Planning

Within the plan­ning sys­tem, we have an impor­tant role to make sure that devel­op­ments close to or affect­ing the Strate­gic Road Net­work (SRN) can take place while mak­ing sure that it con­tin­ues to oper­ate safely and effi­ciently for all road users.

We have devel­oped our pro­to­col approach to pro­vide clear infor­ma­tion to local author­i­ties and devel­op­ers in rela­tion how we will work with them to sup­port devel­op­ment and facil­i­tate growth. Each pro­to­col is intended to stand alone and can be read with­out any prior knowl­edge of the other protocols.

By apply­ing the pro­to­col approach across all areas of our involve­ment in the plan­ning and devel­op­ment process, we aim to play our part by mak­ing sure that we are effi­cient, con­sis­tent, and clear about our require­ments and what can be expected of us. How­ever, to engage effec­tively, we also rely on local plan­ning author­i­ties and devel­op­ers to under­stand and use the pub­lished pro­to­cols. We col­lect infor­ma­tion about our per­for­mance in rela­tion to the pro­to­cols, and we use this and feed­back from devel­op­ers and local author­i­ties to iden­tify ways in which we can improve. You can down­load our lat­est set of met­rics from this page.

In some cases the rel­e­vant pro­to­col may not fully address the par­tic­u­lar cir­cum­stances of a devel­op­ment, in which case we encour­age fur­ther dis­cus­sions with our regional plan­ning teams. All pro­to­cols include area-specific con­tact details which are also shown on the map at the back of the document.

We wel­come com­ments or feed­back in rela­tion to any area of our plan­ning and devel­op­ment per­for­mance, either to the regional con­tacts within the doc­u­ment or directly to Dave Parker, Asset Deliv­ery Man­ager for York­shire and North East, at dave.parker@highways.gsi.gov.uk.

Per­for­mance measurement

The High­ways Agency mea­sures its per­for­mance on plan­ning mat­ters through a series of met­rics. These mea­sure our per­for­mance in the plan­ning system -

Regional traf­fic model library

These libraries pro­vide a snap­shot of trans­port mod­el­ling capa­bil­ity in the regions to aid those who wish to under­take assess­ment work.  They list and gives brief details of traf­fic mod­els ref­er­enced to regional maps. Inclu­sion in the list does not nec­es­sar­ily mean that a model is suit­able for eval­u­at­ing the impact of devel­op­ment pro­pos­als or meet­ing other assess­ment require­ments. Pro­mot­ers of devel­op­ment and oth­ers should dis­cuss the suit­abil­ity of any par­tic­u­lar model with the owner of the model, the rel­e­vant local plan­ning and high­way author­i­ties and the High­ways Agency.

 

Spatial PlanningIn all stages of the plan­ning process we sup­port sus­tain­able devel­op­ment and eco­nomic performance.
Improvement PlanThe High­ways Agency has pro­duced an improve­ment plan set­ting out a series of actions to improve its inter­ac­tion with the plan­ning system.