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Proposed Submission: Gravesham Local Plan Core Strategy

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monitored and schemes modified or developed as circumstances evolve asdevelopment occurs.Transport Assessments, Travel <strong>Plan</strong>s and Car Parking5.5.34 Transport Assessments describe the overall impact of developmentson the local transport network, and consider their accessibility by all modes oftransport, taking into account any highway or sustainable accessimprovements that developers propose to implement. The contents of aTransport Assessment will depend on the size, nature and location of adevelopment and the requirements of the Highways Agency (A2 trunk road)and Kent County Council (Transport Authority).5.5.35 Travel <strong>Plan</strong>s are aimed at promoting sustainable transport options forsites and reducing car dependence and single car occupancy. They canreduce reliance on the private car by promoting the opportunities for travellingto and from sites by public transport, walking or cycling and by offering newopportunities to reduce car use, for example through the establishment of carsharing services or car clubs.5.5.36 The Council will require applicable new developments to prepare andadopt Transport Assessments and Travel <strong>Plan</strong>s using Kent County Council'sguidance "Transport Assessments and Travel <strong>Plan</strong>s, October 2008." It willalso require developments to take into account current car parking standards.These will be refined taking into account the availability of alternative meansof transport and accessibility to services and facilities.5.5.37 Currently, the Council uses the Kent Vehicle Parking Standards whichit adopted in July 2006 as Supplementary Guidance. This recognises that thecontrol of parking at new developments is one way of promoting moresustainable forms of transport. It also recognises that parking takes up a largeamount of space and has a direct influence on the efficiency of land use, thedensity of development achieved and its cost. The Parking Standardsdocument states that the parking provision determined for a developmentshould follow an assessment of the travel options by all types of transport thatare already available or that can be provided.151

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