Embedding Travel Planning in the
Development Process
Sarah Cummings
Behaviour Change
Transport for London
Some questions for you…
• What things most concern you about
transport when looking at a development?
• What do you look for in mitigation?
• Have you experienced a situation where a
development has been approved and built,
but then you have received complaints from
residents? How did you deal with those?
How can travel plans address
these concerns?
• Reducing the transport impacts
– A structured management plan covering all modes
– Can target specific congestion spots
– Provide a range of modal options
– Better environmental management
• Manage mitigation measures
– Managing the number trips, choice of mode can
reduce the need for large scale infrastructure.
– Can phase infrastructural delivery
How can travel plans address
these concerns?
• Greater Choice and accessibility
– Identifies all the options open to the user
– Increases the modal choice for trips
– Reducing the need to travel
– Improves attractiveness of site
• Improve connectivity to the local area
– Can market the local area facilities/amenities
– Build community relations
– Place-making
Value of Travel Plans
• Help achieve wider cross-cutting objectives
• Open up the dialogue between the community and local
government
• Provide real impacts in local communities
• Contribute to vibrant local economies
Value of Travel Plans
• Better understand the impact of local policies
• Streamline the planning process
• Enable access for all and manage demand across all travel
modes
• Attract more environmentally-friendly development
Policy
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PPG13
DfT – Good practice guidelines:
Delivering the travel plans through
the planning process
GLA - London Plan (Policy 3C.2)
“All developments that exceed thresholds defined
in the TfL Guidance on Workplace Travel plans and
Residential Travel Plans should have a travel plan.”
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TfL – Guidance for workplace travel
planning for development
TfL – Guidance for residential travel
planning in London.
Boroughs – Local Development
Frameworks (LDF), Supplementary
Planning Documents (SPD), Area
Action Plans (AAP)
Regional Guidance
• Thresholds
• Type
• Content
• Deliverables
• Monitoring
• Enforcement
Planning process in London
Application
Borough
Planning
Consultation
GLA Consultation
TfL Consultation
Stage 1
Refusal
Borough
Decision
Stage 2
Agree
Approval
TfL Requirements
• Thresholds
– Workplace = dependent on use class
• A1 (Retail) >=1,000 sqm
• B1 (Business) >=2,5000 sqm
• C1 (Hotel) >=50 beds
– Residential = 80 units
• Submitted alongside application
• Content –
– Background/Policy/Site assessment/Objectives/Targets
– Measures/Management/Monitoring/Action Plan
Types of Travel Plan
• Travel Plan Statement
• Framework Travel Plan
• Full Travel Plan
Secured via a S106 or planning condition.
Is writing policy the best way?
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A New Way to Plan
• 5 Module Courses
• Local Authorities 76 Attendees
• Private Sector 140 attendees
Generic
• 6 Topics
• Clarity
• Case Studies
• Benefits
Guidance
Notes
Bespoke
•8 boroughs 08/09
•10 boroughs 09/10
A New
Way to
Plan
• 160 attendees
• Best practice
• Policy
• All Development
industry (60/40)
Conference
Networks
Website
• Professional
• Sub-regional
ATTrBuTE
• Free web based tool
• Used for evaluation and
building a travel plan
• 42 structured questions
• Ensures the travel plan
contains the correct level of
information
• Does not evaluate the quality
of the information
• Used by TfL on all
applications
iTRACE
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Monitoring Tool
Web based
Standard surveys
Reporting tool
CRM function
Stores TP
Great Ormond Street - London
• Approx. 2,800 employees
• First Travel Plan produced in
2003. Review and
monitoring late 2005 showed
targets for walking, car
usage and public transport
had been met
• The Travel Plan was
updated in February 2007
Travel Plan Measures:
• The Trust will work with the local
authority and other organisations
to improve pedestrian access
within and to/from the hospital
including pedestrian crossing
facilities. The provision of
adequate space for pedestrians is
important given the central
location and number of pedestrian
movements associated with and
near the hospital.
• Improvements to the internal
hospital signage where necessary
• External signage improved
particularly from the nearby
Russell Square Station
Canary Wharf - London
• Travel planning forms an integral
part of the management of the
Canary Wharf Estate
• The Estate Travel Plan provides
an area-wide framework within
Travel Plan Measures:
which principles adopted across
• Quarterly Transport Forum which
the estate can operate in tandem
includes Canary Wharf, the local
with the Travel Plans of local
authority, TfL, transport operators
employers
and tenants/occupiers to discuss
and debate public transport
services
• Canary Wharf Group also
organise “Green Canary Day” an annual event providing
environmental awareness to
workers through a whole day of
activities
One Wood Street - London
• Workplace Travel Plan for
office development in the City
of London required as part of
S106 planning obligations.
• Relocation of 700 staff from
May 2008
• OWS was one of the first
private sector organisations in
the City to complete a Full
Travel Plan
Travel Plan Measures:
• The provision of 105 cycle
parking spaces for staff as
calculated in the Transport
Assessment (July 2004)
• No car parking provision onsite
• The provision of shower and
locker facilities for staff
• Pedestrian access to the
building
Conclusion
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Clear Policy – from national through to local
Support the audience
Support change
Train and educate
Share best practice
Make it easier – tools
Review
Rewrite?
Thank you