Setting the Standard: Securing Travel Plans Through Planning Matthew Prince Smarter Travel Unit Transport for London

Overview Travel Plans in UK Planning Development Control Guidance Workplace Residential Supporting the Guidance ATTrBuTE iTrace Engagement Strategy National Standards

Travel plans in the UK Planning System TfL Guidance

Travel plans in the UK Planning System Planning mechanisms PPG13 - National Policy London Plan – Regional Policy Transport Assessments – Local Policy Securing Travel Plans Section 106 Agreements Conditions

Writing guidance Look at best practice Include research Draft guidance Consult Revise Approval Inclusion in policy

The Guidance in the London Plan ‘Developments with significant transport implications should include a Transport Assessment and Travel Plan as part of planning applications. Developers and planning authorities should refer to TfL’s guidance on Transport Assessments. All developments that exceed thresholds defined in TfL guidance on Workplace Travel Plans and Residential Travel Plans should have a Travel Plan.’ London Plan – Policy 3C.2 February 2008

Workplace Guidance Delivered in March 2008 Material consideration in planning applications Sets out the standard for workplace travel plans across all land use classes Identifies the thresholds Shows best practice and gives examples Links to further advice

Workplace Guidance 4 Types of travel plan can be submitted Full Interim Framework Statements All must include (except statements) Objectives Targets Management (inc Funding) Marketing Measures Monitoring

Workplace Guidance Scoping Pre-application Submission Post permission and pre-opening Post-opening

Residential Guidance Delivered March 2008 Material consideration in planning applications Threshold set at residential developments over 80 units Best practice Linked to workplace guidance for s106/conditions

Residential Guidance Plan to be site specific Combination of “hard” and “soft” measures Holistic package - integrated into design, marketing and occupation of site. Measures to support accessibility – including walking, cycling, public transport use and vehicle access (without ownership). Parking restraint

Supporting the Guidance ATTrBuTE Computer based evaluation, building and testing programme for travel plans iTRACE Web based travel plan monitoring database, management and reporting system Engagement Strategy A strategy to educate, inform boroughs of the guidance and to improve travel plan quantity and quality Enterprise An off the shelf service for businesses with 20-250 employees to produce their travel plan in accordance with a planning condition or legal agreement

National Standards Procedures set out and audited by the British Standards Institute (BSI) Gaining a consensus on What is a travel plan Travel plan components Methodology for surveys… Attaining a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) Faster process Does not need full consensus of stakeholders British Standard

European Standards COMMERCE Paris and London working with 4 ‘learner’ cities on mobility plans Produce guides and standards On-line web forums Recognise best practice Managed by LEPT

Conclusions London has a set of guidance documents setting a standard for development control travel plans Support tools are in place to ensure the guidance is accepted and used Evaluation tools are in place to ensure travel plans become ‘living’ documents Working towards establishing National Standards Working towards establishing European Standards

Links TfL Guidance The London Plan COMMERCE iTRACE http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/workplacetravelplanning/7680.aspx The London Plan http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/thelondonplan.jsp COMMERCE http://www.commerce-eu.org/ iTRACE http://www.itrace.org.uk/

Matthew Prince matthewprince@tfl.gov.uk Thank you Matthew Prince matthewprince@tfl.gov.uk