The third Wiltshire Local Transport Plan (LTP3) covered the period from April 2011 to March 2026.
LTP3's overall long-term strategy sought to address and support the goals of the Department for Transport's 'Guidance on Local Transport' (July 2009), and the themes outlined in the transport White Paper 'Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon: Making Sustainable Local Transport Happen (January 2011).
Department for Transport's 'Guidance on Local Transport' (July 2009) five overarching national transport goals:
- support economic growth
- reduce carbon emissions
- promote equality of opportunity
- contribute to better safety, security and health
- improve quality of life and a healthy natural environment
The transport White Paper 'Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon: Making Sustainable Local Transport Happen (January 2011), two main themes:
- offering people sustainable transport choices, particular for shorter journeys, that will stimulate behavioural change
- demonstrating how localism and the big society can work for transport
Supporting strategies
A number of supporting strategies that also made up LTP3:
Having been approved by the council's cabinet, the following LTP3 strategies were published in March 2014:
Following an extensive public consultation exercise, a reviewed LTP3 Car Parking Strategy was approved by the council's cabinet as its meeting in March 2015.
Consultation
A further public consultation exercise was undertaken in late 2017 on a number of charging and operational parking options. These were considered by the council's cabinet at its meeting on 30 January 2018. Following a statutory Traffic Regulation Order process in April/May 2018, a number of the options were approved by the Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Waste in October 2018.
You can also download the town cycle network maps individually.
Consultation issues paper
As part of the early development of LTP3 a consultation issues paper was published in the spring of 2009. The paper covered a range of topics, including the importance of the national transport goals, transport issues in Wiltshire and the proposed strategic transport objectives.
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 Consultation Issues Paper (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 – 2026 Consultation Issues Paper Responses (PDF, 2 MB)(opens new window)
Consultation workshops
During November 2010, Wiltshire Council invited various stakeholders and other interested parties to attend one of four consultation workshops to discuss the development of the LTP3.
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 – 2026 Consultation Workshops (PDF, 663 KB)(opens new window)
Other supporting documents
Equalities Impact Assessment
An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process for evaluating the equality and diversity impacts and consequences for policies, services or functions, in this case LTP3.
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 – 2026 Equality Impact Assessment (PDF, 313 KB)(opens new window)
Strategic environmental assessment
To comply with the requirements of EU Directive 2001/42/EC and the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken alongside the production of LTP3.
There are several stages in the SEA process, the first stage being the scoping stage where baseline data is collected and collated, including all relevant plans, programmes and environmental protection objectives. This information is used to develop the SEA objectives. This stage also consists of a compulsory consultation period where the scoping report is open to comment and feedback.
The second stage consists developing and refining alternatives and assessing the potential effects of the transport options and the draft plan. Where significant adverse effects are identified, potential mitigation measures are considered.
A comprehensive SEA environmental report follows which also consists of a compulsory consultation period. An important element of the SEA process is the monitoring of both positive and negative effects and is an effective way of tracking the environmental effects of the plan and to show appropriate responses where adverse effects are identified.
The final stage of the SEA process is the SEA statement. This importantly shows how the SEA process was taken into consideration during the development of LTP3.
Strategic Environmental Assessment for LTP3 overall strategy, implementation plan and car parking, freight, public transport, road safety strategies
Strategic Environmental Assessment for LTP3 accessibility, cycling , powered two-wheeler smarter choices strategies
Habitats Regulation Assessment
A Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) is the statutory assessment of the impacts of implementing a plan or policy on a Natura 2000 site. It is required by requirement of regulation 85 of the Habitats Regulations 2007 (as amended). Its purpose is to consider the impacts of a land use plan against conservation objectives of the site and to ascertain whether it would adversely affect the integrity of the site. Where significant negative effects are identified, alternative options should be examined to avoid any potential damaging effects.
Carrying out a HRA is not only a statutory duty but is also immensely beneficial to the policy process as it is a means of identifying and addressing early on in the process any adverse effects that draft policies and proposals may have.
Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026 Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening (PDF, 11 MB)(opens new window)
Write to us
Sustainable Transport
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JD
transportplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk (opens new window)
