EMPLOYMENT LAND

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EMPLOYMENT LAND CENTRES OVERVIEWLES JOHNSON
WEST MIDLANDS DISTRICTS MONITORING SEMINAR
31st MARCH 2009
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Last Years Responses

• LADs Returned
• RELS 34 33 (8) 97
• Offices 34 34 (10) 100
• Retail 34 34 (7) 100
• Leisure/Hotels 34 34 (8) 100
• ( ) month or more after August deadline
• Quality of responses generally good

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Motts Contacts

• RELS Les.Johnson_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374015
• Offices Paul.Savage_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374209
• Retail Neil.Hurst_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374013
• Leisure/Hotels Neil.Hurst_at_mottmac.com 0121
  2374013
• SS Housing Neil.Hurst_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374013
• Derelict Zoe.Smith_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374316
• Green Belt Zoe.Smith_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374316
• Waste M Zoe.Smith_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374316
• Water Q Zoe.Smith_at_mottmac.com 0121 2374316
• Quality of responses generally good

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EMPLOYMENT LAND (RELS)LES JOHNSON
WEST MIDLANDS DISTRICTS MONITORING SEMINAR
31st MARCH 2009
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Introduction

• Last years responses
• Regional Employment Land Survey (RELS)
• Policies
• Changes to the survey
• Forms
• Updating the survey (Form 1)
• Examples (Form 1)
• Updating the survey (Form 2)
• Examples (Form 2)
• Finally

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Last Years Responses33 returns out of 34 (97)
8 of which returneda month or more after the
August deadline.Form 3 85 completedForm 4
41 completedForm 5 65 completedForm 6 91
completedQuality of responses generally good.

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Regional Employment Land SurveyAll scheduled
employment land supply sites of 0.4 hectare and
over in the West Midlands.Sites included if
they are committed for B1(b) and (c), B2 and B8
use through the planning process i.e. allocated
in a development plan, has planning permission,
committee resolution or appeal decision.B1(a)
office uses are also included if they relate to
areas outside the city/town centre.
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Policies

• Monitor the B-use land supply portfolio in the
  region and effectiveness of RSS policies
• DCLG Core Output indicators BD1, 2, 3 4
• - completions land supply
• - issues with thresholds and net figures
• Policies relating to PA2, PA3, PA5, PA6, PA7, PA8
  and PA9 from the Prosperity for All topic of
  the RSS
• - completions and land supply

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Changes to the Survey

• No changes to the survey for the 2009
• monitoring year relating to policy
• Survey will be reviewed Summer 2009
• All written observations and feed back from 2008
• will be taken into consideration

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Sub-Sites, Whole Sites and Districts

• Form 1
• Details about Supply and basics about Completions
  (Unit level).
• Form 2
• Details about Completions by use (ha.
  floorspace) and basics about Uncompleted uses or
  supply (Whole Site level).
• Form 3
• - Info about B-use sites formerly in
  employment use (not on
• RELS) larger than 0.4 hectare and
  committed for non-
• employment uses at 2007/08 (Whole Site
  level).
• Form 6
• - Info about commitments and completions on
  B-use sites (not on
• RELS) smaller than 0.4 hectare (District
  level).

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Updating Adding New Records (Form 1)

• (Update Form 1 first because it provides most of
  the survey info gt 40 variables).
• Existing and New Sites (units or plots)
• Column headings in Row 3 of worksheet correspond
  to variable numbers in the manual. Point at
  variable to display the codes
• Highlight as blue and bold variables which
  need amending and and add comments
• Use strike-through for deletions and add comments
• Do not record sub-divisions of existing sites as
  new sites
• Comment No change if there has been no change
• Append new records after existing sites
• Use the colour red to indicate new sites
• Remember to update the corresponding info in
  Form 2

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Form 1 - Examples

• Example 1 Site 71017 Battery Farm, Hen
  Lane
• Amendment part of site granted plan perm (site
  area unchanged)
• Action Insert a blank row below Unit 1 of site,
  duplicate entire record onto this blank row as
  Unit 2. Adjust Unit 1 hectare total to 5.66 and
  Unit 2, which has the planning consent to 1.00
  hectare. Highlight the other variables blue
  and bold which need amending e.g. planning (3)
  and market status. If the uncompleted use has
  changed then adjust Form 2, accordingly.

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Form 1 - Examples

• Example 2 Site 71025 Anthea Turner Road, Tyseley
• Amendment Site has now been completely developed
  in 2008/09
• Action Amend the planning (1) and market status,
  and progress of site (2) variables. Highlight
  these blue and bold. Remember to adjust Form
  2 too, i.e. the uncompleted use will now be zero
  and the completed use will now be 1.01 hectare.
  This site will no longer be active.

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Form 1 Examples

• Example 3 Site 71030 Aston Rocket Science Park
• Amendment should not have been allocated to RELS
  last year
• Action Remove the site. Highlight the whole
  record with a colour or use a strikethrough and
  add a comment in the comments field. Remember to
  remove the site from Form 2 too.

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Updating Adding New Records (Form 2)

• Existing and New Sites (whole sites)
• Monitors uncompleted land supply (ha.) and
  completed land supply (floorspace ha.) at
  2008/09 by Use.
• Completed floorspace figures by use must be
  provided
• Highlight as blue and bold variables which
  need amending and and add comments
• Use strike-through for deletions and add comments
• Comment No change if there has been no change
• Append new records after existing sites (red)
• Update uncompleted supply uses and completed uses
• If B1 or B1/B2/B8 proposed then indicate whether
  B1 (a), (b) or (c)
• The land supply and completions totals must
  correspond to the whole site info in Form 1

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Form 2 - Examples

• Example 1 Site 71017 Battery Farm, Hen Lane
• Amendment part of site granted plan perm (site
  area unchanged)
• Action The site area (split into 2 units on Form
  1) is unchanged, and is recorded on Form 2 as one
  record. B128 is still Yes and B128 area equals
  6.66 ha., and the site total equals 6.66 ha. No
  completions to record in Columns X to AQ.
• Example 2 Site 71025 Anthea Turner Road, Tyseley
• Amendment Site has now been completely developed
  in 2008/09
• Action Delete Yes from Column D (B128 proposed
  use) and delete 1.01 ha. from Column L (B128
  area). Adjust the site area total (Column T) to
  zero. Insert the 1.01 ha. as a B128 completion
  (Column AC) and overall total in Column AG.
  Insert the B128 floorspace figure in Column AM
  and overall floorspace total in Column AQ.

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Form 2 Examples

• Example 3
• Amendment Form 1 site was formerly 5 ha. on 2
  plots in 2008. This now comprises 3 plots - Units
  1 2 (uncompleted) and Unit 3 (formerly part of
  Unit 2) completed in 2008/09.
• Action All information is updated as one record
  for the whole of the site, and not individual
  records for each plot. Unit 1 is unchanged at 2
  ha. and still proposed for B8 use. Therefore,
  Yes in Column G and 2 ha. in Column O.
• Unit 2 is now 2 ha. and still proposed for B2
  use. Therefore, Yes in Column F and 2 ha. in
  Column N. The overall uncompleted site total in
  Column T should be 4 ha. (sum of Units 1 2).
• Unit 3 in Form 1 records the completion (1.0 ha
  B2 use). Enter this info in Columns AA (B2)
  and AG (Total), and Columns AK (B2 floorspace)
  and AQ (Total floorspace).
• The totals should correspond with the equivalent
  site in Form 1.

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Finally ..Any vital feedback from the
workshops will be incorporated into the forms and
guidanceSurveys will be sent out from 7th
April with a 7th August return deadlinePolicy
Lead Dave Carter, Birmingham City
CouncilSurvey contact Les Johnson, Mott
MacDonald Limited
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Thanks for listening
Any Questions?