Breckland barrow Interim Infrastructure Position Statement (December 2015) 1 Blank 30.12.15 2 Contents List of Tables............................................................................................................ 5 List of Figures .......................................................................................................... 5 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 6 Scope and Purpose .................................................................................................................6 Context ....................................................................................................................................7 Infrastructure Definition............................................................................................................8 2.0 Methodology................................................................................................... 9 Report structure .....................................................................................................................12 3.0 Policy Context ................................................................................................ 12 4.0 Infrastructure Requirements ....................................................................... 16 Local Transport Plan LTP ......................................................................................................16 New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (NALEP) ...............................................................17 Local Transport Board ...........................................................................................................17 Enhancing strategic connections – major transport schemes ...............................................18 Smaller highway improvement schemes ...............................................................................19 Transport Issues: Attleborough..............................................................................................20 Transport Evidence .......................................................................................................21 Funding Opportunities...................................................................................................23 Objectives .......................................................................................................................24 Implementation Issues ..................................................................................................25 Phasing............................................................................................................................25 Transport Issues: Thetford.....................................................................................................27 Signed Section 106 Agreement...................................................................................30 Public Transport.............................................................................................................30 Cycling/walking...............................................................................................................31 Outside of Service Centres and Market Towns .....................................................................31 Public Transport.....................................................................................................................31 Bus Services...................................................................................................................31 Rail Services...................................................................................................................31 Settlement Specific Issues.....................................................................................................33 5.0 Physical Infrastructure ................................................................................ 33 Water Supply .........................................................................................................................33 Flooding Issues......................................................................................................................34 Surface Water Flooding.........................................................................................................34 3 River Basin and Flood Risk Management Plans ...................................................................35 Waste Water/Sewerage.........................................................................................................36 Energy ...................................................................................................................................36 Electricity ...............................................................................................................................37 Development Viability ............................................................................................................38 Removing Barriers to growth .................................................................................................39 Gas ........................................................................................................................................40 Renewable and low carbon energy and energy efficiency ....................................................41 6.0 Physical Infrastructure: Communications .................................................. 41 Landlines and home broadband ............................................................................................41 Mobile networks.....................................................................................................................42 Broadband Access.................................................................................................................42 Minerals and Waste...............................................................................................................43 7.0 Social Infrastructure ................................................................................... 44 Education Facilities................................................................................................................44 Attleborough ...................................................................................................................46 Thetford ...........................................................................................................................46 Swaffham ........................................................................................................................47 Watton .............................................................................................................................47 Dereham..........................................................................................................................47 High Schools..........................................................................................................................47 Dereham..........................................................................................................................47 Attleborough ...................................................................................................................47 Thetford ...........................................................................................................................48 Watton .............................................................................................................................48 Swaffham ........................................................................................................................48 Health ....................................................................................................................................48 NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups:........................................................................48 NHS England..................................................................................................................49 Adult Social Care ...................................................................................................................50 Extra Care Housing ...............................................................................................................51 Community Safety: Emergency response .............................................................................53 Crematoria .............................................................................................................................53 8.0 Green Infrastructure .................................................................................... 54 Outdoor Sports and Children’s Play Areas ............................................................................54 The Thetford Loops ...............................................................................................................55 4 Cycling and Walking ..............................................................................................................55 9.0 Moving forward ............................................................................................ 56 Identification of essential infrastructure required to deliver the necessary infrastructure to support the plan and the role of CIL/developer contributions as a means of ensuring its delivery 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