On this page: Information about the monitoring process plus reports and associated documents.
What is Monitoring?
Monitoring has an important role within the planning system. The ability to produce various local development documents, as opposed to one local plan document, will allow authorities to respond quickly to changing priorities for development in their area. Monitoring plays a significant part in identifying these priorities, as it establishes what is happening now, and reveals trends that help us determine what may happen in the future.
Annual Monitoring Report
Swindon Borough Council has a statutory requirement under the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act to submit an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) to the Secretary of State by 31 December of each year.
The AMR monitors the policies in the Swindon Borough Local Plan 2011, which was adopted in July 2006, and Local Development Documents that have been created under the Local Development Framework.
The aim of the AMR is to assess the extent to which planning policies are achieving their objectives.
The current AMR which covers the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011, is available as a downloadable PDF file:
Annual Monitoring Report 2010-2011 (1.58Mb)
If you wish to obtain previous AMR reports please contact us.
Housing Land Monitoring
Housing land monitoring surveys are conducted to monitor progress towards meeting the adopted Wiltshire and Swindon Structure Plan 2016 housing targets. The surveys are carried out every six months, in April and October, and record housing completions and sites with planning permission. The subsequent report is also used to inform the preparation of development plan documents which form part of the Local Development Framework. Additionally it provides input to the Government’s National Land Use Database (NLUD).
The latest report is available as a downloadable PDF file: