Infrastructure Position Statement
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North Norfolk District Council Background Paper 4 Infrastructure Position Statement Setting out the potential infrastructure requirements to support the housing and employment growth set out within the emerging North Norfolk Local Plan 2016-2036 Published to support Regulation 18 First Draft Local Plan (Part 1) consultation. May 2019 Background Paper Infrastructure Position Statement No 4 National Legislation National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) February 2019 and Guidance National Planning Policy Guidance Planning Acts Related Evidence Full list in Appendix B Related Background Paper 2 - Distribution of Growth Papers / Evidence Paper 3 - Approach to Employment North Norfolk District Council Planning Policy Team. March 2018 01263 516318 [email protected] Planning Policy, North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, NR27 9EN www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/localplan All documents can be made available in Braille, audio, large print or in other language Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Purpose and Summary of key findings ..................................................................................... 2 2. Background and Methodology.................................................................................................... 6 What is infrastructure? ................................................................................................................. 6 Infrastructure and Planning ......................................................................................................... 6 The Community Infrastructure Levy .......................................................................................... 7 Infrastructure in the Local Plan ................................................................................................ 10 Infrastructure in the Current Local Plan .................................................................................. 10 Policy Context ............................................................................................................................. 10 3. Partnerships and Funding Mechanisms ................................................................................. 12 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) ..................................................................................... 13 Norfolk Strategic Framework (NSF) ........................................................................................ 14 Norfolk Infrastructure Plan ........................................................................................................ 14 Infrastructure Funding Mechanisms ........................................................................................ 15 4. Physical Infrastructure ............................................................................................................... 16 4.1 Utilities – Energy ................................................................................................................. 16 Electricity ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Gas ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Renewables................................................................................................................................. 18 4.2 Utilities – Water ........................................................................................................................ 20 4.3 Telecommunications ............................................................................................................... 25 Broadband Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 25 Mobile Telecommunications Infrastructure ...................................................................... 27 4.4 Transport ................................................................................................................................... 30 Strategic Transport improvements .......................................................................................... 30 Transport within North Norfolk .................................................................................................. 31 Walking and Cycling .................................................................................................................. 37 5. Environment and Green Infrastructure .................................................................................... 39 Flood Protection ......................................................................................................................... 39 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment ............................................................................................ 40 Marine Planning and Coastal Management ........................................................................... 42 Green Infrastructure and the Natural Environment ............................................................... 44 Regulation 18 First Draft Plan (Part1) Consultation Version i Green Infrastructure ................................................................................................................... 45 Minerals, Waste and Recycling ................................................................................................ 49 6. Social Infrastructure ................................................................................................................... 50 Education ..................................................................................................................................... 50 Health ........................................................................................................................................... 55 Dentists ........................................................................................................................................ 59 Pharmacies ................................................................................................................................. 59 Adult Social Care and an aging population ............................................................................ 60 Community facilities ................................................................................................................... 61 Sport and Leisure, cultural facilities and public art ................................................................ 63 Public realm improvements and public art ............................................................................. 65 7. Moving Forward .......................................................................................................................... 67 APPENDICES ..................................................................................................................................... 68 APPENDIX A: 2011 CENSUS ...................................................................................................... 68 APPENDIX B: Evidence Base ...................................................................................................... 71 APPENDIX C: Summary of Infrastructure Capacity Constraints by Type ............................. 74 APPENDIX D: Approved Renewable Energy Schemes in North Norfolk .............................. 76 APPENDIX E: Water Recycling Centres in North Norfolk ....................................................... 77 APPENDIX F: Traffic Growth in North Norfolk ........................................................................... 79 APPENDIX G: Estimates of Station Usage (rail) in North Norfolk 2010/11 – 2017/18........ 80 APPENDIX F: Statement of Common Ground: Norfolk and Suffolk Coastal Authorities .... 81 Regulation 18 First Draft Plan (Part1) Consultation Version ii Introduction I. This background paper forms part of the Council’s evidence base to inform plan making in relation to potential infrastructure requirements to support the proposed growth as set out within the emerging Draft Local Plan. The Council is not seeking comments specifically on this background paper although you may wish to refer to it in making any comments on the Draft Local Plan. II. The purpose of the paper is to establish the current infrastructure provision and capacity, to identify the strategic infrastructure requirements arising from planned growth and to identify potential funding and delivery mechanisms. Infrastructure, in planning terms, can be defined as ‘any facility, service or physical structure that supports or enables proposed development, whether privately or publically funded’. This stage of the report will outline the state of infrastructure provision in North Norfolk, allowing infrastructure providers to update future investment plans. III. This is one of a number of background papers which have been prepared to help explain and justify various aspects of the new draft Local Plan which is being prepared by North Norfolk District Council. IV. The background papers include: • Paper 1 - Approach to setting the Housing Target • Paper 2 - Distribution of Growth • Paper 3 - Approach to Employment • Paper 4 - Infrastructure Position Statement (This paper) • Paper 5 - Interim Green Infrastructure Strategy • Paper 6 - Development Sites Selection Methodology • Paper