Land Allocations Infrastructure Delivery Plan (April 2013)

Land Allocations Infrastructure Delivery Plan (April 2013)

Land Allocations Infrastructure Delivery Plan (April 2013) For South Lakeland District outside the Lake District and Yorkshire dales National Park www.southlakeland.gov.uk Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 Scope and Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 4 Context ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Infrastructure Definition ................................................................................................................... 6 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Report structure .............................................................................................................................. 10 2.0 Demand for infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 12 3.0 Physical Infrastructure - Transport ...................................................................................... 15 Funding ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Kendal .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Ulverston and Swarthmoor ........................................................................................................... 25 Outside of Principal Service centres ........................................................................................... 26 Public Transport – Bus Services .................................................................................................. 26 Public Transport – Rail Services .................................................................................................. 27 Foot/cycle paths/routes, bridleways ............................................................................................ 30 4.0 Physical Infrastructure – Water, Sewerage and Flooding ..................................................... 32 Water supply ................................................................................................................................... 32 Waste Water/Sewerage ................................................................................................................ 33 District Wide Issues ................................................................................................................... 33 Settlement specific Issues (Water/sewerage) ............................................................................ 34 Flooding Issues............................................................................................................................... 39 Tidal and Fluvial Flood Risk and Flood Defence ................................................................... 39 Shoreline Management Plan .................................................................................................... 41 Surface Water Flooding Issues .................................................................................................... 41 Emergency Flood Response ........................................................................................................ 42 5.0 Physical Infrastructure - Energy ................................................................................................ 43 Electricity ......................................................................................................................................... 43 Gas ................................................................................................................................................... 46 Renewable and low carbon energy and energy efficiency ...................................................... 46 6.0 Physical Infrastructure - Communications ............................................................................... 49 Telecommunications ...................................................................................................................... 49 2 7.0 Physical infrastructure - Waste Management ......................................................................... 52 Household Waste Recycling – Waste Collection ...................................................................... 52 Household Waste Recycling – Waste Disposal ........................................................................ 54 8.0 Social Infrastructure - Education Facilities .............................................................................. 56 Primary and Secondary School Provision .................................................................................. 56 Funding Streams – Developer Contributions ............................................................................. 78 Alternative funding ......................................................................................................................... 78 Further Education and Training facilities .................................................................................... 80 9.0 Social Infrastructure – Housing and Health ............................................................................. 83 Health ............................................................................................................................................... 83 Adult Social Care ............................................................................................................................ 85 Extra Care Housing ........................................................................................................................ 86 Gypsies and Travellers .................................................................................................................. 89 10.0 Social Infrastructure – Community Safety ............................................................................. 90 11.0 Social Infrastructure - Community and Heritage ............................................................... 93 Leisure facilities (indoor sports/fitness) ....................................................................................... 93 Cemeteries ...................................................................................................................................... 95 Crematoria ....................................................................................................................................... 97 Community centres/village halls .................................................................................................. 98 Libraries ........................................................................................................................................... 98 Allotments ........................................................................................................................................ 99 Historic Environment and Public Realm ................................................................................... 103 12.0 Green Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 107 Open Space, (outdoor) Sport and Recreation ......................................................................... 108 Ecological networks and landscape .......................................................................................... 109 Arnside & Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty..................................................... 110 Green walls and roofs and street planting ................................................................................ 111 Green and Blue Corridors ........................................................................................................... 112 13.0 Moving forward – plan delivery and monitoring ............................................................... 113 Monitoring and review ................................................................................................................. 121 Appendices ........................................................................................................................................ 122 3 1.0 Introduction Scope and Purpose - n.b. this document has been superseded. Many of the links are out of date and all links have therefore been disabled. 1.1 In order to ensure new development delivers sustainable communities, the infrastructure, facilities and service needs of these populations must be properly planned for. 1.2 The National Planning Policy Framework (Link Disabled) stipulates that (para. 157) “Crucially, Local Plans should plan positively for the development and infrastructure required in the area to meet the objectives, principles and policies of this Framework” and (para. 162) Local planning authorities should work with other authorities and providers to: assess the quality and capacity of infrastructure for transport, water supply, wastewater and its treatment, energy (including heat), telecommunications, utilities, waste, health, social care, education, flood risk and coastal change management, and its ability to meet forecast demands” and (para. 177) “important

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