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| CORE POLICIES & PROPOSALS & SUPPORTING TEXT | |||
| 6 - DEVELOPING THE TRANSPORT NETWORK | |||
| See also paragraph 1.57 of the Plan Statement | |||
| Policy T1 | The Road Network | ||
| Policy T2 | Cycle Provision | ||
| Policy T3 | Disused Rail Network | ||
| Policy T4 | New Development | ||
| Policy T5 | Traffic Calming and Management | ||
| THE ROAD NETWORK | |||
| Policy T1 | New development, where appropriate, must: - | ||
| (a) | be accessible to, or able to be made accessible to, the existing or planned public transport network; and | ||
| (b) | be located where road network capacity is or can be made available, but only after access by other more sustainable modes has been maximised and there is no creation or worsening of a road safety problem; and | ||
| (c) | provide for safe and convenient cycle and pedestrian access or through-routes; and | ||
| (d) | provide for, and not prejudice existing, safer routes to schools and further education sites; and | ||
| (e) | provide for secure and convenient cycle parking; and | ||
| (f) | provide for the protection and integration of existing routes; and | ||
| (g) | provide for safe routes to stations and major public transportation interchanges. | ||
| Justification: Developers must make adequate provision for pedestrian and cycle movement in proposed schemes. Footpaths and cycleways should be planned to link housing with employment, commercial and leisure areas. They should be segregated from traffic wherever possible, conveniently located for public transport and designed to ensure the personal safety of users. Fife Council's Transportation Development Guidelines and other standards seek to integrate facilities for pedestrians and cycle movement. | |||
| CYCLE PROVISION | |||
| Policy T2 | Land will continue to be safeguarded to allow the implementation of the Kingdom of Fife cycle network. | ||
| Justification: The Council's plans for an extensive network of cycle routes throughout Fife are currently being implemented in the Plan area, and complement work on a path network. | |||
| DISUSED RAIL NETWORK | |||
| Policy T3 | The disused railway network and associated sidings will be safeguarded from development which will prejudice existing or future transportation use. | ||
| Justification: In order to ensure that strategic transportation including road/rail services are able to take place, it is necessary to protect the land required from other development. | |||
| NEW DEVELOPMENT | |||
| Policy T4 | Road layout, construction, access and parking provision in all new developments will require to conform to Fife Council's Transportation Development Guidelines. Development proposals likely to generate a significant amount of traffic will require to be accompanied by Transport Assessments including, where appropriate, Travel Plans and Environmental Impact Assessments. | ||
| Justification: The Council will ensure that all new developments meet satisfactory road safety and traffic management standards. This will be achieved through the application of Fife Council design criteria contained in its Transportation Development Guidelines, and other standards, which provide a uniform approach to parking, servicing, layout, road construction and other relevant issues. Compliance with these standards allows roads to be adopted and ensures long-term maintenance and safety. | |||
| In the case of both major planning proposals and new road proposals, Transport Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments will be required to allow the fullest consideration of all relevant issues. Travel Plans may also be required to demonstrate how sustainable travel options can be achieved in cases where development proposals will give rise to significant levels of commuting and/or customer-related travel. | |||
| Where roads are to be private, Fife Council will require to be satisfied at the time of granting planning permission that adequate arrangements will exist to ensure maintenance, repair, cleanliness and, in the long-term, replacement of roads/drains/ lighting. | |||
| TRAFFIC CALMING AND MANAGEMENT | |||
| Policy T5 | The implementation of measures designed to improve pedestrian safety, including footpath/footway provision and improvements, construction of suitable traffic calming measures, and the reduction of speeds in residential areas to 20MPH or less where appropriate, will be required. | ||
| Justification:
A safe residential environment requires that the design and use of
roads in exclusively residential streets are designed and constructed
in a manner which builds-in appropriate traffic calming to reduce
vehicle movement to safe speeds in accordance with the Council's design
criteria contained in its Transportation Development Guidelines, and
to give priority to pedestrian and cycle movement. Roads and transportation
corridors must also be designed to respect and enhance the natural
and built environment and will be considered against Policy E3. See also policy E3 |
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