Policy information sourced from the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan

Policy 48 Vehicular Parking Standards, Cycle Parking, Servicing and Construction Logistics Management

A. The Council will require new developments to make provision for the accommodation of vehicles to provide for the needs of the development while minimising the impact of car-based travel including on the operation of the road network and local environment and ensuring making the best use of land.

Vehicular and Cycle Parking Standards

B. Planning applicants will therefore be expected to provide off-street vehicular and cycle parking, including electric vehicle charging points, in accordance with standards set out in Policies T5 and T6.1 – T6.5 and Tables 10.2 – 10.6 of the London Plan. Electric vehicle charging points must be provided in a way that ensures the development is safe for other road users.

C. Planning applicants need to have regard to the London Cycling Design Standards when proposing off-street cycle parking for their developments, to deliver cycle parking that is fit for purpose, secure and well-located (preferably close to the pedestrian entrance of the main building), and easy to use by people of all ages.

Applications for Dropped Kerb and Crossover Accesses to allow Front Garden/Yard Parking

D. Front yard/garden perpendicular parking reduces the quality and safety of Richmond’s footways for pedestrians and road users with disabilities and reduce on-street vehicular parking capacity. Applications for new vehicular crossover or dropped kerb accesses will be assessed strictly in accordance with the guidance set out in the London Borough of Richmond’s Transport Supplementary Planning Document (adopted July 2020) and the latest highways authority guidance.

Car-Free Developments

E. Car-free developments may be appropriate where:

  1. The public transport accessibility level (PTAL) is 3 or above
  2. Off-street disabled vehicular parking can be provided in accordance with standards set out as per part A above.
  3. Cycle parking can, at least, be provided in accordance with the minimum standards set out in the London Plan and designed in accordance with the London Cycle Cycling Design Standards.
  4. The development is in a controlled parking zone and the applicant is prepared to enter into a legal agreement which excludes all occupants from vehicular parking permits within this, including season tickets in Council-managed car parks.
  5. In cases where there is no CPZ that occupants can legitimately be excluded from or that operates for only a small number of hours per day, the applicant can demonstrate, through a parking stress survey, that their development will not increase on-street vehicular parking stress above 85% of total on-street vehicular parking capacity. In certain cases, where a development is forecast significant impact on on-street parking stress in an area, mitigation may be sought in the form of financial contributions towards the cost of reviewing and changing an existing CPZ or implementing a new one.
  6. Household and commercial refuse and recycling collectors can service the development safely in accordance with the Council’s Refuse and Recycling Storage Requirements Supplementary Planning Document (2022).
  7. It can be demonstrated that other commercial and emergency service vehicles can service the development in accordance with standards set out in Manual for Streets (see part L of this policy).
  8. The applicant is prepared to consider other forms of mitigation such as the provision of free membership of a local car club for occupants, or, in instances of major developments, can provide one or more car club spaces on the site.

The Provision of Vehicular and/or Cycle Parking Infrastructure on the Highway

F. The Council will not encourage the provision of disabled vehicular parking space on the highway to enable planning applicants to meet the standards for disabled vehicular parking set out above.

G. Planning applicants will be expected to provide all long and short stay cycle parking off-street. If this is not possible, they will need to contribute to the cost to the Council of installing bike hangars or other cycle stands, including TMOs or other highway works needed to facilitate this.

Car Club Bay and Membership Provision

H. Applicants proposing developments of 100 dwellings or above will be expected to provide one off-street car club space per 100 dwellings, and 1 space per 200 dwellings thereafter, and to secure an accredited car club operator to operate the car club from the spaces provided, subject to the operator considering it commercially viable, and will also be expected to fund the cost of membership of the car club scheme to which the car belongs to all the first occupants of the site for a minimum of three years.

I. Where applicants propose developments with fewer than 100 dwellings, planning applicants will be expected to fund the cost membership of a nearby car club scheme to all the first occupants of the site for a minimum of three years. This will be secured through an S106 legal agreement.

Freight and Servicing

J. Applicants proposing major developments (see Table 23.1 within Policy 47 ‘Sustainable Travel Choices (Strategic Policy)’) will need to demonstrate that all servicing can take place off-street. If this is not possible, they may, depending on the number of servicing trips forecast and the potential impact on highway safety, need to pay for mitigation in the form of Traffic Management Orders and/or S278 highway works that will show their development will not have a severe impact on the safe use of the highway by other road users in accordance with Para. 110b and d of the September 2023 NPPF / para. 114b and d of the December 2023 NPPF.

K. All developments will need to demonstrate that refuse, recycling, commercial, and emergency service vehicles can service their development safely in accordance with guidance set out in Manual for Streets, Transport for London (TfL)’s guidance on delivery and servicing plans, and the Borough’s Supplementary Planning Document Richmond Refuse and Recycling Storage Requirements.They will need to do this through a delivery and servicing management plan.

Construction Traffic/Logistics Management

L. Planning applicants proposing major developments will be expected to submit a Construction Logistics Plan (Construction Management Plan) with any planning application. This will need to be completed in accordance with TfL guidance and the Council’s guidance.

M. Planning applications proposing developments that are below the size at which a transport statement and travel plan statement are needed (see Table 23.1 within Policy 47 ‘Sustainable Travel Choices (Strategic Policy)’) will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and may be asked to provide a Construction Logistics Plan.Where works may involve significant impact to the highway, neighbours, or the wider highway network, a Construction Logistics Plan (Construction Management Plan) will be required.

For more information please see the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan