Annex 1 – Policy background
Plans and Policies which support the delivery of the North Tyneside Transport Strategy and North Tyneside Parking Strategy
Regional strategies
North East Transport Plan
This document sets out the transport priorities for the region up to 2035.
North Tyneside strategies and sub-documents
Transport and Highways Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
This document provides direction and guidance for prospective developers on the transport implications of new developments.
Engineering adoptable specification for developments
Sets out the standards which streets and roads constructed by developers should meet in order for the Authority to consider their adoption.
Cycling Strategy
This sets out how the Authority will secure further growth in everyday cycling and improve cycling infrastructure, information and training.
This will include the Local Cycling and Walking Implementation Plan (LCWIP), setting out details and timescales for infrastructure measures to cater for, support and encourage cycling and walking in the borough.
Cycling Design Guidance
Sets out the design standards which street and road infrastructure, delivered by the Authority or developers, must meet in order to support and facilitate cycling.
Travel Safety Strategy
This sets out how the Authority will support safety on our transport networks, including road safety promotion and casualty reduction
Network Management Plan
This sets out how the Authority will facilitate the efficient movement of traffic (including cycling and walking) on our highway network, improve reliability of journey times, and co-ordinate activities on the highway.
Rights of Way Definitive Map programme of missing routes (statutory requirement, ongoing until 2026 legal deadline)
Sets out the Authority’s approach to meeting statutory requirements to ensure that public rights of way are recorded on the Definitive Map and Statement.
Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Strategy
This sets out the objectives and actions which the Authority will implement to support and facilitate an inclusive move to ZEVs in preference to petrol or diesel vehicles.