Policy information sourced from the Reigate & Banstead Local Plan - Core Strategy

CS12 : Infrastructure delivery

The Council will:

  1. Secure contributions from new development towards the infrastructure required to meet the needs created by the new development.
  2. Require infrastructure to be provided either ahead of, or alongside, the delivery of new development.
  3. Encourage proposals that would:
    1. increase the range, improve the quality, or enhance the accessibility, of community and leisure (including sport, recreation, and cultural) facilities in the borough, and/or
    2. provide for a mix of compatible community services on a single site, including through consolidation to result in economies of scale or innovative forms of service provision.
  4. Secure green infrastructure in line with its Green Infrastructure Strategy to include provision of new open space and or improvements to existing open spaces, the provision of and/or improvements to links between open space, and measures to link new and existing developments with open space.
  5. Resist the loss of existing leisure and community facilities (including sport, recreation and cultural) and open spaces, unless it can be demonstrated that:
    1. the existing use is surplus to requirements, or
    2. equivalent or better provision in terms of quantity and quality, or some wider community benefits, will be made in a suitable location.
  6. Seek provision and maintenance of leisure and community facilities and open spaces from new development.

This policy will be implemented through:

  • DMP policies, including in relation to community and leisure uses and green infrastructure.
  • Green Infrastructure Strategy.
  • Joint working with partners and infrastructure providers, including to update the Infrastructure Delivery Plan and through the Public Sector Board.
  • Developer contributions through Section 106 payments and/or Community Infrastructure Levy.
  • Consideration and determination of planning applications and appeals.

Indicators used to monitor this policy will include:

  • The amount of financial contributions secured and collected and spending of these contributions.
  • The delivery of IDP projects in line with established timescales.

Evidence base:

  • Infrastructure Delivery Plan
  • PPG17 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Assessment

For more information please see the Reigate & Banstead Core Strategy