Annual Monitoring Reports
Exmoor National Park Authority has produced six Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs) since the introduction of the new planning system in September 2004. The purpose of the AMR is to assess the Local Development Framework using indicators selected with the aim of determining the effectiveness of policies within the LDF. These indicators will help establish whether there is any need for adjustment or replacement of policies. The AMR will also review the progress of the LDF through the Local Development Scheme.
2010/11 AMR PDF 2.67MB
2009/10 AMR PDF 2.99MB
2008/09 AMR PDF 5.6MB
2007/08 AMR PDF 1.51MB
2006/07 AMR PDF 2.6MB
2005/06 AMR PDF 3.2MB
2004/05 AMR PDF 275KB
Local Indicators:
The adopted Local Plan policies are part of LDF until they are replaced by the Core Strategy & Development Management Policies DPD. The Local Plan policies have a series of indicators against which the implementation of the policies should be monitored. The Annual House Price Survey and annual Housing Land Availability Report produced by the Policy and Community team, and data from the planning applications database, feed into the indicators for the Local Plan.
As new development documents are produced as part of the LDF, local indicators will be developed to address the effectiveness of the particular policies within them, which will take into account the availability and quality of data available at the local level.
The sustainability appraisals that are produced in conjunction with local development documents will also contain significant effects indicators which will also be monitored via the AMR. These should enable the effects of implemented policies to be measured, and whether the results match predicted effects.
Future Developments:
There will be changes to future Annual Monitoring Reports under the Localism Act, when the clauses come into effect on 15 January 2012. Local Planning Authorities will no longer have to submit Local Development Schemes and Annual Monitoring Reports to the Secretary of State, but will need to make them available to the public.
Local planning authorities will still need to report on the progress with the local plan and other planning documents, and the extent to which policies are being achieved – which means effective monitoring of policy performance will continue.