1 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 6 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN ........................... 6 1.2 APPROACH TO INFRASRUCTURE PLANNING ............................................. 6 1.2.1 Monitoring and Review ............................................................................... 7 1.2.2 Funding Mechanisms and Viability ............................................................. 8 1.3 POLICY CONTEXT .......................................................................................... 8 1.4 REPORT STRUCTURE .................................................................................. 11 2. TRANSPORT ..................................................................................................... 14 2.1 CURRENT PROVISION ................................................................................. 14 2.1.1 Road ........................................................................................................ 14 2.1.2 Bus ........................................................................................................... 16 2.1.3 Rail ........................................................................................................... 17 2.1.4 Ferry ......................................................................................................... 19 2.1.5 Walking and Cycling ................................................................................. 20 2.1.6 Parking ..................................................................................................... 26 2.1.7 Port .......................................................................................................... 27 2.8 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................. 28 2.9 TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY BY SETTLEMENT AREA ............................. 29 2.10 NEEDS ARISING FROM GROWTH ............................................................. 30 3. UTILITIES ............................................................................................................. 37 3.1 ELECTRICITY ................................................................................................ 37 3.1.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 37 3.1.2 Planned Works ......................................................................................... 38 3.1.3 Needs Arising From Growth ..................................................................... 39 3.2 GAS ................................................................................................................ 40 3.2.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 40 3.2.2 Planned Works ......................................................................................... 41 3.2.3 Needs Arising From Growth ..................................................................... 41 3.3 WATER ........................................................................................................... 44 3.3.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 44 3.3.2 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 45 3.4 FLOOD AND COASTAL EROSION ................................................................ 45 3.4.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 45 3.5.1 Needs Arising From Growth ..................................................................... 47 3.5 COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................... 50 2 3.5.1 Broadband................................................................................................ 50 3.5.2 Needs Arising From Growth ..................................................................... 53 3.5.3 Telecommunications ................................................................................ 53 3.6 WASTE ........................................................................................................... 54 3.6.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 54 3.6.2 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 54 4. COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................. 55 4.1 HEALTH ......................................................................................................... 55 4.1.1 Primary Care ............................................................................................ 55 4.1.2 Secondary Care ....................................................................................... 56 4.1.3 Pharmacies .............................................................................................. 56 4.1.4 Planned Works ......................................................................................... 57 4.1.5 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 57 4.2 EDUCATION................................................................................................... 58 4.2.1 Education Provision ................................................................................. 58 4.2.1 Primary and Secondary ............................................................................ 58 4.2.2 Further Education and Higher Education ................................................. 60 4.2.3 Early Years and Childcare Provision ........................................................ 60 4.2.4 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 61 4.3 LEISURE ........................................................................................................ 61 4.3.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 61 4.3.2 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 63 4.3.3 Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy 2016 ..................................... 64 4.3.4 Local Football Facility Plan 2019 .............................................................. 66 4.4 LIBRARIES ..................................................................................................... 67 4.4.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 67 4.4.2 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 68 4.5 COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL FACILITIES ................................................. 69 4.5.1 Current Provision ..................................................................................... 69 4.5.2 Needs Arising from Growth ...................................................................... 71 4.6 SHOPPING ..................................................................................................... 72 4.6.1 Town Centres ........................................................................................... 73 4.6.2 District Centres ......................................................................................... 73 4.6.3 Local Centres ........................................................................................... 73 5. EMERGENCY SERVICES ...................................................................................... 76 5.1 MERSEYSIDE POLICE .................................................................................. 77 5.2 FIRE AND RESCUE ....................................................................................... 78 3 5.3 AMBULANCE ................................................................................................. 78 5.4 NEEDS ARISING FROM GROWTH ............................................................... 78 6. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................. 79 6.1 CURRENT PROVISION ................................................................................. 79 6.2 OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 82 6.3 PLANNED WORKS ........................................................................................ 88 6.4 NEEDS ASRISING FROM GROWTH ............................................................ 88 APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................ 89 INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY SCHEDULE ...................................................... 89 APPENDIX B ............................................................................................................ 96 INFORMATION SOURCES .................................................................................. 96 APPENDIX C ............................................................................................................ 98 ACCESSIBILITY ................................................................................................... 98 Appendix C ............................................................................................................ 109 School and GP Capacity ..................................................................................... 109 Table