The council’s key priorities for planning obligations will be for the provision of:

• Residential Development:
  • Improvements to public transport infrastructure, systems and services.
  • Educational provision in areas with existing shortages of school places or where the development will create such a shortage.
  • Affordable or special needs housing to meet identified local needs.
  • Where appropriate; highway improvements (including benefits for pedestrians and cyclists), environmental improvements; the provision of open space; and other community facilities.
• Non-residential Development:
  • Improvements to public transport infrastructure, systems and services.
  • Small business accommodation, and training programmes to promote local employment and economic development.
  • Town centre regeneration schemes, including their promotion, management and physical improvements.
  • Where appropriate, highway improvements (including benefits for pedestrians and cyclists); environmental improvements; the provision of open space; and other community facilities.