Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
  • Introduction
  • Vision for Transport in Calderdale and Across West Yorkshire
  • The Context for Transport Planning in Calderdale
  • Securing a Safe, Sustainable, Efficient Transport System
  • Priorities for Transport Investment
  • Strategic Road Network
  • Hierarchy of Consideration
  • Transport Assessment of New Development
  • Highway and Pedestrian Improvements Associated with Development
  • Travel Plans
  • Policies of the Highways Agency
  • Public Transport
  • Socially Inclusive Transport System
  • Footpaths, Bridleways and Other Rights of Way
  • Cycling
  • Motor Cycles and Mopeds
  • Highways and Traffic Management
  • Parking in New Development
  • Car Free and Low Car Housing Development
  • Garage and Car Parking Courts
  • The Movement of Freight
  • Helicopters
  • Safeguarding Aerodromes and Air Traffic Technical Sites
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

Travel Plans

9.16 The development planning process gives an opportunity to seek to modify travel demands and habits in the interest of achieving greater sustainability. This can be through a requirement for Travel Plans to be submitted either alongside planning applications or as a result of planning conditions or obligations. Developments attracting large numbers of people, such as hospitals, large offices and major employment sites, schools, or major retailing are generally considered appropriate for Travel Plans. The Councils within West Yorkshire together with West Yorkshire Transport Executive (METRO) also consider that there is potential for Travel Plans in respect of the conversion of large buildings to housing where there may be 50 or more dwellings created as part of a lease-hold development of new build property to encourage the use of public transport by residents. The potential for Travel Plans in smaller scale residential developments (ten or more dwellings) should also be recognised and their use will be encouraged by the Council.

9.17 The Council is supportive of METRO's Residential MetroCard Scheme which is being introduced across West Yorkshire (2006), but has not been able to incorporate its provisions into the Replacement UDP. Developers will be encouraged to enter negotiations with METRO over the implementation of such schemes in developments of ten or more dwellings.

9.18 PPG13 requires that Travel Plans be submitted alongside major development in accordance with the standards laid out in the guidance. The West Yorkshire Demand Management Strategy attached to the WYLTP also provides more details about the use of Travel Plans. The Council will also encourage developers and employers to consider the benefits of introducing Travel Plans within their development or company as part of the development of sustainable transport.

9.19 The Travel Plan should set objectives for reduced car usage, increased use of public transport, cycling and walking, improvements to safety features, and environmentally friendly consideration of the movement of freight and delivery of goods and services. Achieving the objectives might include a range of tools including:-

• the use of car sharing schemes;
• facilities for bicycle parking and changing;
• links to public transport, provision of shelters and information;
• home based working and teleworking;
• the use of loans to staff for the purchase of season tickets; and
• the use of flexi-time and staggered working hours.

9.20 In addition it is important that proper use is made of finite resources in an effort to support sustainable development. Such resources include highways, public transport and fuel, together with land, water and air. Heavy congestion resulting from peak period demands upon the highway network reduces the efficiency of the transport system, and causes significant delays to public transport, commercial traffic and private cars. One way of attempting to improve the efficiency of the transport system is by spreading the peak period demand. The Council can, through example and persuasion encourage employers to introduce such initiatives as flexible working patterns, home based working, lift sharing and the promotion of more sustainable modes of travel in order to spread peak demand and improve the efficiency of the transport system. This will be to the benefit of all road users, the economy and improve the quality of life for all within the District.

9.21 The weight to be attached to a Travel Plan in a planning decision will depend upon the extent to which it materially affects the acceptability of the development proposal and the degree to which it can be legally secured. A Travel Plan can be made legally binding through the use of a Planning Obligation or through the use of conditions attached to the permission. Therefore the following Policy will apply:-

9.22 Thresholds for the requirement of Travel Plans have been established by PPG13 and in agreement across the West Yorkshire Authorities and are set out in Table 9.1. The Council may request a Travel Plan in other circumstances where it considers that there are large numbers of people employed within a development that would be under the floor area set out within these criteria.

Table 9.1 Thresholds for the Requirement of a Travel Plan of Transport Assessment

USE CLASS - DEVELOPMENT TYPE	THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH A TRAVEL PLAN OR TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT IS REQUIRED (Gross sq.m)
A1 Retail (Food and Non-Food)	>1,000sq.m
B1 Business	>2,500sq.m
B2 General Industry	>1,000sq.m
B8 Warehousing	>1,000sq.m
C3 Residential	For a Travel Plan: - Leasehold development or where a ground rent or maintenance fee is paid on owner occupied development - 50 or more Dwellings; For a Transport Assessment - all residential development in excess of 50 dwellings.
D1 Health Centres/ Clinics/ Surgeries	By agreement
Hospitals	>2,500sq.m
Educational Establishments	>2,500sq.m
D2 Assemby and Leisure	>2,500sq.m
Cinemas and Conference Centres	>1,000sq.m
Stadia	>1,500 seats

Figures taken from PPG13 (March 2001) and West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan (July 2000)

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