Monitoring Reports

The Council produces monitoring reports for Retail, Residential Land Availability and Employment Land Availability in the District. As part of the Local Development Framework the District Council is required to produce an Annual Monitoring Report. The purpose of the Annual Monitoring Report is to monitor the effectiveness of the Local Development Plan.

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Annual Monitoring Report (AMR)

As part of the Local Development Framework, the local planning authority produces an Annual Monitoring Report at the end of each year. This monitors the effectiveness of the Development Plan and contains an update on progress made over the year with plan making and policy implementation. In December 2010, Wyre Forest District Council adopted its Core Strategy. This has meant that a number of policies in the Adopted Local Plan (2004) have now been replaced by the newer Core Strategy policies. This AMR details the implementation of housing, employment, environmental and retail and town centre policies. Following the Royal Assent and subsequent commencement of parts of the Localism Act, formal submission of the AMR will no longer be required. The latest AMR has now been published and covers the period April 2010 to March 2011.

View the Annual Monitoring Report 2011   (2,311K)

Employment Land Availability

The Employment Land Availability report is produced annually and is published in April each year. This document monitors the amount of land committed to, and developed for, employment uses.
View the latest Employment Land Availability update (2010)  (5,012K)

Retail Monitoring Report

The Retail Monitoring Report is published annually. The report monitors the retail sector of the District. It provides an informed view of the current retail climate for potential investors who are considering Kidderminster, Stourport or Bewdley as possible retail and leisure locations.
Download the latest Retail Monitoring Report (2008)  (4,056K)

Download the Appendices to the Retail Monitoring Report (2008)  (4,863K)

Residential Land Availability

The Housing Land Availability report is produced twice a year (October and April). The report monitors the number of dwelling units completed since the previous update and looks at the amount of land coming forward for residential development. It provides detailed information and analysis of sites by location, type of site and nature of dwellings to be provided on each site.
View the latest Residential Land Availability (October 2011)    (2,051K)

Copies of earlier documents are available from the Policy & Regeneration section on request.