Annual Monitoring
Reports (AMR)
In addition to community involvement and sustainability, another
important aspect of the new planning system is to monitor and
review the success of planning policies. Local authorities are
required to produce an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) as part of
their Local Development Framework (LDF).
Main functions of annual monitoring
There are two main functions of the AMR:
- To measure the Council's progress in preparing its LDF
documents, by comparing what the Council has achieved over the past
year against the timetables set out in the Local Development
Scheme (LDS).
- To look at the district's planning policies and see whether
they are achieving their purpose. This is done using indicators and
targets.
For example, if the Council is seeking to minimise the amount of
greenfield land being used for new housing, an appropriate
indicator would be "percentage of new dwellings granted permission
on previously developed land". The target for this is
currently set at 60%.
If the Council has fallen behind the LDS timetable in preparing
documents, or if planning policy targets are not being achieved,
the AMR should explain why this has happened, and should suggest
how these situations might be put right.
Download
You can download copies of the Annual Monitoring Report for the
last three years by using the links below.
Alternatively, a paper copy of the AMR may be purchased from us
for £10.
Contact us
For further information on the AMR contact:
Helen Rafferty, Research Officer
Tel: 01695 585171
Email: ldf@westlancsdc.gov.uk