In this chapter

• Introduction to development management policy
• Housing
• Climate change
• Nature and ecosystem services
• Green Belt
• Jobs and economy
• Healthy, vibrant and inclusive communities
• Heritage and design
• Sustainable transport
  • Policy ST/HS: Promoting sustainable travel and healthy streets
  • Policy ST/AT: Active travel routes
  • Policy ST/RMD: Transport requirements for managing development
• Pollution, contamination and safety
• Minerals and waste
• Waste
• Infrastructure

Policy ST/RMD: Transport requirements for managing development

About this page

How this part of the Local Plan Options Document works

These Development Management policy option pages contain the following sections:

Policy background

• Relevant national policy or regulations
• National or regional trends
• Local situation and needs/li>
• How we have dealt with this issue in the past
• The thinking behind the policy

Policy options for the new Local Plan

We may suggest a variety of approaches:

• Keeping existing policy as it is
• Making small changes
• Replacing the policy with something that is substantially different
• Identifying factors or events which may affect this policy in the future

Policy option analysis

• A list of the advantages and disadvantages that we have identified for each of the policy options we are presenting.

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Policy background

9.447 Policy ST7 sets out the policy framework for considering the requirements and implications of development for the highway, transport systems and their users.

9.448 The updated policy seeks to make it explicit that developments must take a “Decide and Provide” approach to Transport Planning. A decide and provide approach offers the opportunity for more positive and integrated transport and land use planning by identifying a vision and providing the means to work towards achieving it. This offers the opportunity for positive transport planning and will help to implement the transport user hierarchy by prioritising walking, cycling and public transport first and foremost.

9.449 This is not a new approach for B&NES, as it has been established through ST1 in the LPPU. The purpose of including explicit requirement for a “Decide and Provide” approach in ST7 is to improve clarity by using the accepted Industry terminology, and to be clear that the requirements of ST1 are consistent with ST7 and are intended to be applied as such.

Policy options for the new Local Plan

Option A

Update the policy to emphasise the need for transport mitigation to be vision-led in line with a ‘decide and provide’ approach, and therefore deliver sustainable travel opportunities. This has been established in ST1, and the purpose is to strengthen ST7 in line with this.

Proposed to remove wider policy references to the natural and built environment. These will instead be contained within specific policies relating to each of these matters.

Advantages of Option A

• Stronger, more positive approach to sustainable travel which will provide genuine travel outcomes therefore making a positive contribution to addressing the climate emergency.
• Greater clarity on consistency between ST1 and ST7.
• Including references to the natural and built environment is unnecessary as it is covered by other relevant policies. Removing this provides clarity.

Disadvantages of Option A

More complicated and potentially lengthy to agree the vision to work towards.