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6. Implementation, monitoring & review

Implementation
6.1 The implementation of much of this plan will be mainly through private sector investment. This plan will be used as a basis to guide investment decisions of the public and private sectors. Planning conditions and section 106 agreements will be used to achieve some of the plan’s objectives relating to sustainable transport, the public realm and safety.

6.2 Policies STC1 to STC5 and STC10 to STC12 are intended for use in determining planning applications in the area. The council will also use its enforcement powers to ensure that development is carried out as permitted, planning conditions and obligations are complied with and to improve the appearance of the street frontages.

6.3 In respect of policy STC6, the council owns the Palmerston Road Precinct and so controls what markets and events take place in the area. The council’s town centre manager works to promote the existing offer and to develop further markets and events. A programme of improvements to the public realm within the precinct is in progress to secure the implementation of policy STC13. Phase One of this programme is due for completion in June 2007.

6.4 Most of the transport improvements in and around the area, to which policies STC7, STC8 and STC14 refer, will be delivered through the council’s Second Local Transport Plan (LTP2). The LTP2 strategy is based on an improved bus network and measures to improve conditions for cycling and walking. The council’s public realm improvement programme also contributes to the implementation of policy STC14. Through its ownership of the Ashby Place Car Park, the council is able to ensure that it remains in use as a public car park, as policy STC9 requires.

6.5 The Knight & Lee site in Palmerston Road is the subject of a development agreement between the Council and the developers of the city centre Northern Quarter scheme, Centros Miller. The agreement provides that Centros Miller will use all reasonable endeavours to agree with the Council a redevelopment scheme and associated delivery programme for the Knight & Lee store. This provides a means of implementing policy STC15.

6.6 The redevelopment of the opportunity sites at the Grosvenor Casino and at 14-18 Osborne Road (the subjects of policies STC16 and STC17 respectively) will be achieved through private sector investment. The policies are a mechanism to generate developer interest and provide information as to acceptable uses on these sites.

Monitoring
6.7 Monitoring of the action plan will form part of the Annual Monitoring Report that the Council is required to produce. Therefore the policies and proposals contained in this Area Action Plan will be monitored every year to check the progress of the plan and ensure policies are working as intended.

6.8 The implementation of the AAP policies will be monitored using the following indicators:

Overall

• Visitor numbers to the town centre

Policies STC2 to STC5

• The percentage of A1 frontage in the centre
• The percentage of A4/A5 frontage in the centre
• The percentage of vacant units in the centre and
• The number of A3 units in Osborne Road and Palmerston Road South.

Policy STC6

• The number of markets, festivals and similar events held in the precinct each year.

Policies STC7, STC8 and STC14

• Indicators are set as part of the LTP monitoring process.

Policies STC10 and STC11

• The number of planning applications refused on design grounds

Policy STC12

• The number of new developments contributing towards environmental improvements in the AAP area.

Policy STC13

• Implementation of improvements to the precinct in accordance with the adopted programme.

Policy STC15 to STC17

• Progress towards the development of the opportunity sites

Review

6.9 The document will be reviewed at least every five years, unless the monitoring report indicates otherwise.