Focus most development in Principal Urban Areas, Main Towns and Key Service Centres where will help achieve:

• b) High accessibility for all by walking, cycling and public transport with trip intensive uses focussed on town centres
• e) appropriate development at Blackpool Airport, Ports and Regional Investment Sites
• g) enhanced roles for town centres including as public transport hubs
• i) a high quality built environment

Target 1.1 The proportion of the population within 1km of 5 basic services (GP, primary school, food shop, post office, bus stop) to be maintained to at least the 1996 level of 73%, 2001-2016

Target 1.2 90% of new development to be within 400 metres of an existing or proposed bus stop or within 800m of an existing or proposed railway station, 2001-2016

Blackpool Surface Access Strategy and associated actions, e.g. Quality Bus Route 14 and South Fylde Community Rail Strategy 

Heysham-M6 link and Fylde Coast Transport Study support development at ports

Regional Investment site actions include Travel Planning, Euxton Rail Station; Quality Bus Corridor enhancements and Whitebirk transport study

Proposed new bus stations at Nelson, Rawtenstall and Preston will enhance town centre accessibility

Urban realm improvements, e.g. within the Elevate area, will contribute to a high quality environment

Principal Urban Areas: Blackburn (including Wilpshire); Blackpool/Thornton/Cleveleys/Fleetwood/Lytham St.Annes; Burnley; Lancaster/Morecambe including Heysham; Preston including Penwortham, Lostock Hall, Walton-le-dale and Bamber Bridge.

Main Towns: Accrington including Oswaldtwistle, Church and Clayton-le-Moors; Chorley; Leyland; Nelson/Colne including Brierfield; Rawtenstall including Bacup and Haslingden; Skelmersdale

Development in Main Town should reflect their role as Key Centres for Public Transport, Employment and Services and/or Regeneration

East Lancashire Rapid Transit serving Accrington;

X corridor improvements from Nelson via Burnley to Manchester

Quality Bus Corridor enhancements, e.g. Route 14 on Fylde Coast

New bus stations and interchanges such as Nelson and Accrington

• The Royal Ordnance Site, Euxton
• Fleetwood (Docks-North East Thornton)

Includes reference to a new station at Royal Ordnance and use of Poulton-Fleetwood rail line for Rapid Transit

Blackpool-Fleetwood Tramway Phase 1 would serve northern end of Fleetwood site

Adlington; Barnoldswick; Burscough; Carnforth; Clitheroe; Garstang/Catterall; Great Harwood; Kirkham/Wesham; Longridge; Ormskirk including Aughton; Padiham; Poulton-le-Fylde; Rishton; Whalley

Development in these centres should promote their role as service centres and public transport hubs for surrounding area. Development of public transport infrastructure is encouraged as is rural diversification

Quality Bus Corridors, e.g. Ormskirk to Wigan and Southport

Community links including demand responsive transport and use of community transport

Development should meet local regeneration needs. Loss of local shopping, leisure, services and employment will be resisted.

Community links including demand responsive transport and use of community transport

Car parking type, location and amount to be managed:

• Long stay commuter parking within designated city/town centres of Principal Urban Areas to be reduced
• Resist extra long stay commuter parking in other town centres
• Provide long stay car and coach parking to meet visitor needs in coastal resorts and rural areas
• Prioritise short stay parking in town centres through appropriate management measures, including on new developments
• Increase parking at transport interchanges and stations where traffic movements are acceptable
• Promote bus based park and ride on major roads corridors on edge of Blackburn, Preston and Lancaster. Rail/Rapid Transit based Park and Ride also encouraged in suitable corridors
• Minimum standards for cycle, motorcycle and mobility impaired parking on new development
• Use of Transport Assessments and Travel Plans

Targets

7.1 Reduce traffic flows to and from centres of Principal Urban Areas and Main Towns by 5% by 2016 compared to 2001 levels

7.2 Annual Average Air Quality measurements for nitrogen oxides and particulates in centres of Principal Urban Areas and traffic related Air Quality Management Areas to be at least 10% better than national standards by 2016

7.3 5% reduction in long-stay parking levels in Principal Urban areas (except Blackpool) and within Main Towns by 2016 compared to 2001

7.4 Construction of eight Park and Ride schemes in Lancashire by 2016

Congestion monitoring and Highway management will contribute to reduction of town centre congestion

TIF proposal for Preston City Centre

UTMC

Proposals for Business and School Travel Planning

Air Quality proposals for Lancaster City Centre

The following improvements are identified:

• Colne-North Yorkshire border including analysis of possible impact on rail re-instatement
• Broughton Bypass (largely developer funded)
• Completion of Heyhouses/M55 link (Lytham St Annes)
• Heysham-M6 link
• Norcross-M55 corridor
• Ormskirk Bypass
• Penwortham Bypass

Target 8.1 A 45% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents by 2016 compared with 1994-98 average

Broughton Bypass construction

Heysham-M6 major scheme bid

Norcross-M55 further consultation

Ormskirk Bypass further development work

Identified mechanisms through Road Safety Strategy to continue to reduce accident rates

Implementation of Rapid Transit schemes to be pursued in East Lancashire and on the Fylde Coast. Disused railway lines safeguarded for this purpose are:

• Accrington-Haslingden
• Rose Grove to Padiham
• Fleetwood to Poulton-le-Fylde
• Rishton to Great Harwood

Provision for new rail stations at:

• Coppull
• Cottam
• Garstang
• Midge Hall, Leyland
• Royal Ordnance, Leyland
• Wrea Green

New or improved Rail/Bus Interchange at:

• Accrington
• Burnley
• Cleveleys
• Kirkham
• Nelson
• Ormskirk
• Rawtenstall
• Upholland Station

New Bus Stations

• Preston
• Skelmersdale

Safeguarded rail corridors for transport use:

• Burscough curves
• M6 to Preston City Centre via Deepdale
• Bamber Bridge to Preston
• Colne-North Yorkshire border

Target 10.1 Rail patronage from stations in Lancashire to increase by 75% from 2001 levels by 2016

Target 10.2 Bus journeys within Lancashire to increase by 20% from 2001 levels by 2016

New rail station at Euxton

New Interchanges at Nelson, Rawtenstall and Cleveleys

New bus station at Preston

Merseyrail proposal for Burscough south curve

Park & Ride at M6 Junction 31a

Development generating substantial number of distribution vehicle movements to be located where there is good access to strategic road network and where possible, ports and the rail network

Safeguard current operational railfreight sites if become disused. Develop small railheads where appropriate.

Sites particularly identified for railfreight development at:

• Bamber Bridge
• Farington/Cuerden
• Fleetwood (Docks-North East Thornton)
• Former Huncoat Power Station
• Heysham Port

Identification of Lorry parks on strategic routes and Driver rest areas regarded as a priority

Sites are identified primarily for high quality manufacturing and knowledge based development at:

• Cuerden, South Ribble
• Royal Ordnance, Euxton

The potential to rail link these two sites is noted for freight and reference made to potential Euxton railway station.

Other sites are identified at:

• Whitebirk, Hyndburn (Knowlede based/generic manufacturing)
• Bailrigg, Lancaster (Knowledge based)

The need for comprehensive Travel Plans and extending/enhancing "Quality Bus Routes" is identified

Study proposed into transport movements at Whitebirk, especially access to M65

East Lancashire Rapid Transit will direct serve Whitebirk site

Identifies a retail hierarchy. Supporting text identifies importance of sustaining existing town centres particularly by public transport for those without access to a car.

Preston is identified as a Gateway/Interchange for Lancashire

Enhancing public transport infrastructure and Quality Bus routes into centres such as Cleveleys, Nelson and Rawtenstall

Major office should be located in town centres, at public transport nodes or on public transport accessibility corridors within urban areas. The aim is to ensure employment opportunities for all, including those without access to a car.

This should be located in a) town centres b) coastal resorts or c) if exceptional need can be proven, in areas readily accessible by public transport

All large scale visitor attractions should be accessible by public transport

Among the factors to be taken into account when measuring the impact of development on landscape quality are:

• Visual intrusion
• Public access and community value of landscape
• Ecological networks
• Remoteness and tranquility
• Noise and light pollution

A "no net loss" approach is adopted

Development that will have an adverse affect on ground, surface or coastal waters will be resisted

High flood risk areas are not suitable for development unless a particular location is essential, e.g for navigation or essential transport facilities

Mineral developments will be assessed against a number of criteria including their accessibility to the strategic road and rail networks

Provision will be made using Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO). This includes looking at using the nearest appropriate facility and examining impacts on the transport network. Waste Management Facilities serving urban areas will be provided at locations with high quality transport links

Proposed Study into improving access from A56 to Whinney Hill site, Huncoat

Establishment of sites should have regard to:

• location of services and facilities including schools

• access from primary and other main routes