Summary of South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Cycle Parking Standards

From South Cambridgeshire Local Plan: Deposit, February 1999. Appendix 7/2, “Standards for Cycle Parking Provision”

Introduction

Cycle parking standards are necessary to ensure that new developments provide adequate secure cycle parking. The standards set out in this appendix form part to Policy TP18 and are an integral part of the Local Plan; the standards therefore need to be read within the context of that policy.

The provision of cycle parking to these standards will assist in encouraging more people to use a bicycle for some journeys in that they will be assured of a safe and secure place to park their bicycle at the end of their journey. In this way, the provision will help towards reducing car dependency and fulfilling the other objectives of PPG13 by encouraging a more sustainable transport system.

In the villages most homes, whether existing or yet to be built, have appropriate areas such as garages where cycles can be kept securely and under cover, so the most important provision will be at the other end of the journey at work, school, doctors’ surgery, shop or community facility.

In the Cambridge Northern Fringe 12 ha of housing is allocated as part of mixed-use development at Chesterton Sidings in Policy CNF4 and Policy HG3. This area of 12 ha is expected to bring forward 464 dwellings at a density of 38 dwellings per hectare. At these densities which are appropriate for urban sites such as this, there is a need to ensure adequate cycle parking.