Transport
Transport infrastructure and services help to ensure that our land works efficiently. Good planning should integrate transport and land use to support sustainable economic growth as well as social well being and clean environments for communities. Most forms of transport are absolutely fundamental to modern life, whether moving people to school, to work, to health facilities, for shopping or recreation, or moving goods to and from factories, docks and distribution outlets.
Policy summary
Scottish Planning policy (SPPG) 17 Planning for Transport sets out the transport policy and this is supported a range of Planning Advice Notes (PANs). The key policy messages are that land use planning:
- should help to reduce the need to travel and reduce dependence on the car
- create the right conditions for greater use of sustainable travel modes; and avoid or mitigate adverse environmental impacts.
- ensure that new development should connect to local services by walking, cycling and public transport