Policy information sourced from the Islington Development Management Policies
DM8.3 Public transport
The council will work in partnership with Transport for London, the bus operators, developers and other relevant agencies in order to:
- implement measures to give buses priority over other vehicles (including continuous bus priority measures along whole route corridors);
- develop the network of services to meet the travel needs of local residents and businesses, and
- ensure that bus stops and bus stopping areas are well located and designed, with good accessibility from the surrounding area.
The council will seek to secure additions and extensions to the underground and national railway networks, including improved interchange facilities and other improvements to stations. These include:
- the safeguarded Crossrail 1 project, with a station at Farringdon and good interchange facilities with London Underground and national railway services;
- the safeguarded Crossrail 2 line (also known as the Chelsea - Hackney line) with stations at the Angel and Essex Road, and good interchange facilities with London Underground and national railway services;
- the Thameslink project, including any necessary improvements to Farringdon and Finsbury Park stations and the lines which serve them;
- the provision of a new station on the North London Line (London Overground) at Maiden Lane, in Camden, to serve any new development at King’s Cross;
- the upgrading of the tube lines which cross Islington; and
- improvements to other London Underground stations, including Archway, Caledonian Road, Holloway Road, Old Street and Highbury & Islington.
In all cases reasonable steps should be taken to minimise the adverse environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of the works.
Developments which contribute to the transport needs that Crossrail will wholly or partly address shall contribute towards its funding, through the use of CIL and/or section 106 legal agreements, as appropriate.
Developments which contribute to other transport needs (e.g. Underground, Overground, roads, buses, walking, cycling etc.) shall contribute funding to measures that will wholly or partly address those needs, through the use of CIL and/or Section 106 legal agreements, as appropriate.
See also Policy DM9.1 (Infrastructure) and Policy DM9.2 (Planning obligations).
For more information please see the Islington Development Management Policies