Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2014 Review December 2014 Prepared by Three Dragons on behalf of Taunton Deane Borough Council Heritage & Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan – 2014 Update CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 3 Background ............................................................................................................. 3 Planning Policy Context ........................................................................................... 4 Levels of Growth Planned for Taunton Deane ......................................................... 6 Organisation of the IDP............................................................................................ 8 2 APPROACH ............................................................................................................ 9 Defining Infrastructure ............................................................................................. 9 Areas within the Borough ....................................................................................... 10 Process ................................................................................................................. 11 Consulting Service Providers ................................................................................. 11 Historic Under-Provision ........................................................................................ 13 Important Caveats about the IDP ........................................................................... 13 3 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................... 14 Transport ............................................................................................................... 14 Flooding ................................................................................................................. 22 Utilities ................................................................................................................... 25 4 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................ 29 Education .............................................................................................................. 29 Health Care ........................................................................................................... 33 Crematoria and Burial Grounds ............................................................................. 38 Facilities for Faith Communities ............................................................................. 39 Emergency Services .............................................................................................. 40 Arts and Culture ..................................................................................................... 42 Provision for Specific Groups in the Community .................................................... 43 Community and Voluntary Sectors ......................................................................... 44 Sports and Recreation Facilities ............................................................................ 44 Affordable Housing ................................................................................................ 49 5 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................ 51 Green infrastructure ............................................................................................... 51 6 SUMMARY OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ....................................... 53 Overview ............................................................................................................... 53 2014 to 2018.......................................................................................................... 54 2019 to 2023.......................................................................................................... 55 2024 to 2028.......................................................................................................... 57 7 DELIVERY AND FUNDING ................................................................................... 58 Anticipated Sources of Funding ............................................................................. 58 Schedule of Costs.................................................................................................. 61 8 RISK TO DELIVERY AND MITIGATION ............................................................... 63 Funding Availability ................................................................................................ 63 Suitable Sites for New Facilities ............................................................................. 64 9 MONITORING AND REVIEW ................................................................................ 65 Purpose and Mechanisms ..................................................................................... 65 December 2014 1 Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan – 2014 Update Annex 1 CIL Rates April 2014 .............................................................................................. 66 Annex 2 Calculation of population from household growth ................................................... 67 Annex 3 Agencies contacted for preparation of IDP ............................................................. 68 December 2014 2 Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan – 2014 Update 1 INTRODUCTION Background 1.1 This is the Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) 2014. The first IDP was produced in June 2011 covering the period 2011 to 2028 and providing evidence in support of the Core Strategy. This document revises and updates the IDP, covering the period 2014 – 2028. It follows from further work on identifying strategic land allocations for housing within the Borough. 1.2 The IDP gives details of the infrastructure that local service providers and the Council have identified as key to supporting future growth in the Borough and in meeting the objectives of the Core Strategy. The IDP also explains how this infrastructure will be delivered as well as the risks associated with infrastructure delivery and how these risks will be mitigated. 1.3 The IDP has been prepared to reflect the Core Strategy and the emerging Site Allocations and Development Management DPD. 1.4 Since the first IDP was produced in 2011, Taunton Deane Borough Council (TDBC) has adopted a Community Infrastructure Levy (April 2014). 1.5 The Core Strategy sets out eight key objectives under the following headings: . Objective 1- Climate Change . Objective 2 - Economy . Objective 3 - Town and other Centres . Objective 4 - Housing . Objective 5 - Inclusive Communities . Objective 6 - Accessibility . Objective 7 - Infrastructure . Objective 8 - Environment 1.6 This update to the 2011 IDP reviews infrastructure provision since 2011 in the context of the longer term plan set out in the Core Strategy and what is still required to support population growth to 2028. It is acknowledged that the IDP cannot specify the entire infrastructure that will be provided in the Borough to 2028. Changed requirements may become apparent when new areas of development are designed in more detail and/or ways of delivering services and facilities are reviewed. 1.7 Much of the consultation to update the IDP was undertaken in March/April 2014 with the exception of strategic transport infrastructure, where transport modelling by Somerset County Council was not completed and the IDP updated until November 2014. Information in this updated IDP reflects these two timescales. 1.8 Through the life of the Core Strategy changes to the policies and strategies of service providers and the introduction of new technology will have implications for infrastructure requirements and their costs. Public funding levels are also likely to December 2014 3 Taunton Deane Borough Council Infrastructure Delivery Plan – 2014 Update vary over the life of the plan. The information contained in the IDP will continue to be kept under review, with further updates as important changes are introduced. 1.9 In addition to items set out in the 2014 IDP other measures may be required to bring forward individual developments e.g. arrangements to access the existing highway network, measures to control on-site flooding. The precise requirements for such measures will be assessed on a site by site basis, depending on the type, scale and form of development that is planned. 1.10 It should be noted that, for completeness, some of the text in this update of the IDP replicates wording in the 2011 version while other wording has been edited. There is no special meaning in this other than to ensure a clear and robust 2014 IDP, which should be read as a freestanding document. Planning Policy Context 1.11 The IDP review reflects up to date guidance on the planning for infrastructure.1 National Planning Policy Framework 1.12 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published in March 2012 by the Department for Communities and Local Government makes clear that local planning authorities must take into account infrastructure requirements in terms of quality, capacity and ability to meet future demands, and any requirements for strategic infrastructure. Paragraph 162 states that LPAs should work with other authorities and providers to: ‘Assess the quality and capacity of infrastructure