Support

Representation ID: 17559

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Sport England

Sport England supports the proposed policy wording for cross LA working to ensure a comprehensive network and to common design standards for walking and cycling. We support the emphasis in part 2) of the policy to ensuring new developments link to existing walking and cycling networks, ensuring links are suitably designed to be safe and direct and not impeded. In our experience, developers are often less successful in this area and tend to focus on infrastructure for walking and cycling within their developments. The policy should make it clear how developers will be expected to contribute to improving connecting new development to existing links for walking and cycling : ie. through developer contributions. Consideration should be given to including requirements within the policy for the provision of showers/changing facilities and lockers within major employment/workplace uses to complement the requirement for cycle parking facilities to positively influence a modal shift.