Transport policy and planning

Local Transport Plans were published covering the period April 2006 to March 2011.

There are two Local Transport Plans in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire Local Transport Plan covers most of the county. The second plan is the Derby Joint Local Transport Plan, which includes the whole of Derby and those parts of the county adjoining the city boundary.

Both plans have been assessed by the Department for Transport and rated as Excellent Plans. The implementation of the first plans (2001 to 2006) were also rated as excellent. This means that each plan, for years 2007/2008 to 2010/2011, receives additional funding.

The Derby Joint Local Transport Plan and associated documents can be seen by visiting the Derby City Council (opens in a new window) website.

A European requirement for the Local Transport Plans is to undertake an assessment of the plans' effects on the environment. This has been examined throughout the development of the Local Transport Plans and the findings are described within an Environmental Statement for each plan.

Derbyshire Local Transport Plan

At the heart of the Derbyshire Local Transport Plan are five strategies. These are based on the four shared priorities between Central and Local Government, local priorities and wider quality of life issues. These are:

• efficient maintenance and management

• improving local accessibility and healthy travel choices

• safer roads and communities

• reduced congestion and a strong local economy

• better air quality and environment.

In 2008, the Department for Transport required us to review our progress in implementing the Local Transport Plan.We have therefore produced a Progress Report 2008 which looks at progress for the first two years of the Plan, and also takes a forward look.

The Local Transport Plan documents are available to download from the related documnets section. Please note that some of these files are large and may take a while to download.

You may also be interested in reading our Post-16 Tranport Plan, finding out about our policies, plans and procedures and reading our school transport page.