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Scottish Planning Policy: Consultation Draft
SPP 17
Planning for Transport

January 2004

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CONTENTS

Covering Letter
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
POLICY CONTEXT
SPP objectives
The transport vision
Integration objectives
MAJOR STRATEGIC PROJECTS
Relationship of strategic planning to major transport projects
Policy support
Funding support
Planning for strategic roads
Planning for railways
Planning for tramways
Planning for airports
Planning for seaports
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND TRANSPORT PROJECTS
Relating land use to existing and proposed networks
Planning for travel modes
General
Walking
Cycling
Public transport
Cars
Planning for mobility impaired and disabled access
Planning for freight
ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
General
Maximum parking standards
General
Parking for disabled users
Cycle parking
National maximum parking standards
Development control implications
Transport assessment
Travel plans
Development affecting trunk and other strategic roads
Roadside services facilities provision
General
Motorways
Other trunk and strategic roads
A9 policy
CONCLUSIONS
ENQUIRIES

PLANNING SERIES:

• Scottish Planning Policies (SPPs) provide statements of Scottish Executive policy on nationally important land use and other planning matters, supported where appropriate by a locational framework.
• Circulars, which also provide statements of Scottish Executive policy, contain guidance on policy implementation through legislative or procedural change.
• Planning Advice Notes (PANs) provide advice on good practice and other relevant information.

Statements of Scottish Executive policy contained in SPPs and Circulars may be material considerations to be taken into account in development plan preparation and development control.

Existing National Planning Policy Guidelines (NPPGs) have continued relevance to decision making, until such time as they are replaced by a SPP. The term SPP should be interpreted as including NPPGs.

Statements of Scottish Executive location-specific planning policy, for example the West Edinburgh Planning Framework, have the same status in decision making as SPPs.

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