4. STATEMENT OF PLAN MONITORING
4.1 Regular monitoring will be essential to establish how both the Plan and the pending Community Strategy are working in practice, to assess whether the policies set out in them are being sufficiently implemented on the ground and having the desired effect. Monitoring will take place on an ongoing basis and will be displayed in an annual report; the results of this monitoring will be used to update policies and to formulate new policies as necessary.
4.2 Monitoring information should be used both to determine whether the policies in this guidance are being implemented and whether they may need to be reviewed. Monitoring may indicate that a particular part of the Plan requires some more detailed guidance to be prepared and this will be addressed through the development of supplementary planning guidance.
4.3 The review of other Council strategies and studies will also help to evaluate how the Plan is performing and whether any review is necessary. It is intended to review the North Wiltshire’s planning policy following the production of the North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011 Revised Deposit Draft. The monitoring information will then be used to inform the production and review of the North Wiltshire Local Development Framework. When the Plan is adopted regular reviews of the policies will be undertaken, and monitoring will be a vital part of this process.
4.4 When the Community Strategy for North Wiltshire is produced, the Local Plan will play an important role in delivering the land-use aspects of this Strategy. Accordingly there will be an opportunity to monitor both documents together and any identified changes in circumstances can be reflected in the policies and proposals of both documents.
4.5 The following table identifies key targets and indicators for a future monitoring system, they relate to the principles set out in Sustainability Appraisal. The regular monitoring of these may suggest new indicators that should also be considered.
Table 4.1: Plan Monitoring Targets and Indicators
| Target | Key Indicators |
| A: SOCIAL PROGRESS WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE | |
A1: Provision and access to safe, healthy and attractive living and working environments for all |
- Level and perception of crime |
A2: Provision and access to community facilities |
- Availability of services in towns and villages |
A3: Reduced need for travel and reliance on the private car |
- Car ownership and use |
| A4: Reduced poverty and social exclusion | - Waiting lists of social housing and registered homeless |
| B: EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT | |
B1: Quality an character of towns, villages and countryside |
- % of land cover protected /designated for landscape and townscape value |
B2: Natural habitats and species diversity |
- % of land cover with nature and biodiversity designation |
B3: Built and archaeological heritage |
- % of listed buildings in appropriate use, or at risk of decay |
B4: Water Management |
- Quality of rivers |
B5: Land and Soil Quality |
- Area of farmland |
B6: Quality of environment health: air, noise, light, odour |
- No. environmental health complaints to North Wiltshire District Council (NWDC) |
| C: PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES | |
C1: Reduced use of non-renewable energy sources |
- Renewable Energy capacity installed by type |
C2: Land and buildings - Proportion of new homes built on previously developed land |
- No sites and area of derelict or contaminated land |
| C3: Waste management and minerals | - % domestic waste recycled - Rate of waste disposal to landfill - % recycled/secondary aggregate construction material used in new build developments. - No. Community composting schemes. |
| D: MAINTENANCE OF HIGH AND STABLE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT | |
D1: Maintenance and improvement of attractive working environments |
- Available and vacant employment floorspace and land on identified industrial estates in urban and rural areas |
