Comment

Representation ID: 60579

Received: 30/07/2013

Respondent: Centro

Warwickshire is within the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and the plan area falls within the West Midlands 'journey to work' area. The West Midlands Local Transport Plan seeks to ensure comprehensive public transport links with key destinations outside the West Midlands Metropolitan area. Through working in close partnership with operators, Warwickshire County Council and its district councils, Centro seek to implement a high quality, accessible network that reflects changing journey patterns both within the Metropolitan area itself and its journey to work area. We therefore want to ensure that any Neighbourhood Plans, which fall within Centro's journey to work area:

* Promote future development patterns of development consistent with the West Midlands Local Transport Plan and Centro's Integrated Transport Prospectus and rail vision;

* Maximise the opportunities for the use and improvement of the public transport, freight, cycling and walking networks serving key development and regeneration areas;

* Identify and protect future routes and site specific locations for new transport schemes and proposals;

* Establish and promote appropriate parking standards for different types of location and development which maximise and incentivise the use of sustainable travel modes;

* Provide a clear policy framework for securing the implementation, monitoring and enforcement of 'smarter choices' measures together with the funding and delivery of new transport infrastructure;

* Indentify walking, cycling and way finder measures alongside bus infrastructure improvements.