SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 151
6.
Contributions secured through planning obligations may be pooled to address need
or cumulative impacts arising from more than one development proposal.
7.
The Council will work in partnership with infrastructure providers and other delivery
agencies in updating the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.
8.
Whilst minor developments are less likely to contribute towards developer
contributions requests may still be sought where the proposal has a specific impact
upon local infrastructure that requires mitigation in order to make it acceptable in
planning terms.
Justification
Infrastructure Delivery Plan
481.
Planning for infrastructure is an essential element in delivering the local plan. Infrastructure
in this sense is not just the physical infrastructure such as roads and pipes, but also the,
social, green and digital infrastructure (e.g. health care, open spaces, community facilities
etc.) required to enable sustainable development.
482.
The 2020 Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) provides a baseline of the existing infrastructure
capacity and needs in the Borough, including a gap analysis. The IDP aims to:
Set out the existing infrastructure capacity and needs in the Borough with the lead
delivery organisations and their partners;
Assess the impact of the proposed scale and location of development in the Borough
over the plan period on infrastructure, where this information is available;
List the projects which will address existing and future infrastructure needs, where
possible; and
Align the implementation of the IDP with the aims and objectives of other national,
regional, local or neighbourhood strategies and plans.
483.
The Infrastructure Schedule identifies the list of ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ infrastructure. It is
anticipated that developer contributions will not be sufficient to fund, and hence deliver all
essential infrastructure, particularly major schemes such as strategic transport projects.
Such infrastructure will be delivered via funding secured from other sources, e.g. from the
WMCA.
Delivering Development
484.
New development will be expected to meet its own physical infrastructure needs, such as
on-site provision of utilities or a new road junction to access a site. Where new development
puts pressure on social or green infrastructure, or creates a need, e.g. for new community
facilities or open space, then provision will also have to be made for these. Where necessary
and viable, these will be secured through developer contributions. Early consideration of
infrastructure needs and integration into the design will reduce the end-costs of provision. It
will also be expected that the cost of affordable housing will be met by development.
485.
The site policies for each of the allocations set out the likely infrastructure requirements for
each of the sites the Council has identified.
486.
Developer contributions may be sought as Section 106 obligations, Section 278 agreements
or through the adopted Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule.
487.
Statutory agencies, such as water companies, are also responsible for meeting their
statutory obligations and responding to growth.
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