Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1

CI1: Community Infrastructure Provision

The Council will ensure that community and social infrastructure is provided in Hillingdon to cater for the needs of the existing community and future populations by:

  • Resisting of the loss of community facilities, and where the loss of these facilities is justified it will seek to ensure that resulting development compensates these uses to ensure no net loss;
  • Supporting the retention and enhancement of existing community facilities;
  • Supporting extensions to existing schools and the development of new schools and youth facilities;
  • Encouraging the development of multi-purpose facilities that can provide a range of services and facilities to the community at one accessible location;
  • Promoting innovation in service provision and recognising that there are a range of modes appropriate for providing for all sections of the community;
  • Requiring development to contribute towards the provision of community facilities to meet the needs of new communities and mitigate impacts on existing communities;
  • Locating libraries, health facilities, police facilities, leisure facilities and community centres in town centres or other accessible locations to maximise community access, sustainable transport and build a sense of local community identity;
  • Ensuring new facilities demonstrate how they will tackle climate change, in line with Policy EM1;
  • Providing facilities and services that are accessible and inclusive to all potential users regardless of age, ability, gender or socio-economic status; and
  • Implementing a borough-wide Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to fund community infrastructure provision.

Implementation of Policy CI1: how we will achieve this

  • Provide school places to accommodate an additional 400 children by 2012, through the expansion of existing schools and the development of new schools.
  • The development of integrated health centres in areas to be agreed with the Primary Care Trust.
  • Delivery of appropriate social infrastructure through the consideration of planning applications for new housing development.
  • Implementation of a borough-wide CIL.

Monitoring of Policy CI1: how we will measure success

  • Addressing the issues identified in Hillingdon’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
  • Completion of the refurbishment of libraries

For more information please see the Local Plan: Part 1