Policy Priorities Survey
Policy Priorities Survey
The Local Plan is not just about providing new homes and jobs, we also need infrastructure including schools, GPs, public transport, roads, play parks and leisure facilities to support future growth. We also need to plan for the amount and type of affordable housing that we need to deliver. Affordable housing is housing provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market and includes rented and shared ownership properties.
The policies in the Local Plan should set out the infrastructure requirements to support the planned development. To inform these policies, we have been working with a number of key providers including Lincolnshire County Council, the health providers and the energy and utility providers so we can understand what social and physical infrastructure will be required to ensure development meets the needs of our communities.
To ensure that development meets the housing and employment needs of the district and provides the necessary infrastructure and policy requirements, we need to understand the local market conditions and development viability. To support this, a proportionate assessment of viability has been prepared which takes into account the following:
- The Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan policies;
- National and local standards, such as building regulations; and
- The cost implications of developer contributions (also known as section 106 contributions) such as contributions to healthcare and schools.
Assessments of viability should not compromise sustainable development but should be used to ensure that policies are realistic and that the total cumulative cost of the Local Plan's policies will not undermine deliverability of the plan or prohibit development.
Taking into account the recommendations of the viability assessment, the Council will need to make decisions on what developers will be required to provide through their schemes, either on site, or through a monetary contribution to make the development acceptable. This will require compromises to be made, for example, increasing the amounts of affordable housing will reduce the ability for developers to contribute to schools or meet higher standards to address climate change or vice versa. All the separate items are related and asking for more of one element will impact on the ability to provide other things. The Council wishes to maximise the public benefit from granting planning permission, but to inform which things we should give priority to we want to hear from you.
We would like you to tell us which of the following social and physical infrastructure you consider a priority (please rank in order of priority with the highest priority at the top). Your responses will be used to inform Local Plan policy, as the Plan evolves.