The Plan refers heavily to one aspect of required infrastructure, namely potable water supplies, but for a successful extensive development it is essential that all aspects of infrastructure are available in a timely (that is earlier than the bulk of the development) manner, including
◦ Public transport
◦ High quality Broadband (with more home working people moving into new developments should expect this from move date)
◦ Social facilities (including schools, health provision, education, informal open space, formal open space, recreational provision and social indoor meeting places)
◦ (In the larger developments), local convenience stores established early in the development and not waiting until the full development is complete so the developer can get a higher price for the sale of the land for the provision of such shops
We anticipate policies to be added to the draft plan to enforce the requirements on timing of infrastructure to be conditioned in any detailed planning permissions. We note this was possible for Northstowe (by limiting the development to Phase 1 until the A14 upgrade was completed).
We would expect that such polices would apply to all large developments, not just the new ones in this new plan.