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Draft Dacorum Infrastructure Delivery Plan Draft Dacorum Infrastructure Delivery Plan Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Purpose of Infrastructure Delivery Plan ...................................................................................... 3 3. Structure of Infrastructure Delivery Plan .................................................................................... 4 4. Planning legislation ..................................................................................................................... 6 5. Policy and guidance context ....................................................................................................... 8 6. Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 22 7. Growth Context ......................................................................................................................... 27 8. Infrastructure Assessment for Dacorum Borough .................................................................... 37 9. Highways and Transportation ................................................................................................... 38 10. Education .............................................................................................................................. 51 11. Community Facilities ............................................................................................................. 60 12. Health and Wellbeing............................................................................................................ 73 13. Green Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 83 14. Emergency Services .............................................................................................................. 95 15. Utilities ................................................................................................................................ 107 16. Flood Protection.................................................................................................................. 123 17. Settlement - Infrastructure Requirements for Dacorum Borough ..................................... 124 18. Hemel Hempstead Garden Communities ........................................................................... 125 19. Berkhamsted ....................................................................................................................... 143 20. Tring .................................................................................................................................... 153 21. Kings Langley ....................................................................................................................... 165 22. Bovingdon ........................................................................................................................... 172 23. Markyate ............................................................................................................................. 179 24. Rest of Borough .................................................................................................................. 186 25. Strategic Sites -Infrastructure Requirement ....................................................................... 187 26. Delivery and Funding Sources ............................................................................................. 188 27. Next Steps ........................................................................................................................... 193 28. Schedules ................................................................................. See Separate Appendix B 1 Draft Dacorum Infrastructure Delivery Plan 1. Introduction 1.1 The provision of Infrastructure is a key issue for communities when faced with new development. The delivery of infrastructure in a timely manner is essential to support growth and create sustainable communities. Infrastructure planning helps to give a shared understanding between infrastructure providers, developers, local communities, neighbouring authorities and the Borough Council as to what infrastructure is required and when. To understand what infrastructure is required to support new growth it is important to understand the current infrastructure situation and any planned investment. This document seeks to identify current infrastructure surpluses and deficits, planned investment by infrastructure providers and the impact of the planned level of growth on the infrastructure in the Borough. 1.2 Infrastructure planning is required to support and help shape the local plan. This plan sets out the legal and policy context for Infrastructure planning and funding mechanisms; the relevant existing infrastructure plans and how they relate to the Borough, including the Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) Local Transport Plan 4 to which the Borough must have regard in preparing the local plan; and the growth context and Council’s vision for Dacorum and its settlements. The current situation, investment proposals, impact of growth and mitigation measures for each of the key infrastructure categories will be set out for the Borough as a whole and the wider sub-region and/or County where it is relevant. The proposed growth for each settlement and the required infrastructure to mitigate the impact of new growth and meet the policy requirements will be set out for the settlement and in relation to the proposed site allocations. The infrastructure delivery lead, cost estimates and funding mechanism will be identified where possible. The funding gap between identified funding stream and total estimated cost of infrastructure to support growth will be identified. 1.3 The Infrastructure planning that is captured in this draft IDP has been developed with infrastructure partners and helped to inform and shape the policies and allocations in the local plan. A schedule of engagement and consultation is contained in appendix 1. 1.4 This draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) has been developed by Gilian Macinnes BSc MBA MRTPI, Director of Gilian Macinnes Associates, in conjunction with officers of the Strategic Planning and Regeneration Department of Dacorum Borough Council. 1.5 This draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan is not at this stage a complete or comprehensive IDP. This Draft accompanies the Reg 18 Local plan and will be available for comment, it will continue to develop through the Reg 18 consultation and the completion of the next (Reg. 19) version of the Local plan. The next version of the IDP will include: further population of the infrastructure schedules; more information in relation to projects and interventions; further development of cost estimates; apportionment of costs; a prioritisation of infrastructure following further consultation with infrastructure providers; information on the timing and phasing of the delivery of infrastructure in relation to growth; and a schedule of all Infrastructure by type required to support the plan. 2 Draft Dacorum Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2. Purpose of Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2.1 The purpose of this document is to set out the infrastructure required to create quality sustainable places and support the delivery of the local plan growth (housing, employment etc.) in Dacorum Borough. 2.2 The Dacorum Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) seeks to: a. understand the capacity (surplus and deficits) of existing infrastructure provision; b. identify planned investment in infrastructure c. determine infrastructure requirements to support planned levels of growth; d. set out the estimated costs of infrastructure, funding sources, and phasing of delivery (where known); e. identify the gap between committed, allocated and required investment in infrastructure and the potential means by which this gap could be bridged; f. Identify key bodies with responsibility for delivering infrastructure. 2.3 This document brings together data and the views of expert stakeholders, such as information on the current provision and infrastructure requirements, projected costs and funding mechanisms. Within the context of limited and diminishing Council funding, establishing an infrastructure delivery document will help to align investment decisions which have greatest effect and offer greater certainty to service providers, funders and developers. 2.4 The Borough Council’s engagement with the infrastructure providers and their responses have helped to shape the policies of the local plan. This Infrastructure delivery plan is part of the evidence base for the local plan and identifies the potential infrastructure costings to feed into the plan wide viability study. This IDP will also form the basis of the Council Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) and will aid the identification of key infrastructure and spending priorities. Disclaimer 2.5 This report takes into account the requirements and instructions of the client, Dacorum Borough Council. It is based on the information that was made available by the client, stakeholders and partners. It is not intended for, and should not be relied upon by, any third party and no responsibility is accepted to any third party. Acknowledgement 2.6 Many meetings, discussions, workshops and written consultations have been undertaken with a wide range of stakeholders in the production of this IDP. The collaborative approach
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