Policy information sourced from The London Plan 2021
T2 Healthy Streets
Development proposals and Development Plans should deliver patterns of land use that facilitate residents making shorter, regular trips by walking or cycling.
Development Plans should:
- promote and demonstrate the application of the Mayor’s Healthy Streets Approach to: improve health and reduce health inequalities; reduce car dominance, ownership and use, road danger, severance, vehicle emissions and noise; increase walking, cycling and public transport use; improve street safety, comfort, convenience and amenity; and support these outcomes through sensitively designed freight facilities.
- identify opportunities to improve the balance of space given to people to dwell, walk, cycle, and travel on public transport and in essential vehicles, so space is used more efficiently and streets are greener and more pleasant.
In Opportunity Areas and other growth areas, new and improved walking, cycling and public transport networks should be planned at an early stage, with delivery phased appropriately to support mode shift towards active travel and public transport. Designs for new or enhanced streets must demonstrate how they deliver against the ten Healthy Streets Indicators.
Development proposals should:
- demonstrate how they will deliver improvements that support the ten Healthy Streets Indicators in line with Transport for London guidance
- reduce the dominance of vehicles on London’s streets whether stationary or moving
- be permeable by foot and cycle and connect to local walking and cycling networks as well as public transport.
For more information please see The London Plan 2021