Policy information sourced from The London Plan 2021
T5 Cycling
Development Plans and development proposals should help remove barriers to cycling and create a healthy environment in which people choose to cycle. This will be achieved through:
- supporting the delivery of a London-wide network of cycle routes, with new routes and improved infrastructure
- securing the provision of appropriate levels of cycle parking which should be fit for purpose, secure and well-located. Developments should provide cycle parking at least in accordance with the minimum standards set out in Table 10.2 and Figure 10.3, ensuring that a minimum of two shortstay and two long-stay cycle parking spaces are provided where the application of the minimum standards would result in a lower provision.
Cycle parking should be designed and laid out in accordance with the guidance contained in the London Cycling Design Standards.182 Development proposals should demonstrate how cycle parking facilities will cater for larger cycles, including adapted cycles for disabled people.
Development Plans requiring more generous provision of cycle parking based on local evidence will be supported.
Where it is not possible to provide suitable short-stay cycle parking off the public highway, the borough should work with stakeholders to identify an appropriate on-street location for the required provision. This may mean the reallocation of space from other uses such as on-street car parking. Alternatively, in town centres, adding the required provision to general town centre cycle parking is also acceptable. In such cases, a commuted sum should be paid to the local authority to secure provision.
Where it is not possible to provide adequate cycle parking within residential developments, boroughs must work with developers to propose alternative solutions which meet the objectives of the standards. These may include options such as providing spaces in secure, conveniently-located, on-street parking facilities such as bicycle hangers.
Where the use class of a development is not fixed at the point of application, the highest potential applicable cycle parking standard should be applied.
For more information please see The London Plan 2021