Authority Monitoring Report 2023 to 2024

For the AMR, the former Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) has been used. Changes to this came into effect on 1 September 2020, during the 2020/21 monitoring year. The changes introduced a new Class E for easier repurposing of high street and town centre buildings into a range of different uses without requiring planning permission.

The losses, gains and net completions, and existing, proposed and net commitments for non-residential floorspace have been monitored.

Floorspace measurements are in square metres (sqm).

The legacy areas previously monitored and reported on non-residential floorspace data differently and this led to variations in how data was presented within the AMR. We have now taken a consistent approach across all legacy areas and data is now available for all areas. For more non-residential floorspace information, see appendix 2 XLSX,62KB.

The overall net completions for non-residential floorspace for all areas have been monitored.

• The North and Central Areas completed 70,935 square metres.
• The East Area completed -2,265 square metres.
• The South Area completed -2,951 square metres.
• The West Area completed 29,804 square metres.

Non-residential floorspace 2023 to 2024 PDF, 2.29MB.