Local Plan - List of Revisions

D2.1

D2.1/A

740/B7, 819/B3

In addition to the local transport corridors referred to in the JRSP, Bath & North East Somerset is crossed by two strategic transport corridors or regional, national and European significance. The London to South Wales and the South-West corridor is identified in the Government’s 10 year Transport Plan (2000) and the Regional Transport Strategy. It is was the subject of a current Government multi-modal study, which recommended, inter alia, improvements to increase the capacity of the main London-Bristol railway and that a further study be undertaken of the Greater Bristol area. This has been agreed by the Government and it is proposed that it will examine the A4 and A37 corridors from Bath and North East Somerset to Bristol. The most relevant outcome from this is likely to be recommended improvements to the London-Bristol railway which are mentioned in the railway section of this chapter.

D2.2

D2.2/B

731/B15

The A36 & A46 which pass through Bath are major elements of the South Wales/M5 to Portsmouth, Southampton and Poole corridor identified in the Regional Transport Strategy with the result that the World Heritage site has to contend with an unacceptable level of through traffic. This includes large numbers of H.G.V.’s en route to or from the Channel ports. Surveys have revealed that 67% of the H.G.V.’s recorded in the streets of Bath do not need to be in the City. The draft Regional Planning Guidance for the South West envisages infrastructure improvements for this corridor but since the abandonment of the ‘A36 link’ and ‘East of Bath to Beckington’ road schemes, which would provide an eastern bypass for Bath, there has been no Government strategy which addresses this problem. The Council is therefore pressing for a comprehensive multi-modal study of the corridor as a whole and more specifically an investigation of has therefore welcomed the current Bristol/Bath to South Coast Transport Study and especially its focus on investigating the best way to reduce the amount of through traffic in Bath. This is essential if national air quality standards are to be met, the City’s built heritage safeguarded and many of the Council’s other aspirations for environmental improvement achieved. As the A36 and A46 are to will be detrunked and will no longer be the responsibility of the Highways Agency, the Council will also press for the resources to be made available to all the Local Authorities involved and the Strategic Rail Authority to implement any agreed recommendations. The Council also welcomes the forthcoming Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study (para D2.1) which will examine the impact of through traffic on other settlements in the District. In the meantime the Council will pursue ways of limiting the impact of heavy traffic on the World Heritage Site but its options are limited and any measures included elsewhere in this Plan such as the Lambridge Park and Ride should not be regarded as a long term solution to the problem.

T.2

T.2/A

5010/B83

The Council will participate in a multi-modal study of the South Wales/M5 to Portsmouth, Southampton and Poole transport corridor and in co-operation with adjoining Authorities will seek to implement measures which will reduce the level of through traffic within the World Heritage Site of Bath.

Table 8

TAB8/A

Editorial

Source: 1991 Census

Table 9

TAB9/A

Editorial change

Amend reference from ‘B&NES’ to ‘Bath & North East Somerset’.

Diagram 17

DIAG17/A

578/B39

Renumber Diagram 17 to17A and add Diagram 17B to provide more information. Take account of 2001 Census data results