To reduce the consumption of water, energy and materials by promoting efficient use of
resources and discouraging waste
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 1.1 To reduce waste going
to landfill and increase reuse
and recycling in Luton |
Percentage of waste being
recycled in Luton
|
16% of waste was recycled
in 2002/03 |
Increase percentage of
waste being recycled to
24% by 2005/06 and 33%
by 2010
|
| Diversion rates away from
landfill for biodegradable
waste materials |
Baseline to be determined
by research |
Reduce the volume of waste
going to landfill year on
year to 2011/12 |
| 1.2 To Improve the energy
efficiency of housing in
Luton |
Percentage of new
dwellings in Luton
complying with the
Government’s Energy
Efficiency Best Practice in
Housing “Good Practice
Standard” (published by
Energy Saving Trust, 2002)
or better |
50% of all new dwellings in
Luton complied with the
Energy Efficiency Best
Practice Standard in 2004 |
Increase percentage of new
dwellings in Luton
complying with the Energy
Efficiency Best Practice
Standard to 69% by
2006/07 and 100% by 2010 |
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 2.1 To protect and conserve
Luton’s green space and
biodiversity |
Percentage of appropriate
development schemes in
Luton where green space is
provided either on site or as
a contribution
|
Baseline to be determined
by research project
|
Ensure 100% of all
appropriate development
sites to have provision of
green space in future years
|
| Percentage of new homes in
Luton built on previously
developed land, and existing
homes refurbished or
extended |
100 % of new homes were
built on previously
developed land in 2004/05 |
Ensure 100% of all new
homes are built on
previously developed land
each year to 2007/08 |
| Percentage of green space
in Luton. |
Baseline to be determined
by research project |
Ensure none of green space
is lost to development by
2006/07 and seek to
increase green space by
2012 |
| Number of trees planted in
urban areas of Luton |
340 trees planted in urban
areas in Luton in 2004/05 |
Increase number of trees
planted in urban areas of
Luton by 10% by 2010 |
| Number of environmental
enhancement projects
undertaken each year |
Two environmental
enhancement projects
undertaken in 2004/05 |
Ensure two environmental
enhancement projects
undertaken each year until
2012 |
| Extent to which feasible
opportunities to open-up
river channel are taken |
Baseline to be determined
by research project |
Ensure 100% of feasible
opportunities to open-up
river channel are taken by
2012 |
| Proportion of the River Lea
with quality rated as “fair”
or “good” |
100% of River Lea rated as
“fair” in 2004/05 |
Achieve 100% of River Lea
being rated as “good” by
2010 |
| 2.2 To improve the
condition of buildings and
cleansing of streets parks,
green spaces and public
spaces in Luton |
Percentage of Luton’s streets
at “satisfactory” or “high”
standard of cleanliness, as
determined by regular
inspection to ‘Keep Britain
Tidy’ standards |
92% of Luton streets were
of “satisfactory” standard in
2004/05 |
Achieve 95% of Luton
streets being rated as
“high” standard by 2005/06 |
To improve access and mobility for all the community with minimal detriment to the environment
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 3.1 To improve the quality
of and access to public
transport in Luton |
Numbers of trips made by
public transport |
10.307 million trips made by
public transport in 1999 |
Increase number of trips
made by public transport to
11.232 million by 2009 |
| Number of rail passenger
journeys per weekday
(Should only be in relation
to reduction in car journeys
– not an aim in itself for
more people to travel) |
16,495 rail passenger
journeys per weekday in
2003 |
Increase number of rail
passenger journeys per
weekday by 7.5% and
number per year by
9% by 2009 |
| 3.2 To reduce need to
travel within Luton -
particularly by car |
Percentage of pupils going
to school other than by car |
70% primary school pupils
and 52% high school pupils
walked to school in 2002/03 |
Increase percentage of
pupils going to school other
than by car by 33% by
2009 |
| 3.3 To reduce the adverse
safety, health and
environmental impacts of
transport |
Number of road accidents |
554 road accidents in 2000 |
Reduce number of road
accidents by 32.6% by 2009 |
| Number of people killed or
seriously injured in road
accidents |
92 people killed or seriously
injured in road accidents in
2000 |
Reduce number of people
killed or seriously injured in
road accidents by 50% by
2010 |
| Number of children killed or
seriously injured in road
accidents |
27 children (under age of
16) killed or seriously injured
in road accidents in 2000 |
Reduce number of children
killed or seriously injured in
road accidents by 40.7% by
2009 |
| Trend in air quality, as
measured through nitrogen
dioxide levels |
Nitrogen dioxide levels on
downward trend in 2004/05 |
Ensure continuation in longterm
downward trend of
nitrogen dioxide levels year
on year. |
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 4.1 To maximise the
provision of affordable
housing to meet Luton’s
housing needs and to align
with local strategies and
plans |
Number of affordable
dwellings in Luton |
Baseline to be determined
by research project |
800 affordable home units
to be built in 2006/07
(wherever possible on
previously developed land,
conversions or extensions |
| 4.2 To increase the amount
of usable housing stock in
Luton whilst ensuring
sustainable communities
with access to services |
Number of empty homes in
Luton brought back into user |
40 empty homes were
brought in to use in
2004/05 |
Increase number of empty
homes brought back into
use to 60 per year for each
year until 2012 |
| 4.3 To provide quality
housing in Luton which is
decent, fit, dry, safe and
affordable |
The extent to which social
housing in Luton fails to
meet meets the
Governments decent homes
standard |
1,522 social homes did not
meet the decent homes
standard in 2005 |
To reduce the number of
social homes not meeting
the decent homes standard
by 43% by 2012 |
