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

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

3. Travel plans in the UK Planning System
TfL
Guidance

4. 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

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 Writing guidance Look at best practice Include research Draft guidance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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 employees to produce their travel plan in accordance with a planning condition or legal agreement

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Links TfL Guidance The London Plan COMMERCE iTRACE
The London Plan
COMMERCE
iTRACE

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