APPENDIX Horsham District Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan February 2016 ADD LOGO AND FRONT PAGE TO CONSULTATION VERSION Contents Chapter Title Page 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 National Guidance 5 3.0 Horsham District Planning Framework 6 4.0 Future Growth Across the District 6 5.0 Background to the Infrastructure Delivery Plan 7 6.0 Process of Preparing the Infrastructure Delivery Plan 8 7.0 How will Infrastructure be Delivered 8 8.0 Evidence Base Documents 9 9.0 Summary of Infrastructure Costs 9 10.0 Baseline Infrastructure Provision 9 Transport 10 Highways 10 Railways 12 Cycling/Pedestrians 14 Buses 15 Education 16 Health 18 GPs and Hospitals 18 Ambulance Service 19 Sports and Recreation 19 Allotments 19 Tennis and Mulit-Courts 20 Bowling Greens 20 Built Facilities 21 Village and Community Halls 23 Multi-Functional Greenspace 24 Sports Pitches 25 Youth Areas 26 Library 27 Public Services 27 Fire and Rescue 26 Utilities 28 District Energy Networks 28 Gas 29 Electricity 29 Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment and Sewerage 30 Appendix A Infrastructure List 33 2 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The provision of new homes and the infrastructure required to support them is critical in meeting the economic challenges of delivering sustainable communities. 1.2 The Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) sets out what infrastructure is required to support new growth across the Horsham District. It should however be noted that it does not include areas of the South Downs National Park located towards the south of the district. The National Park Authority is a local planning authority in its own right, although at present it has a delegation agreement with Horsham District Council to determine planning applications in the parts of Horsham that lie within the Park. Nevertheless the Council will ensure joint working where cross boundary infrastructure issues occur. The South Downs National park is currently preparing their Infrastructure Delivery Plan. 3 The map below shows the area (CIL Charging Zones) coved by the Infrastructure Delivery Plan: 4 2.0 National Guidance 2.1 As a local planning authority, Horsham District Council has to plan positively to ensure that development and infrastructure needs are met. To ensure that new development is delivered sustainably, the infrastructure, facilities, and service needs of existing and new residents and businesses must be properly planned for. 2.2 The National Planning Policy Framework (NFFP) states that (para 157) “Crucially, Local Plans should plan positively for the development and infrastructure required in the area to meet the objectives, principles and policies of this Framework” and (para162) Local planning authorities should work with other authorities and providers to “assess the quality and capacity of infrastructure for transport, water supply, wastewater and its treatment, energy (including heat), telecommunications, utilities, waste, health, social care, education, flood risk and coastal change management, and its ability to meet forecast demands” and (para. 177) “important to ensure that there is a reasonable prospect that planned infrastructure is deliverable in a timely fashion”. 2.3 Paragraph 173 of the NPPF highlights the need to pay “careful attention to viability and costs in plan-making and decision-taking” and emphasises that “Plans should be deliverable”. This means that the scale of development and specific sites proposed for development should not be subject to obligations and policy requirements such as requirements for affordable housing, standards, infrastructure contributions, that compromise their viability or deliverability or that prevent landowners and developers to achieve a competitive return. 2.4 This Infrastructure Delivery Plan aims to: Identify the District’s infrastructure needs for the Horsham District Planning Framework period up to 2031. Set out the costs, funding sources and delivery mechanisms associated with these infrastructure needs. Improve lines of communication between key delivery agencies and the local planning authority, including identifying opportunities for integrated and more efficient service delivery and better use of assets. Provide evidence for the setting of a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Inform the types of infrastructure to appear on the Regulation 123 List. Provide a ‘live’ document that can be used as a tool for helping to deliver infrastructure and which can be regularly updated to reflect changing circumstances and needs. Definition of Infrastructure – ‘A collective term for services such as roads, electricity, sewerage, water, education and health facilities’ For the purpose of this document the definition of key infrastructure categories, and the elements within each group is set out in the table below: 5 Infrastructure Specific Elements Transport Road Bus Rail networks Cycling and walking infrastructure Education Further and higher education Secondary and primary education Health Acute Care and General Hospitals Mental health hospitals Health centres/ Primary Care Trust Social Infrastructure Supported accommodation Social and community facilities Sports centres and other recreation facilities Play space Green Infrastructure Flood defence Open spaces and parks Public and Community Services Emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, and police) Utility Electricity, gas and water supply Wastewater treatment Telecommunications infrastructure Table 1: Categories of Infrastructure 3.0 The Horsham District Planning Framework 3.1 The Horsham District Planning Framework November 2015 (HDFP) highlights the need for infrastructure as part of the ‘vision’ for the district: “There is significant investment in the leisure offer and community facilities to support and provide choice for all, thereby sustaining the high quality of life and vibrant communities, making Horsham District a destination of choice and promoting health and wellbeing” 3.2 The policies contained within the Plan emphasise the need for infrastructure to support new development and seek to ensure that proposals for new development can be accommodated either within the capacity of existing infrastructure or through infrastructure improvements. 4.0 Future Growth across the District. 4.1 The IDP seeks to assess infrastructure requirements at both a district wide scale as well as on a spatial basis. To enable the assessment of future infrastructure required to support growth, it is necessary to identify the likely growth that will occur and its spatial distribution. 6 4.2 The population of the District will rise over the next 20 years. This will also lead to an increase in demand for housing and the associated infrastructure to support new growth. The Horsham District Planning Framework has identified a requirement for 16,000 new homes over the plan period. This is identified in policy 15 and is proposed to be spread across three strategic sites at Land North of Horsham, Land South of Billingshurst and Land East of Southwater, as well as complementary delivery across the rest of the district including through Neighbourhood Planning. Land North of Horsham 4.3 The HDPF proposes to allocate at least 2500 homes on a strategic site on land North of Horsham. Land West of Southwater 4.4 On the HDPF allocation site on Land West of Southwater 600 homes are being delivered. Land South of Billingshurst 4.5 The HDPF allocates 150 homes on a strategic site on land South of Billingshurst. Neighbourhood Planning 4.6 Currently over 80% of the district is designated for Neighbourhood Planning purposes. The xx Parishes and other qualifying bodies across the district are making good progress towards Neighbourhood Development Plans. The HDPF allocates 1500 homes to be identified and delivered through Neighbourhood Plans. A summary of the current status for Neighbourhood Planning is; 1 Made Plan 2 submitted 5.0 Background to the Infrastructure Delivery Plan 5.1 The IDP provides a update to the Horsham District Infrastructure Study (May 2010). This study was intended to provide an evidence base on infrastructure requirements to assist HDC in making decisions on the deliverability of growth in the district to 2026 and beyond. Since this was prepared the Council has progressed the preparation of the Horsham District Planning Framework, specifically the identification of the required housing target and the location of two strategic development sites. Therefore the key issues and priorities within the 2010 assessment have needed to be updated. 5.2 The IDP provides a current assessment of the infrastructure requirements, identified funding and delivery mechanisms, and serves as evidence to justify the Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which will be introduced in 2016. It also identifies appropriate infrastructure to support the existing and planned levels of housing and employment development across the District over the next 20 years. 7 6.0 Process of preparing the infrastructure Delivery Plan 6.1 The IDP has been prepared by Horsham District Council in partnership with other government bodies and relevant agencies. This has been a continual and will be an ongoing process. Process: 1) Review of existing plans and projects 2) Information gathered from partners. 3) Prepare an infrastructure schedule setting out what infrastructure will be required to support new growth. 6.2 It is recognised that the requirement for infrastructure schemes may vary over the plan period, therefore an update of the schemes that are identified over time will take place as required.