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11 DELIVERY AND IMPLEMENTATION

11.1 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding

CONTEXT

Community Infrastructure Levy

11.1.1 The [translate:CIL] is a charge levied on developers which is used to fund Infrastructure improvements. Once a Neighbourhood Plan is “made” (approved by Referendum) 25% of the total generated within the Neighbourhood Plan Area must go towards Local Infrastructure in that area. In the absence of a Parish Council this money can be held by the Local Authority on behalf of the NP Forum. The NP Delivery Body is able to steer the use of the funds. Regulations allow NPs a much wider range of uses of [translate:CIL] funds than is allowed the Local Authority. (Section 106 funds can now only be used for site specific mitigation).

11.1.2 Windsor Neighbourhood Plan Forum will seek to use Community Infrastructure Levies and/or, if applicable, Section 106 funding, to deliver policies and projects in accordance with the community’s wishes and priorities, as set out in Table 1 below.

Delivery Mechanisms

11.1.3 This section describes the proposed Delivery and Implementation mechanisms and monitoring indicators and projects.

Delivery Body

11.1.4 A WNP Delivery group will be formed that will meet at least annually when the Infrastructure Delivery Plan is renewed to agree delivery using Community Infrastructure Levy funds, as well as monitor the progress of the plan using the monitoring indicators in section 11.3 below.

Implementation

11.1.5 The WNP policies will be implemented by the [translate:RBWM] who are the Local Planning Authority, (who determine planning applications in the area).

Development Management

11.1.6 Most of the polices described in the WNP will be delivered by landowners and developers making Planning Applications which will be decided upon by the [translate:RBWM] Development Control Panel and Planning Officers in the usual way. In making the Plan care has been taken to ensure that the WNP policies are deliverable.

The WNP Delivery Group

11.1.7 The Delivery Group will also use the Plan to guide them in making representations to [translate:RBWM Development Control] on planning applications that have been submitted in respect of such planning applications that give them concern. They will also monitor the success of the policies.

11.2 Neighbourhood Infrastructure and Community Projects

11.2.1 The WNP Forum proposes the following infrastructure priorities for allocation of funds from the future [translate:CIL] and other sources. Also included within the list are a series of community projects either underway or identified as necessary to pursue. (Not all WNP policies will require application of such funds as they will be dealt with through the planning process).

11.3 Monitoring indicators

Natural Environment and Open Space

11.3.1 Number and amount (ha) of public open space lost

11.3.2 Number and amount (ha) of new public open space gained

11.3.3 Number and type of facilities gained/lost in new/existing open space

11.3.4 No of developments affecting Green Routes given Planning Permission and green areas and green boundaries lost (metres)

11.3.5 Number of street trees planted

Appearance

11.3.6 Heritage: No of applications concerning Local Heritage List, approved/rejected

11.3.7 Design: Number of applications citing conformity to WNP general/Area, Parking/shopfront design guides

11.3.8 Views: Number of applications citing consideration of designated view

Getting Around

11.3.9 Creation of new cycle routes (number/length)

11.3.10 Creation of new cycle facilities (number/type e.g. Bike racks, bike stores)

11.3.11 Improvements made to existing cycle paths/footpaths/underpasses

11.3.12 Parking. No of developments with given Planning Permission with inadequate parking

Housing and Community

11.3.13 Number of dwellings gained/lost

Working and Shopping

11.3.14 Pubs: Numbers of pubs lost/ what use changed to.

11.3.15 Retail: Number of shop fronts restored

11.3.16 Retail: Number of new dwellings above commercial premises provided

11.3.17 Retail: No of local shops lost, and what use changed to.

11.3.18 Betting shops and fast food takeaways opened /closed

PLACE Policies

11.3.19 Imperial House and Police Station Site].

The WNP will aim to review progress on this site in conjunction with [translate:RBWM] at yearly intervals. Should no development be forthcoming within 5 years, a major review will be sought. Measures of progress: Pre-letting by developers, pre-construction work starting, construction starting. Number of housing units/employment space created.

11.3.20 CIL /S106 spending. Funds available, funds allocated and funds spent in the WNP area.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Acronym	Definition
ACV	Asset of Community Value
BLP	Borough Local Plan
CIL	Community Infrastructure Levy
DCLG	Department of Communities and Local Government
HMO	House in Multiple Occupation
LCA	Landscape Character Assessment
LGS	Local Green Space
MUGA	Multi Use Games Area
NDHA	Non Designated Heritage Asset
NP	Neighbourhood Plan
NPPF	National Planning Policy Framework
OSA/OSS	Open Space Audit 2008 / Open Space Study 2019
P&R	Park and Ride
PPG	Planning Policy Guidance
PRS	Private Rented Sector
RBWM	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
SPD	Supplementary Planning Document
SSSI	Site of Special Scientific Interest
SWOT	Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
TA	Townscape Assessment
TG	Topic Group
WNP	Windsor Neighbourhood Plan

General Terms
Allotments	These provide opportunities for those people who wish to do so to grow their own produce as part of the long-term promotion of sustainability, health and social inclusion. This may also include urban farms.
Amenity Green Space	AGS is most commonly but not exclusively found in housing areas. This includes informal recreation green spaces and village greens. It includes green areas in close proximity to home or work which enhances the appearance of residential or other areas. It forms a visual/physical “buffer” (e.g. verges) between parking, paved and built areas.
Amenity Green Space (contd)	It provides wildlife habitats terrestrial biodiversity, supports air pollution control, drainage and soil / water biodiversity. It ensures preservation of historic fields, boundaries, sites, woodlands and routes.
Cemeteries and churchyards	This relates to cemeteries and churchyards which still contain space for new burials and also includes disused churchyards and other burial grounds. Primary purposes (RBWM Open Space Audit) – Burial of the dead – Quiet contemplation. Additional functions (WNP Open Space TG / Public Consult) – Social cohesion – Historic record and heritage – Environmental sustainability through support for wildlife habitats.
Charrette	A public meeting or workshop devoted to a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something.
Civic spaces	These are hard surfaced areas which are usually located within town or city centres. Primary purposes (RBWM O S Audit) – Community events – Social interaction and cohesion – Community development and heritage – Important sites which can also be located within other open space areas.
Conservation Area	A conservation area is an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance (Section 69 of The 1990 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act).
Development	This is where neighbourhood planning policies determine what development can take place and where.
Excluded development	Excluded development is: A county matter (schedule 1 of 1990 ACT) i.e. relating to minerals Any operation or class of operation relating to waste development Development that falls within Annex 1 to Council Directive 85/337/EEC i.e. Oil refineries, power stations, radioactive waste disposal, iron and steel smelting, asbestos operations, chemical installations, motorways, airports, ports and toxic dangerous waste disposal. Development consisting wholly or partly of a national infrastructure project.
Green Corridors	These are a thin strip of land that provides sufficient habitat to support wildlife often within an urban environment thus allowing the movement of wildlife along it. Common green corridors include roadside grass verges, towpaths along canals and riverbanks, cycle ways, rights of way and railway embankments.
Green and Blue Infrastructure	A network of multi-functional green space, urban and rural, which is capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life benefits for local communities. (PPG 2012). Blue includes rivers, streams, ponds. Blue-green infrastructure brings water management and the natural landscape together. It is a description of what land is, but also relates to what the land does. Component elements include parks, private gardens agricultural fields, hedges, trees, wood, green roofs and green walls, rivers, and ponds. The term covers all land containing these features regardless of its ownership, function, or use. Benefits include 1) reducing flood risk 2) improving psychological health and wellbeing 3) boosting local economic responsiveness 4) providing a habitat for wildlife. The REAL benefit to planning is that it can help deliver other local regional and national policy OBJECTIVES, not just those related to green space.
Highway Land	Highway land briefly defined in two examples: Highway boundaries. The public highway is an area that the public have a right to pass and repass. The highway includes the road-side verge and footways as well as the carriageway." Highway land refers to an area of land, where the public have the right to ‘Pass and Repass without hindrance’. With very few exceptions highway land (the material land) is not owned by the council. A Highway boundary enquiry defines the area that is maintainable at public expense by the highway authority.
Natural & Semi-Natural (NSN) Green Spaces	These areas include publicly accessible woodlands, urban forestry, scrub, grasslands (examples: downlands, commons and meadows), wetlands and wastelands. Primary purposes – Wildlife conservation, Biodiversity and Environmental education. Other purposes – As areas of informal open space, many of these will be suitable for walking, picnics and quiet contemplation. – Some areas may also be suitable for cycling and / or mountain biking.
Open Space	“Open space” means any land, whether enclosed or not, on which there are no buildings or of which not more than 1/20 part is covered with buildings, and the whole or the remainder of which is laid out as a garden or is used for purposes of recreation, or lies waste and uncultivated. It includes all open spaces of public value, irrespective of ownership, including not just land, but areas of water such as rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs, which offer important opportunities for sport and recreation and can also act as a visual amenity. Public open space is defined as public parks, commons, heath and woodlands and other open spaces with established and unrestricted public access. Formal Open space is pitches, courts, greens, tracks. Informal Open space is for passive recreation.
Outdoor sports facilities (2)	These are natural or artificial surfaces either publicly or privately owned and used for sport and recreation, including: outdoor sports pitches, tennis courts and bowling greens, golf courses, athletics tracks, playing fields (including school playing fields). Primary purposes (RBWM Open Space Audit) – Facilities for formal sports participation.
Parks and Gardens	These include urban parks, formal gardens and country parks which usually contain a variety of facilities and may have one or more other open space types within them. (Sports and formal recreational activities, cycling, boating, etc.) Children’s / Young people’s facilities and activities.
Permitted Development Rights	Development that is permitted automatically under planning laws. The only circumstances when an NP can have an impact on this issue is where a Local Authority has issued an Article 4 Direction to remove Permitted Development Rights for a given area and so require planning applications to be submitted.
Planning conditions	These are requirements that have to be met by the applicant. Examples might be the retention of trees or limiting use of a site to daylight hours.
Provision for children	These areas are designated for play and social interaction involving children below age 12. Whilst it is recognised that a wide variety of children’s play facilities exist as per PPG17, this typology considers only those spaces specifically designed as equipped play facilities (LEAPs).
Provision for young people	These areas are designed primarily for play and social interaction involving young people age 12 and above. Whilst it is recognised that a wide variety of opportunities for young people exist (including youth clubs and open spaces not specifically designed for this purpose), as per PPG17, this typology considers only those spaces specifically designed for use by young people, e.g.: teenage shelters; skateboard parks; BMX tracks; and Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs).
Strategic Policy	Strategic policies will be different in each local planning authority area. When reaching a view on whether a policy is a strategic policy the following are useful considerations: whether the policy sets out an overarching direction or objective whether the policy seeks to shape the broad characteristics of development the scale at which the policy is intended to operate whether the policy sets a framework for decisions on how competing priorities should be balanced whether the policy sets a standard or other requirement that is essential to achieving the wider vision and aspirations in the Local Plan in the case of site allocations, whether bringing the site forward is central to achieving the vision and aspirations of the Local Plan whether the Local Plan identifies the policy as being strategic
Urban Open Space	Open space areas for “parks”, “green spaces”, and other open areas. The landscape of urban open spaces can range from playing fields to highly maintained environments to relatively natural landscapes. They are commonly open to public access, however, urban open spaces may be privately owned. Areas outside city boundaries, such as state and national parks as well as open space in the countryside, are not considered urban open space. Streets, piazzas, plazas and urban squares are not always defined as urban open space in land use planning. Public space in general is defined as the meeting or gathering places that exist outside the home and workplaces that are generally accessible by members of the public, and which foster resident interaction and opportunities for contact and proximity. This definition implies a higher level of community interaction and places a focus on public involvement rather than public ownership or stewardship.

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