Policy information sourced from Brentwood Local Plan
BE09: Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets
Sustainable modes of transport should be prioritised in new developments to promote accessibility and integration with the wider community and existing networks. Priority should be given to cycle and pedestrian movements and access to public transport.
Development proposals should provide the following sustainable measures as appropriate:
- the provision of pedestrian, cycle, public transport and where appropriate, bridleway connections within development sites and to the wider area, including key destinations;
- the creation of safe, secure, well connected and attractive layouts which minimise the conflicts between traffic, cyclists and pedestrians, and allow good accessibility for passenger transport within sites and between sites and adjacent areas, and where appropriate improve areas where passenger transport, pedestrian or cycle movement is difficult or dangerous;
- the provision of community transport measures promoting car pools, car sharing, voluntary community buses, cycle schemes;
- safeguarding existing and proposed routes for walking, cycling, and public transport, from development that would prejudice their continued use and/or development; and
- any development requiring a new road or road access, walking and cycling facilities and public transport, will be required to have regard to the adopted Essex County Council’s Development Management Policies or successor documents, in order to assess the impact of development in terms of highway safety and capacity for both access to the proposed development and the wider highway network.
For more information please see the Local Plan