Policy information sourced from the Reigate & Banstead Local Plan - Development Management Plan

TAP1: Access, parking and servicing

  • All types of development, across the borough, will be required to:
    • Provide safe and convenient access for all road users, taking account of cumulative impacts, in a way which would not:
      • Unnecessarily impede the free flow of traffic on the public highway, or compromise pedestrians or any other transport mode, including public transport and cycling.
      • Materially exacerbate traffic congestion on the existing highway network.
      • Increase the risk of accidents or endanger the safety of road users including pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users.
    • Incorporate a highway design and layout that:
      • Complies with currently adopted highway standards and guidance (including roads which will not be adopted by the Highways Authority, unless evidence can be provided to clearly demonstrate a scheme would be safe and accessible).
      • Provides adequate access in particular with regard to circulation, manoeuvring, turning space, visibility splays and provision for loading/unloading for an appropriate range of vehicles.
      • Allows for access by service vehicles (including refuse vehicles) and emergency vehicles at all times without restriction, including adequate width to ensure there is no obstruction from parked vehicles. On existing road layouts, new development must not materially worsen the existing access for service and emergency vehicles and look to improve it where possible.
      • Achieves a permeable highway layout, connecting with the existing highway network safely and includes safe access for pedestrians and cyclists.
      • Provides sufficient visibility and lighting for the safe and convenient use of the roads, cycle tracks, paths and parking places.
    • Include car parking and cycle storage for residential and non-residential development in accordance with adopted local standards (see Annex 4) unless satisfactory evidence is provided to demonstrate that non-compliance would not result in unacceptable harm. Such evidence could include on-street parking surveys, evidence of parking demand, and/ or further information on accessibility. Development should not result in unacceptable levels of on-street parking demand in existing or new streets.
    • If the development would result in the loss of existing car parking spaces, demonstrate that there is no need for these car parking spaces. e. Incorporate pedestrian and cycle routes within and through the site, linking to the wider sustainable transport network where possible, especially in and to the borough’s town centres.
    • Provide electric vehicle charging points.
    • Remove any dropped kerbs and crossovers made redundant by the development and reinstate the footway/verge.
  • Planning applications will be looked upon favourably unless they would have an unacceptable impact on highway safety or the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe, taking into account proposed mitigation.
  • For all developments likely to generate significant amounts of movement, a Transport Assessment or a Transport Statement will be required.
  • Provision of the following should be considered and are encouraged in new development:
    • Shared use of private parking provision for public parking when not in use.
    • Initiatives to increase travel by more sustainable options and help reduce the impact and frequency of travel by individual private car journeys (such as car pools/car clubs) to and from the development.

For more information please see the Reigate & Banstead Development Management Plan