Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan
DP24: Impact of new development on the transport network
- Proposals that reduce the need to travel and improve access to sustainable modes of transport will be supported.
- Proposals should not have a significant negative effect on the safety of any users, including vulnerable users of the transport network such as pedestrians and cyclists. Proposals should identify, minimise, and mitigate potential negative impacts and seek to achieve a net positive effect on safety wherever practicable.
- Proposals should not have a significant cumulative negative impact on the operation or efficiency of the local road network, Transport for London Road Network or National Highways Strategic Road Network, the public transport system or local amenity. Proposals should identify, minimise and mitigate potential negative impacts.
- Development proposals should not result in:
- unsuitable use of any road that is prejudicial to its function in the Road Hierarchy, as set out in Table 11 and identified on the Policies Map, or a street according to its position in the movement and place matrix of street types, as set out in the Local Implementation Plan, illustrated by Figure 13, and taking into account the function of adjacent streets; or
- severe cumulative adverse impacts on the operation of roads or streets in the area.
For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan