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DARLINGTON INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN: PUBLICATION DRAFT Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 Publication Infrastructure Delivery Plan Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 Purpose of the Document 5 What is Infrastructure? 5 Policy Context 7 The Core Strategy 8 Local Context 9 Planning Obligations 9 Approach 10 2.0 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 12 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 12 The Borough’s Road Network 12 Rail Based Transport 15 Cycling Walking and Other Public Transport Measures 18 Air Travel 19 UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE 21 Gas Supply 22 Electricity Supply 22 Water Supply, Waste Water Distribution and Sewerage Network 22 Telecommunications 23 Waste Management 24 Renewable Energy 24 Flood Management 24 3.0 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE 26 HEALTH CARE PROVISION 26 EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES 28 Early Years Provision 28 School Education 29 Further Education 32 Libraries 33 HOUSING 34 Affordable Housing 34 Improvements to Existing Housing 36 Older Persons Accommodation 37 ADULT AND CHILDREN SOCIAL CARE FACILITIES 38 ACCOMMODATING TRAVELLING GROUPS 38 SPORT AND RECREATION PROVISION 39 Playing Pitches 39 Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facilities 41 CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ATTRACTIONS 43 Hotel provision 44 EMERGENCY SERVICES 45 4.0 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 47 Green Corridors 47 Parks and Gardens 47 Cemeteries, Churchyards and Burial Grounds 48 Children and Young People’s Provision 49 Civic Spaces 50 Natural and Semi Natural Greenspace 50 Informal Open Space 51 Landscape Amenity 51 Urban Fringe 51 Allotments 51 Public Rights of Way 52 2 Publication Infrastructure Delivery Plan Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 5.0 INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY SCHEDULE 54 STRATEGIC LOCATIONS 60 Darlington Town Centre 60 Darlington Town Centre Fringe 62 Central Park 64 North west urban fringe 66 East urban fringe 68 Durham Tees Valley Airport 70 6.0 MONITORING AND UPDATING THE IDP 71 APPENDIX 1 BOROUGH BASELINE DATA 72 APPENDIX 2 CYCLE MAP 73 APPENDIX 3 HEALTHCARE PROVISION 74 APPENDIX 4 LOCALITY MAP 75 APPENDIX 5 PCP PROGRAMME 76 APPENDIX 6 PRIORITY INVESTMENT AREAS 77 3 Publication Infrastructure Delivery Plan Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AGDPD Accommodating Growth Development Plan Document AMP Asset Management Plan BAPTS Building Advanced Transport Systems BSF Building Schools for the Future BT British Telecommunications plc CDT Cycling Demonstration Town CIF Community Infrastructure Fund CS Core Strategy CSH Code for Sustainable Homes DBC Darlington Borough Council DCLG Department of Communities, Local Government DETC Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor DFC Devolved Funding Capital DFT Department for Transport DoE Department of Education EA Environment Agency ECML East Coast Main Line ERDF European Regional Development Fund GRIP Guide to railway Investment Projects GP General Practitioner HCA Homes and Communities Agency IDP Infrastructure Delivery Plan LA Local Authority LDF Local Development Framework LTP Local Transport Plan MUGA Multi Use Games Area NHS National Health Service NWL Northumbrian Water Ltd PCP Primary Capital Programme PCT Primary Care Trust PPS Planning Policy Statement PROW Public Rights of Way RFA Regional Funding Allocation RSL Registered Social Landlord SHIP Single Housing Investment Programme SPD Supplementary Planning Document SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest STP Synthetic Turf Pitch TCFAAP Town Centre Fringe Area Action Plan TOC Train Operating Company TPE Trans Pennine Express TVBNI Tees Valley Bus Improvement Network 4 Publication Infrastructure Delivery Plan Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0.1 Darlington’s Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) is an integral part of the Local Development Framework (LDF) and a key, supporting document for the Core Strategy, covering the plan period from 2011-2026. This IDP adds value to existing and bespoke infrastructure investment plans; it will help coordinate infrastructure provision, ensuring that funding and delivery timescales broadly match those for the Core Strategy’s growth strategy, particularly at the strategic locations. Importantly, it is a living document; it will be reviewed and updated annually alongside the LDF Annual Monitoring Report, to incorporate changes and add new infrastructure projects. 1.0.2 The IDP strongly draws on more detailed infrastructure plans and strategies from a wide range of Council services and from key, external infrastructure providers which identify what, how and when infrastructure will be delivered. But it is not intended to include every infrastructure project being planned in the Borough or to provide a list of planning obligations; it only includes those planned infrastructure projects that will help deliver the Core Strategy and their funding and delivery requirements. It also identifies areas where gaps in provision exist or are likely to exist over the Core Strategy plan period. 1.1 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT 1.1.1 This IDP will help to: • direct the right level of growth to the right place at the right time; • ensure there is the correct type and amount of infrastructure to support the level of growth in the Core Strategy; • target resources to areas of need; • bid for funding from other infrastructure agencies; • achieve efficiencies in service delivery and development planning; and • inform the future policy of infrastructure providers, to ensure their services can match demand to provide sustainable growth. 1 1.1.2 The IDP has two roles; it is primarily a planning tool supporting the Core Strategy and the PPS12, DCLG, 2008 development of the LDF. Its principal role is to satisfy the requirements of PPS121. It identifies the key pieces of infrastructure needed to achieve the objectives and policies in the Core Strategy, the broad locations where the infrastructure will be located as well as their delivery mechanisms. 1.1.3 But it also has a wider corporate role; to identify, support and inform other strategies and decisions relating to capital investment across the Council. Identifying where infrastructure is required enables the Council, with other service providers, developers and local communities to be able to properly plan for, fund and coordinate infrastructure with the level of growth identified in the Core Strategy. The Council’s role in facilitating and securing the delivery of infrastructure will vary for different infrastructure projects. It could include: • the delivery of infrastructure through its enabling spatial policies e.g. by allocating sites for infrastructure in future Development Plan Documents; • direct funding of infrastructure; • indirect funding of infrastructure through enabling private sector investment, including negotiating planning obligations; • indirect funding through influencing third party public sector investment; and • providing a statutory service which impacts on its spatial policies (such as schools, adult and children’s services and transport). 1.1.4 The IDP will also identify the known funding mechanisms available for infrastructure delivery; this will help to inform capital planning and help infrastructure providers apply for funds from elsewhere. Where delivery is uncertain, the Council will be able to work with its partners to implement contingency measures to secure infrastructure critical to meet the needs of new development. What is Infrastructure? 5 Publication Infrastructure Delivery Plan Darlington Local Development Framework July 2010 1.1.5 Infrastructure is the provision of facilities and services that are required to support the needs of the community and help ensure that those living, working in, or visiting Darlington experience a good quality of life. The delivery of the right levels and type of infrastructure at the right time, which reflects population and household growth, increased housing provision and economic growth is essential to support the Core Strategy’s growth strategy. 2Town and Country 1.1.6 Infrastructure is defined as including, but not limited to: Planning Act 2008 • Roads and other transport facilities; Section 216 • Flood defences; • Schools and other educational facilities; • Medical facilities; • Sporting and recreational facilities; • Open spaces; and • Affordable housing2. 1.1.7 In Darlington this has been expanded to include infrastructure that is needed to enable publicly funded services to be provided like pipes/cables, improvements to existing housing and emergency services for the wider community. The contribution private facilities makes to current infrastructure provision is recognised but as new provision is market driven, it is difficult to identify gaps in provision and prioritise resources. However when known provision is identified that helps deliver the Core Strategy, the IDP will be updated accordingly. 1.1.8 Infrastructure can be at a strategic, local or neighbourhood level. But this IDP only includes those projects which are needed to deliver the Core Strategy. PPS121 refers to a number of infrastructure delivery agencies and this list has been refined and expanded to include the relevant infrastructure providers in Darlington as set out in Table 1: Table 1: Infrastructure providers Physical Infrastructure Transport Road network Highways Agency, DBC Car parking DBC Rail based transport Network Rail, East Coast, Train operating companies, Darlington-Bishop Auckland Heritage line Community Rail Partnership Cycling, walking and other public transport DBC, Arriva, Bus operating companies Air Travel Durham