Transport planning

Policies, guidelines and advice on planning, implementing and evaluating transport infrastructure projects.

Services

Remove the rights of way over land held for planning purposes

Local councils can apply to remove the rights of way over land (carriageways and footways) that they hold for planning purposes.

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Guidance and regulation

Active Travel England scheme review tools
- Guidance
- 15 February 2024
- Active Travel England
Apply for Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding
- Detailed guide
- 7 September 2023
- Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
Transport user personas: understanding different users and their needs
- Detailed guide
- 18 July 2023
- Department for Transport
Active Travel England design assistance tools
- Guidance
- 15 February 2024
- Department for Transport
Active Travel England: sustainable development advice notes
- Guidance
- 3 July 2023
- Active Travel England

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News and communications

East Road alternative vehicle access: Transport and Works Act order
- 17 September 2024
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Development consent order deadlines and designation of National Networks National Policy Statement
- 24 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- Written statement
£1.3 million to back cutting-edge transport projects
- 17 April 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story
TransPennine Route Upgrade – Stalybridge to the eastern portal of Standedge Tunnel: Transport and Works Act order
- 22 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Self-driving delivery boats to benefit from £1.8 million future transport fund
- 21 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story

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Research and statistics

Economic impacts of transport investment
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Land development and transport infrastructure
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Remote working and agglomeration
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Transport investments and agglomeration benefits
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Understanding multi-stage journeys and what enables them
- 26 September 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate change
- 3 April 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 31 May 2024
Appraisal of sustainability for National Networks National Policy Statement
- 24 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
National Networks National Policy Statement
- 24 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
Government response to Transport Committee report on draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement
- 25 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
Review of transport infrastructure legislation: definitions for highway and railway Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the Planning Act 2008
- 7 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed call for evidence

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Transport Research Innovation Grant (TRIG): funding winners
- 23 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding amounts
- 12 September 2024
- Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
- Transparency
DfT areas of research interest
- 13 April 2023
- Department for Transport
- Corporate report
Department for Transport: science plan
- 13 August 2021
- Department for Transport
- Corporate report
Details of Boxworth Cycle Path
- 25 March 2021
- Closed organisation: Highways England
- Foi release

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