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Integrated Policy Approach to the Transport and Land Use Planning Aspects of Development Applications: Stage 1 Report Desktop Study

1 Introduction

1.1 The Commission

Oscar Faber was commissioned in June 1999 by a Client Group led by the Scottish Executive to undertake a research study into the development of maximum car parking standards and thresholds for Transport Assessments for major planning applications. It is the intention that the recommendations culminating from this research would be incorporated within policy guidance. This would provide the practical detail for implementing the integrated approach to major development applications, as advocated in National Planning and Policy Guidance (NPPG)17: Transport and Planning.

The study has been undertaken in two stages. Stage 1 comprises a desktop study of the current parking standards and thresholds being applied by local authorities for traffic impact assessments or transport assessments.

Stage 2 of this study involves the presentation of the desktop study results to groups of relevant bodies, in order to develop an operationally robust consensus on these policy led standards and thresholds.

This report presents the findings of the Stage 1 desktop study and identifies the key issues for discussion at the workshops by relevant practitioners in policy formulation and development control.

1.2 Structure of Report

Chapter 2 of the report discusses the background to the study, in particular the integrated transport and land use planning framework proposed within the NPPG:17 Transport and Planning. It also highlights two examples of current practice in the development of maximum parking standards. Chapter 3 describes the methodology used for the study, the results of which are presented in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 continues with a discussion of these results, paying particular reference to parking standards, transport assessments, locational policy, Green Transport Plans, and relevant planning agreements. This chapter sets out key issues for discussion in the stage 2 workshops.

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