A great deal of information is needed to prepare adequate long term plans for the Island.
The team monitors the effectiveness of the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) policies and collects data on matters such as land use, employment, population and housing, for use in many aspects of the Council’s work.
In particular, the Council prepares an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR), which reports progress on the Island Plan and the performance of policies and objectives within its Development Plan Documents.
The most recent AMR is the report for
2008/2009 which was submitted to the Government Office for the South East (GOSE) on 17 December 2009.
Previous AMRs can be downloaded below:
2007/20082006/20072005/20062004/2005 There are various sources for information about the Island. A lot of the data that we use is supplied to us by the
Office for National Statistics (ONS).
ONS have developed a website to share
neighbourhood statistics, a site where you can look at data about specific towns, wards, counties, local authorities, or specific issues such as housing or economy.