Policy information sourced from South Bucks District Local Plan
TR5 - ACCESSES, HIGHWAY WORKS AND TRAFFIC GENERATION
In considering proposals involving a new or altered access onto the highway, works on the highway, the creation of a new highway or the generation of additional traffic the District Council will have regard to their effect on safety, congestion and the environment. Development will only be permitted where:
- the proposal complies with the standards of the relevant Highway Authority; and
- the operational capacity of the highway would not be exceeded, or where the proposal would not exacerbate the situation on a highway where the operational capacity had already been exceeded; and
- traffic movements, or the provision of transport infrastructure, would not have an adverse effect on the amenities of nearby properties on the use, quality or character of the locality in general, including rural lanes.
Where off-site improvements to the highway are required to serve a development, the District Council will not grant permission unless the applicant enters into a planning obligation to secure the implementation of those works.
Proposals involving either the construction of a new site access, or a material increase in the use of an existing site access, directly onto the strategic highway network will not be acceptable if they would be likely to result in the encouragement of the use of the network for short local trips or compromise the safe movement and free flow of traffic on the network or the safe use of the road by others.
For more information please see the Local Plan