Policy information sourced from Thurrock Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development

CSTP33 - STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION

STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN

The Council and Partners will adopt the Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan as the basis for the Core Strategy Infrastructure Trajectory. The Council and Partners commit to an Annual Review of the above Delivery Plan for Monitoring and Reporting purposes with a fundamental Review every 3 years or more frequently if required by local circumstances, changes in Government guidance, requirements or Regulations.

STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD

The Council and delivery partners will work together with other partners and stakeholders to set up a Strategic Infrastructure Board reporting to the Sustainable Communities Board of the Thurrock Local Strategic Partnership “Shaping Thurrock”. The Board will not have executive powers but will seek to arrive at jointly agreed decisions on priorities for investment.

The Council and delivery partners also recognise that there may well be the need for Scheme-led or area-based Local Asset Backed Vehicles to be set up, such as for Purfleet PRIDe.

A Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule will be produced in consultation with partners and published in due course to support this policy.

The Council recognises that the current economic climate may cause delay to the Delivery Plan. Reductions in public spending may mean that there is less funding available for infrastructure. Development may be less profitable than envisaged so growth will be slower to take place, and infrastructure expected to be funded by Section 106 obligations and/or CIL will be correspondingly delayed. This may mean that the Council has to prioritise, bringing forward those schemes which are most important and/or easiest to deliver.

For more information please see the Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development