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Future planning for transport
16/01/2004
National guidance to ensure that transport is considered
at the early stages when planning new developments or
redevelopments was launched today for public consultation
by the Executive.
The new planning policy proposes that:
• New developments should be located close to good
transport links and parking spaces should be constrained to
reduce dependence on car travel
• New trunk road or motorway junctions will only be
considered under exceptional circumstances and will require
significant developer funding
• Roadside service facilities should be developed for
the comfort and safety of drivers with opportunities to
stop and rest
A new proposal is to give Highland and Perth &
Kinross Councils responsibility for decisions on developing
roadside facilities on the A9. Decisions will be based on
locally determined economic and environmental policies,
subject to trunk road engineers' views on safety.
The Deputy Communities Minister Mary Mulligan said:
"Planning should assist in reducing the need to travel and
create the right conditions for greater use of sustainable
transport modes. This Executive is now focussing on
delivery of transport projects. The integration of land use
and transport planning can play a positive role in
supporting and building upon our delivery agenda.
"This new policy simplifies existing guidance. These are
our proposals on how planning for transport should develop.
Interested parties have 12 weeks to respond with comments
that we'll consider before finalising the guidance."
this new Scottish Planning Policy (SPP)17: Planning For
Transport replaces NPPG9 The Provision of Roadside
Facilities on Motorways and Other Trunk Roads in Scotland,
NPPG17 Transport and Planning and SPP17 Transport and
Planning Maximum Parking Standards Addendum to NPPG17.
A copy of the SPP is available at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/planning.
Consultation on these proposals will last 12 weeks.
Since the A9 was reconstructed in the late 1970s, the
Councils have had to follow central government policy on
provision of roadside facilities. This new proposal means
the road will be treated like any other trunk road in
Scotland and Highland and Perth and Kinross Councils will
decide which roadside facilities are acceptable. The
guidance states that design quality should be paramount for
new developments along the A9 route and should complement
the special character of the area.