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West Oxfordshire Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) West Oxfordshire Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) October 2012 Contents Page 1. Introduction 3 2. What do we mean by Infrastructure? 7 3. West Oxfordshire 15 Part A Physical Infrastructure 21 Part B Social Infrastructure 56 Part C Green Infrastructure 103 Appendices Appendix 1 – Schedule of Future Infrastructure Requirements List of Figures Figure 1 – Typical Infrastructure Types 2 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 This draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) has been prepared in support of the emerging West Oxfordshire Local Plan and seeks to identify the infrastructure that is needed to support future growth in the District. 1.2 By ‘infrastructure’ we mean essential services and facilities such as schools, roads, water, gas and electricity and open space. Figure 1 – Typical Infrastructure Types Gas & Electric Healthcare Education Emergency New Green Services Development space Waste Libraries Transport 1.3 New development often puts existing infrastructure under pressure, creating a need for new or improved facilities to be provided. A good example would be a new housing development proposed where the nearest school is already full. In this case, either the school would need to be expanded or if the development was large enough, a new school might need to be provided. 1.4 The main purpose of the IDP is to consider the amount, type and location of growth set out in the draft Local Plan and to identify the infrastructure needed to support it. 3 Why prepare the IDP? 1.5 The importance of robust infrastructure planning is emphasised in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 1 which states that: 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 - take account of the need for strategic infrastructure including nationally significant infrastructure within their areas. 1.6 The NPPF emphasises the importance of identifying and co-ordinating development requirements, including the provision of infrastructure. Planned infrastructure should be delivered in a timely fashion and local authorities should work with neighbouring authorities and transport providers to develop strategies for the provision of viable infrastructure necessary to support sustainable development. 1.7 As well as meeting the requirements of the NPPF, there are a number of other sound reasons for preparing an infrastructure plan. Firstly, it represents a ‘pro-active’ rather than a ‘reactive’ approach so that instead of waiting for a development to come forward and then trying to work out what infrastructure is needed to support it, the IDP adopts a ‘forward looking’ perspective, identifying future requirements in advance of development taking place. 1.8 Preparing the IDP also gives developers and landowners a greater degree of certainty about what the Council expects from new development and provides local communities with greater reassurance that new development will not have an unreasonable impact on existing services and facilities in their local area. 1.9 It also helps infrastructure providers and their business and investment planning by providing certainty about the development that is expected to come forward and the infrastructure needed to support it. 1 National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012) 4 1.10 Preparing an infrastructure plan also helps to demonstrate the ‘deliverability’ of development proposals. For example, whilst a potential development may be acceptable in all respects, if the infrastructure needed to bring it forward is extremely complex and costly it may render the scheme undeliverable. How has the IDP been prepared? 1.11 The IDP has been prepared by West Oxfordshire District Council through a process of ongoing engagement and dialogue with key stakeholders including Oxfordshire County Council, Thames Water, various utility providers, NHS Oxfordshire and bus and rail providers. 1.12 Discussions on wider ‘sub-regional’ infrastructure requirements have also taken place with other Oxfordshire local authorities through the Oxfordshire Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Partnership (SPIP) and with the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as part of the refresh of the Oxfordshire Local Investment Plan (LIP). 1.13 There will be further dialogue as the IDP is subject to consultation alongside the draft Local Plan. Is the IDP something new? 1.14 Although this is the first IDP for West Oxfordshire it has not been started from scratch. It builds on previous discussions with infrastructure providers during the early development of the Local Plan and also reflects the Oxfordshire Local Investment Plan (LIP) March 2010 2 prepared by the Oxfordshire Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Partnership (SPIP).3 1.15 The IDP has also been informed to some extent by the South East Plan (2009) which remains a material consideration and highlights a number of infrastructure projects necessary to deliver growth including in particular transport improvements to unlock major growth. 2 See www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/OxfordshireLocalInvestmentPlan.pdfSimilar 3 A forum comprising representatives of the Oxfordshire local authorities and key partners. See http://www.oxfordshirepartnership.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/occ/OxfordshirePartnership/Partnership s/Spatial+Planning+and+Infrastructure+Partnership/ 5 What status does the IDP have and how will it be used? 1.16 The IDP forms part of the evidence base underpinning the emerging Local Plan. Whilst it does not form part of the plan itself, it helps to identify the infrastructure that will be needed to support future growth. 1.17 The IDP will in due course form part of the evidence base needed to introduce the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) in West Oxfordshire. CIL is essentially a charge levied on new buildings and extensions according to their floor area. The money paid by the developer can then be spent on new infrastructure. 1.18 As it is further developed, the IDP will help to identify the total cost of the infrastructure that is needed and the size of the ‘funding gap’ to deliver it. This will help the Council to decide on what charge (£m 2) it should place on new development, whilst having regard to issues of viability and deliverability. Updating the IDP 1.19 The IDP will be updated as more information becomes available, schemes are completed or new infrastructure requirements are identified. A revised version will be published alongside the proposed submission draft Local Plan in spring 2013. 1.20 The IDP will be updated annually, probably through the Council’s Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). The AMR looks at development that has been completed within a specified monitoring period, currently 1 st March – 31 st April. 6 2. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY INFRASTRUCTURE? 2.1 In this section we explain in more detail what we mean by the term ‘infrastructure’ and how it is funded and provided. What is infrastructure? 2.2 ‘Infrastructure’ is a generic term used to refer to the broad range of services and facilities needed to support society. It includes everything from health care to transport and from education to open space. For ease of reference, the IDP considers three main categories: § Physical Infrastructure § Social Infrastructure § Green Infrastructure 2.3 These are broken down further in Table 1 overleaf. 7 Table 1 – Infrastructure Types and Relevant Organisations 1. Physical Infrastructure Category Sub-Category Relevant Organisations Transport ≠ Highways (strategic and local) Oxfordshire County Council ≠ Rail services Network Rail ≠ Bus services Rail Operators ≠ Walking and cycling Bus Operators ≠ Community transport SUSTRANS ≠ Parking West Oxfordshire District Council Oxfordshire Rural Community Council (ORCC) ≠ Water transport (rivers and canals) Water ≠ Water supply Thames Water ≠ Wastewater disposal and treatment Environment Agency ≠ Surface water drainage, flood alleviation and defence West Oxfordshire District Council Energy ≠ Gas generation and distribution National Grid ≠ Electricity generation and distribution Scotia Gas Networks ≠ Biomass Processing West and Wales Utilities ≠ Decentralised, Renewable and Low Carbon Energy SSE Power Distribution (including Combined Heat and Power (CHP)) Waste and Recycling ≠ Collection & management (including transfer) Oxfordshire County Council ≠ Re-use, Recycling, Recovery and Disposal West Oxfordshire District Council Waste Management Industry Minerals ≠ Extraction (quarries) Oxfordshire County Council ≠ Processing facilities Mineral Industry Telecommunications ≠ Broadband and wireless Various providers ≠ Mobile telephones ≠ Landlines 8 2. Social Infrastructure Category Sub-Category Relevant Organisations Housing ≠ Affordable housing (including social rented and affordable West Oxfordshire District Council rent) Oxfordshire County Council ≠ Supported accommodation (care homes, nursing homes, Housing Associations sheltered housing, extra-care, other supported Other Registered Providers accommodation e.g. vulnerable adults, disabilities, mental Care providers health, hostels) ≠ Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Health ≠ Primary healthcare (i.e. first point of consultation e.g. GP NHS Oxfordshire services, health centres, dentists, ophthalmic services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust pharmacy services and drug treatment centres)
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