Tracked Version of Core Strategy, November 2012 - Selby District ...

Selby District Submission Draft Core Strategy – May 2011
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Monitoring of significant effects will be based on the baseline data
and indicators in the Council’s Sustainability Appraisal Reports.
Monitoring of such data should enable a comparison to be made
between the predicted effects and the actual effects measured
during implementation of the policies.
8.6 To enable the performance of the Core Strategy to be assessed,
additional local targets and indicators have been identified, where
these are not already covered in the existing AMR. All the targets
are set out in Figure 13 below. Where there is some unavoidable
duplication between policy outcomes, the targets are not repeated
for each.
8.7 Monitoring of the targets and indicators will enable the LPA to
identify:
• Any significant effects that the core strategy is having on the
delivery of sustainable development.
• The extent to which policies within the Core Strategy are
being implemented.
• Whether the policies are working successfully and if they are
not to explain why not.
• If any of the Core Strategy policies needs reviewing.
8.8 As indicated in both the AMR and government guidance the
development of a monitoring framework will take time to fully
establish. Whilst a wealth of indicators is necessary to ensure a
robust measure of the plan’s performance, it is important to curtail
the number of indicators with targets to ensure that it remains
practical to collect the necessary information.
8.9 Additional indicators will be required to measure future
Development Plan Documents and all of these will be brought
together in the Council’s AMR.
Implementation and Review
8.10 Should annual monitoring of key indicators set out in Figure 13
below reveal any significant failure(s) to meet targets the Council
will take action to rectify the situation as soon as possible. This
could include actions needed either by the Local Authority or its
partners to improve delivery. Alternatively it might identify a need
for a partial or full review of the Development Plan Document.
8.11 Given the spatial dimension of the Core Strategy and its policies, a
partnership implementation approach will be required including
public, private and voluntary bodies. The Council has neither the
powers nor the resources to implement the Core Strategy alone.
8.12 In relation to individual areas or site-specific spatial development
projects the partnership will consist of the Council, together with
government bodies, any local regeneration or community
partnership, and the private sector. Other District wide or non-
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