Draft Infrastructure Study & Delivery Plan
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APPENDIX 7 Draft Infrastructure Study & Delivery Plan Oct 2011 Draft Infrastructure Study and Delivery Plan Chesterfield Borough Council October 2011 CHESTERFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL • We want everyone to be able to understand us. • We want everyone to be able to read our written materials. • We are committed to breaking down communication barriers to enable you to read and talk and write to us. • On request we will provide free: 9 Language interpreters, including for sign language. 9 Translations of written materials into other languages. 9 Materials in large print, on tape or in braille. 2 Contents Page FOREWARD 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 1 INTRODUCTION 8 2 TRANSPORT 12 3 EDUCATION 23 4 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 28 5 FLOOD DEFENCE 31 6 UTILITIES 35 7 HEALTH FACILITIES 40 APPENDIX 1: 43 INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN APPENDIX 2: 50 INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN MAP 3 FOREWORD The Infrastructure Study & Delivery Plan has been prepared to inform policies within Chesterfield Borough Council’s Local Development Framework. More specifically, it will provide background information and evidence for the Core Strategy Development Plan Document as required by PPS 12: Local Spatial Planning. The work will focus on the strategic infrastructure requirements in relation to the following: • Transport • Education • Green Infrastructure • Flood Risk • Utilities • Health Facilities The study part of the work will identify: • Type of infrastructure required within the borough to support delivery of proposals in the Spatial Strategy. • Where in the borough strategic infrastructure may be required. • Where possible, how and when infrastructure will be funded and delivered. Appendix 1 of the study contains the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. This provides a picture of the council’s key infrastructure requirements within the context of potential funding and development phasing. Methodology and Approach This work is a desk-based exercise which has analysed existing policies, plans and other information relating to the provision of infrastructure throughout the borough including the council’s Community Infrastructure (2009) and Green Infrastructure (2010) studies. Following the initial research, letters and questionnaires were sent out to service providers (as well as follow-up letters and emails to those who had not responded). This research initiates a process that will continue following the publication of the Core Strategy. It is intended that information will be collected from service providers continuously, particularly in respect of specific sites and areas where development may be allocated. Thus the work will inform other parts of the council’s Local Development Framework, including the Sites and Boundaries Development Plan Document. Importantly, the council will continue to engage with Derbyshire County Council. The county is currently preparing a Derbyshire Infrastructure Plan which will set out the county’s short and long-term priorities for investment in infrastructure and services. As Chesterfield Borough Council continues its work on infrastructure planning and 4 looks to the possibility of introducing a Community Infrastructure Levy, it will continue to liaise with the county on infrastructure matters. In preparing the Core Strategy, the council has engaged in discussions with infrastructure providers. Whilst in some instances it has been difficult to gain a response from some providers, all reasonable attempts have been made to contact them1. However, as consultation continues and as more information is gathered, the study and plan will be updated and reviewed. As some service providers are members of the Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Local Strategic Partnership (CHART LSP), it was important for the study to reflect the plans and priorities of the various LSP Action Groups. Consequently, meetings have taken place with the CHART LSP Co-ordinator to identify any LSP activities that were relevant to the study. Furthermore, the CHART LSP has been consulted on the council’s Core Strategy on a regular basis. There has also been input from the council’s Policy and Performance Lead Officer who was able to identify any other potential areas where partner’s plan or programme might be relevant to the study. The table below shows the service providers that provided information about their service provision. Service Provider Consultation Area of Infrastructure Service Provision Transport • Highways Agency • Derbyshire County Council • Network Rail • Train operators – East Midlands Trains Education • Derbyshire County Council Green Infrastructure • Chesterfield Borough Council • Derbyshire County Council Flood Risk • Environment Agency • Chesterfield Borough Council • North East Derbyshire Utilities • Chesterfield Borough Council • Yorkshire Water • Severn Trent • National Grid Health • Derbyshire County PCT 1 PPS 12 recognises that less information may be available when the Core Strategy is being prepared than would be ideal. This is reflected in advice from the Planning Inspectorate (September 2009) which indicates that Inspectors will take a realistic view about what infrastructure can be provided. 5 Contact Details For further information about this study please contact: Scott Nicholas, Senior Planner Richard Bryant, Principal Planner Forward Planning Forward Planning Chesterfield Borough Council Chesterfield Borough Council Town Hall Town Hall Rose Hill Rose Hill Chesterfield Chesterfield Derbyshire Derbyshire S40 1LP S40 1LP Tel: 01246 345796 Tel: 01246 345790 Fax: 01246 345743 Fax: 01246 345743 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This work is made up of two elements: an Infrastructure Study and Infrastructure Delivery Plan. Both provide details about infrastructure requirements and delivery as required by PPS12: Spatial Planning. The purpose of the work is to identify the infrastructure to support future growth resulting from additional housing and employment allocations within the Core Strategy period up to 2031. The work identifies the key infrastructure requirements resulting from the council’s Spatial Strategy. This includes the development areas of Chesterfield Waterside, the Eastern Villages, Chatsworth Road Corridor, Chesterfield Town Centre, the Western Suburbs/Residential Neighborhoods, Brimington Parish and Staveley Town Centre. A range of different infrastructure requirements are reviewed relating to Transport, Education, Green Infrastructure, Flood Risk, Utilities and Health Facilities. The approach has been to focus on those infrastructure requirements which will require some form capital expenditure, largely in the form of physical works. But the work also identifies any capacity issues in relation to education and health provision. Due to the nature of the council’s Spatial Strategy, the infrastructure schemes identified will be mostly strategic in nature. Where there is the need for site specific infrastructure then this would be dealt with and negotiated at the detailed planning stage (masterplanning will be a key delivery mechanism, ensuring that infrastructure requirements are considered at the outset via liaison with infrastructure providers). The study highlights that there are no significant infrastructure ‘show stoppers’ which would seriously compromise the delivery of the council’s Spatial Strategy (‘show stoppers’ here are defined as being an infrastructure requirement without which development would not be able to go ahead). There are some areas where significant infrastructure improvements will be necessary to achieve the council’s long-term planning aspirations. This relates mainly to the Staveley and Rother Valley Area Action Plan where upgrade of Staveley Waste Water Treatment Works may be required. There is also an issue over the funding of major road infrastructure should it be demonstrated that this is required. But for the most part, infrastructure requirements will be funded via existing funding mechanisms such as developer contribution or – should the council introduce it – the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). This will be a ‘living’ document, and as such there will be ongoing monitoring of infrastructure requirements and dialogue with infrastructure providers, through the Plan period. Where necessary the Plan will be updated and new priority schemes included. 7 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) will be the principal document of Chesterfield Borough Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF). It will set the vision for the future of the borough over the next twenty years and will provide a strategic policy framework that will shape development to achieve this vision. 1.2 Within the context of national planning policy the Core Strategy will address a range of social, environmental and economic considerations in order to address the challenges and opportunities facing the borough. The aim is to guide the aspirations of not only Chesterfield Borough Council but also other service providers and stakeholders. 1.3 Core Strategies should be produced in conjunction with a strong evidence base. Part of this evidence base is the assumption that appropriate physical, social and green infrastructure will be in place to support new development. 1.4 The requirement for infrastructure planning is a requirement included in PPS12: Planning for Local Development Frameworks. Table 1 shows this requirement Table 1. PPS 12: Spatial Planning & Infrastructure The Core Strategy should be supported by evidence of what physical,