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This section introduces the plan's approach to employment and road freight. It notes that employment sites can harm the road network if transport is not considered early, and that rising demand for large storage and logistics sites has increased lorry traffic. Policy EC.7 asks new employment development to improve sustainable transport access, cut freight carbon and support electric freight vehicles. Schemes that significantly increase freight movements must provide lorry parking, large developments need Travel Plans and transport assessments, and freight vehicles should avoid residential areas wherever possible.
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4.4 Employment and Road Freight
Policies within this section contribute to achieving the following Strategic
Objectives:
SO3. Developing opportunities for jobs and growing the economy
SO5. Contributing towards Net Zero Carbon targets
SO9. Connecting people to places
4.4.1 Employment sites may have a negative impact on the road network where
transport considerations are not taken into account from the earliest stage. In addition,
the increasing demand for large-scale storage and logistics employment sites has
resulted in a concurrent increase in road freight traffic to serve these uses.
Policy EC.7
Employment and Road Freight
New employment development should improve sustainable transport access to the
site, enabling access for all users including pedestrians and cyclists where possible.
Development should aim to reduce the carbon impact of freight and employment
related vehicle movements. The use of electric vehicles to transport freight (including
last-mile deliveries), and the development of infrastructure to support this will be
supported.
Development proposals that would result in a significant increase in freight
movements should provide adequate lorry parking facilities, including overnight lorry
parking where required for the proposed usage.
In accordance with the NPPF , all developments that will generate significant amounts
of movement will be required to provide a Travel Plan, and the planning application
should be supported by a transport statement or transport assessment so that the
likely impacts of the proposal can be assessed. Freight vehicles will be expected to
divert away from residential areas wherever possible.
Policy Justification
4.4.2 The NPPF states that transport issues should be considered from the earliest
stages of plan-making and development proposals, so that:
• Engagement on transport considerations can