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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Including Formulae and List of Projects Revised March 2014 (with effect from April 2014) Simon Hurrell Head of Planning and Development Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead York Stream House St Ives House St Ives Road Maidenhead March 2014 March 2014 PLANNING OBLIGATIONS AND DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITY REQUIREMENTS (AND APPROVED PROGRAMME OF SCHEMES) (UPDATED MARCH 2014 ) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 REQUIREMENTS SECTION 1 AFFORDABLE HOUSING 8 SECTION 2 TRANSPORT 2.1 WORKPLACE TRAVEL PLANS 10 2.2 HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT 15 Highways and public transport schemes: Part 1) Schedule of Rights of Way Schemes 19 Part 2) Schedule of Public Transport Improvements 22 Part 3) Schedule of Environmental Improvements – Verge Parking 24 Part 4) Schedule of Environmental Improvement Projects 25 Part 5) Schedule of Cycle Network Schemes 30 Part 6) Schedule of Drainage Schemes 31 Part 7) Schedule of Car Park Improvement Schemes 33 Part 8) Schedule of Road Safety Schemes 34 Part 9) Schedule of Bridge Assessments/ Strengthening Schemes 41 Part 10) Schedule of Street Lighting Schemes 42 Part 11) Schedule of Highways Crime Prevention/Security Schemes 46 SECTION 3 EDUCATION 47 SECTION 4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 70 SECTION 5 LIBRARY SERVICES 78 SECTION 6 RECREATION AND LEISURE 6.1 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE 85 6.2 BIODIVERSITY106 101 6.3 INDOOR SPORTS 107FACILITIES 103 6.4 ALLOTMENTS 106 SECTION 7i PUBLIC ART AND HERITAGE 107 SECTION 8 TOWN MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT 112 SECTION 9 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 115 SECTION 10 LANDSCAPING 117 SECTION 11 THAMES BASIN HEATHS SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA 118 Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Page 3 of 141 Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Revised March 2014 SECTION 12 AIR QUALITY 124 SECTION 13 WASTE DISPOSAL 125 SECTION 14 ARCHAEOLOGY 127 SECTION 15 FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE 128 SECTION 16 PARISH PROJECTS 130 SECTION 17 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN GROUP PROJECTS 138 SECTION 18 ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING COSTS 141 Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Page 4 of 141 Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Revised March 2014 INTRODUCTION 1 This document should be read in conjunction with the companion Supplementary Planning Document “Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions: A Developers’ Guide”, which sets out the background to the Council’s policy on planning obligations. 2 Although the extent of specific obligations may vary in the future, this document sets out the contributions that the Council currently considers is appropriate to seek in relation to various types of obligation from different types of development and the means of calculating the appropriate amounts of contributions in each case. 3 The legislation on Planning Obligations is set out in The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 which came into effect on 6 April 2010. Accordingly, planning obligations can only be sought where they meet ALL the following criteria: They must be necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms They must be directly related to the development in question They must be fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development 4 This document includes lists of projects relating to physical infrastructure and provision/expansion of services that the Council has approved as being projects that justify planning obligations being sought from new development in its area. This document has been reviewed and updated periodically since the SPD replaced the previous SPG in November 2005 in line with the Council’s intention clearly set out in the original document at para. 1.4 that “To ensure the document remains up-to-date, the schemes listed herein are updated twice a year by way of an annual Cabinet approval process and also by a six-monthly review under powers delegated to the Head of Planning in agreement with Lead Members for Planning and Transport.” Changes have also between made to the wording of the document, primarily to correct errors and to clarify the meaning and intent of policy or to reflect how it has been applied in practice. Formulae have been updated where there are more up to date assumptions relating to costs and other elements but in general the basic approach underlying the formulae has not changed. 5 It should be emphasised that the obligations and contributions described in this document are those that the Council would expect to seek from forms of development that are typical in its area. However, since the need for planning obligations has to be considered on a case-by-case basis, not all development proposals may give rise to them; conversely, certain types of development may, perhaps because of size or complexity, create impacts that give rise to more extensive obligations than are set out in this guidance. 6 In all cases, therefore, applicants are advised to discuss the potential for planning obligations with Council Officers at an early stage in preparing their development proposals. It will also be necessary for applicants to agree with Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Page 5 of 141 Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Revised March 2014 officers the type of projects for which any contributions will be used to assist the Council in meeting the costs of service provision and funding for Capital Schemes. 7 In regularly reviewing the ‘approved projects’ set out in this document and the level of contributions to be sought for them (or for other projects that may be substituted for them), the Borough Council will also seek to ensure that the lists of projects are as up-to-date as possible at the time of publication. However, the Council may add further approved projects to the lists shown in this document as its programme changes following the publication of this document. The lists in the document should therefore not necessarily be regarded as definitive. 8 In this updated version (endorsed by Cabinet at its March 2014 meeting for use for Development Control purposes with effect from 1 April 2014), each section starts with a brief explanation of the rationale in planning terms of the anticipated functional and geographical justification for requesting contributions. 9 There is also an additional section at the end explaining the basis on which there is a charge towards the future administration and monitoring costs of agreements for minor or major proposals respectively. This charge will be incorporated within the agreement as it will become payable when the terms of the agreement are activated (normally when the underlying development is implemented). 10 Consultation. The draft of this Supplementary Planning Guidance was originally published on 11th October 2002, and was the subject of a six week public consultation period. Consultees included agencies, services, utilities, interest groups, registered social landlords, community and residents groups, developers and house-builders, planning consultants and agents, and professional bodies. Thirty two organisations and individuals submitted responses, which were incorporated into the document where appropriate. The final version, incorporating these amendments, was approved by the Council’s Cabinet meetings held on 25th February and 27th March 2003. 11 Temporary consents. Residents, employees and visitors to developments operating under a temporary consent place an additional burden on the Councils infrastructure and services for the duration the development remains in existence. It is therefore the Council’s intention to seek developer contributions to offset this impact over the lifetime of the temporary development. In calculating contributions it is assumed the typical life of each Council asset to be 80 years. Developers will therefore be expected to contribute 1/80 the cost of the impact of their development on the Councils infrastructure and services in accordance with the relevant formulae contained in this document for each year of the period of temporary consent. Contributions are expected to be paid in advance upon commencement of development. Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Page 6 of 141 Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Revised March 2014 A worked example follows: Temporary consent is granted for 3 years for the stationing of a 2 bedroom mobile home on land. Contribution payable = 3 x 1/80 x contribution payable for permanent stationing of a 2 bedroom mobile home on land E.g. 3 x 1/80 x £19,616 = £735.60 Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions Page 7 of 141 Infrastructure and Amenity Requirements (and Approved Programme of Schemes) Revised March 2014 SECTION 1 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1.1 WHEN A REQUEST FOR A CONTRIBUTION IS APPROPRIATE: Table 1: Affordable Housing DEVELOPMENT TYPE RELEVANT PROPOSAL SOUGHT All applications for housing All Areas: Sites of 0.5 hectare or As a starting-point, development including: schemes proposing 15 or more 30% of the total special needs and dwellings (net additional)*. dwellings to be sheltered housing Other smaller proposals for provided. schemes piecemeal development, which windfall sites not clearly form part of a larger site. identified in the Local Plan. *Please note that where developers Exceptions: