Surrey Infrastructure Capacity Project

This is an exciting project, one of the first of its kind in local government in England, that will help Surrey prepare for projected growth with a county-wide infrastructure study to help manage development.

The project has been set up in response to the housing, employment, population and economic growth forecasts in the South East Plan and concerns about existing under provision of infrastructure in some parts of the county. 

The study will assess the overall impact of the 57,920 new homes to be built by 2026 on Surrey's roads, rail, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure.  All districts and boroughs are going to see some level of increase and it is essential to grasp a clear understanding of what such growth will mean in the future in order to deliver sustainable communities. The work will involve all 12 Surrey Authorities (County Council and 11 Districts and Boroughs), key infrastrucutre providers (transport, utilities, education, health) and other interested stakeholders (the voluntary sector, community services, business).

The project is being carried out against the background of the Surrey Strategic Partnership's (our county-wide LSP) view of sustaining achievement, sharing success, and promoting independence through smart economic growth, allied to skills and productivity improvement and provision of affordable housing and sufficient quality infrastructure.

The Surrey Infrastructure Capacity Project (SICP) started life in late autumn 2008 with a three-year remit to plot a practical path towards managing the County’s proposed population, employment and housing increases, and their likely impact on the local economy. The project will identify historic deficits in current infrastructure provision and assess the condition of existing infrastructure as well as assess future infrastructure needs.

The key output from the project is a set of infrastructure schedules (backed up with the financial costs for delivering them) that will form the blueprint for infrastructure provisiosn in the county.  The schedules will be used by a range of stakeholders (wider than local government) when managing growth demands placed on Surrey.