Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
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exception of the one policy (LP08), generally promote development within the existing<br />
Urban Areas of Addlestone, Chertsey, Egham/Englefield Green. It also continues to<br />
promote the continued protection of the Green Belt along with the maintenance and<br />
enhancement of the <strong>Borough</strong>’s employment base. Also, it sets a level of 25% for<br />
affordable housing on qualifying sites.<br />
Table 1- RBC Local <strong>Plan</strong> Policies<br />
No.<br />
Policy<br />
Location Policies<br />
LP01 Strategy for the Location of Development<br />
LP02 Housing Provision and Distribution<br />
LP03 Development in Addlestone Urban Area<br />
LP04 Development in Egham / Englefield Green Urban Area<br />
LP05 Royal Holloway UOL<br />
LP06 Development in Chertsey Urban Area<br />
LP07 Development in Virginia Water<br />
LP08 The former DERA site, Longcross<br />
Strategic Policies<br />
SP01<br />
SP02<br />
SP03<br />
SP04<br />
SP05<br />
SP06<br />
SP07<br />
SP08<br />
SP09<br />
SP10<br />
Green Belt Areas<br />
Affordable Housing<br />
Gypsy and Travelling Populations<br />
Provision and Retention of <strong>Infrastructure</strong> and Service<br />
Design<br />
Tourism, Recreation and Leisure<br />
Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area<br />
Employment Development<br />
Sustainable Transport<br />
Development and Flood Risk<br />
2.8 In terms of housing numbers, the Local <strong>Plan</strong> is not proposing to allocate any strategic<br />
sites with the exception of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) site<br />
at Longcross. Indeed the view has been taken that the current rate of housing<br />
completions coupled with the existing level of approved schemes adequately meets its<br />
proposed quantum of 161 units per annum.<br />
2.9 Being a key site with considerably less infrastructure provision than the existing Urban<br />
Area, the 123 hectare former DERA site is expected to require considerable<br />
infrastructure provision if it comes forward, as expected, to provide a new mixed use<br />
community. Originally a Ministry of Defence (MoD) research establishment for testing<br />
military vehicles, the site was decommissioned in 2001.<br />
2.10 All policies along with their alternatives have been assessed in terms to their<br />
contribution towards meeting the objectives of sustainable development along with their<br />
impact on the environment through a combined Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and<br />
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) which are available to view on the<br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s <strong>Plan</strong>ning website.<br />
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