or “Thoughts of a gamekeeper turned poacher”

  • Using planning to reduce transport emissions
  • Town centre vitality and viability

Policy Links

  • Social inclusion agenda
  • Mobility and accessibility

Pressures in drafting the guidance

  • business: from assistance to resistance
  • park and ride in the green belt
  • rural issues – employment research

Testing the guidance

  • Policy integration
  • Parking standards
  • Transport Assessments

Policy integration

  • LTP targets
  • safety vs pedestrian movement
  • Congestion charging

Parking standards

  • Storm in a teacup?

Attempting to put the guidance into practice

  • Aylesbury
  • Transport perspective
  • Watford
  • Planning perspective
  • Aylesbury town centre
  • Aylesbury Hub

Planning Policy Guidance Note 13

  • Para 20:
    “focus land uses which are major generators of travel demand in centres and near to public transport interchanges”
  • Para 21:
    “make maximum use of the most accessible sites…close to major public transport interchanges…
    be pro-active”

Conclusions