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SPP17 Planning for Transport etc

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SPP17 PLANNING FOR TRANSPORT etc
  • Tom Williamson October 2005

Why New Guidance?
  • Review of Strategic Planning
  • Revision of NPPG series
  • More focused shorter SPPs
  • Supported by PANs
  • Need for multi-disciplinary document on Transport Assessment

Structure of Morning and Form of Guidance
  • Scottish Planning Policies
  • Planning Advice Notes
  • Transport Assessment and Implementation : A Guide

Scottish Planning Policy 17
  • Provenance of SPP 17
  • Consultation Issues
  • New Messages SPP 17

SPP17 CoversProvenance of SPP17
  • Replaces and consolidates previous transport NPPGs
  • NPPG9 Roadside Facilities
  • NPPG17 Transport & Planning
  • SPP17 Addendum Maximum Parking Standards

Consultation Issues (1)
  • Integration Objectives
  • Health and Transport
  • Development plans / RTS / LTS
  • Rural Access and Land Reform Act
  • Planning for Inclusive Mobility
  • Women and Transport

Consultation Issues (2)
  • Presumptions against new motorway or trunk road junctions
  • Motorway/trunk road services
  • Parking standards - provision/minima

Introductory, Background and Context Material
  • SPP1 The Planning System sets context
  • Transport context moved on from 1999
  • Change to focus on delivery of projects
  • Other material moved to PAN75
  • background and operational detail

Structure and Content
  • Transport context 2005
  • emphasis on delivery
  • National Planning Framework
  • Redefine role of land use planning in relation to transport delivery
  • Transport impact of development plan
  • Development proposals and transport assessment

Train photoNew Messages in SPP 17
  • Policy context
  • Focus on Delivery
  • National / regional context
  • Major strategic projects
  • Detail change on parking standards
  • A9 roadside facilities policy

Policy Context - Partnership Agreement
  • Partnership for a Better Scotland
  • Growing the economy
  • Delivering excellence in public services
  • Supporting strong communities
  • Developing ambitious confident Scotland
Scotland where economy can flourish without significant environmental and social problems arising from traffic congestion and pollution

Policy Context - SPP1
  • Common SPP context
  • Economic competitiveness
  • Sustainable development
  • Social justice
  • Environmental quality
  • Design
  • Integrated transport

Policy Context - Institutional
  • National Transport Agency
  • Regional Transport Partnerships
  • Regional Transport Strategies
  • Local Transport Strategies
  • Modernised Planning System

Policy Context - Miscellaneous
  • Health and transport
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
  • Core path networks
  • STAG and SEA
  • Inclusive mobility

City Region Planning
  • Development strategies prepared in full knowledge of transport context
  • Identify required new infrastructure
  • Masterplanning and funding
  • Transport only one factor
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment

Trains and Planes photoFocus on Delivery
Major Strategic Projects
  • Development strategy related to transport infrastructure
  • Strategic road network
  • Rail authorities engagement
  • Guided transit issues
  • Airports and seaports

Motorway photoPlanning Strategic Roads
  • Integration with existing settlements
  • Discourage local journeys on strategic network
  • Presumption against new junctions unless national economic growth or regeneration benefits proven

Train photoPlanning for Railways
  • Liaison involving all parties
  • Rail Review
  • Parties will change

Bus photoPlanning for Guided Transit
  • Integration with other modes
  • Resolving conflict with road traffic
  • Integrating into urban fabric

Bus photoPlanning for Buses
  • Strategic projects to integrate bus and new development
  • Design to accommodate bus
  • Dedicated roadspace
  • High quality interchange
  • Commercially market package

Airport photoPlanning for Airports
  • Air Transport White Paper
  • Airport Master Plan
  • West Edinburgh Planning Framework Review
  • Operational needs, surface access, related development, other indirect development

Midlothian Local Plan CoverDetail Change on Parking Standards
  • Land use / transport relationships
  • Traffic and parking management
  • Transport assessments travel plans

Detail Change on Parking Standards
  • City Region context
  • Maximum standards now with underpinning minimum standards
  • Operational parking additional
  • Parking for disabled people additional

PAN76 Residential Streets
  • Designing Places series
  • Urban design approach to streets
  • Avoid car dominance
  • Model examples
  • Process issues
  • Planning / engineering interface
  • Role of Road Construction Consent

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