THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT EFFECTS OF MAJOR NEW ROADS

This paper is based on research undertaken for CPRE (Council for the Protection of Rural England) arising from concern at the inadequacy of current road planning procedures to address the issue of local development effects. The paper puts forward a number of arguments of principle in support of this proposition before recounting the planning and development experience of sites in the vicinity of the original (London-Oxford) section of M40 motorway built 20-30 years ago. This experience points to quite different outcomes in areas of open countryside as distinct from the periphery of the major intermediate town (High Wycombe), particularly enclaves of enclosed land near to motorway junctions. With the latter, the experience points to the failure of the planning system to anticipate and cope satisfactorily with development pressures. Since the provisions of development plans are used as the basis for assessing the impact of new road proposals, this situation is not merely inefficient but conflicts with the basic purpose of the public planning system to give full consideration to the likely effects of proposals before they are committed.

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• Authors:
  • HEADICAR, P
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-69
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental impacts; Highway planning; Highways; Local transportation; Traffic
• Geographic Terms: England
• Old TRIS Terms: Local traffic
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719188
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 1996 12:00AM