Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report
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Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report Issue | 12 March 2015 This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility is undertaken to any third party. Job number 237568 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Admiral House Rose Wharf 78 East Street Leeds LS9 8EE United Kingdom www.arup.com Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report Contents Page Introduction 4 1.1 Overview 4 1.2 Role of this Study 4 1.3 Document Status and Programme for updates 5 1.4 Requirement for this Study 5 Understanding of Policy Context 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Planning Policy Context 8 2.3 Cross Boundary Issues 11 Methodology 17 3.1 Scope of the Infrastructure Study 17 3.2 Broad Stages of Assessment 17 3.3 Development Quantity Assumptions 18 Transport 21 4.1 Data Sources 21 4.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fitness for Purpose 21 4.3 Planned Schemes 25 4.4 Impact of Proposed Development 29 4.5 Summary of Transport Infrastructure 30 Utilities 33 5.1 Data Sources 33 5.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 33 5.3 Planned Schemes 39 5.4 Impact of Proposed Development 41 5.5 Summary of Utility Infrastructure 53 Telecommunications 56 6.1 Data Sources 56 6.2 Regulation 56 6.3 Existing Infrastructure 58 6.4 Fit for Purpose 60 6.5 Planned Schemes 61 6.6 Impact of Proposed Development 62 6.7 Summary of telecommunications infrastructure 63 | Issue | 12 March 2015 \\GLOBAL\EUROPE\LEEDS\JOBS\230000\237568-00\0 ARUP\0-09 PLANNING\0-09-08 REPORTS\STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT_MARCH 2015\2015 03 12_HCC INFRASTRUCTURE INTERIM STAGE 2 REPORT_ISSUE.DOCX Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report Flood Risk and Drainage 65 7.1 Data Sources 65 7.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 65 7.3 Planned Schemes 66 7.4 Impact of Proposed Development 70 7.5 Summary of Flood Risk and Drainage Infrastructure 71 Waste Management 75 8.1 Data Sources 75 8.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 75 8.3 Planned Schemes 75 8.4 Impact of Proposed Development 76 8.5 Summary of Waste Infrastructure 77 Public Realm and Open Space 78 9.1 Data Sources 78 9.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 78 9.3 Planned Schemes 90 9.4 Impact of Proposed Development 98 9.5 Delivery and Responsibility 98 9.6 Summary of Green Infrastructure and Open Space 99 Outdoor Sport and Recreation 103 10.1 Data Sources 103 10.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 103 10.3 Planned Schemes. 112 10.4 Impact of Proposed Development 113 10.5 Delivery and Responsibility 113 10.6 Summary of Sports and Recreation Infrastructure 114 Health Provision 115 11.1 Data Sources 115 11.2 Existing Infrastructure 115 11.3 Fit for Purpose 116 11.4 Planned Schemes 117 11.5 Impact of Proposed Development 117 11.6 Delivery and Responsibility 118 11.7 Summary of Health Infrastructure 119 Emergency Services 120 12.1 Data Sources 120 12.2 Existing Infrastructure and Fit for Purpose 120 12.3 Planned Schemes 122 12.4 Impact of Proposed Development 123 | Issue | 12 March 2015 \\GLOBAL\EUROPE\LEEDS\JOBS\230000\237568-00\0 ARUP\0-09 PLANNING\0-09-08 REPORTS\STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT_MARCH 2015\2015 03 12_HCC INFRASTRUCTURE INTERIM STAGE 2 REPORT_ISSUE.DOCX Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report 12.5 Summary of Emergency Service Infrastructure 124 Education 127 13.1 Data Sources 127 13.2 Existing Infrastructure 127 13.3 Fit for Purpose 127 13.4 Planned Schemes 128 13.5 Impact of Proposed Development 130 13.6 Summary of Education Infrastructure 132 Community and Cultural 134 14.1 Data Sources 134 14.2 Existing Infrastructure 134 14.3 Fit for Purpose 136 14.4 Planned Schemes 137 14.5 Impact of Proposed Development 138 14.6 Delivery and Responsibility 139 14.7 Summary of Community and Cultural Infrastructure 140 Infrastructure Delivery Programme 142 15.1 Overview 142 15.2 Hull’s infrastructure Requirements and Investment 142 15.3 Enabling infrastructure 144 Funding Sources 157 16.1 Overview 157 16.2 Exploring opportunities for securing funding 157 Conclusions and Recommendations 161 17.1 Overall Conclusion 161 17.2 Infrastructure-Specific Conclusions 161 17.3 Priority Infrastructure 163 17.4 Recommendations 164 | Issue | 12 March 2015 \\GLOBAL\EUROPE\LEEDS\JOBS\230000\237568-00\0 ARUP\0-09 PLANNING\0-09-08 REPORTS\STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT_MARCH 2015\2015 03 12_HCC INFRASTRUCTURE INTERIM STAGE 2 REPORT_ISSUE.DOCX Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report Introduction 1.1 Overview Hull City Council (HCC) has commissioned Ove Arup and Partners Limited (Arup) to undertake an Infrastructure Study for the Local Authority area of Hull. The purpose of this study is to provide a technical evidence base document, which will at first inform the production of a Community Infrastructure Levy and ultimately support the production of the Hull Local Plan. The purpose of this document will offer certainty regarding the infrastructure required to deliver the planned level of housing and employment growth in the City. The National Planning Policy Framework and National Planning Practice Guidance requires Local Plans to positively plan for development and infrastructure required in the area to meet spatial objectives. Local Planning Authorities must progress a proportionate evidence base for infrastructure which assesses the quality and capacity of various forms of infrastructure. A growing population within Hull and pressure arising from an evolving population structure, alongside a strengthening and diversification of key employment sectors and the unavoidable impact of climate change will all have fundamental impacts on the required infrastructure provision across the Local Plan Period. Analysis and conclusions within the Infrastructure Study will therefore assess the suitability of the current provision and the extent to which various infrastructure will be ‘fit for purpose’ against the land requirements to deliver objectively assessed housing and employment needs. By bringing together data and the views of expert stakeholders, such as information on the current provision and infrastructure requirements, projected costs and funding mechanisms, the premise of the infrastructure study will be to ensure future development is delivered within infrastructure limits. Within the context of limited and diminishing Council funding, establishing an infrastructure evidence base document will ensure aligned investment decisions which have greatest effect and offer certainty to service providers, funders and developers. 1.2 Role of this Study To achieve the Vision and Strategic Policies as set out within the Hull Local Plan Issues and Options, including becoming a sustainable and attractive City where people choose to live and work and becoming a superb venue for the UK City of Culture 2017, Hull must be equipped for growth and change. This study will therefore form a component in underpinning this City transformation, and will also have a fundamental role in contributing Hull’s working relationship with Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). To provide a technical evidence base suitable to inform the production of future stages of the Hull Local Plan the study has sought to understand: The current level of infrastructure provision within Hull (and whether this infrastructure is currently fit for purpose to support the existing population. | Issue | 12 March 2015 Page 4 \\GLOBAL\EUROPE\LEEDS\JOBS\230000\237568-00\0 ARUP\0-09 PLANNING\0-09-08 REPORTS\STAGE 2 FINAL REPORT_MARCH 2015\2015 03 12_HCC INFRASTRUCTURE INTERIM STAGE 2 REPORT_ISSUE.DOCX Hull City Council Infrastructure Study Interim Stage 2 Report The level of planned infrastructure within Hull – as set out in plans and strategies adopted by HCC and the forthcoming strategies from organisations responsible for the delivery of planned infrastructure. Whether the current and planned infrastructure scheduled to be delivered will meet the requirements for Hull when set against the objectively assessed housing and employment needs and strategic aspirations – and subsequently whether a gap exists between supply and demand The costs associated with planned infrastructure provision and whether there is a gap between committed, allocated and required investment; and The scale of the gap between committed, allocated and required investment in infrastructure and the potential means by which this gap could be bridged where no source has been identified. This is particularly important in light of declining Council funding and infrastructure spend. 1.3 Document Status and Programme for updates Arup have been retained by Hull City Council to continue to update this Infrastructure Study working towards the publication of the Local Plan, however there is an initial role for the study to assess funding arrangements to allow the Council to progress the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The format of the Community Infrastructure Levy requires infrastructure to be assessed as strategic, enabling or place-shaping and therefore the Infrastructure study will therefore have a role in confirming whether this is appropriate. Therefore this Interim Stage 2 Infrastructure Study represents a ‘discussion draft’ document that will inform the process of CIL delivery in early 2015. Arup will then update the Infrastructure Study to support the Publication Draft (late 2015) and Submission Draft Local Plan (early 2016). This will therefore include on- going consultation with HCC and external stakeholders. 1.4 Requirement for this Study 1.4.1 National Planning Policy Framework The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is founded on delivering and achieving sustainable development. This means supporting strong and healthy communities, protecting and enhancing our natural, built and historic environment and contributing to building a strong, responsive and competitive economy by identifying and coordinating development requirements, including the provision of infrastructure.