Comment

Representation ID: 15837

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA)

Policy TR5: Parking, will help achieve the transition from car to sustainable transport modes by reducing parking in accessible locations which is supported.

However, further work is needed to better articulate what the council considers to be ‘high public transport accessibility’. The accessibility criteria in Appendix 6 is broadly based on the revoked Yorkshire and Humber Regional Spatial Strategy (2008). In principle, these standards provide a useful starting point for measuring accessibility but could be further refined. The Combined Authority can assist in developing the accessibility criteria to make them more relevant and measurable.

It would also be useful to cross reference the emerging Combined Authority Developer Advice Note that begins to detail our approach when responding to planning applications.