Policy information sourced from Sandridge Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan
T1 Traffic Congestion and Road Safety
Locations for development must provide sustainable travel opportunities in line with Hertfordshire County Council’s Local Transport Plan 4 (as amended). The Parish will not support development where private car use is the only realistic choice for residents.
All major development proposals (of 10 dwellings or more) must provide a traffic impact assessment, proportional to the scale of the development proposed, which assesses the potential impact of increased traffic on residential roads. The traffic impact assessment must include all of the following:
- Identify impact on pedestrians, cyclists, road safety, the roadside environment, parking and congestion.
- Include the impact of increased parent/school car journeys.
- Identify measures designed to mitigate the impacts identified in 1 above.
- Include measures to maximize the efficiency of key road junctions in the vicinity while considering the needs of pedestrians and other road users.
Major development proposals (of 10 dwellings or more) should provide walking and cycling routes appropriate to the size of the scheme within the development and access points connecting with adjacent paths, community facilities, schools, shops and transport interchanges as part of the layout and design.
Effective mitigation schemes to reduce the impact of through traffic within residential areas will be supported. Examples of such schemes are provided in the tables below. Specific mitigation measures in relation to the East St Albans Broad Location are listed in Policy D7.
For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan