Newham - INF2 Sustainable Transport

Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018

INF2 - Sustainable Transport

Proposals that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported:

Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy
- Securing a more sustainable pattern of movement in Newham, maximising the efficiency and accessibility of the borough’s transport network on foot, cycle and public transport, maximising positive health impacts, and enabling development through:
  - Raising and maintaining the safety, quality, appearance and functioning, as spaces for social activity and movement, of the public realm which comprises new and existing streets and other public spaces including squares, parks and riverside pathways, securing improvements to Key Corridors as per SP7, notably the key schemes highlighted in INF1:1bxiii;
  - Continuing to address linear and other physical barriers including rivers, railways and major roads with accessible linkages, and, where applicable, providing connecting public routes through and within new development and to public transport nodes, existing neighbourhoods and facilities, and to linear routes along rivers and docks or connecting green spaces notably through the bridge and connections planned as part of the Lea River Park, the Canning Town Activity and Residential Streets, a crossing of the railway between Connaught Riverside and London City Airport DLR station, and a crossing of the docks from ExCeL to Barrier Park via Silvertown Quays;
  - Reviewing, completing, adding, maintaining and improving defined routes for walking, horse riding and cycling including the Capital Ring, and others specified in INF1 and the IDP;
  - Providing safe, secure and high quality measures to encourage and facilitate cycling as an increasingly popular mode of transport, including, as appropriate, the provision of high quality, continuous dedicated infrastructure, general public realm interventions that benefit cyclists and public cycle parking, both on street and in secure, covered facilities;
  - Supporting improvements to local public transport services by continuing to invest in infrastructure and network enhancements, including; those specified in INF1 and the IDP, more accessible bus stops, environmental performance, communication and service enhancements and ensuring that negative impacts on transport capacity including stations are fully addressed;
  - Maintaining careful management of the supply of routes and transport network capacity and parking for motor traffic in order to reduce or minimise congestion and the dominance and environmental impacts of motor-vehicular traffic in the public realm and to make space for other modes, having regard to the need to alleviate and not add to cumulative congestion issues as particularly highlighted in Congestion Zones in policy SP9, and to avoid off-site individual and in-combination effects on air/water quality in the vicinity of the Epping Forest SAC;
  - Ensuring that Major development proposals that generate or attract large numbers of trips, including higher density residential and commercial development, are located in areas with good public transport accessibility or planned improvements to this level, and demonstrate the existence of, or propose new safe, attractive walking and cycling routes to public transport nodes; and
  - Particularly promoting sustainable travel in defined STOAs, through proportionate proposals including car-free development.
Design and technical criteria
- In planning public transport and active travel routes across and between Strategic Sites and between new and existing communities;
  - 800m is the maximum distance people should have to travel to bus stops;
  - 200m and 400m respectively are defined as the optimal route frequencies for pedestrian and cyclists in the Arc of Opportunity to be secured where practicable at least between North Woolwich Road and the River Thames and preferably more generally
- All Major developments (including mixed-use) or proposals meeting the thresholds set out in Table 12 below will be required to produce a Transport Assessment;
- Travel Plans which show the likely impacts of trip generation, and which include acceptable, robust, monitored, proposals to counter or minimise the potential impacts identified to include ‘Smarter Travel’ strategies and plans; and proposed measures to facilitate and encourage more widespread walking, cycling and public transport use will be required in accordance with the following indicative thresholds:
  - All Major applications;
  - Any development in or adjacent to a Congestion Zone (SP9) and Sustainable Travel Opportunity Area (STOA); and
  - All D1 uses (including extensions);
- An appropriate level of car parking and charging points and bays for electric vehicles and car clubs should be provided taking into account a combination of London Plan standards, Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTAL), local car ownership/ car sharing opportunities and local context including the availability of existing public parking (parking stress) in line with SP8; and
- High quality cycle facilities should be provided in line with the standards set out in the London Plan, and local context, as well as opportunities to promote cycle sharing to support sustainable travel to and from the site, including where appropriate associated facilities and for washing and changing facilities.

Table 12 – Policy INF2: Transport Assessment Thresholds
Use	Threshold
A1	1000 sq. m or greater
A3/A4/A5	750 sq. m or greater
B1/B2/B8	2500 sq. m or greater
C1	50 beds or above
C3	30 units or above
D1: Healthcare	50 staff or above
D1: Higher/Further Education	2500 sq. m or above
D1: Places of Worship	200 or greater members/ attendees
D2: Assembly and Leisure	1000 sq. m or greater
Sui Generis	Case by case basis

For more information please see the Local Plan 2018