Runnymede is served by a range of transport routes, and benefits from many community facilities and public service infrastructure such as schools and libraries.
To support the new Local Plan, we will work with infrastructure providers such as utility providers, the Highway and Education Authority, NHS Integrated Care Boards and internal teams such as Community Services, to prepare an Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP). The IDP will help us understand the capacity of our existing infrastructure – including the transport network - to support the spatial strategy in the Local Plan, and what new or improved infrastructure might be needed to support planned growth.
A range of plans, strategies and studies will inform the IDP, including on transport, water supply, wastewater treatment, green infrastructure, public open space and outdoor sports provision, built community facilities and public services infrastructure.
In terms of transport, national planning policy directs us to take a ‘vision-led’ approach – starting with a collective ambition for how a place should look and feel, and then identifying a range of transport solutions to deliver those outcomes, prioritising active travel modes and sustainable transport measures in accordance with Surrey’s latest Local Transport Plan.
The new Local Plan will need to include up-to-date policies to secure improvements to infrastructure to support new development. This can be on-site as part of larger developments, or via payments towards off-site infrastructure improvements. The level of developer contributions required will need to be informed by a viability assessment, to ensure the rates do not prevent development from being delivered.
Due to a large funding gap associated with infrastructure delivery, our existing IDP and a supplementary planning document prepared by the Council differentiated between the critical, essential, high-priority and desirable infrastructure required to support growth. This helped us prioritise the delivery of on-site infrastructure and off-site developer contributions, including funds generated by planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
We recommend that you read a more detailed description of this matter in this topic paper before answering the following questions - which includes a summary of what we consider to be in and out of scope:
The following questions about this topic are included on the response form:
Q20. Do you agree with what the Council believes is in scope which regards to transport infrastructure, which a new Local Plan could address? If not, please explain why.
Q21. Do you agree with what the Council believes is in scope with regards to other supporting infrastructure, which a new Local Plan could address? If not, please explain why.
Q22. Do you agree with what the Council believes is out of scope for these matters? If not, please explain why.
Q23. What do you consider to be the key transport issues which need to be addressed to help new development come forward?
Q24. What are the types and sizes of development proposal that you think could generate a ‘significant amount of movement’ in Runnymede?
Q25. Are there any other key infrastructure improvements that you think the next Local Plan covering the Runnymede area should seek to address, or safeguard land to deliver?
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