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ED142 : NHDC Final response to Inspector’s Actions arising out of the Hearing Sessions Matter 6 – Deliverability Action Date on which Examination Doc Action Completed Reference No. • NHDC to provide updated version of Table A of Matter Enclosed as ED142 Appendix M6-1 6 Hearing Statement (to include infrastructure for other allocated sites (i.e. not housing sites)) and the Housing Trajectory • NHDC to provide updated Infrastructure Delivery Plan 23/01/ 2018 ED73 • Infrastructure Delivery Plan Appendix A 23/02/2018 ED73a Enclosed As Appendix M6-2 • Hertfordshire County Council to provide suggested 21/02/2018 ED105 Enclosed as additional/amended wording in the Plan regarding Appendix M6-3 transport issues for consideration by NHDC MM028, MM031, MM032 and MM033. • NHDC to liaise with Stevenage Borough Council with Enclosed as ED142 Appendix M6-4 regard to additional/amended wording • NHDC to provide note clarifying transport position 08/02/2018 ED86 Enclosed as with regard to B656 between Codicote and Appendix M6-5 Knebworth as raised by Mr Bamber of Save Rural Codicote • NHDC to provide note clarifying whether or not 08/02/2018 ED85 Enclosed as transport modelling shows that there is a need for a Appendix M6-6 southern bypass for Hitchin during the Plan period Appendix M6 – 1 ED142 : Note on Matter 6 / Table A – Infrastructure provision NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION ED142: MATTER 6 Note to Inspector Matter 6 / Table A – Infrastructure provision 1. Following the hearing sessions for Matter 6 (Deliverability), the following action has been specified: • NHDC to provide updated version of Table A of Matter 6 Hearing Statement (to included infrastructure for other allocated sites (i.e. not housing sites) and the housing trajectory) (ED53, p.7) 2. The updated table is attached as Appendix A to this note. A brief commentary is provided below explaining the key assumptions and the relationship with other documents submitted to the examination. Updated housing numbers 3. The housing numbers in the revised table are consistent with the most recent housing trajectory submitted to the examination in May 2018. This includes updates to the anticipated delivery of sites arising from the Hearing Sessions. Relationship to Infrastructure Delivery Plan and overall infrastructure costs 4. The original Matter 6 table was based upon the housing numbers contained in the housing trajectory contained in Examination Document ED3. The updated Infrastructure Delivery Plan (the IDP) (ED73) is also based upon these figures. 5. The IDP (ED73, pp.175-178) assigns infrastructure growth by location. As explained in that document, this is based upon ‘assignable infrastructure costs’ which is the growth that can be assigned to a specific location. In practice this means the proposed housing allocations of the plan as submitted. As shown in Table 13.11 (ED73, p.177), a total of £260.5m of infrastructure is assigned to locations and five-year tranches. This is based on a total of 12,263 new homes on housing allocation sites. 6. In the updated housing trajectory, the total number of new homes on proposed housing allocation sites is 12,231 . This represents a decrease of just 0.3%. The differences in formula based infrastructure costs would therefore be de minimis and have not been recalculated. The updated table assigns the same total infrastructure cost of £260.5m. 7. No specific additional infrastructure costs have been identified in relation to non-housing sites. The proposed new employment allocation at Baldock will be served by existing infrastructure and / or improvements already identified in association with the proposed housing growth in the town. The proposed new employment allocation at Royston will be served, in part, by a new junction access off the A505. This is shown in the table and is currently being delivered having secured forward funding. The retail allocations are in town centre locations and do not give rise to any additional specific costs. NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION ED142: MATTER 6 Apportionment of costs and projects in revised Table A Transport 8. The overall infrastructure cost of £23.3m has been retained. 9. Specific costed schemes shown in the updated Infrastructure Delivery Schedule (the IDS) (ED73A) have been assigned to the relevant towns. The IDS also contains a series of ‘monitor and manage’ funds for transport measures (ED73A, p.viii). These total £9.1m. This has been distributed pro-rata across all settlements based on their share of assignable growth. The sum of these two elements (specific schemes + pro-rata share of monitor and manage funds) provides the total for each settlement. 10. Costs have been split between the three tranches (2018-2022; 2023-2027; 2028-2031) on a pro-rata basis for each individual settlement based on the proportion of development anticipated to occur within that time period. Education 11. The overall infrastructure cost of £172.7m has been retained. 12. The IDP derives education requirements on a formula basis linked to the number of homes. The total infrastructure cost is therefore split pro-rata by settlement and then tranche based on the share of development at each location and then (at settlement level) the proportion of development to be delivered in each period. 13. Specific projects have been identified in line with the previous table and supplemented by evidence presented to the Matter 10 and Matter 11 hearings by Hertfordshire County Council, in particular on secondary education. 14. The assignment of costs relates to needs arising from development delivered within that period. This may not necessarily align with the actual requirement for expenditure due to the time lag between the delivery of development and the realisation of (peak) child yields for primary and secondary education. 15. The specific infrastructure requirements for primary education are assigned to tranches on the same basis. Due to the young age of children requiring Reception places, the education authority is only able to forecast requirements a maximum of five years into the future and it is therefore not possible to identify a long-term programme of delivery. 16. Notwithstanding these points, the identified projects for secondary education are based upon when the needs are anticipated to arise. Projects which may arise beyond the Plan period are assigned to the 2028-2031 tranche. Health 17. The overall infrastructure cost of £46.5m has been retained. NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION ED142: MATTER 6 18. The IDP derives health requirements on a formula basis linked to the number of homes. The total infrastructure cost is therefore split pro-rata by settlement and then tranche based on the share of development at each location and then (at settlement level) the proportion of development to be delivered in each period. 19. Specific projects in the schedule are based on the qualitative analysis in the IDP (see particularly ED73, paragraph 7.26, p.99). However, this is subject to the caveats set out in the surrounding paragraphs, and discussed at the Hearing Sessions, which identify issues surrounding strategic estate planning and changes in the formats and patterns of health service delivery. Social Infrastructure 20. The overall infrastructure cost of £14.5m has been retained as has the geographical distribution of those costs assumed in the IDP. The need for expenditure has been assigned to the tranche in which (more than) 50% of the settlement-level development is realised. Emergency Services 21. The overall infrastructure cost of £1.5m has been retained as has the geographical distribution and timing of those costs assumed in the IDP. Green Infrastructure 22. The overall infrastructure cost of £2.0m has been retained as has the geographical distribution and timing of those costs assumed in the IDP. 23. The updated equivalents of Table 13.11 and 13.12 from the IDP (ED73, pp.177-178) are shown on the following pages for comparison. As set out above, the overall infrastructure cost remains unchanged. When comparing the two sets of tables, there is an increase in infrastructure costs arising from the third tranche (2028-31), offset by a decrease in the first five years. This largely arises from (i) alterations to the proposed delivery trajectory of individual sites and (ii) the apportionment of transport infrastructure costs to reflect the Transport Strategy and the ‘monitor and manage’ transport funds in the IDS. At an individual settlement level, the revised total infrastructure costs all fall within a range of +/-7% from those identified in ED73. 24. As a general point, it should be noted that the infrastructure costs attributed to individual settlements do not necessarily need to be wholly met by development within that settlement. It may be appropriate to secure contributions from wider areas, subject to the relevant tests on developer contributions, and / or alternate funding sources. Examples might include junction-specific highway mitigations which are impacted upon by development across a wider area or strategic / district-wide infrastructure solutions such as the provision of additional indoor sports infrastructure. NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN EXAMINATION ED142: MATTER 6 Updated equivalent of IDP Table 13.11 Location Total 2017 - 21 2022 - 26 2026 - 31 Infrastructure costs (£m) (settlement) Transport Education Health Social Emerg. Green Inf Totals Ashwell 33 0.3% 33 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0.02 0.47 0.13 0.00 0.00
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