Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan Navigus Planning February 2015 0 Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1 2 RELEVANT PLANNING POLICY AND CONTEXT FOR GROWTH .............. 3 National policy ........................................................................................................ 3 Local context .......................................................................................................... 5 3 EDUCATION ........................................................................................ 11 Early Years and Childcare ...................................................................................... 11 Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Education ........................................................ 12 Free Schools and Academies ................................................................................. 14 4 HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING ..................................................... 15 GP services .......................................................................................................... 15 Social care ........................................................................................................... 17 5 UTILITIES .......................................................................................... 19 Water – used water .............................................................................................. 19 Water – potable supply ......................................................................................... 19 Gas ...................................................................................................................... 20 Electricity ............................................................................................................. 20 6 TRANSPORT ....................................................................................... 23 7 FLOODING AND UNSTABLE LAND INFRASTRUCTURE TO MITIGATE RISK .......................................................................................................... 28 8 EMERGENCY SERVICES ...................................................................... 32 Police ................................................................................................................... 32 Fire Service .......................................................................................................... 33 Ambulance ........................................................................................................... 33 9 WASTE ................................................................................................ 34 10 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ................................................................. 36 Libraries ............................................................................................................... 36 Museums and galleries .......................................................................................... 36 Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan Other arts, theatres and heritage ........................................................................... 37 Cemeteries ........................................................................................................... 39 Allotments ............................................................................................................ 39 Community Halls .................................................................................................. 40 11 LEISURE AND RECREATION ............................................................... 42 Children’s play facilities ......................................................................................... 42 Youth facilities ...................................................................................................... 43 Outdoor sports facilities ........................................................................................ 45 Indoor sports facilities ........................................................................................... 48 Other recreation ................................................................................................... 48 12 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPEN SPACE/PUBLIC REALM .......... 50 13 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS ............................................................ 53 Appendix 1 Baseline healthcare context Appendix 2 Healthcare infrastructure and funding requirements to meet planned growth Appendix 3 Full list of infrastructure needs Appendix 4 Reference documents Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This study was undertaken by Navigus Planning to inform Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (SOSBC) on the creation of its Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Specifically, the commission requires that Navigus Planning supports SOSBC in updating its infrastructure evidence base and also helps it to produce a CIL Charging Schedule. 1.2 The term ‘infrastructure’ covers a wide range of services and facilities provided by public and private organisations. The definition of infrastructure is outlined in section 216(2) of the Planning Act 2008 (as amended) and CIL can therefore be spent on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of the following: (a) roads and other transport facilities, (b) flood defences, (c) schools and other educational facilities, (d) medical facilities, (e) sporting and recreational facilities, and (f) open spaces. 1.3 Any infrastructure projects, which fall within these categories could appear in a list of ‘relevant infrastructure’ for the purposes of Regulation 123 of the CIL Regulations 2010. It should be noted that this is not definitive and only outlines what infrastructure includes. The Southend-on- Sea IDP covers the following infrastructure areas: • Schools and other educational facilities • Health and social wellbeing • Utilities • Transport, including pedestrian facilities • Flood defences • Managing the impact of unstable land • Emergency services • Waste • Social and community (including libraries, museums, galleries, arts and heritage, cemeteries, allotments and community halls) • Leisure and recreational facilities (including children’s play, youth and sports facilities) • Open space/green infrastructure and public realm 1.4 The requirement is to create an infrastructure plan which will show the following: . What infrastructure is required and how it will be provided (e.g. co-location, etc). Who is to provide the infrastructure. How will the infrastructure would be funded. When the infrastructure could be provided. 1 Southend-on-Sea Infrastructure Delivery Plan 1.5 Discussions have taken place with a variety of infrastructure providers both within the Council and external organisations in order to ensure a comprehensive understanding of what is needed. This process has enabled these infrastructure providers to think more strategically in terms of future provision and the challenges brought about by significant growth in the long term. This IDP brings all these agencies’ plans together in one document. This should encourage inter- relationships between parties and provides an opportunity to share information and possibly infrastructure. 1.6 This document has been written during a time of significant change, with the Government seeking to reform many of the public services that are responsible for providing and planning infrastructure. This is likely to have an impact on provision, delivery, funding and how the relevant organisations are able to respond in relation to future growth. In addition, it is often difficult to be certain about infrastructure requirements so far into the future, as the detail of many development schemes in not currently known. Therefore, this IDP is intended to be a document which is regularly updated given the uncertainty and fluid nature of planning for infrastructure. Where funding sources are known to be secured, this has been indicated. Other possible funding sources are identified but, at this stage, these are only possible sources and no funding has been secured from them. The funding gap therefore identifies the extent of funding required that has not been secured and made available. Status and purpose of IDP 1.7 The IDP is a supporting document for the Core Strategy and part of the Local Development Framework. The IDP covers the remaining plan period up until 2021 although its content will be annually monitored and periodically reviewed. The document will also form an important part of the evidence base for any CIL Charging Schedule that the Council may publish. 1.8 The document includes details of the infrastructure identified by the Council and other service providers as being needed to support the delivery of the Core Strategy. It explains the approach the Council has taken to identifying this infrastructure, how it will be delivered, and an assessment of the potential risks associated with doing so. 1.9 The infrastructure detailed within the IDP has been categorised as either critical to the delivery of the Core Strategy (i.e. must happen to enable growth); essential and necessary to mitigate the impacts arising from development; policy high priority as it is required to support wider strategic or site-specific objectives which are set out in planning policy