants, in which employee jobs increased (Table 17).

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Brighton & Hove is a regional centre, for shopping and employment in the South East. Twotown centres; Hove and London Road, and four district centres also serve the city. The city hasa significantly greater number of shops than other cities of a similar size and has a reputationfor specialist and independent traders, many of whom are located in the North Laine area ofthe city. The independent sector has generally coped well with the recession although therehas been a rise in vacancy rates in both Brighton and Hove shopping centres. Vacancy in theNorth Laine rose from 5% in October 2009 to 8.2% in March 2010, particularly in areas onthe fringe of the North Laine. The rate in The Lanes fell from 5% to 2.2% over the sameperiod, however. Hove's vacancy rate is healthy although it rose from 4.8% to 6.2% betweenJanuary and April 2010. A rise in vacancy rates occurred in the majority of Hove retail streetsincluding Western Road (4%), Portland Road (2%), Station Road/Boundary Road (1.5%) andChurch Road (1.1%), George Street was the only street in which the vacancy rate fell; by1.2% to 4.7%. The overall vacancy rate for the City at the end of the monitoring year was8.8%, well below the national average (Brighton & Hove Business Forum 2010).

Brighton & Hove City Council have brought in a number of schemes and campaigns aimed ateasing the strain of retailers and businesses throughout the financial downturn including a'Recession Relief' package and a campaign for residents to 'Buy Local'. The Council agreed theBusiness and Inward Investment Strategy in 2009 which aims to identify the key strengths ofthe economy and sets out plans to attract new investment into Brighton & Hove andsafeguard existing businesses and employment. The economy has been given a boost in thelast year as the biggest private sector employer in the city, American Express, started todevelop new modern office accommodation on land adjacent to the existing Amex Housebuilding on Edward Street to secure the Company's long term strategic future within Brighton.

Table 17: Employee Jobs by Industry in Brighton & Hove Compared to the Proportion

of each in South East and Great Britain 2008

Brighton &

Hove

(employee

jobs)

Brighton &

Hove (%)

South East

(%)

Great Britain

(%)

Manufacturing 3,400 2.9 8.1 10.2

Construction 3,200 2.7 4.5 4.8

Services 111,000 93.1 85.7 83.5

Distribution, hotels & restaurants 28,600 24 24.6 23.4

Transport & communications 5,600 4.7 5.9 5.8

Finance, IT, other business activities 31,900 26.8 24 22

Public admin, education & health 36,100 30.3 25.6 27

Other services 8,700 7.3 5.6 5.3

Tourism-related* 14,200 11.9 8.2 8.2

*Tourism consists of industries that are also part of the services industry

Source: ONS Annual Business Inquiry Employee Analysis 2009

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Education

The City of Brighton & Hove accommodates over 33,000 students through its two universitiesand five colleges of further education. A large number of these students stay in the city allyear round and many stay after their studies are over. The University of Sussex has been placed8th in the UK, as part of the Times Higher Education magazine's 2010-2011 World UniversityRankings. The Brighton and Sussex Medical School, run as a partnership between the twouniversities and the NHS, was opened in 2003 and produced its first graduates in 2008.

Table 18: Student Population for Academic Year 2008/09

Sussex University Brighton University

Undergraduate 8,153 16,849

Postgraduate 3,325 4,125

Total 11,478 20,974

Source: Sussex University, Brighton University 2010

There are 45 primary and infant, 10 junior and 9 secondary state schools in Brighton & Hovethere are also 6 operational specialist schools in the city. The pupil to teacher ratio is higher inthe City than the regional and national average although teacher numbers have remainedsteady while they have reduced, nationally (Table 19).

Table 19: Number of Teachers and Pupil:Teacher Ratio 2007-2009


Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio

2007 1,830 17.3 67,600 17.0 435,200 17.1

2008 1,780 17.3 67,600 16.8 434,900 16.9

2009 1,830 17.2 67,400 16.9 432,800 16.8

Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families 2009

GCSE results in Brighton and Hove have consistently improved in the last five years; this is inline with improvements in attainment at regional and national level although the Citycontinues to lag behind the average attainment levels both regionally and nationally. Resultsfor reading, writing, maths and science are also lower than regional levels for Key Stage 1pupils and the number of pupils achieving the expected level in these areas dropped between2009 and 2010.

Table 20: Percentage of Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 Achieving 5 or more GCSEs

A*-C Grades (or equivalent)


2005/06 55.2 59.8 59.0

2006/07 57.4 62.0 61.4

2007/08 59.7 66.0 65.3

2008/09 61.8 70.1 70.0

2009/10 68.0 75.1 74.8

Source: Department for Education 2010

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Brighton & Hove City Council's efforts to improve GCSE results in the city were rewarded by agrant from the government under the National Challenge Scheme for Falmer High, PatchamHigh and Portslade Community College to receive extra support in the aim to get 30% ofpupils at these schools passing five GCSEs at A*-C grades including English and Maths.Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) opened in September 2010 in the existingFalmer High School building. In 2011, students will be able to move into the new Academybuilding with its modern sports, entrepreneurship and IT facilities. The academy is an all-inclusive school, accepting students from all backgrounds offering 900 secondary places and250 sixth-form places. The academy will specialise in entrepreneurship and sport and will workin partnership with other educational, sports, business and community organisations. A newprimary school will open in 2011 on the site of the Connaught Centre in Connaught Road for90 reception places and will be managed by an existing Primary School in the City.

Housing

The quarter of a million Brighton & Hove residents live in approximately 123,500 homes. Thereare a higher proportion of residents living in purpose built flats, converted houses or sharedhouses with less living in detached or semi detached houses than both regionally or nationally.The City has been one of the largest providers of housing in the region over the last few years.Housing development has slowed in the City over the past year and if this trend continues itmay result in a short term shortage of new homes and new affordable housing since Brightonalready has the highest level of overcrowding outside London with over 12% of the city'shouseholds living in overcrowded conditions (Table 21).

Table 21: Percentage of Housing Occupancy Types in Brighton & Hove Compared to

Regional and National Figures 2006/07

Households Brighton & Hove South East England

Owner Occupied 61.65 73.96 68.72

Private Rented 23.68 12.08 12.01

Social Rented 14.67 13.96 19.27

Overcrowded 12.68 5.94 7.13

Source: Census Housing 2006/07

The cost of housing in the City is high. Prices have tripled since 1998; the greatest increasesbeing seen in smaller properties that would traditionally attract first time buyers. Housingownership has become unviable for many households as the house price to income ratio hassteadily increased; as a consequence there is distinctly less owner occupation of properties inBrighton & Hove than both regional and national levels (Table 21). A fifth of households rentfrom a private landlord; more than double regional and national averages and the highestoutside London. Private rents are high, however, which makes it harder for residents to save thedeposits needed for a mortgage, particularly with the current state of the mortgage market.These problems are exacerbated by the relatively small size of the social housing sector.

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House Prices recovered over the monitoring year having fallen over the previous year (Table 22),in response to the downturn of the national housing market. House prices have risen to a levelsimilar to the autumn of 2008, when prices were in decline, and the spring of 2007 when houseprices were rising. At their lowest point, in June 2009, house prices remained high and out of thereach of many residents, particularly taking into account the difficulty in first-time buyersobtaining a mortgage. The Land Registry's House Price Index (HPI) provides monthly data onproperty prices and show that the average house price in the City fell to a low of £187,667 inJune 2009, but has since risen back to a high of £217,480 in February 2010, a return to the levelprices had fallen to in September 2008 from a high of £235,844 in March 2008. Average pricesin the city fell below the South East average at the beginning of 2009/10 before recoveringsufficiently to rise above the regional average and at the end of the monitoring year (Chart 3)Brighton & Hove's average house price was over £8,000 higher than the South East average andremains almost 25% higher than the national average.

Table 22: Household Price by Type - Brighton and Hove Council (April 2009 -

March 2010)

MonthDetached

(£)

Semi-Detached

(£)

Terraced

(£)

Maisonette/Flat

(£)

Apr-09 368,506 249,929 242,866 148,680

May-09 367,413 249,187 242,146 148,239

Jun-09 367,015 248,918 241,884 148,078

Jul-09 374,792 254,192 247,009 151,216

Aug-09 379,860 257,629 250,349 153,261

Sep-09 385,388 261,378 253,992 155,491

Oct-09 397,533 269,616 261,997 160,391

Nov-09 406,627 275,783 267,990 164,060

Dec-09 415,093 281,525 273,570 167,476

Jan-10 422,354 286,449 278,355 170,406

Feb-10 425,320 288,462 280,310 171,603

Mar-10 423,267 287,069 278,957 170,774

Source Land Registry 2010

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High property prices and low average income have resulted in Brighton & Hove beingcharacterised by high levels of homelessness. The council's Homelessness Strategy has soughtto redress this balance by changing the way in which homelessness is dealt with by movingfrom crisis intervention to a homelessness prevention service; this new approach has led to asustained reduction in homelessness by achieving a 78.7% decrease in homelessnessapplications, a 56.7% decrease in homelessness acceptances and 82% reduction in roughsleeping between 2000/01 and 2006/07. The council has reduced the number of householdsto whom it has to accept a full homelessness duty from 925 in 2003/4 to 368 in 2009/10.Between December 2004 and March 2010 homeless people living in temporaryaccommodation has halved from 666 to 317 and the numbers of statutory homelesshouseholds living in Bed and Breakfast-type accommodation has reduced by 70% from 163households to 42. Further strategies have been created to further tackle homelessness andhousing need in the City. The Youth Homelessness Strategy has led to a 79% drop in homelessteenagers as the number of homeless people aged 16 and 17 fell from 78 in 2005/06 to 16 in2009/10 and the Single Homeless Strategy 2009-2014 was launched in November 2009

The high housing prices and homelessness have had knock on effects on other sectorsthroughout the city. Recruitment and retention of staff can be difficult, particularly in thepublic sector and an increase in the number of 'concealed households' where people livewithin another household because they can't afford to be in the housing market. Greaterpressures are being placed on many public services, most notably in the community care andhealth economies.

Average House Price of properties in Brighton & Hove and the South East April 2009 - March 2010

180,000

185,000

190,000

195,000

200,000

205,000

210,000

215,000

220,000

Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10

Month

Ave

rag

e P

ric

e (

£)

Brighton and Hove

South East

Chart 3: Land Registry 2010

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Crime

Nationally, there has been an eight percent decrease in recorded crime between 2008/09 and2009/10. In Brighton & Hove there was a fall in recorded crime in three of the seven keyoffences between 2009/10. The highest drop was in the number of robberies, which returnedto a level similar as in 2007/08. Violence against the person continued to fall by seven percentin addition to the 20% drop achieved in 2008/09 although sexual offences continued to rise.Vehicle theft and interfering with a motor vehicle increased by the greatest proportion in2009/10; by 26% and 21% respectively, although thefts from vehicles was reduced by 10%.There was also a rise in the number of burglaries (Table 23).

Table 23: Recorded crime in Brighton & Hove for Seven Key Offences and BCS

Comparator Between 2008/09 and 2009/10

Number of Offences Change (%)Per 1000

population

2008/09 2009/102008/09-2009/10

2009/10

Burglary 1,172 1,228 5 5

Thefts from vehicles 1,664 1,495 -10 6

Theft of vehicles 603 762 26 3

Robberies 434 353 -19 1

Violence Against thePerson

5,213 4,837 -7 19

Sexual Offences 328 333 2 1

Interfering with amotor vehicle

235 285 21 1

Recorded crime BCScomparator

14,245 13,783 -3 54

Source: Home Office Research Development Statistics 2010

Crime in the majority of wards in Brighton & Hove was considered to be at an average levelwith the rest of Sussex and England and Wales in 2010, although crime levels are aboveaverage in East Brighton and Queens Park, and high compared to the Sussex average inRegency and St Peter's and North Laine. The level of crime in Regency ward increased by14.7% between 2009 and 2010. Crime in Central Hove is above the England and Walesaverage, although crime has reduced by 15.8% from 2009 to 2010 (Sussex Police CrimeMapper 2010).

The British Crime Survey (BCS) measures perception of crime. The 2009/10 BCS reported thatthe perception of anti-social behaviour had increased in the Sussex Police force area in2009/10, counter to the national trend, around half of those interviewed feel police and localcouncils in Sussex are dealing with local concerns and issues.

There has been an increase in Police Officer numbers in Sussex in 2009/10 with 484 assignedto Brighton & Hove, equivalent to 190 officers per 100,000 population. There are also 377Community Support Officers in the Sussex police force, 70 in Brighton & Hove, equivalent to27 PCSO's per 100,000 population (Table 24).

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Tourism

Brighton & Hove is blessed with numerous attractions to entice visitors to the city including itsseafront, its easy access to the South Downs, open spaces and history. The City now attractseight million visitors a year who bring around £700 million into the city's economy each year.

Table 24: Police Officer and Community Support Officer Strength in Brighton & Hove

and Sussex, March 2010

Basic Control Unitand Force

Officers Per 100,000 Population

Police OfficersBrighton & Hove 484 190

Sussex 3213 207

PCSO'sBrighton & Hove 70 27

Sussex 377 24

Source: Home Office research development statistics 2010

In 2009 tourism was worth around £988.8 million. There are approximately 14,200 jobs intourism related sectors, around 12% of employee jobs in the City.

The majority of visitors to the City arrive on day trips. Day visitors accounted for 60% oftourists surveyed in 2009 (Brighton & Hove Visitor Survey 2009). The majority of surveyedvisitors came from the South East (31%) and London (20%) with 17% travelling fromoverseas. Over half of the 40% of staying visitors stayed in Hotels and B&B Guest Houses with35% staying with friends or relatives (Table 26).

The City is known internationally for its extensive Regency and Victorian architecture, mostnotably the Royal Pavilion. There is 11 km of seafront entertainment and leisure activities,much of which has been transformed over the last decade using both public and privateinvestment. Two recent examples of this include the re-opening of two historic seafrontlandmarks after restoration in the summer of 2009; the Victorian lift on Marine Parade and thegrade II listed Victorian bandstand. The bandstand’s restoration has gained awards in 2010including second prize in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors awards for the South Eastand the Special Projects award at the Lighting Design Awards. Brighton beach retained its blueflag status in 2010 while Hove regained the blue flag status it had lost the previous year.

Table 25: Trip Expenditure by Sector in Brighton & Hove (£’s millions)

2009 Percentage

Accommodation 158 22%

Shopping 183 25%

Food and Drink 203 28%

Attraction/entertainment 85 12%

Travel 103 14%

Total 2009 732 100%

Total 2008 640

% change 2008-2009 14.5%

Source: Tourism South East; The Economic Impact of Tourism in Brighton & Hove 2009

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'All-terrain' wheelchairs are now available on Brighton seafront to enable people withdisabilities to enjoy the beach. A strong conference and hospitality sector has grown up inrecent years and this sector was boosted by the arrival of both the Labour government fortheir conference in 2009 and the Conservative party for their spring conference in 2010. Thecity has a cultural draw which has been enhanced by the recent restoration and modernisationof buildings such as the Dome Theatre and Brighton Museum. The Jubilee Library and squarecontinue to draw people to the cultural centre of the city which has also been enhanced byimprovements to New Road, nearby. Every May the City hosts the largest annual arts festival inEngland and numerous other festivals take place throughout the year including the annual'Pride' celebrations in August.

Table 26: Number of Staying Trips by Accommodation 2009

Brighton & Hove Total

Brighton & Hove %

UK%

Serviced 812,000 56% 59%

Self catering 16,000 1% 1%

Caravan/tent 14,000 1% 1%

Group/ campus 30,000 2% 1%

Second homes 4,000 0% 0%

Boat moorings 7,000 0% 1%

Other 23,000 2% 2%

Paying guests 42,000 3% 0%

Stay with Friends/Relatives 499,000 35% 35%

Source: Tourism South East; The Economic Impact of Tourism in Brighton & Hove 2009

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Waste

Brighton & Hove and East Sussex are improving facilities to manage waste more effectively.This includes the building of a new Waste Transfer Station and Materials Recovery Facility atthe Hollingdean Depot in Brighton. The new state of the art facility, opened in August 2008,was a runner up in the Innovation in Design of a Waste Management Facility category of the2010 Lets Recycle awards for excellence in recycling and waste management. Brighton & Hovecompares favourably with other Unitary Authorities in the amount of household wasteproduced per household and the percentage of all municipal waste and biodegradablemunicipal waste which is landfilled (Table 27). 70.2% of the Brighton & Hove populationsurveyed were very or fairly satisfied with City's refuse collection and 67.8% were very or fairlysatisfied with doorstep recycling, which are both below the average satisfaction rates for allUnitary Authorities in England.

Table 27: Selected Sustainable Consumption and Waste Reduction Performance

Indicators for Brighton and Hove

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Unitary

Authority

Average

2008/09

Residual household waste perhousehold for Brighton and Hove

669 651 635 611 692.76Kg

Percentage of household waste sentfor reuse, recycling and compostingfor Brighton & Hove

24.51% 27.27% 28.75% 29.48% 32.58%

Percentage of municipal waste landfilled for Brighton & Hove

73.23% 68.42% 59.12% 48.61% 51.44%

Biodegradable municipal waste(BMW) landfilled as a percentage ofBMW allocation for Brighton & Hove

82% 72% 74.02%

Source: Brighton & Hove Comprehensive Area Assessment 2009/10

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

The city council owns approximately 14,000 acres (6,000 hectares) of countryside around theCity. This includes most of the land from Saltdean to Ditching Beacon and stretches to Mill Hillin Shoreham which is outside the administrative boundary. The city council currently managesaround 1,100 hectares of parks and gardens through local recreation grounds down to smallopen spaces and woodland. Since 1998 Brighton & Hove has been successful in achievingGreen Flag Awards for a number of its parks and open spaces. Five Green Flags were awardedto individual parks for 2010-11, these were; Easthill Park, Preston Park, Hove Park, KiplingGardens and Stoneham Park.

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There are 355 sites of Natural and Semi Natural Green Space identified in the Open Space Sportand recreation Study, published in October 2008, covering 709 hectares. Natural and SemiNatural Green Space plays a key role in wildlife conservation and biodiversity in the City, the citycentre is much more deprived of Natural and Semi Natural Green Space than on the outskirts ofthe city where the majority of these areas are. Two SSSIs fall within the city boundary, covering188.37 hectares; Brighton-Newhaven Cliffs SSSI and Castle Hill SSSI. The eight Local NatureReserves (LNR) in the City cover 628.5 hectares which equates to one hectare of LNR per 394people in the City; this compares favourably with English Nature's recommendation that urbanareas should have a minimum of one hectare of LNR per 1,000 people.

Table 28: SSSI Condition; Condition of Brighton & Hove SSSI Units

2008 2009

Condition % of Units % of Units

Favourable 40 100

Unfavourable recovering 60 0

Unfavourable No Change 0 0

Unfavourable Declining 0 0

Destroyed/Part Destroyed 0 0

Not Assessed 0 0

Source: English Nature 2010

Table 29: Nature Reserve Condition; Condition of Local Nature Reserves in Brighton

and Hove when Last Assessed

Local Nature Reserve Area (Ha) Compartment Condition

Beacon Hill 18.5 AllUnfavourable Recovering2005

Benfield Hill 11.9 AllUnfavourable No Change 2005

Bevendean Down 64.6

1 Unfavourable 2005

2 Favourable Recovered 2006

2Unfavourable Recovering2006

Ladies Mile 13.6 All No Assessment

Stanmer Park 212

1 Unfavourable Declining 2005

2Unfavourable No Change2005

3 Favourable Maintained 2005

4 Partially Destroyed 2006

5 Unfavourable Declining 2006

Whitehawk Hill 59.1 All No Assessment

Wild Park 238 All No Assessment

Withdean Woods 10.3 All No Assessment

Source: City Wildlife 2010

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Environment

Air Quality Objectives (AQO), as published in The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland (2007), reflect pollutant concentrations over a given time periodwhich are considered acceptable in terms of the effects on health and on the environment andcan be used as a bench mark on measuring improving or deteriorating air pollution. In 2008 anexpanded Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) was declared in the city for Nitrogen Dioxidewhich covers the centre of the City from Portslade to Brighton Marina. During 2008 and 2009Nitrogen Dioxide concentrations were recorded at lower levels than at any time since recordsbegan (Table 30). There is evidence to suggest that many roadside areas within the City, includingsubstantial parts of the AQMA comply with the AQO's, although Nitrogen Dioxide continues toexceed the Annual Mean Objective at a number of locations within the AQMA. Lower ozoneconcentrations than in previous years were also recorded in 2009.

Table 30: Results of Brighton & Hove Automatic Monitoring for Nitrogen Dioxide

Comparison with Annual Mean Objective

Site ID LocationWithin

AQMA?

Datacapturefor full

calendaryear 2009

Annual mean concentrations(ug/m3)

% 2007 2008 2009

BH1Set back fromPavilion Parade

Yes 98 40.6 38.2 36.7

BH2 Hove Town Hall Yes 80 32.8 30.8 30.7

PP Preston Park No 98 21.8 19.7 19.0

Source: 2010 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment

The major source of pollution in the City is from road traffic, the City has very few combustionplants or heavy manufacturing industries compared to other conurbations in the UK, similar insize to Brighton & Hove. Fuel use in Brighton & Hove in 2008 stood at 92.3 thousand tonnes,a reduction on usage in 2007. Petrol cars contributed to over half of the fuel use in the City.Total fuel use in Brighton & Hove in 2008 contributed to 1.6% of the overall fuel use in theSouth East (Table 31).

Table 31: Road Transport Energy Consumption; Proportion of Overall Fuel Use 2008

BusesDieselCars

PetrolCars

Motor-cycles

HGVDieselLGV

PetrolLGV

Brighton & Hove 4.88 18.94 51.17 0.70 8.71 14.60 1.00

South East 3.02 21.28 42.37 0.54 18.54 13.39 0.86

United Kingdom 4.18 19.16 41.24 0.51 21.46 12.61 0.84

Source: 2010 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment

Department of Energy and Climate Change statistics describe an increase in the amount ofelectricity and gas consumed in the City in 2008 (Tables 32 and 33). The increase was at agreater rate than regional and national levels, although average consumption by consumer,both commercially and domestically, is below that of both the South East and Great Britain.

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Brighton & Hove relies on groundwater from the local chalk aquifer for its water supply. Therehave been no hosepipe bans in the City since December 2006. Average water use in Brightonand Hove was 169 litres per capita in 2007; greater than in the Southern Water area (145litres per capita). Sea water quality has dropped to good quality from excellent on three offour beaches monitored in Brighton & Hove in 2010; set against the EC Bathing WaterDirective. Saltdean is the only beach which remains of an excellent quality (Table 34). Excellentmeans the bathing water met the strict guideline standards whereas good means the bathingwater meets the mandatory standards. Two of the cities beaches were awarded a blue flag in2010, as Hove Lawns regained its designation (Table 34).

Table 32: Average Electricity Consumption per Consumer in 2008 (kWh)

DomesticCommercial

and IndustrialTotal

Increase from2007

Brighton & Hove 3,899 41,795 45,694 0.68%

South East 4,543 71,984 76,528 0.38%

Great Britain 4,198 79,809 84,007 0.64%

Source: DECC Energy Consumption Statistics

Table 33: Average Gas Consumption per Consumer in 2008 (kWh)

DomesticCommercial

and IndustrialTotal

Increase from2007

Brighton & Hove 14,567 349,670 364,237 8.5%

South East 17,022 459,966 476,989 3.4%

Great Britain 16,906 644,556 661,463 1.6%

Source: DECC Energy Consumption Statistics

Table 34: Bathing Water Quality

Brighton Central Good

Brighton Kemp Town Good

Saltdean Excellent

Hove Good

Blue Flag Beaches 2010West StreetHove Lawns

Source: Environment Agency and Blue Flag 2010

The Sustainable Cities Index tracks progress on sustainability in Britain's 20 largest cities andranks them across three broad areas: environmental performance; quality of life; and future-proofing. The index addresses issues such as climate change, recycling and biodiversity andprovides a snapshot of sustainability in each city.

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Brighton & Hove's overall rank places it third which continues a trend of finishing in the topthree for every year since 2007, the only city to have done so, although it finished top andsecond in 2007 and 2008 respectively. The City scores well for quality of life and futureproofing due to the vibrant economy and good health, low unemployment and well aboveaverage education levels. Environmental performance performed less well, however anddespite improvements in air quality and energy efficiency, improvements in biodiversity andwaste are lagging behind the other 19 cities (Table 35). Most notable, however, is the highecological footprint of the city which is well above the UK average as residents spend more onfood and drink, including restaurants and takeaways, and take more flights and internationalholidays than the other cities.

Brighton & Hove City Council has signed up to the national 10:10 Campaign, one of the firstto do so, and is asking residents and businesses to do the same. Signing up means the councilwill work to cut its carbon emissions by 10% in 2010/11. A number of energy efficiencygrants are available from the Council to improve energy efficiency in the home. Each autumnresidents open their houses to the public for the Eco Open Houses event to showcaseenvironmental improvements with the aim of educating, empowering and inspiring membersof the public to make environmental changes to their own homes after seeing what practicalsteps other people have taken in theirs.

The City Council has started installing ten electric vehicle charging points throughout the City,the first project of this scale in the UK outside of London. E.ON Climate and Renewables arepreparing plans for an offshore wind farm, off the coast, near Brighton & Hove in an areabelieved capable of supporting a wind farm with a capacity of around 650MW.

Table 35: The Sustainable Cities Index 2010 : Brighton & Hove

Overall Rank 3rd

Environmental Performance 14th

Air Quality 5th

Biodiversity 15th

Household Waste 7th

Ecological Footprint 20th

Quality of Life 2nd

Employment 4th

Transport 12th

Education 1st

Health 3rd

Green Space 11th

Future Proofing 4th

Climate Change 4th

Local Food 3rd

Economy 2nd

Recycling 12th

Forum for the Future; Sustainable Cities Index 2010

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Transport

Brighton & Hove is a regional transport hub. The A23, via the M23, links the City to Londonand the M25 and the A27 provide transport links to the east and west. Eight stations serve therail network within the city boundaries. Brighton is the fifth busiest station on the Southernnetwork with a daily footfall of 17,753. There are regular train services between London andBrighton, with journey times now under an hour, and important lines run east to Kent andwest to Hampshire and beyond. The city is served well by air links with two airports; Shorehamand Gatwick, within easy reach. Ferry services operate to Dieppe from nearby Newhaven.

Table 36: Estimated Traffic Volume for All Motor Vehicles 2006 - 2009 in Vehicle Miles

Brighton &Hove

South East England

2006Million vehicle miles 900 54,258 270,705

Miles per person 3,628 6,597 5,333







Source: Department for Transport 2010

At the time of the 2001 Census car ownership in the City was the lowest in the South Eastand one of the lowest nationally. Over a third of households in the City did not own a car.Since then car ownership has risen steadily and this, combined with two thirds of all car tripsin Brighton & Hove being contained within the city; around 45% of city workers who use a carto get to work drive less than three miles which accounts for over 27,000 cars per day. Thishas resulted in an increased volume of traffic which has reduced air quality in various areas inthe City. The rise in traffic volume has been curtailed in the last two years and traffic volume islower than in the South East and England (Table 36), although there are traffic 'hot spots'throughout the City. Accessibility to services in Brighton & Hove is better than for the averageof all Local Authorities in England, this is due to the proximity of the population to serviceswithin the City. There is very little difference in the time it takes to reach the majority ofservices in the City whichever form of transport is taken and cycling only takes, on average,two minutes more than the car (Table 37).

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Table 37: Average Accessibility to Services in Brighton & Hove

Average travel time, inminutes, to nearest….

Method of travel

By Public

Transport/WalkCycle Car

Employment Centre 7 5 5

Primary School 7 5 5

Secondary School 14 7 5

Further Education 12 7 5

GP 6 5 5

Hospital 16 10 5

Food Store 6 5 5

Town Centre 15 9 5

Average 10 7 5

Source: Department for Transport: Core Accessibility Indicators 2010

Table 38: Reported Killed or Seriously Injured Casualties by Road User Type

Mode of Transport

Number of casualties Rate per million population

Brighton & Hove

East Sussex EnglandBrighton& Hove

East Sussex England

Pedestrian 58 122 5,236 792 565 455

Pedal Cycle 32 59 2,470 640 370 306

Motor Cycle 32 136 5,211 445 467 367

Car 19 174 9,249 1,806 2,309 2,431

Bus 9 11 325 581 285 108

Light Goods 0 9 343 43 83 82

HGV 0 1 161 0 14 25

Other 0 11 211 4 25 24

All 150 523 23,206 4,311 4,117 3,798

Source: Department for Transport 2010

There are 14 Controlled Parking Zones throughout the city designed to keep traffic moving safelyand provide access for residents and visitors as demand for parking space in the City continues toincrease. Membership for each of the three different car clubs which operate within the cityincreased by up to 70% in 2008/09, the car clubs allow a pool car to be used on a pay-as-you-go basis. Designated spaces for car club cars have been provided by the council and a number ofnew developments offer a car club service as part of a planning agreement. In addition; on-streetparking spaces have been introduced for the charging of electric vehicles. The number of deathsand seriously injured casualties on the road, recorded in the city, has stayed relatively constantover the last five years despite efforts to achieve a 40% reduction by 2010 (to 93 casualties peryear) and the rate of casualties is higher than at regional and national levels (Table 38). Roadsafety engineering, safer routes to school schemes and road safety education, training andpublicity campaigns have been undertaken since 2000 and a more targeted approach to treat thehighest risk casualty sites was implemented in 2006.

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There was a 27% increase in cycling trips recorded between 2006 and 2008 as cyclingbecomes an ever-more popular form of transport in Brighton & Hove. The city has beenselected as a national exemplar Cycling Town from 2009 to 2011. Cycle lanes are providedthroughout the City, including; along Grand Avenue and The Drive, the seafront and LewesRoad and, most recently, a north-south cycle freeway from Hove to Hangleton. National cyclenetwork routes 2 and 20 run through the city and the number of cycle parking facilities arecontinually being increased and improved throughout the City. Pedestrian movements in andout of the city centre have also increased in recent years. The New Road 'shared space'scheme has transformed the road in the centre of the cultural quarter into one of the mostpopular pedestrian areas in the City.

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Bus use conitinues to increase in Brighton & Hove (Chart 4) continuing a trend in whichBrighton & Hove bus service have increased by almost 15 million since 2000. The service alsohas the highest passenger satisfaction (92%) in England. Recent improvements have madebuses more accessible including; talking bus stops, travel buddies for passengers with learningdifficulties and raised kerb bus stops to allow easier boarding. A new bus service called the'Big Lemon' was launched in 2007 in addition to the services run by Brighton & Hove buses,demonstrating the demand for bus travel in the city.

Brighton & Hove City Council won the Transport Authority of the Year award at the NationalTransport Awards 2010 for demonstrating excellence, innovation and progress by activelypromoting bus use combined with innovation in promoting travel choice. It was also 'highlycommended' for cycling improvements in the city.

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Introduction

Core Output indicators are an integral part of the monitoring framework and are used toachieve consistent data collection and presentation across different local authorities and at alocal and regional level. The indicators cover a number of national planning policy andsustainable development objectives appropriate to local and regional policy. The Core Outputindicators within the AMR allow planning bodies to monitor their own progress and reviewtheir own spatial strategies using consistent and comparable definitions.Core Output indicators were revised in 2007/08 to bring regional and local core outputindicators into one shared set. Monitoring processes for some of those revisions are stilldeveloping to produce the most accurate results.

In light of the government's stated intention to revoke Regional Strategies, it is understoodthat regional indicators will no longer apply. The indicators have not been changed for thisyear's AMR as the information is still important and valid locally and to create consistency withAMRs produced in previous years.

There are four categories in which the indicators are split:

Business Development and Town Centres (BD):

Provides figures for employment land completed and employment land available in the city atthe end of the 2009/10 monitoring year.

Housing (H):

Provides figures for the delivery of housing in the past, the current year and the future; setagainst housing targets. It also records housing quality and numbers of new gypsy andtraveller pitches. The figure for net additional homes is also reported in National Indicator 154.

Environmental Quality (E):

Provides figures for flooding risk, water quality, biodiversity and energy generation.

Minerals (M):

Provides figures for the amount of aggregate being produced.

Waste (W):

Provides figures for the capacity of waste sites and the amount of municipal waste arising.The data tables relating to these indicators are contained in the Appendices. The followingsection provides a summary of the figures reported for each indicator.

5.2 Core Output Indicators

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Business Development and Town Centres

Indicators

The full results for these indicators are set out in the Appendix 1A.

BD1: Total amount of additional floorspace- by type

The purpose of the indicator is to demonstrate the amount, and type of completedemployment floorspace between April 2009 and March 2010. Employment floorspace includesthe use class orders B1a, B1b, B1c, B2 and B82. The gross figure describes all new floorspacegains and the net figure removes the losses.

Summary of Findings

There was a net increase of 1,115 m² in employment floorspace in 2009/10 which adds to thegains achieved in 2008/09, however, the gains achieved in 2009/10 are much smaller. The netgain in floorspace was due to a net increase of 1,248m² of B1a use and 1,020 m² of mixedB1/B2/B8 use, the remaining employment use classes did not have such a positive contribution;with no other employment use classes achieving a net gain in floorspace including B1c and B8which suffered net losses, as they had done in 2008/09. The increase in B1a is largelyattributable to the completion of a number of developments in which B1a use substituted arange of other use classes. The gain from mixed B1/B2/B8 is from one development for twonew business units.

BD2: Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developedland

The purpose of the indicator is to demonstrate the amount and type of completedemployment floorspace coming forward on previously developed land (PDL). The definition ofpreviously developed land for the monitoring year is defined in Annex B of PPS3 (November2006) as 'that which is or was occupied by a permanent structure, including the curtilage ofthe developed land and associated fixed service infrastructure'. PPS3 has since been reissued toexclude private residential gardens from the definition of PDL (the section reporting on CoreOutput Indicator H3 below provides further details on the new definition).

Summary of Findings

All new employment floorspace between April 2009 and March 2010 was developed on PDL.

BD3: Employment land available-by type

The purpose of the indicator is to demonstrate the amount of employment land available,which includes sites allocated for employment uses in the Adopted Local Plan (2005) and siteswhich are not included in the Local Plan but have planning permission for employment uses.The figure includes both completed and commenced developments. Allocated site figuresindicate the site area; those with planning permission indicate the floorspace available.

2Use Classes Order (1987): B1 Business including B1a Offices, B1b Research and Development, B1cLight Industry, B2 General Industrial, B8 Storage or Distribution

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Summary of Findings

The total employment land available in 2009/10 was 44.90ha. This includes 2.26ha offloorspace on unallocated sites through planning permissions. There has been a rise inavailable floorspace since 2008/09 which had 42.82ha available in both allocated andunallocated floorspace. This increase is due to a number of B1 applications from bothallocated and unallocated sites given approval in the monitoring year including twoallocated sites which offer more floorspace than the site area published in the Local Plan.The increase in B1 floorspace available was tempered by small decreases in the quantity ofB2 and B8 floorspace available.

BD4: Total amount of floorspace for 'town centres'

The purpose of the indicator is to demonstrate the amount of completed floorspace for towncentre uses within both town centre areas and the local authority area. Town centre uses aredefined as A1, A2, B1a and D23. In the absence of a town centre area defined by an AdoptedDevelopment Plan Document (DPD) town centre areas are considered to include the Regional,Town and District centres within the city as defined by the Adopted Local Plan.

Summary of Findings

There was a net increase of 3,934m² floorspace of town centre use across the Local Authorityarea which comprised of gains in A1, B1a and D2 floorspace. Of particular note is the gain inA1 use class; which had seen losses over the previous two monitoring years. There was a netloss of floorspace within the town centre, primarily due to a loss of B1a which came throughtwo applications for the change of use to non town centre uses. There were no net gains inany town centre uses in town centre areas.

Action(s)

Continue to safeguard employment floorspace that is not genuinely redundant through theapplication of planning policies in Chapter 5 (Employment) of the Adopted Local Plan and

through the emerging Core Strategy.

3 Use Classes Order (1987): A1 Retail Sale of Goods to the public, A2 Financial and ProfessionalServices, B1a Offices, D2 Assembly and leisure

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Housing

Indicators

The full results for these indicators are set out in Appendix 1B.

H1: Plan period and housing targets

The purpose of the indicator is to identify the total amount of housing planned to be deliveredover the housing target period, from each housing target source.

Summary of Findings

The previous Government published the final South East Plan in May 2009 which identified ahousing target of 11,400 for Brighton & Hove. In July 2010 the new Government announcedits intention to revoke Regional Strategies which included the revocation of the Regionalhousing targets. Although a subsequent judicial review has established Regional Strategies arestill extant, the Coalition Government has re-iterated its intention to abolish regional plans. It istherefore understood that local planning authorities are to be responsible for establishing theright level of local housing provision in their area. Brighton & Hove City Council is currentlyconsidering its options for a revised housing target for the City.

H2: Net additional dwellings

a) In previous yearsb) For the reporting yearc) In future yearsd) Managed delivery target

The purpose of the indicator is a) to describe recent levels of housing delivery from theprevious five year period, b) to describe housing delivery for the reporting year, c) to describethe likely future levels of housing delivery to the end of the plan period, and d) to describehow the likely levels of future housing are expected to come forward taking into account theprevious years performance

Summary of Findings

The AMR Housing Trajectory is based on the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment(SHLAA). The SHLAA is currently being reviewed and a revised trajectory will be availableJanuary 2011. In the absence of an updated trajectory the trajectory in this year's AMR isbased on the trajectory published in the 2008/09 AMR and has been updated to take intoaccount the completions from the reporting year.

Despite the current economic conditions the City managed to deliver 380 additional dwellingsin the reporting year, which is 48 units more than estimated in the housing trajectory in the2008/09 AMR. Although it is a lower completion figure than achieved in previous years theaverage of 601 completions a year over the last five years is still a healthy completion ratewhich had continued to exceed the South East Plan housing target of 570 units per annum.Given the intended revocation of regional housing targets, Brighton & Hove City Council willneed to arrive at a revised housing target in order for a managed delivery target to be assessedonce revocation of the regional targets takes effect.

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H3: New and converted dwellings- on previously developed land

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the gross number and percentage of new dwellingsbuilt on previously developed land (PDL). The definition of previously developed land wasredefined (June 2010) in Planning Policy Statement 3 to exclude private residential gardens.These changes do not affect those applications completed in the monitoring year and will onlyapply to those applications approved after the revised PPS3 was published on 9th June 2010.

Definition of Previously-developed land (often referred to as brownfieldland) after PPS3 (June 2010)

'Previously-developed land is that which is or was occupied by a permanent structure,including the curtilage of the developed land and any associated fixed surface infrastructure.'

The definition includes defence buildings, but excludes:

l Land that is or has been occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings.

l Land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfillpurposes where provision for restoration has been made through development controlprocedures

l Land in built-up areas such as private residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds andallotments, which, although it may feature paths, pavilions and other buildings, has notbeen previously developed.

l Land that was previously-developed but where the remains of the permanent structureor fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape in the process of time (to theextent that it can reasonably be considered as part of the natural surroundings).

There is no presumption that land that is previously-developed is necessarily suitable forhousing development nor that the whole of the curtilage should be developed.

Summary of Findings

100% of all dwellings built in Brighton & Hove in the 2009/10 monitoring year were built onpreviously developed land4 . A gross figure of 427 dwellings were built; a lower figure thangross completions on PDL in Brighton & Hove in previous monitoring years.

H4: Net Additional pitches (Gypsy and Travellers)

The purpose of this new indicator is to describe the number of Gypsy and Traveller pitchesdelivered; where a pitch is the area of land demarked for the use as accommodation by asingle Gypsy and Traveller household.

Summary of Findings

In 2009/10 there were no net additional Gypsy and Traveller pitches provided in Brighton &Hove. A preferred site for the provision of up to 14 permanent gypsy and travellers pitches atWilson Avenue, East Brighton, was approved by the council's cabinet in July 2008 and a transitsite of 23 pitches at Braypool Lane, Horsdean, opened in 1999, continues to provide forGypsies and Travellers passing through the area.

4 Pre the changes to the definition of PDL land in PPS3 published June 2010

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H5: Gross affordable housing completions

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the affordable housing delivery. The final number iscomposed of social rented and intermediate housing and is displayed as a gross figure whichdoes not take into account any losses.

Summary of Findings

One hundred affordable homes were provided in the City of Brighton & Hove in 2009/10.Eighteen of these were social rented homes which include housing at prices substantially lowerthan the prevailing market prices or rents through a registered social landlord. Eighty two wereintermediate homes which include housing at prices and rents above those of social rent, butbelow market price or rents. They include new build Homebuy and shared ownership, FirstTime Buyers Initiative, intermediate market rent, equity share and key worker provisiondwellings. The predominance of intermediate affordable dwelling completions in themonitoring year is primarily due to the staged completion of the Ocean Hotel development onLonghill Road, Saltdean in which the building containing the 48 social rent homes had alreadybeen completed in 2008/09.

H6: Housing Quality- Building for Life Assessments

The purpose of this indicator is to describe the level of quality in new housing development onhousing sites of at least 10 new dwellings. Building for Life assessment scores the designquality of planned or completed housing developments against twenty Building for Life criteriawith; very good, good, average and poor ratings. Informal assessments can be done byanyone, but formal assessments can only be carried out by an accredited Building for Lifeassessor. A formal Building for Life assessment is not currently required by the city council soany assessments submitted are done so voluntarily.

Summary of Findings

Of the three developments of at least 10 new dwellings completed in 2009/10 none haveundertaken Building for Life Assessments. One development, a 2008/09 completion, was awardedGold Building for Life Standard in 2010. This was the 'OneBrighton' development in the NewEngland Quarter. Until the submission of Building for Life Assessments becomes compulsory it isunlikely that many will be submitted, particularly while the local authority does not have anyonetrained as a Building for Life Assessor. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment(CABE) is the body that curates Building for Life, and undertakes the training of Building for Lifeassessors. In the Government's spending review of October 2010 funding was withdrawn fromCABE which may affect the future of Building for Life and the training of assessors.

Actions

The city council will

l Consider options for the revision of the city's housing target.;

l Continue to implement policies to secure further housing growth on suitable sites;

l Negotiate 40% affordable housing on sites of 10 or more dwellings in line with Local Planpolicy HO2;

l Look to develop Gypsy and Traveller pitches on the site identified as a preferred site.

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Environmental Quality

Indicators

The full results for these indicators are set out in Appendix 1C

E1: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to EnvironmentAgency advice

The purpose of the indicator is to show the number of developments which are potentiallylocated where they would be at risk from flooding or increase the risk of flooding elsewhere oradversely affect water quality. The indicator is measured on the number of planningpermissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on flood risk and waterquality grounds.

Summary of Findings

The Environment Agency did not comment on any planning applications in 2009/10 regardingeither flood risk or water quality.

E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance

The purpose of the indicator is to identify losses or additions to biodiversity habitat.

Summary of Findings

There has been no loss or addition to areas of biodiversity performance in the monitoring year.

E3: Renewable Energy Generation

The purpose of the indicator is to show the amount of renewable energy generation byinstalled capacity or type. Since the introduction of the indicator in 2007/08, monitoring of thisdata has been developed via the Sustainability Checklist. One of the questions asked by thechecklist requires the developer to identify the proposed capacity of the renewable energy tobe installed in a development. A complete year of data was available for 2009/10, however,developers have not included figures (in MW) for their proposed installed capacity in thissection, which has made it difficult to monitor. Subsequent monitoring has produced somedata, although the dataset is still incomplete. It is a requirement for developers to submit thisinformation but it is currently difficult to enforce until the Brighton & Hove City Council CoreStrategy is adopted. The Sustainability Checklist is currently being reviewed to better meet theneeds of monitoring in the City Council and it is hoped that this will produce a more completeset of data. Once the installed capacity data has started being collected it will take time beforeinformation from completed developments is available. In the absence of a complete datasetregarding installed capacity additional information from the Sustainability Checklist has beenprovided. The answer to the question 'What percentage of CO2 emissions will be saved viaon-site low and zero carbon (LZC) energy generating technologies?' for each applicationapproved in 2009/10 where a sustainability checklist has been completed has been provided.

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Summary of Findings

Of the 20 application approved in 2009/10, providing three or more units and where informationis given in the sustainability checklist, none were intending to provide a zero carbondevelopment, but half were intending to reduce more than 20% of predicted CO2 emissions byusing LZC energy technologies. Six intended to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 20% throughLZC energy technologies. Four of the applications did not respond as it was felt the question wasnot applicable to the development or none of the options applied to them. Data for the installedcapacity of LZC technologies was collected from two of the developments. These would providean overall capacity of 1.9 MW, all of which would be provided by solar voltaics.

Actions

The Sustainability Checklist is currently under review. From 1 April 2011, submission of acompleted Checklist will become a Validation requirement for most developments in the city(at present, it is a requirement for residential use only). The question which relates to LZCenergy generating technologies is being developed so that applicants are required to provideestimates that meet the data requirements of indicator E3. This is expected to contributetowards better, more comprehensive monitoring outcomes.

Minerals and Waste

Following the change in planning legislation brought in by the Planning & CompulsoryPurchase Act 2004, Brighton & Hove City Council has 'saved' policies in the Waste Local Planand Minerals Local Plan (see Brighton & Hove AMR 2007-08 and East Sussex AMR 2005/06)until replaced by policies under the new system, the Waste & Minerals DevelopmentFramework (WMDF). The Councils will continue to work in partnership and are currentlyjointly preparing and consulting on the Framework. Therefore, much of the monitoring data inthis report is presented for the plan area as a whole rather than splitting it by each waste orminerals planning authority. To avoid repetition the Brighton & Hove AMR summarises the keyaspects, and those that are most relevant to the authority. Further detail and commentary canbe found in the East Sussex AMR which similarly presents monitoring information for the planarea as a whole.

The Coalition Government has announced it's intention to revoke the South East Plan andissued guidance to Planning Authorities for Minerals and Waste planning. This has beensummarised below:

Minerals and Aggregates - Mineral Planning Authorities have responsibility for planning fora steady supply of aggregate minerals to support economic growth. In the South East theguidance states that Mineral Planning Authorities should work from the apportionment set outin the Proposed Changes to the revision of policy M3, published on 19 March 2010. Differentfigures can be used if the Authority has new or different information and robust evidence.Waste - Planning Authorities should continue to plan to provide enough land to support thesustainable management of waste, including the move away from landfill. Data andinformation collected by local authorities, industry and other public bodies forming theRegional Waste Technical Advisory Bodies will help this process.

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Minerals

Indicators

The full results for these indicators is set out in the Appendix 1D.

M1: Production of primary land won aggregates by mineral planningauthority

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the amount of land won aggregate that is beingproduced.

Key findings

Brighton & Hove does not have any active mineral sites and the level of production in EastSussex is very low by regional standards. The latest figures are confidential due to commercialinterests related to the small number of contractors. Policy M3 of the South East Plan requiresEast Sussex and Brighton & Hove to maintain a landbank of permitted reserves for land wonsand and gravel for seven years. Currently the increased landbank requirement could still bemet from permitted reserves in the short term. The outcome of the partial review of the SouthEast Plan, Policy M3 was reported in March 2010 and confirmed the increase to theapportionment figure for the plan area. This emphasises the need to safeguard aggregatelandings at Shoreham Harbour in Brighton & Hove, so we can continue to meet the need forconstruction materials to the City in the longer term. Further information on the minerals apportionment review can currently be found at:http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100528142817/http://www.gos.gov.uk/gose/planning/regionalPlanning/798061/

M2: Production of secondary and recycled aggregates by mineral planningauthority

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the amount of secondary and recycled aggregatesbeing produced in addition to the primary won sources.

Key findings

The South East Plan sets sub-regional targets for the production of recycled and secondaryaggregates. The need for recycled and secondary minerals will become increasingly important in thelonger term, to complement aggregate landings and aid sustainable use of land-won resources.

There is limited data on the production of secondary and recycled aggregates. Only regionalfigures are provided from the national survey of arisings and use of construction anddemolition and excavation waste as aggregate in England in 2003. The best estimate of theannual production of secondary and recycled aggregates for East Sussex and Brighton & Hoveis 370,000 tonnes in 2003. We are working on improving this data as part of the backgroundwork to the Waste and Minerals Development Framework. Table 7 (of the East Sussex CountyCouncil AMR) sets out the current secondary/recycled aggregates facilities in the plan area.

Actions

Further explanation and detailed figures for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove can be found in theEast Sussex Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10; Section 6.3 Core Output Indicators for Minerals.

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Waste

Indicators

The full results of these indicators are set out in Appendix 1D

W1: Capacity of new waste management facilities by waste planningauthority

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the capacity and operational throughput of newwaste management facilities as applicable. The definition for the management typesrepresented can be found on page 31 of Planning for Sustainable Waste Management:Companion guide to PPS 10 and is consistent with the management types defined in theStandard Planning Application form.

Key findings

There were no planning permissions granted for new waste management facilities in Brighton& Hove in the monitoring year. There were permissions granted within the Waste Local Planarea, however, some of which will manage waste from Brighton & Hove, depending on thesite location and the nature of the waste to be handled. These sites and their effect oncapacity in the Waste Local Plan area are outlined in Table 12 of the appendix. Southern Waterhave commenced the building of a waste water treatment works and sludge recycling centreat Lower Hoddern Farm in Peacehaven to treat 95 million litres of wastewater generated, eachday, by the residents of Brighton & Hove along with Peacehaven and Telscombe in order tomeet the latest European environmental standards in sea water quality. Construction of theEnergy Recovery Facility at Newhaven is ongoing with an anticipated operational date of 2011.The facility will have capacity to handle 210,000 tonnes of waste per year.

W2: Amount of municipal waste arising, and managed by managementtype by waste planning authority

The purpose of the indicator is to describe the amount of municipal waste arising and how thatis being managed by type, using categories as used by DEFRA in its collection of waste data.

Key findings

There were 109,195 tonnes of waste arising in Brighton and Hove in 2009/10, this is anincrease in the amount of waste from the previous year, which is contrary to the trend offalling waste arising from the city over the last five years. Despite this the proportion going tolandfill continued to fall as there was almost 5,000 tonnes less waste arising going to landfillthan in the previous monitoring year and now only 43% of municipal waste is disposed of tolandfill. Much of this change can be attributed an increase in the amount of waste managedby energy recovery. The amount of material recycled has decreased for the second year insuccession, although it still accounts for the management of 27% of municipal waste arisingin the city.

Actions

Continue to minimise waste and move waste management up the waste hierarchy; using acombination of measures such as waste education, waste minimisation, legislation and theimprovement of controls.

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5.3 Local Output Indicators

Blue = Target met/improvedprogress since last year

Lillac = target not met/ no progress made since last year

Local Plan Chapter "Making the connection between land use and transport"

Delivery Action Targets/Indicators Progress

Via LocalPlan PolicyTR1

Ensure thedevelopmentproposals providefor the demand fortravel that theycreate andmaximise the use ofpublic transport,walking and cycling

100% of developments thathave been defined by theGovernment & TransportPlanning as needing aTransport Assessment, tohave carried out a TransportAssessment

Seven of eight majorapplications (87%) approvedbetween April 2009 andMarch 2010 for which aTransport Assessment wasappropriate carried anassessment

Via LocalPlan PolicyTR3

Maximise thenumber of TravelPlans prepared andimplemented aspart ofdevelopmentactivity

100% of major commercialdevelopments and thoseconsidered to have transportimplications have travel plansand /or other measures tomaximise the use ofsustainable modes oftransport

Seven of eight majorapplications (87%) approvedbetween April 2009 andMarch 2010, where it wasappropriate, contained aTravel Plan and/or othersustainable modes/measures.

The major application without a transport assessment or travel plan was applicationBH2009/02276 at Sussex County Cricket Club, Eaton Road, Hove, as in this case it was feltthat these requirements could appropriately be relaxed as there was a substantial extantconsent and a large element of like for like replacement in the proposal.

Local Plan Chapter "Energy, water, pollution & waste"

Via theLocal PlanPolicy SU2

Ensure thatsustainabilityconsiderations aretaken into accountin all majorplanningapplications

100% of major developmentsto provide a SustainabilityStatement

100% of major developmentsapproved in 2009/10 eitherprovided a SustainabilityStatement or SustainabilityChecklist or had sustainabilitymeasures conditioned

Ensure thatsustainabilityconsiderations aretaken into accountin all developmentbriefs

100% of development briefsto include a sustainabilitysection

A planning brief for the RoyalAlexandra Hospital site wasprepared in 2009/10, itcontained a sustainabilitysection

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Local Plan Chapter "Energy, water, pollution & waste" cont/d


EnsureSupplementaryPlanning Documentsinclude sustainabilityreports whererequired

In 2009/10 three SPDs wereadopted and one is beingprepared all of which haveundergone a sustainabilityappraisal

Maximise theopportunities for thedevelopment/redevelopment andthereforeregeneration ofcontaminated land

When contaminated land isidentified throughdevelopment proposals,remediation measures aretaken in 100% ofcircumstances according tothe type of development

The number of conditionsrequiring investigation ofpotentially contaminated landapplied to new planningapplications between 1 April2009 and 31 March 2010was 72

Maximise thenumber ofdevelopments usingalternative/renewable sourcesof energy

100% of major developmentshave regard to alternative/renewable sources of energythrough a sustainabilitystatement

100% of major developmentsapproved in 2009/10 eitherprovided a SustainabilityStatement or SustainabilityChecklist with regard toalternative/ renewablesources of energy or hadsustainability measuresconditioned

Maximise thenumber ofdevelopmentsincorporatingenergy efficiencymeasures

100% of major developmentshave regard to energyefficiency measures through asustainability statement

100% of major developmentsapproved in 2009/10 eitherprovided a SustainabilityStatement or SustainabilityChecklist with regard toenergy efficiency measures orhad sustainability measuresconditioned

100% of development briefsmust address Policy SU2

One Planning Brief wasprepared in 2009/10, itaddresses policy SU2

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Local Plan Chapter: "Design, safety and the quality of development"


Via Local

Plan

policies

QD1 QD2

QD3 QD4

QD5 QD6

Promote high

standards of design

in development

activity

100% of large scale

development proposals

include a design statement

addressing criteria in Policies

QD3 - QD5

Six large projectsapproved in 2009/10submitted an onlineSustainability checklist;all addressed policiesQD3-QD5

Promote public art

through

developmentactivity

100% of major development

as identified in Policy QD6

provide public art through

planning obligations

Public artcontribution/works onsite has been secured on9 schemes in 2009/10;100% of majordevelopments asidentified in Policy QD6

QD7 'Crime

preventionthrough

environmental

design'

Incorporate crime

prevention

measures into

development

schemes

100% of large scale

development proposals

demonstrate how crime

prevention measures have

been incorporated

Six large projectsapproved in 2009/10submitted an onlineSustainability checklist;five demonstrated howcrime preventionmeasures had beenincorporated.

QD17 'Protection

and integrationof natureconservation

features

QD18' 'Species

protection; the

developmentcontrol

process and the

preparation of

development briefs'

Protect animal and

plant species from

any harmful

impacts ofdevelopment

Draft Protected Species

Supplementary Planning

Guidance by November

2004

The Nature Conservationand Development SPDwas adopted 25 March2010

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Local Plan Chapter: "Access to a decent home and community facilities"

Via Local Plan policy

HO13 'Accessible

housing andLifetime

Homes'; the

development control

process and the

preparation of

development briefs.

Supplementary

Planning Documents

- design criteria.Building RegulationsPart M

Secure the

construction of all

new homes to

lifetime homes

standard

A proportion of all new

dwellings on larger sites

(or more than 10 new

dwellings) should bedesigned to a 'wheelchair

accessible' standard'

100% of newcommitments for 10 ormore dwellings included aproportion of dwellingsdesigned to the'wheelchair accessiblestandard'

100% of all new

dwellings designed tolifetime

homes standard

97% of all residentialplanning applicationsapproved in 2009/10were designed to lifetimehomes standard orlifetime homes standardwas a condition ofapproval. The remaining3% comprised listedbuildings where it wasnot practicable toincorporate the lifetimehomes standard and oneallowed appeal in whichan inspector consideredthe lack of lifetime homesstandard would not harmliving conditions.

Via Local Plan Policy

HO1 'Housing sites

and mixed use sites

with an element of

housing' and Policy

HO2 Affordable

housing - windfall

sites; the

development control

process and the

preparation of

development briefs

Meet theCouncil's

objective for

affordablehousing

need

100% delivery of the

proportion of

affordable housing

provision identified for

sites in Policy HO1

During 2009/10 therewere no completions onany of the allocated sites.

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Local Plan Chapter "Supporting the local economy and getting people into work"


Via Local Plan policy

EM1, EM3

Safeguard land in

industrial uses (use

classes b1, b2, and

b8) on allocatedemployment sites

unless the site has

been assessed and

found to be

unsuitable for

modern

employment needs

100% of land in

industrial use on

allocated industrial

sites, suitable for

modern needs is

retained

There was a gain of1,665m² of land ofindustrial use on allocatedsites during 2009/10.

Via Local Plan

Policies HO1, SR19,

SR24

Progress

development

proposals for King

Alfred, Black Rock,

Preston Barracks

and Brighton

Centre and ensure

that sustainability

considerations are

taken into account

As part of submission

of planning

applications, ensure

that proposals include

a sustainability

statement

During 2009/10 no planningapplications were submittedfor these schemes.

Local Plan Chapter "Shopping, recreation and leisure - maintaining vitality and

viability"

Via Local Plan

Policies

Maintain &enhance

local, district, town

and regionalcentres

Carry out retail health

checks on an annual

basis to assess the

health and vitality of

centres

The 2010 update of theretail health checks hasbeen completed. This willcontinue to inform policyand the determination ofplanning applications.

Local Plan Chapter: "An integrated approach to nature conservation and the

countryside"

Via Local Plan

policies: NC1,

NC2, NC3, NC4

The development

control process

and the

preparation of

development

briefs

Protect designated

natureconservation

sites from

development

Draft 'Protection and

Integration of Nature

Conservation Featuresin New Development'

SupplementaryPlanning Guidance bySeptember 2004

The Nature Conservationand Development SPD wasadopted 25th March 2010

Local Plan Chapter "Managing change within an historic environment"


Via Local Planpolicies HE1,HE2,HE4. Thedevelopmentcontrol processand thepreparation ofdevelopmentbriefs

Preserve andenhancelistedbuildings

Bring identified vacantbuildings/ sites back into usewithin three years (75%), fiveyears (90%)Restore outward appearanceof open land/ neglectedbuildings in historic areas,within two years (75%),within four years (90%)

The register of listed Buildingsat Risk (BAR) was updatedand four buildings wereremoved from the register asbeing no longer 'at risk' anda further two were removedas being no longer'vulnerable'. Three buildingswere added to the register asbeing 'at risk', giving anoverall net reduction.

The Conservation Strategy tobe reviewed every three yearsand two conservation areaappraisals or re-appraisals tobe produced each year

A conservation area appraisalfor the Stanmer conservationarea was adopted followingpublic consultation. Publicconsultation was carried outon a conservation areaappraisal for the PortsladeOld Village conservation area,with the intention ofadopting the appraisal inSeptember 2010.

Overall Progress Made Since 2008/09

Targets met/improved since last year = 18 82%

Targets not met/no progress since last year = 4 18%

Total Local Output Targets = 22 (100%)

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5.4 Significant Effects Indicators

The following significant effects indicators are a product of the sustainability appraisalprocess. They enable a comparison to be made between the predicted effects of the policieson society, the environment and the economy and the actual effects measured duringimplementation of the policies. These significant effects indicators will be added to as moresustainability appraisals are produced as part of the Local Development Framework (LDF)process. All of the indicators currently come through sustainability appraisals ofSupplementary Planning Documents (SPD).

SPD02

Shop Front Design SPD (Adopted September 2005)

Monitoring Arrangements

The three agreed monitoring indicators for the Shop Front Design SPD are:

SPD02a

How many traditional shop fronts exist in Brighton & Hove?

The most recent survey of traditional shop fronts in Local, District, Town and Regionalshopping centres, undertaken in 2007/08, indicated that there were an estimated 531traditional shop fronts existing in designated shopping centres in Brighton & Hove. Fromshop front applications, since then, it is calculated that there has been a gain of fivetraditional shop fronts and a loss of five which suggests there are still an estimated 531traditional shopfronts in 2009/10.

SPD02b

What are features of importance?

Features of importance on traditional shop fronts are: the pilasters, the fascia, the stall riser,the shop window and the entrance. These five elements are monitored under indicatorSPD02a annually.

SPD02c

What percentage of shop front applications, per year, are granted permission out of thetotal number received?

Table 39 shows for all full planning applications received those which have been granted andrefused for new or replacement shop fronts or alterations to existing shop fronts. The data isextracted by filtering where such works are explicitly included within the applicationdescription. As a consequence it cannot be guaranteed that these figures include every singleapplication relating to shop front works but they are considered to be as comprehensive aspossible and give a good indicator as to the nature of the work being carried out. Where anapplication has been refused, the reasons for refusal may not relate solely to the design of theshop front in every case.

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SPD03

Construction & Demolition Waste (Adopted March 2006)

The Site Waste Management Plan Regulations came into effect in April 2008. Therequirements of these Regulations have now superseded the Construction & Demolition WasteSPD, however with regards to Policy SU13 in the Brighton & Hove Local Plan and Waste LocalPlan Policy WLP11, the SPD requires that all developments in Brighton & Hove over five units(housing) or 500sqm built development area (for offices/industrial/business/retail) shouldsubmit a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP). Through the online Sustainability Checklisttool the Council has an indicator to monitor SWMPs. Table 40 below describes how eachapproved development, which submitted a Sustainability Checklist between April 2009 andMarch 2010, will manage their waste via the SWMP.

Table 39: The Amount of Shop Front Applications Submitted in 2009/10 by Type and

Decision

2009/10 Approvals RefusedTotal of all applications

submitted

Alterations to shop fronts 17 5 22

New shop fronts 34 11 45

Replacement shop fronts 6 5 11

Loss of shop front 1 0 1

Total 58 21 79

% of total shop front

applications73 27 100

Table 40: How comprehensive a site waste management plan will be

produced and implemented by the developer?Total

Site Waste Management Plan or Waste Minimisation Statement demonstratesthat construction waste will be reused and recycled onsite.

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Site Waste Management Plan or Waste Minimisation Statement demonstratesthat there will be full waste segregation and the use of a waste contractor withdedicated recycling, reclamation and composting facilities.

14

Site Waste Management Plan or Waste Minimisation Statement demonstratesthat there will be waste stream segregation carried out by contractor. 18

Not Met 1

The overall approval rate of all planning applications for Brighton & Hove has increased since2008/09 with 73% of shop front applications gaining approval. The same number of ofapplications were refused in this monitoring year as in 2008/09. However, this represents asmaller proportion of the total number of applications in 2009/10.

Of the 50 developments which submitted a Sustainability Checklist in 2009/10; over a third ofthe developments intend to implement best practice which involves reusing and recycling allwaste on site.

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SPD04

Edward Street Quarter (Adopted March 2006)

No applications for this quarter were submitted between 1 April 09 and 31 March 10.

SPD05

Circus Street Municipal Market Site (Adopted March 2006)

One application was made on this site and approved in 2009/10 for a change of use of thevacant market building for the temporary period of two years for class D1 and D2 cultural andcommunity uses and small scale ancillary Class A1, A3 and B1 uses. This extends thetemporary use given permission through application BH2007/03589 in which the market hallwas used in the Brighton Festival 2009 to display a large site specific installation by artist AnishKapoor.

No further applications for this site have been submitted between 1 April 09 and 31 March 10.

SPD06

Trees and Development Sites (Adopted March 2006)

The three agreed monitoring indicators for the Trees and Development Sites SPD are:

SPD06a

The number of Tree Preservation Orders (TPO's) will be monitored annually.

SPD06b

The number of applications to fell trees will be monitored annually.

SPD06c

The number of TPO's issued yearly on trees that contain bat colonies was to be monitoredannually, although currently there has been no data to meet this indicator.

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Table 41: Trees and Development Sites SPD Monitoring Indicators 2005/06-2009/10

Year

SPD06a:

Number of

TPO's Issued

SPD06b:

Number of applications

to fell trees

SPD06c:

Number of TPO's

issued on trees

that contain bat

colonies

2005/06 18

Preserved 41

No dataConservation Area 100

Total 141

2006/07 12

Preserved 34


Total 140

2007/08 8

Preserved 23


Total 120

2008/09 12

Preserved 14


Total 93

2009/10 14

Preserved 10


Total 103

SPD07

Advertisements (Adopted June 2007)

The four agreed monitoring indicators for the Advertisements SPD are:

SPD07a

How many planning applications have been received annually for advertisements?

SPD07b

How many applications are approved annually?

SPD07c

Do advertisement boards/bus shelters/other Illuminated signs use renewable energy? Thisinformation has not yet been held since the adoption of the SPD.

SPD07d

How many complaints does Brighton & Hove City Council receive about advertisements each year?

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SPD08

Sustainable Building Design (Adopted June 2008)

The Sustainable Building Design SPD was adopted in June 08. The significance of the SPD hasstarting being monitored via the online Sustainability Checklist in which developers assess thesustainability of developments at the design stage. The checklist covers the following topics:

Climate Change and EnergyCommunityPlace MakingTransport and MovementEcologyResourcesBusinessBuildings

The tool was launched in September 2008 and can be accessed at: brighton-hove.sustainabilitychecklist.co.uk.

The Sustainability Checklist is currently under review to better meet the monitoring needs ofthe City Council and the new checklist is due to be launched in April 2011. At the same time;submission of a completed Checklist will become a Validation requirement for mostdevelopments in the city.

SPD09

Architectural Features (adopted December 2009)

The two agreed monitoring indicators for the Architectural Features SPD are:

1. The number of conservation areas de-designated, or parts of conservation areas de-designated, as a result of loss of historic and architectural detail.

Table 42: Advertisements SPD Monitoring Indicators 2006/07- 2009/10

Indicator 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

SPD07a Number ofapplications

182 194 136 134

SPD07b Number of approvals

119 10469 Plus 13SplitDecisions

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SPD07c Renewable Energy No information held

SPD07d Number ofenforcement complaints

60 36 49 25

(Percentage of cases) (7.5%) (5.2%) (6.5%) (4.2%)

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2. Percentage of conservation area where the loss of historic or architectural detail isconsidered to be a 'significant' or 'very significant' problem. To be monitored every fiveyears. The starting baseline figure is 33%.

The first indicator will be monitored annually and a full year of data will be available from2010/11. Since the adoption of the SPD no conservation areas have been de-designated. Thesecond indicator will be monitored every five years, from a starting baseline of 33% when theSPD was adopted. The first data for this indicator will be due in 2013/14.

SPD10

London Road Central Masterplan (Adopted December 2009)

The significance of the London Road Central Masterplan will be monitored on an annual basis.A full year of monitoring will be available in the next monitoring year, baseline data for theproposed monitoring indicators are outlined below.

Quantums of development (Table 43) including;

l Number of residential units, including affordable units.

l Total amount of additional floorspace by type

l Total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land

Table 43: Baseline Data for Quantums of Development in London Road Masterplan

Area

Quantum of development Number

Net residential units 0

Net affordable units 0

Total amount of additionalfloorspace by type (m²)

A1: -33

A3: 51

B1a: 16

Total amount of employment floorspace on previouslydeveloped land (m²)

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l Number of vacant retail units and associated percentage increase or decrease.

There were 10 vacant retail units in the masterplan area in October 2010

l Number of long term privately owned empty properties brought back into residential use.

There were two long term privately owned empty properties brought back to residentialuse in 2009/10

l Annual mean concentrations of NO2 at three monitoring sites (Table 44)

l DT12 - St Peters Place

l DT13 - London Road Oxford Place

l DT14 - London Road Middle

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l Average monthly traffic flow - all motorised vehicle counts at counter sites (Table 45);

l 74 - New England Road

l 809 - Preston Road

l 810 -Beaconsfield Road

Table 44: NO2 Concentrations in London Road Masterplan Area 2007-2009

Site ID LocationAnnual mean concentrations

(Ug/m³)

2007 2008 2009

DT 12 St Peters Place 40.6 36.8 44.9

DT 13 London Road Oxford Place 42.6 41.7 48.1

DT 14 London Road Middle 39.6 33.6 52.1

Table 45: Monthly Traffic Flow in London Masterplan Area 2009/10

Site No Site Location2009/10

AverageNotes

74A270 New England Road betweenrail bridges & Argyle Road

14,345Effected by road worksNovember andDecember

809A23 Preston Road between ArgyleRoad & Springfield Road

13,788

810 Beaconsfield Road betweenDitchling Road & Springfield Road

15,431

l Total number of "All Crimes" recorded per annum - St Peters and North Laine Ward2009/10: 673 (BHLIS)

l Number of listed buildings within the area (grade 1 and 2*).

l There are 11 listed buildings within the masterplan area

l Number of listed buildings within the area on the at risk register.

l None of the listed buildings in the masterplan area are on the buildings at risk register

l Percentage of Super Output Areas (SOAs) in the St Peters & North Laine ward identified asbeing within the 20% most deprived SOA in the UK.

l From 2007 Indices of Multiple Deprivation;

l 22.2% of SOAs in St. Peters & North Laine Ward are within the 20% most deprivedSOAs in the UK.

Table 46: Monthly Cycle Flow in London Road Masterplan Area 2009/10

Site No Site Location2009/10

AverageNotes

959Preston Road just north of ArgyleRoad

695No data for August andOctober

l Average monthly cycle flow at counter site (Table 46);

l 959 - Preston Road

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l Percentage of major new build developments (residential and mixed use development)achieving recommended CSH/BREEAM standards set out in SPD08.

No major developments were completed in the masterplan area in 2009/10

l Percentage of major new build development (residential and mixed use) that hascontributed towards a reduction in urban heat island effect through implementation ofgreen infrastructure.

l No major developments were completed in the masterplan area in 2009/10

l Amount and type of infrastructure and service improvements achieved through Section 106.

l There were no developments completed with S106 agreements in the masterplan area in 2009/10.

SPD11

Nature Conservation and Development (Adopted March 2010)

The significance of the Nature Conservation and Development SPD will be monitored on an

annual basis. A full year of monitoring of will be available in the next monitoring year.

The proposed monitoring indicators for the SPD are outlined below;

Baseline data is available for the following indicators;

l % Area of SSSI land in: a favourable condition, an unfavourable no change condition, anunfavourable declining condition or area part destroyed / destroyed

In 2007 at Brighton-Newhaven Cliffs 100% was in a favourable condition

In 2009 at Castle Hill: 100% was in a favourable condition

l Amount and type of open space as classified in the Open Space, Sports and RecreationStudy 2009.

Table 47: Open Space Provision in 2006 as Published in Open Space Sports and

Recreation Study 2009

TypeAmount

(hectares)

Natural/Semi Natural 709

Parks and Gardens 232

Amenity Greenspace 148.8

Outdoor Sport 118.5

Allotments 59

Children & Young people 11.8

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l Number and area of designated sites presented as a percentage of the total administrativearea of Brighton & Hove. Designated Sites include Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Siteof Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Sites ofNature Conservation Importance (SNCI), Local Nature Reserve (LNR), Regionally ImportantGeological Sites (RIGS) presented as a percentage of the total administrative area of Brighton& Hove (Table 48).

Table 48: Number and Area of Designated Sites in Brighton & Hove

Designation Number Area (hectares) Percentage

SSSIs 2 139 1.6%

SNCIs 62 612 7.3%

LNR 8 629 7.4%

SAC 1 114 1.3%

RIGS 4 75 0.9%

National Park 1 3746 43.9%

AONB 0 0 0.0%

l Amount of semi-natural green space per 1000 population

Area of semi-natural green space available for community use per 1000 population aspublished in Open Space, Sports and Recreation Study 2009;

2.8 hectares/1000 population (0.4ha/1000 population within the built up area)

l What parts of the coast are protected in Brighton & Hove

Brighton-Newhaven Cliffs SSSI

Brighton Marina SNCI

Black Rock Beach SNCI

Volks Railway SNCI

Basin Road South SNCI

Coastal Section- Friars Bay to Black Rock - RIGS

Undercliff Section- Black Rock, Brighton Marina - RIGS

l Amount of land under Entry-level and High-level environmental Stewardship Schemes

Estimated data 2009:

Entry-level: 654.6 hectares

High-level: 851.4 hectares

Data will be available after a full year of monitoring in 2010/11 for the following indicators:

l Percentage of new developments increasing important or sensitive habitats identified inlocal BAP.

l Percentage of new developments with a green roof.

l Percentage of new developments creating wildlife corridors to link habitats situated withinor outside the site.

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l Percentage of new development with on-site provision of public green space.

Data is currently not available for the following indicators;

l Achievement of specified biodiversity action plan targets.

l Change in populations of SAP species.

Other forthcoming SPD's

Brighton & Hove City Council is currently producing the following SPD's which are expected tobe adopted beyond 2009/10 (See Section 3 LDS Implementation for expected adoption dates);

l Parking Standards and Accessibility

l Infrastructure Delivery

l Householder Extensions

l Urban Design Framework

l Brighton Marina

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Progress and Focus for 2010/11

The dual focus for 2010/11 will be to consolidate and continue to achieve the performanceindicator targets whilst exploring every opportunity to improve customer care. The service willbe establishing its own qualitative indicators.

5.5 Development Control Performance

Table 49: Development Control Performance against BVPI Targets

Objective Delivery Targets/ Indicators Progress

Meet the targetsprescribed by BestValue PerformanceIndicators

BV109a

Percentage of MajorApplications decided within13 weeks (Target 60%)

62.79%

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69.08%

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Other planning applicationsprocessed within 8 weeks(Target 80%)

81.42%

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Keep percentage of appealsallowed against theAuthority's decision to refusefewer than 35%

30.00%

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Business Development - Completions

There was a small net increase of 1,115m² business floorspace in 2009/10, this figurecomprises a gain in the B1a Office use class tempered by losses in the B1c Light Industrial useand B8 Storage or Distribution use. The net increase of 1,248m² B1a floorspace during2009/10 further adds to the large gains achieved in 2008/09, although the gains achieved inthe monitoring year are much lower than achieved in 2008/09. There were no large officedevelopments of over 1,000m² in the monitoring year, after a number of large sites werecompleted in 2008/09. The majority of the gain is attributable to the change of use of agarage building at the EDF Energy Offices, 329 Portland Road, Hove, to office accommodation(809m²) and the change of use of a training centre at 10 Fleet Street, Brighton to office use(640m²). There was one notable loss of floorspace completed in the monitoring year in which600m² of office floorspace was lost through the change of use to a GP Clinic and Walk-InCentre at Aspect House, 84-87 Queens Road, Brighton. Further office space was lost throughsmaller scale developments to a variety of use classes. A large development at Delphi House,English Close, Hove provided 1,020m² of new mixed B1/B2/B8 floorspace through theerection of two new business units. The net loss of B1c Light Industrial floorspace (768m²) inthe monitoring year can be attributed to the demolition of a laundrette (523m²) to extend theLidl foodstore at 53 Arundel Road and a change of use of 255m² floorspace from B1c to B8use at Delphi House. Although there was a net loss of B8 Storage or Distribution floorspace(385m²) there were also gains. The losses included the change to B1a office use (440m²) atThe Agora, Ellen Street, Hove and a change of use to a restaurant and private members club(390m²) at the Music Library, Church Street, Brighton. The gains included development atDelphi House and the County Cricket Ground, Eaton Road, Hove (255m²). There were nocompletions for developments involving a loss or gain of B1b Research and Development orB2 General Industrial use.

Business Development - Commencements

Once the business developments which were under construction in the monitoring year arecompleted they will provide a net increase of 45,770m² business floorspace to the City. Thissubstantial figure is due, predominantly, to the commencement, in the monitoring year, of34,750m² office floorspace over 5-9 floors on land adjacent to Amex House on John Street,Brighton. Further large office developments are being provided on sports grounds in the Citythrough the American Express Community Stadium at Falmer in which 2,709m² of officefloorspace will be provided through two applications and will be complete in the summer of2011 and the redevelopment of the Sussex County Cricket Ground, Eaton Road, Hove whichcommenced in 2009/10 and will provide 1,595m² of office floorspace. Work commenced in theprevious monitoring year but was not completed in 2009/10 at the Travis Perkins site on BalticWharf, Portslade, which will provide an additional 326m² of office floorspace, 1,348m² ofstorage and distribution floorspace and a further 3,649m² of mixed B1/B2/B8 floorspace. Workhad also started in 2008/09 at Woodingdean Business Park on Bexhill Road in 2008/09 toprovide six light industrial units which will supply 1,137m² of new floorspace, but this was notcompleted in 2009/10. A number of less significant business developments, which willcontribute to a gain in business floorspace also commenced in the monitoring year. There is onesignificant development which will contribute to a loss of business floorspace in which 955m²will be lost through the demolition of Connaught House and 38 Melbourne Street, Brighton andthere have not been any approved applications for a replacement use on the site.

6. Summary of Policy Performance

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Business Development - Decisions

The amount of new potential business floorspace applied for in the monitoring year is veryencouraging as it would provide a net increase of 40,409m² if all of the approved applicationswere realised. What is more encouraging is 34,998 m² of this potential gain in floorspace hasalready either commenced or been completed. The majority of this gain is through thedevelopment on land adjacent to Amex House which was both approved and commenced inthe monitoring year. The developments given permission and completed in the monitoring yearhave provided a small net increase in business floorspace (87m²). The potential increase inoffice floorspace is masking the lack of potential floorspace offered through other business useclasses. If certain developments are realised there could be losses in non office use classes withvery little gain to compensate. Notable applications given permission in the monitoring yearinclude the redevelopment of the Sackville Road Trading Estate in Hove in which 5,287m² ofoffice space would be provided although it would also create a loss in Light Industrial(2,600m²) and Storage or Distribution (490m²) uses. Office space is also proposed at the GBLiners Site, Blackman Street, Brighton in which 3,327m² of office space would be provided toreplace 526m² of Storage or Distribution space.

Housing Development - Completions

There were 380 net housing completions in the monitoring year. This was higher than the 332completions estimated in the 2008/09 housing trajectory. The completion figure is the lowestin the last ten years and the first time in the same period that the completion figure hasdropped below 400 units, although healthy completion figures in previous years means theaverage completion rate for the last ten years is 651 per year. This suggests that the downturnin the economy has had an effect on housing development in the City over the monitoringyear. The effect had not been seen until this monitoring year as a number of developmentshad already commenced and were at a stage in which they were close to completion, inparticular a number of large applications. 100% of the completions were on sites of previouslydeveloped land. Table 50 describes the type of developments completed in 2009/10; overthree quarters of the completions came through new build developments which is a slightlyhigher proportion than in 2008/09.

Table 50: Residential Completions by Type of Development 2009/10

Type of Development Net Units Completed % of Total Completions

New Build 302 79

Conversions 44 12

Change of Use 34 9

Total 380 100

As in 2008/09 all of the completions in 2009/10 came through unallocated sites as windfall,there is currently only one extant planning permission on an allocated site; 2-18 The Cliff,Rottingdean. The lack of completions on allocated sites has combined with a relatively lownumber of completions on small windfall sites to contribute to the relatively low housingcompletion figure in the monitoring year. The number of completions on large sites iscomparable with the average number of large completions through the previous four years.71% of all housing completions in 2009/10 came through large sites with 29% from smallsites. Table 51 compares the windfall and allocated completions this year with those inprevious years.

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The completion of large developments over 10 units was of great importance to housingcompletion numbers in the monitoring year as these provided 224 units to the overall housingsupply. Over a third of the overall completion figure is attributable to the completion of fourfurther stages in the redevelopment of the Ocean Hotel in Saltdean. The developmentsproviding over 10 units and completed in 2009/10 are listed in Table 52.

Table 51: Residential Completions by Windfall or Allocated Sites 2005/06-2009/10

Windfall Analysis 2005-2010Post Local Plan Adoption

05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10

Windfall Small Sites <6 units 313 282 157 149 111

Windfall Large Sites >6 units 144 269 230 572 269

Allocated Units 82 246 180 0 0

Total Completion Units 539 797 567 721 380

Table 52: Residential Developments, Over 10 Units, Completed in 2009/10

AddressNet

Dwellings

Ebenezer Chapel, Richmond Parade, Brighton 48

Building 3 (Pacific), Longridge Avenue, Brighton 44

Building 2 (Caspian), Longridge Avenue, Brighton 40

Building 1(Ionian), Longridge Avenue, Brighton 36

50-52, New Church Road, Hove 31

Building 6, Longridge Avenue, Brighton 25

The 10 unit threshold is important as policy HO2 of the Local Plan requires a 40% element ofaffordable housing on developments which provide on and above this threshold. All of thedevelopments completed this year meet this figure (taking into account the total percentage ofaffordable housing over the entire Ocean Hotel development). Of the 380 units completed in2009/10, 100 were affordable which covered 26% of the total units completed. The schemescompleted in the monitoring year which contained an element of affordable housing areoutlined in the Table 53.

Table 53: Residential Completions, Containing and Element of Affordable Housing

2009/10

SchemeProvided with Subsidy

Social Rent Intermediate Total Affordable

Ebenezer Chapel Richmond ParadeBrighton

18 8 26

Building 6 Longridge Avenue Brighton 0 25 25

50-52 New Church Road Hove 25 0 25

Building 3 (Pacific) Longridge AvenueBrighton

0 24 24

Total 43 57 100

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Housing Development - Commencements

There were 113 developments which commenced in 2009/10 including 44 that were alsocompleted in the monitoring year and 18 that will provide five housing units or above. 1,230net housing units will be provided when the developments which are currently beingconstructed are completed, although this includes 853 units on land at Brighton Marina wherework technically commenced in 2009/10, but will not proceed further for the foreseeablefuture. Of the remaining 377 units 48 units will come through the final phase of the OceanHotel Development and are expected to be completed in 2010/11. Further notablecommencements in 2009/10 include ten units at 3-5 Vernon Gardens Denmark Terrace,Brighton and nine units to the rear of 20-36 Baden Road, Brighton. Other significantdevelopments currently under construction include; Dresden House, Albany Villas in Hove and18 Wellington Road in Brighton.

Housing Development - Decisions

The number of housing units permitted for development in 2009/10 is similar, but lower thanthe number of units permitted in 2008/09 which had seen a reduction in housing unitspermitted compared to in previous years. In the monitoring year 424 units were approvedthrough 147 planning applications. 23 of these applications were also completed in themonitoring year providing 26 new units. 34 applications given permission in 2009/10 were alsocommenced in the monitoring year. As in 2008/09 there was a lack of major projects comingforward in the monitoring year. Three schemes were approved that will provide over ten unitsincluding a scheme to redevelop the Sackville Road Trading Estate in Hove providing 92 units.The three schemes are;

l Sackville Road Trading Estate, Sackville Road, Hove (92 units)

l 24 Dorset Gardens (34 units)

l Roedale, Burstead Close, Brighton (24 units)

Retail development completions

During 2009/10 no large retail schemes (over 1,000m²) were completed. Despite this therewas an overall net gain of over 1000m² in retail (A1) and restaurant and cafe (A3) floorspace.The 1,225m² of retail floorspace gained in 2009/10 comes close to regaining the of 1,236m²loss of retail floor space in the previous monitoring year (Table 54). The most significant gainscame through a retrospective application at 169-174 Western Road which provided 860m² ofA1 floorspace , the creation of a new 669m² mezzanine floor in Currys, 184-186, OldShoreham Road, Hove and 542m² A1 floorspace from the change of use from a Sui Generisvehicle depot to the rear of 100 North Road, Brighton. Table 54 outlines the change in A1 usecompared to other A use classes. The trend of gains in restaurant floorspace A3 continuedfrom previous years with 1,588m² of new floorspace. Most notably the Music Library Site inChurch Street, Brighton had 337m² of floorspace converted to restaurant use.

Table 54: Change in Floorspace of 'A' Use Classes 2009/10

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A Mixed

Gross 3,109 124 1,794 0 137 546

Loss -1,884 -516 -206 -273 0 0

Net 1,225 -393 1,588 -273 137 546

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Retail Development Decisions

If all of the retail floorspace given planning permission in 2009/10 was developed it wouldprovide a net gain of 11,498m² of new A1 floorspace (Table 55). This suggests a healthyoutlook for new retail developments in the City, provided the applications are realised on site.

Table 55: Potential Floorspace from 2009/10 Retail Permissions

Retail Permissions All Retail (A1)

Gross 15,095

Loss -3,597

Net 11,498

Two applications approved in the year are large retail schemes. The redevelopment of theSackville Road Trading Estate would provide 6,907m² of new retail floorspace and aproposed extension of the Asda Store on Crowhurst Road, Brighton would create 1,676m²of new A1 floorspace.

To safeguard the vitality and viability of Local, District, Town and Regional centres a retailcentre healthcheck is carried out annually. This monitoring informs the application decisionprocess to keep the correct balance of uses in each centre.

Leisure and Cultural Developments

Falmer Stadium

Work on the Falmer Stadium has continued through 2009/10 and is on target to be completedin May 2011 for the beginning of the 2011/12 football season. The centrepiece of the schemeis a multi-purpose all seater stadium with a capacity of 22,374 seats. The stadium will hostfootball matches as the home of Brighton and Hove Albion. In addition to football thestadium will also host other sports such as rugby and hockey plus music concerts, conferences,exhibitions and provide a banqueting and conference facility and 2,000m² of teaching space.

Sussex County Cricket Ground

Redevelopment of the County Cricket Ground began in December 2009 after permission wasgranted in the same month. The redevelopment of the ground will replace the Gilligan,Wilbury and South West Stands and provide new hospitality buildings, extend the indoorcricket school and refurbish the Pavilion.

Circus Street

Whilst awaiting redevelopment, the vacant market building on Circus Street has been giventemporary permission to be used for cultural and community uses. This is similar to a previousapproved application, given permission in 2007, which resulted in a large site specificinstallation by Anish Kapoor as part of the 2009 Brighton Festival. It is intended the temporaryuse of the site will be limited to key high profile events.

Temporary Ice Rink

Permission for a temporary ice rink to run from 1st November 2009 to 23rd January 2010 onthe Royal Pavilion eastern lawns was given permission in November 2009 and includedancillary buildings for a café, toilet facilities and skate hire. The rink was not delivered,although a similar application was approved for the winter of 2010/11, in November 2010,and the ice rink opened on 13 November 2010.

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Cycling

Brighton & Hove is currently a national exemplar Cycling Town until 2011.

New Hotels

There are currently no new Hotels under construction in Brighton & Hove. There is at presentone approved planning application for a New Hotel in the centre of Brighton which couldpotentially add 140 bed spaces for visitors to the city;

l 88-92 Queens Road & 4 Frederick Place Brighton

Demolition of existing building (former Casino) and construction of a 140 bedroom hotelaccommodated over eleven floors

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This section of the AMR sets out the status of policies within development plans preparedunder earlier planning legislation.

The development plans for Brighton & Hove are:

l Brighton & Hove Local Plan, July 2005

l East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Waste Local Plan, February 2006

l East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Minerals Local Plan, 1999

The Brighton & Hove Local Plan, Waste Local Plan and Minerals Local Plan policies have allbeen 'saved' under the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 until replaced by LocalDevelopment Frameworks/Waste & Minerals Development Framework, as detailed below.

Regional Planning Policy

The Government confirmed in June 2010 that they plan to abolish Regional Spatial Strategies(RSS), which would mean that the South East Plan policies would no longer form part of thedevelopment plan for Brighton & Hove.

Brighton & Hove Local Plan, July 2005

In June 2008 the Government confirmed that most of the Local Plan policies have been savedin accordance with the city council's request although nine were not saved. The nine deletedpolicies are listed in Brighton & Hove City Council's Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) 2007-2008. These nine policies are now shown as deleted in the Local Plan and on the interactiveLocal Plan Map.

The Minerals Local Plan 1999

In September 2007, the Government confirmed that all the policies in the Minerals Local Planare saved until replaced by Development Plan Documents (DPD) within the Waste & MineralsDevelopment Framework (WMDF).

The Waste Local Plan 2006

In August 2008, the Government confirmed that all the policies in the Waste Local Plan (WLP)have been saved until replaced by Development Plan Documents in the Waste & MineralsDevelopment Framework (WMDF).

Waste & Minerals Development Framework (WMDF)

East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council are still progressing work on theWaste & Minerals Development Framework, and no policies have yet been finalised. Howeverit is very likely that the aims and objectives of the WLP will be in line with the principles of theemerging policy documents. The WLP policies are consistent with national minerals, waste, andother planning policy, subject to the government's comprehensive review of National WastePolicy (results expected in Spring 2011). In this respect the WLP policies are considerednecessary, interpreting and applying national policy rather than repeating it. The timetable forimplementing the WMDF is currently under review and will have to reflect changes toGovernment policy. It is intended that this DPD will cover all of the policy areas currentlycovered by the WLP. WLP policies are therefore needed until the new Core Strategy is in place.

Further specific details on how these policies were saved can be found in the Brighton & HoveAnnual Monitoring Report (AMR) 2007-2008.

7. Saving Policies

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f th

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2

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l 20

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dis

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abili

ty C

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list

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zero

carb

on

tech

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do

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apaci

ty in M

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le 1

1;

Ind

icato

r E3

Fro

m t

he t

wo

ap

plica

tio

ns,

ap

pro

ved

in

2009/1

0,

dis

clo

sin

g i

nst

alled

cap

aci

ty i

n t

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ust

ain

ab

ilit

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list

; th

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nst

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d z

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d t

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itie

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per

annum

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er

capaci

tyTr

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station f

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I and C

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e.

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3

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ast

e T

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er

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tion,

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ham

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cess

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nd t

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of

up t

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pre

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pa)

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ease

of

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pa

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er

and M

ate

rials

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very

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lity.

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3

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ation.

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nal 1,5

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f ca

paci

ty f

or

dry

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clable

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ard

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ns

and

gla

ss)

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er

station f

or

C&

I and C

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wast

e.

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y W

LP 1

3

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le 1

2:

Ind

icato

r W

1.

W1:

Pla

nn

ing

Perm

issi

on

s G

ran

ted

fo

r W

ast

e M

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post

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30,2

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y re

cove

ry)

1,7

52 (

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d)

109,1

95

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3:

Ind

icato

r W

2.

W2:

Am

ou

nt

of

mu

nic

ipal

wast

e a

risi

ng

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26 6

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Suss

ex

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righto

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l -

Pla

nnin

g A

pplic

ations

Tab

le 1

4;

Ind

icato

r M

2:

Pro

du

ctio

n o

f se

con

dary

an

d r

ecy

cled

ag

gre

gate

s b

y m

inera

l p

lan

nin

g a

uth

ori

ty-

Seco

nd

ary

& R

ecy

cled

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gre

gate

s Faci

liti

es

in E

ast

Su

ssex a

nd

Bri

gh

ton

& H

ove u

p t

o 3

1 M

arc

h 2

010

The c

urr

ent

best

est

imate

of

the p

roduct

ion o

f se

condary

and r

ecy

cled a

ggre

gate

s in

East

Suss

ex

and B

righto

n &

Hove

is

370,0

00 t

onnes

for

2003.

City PlanningBrighton & Hove City CouncilHove Town HallNorton RoadHoveBN3 3BQ