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

Cycling

9.50 Individual and community benefits can accrue from growth in cycling within the District, particularly in relation to individual health and potential reductions in car use. Although the topography of the area is difficult, it does not hinder many cyclists from tackling the steeper hills and routes within the District. It does, however, generally confine many to the valley roads, which are also the most heavily trafficked. The very nature and vulnerability of the bicycle can easily bring motorised forms of transport into conflict with cyclists and cause difficulties for riders and other road users. It is therefore, important to make provision for the protection of cyclists in order to reduce conflict and thereby increase cycle safety. In the longer-term increased cycle use, through the provision of cycle lanes, routes and phasing at traffic signals, and the design, layout and location of developments will also bring benefits.

9.51 The West Yorkshire Cycling Strategy contained within the WYLTP describes the potential for and the means by which cycling can contribute to the Plan's overall objectives and is fully supported by the Council. The Strategy has been translated into a detailed Cycling Action Plan within Calderdale and the other Districts. By encouraging more people to cycle, benefits to the whole community will accrue through:-

1. Improved health and general fitness, reduced risk of heart attack, weight control and reduced stress.
2. Reduced pollution and congestion.
3. Reduced greenhouse-gas emissions.
4. Reductions in use of non-renewable fossil fuels.
5. Economic gains through walking and cycle tourism and leisure activities.

9.52 The needs of cyclists in the design and layout of highway schemes need to be taken into account in accordance with the Hierarchy of Consideration. For the purposes of this Policy a cycleway is any path, footway, bridleway or road where cycles are permitted. The Council is designating a number of cycleways in support of the West Yorkshire Cycling Strategy and as a result the following Policy will apply:-

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