St Edmundsbury Core Strategy (December 2010)

11,500 -18,000+ newhomes triggers requiredmuseums/galleries andarts centres (study widearea)All of the facilities areclassed as „RequiredInfrastructure‟Bury St EdmundsONS Population Estimate 2007: 37,575Position in Core Strategy Settlement Hierarchy: TownBury St Edmunds has a comprehensive network of existing infrastructure. In BurySt Edmunds infrastructure types such as shops, sports facilities, leisure attractionsand open space are all provided in very good quantities and qualities for a town ofBury St Edmunds‟ size. Currently there is existing capacity within the network ofschools within the town, although with any potential housing growth this excesswill be quickly taken up. The transport network is reasonably good, although BurySt Edmunds remains a car dominated town and one of the key challenges tohousing growth will be to improve the public transport network, reduce congestionand promote a modal shift, which will potentially require significant infrastructureworks.Bury St EdmundsThemeCapacityIssues/RisksFundamental/Essential/Required InfrastructureHow provisionwill be metGreenInfrastructureNatureReserves/SportsPitches/NonSportsPitches/AmenityOpenSpace/Allotments/PlaygroundsLimitedcapacity.Provision ofnaturereserves,sportspitches,allotmentsandplaygroundsrequired tomeet furthergrowthRisks:Currentprovision willnot becapable ofproviding fortheincreased50,000+ homes triggers arequirement for amenityopen space (newdevelopments will still berequired to provide localamenity open space)0+ new homes triggersrequired infrastructure forallotments and sports andnon pitch sports,playgrounds, allotments andnature reserves (tippingpoints already reached)All of the above are classifiedas „Required Infrastructure‟Expansion/Upgrading ofexisting facilitiesand provision ofnew facilitiesDevelopercontributionssought onapplicationbasis113