Greater Lincolnshire Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan Contents 11. 40. 06. 29. 02. 25. 61. 04. 15. 57. Sector Analysis Policy Context Policy Key Findings Key Introduction Strategic Context Strategic Appendices Preface Methodology Funding Analysis Executive Summary Executive 01. The Status and Purpose of this document This is the first iteration of what will be an evolving Greater Lincolnshire Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan (GLSIDP). It has been prepared by the consultant Mott MacDonald, working to an officer group representing the ten Greater Lincolnshire authorities. Representatives of key utilities organisations have also taken part. The GLSIDP was one of the commitments made by Greater Lincolnshire authorities in their March 2016 Devolution Agreement with the UK Government. This document has been formally ratified by the Greater Lincolnshire Joint Committee. The GLSIDP will be an important consideration for members of the Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral Combined Authority (GLMCA) in prioritising expenditure through the devolved Single Pot. The Greater Lincolnshire Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Programme will be part of the evidence base that will be considered by utilities organisations when reviewing their forward plans and programmes of investment. Version 1 (This Document) In this first version of the GLSIDP, focus has been consciously placed upon the prioritisation of strategic infrastructure projects (defined as costing £5 million or more), primarily within the road, rail, flood defence and employment land sectors. Prioritisation has focussed upon the relative impact of the projects in enabling housing and employment growth. These projects have largely been identified from the ‘bottom-up’, particularly through local planning documents such as Infrastructure Delivery Plans (IDPs). A Greater Lincolnshire Housing Pipeline has been developed in parallel with the GLSIDP. Considerable effort has been made to coordinate infrastructure and housing programmes, integrating and linking projects where appropriate. Preface 02. Monitoring Evaluation and Review The relative status of the projects that comprise this first GLSIDP will change continually – particularly as progress is made on aspects of deliverability. This means that the GLSIDP must be subject to a process of focussed monitoring, evaluation and review if it is to retain currency as a decision-making tool. We will hold quarterly officer-led ‘standard reviews’ to the GLSIDP based upon a predetermined performance monitoring and evaluation process. This will be complemented by an annual review led by members of the GLMCA. The first annual review (September 2017) will be more than a project-by-project status update, it will: • Incorporate the views of the elected mayor; • Add smaller complementary transport and flood defence projects, as well as projects within different sectors - such as those relating to utilities and community infrastructure • Seamlessly integrate the GLSIDP with the Greater Lincolnshire Housing Pipeline; and • Consider matters related to neighbouring areas including those in the Midlands Connect/ Midlands Engine area and East Anglia. Greater Lincolnshire authorities are presently working with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) to create a new vision, objectives and Strategic Economic Plan (SEP). Completion of this work will enable partners to enhance the existing GLSIDP from the ‘top-down’, asking and answering questions such as: “Why not?” and “What if?” In this way the GLSIDP will be enhanced to support the GLMCA’s new ambitious and aspirational strategy for growth, informing Local Plans, as well as being informed by them. Proposed to be signed by Cllr Peter Bedford (Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Committee) and Ursula Lidbetter MBE (Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Local The Orangery, Belton House, Belton, Lincolnshire by Brian used under CC-BY-SA. Cropped from original. Image available on flickr.com Enterprise Partnership). 03. Greater Lincolnshire local authorities and the GLLEP have worked collaboratively to identify 36 major infrastructure projects, chiefly from priorities already identified within their Local Plans, IDPs and associated documents. “Major” here is defined as costing more than £5 million. The GLSIDP categorises these 36 major infrastructure projects into short-term (0-5 years), medium-term (6-10 years) and long-term (over 10 years) timeframes. This categorisation is based on a prioritisation framework that assesses the strategic fit of the project to Greater Lincolnshire’s objectives (articulated within the Greater Lincolnshire SEP), the project’s economic and housing benefits, and its readiness to proceed. The GLSIDP also looks at a range of options for funding Greater Lincolnshire’s identified infrastructure priorities based on examples of how this has been achieved elsewhere. Overall, analysis undertaken by Lincolnshire County Council forecasts that the overall impact of delivering the short-term infrastructure projects set out in the GLSIDP will be to: • Increase net employment by over 18,000 full-time equivalent jobs; • Grow net economic GVA by around £800 million per annum; and • Enable the development of over 11,000 housing units, and reduce the flood risk to an existing 10,000 properties. The total capital cost of the identified short-term infrastructure projects is £210.5 million, with an identified funding gap of £91.4 million. Finally, the GLSIDP considers the challenges associated with providing utility (electricity distribution, water and waste water) enabling infrastructure across the major identified housing growth sites in Greater Lincolnshire, but does not prioritise these sites or the identified utilities projects. Executive Executive summary 04. Lincoln, England. Lincoln Crown Court inside the walls of Lincoln Castle by Rick Ligthelm used under CC BY. Cropped from original. Image available on flickr.com 1.1. Background to the Greater Lincolnshire Delivering this growth will require significant investment Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan in both the economic and social infrastructure of the region. Recognising this, the Greater Lincolnshire 1. Greater Lincolnshire is a grouping of the ten local authorities committed to: authorities that make up the historic county of Lincolnshire. These authorities came together in “produce a strategic infrastructure delivery plan by September 2015 to propose a significant devolution of September [2016] to identify the infrastructure needed central government powers to the region in exchange to support the increased funding of new homes, and for committing to form a Combined Authority led by an proposals to fund this through devolved infrastructure elected Mayor. In March 2016, the Greater Lincolnshire funds, through national programmes and through local 3 authorities signed a Devolution Agreement with the UK funding.” Government. Mott MacDonald was commissioned by the Greater The Devolution Agreement set out ambitious growth Lincolnshire authorities to deliver this Strategic targets for Greater Lincolnshire over the next twenty Infrastructure Delivery Plan for Greater Lincolnshire. years so that the region would be a “place to grow… The core purpose of the GLSIDP is to recommend faster than anywhere”. These targets are to: how Greater Lincolnshire should prioritise and fund its investment in infrastructure so as to realise its growth ambitions. • increase the value of the Greater Lincolnshire economy by £8bn; The GLSIDP builds upon and consolidates work • create 29,000 new jobs; undertaken by local planning authorities and regional • deliver 100,000 new homes; and and national infrastructure providers. It is intended • redesign locally commissioned services for the as a “live” document that will be updated by Greater administration of justice, health and social care, Lincolnshire authorities as required. flood and water management and public safety.2 Introduction 06. 1. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Download/89099 2. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ 3. Ibid. file/508174/160315_Greater_Lincolnshire_Devolution_Agreement_-_FINAL.pdf 1.2. GLSIDP Scope Figure 1 – Map of Greater Lincolnshire The geographic scope of this study is Greater Lincolnshire comprising the ten local authorities shown in Figure 1. These ten local authorities are made up of the two unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, together with Lincolnshire County Council and seven district councils (Boston, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey and the City of Lincoln). In addition, the GLSIDP has regard to infrastructure planned for neighbouring regions where these have implications for Greater Lincolnshire. This “system” view recognises that the political boundaries of Greater Lincolnshire do not accord with the planning horizons of most regional and national infrastructure providers. For example, utility providers that cover Greater Lincolnshire have networks that span into East Anglia, the East Midlands and the North East of England. This approach also ensures that due consideration has been given of the strong partnerships that Greater Lincolnshire authorities have developed with entities representing neighbouring and regional interests, including: • Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire are members of Humber LEP as well as the Greater Lincolnshire LEP; • Greater Cambridge and Peterborough LEP; • New Anglia LEP; and • Midlands Connect.