East Cambridgeshire Infrastructure Investment Plan November 2017

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East Cambridgeshire Infrastructure Investment Plan November 2017 East Cambridgeshire Infrastructure Investment Plan November 2017 1 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Context ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Infrastructure types ............................................................................................................................ 5 Prioritisation........................................................................................................................................ 6 Timescales ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Funding ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Document Structure ........................................................................................................................... 8 2. Growth Strategy .............................................................................................................................. 9 Local Plan Housing growth .................................................................................................................. 9 Table 1: Distribution of growth by Settlement Hierarchy tier ........................................................ 9 Employment Growth ......................................................................................................................... 10 Implications for infrastructure provision .......................................................................................... 10 3. Infrastructure Need by Theme ...................................................................................................... 12 Education .......................................................................................................................................... 12 Primary Education Infrastructure Requirements .......................................................................... 13 Table 2: Primary education infrastructure projects ...................................................................... 13 Secondary Education Infrastructure Requirements ..................................................................... 13 Table 3: Secondary education infrastructure projects ................................................................. 14 Early year’s provision .................................................................................................................... 14 Special Educational Needs ............................................................................................................ 15 Table 4: Special Educational Needs projects ................................................................................ 15 Post-16 Education ......................................................................................................................... 15 Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Infrastructure ............................................................................. 15 Table 5: Health infrastructure projects ......................................................................................... 17 Emergency Services .......................................................................................................................... 17 Police Service ................................................................................................................................ 18 Fire Service .................................................................................................................................... 18 Ambulance Service ........................................................................................................................ 18 Community Facilities ......................................................................................................................... 18 Community Halls ........................................................................................................................... 19 Libraries ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Table 6: Library infrastructure projects ........................................................................................ 20 2 Indoor Sports Facilities .................................................................................................................. 20 Table 7: Indoor sports facilities ..................................................................................................... 21 Open Space and Green Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 21 Table 8: Open space & GI provision .............................................................................................. 22 Transport Infrastructure ................................................................................................................... 22 Rail ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Cycle .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Walking ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Bus ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Road .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Freight and HGVs .......................................................................................................................... 25 Technology and Smarter Choices .................................................................................................. 25 TSEC Action Plan ........................................................................................................................... 25 Utilities .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Water ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Table 9: Water Infrastructure projects ......................................................................................... 26 Electricity & Gas ............................................................................................................................ 26 Telecommunications ..................................................................................................................... 26 Waste management ...................................................................................................................... 27 Table 10: Utilities infrastructure projects ..................................................................................... 27 Appendix 1 – Infrastructure Schedule .................................................................................................. 28 3 Introduction Purpose 1.1. This Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP) has been prepared to inform the Local Plan1 and forms part of the evidence base. The purpose of this IIP is to: Identify specific infrastructure items which are required to support the scale of development being planned for; Indicate the point in time when such infrastructure items will be needed; Estimate the likely (indicative) cost of provision and potential sources of funding; and Categorise infrastructure items by priority. 1.2. At the time of writing this IIP, the Local Plan is at a ‘Proposed Submission’ stage. The content of this IIP has been informed by technical evidence, feedback from several previous stages of Local Plan public consultation, and engagement with technical stakeholders including service providers and parish councils. This IIP will be published alongside the Proposed Submission Local Plan; comments are welcomed. 1.3. The IIP does not take decisions on the funding or delivery of infrastructure. Existing governance arrangements are in place to take such decisions. However, it is intended that this IIP will provide an important resource in informing such decisions. Context 1.4. The East Cambridgeshire Local Plan sets out the strategic vision and policies to guide the direction of future development in East Cambridgeshire to 2036. In particular the Local Plan (Policy LP2) identifies that over the period 2016 to 2036, 10,835 new homes will be delivered and 6,000 additional jobs will be generated. 1.5. This growth is distributed across the district principally through the Local Plan’s site allocations. Generally, the Local Plan makes site allocations for settlements classified by the settlement hierarchy as ‘Main Settlements’, ‘Large Villages’ and ‘Medium Villages’. Site allocations are generally not included for Small Villages. 1.6.
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