Evidence Base

As a starting point, planning documents must have a robust, up-to-date and credible evidence base. This will form a key part of ensuring the 'soundness' of the documents when they are examined by an independent inspector. A number of background studies have been undertaken which support and provide an evidence base for our planning documents. These can be viewed below:

Monitoring & Statistics

• |Annual Monitoring Reports and Five Year Housing Land Supply assessments
• |Community Profile 2004
• |Census 2001 - Elmbridge Ward Profiles
• |Census 2001 - Elmbridge Towns and Villages

Housing

• |Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments
• Strategic Review of Older People's Housing in Elmbridge (October 2009) - |Full Report | |Executive Summary
• |North Surrey Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment 2006 - 2016
• East Surrey Strategic Housing Market Assessment (March 2008) - |ESSHMA Full Report: Part 1 | |ESSHMA Full Report: Part 2 | |ESSHMA | |Summary Report
• |Revised housing provision and broad distribution figures in Policy CS2 (January 2011)
• Housing Needs Survey (April 2005) - |Housing Survey: Contents and Executive Summary | |Housing Survey: Chapters 2-5 | |Housing Survey: Chapters | |6-13 | |Housing Survey: Appendices |
• |Implications of Affordable Rent and Developer Subsidy (March 2011)

Environment

• |Climate Change in Context: An Analysis of the Elmbridge Ecological and Carbon Footprints
• |Environmental Audit (July 2005)
• |Green Space, Sport and Recreation Study (March 2006)
• |Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (December 2007)
• Suitable Accessible Natural Greenspace Proposals - |Esher Commons | |Brooklands Community Park

Economy

• Employment Land Review - |ELR Main Document | |ELR Appendices 1 to 4 | |ELR Appendices 5 and 6 | |ELR Appendix 7 |
• |Employment Land Review - Addendum (March 2011)
• |Retail Study (June 2006) and Final Addendum Report (December 2006)

Education, transport and other infrastructure

• Education Provision Assessment (March 2011) - |EPA Main Report | |EPA Appendices: Part 1 | |EPA Appendices: Part 2 | |EPA Appendices: Part 3
• |Infrastructure Delivery Plan (November 2011)
• Draft Parking Management Strategy (2008) - |DPMS Part 1 | |DPMS Part 2
• Transport Evaluation (January 2010) - |TE Main report | |TE Appendix A: Part 1 | |TE Appendix A: Part 2 | |TE Appendix A: Part 3 | |TE - Addendum

Viability

• Viability Study (May 2009) - |VS Full Report | |VS Executive Summary
• Community Infrastructure Levy - Viability Study (November 2011) - |CIL VS Part 1 | |CIL VS Part 2

General

• |Settlement Strategy (June 2009)