Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan June 2018 Planning Policy Section Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Sunderland SR2 7DN 0191 561 1574 [email protected] Urban Vision Partnership Ltd. Civic Centre Chorley Road Swinton Salford M27 5AS Document History Revision ref Amendments Date issued Early Draft Infrastructure 14 October 2016 Delivery Plan v0.1 Draft Infrastructure Delivery 07 July 2017 Plan v0.1 Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.1 (7 July 2017) 25 July 2017 Plan v0.2 Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.2 (25 July 2017) 27 July 2017 Plan v0.3 Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.3 (7, 14 & 15 19 March 2018 Plan v0.4 March 2018) Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.4 (following 4 May 2018 Plan v0.5 external comments received in April 2018) Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.5 16 May 2018 Plan v0.6 Draft Infrastructure Delivery Client feedback on v0.6 4 June 2018 Plan v0.7 Notice This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of Sunderland City Council and unless otherwise agreed in writing by Sunderland City Council or Urban Vision Partnership Ltd, no other party may use, make use of or rely on the contents of the report. 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Prepared by: Melanie Craven BSc (Hons) MPlan, Principal Planning Consultant and Duncan McCorquodale BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI, Associate Planning Consultant Reviewed by: Duncan McCorquodale BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI, Associate Planning Consultant Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 7 What is this document and why is it needed? ...................................................................... 7 What is infrastructure? ......................................................................................................... 7 Methodology and Governance ............................................................................................. 8 Structure of this document ................................................................................................. 11 Monitoring and review ........................................................................................................ 11 2 Context .............................................................................................................. 13 National Planning Policy Framework ................................................................................. 13 Planning Practice Guidance ............................................................................................... 14 Planning Obligations .......................................................................................................... 15 Community Infrastructure Levy .......................................................................................... 15 Local Context and Planning Policy .................................................................................... 16 Funding mechanisms ......................................................................................................... 18 3 Strategic Developments .................................................................................. 19 International Advanced Manufacturing Park ...................................................................... 19 Vaux .................................................................................................................................. 21 South Sunderland Growth Area ......................................................................................... 21 4 Physical Infrastructure .................................................................................... 24 Transport Overview ........................................................................................................... 24 The Road Network ............................................................................................................. 26 Buses ................................................................................................................................. 29 The Metro and Rail Network .............................................................................................. 31 Walking and Cycling .......................................................................................................... 35 The Port of Sunderland ...................................................................................................... 38 Energy ............................................................................................................................... 39 Communications ................................................................................................................ 42 Water Supply and Waste Water ......................................................................................... 44 5 Social Infrastructure ........................................................................................ 47 Education Overview ........................................................................................................... 47 Special Education .............................................................................................................. 47 Primary Education ............................................................................................................. 49 Secondary Education ......................................................................................................... 53 Tertiary Education .............................................................................................................. 55 Healthcare ......................................................................................................................... 56 Emergency Services .......................................................................................................... 58 Cemeteries and Crematoria ............................................................................................... 62 Indoor Sports Facilities ...................................................................................................... 62 Community Centres ........................................................................................................... 65 Libraries ............................................................................................................................. 65 Cultural Facilities ............................................................................................................... 67 6 Environmental Infrastructure .......................................................................... 72 Green Infrastructure ........................................................................................................... 72 Sport and Recreation ......................................................................................................... 75 Flood Risk .......................................................................................................................... 77 The Coast and Marine Environment .................................................................................. 79 7 Infrastructure Schedule ................................................................................... 81 Appendix 1: International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) Infrastructure Schedule .................................................................................................................. 94 Appendix 2: South Sunderland Growth Area ....................................................... 97 Appendix 3: Infrastructure Stakeholders .............................................................. 99 List of Figures Figure 2.1 Policy SP1 Sustainable strategy to deliver economic growth and sustainable patterns of development (Source: Sunderland City Council CSDP, 2018) ......................................................................... 18 Figure 3.1: IAMP Boundary (Source: AAP Publication Draft Consultation Summary Document, 2016) ......... 20 Figure 3.2: South Sunderland Growth Area Masterplanning Areas (Source: SSGA Draft Supplementary Planning Document, 2017) .............................................................................................................................. 23 Figure 4.1: Map Showing the Highway, Metro and Rail Network Across Sunderland (Source: SCC, 2016) .... 25 Figure 4.2: Map of the Metro Network (Source: Metro and Local Rail Strategy, 2016) ................................. 32 Figure 4.3: Indicative Future Metro and Local Rail Network (Source: Nexus) ................................................ 35 Figure 4.4: Gas Distribution Network in Sunderland (Source: Northern Gas Networks, 2016) ...................... 40 Figure 5.1: Map of Existing Special Schools in Sunderland (Source: SCC, 2016) ............................................. 48 Figure 5.2: Map of Existing Primary Schools in Sunderland (Source: SCC, 2016) ...........................................