Car Parking Standards

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Welcome

• Car Parking Standards

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• It is important to remember that this is only a
  Partial Review of selected elements of the RSS
  not a Full Review.
• It is not proposed to undertake a fundamental
  review of RSS.
• We will not be reconsidering the overall strategy
  and vision that RSS seeks to achieve these are
  agreed and will remain the backbone of RSS.
• The overall strategy and those elements of the
  RSS not included in the Partial Review are not
  subject to revision and will continue to be in
  place as a statutory part of the development plan
  system.

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Topics covered by the Review

• 3 key priorities
• Housing (inc revision of district housing
  numbers, housing market areas, affordability)
• Renewable energy
• Waste

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Topics covered by the Review

• Other issues
• Gypsies Travellers pitch provision by District
• Travelling Showpeople pitch provision by District
• Review of Regional Car Parking standards

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Timetable
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SEA / SA Process

• Combined approach covering
• Sustainability Appraisal
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Habitat Regulation Assessment
• Health Impact Assessment
• Equality Impact Assessment
• Rural Proofing

• Integrated into one process covering 5 stages
• Stage A The production of an SA Scoping Report
• Stage B Developing and refining options
• Stage C Preparation of the SA \ SEA Report
• Stage D Consultation on the Revision and SA \
  SEA Report, led by GONW
• Stage E monitoring and responding to adverse
  effects

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Engagement

• High level political engagement via NWRA
  Executive Board and its successor organisation
  from July 2008
• Building upon best practice from previous reviews
  of RSS (also RES)
• Primarily web based though facility for those
  who cannot access IT to be involved via hard
  copy, dedicated freephone number etc
• Supplemented by workshops during June 2008 for
  options stage
• Working with CAG Consultants to deliver this
• Specialist techniques being developed to work
  with Gypsy Traveller and Travelling Showpeople
  communities
• Use of other techniques to raise awareness

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Beyond RSS - Towards a Single Regional Strategy

• Current Government Consultation on Sub-National
  Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR)
• Proposal to develop a Single Regional Strategy to
  replace RSS and RES with a Single Regional
  Strategy (subject to primary legislation)
• Assembly already working with NWDA colleagues on
  initial work to develop a Single Regional
  Strategy
• Work on Partial Review will form an input into
  Single Regional Strategy and not be abortive
• Proposed to give the Regional Development
  Agencies (RDAs) the responsibility for developing
  the Single Regional Strategy, working closely
  with local authorities and other partners. The
  statutory functions of Regional Assemblies with
  respect to the RSS would be transferred to the
  RDAs (subject to primary legislation)
• Assembly already working with closely with NWDA
  colleagues on Partial Review of RSS
• Until these proposals are implemented the RSS
  responsibilities will stay with the Assembly (and
  its post July 2008 successor body), which will
  continue with bringing forward the Partial Review
  of RSS.

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Any Questions?
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Car Parking Standards Options
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Issues to be addressed

• The Regional Parking Standards, set out in the
  Regional Spatial Strategy, provide the framework
  for the identification at a local level of
  appropriate parking provision for new
  developments.
• The current parking standards have remained
  unchanged since the publication of RPG13 in 2003
• Consultants commissioned, their report
• provided recommendations for the maximum parking
  standards i
• developed an accessibility based tool through
  which parking requirements for individual sites
  will be assessed.
• standards or guidance for all vehicles including
  cycle, motorcycle, coach, HGV and disabled
  parking requirements in addition to provision for
  cars.

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Links with other policies - One

• Policy DP1 Spatial Principles
• Policy DP2 Promote sustainable communities
• Policy DP3 Promote sustainable economic
  development
• Policy DP5 Manage travel demand reduce the
  need to travel and increase accessibility.
• Policy DP6 - Marry opportunity and need

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Links with other policies - Two

• Policy DP7 Promote Environmental Quality
• Policy DP9 Reduce Emissions and adapt to
  climate change
• Policy RDF1 Spatial Priorities
• Policy W1 Strengthening the Regional Economy
• Policy L4 Regional Housing provision
• Policy RT2 Managing travel demand
• Regional Economic Strategy

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What has been decided?

• Development of a more comprehensive regional
  policy with an accessibility tool and an expanded
  standards table.
• The assessment tool enables account to be taken
  of accessibility both in terms of broad
  development locations and locally in the area
  immediately surrounding a development site.
• The parking standards table has been
  significantly expanded from the existing table in
  RPG13

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Option One

• Keep existing parking standards as detailed in
  RPG13 and Draft RSS.
• This option would however fail to meet the
  commitment outlined in RPG13 to review parking
  standards every five years.
• See A4 Handout

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Option Two

• Adopt the revised standards set out in the
  consultants report
• See A3 handout

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Any Questions?
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Next steps
Thank you