Policy information sourced from Dacorum Local Plan 2004 Alteration

54 Highway Design

New development proposals will be expected to meet current national and local standards for highway design, access and servicing arrangements and circulation space. In particular local road hierarchy requirements must be respected (see Policy 52). Highway design requirements will normally be those employed by the highway authority at the time the development is proposed. Further guidance is given in Appendices 3 and 4 of the Plan.

Design will be subject to safety audits where appropriate.

The standards applied will normally be those necessary if the highway is to be statutorily adopted.

At the discretion of the planning authority, normal standards may be relaxed in order to meet wider environmental, transport, safety, design and conservation objectives. In particular, low speed design will be required in appropriate residential area layouts.

For more information please see the Local Plan