Policy information sourced from Mole Valley Local Plan
MOV2 - THE MOVEMENT IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
Development will normally only be permitted where it can be demonstrated that it is or can be made compatible with the transport infrastructure and the environmental character in the area, having regard to all forms of traffic generated by that development. Where appropriate developers will be expected to provide for, or contribute to, transportation initiatives or highway works that should provide adequate capacity to at least the end of the Plan period. In particular, proposals for major developments will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated that in order to accommodate the traffic generated by that development appropriate measures are made to obviate the environmental impact, and there is appropriate provision for:
- off-street vehicular parking, and
- suitable servicing arrangements, and
- vehicular access and egress and movement within the site, and
- capacity on the transport network and in the vicinity of the development, and
- access and egress to be obtained, or improved, to and from the primary route and distributor road networks, and
- public transport services, and
- pedestrians and cyclists, and
- people with disabilities.
Where a particular part of the highway network already endures high traffic flows significantly above its operational and environmental capacity, then only small-scale development or redevelopment, which leads to little or no new traffic generation, will be permitted. The cumulative effects of existing and committed development on the operational capacity and environmental character of congested areas as a whole will be taken into account in the determination of development proposals. The provision of new accesses onto principal traffic routes will not normally be permitted where access can only be gained from those networks.
For more information please see the Local Plan