Policy information sourced from Redbridge Local Plan

LP22: Promoting Sustainable Transport

The Council will work with partners to support the delivery of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, London Freight Plan and Local Implementation Plan (LIP). To deliver a more sustainable and efcient transport network that supports growth and a prosperous economy, reduces car dependency, encourages sustainable forms of transport, improves air quality and reduces greenhouse gas emissions it will:

  • Direct new development which generates high transport demands to highly accessible locations such as the Investment and Growth Areas, town centres and transport corridors;
  • Support transport projects that improve the usage, reliability, quality, safety and integration with other transport modes of the public transport network, particularly where it improves the accessibility and connectivity to Investment and Growth Areas;
  • Support and facilitate the delivery of Crossrail by resisting development in safeguarded land and delivering station and public realm improvements at Ilford, Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Chadwell Heath;
  • Support improvements to Central Line stations including lifts to platforms at Newbury Park and level access improvements at all other stations;
  • Actively encourage walking and cycling providing an attractive public realm, safe, convenient and accessible cycle and footpath networks, through Investment and Growth Areas and that connect to the sub-regional network;
  • Work in partnership with TfL and bus service providers to increase the number of routes in the borough, improving the frequency and efciency of the bus network, and ensure integration of night bus services with all night Underground services;
  • Require major development to provide a Transport Impact Assessment to inform the design process, evaluate the impact of the development on the existing transport network, and provide mitigation measures to alleviate any adverse efects;
  • Require major development to provide Travel Plans to demonstrate what measures will be introduced to ensure that the future users of developments will be less reliant on private motor vehicles, and promote sustainable forms of transport such as walking and cycling;
  • Resist new development that results in an unacceptable adverse impact on trafc congestion within the Local and Strategic Road Network at key junctions and links or public transport system unless it incorporates efective mitigation measures, as listed in the Transport Assessment Supplementary Technical Note (2017);
  • Facilitate the safe, reliable and efcient movement of freight and servicing trips to, from, within and through Redbridge to support the borough’s economy, in balance with the needs of other transport users, the environment and residents’ quality of life;
  • Require new development to provide a Servicing and Delivery plan to ensure that development can be adequately serviced within the site, to encourage shared servicing arrangements and consolidation of deliveries; and
  • Require major development to provide a Construction Logistics Plan to particularly demonstrate how it will manage trips generated throughout the demolition and construction programme.

Implementation

Delivery of the Mayor’s London Transport Strategy and London Freight Plan;

Support the delivery of the Local Implementation Plan and maintenance and improvements to the regional transport infrastructure; and

The Council will seek to implement the adopted Cycling Strategy in order to achieve a comprehensive network of safe and attractive cycling routes throughout the borough and connected to the wider area and strategic routes.

For more information please see the Local Plan