Policy information sourced from the Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan 2021-2038
LPRTRA2: Assessing the Impacts of Development.
Development proposals must:
1. Demonstrate that the impacts of trips generated to and from the development are accommodated, remedied or mitigated to prevent severe residual highway safety or capacity impacts:
- a. Demonstrate that any measures necessary to mitigate the transport impacts (in terms of highway safety and capacity as well as air quality) of development are viable and will be delivered at the appropriate point in the proposed development’s buildout. This will be ahead of first occupation for some measures and at an agreed trigger point for others.
- b. Provide a satisfactory Transport Assessment for proposals that reach the required threshold and a satisfactory Travel Plan in accordance with the threshold levels set by Kent County Council’s Guidance on Transport Assessments and Travel Plans and in National Highways guidance; and
- c. Demonstrate that development complies with the requirements of policy LPRTRA1 for air quality and the guidance included in the Kent County Council Kent Design Guide.
2. Proposals for development will be permitted if adequate provision is made, where necessary and appropriate, within the overall design and site layout for the following facilities for public transport and active travel secured through legal agreements:
- a. Priority or exclusive provision for public transport vehicle access to or through the proposed development area;
- b. Safe and convenient passenger waiting facilities, information systems and signed pedestrian access routes to public transport services;
- c. Suitable provision for disabled access to public transport waiting facilities from all parts of the development area;
- d. Suitable provision for disabled access onto buses from the waiting facilities;
- e. Priority for pedestrians and vulnerable road users through design throughout the development; and
- f. Suitable provision for safe active travel connectivity connecting thesite to the local area.
3. Development proposals will be considered in the context of both their impacts in terms of motor vehicle movements and overall sustainability. The impacts of development on the functionality of the highways network will be considered in the context of any sustainable transport gains that are proposed to accompany them.
For more information, please visit Maidstone’s Local Plan Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan 2021-2038