Agenda item

The Planning Manager (Development Control) presented the report which gave details of the application and highlighted the location and features of the site and key issues.

 

The applicant and the agent on behalf of the applicant attended the meeting and spoke in support of the application.

 

Committee considered the application having regard to the Bolsover District Local Plan, the Publication Version of the Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework. Members considered the criteria in the emerging Local Plan’s site-specific policy SS6; the impact on the setting of any heritage assets and the physical and visual coalesce of the neighbouring settlements of Hodthorpe and Whitwell; the suitability of access points for all users and the impact on the local road network; the provision of affordable housing on the site; and the socio-economic benefits of the ‘over-provision’ of public open space and the ‘under-provision’ of formal sports facilities.

 

It was considered that the development proposed in this application was acceptable or could be made acceptable in planning terms, subject to appropriate conditions and subject to planning obligations via a s.106 legal agreement as set out in the report.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14.4, Councillor James Watson requested that a recorded vote be taken. Councillors Allan Bailey and Graham Parkin supported this request.

 

The officer’s recommendation was moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor Deborah Watson.

 

For – 11 (Councillors Derek Adams, Anne Clarke, Nick Clarke, Steve Fritchley, Natalie Hoy, Chris Kane, Duncan McGregor, Liz Smyth, Janet Tait, Deborah Watson and Jen Wilson)

 

Against – 3 (Councillors Allan Bailey, Graham Parkin and James Watson)

 

Abstentions – 0

 

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor Deborah Watson

RESOLVED that Application 18/00452/OUT be approved subject to prior entry into a s.106 legal requirement containing the following planning obligations:

Affordable Housing

 

1. On site provision of 5.5% affordable housing (equivalent to a maximum of 25 new houses) tenure to be split: 85% socially rented and 15% affordable home ownership;

 

2. Review mechanism to allow for 10% affordable housing in the event market conditions change over the operational phase of the  proposed development;

 

Education

 

3. Financial contribution of £1,133,134.80 (index linked) towards provision of additional teaching block for the provision of 70 primary places at Whitwell Primary School;

 

4. Financial contribution of £219,525.57 (index linked) towards additional teaching accommodation for the provision of 9 secondary places at Heritage High School;

 

Public Health

 

5. Financial contribution of £171,180 (index linked) towards local health provision unless and until contracts have been signed securing the build out of the new build medical centre being proposed in Creswell and the provision of the additional treatment room in this development. Once the construction of the new-build medical centre has been secured, the financial contribution towards local health provision shall be reduced to an amount equivalent to the cost of the works required to convert the office at the Whitwell medical practice to a medical treatment room and convert the existing store room into a replacement office;

 

Public Open Space

 

6. Neighbourhood equipped area of play (NEAP), of an area of 600m², to be provided on the location identified in the masterplan 13.012/32L, to an agreed investment of £120,000 (to be index linked), and providing play equipment particularly for the ages of 8-13 to address local shortfalls identified locally within the Parish;

 

7. Maintenance provision of the NEAP, over a period of 10 years, at a cost of £30,816, based on a rate of £51.36 per m² (to be index linked), providing that the applicant is not transferring the NEAP to a management company;

 

8. 25 years aftercare of the agreed landscaping scheme once it has been carried out; and

 

Travel Plan Monitoring

 

9. Travel Plan monitoring fee of £1,015.00pa for 5 years, total of £5,075 index linked

 

AND subject to the following conditions:

 

Reserved Matters

 

1. Approval of the details of the landscaping of the site and the siting, scale and external appearance of the buildings on the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the local planning authority in writing before any development is commenced. The approved layout shall broadly accord with the disposition of uses identified on Drawing No.

 

2. Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the local planning authority before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission.

 

3. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters.

 

Reasons: In the interests of the proper planning of the local area

 

Archaeology

 

4. No development shall take place until a Written Scheme of Investigation for archaeological work shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include an assessment of significance and research questions; and:

 

                      i.        the programme and methodology of site investigation and recording;

 

                    ii.        the programme for post investigation assessment;

 

                   iii.        the provision to be made for analysis of the site investigation and recording;

 

                   iv.        the provision to be made for publication and dissemination of the analysis and records of the site investigation;

 

                    v.        the provision to be made for archive deposition of the analysis and records of the site investigation;

 

                   vi.        the nomination of a competent person or persons/organisation to undertake the works set out within the Written Scheme of Investigation.

 

5. No development shall take place other than in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation.

 

6. Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the site investigation and post investigation assessments shall have been completed in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under Condition 4, and provision shall have been made for the publication, dissemination, and archive deposition of the results.

 

Reasons: To ensure that the archaeological interest on site is properly managed in accordance with its degree of significance.

 

Broadband

 

7. All dwelling houses erected as part of the residential development and any buildings erected on the commercial land hereby approved must be provided with full fibre broadband connections to an operational telecommunications network (or equivalent) prior to first occupation.

 

Reasons: To ensure appropriate connectivity in accordance with national planning policies in the Framework.

 

Coal Mining Legacy

 

8. No development shall take place within the safeguarding areas of the two mine shafts on site without the prior written approval of the local planning authority (as shown on Drawing No.13.012/32l.

 

Reason: Building over or within the influencing distance of a mine entry (shaft or adit) can be dangerous and has the potential for significant risks to both the development and the occupiers if not undertaken appropriately.

 

Construction Environmental Management Plan

 

9. Prior to the start of any development hereby approved, a construction environmental management plan shall be submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority. 

 

This plan must include methods for controlling noise levels to those specified in mineral planning guidance and should not exceed background sound levels (LA90, 1hr) by more than 10 dB(A) and in any event should not exceed 55dB (A) (LAeq 1 hour) free field (during normal working hours).  Exceedances of these limits will only be permitted for short, defined periods when additional mitigation measures have been agreed. 

 

The construction environmental management plan must also include hours of work, methods of controlling nuisance dust and soiling, vibration which shall include but not limited to the provision of wheel washes, speed limits, damping down, locations of soil storage mounds and site compounds.

 

In addition, the construction environmental management plan must provide details of the storage of plant and materials, site accommodation, loading, unloading of goods vehicles, parking of site operatives’ and visitors’ vehicles, routes for construction traffic, hours of operation, method of prevention of debris being carried onto highway and any proposed temporary traffic signing or restrictions and measures required to protect the integrity and safe operation of the railway line adjacent to the application site.

 

Once agreed in writing by the local planning authority, the development shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved construction environmental management plan.

 

Reasons: In the interests of highway safety and safeguarding the amenities of the local area. 

 

Design

 

10. The design of the proposed residential development shall be in accordance with the principles set out in the submitted design and access statement and the supplementary planning document Successful Places (and/or any successor supplementary planning document adopted by the local planning authority).    

 

Reasons: To ensure that the proposed development is completed to an appropriate standard of design in the interests of place-shaping, the amenities of the local area and living conditions of future occupants. 

 

Drainage

 

Foul Water

 

11. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until drainage plans for the disposal of foul sewage have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is first brought into use.

 

Reason: To ensure that the development is provided with a satisfactory means of foul drainage as well as reduce the risk of creating or exacerbating a flooding problem and to minimise the risk of pollution.

 

Surface Water Drainage

 

12. No development shall take place until a detailed design and associated management and maintenance plan of the surface water drainage for the site, in accordance with the principles outlined within:

 

a)    Whitwell Colliery Redevelopment Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy A090970, Version 3, Welbeck Estates (February 2018), including any subsequent addendums, amendments or updates to those documents as approved by the LLFA,

 

b)    And DEFRA’s Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2015), No objections in principle Conditions Recommended X Objection Recommended

 

have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved drainage system shall be implemented in accordance with the approved detailed design, prior to the use of the building commencing

 

Reason: To ensure that the proposed development does not increase flood risk and that the principles of sustainable drainage are incorporated into this proposal, and sufficient detail of the construction, operation and maintenance/management of the sustainable drainage systems are provided to the Local Planning Authority, in advance of full planning consent being granted.

 

13. No development shall take place until a detailed assessment has been provided to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, to demonstrate that the proposed destination for surface water accords with the drainage hierarchy as set out in paragraph 80 of the planning practice guidance.”

 

Reason: To ensure that surface water from the development is directed towards the most appropriate waterbody in terms of flood risk and practicality by utilising the highest possible priority destination on the hierarchy of drainage options. The assessment should demonstrate with appropriate evidence that surface water runoff is discharged as high up as reasonably practicable in the following hierarchy:

 

                      i.        into the ground (infiltration);

                    ii.        to a surface water body;

                   iii.        to a surface water sewer, highway drain, or another drainage system;

                   iv.        to a combined sewer.

 

 

14. Prior to commencement of the development, the applicant shall submit for approval to the LPA, details indicating how additional surface water run-off from the site will be avoided during the construction phase. The applicant may be required to provide collection, balancing and/or settlement systems for these flows. The approved system shall be operating to the satisfaction of the LPA, before the commencement of any works, which would lead to increased surface water run-off from site during the construction phase.

 

Reason: To ensure surface water is managed appropriately during the construction phase of the development, so as not to increase the flood risk to adjacent land/properties or occupied properties within the development.

 

Ecology

 

15. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) for each phase must be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The LEMP must include details of the landscape restoration plans for each phase including planting, seeding, details of habitat creation and establishment of that habitat including details of management proposals and the applicable aftercare period. The LEMP for each phase is to be prepared and implemented in accordance with the LEMP approved by Derbyshire County Council under application ref: CM5/0818/42 and agreed as part of the S106 Agreement for the reclamation scheme submitted to the County Council.

 

Reason: To ensure the successful and appropriate re-establishment of landscape and habitats within the site, in the interests of nature and landscape conservation, and to achieve a net gain in biodiversity. 

 

Electric Charging Points

 

16. All dwelling houses erected as part of the residential development hereby approved shall be provided with a charging point for electric vehicles, and a minimum of one charging point for electric vehicles shall be provided for each building erected on the employment land hereby approved.

 

External Lighting

 

17. Prior to the installation of any external lighting (during either the construction phase of operational phase of the proposed development), precise details of any external lighting, including details of siting, lighting installations, luminosity, illuminated areas, light spread and/or light patterns, and duration of installation, must be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Thereafter, any external lighting shall be installed or implemented as approved.

 

Reason: To avoid compromising the operation of the adjacent railway line and to avoid any unnecessary light pollution in the interests of safeguarding biodiversity and the amenities of the local area and in the interests of protecting the living conditions of future occupants.

 

Ground Conditions

 

18. Prior to each phase of development approved by this planning permission, no development shall take place until a scheme that includes the following components to deal with the risks associated with contamination of the site shall each be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the local planning authority:

 

 

 

 

Reason: To ensure that the development does not contribute to, or is not put at unacceptable risk from/adversely affected by, unacceptable levels of water pollution in line with paragraph 170 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

19. If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted a remediation strategy to the local planning authority detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with and obtained written approval from the local planning authority. The remediation strategy shall be implemented as approved.

 

Reason: National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) paragraph 170 states that the planning system should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by preventing both new and existing development from contributing to or being put at unacceptable risk from, or being adversely affected by unacceptable levels of water pollution. Government policy also states that planning policies and decisions should ensure that adequate site investigation information, prepared by a competent person, is presented (NPPF, paragraph 178).

 

Ground Water

 

20. Piling or any other foundation designs using penetrative methods shall not be permitted other than with the express written consent of the local planning authority, which may be given for those parts of the site where it has been demonstrated that there is no resultant unacceptable risk to groundwater. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: Piling or any other foundation designs using penetrative methods can result in risks to potable supplies from, for example, pollution, risk of mobilising contamination, drilling through different aquifers and creating preferential pathways. Thus it should be demonstrated that any proposed piling will not result in contamination of groundwater.

 

Highways and Site Access

 

21. No development shall commence on any phase/area until temporary access for construction purposes has been provided, laid out and constructed to base level in accordance with a detailed scheme first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and County Highway Authority.

 

22. No works shall commence on site until a detailed scheme for the traffic signal control and new footways on the Station Road and Southfield Lane railway bridges has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local Planning Authority in consultation with the County Highway Authority.  The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme prior to the first occupation of any dwelling or premises hereby permitted.

 

23. No works shall commence on site until a detailed scheme for improvements to the Green Lane/Station Road junction (generally in accordance with Drawing 13050-5003-006 rev 2) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the County Highway Authority.  The works shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of any dwelling or premises hereby permitted in accordance with the approved scheme and the area forward of the new sightline constructed as highway verge prior to the first occupation of any dwelling or premises hereby permitted.

 

24. Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby permitted on Areas 1-4 (Phases 1A & 2B), the new access onto Station Road serving that dwelling shall be laid out in accordance with application drawing 13050-5003-04 rev E, having a minimum carriageway width of 5.5m, 2 x 2m footways and 6m radii, constructed to base level, drained and lit in accordance with the County Council’s specifications.  Each access shall be provided with visibility sightlines of 2.4m x 160m in each direction, the area forward of the sightlines shall be constructed as footway and taken into the highway. 

 

25. Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby permitted on Areas 5 & 6 (Phases 2A & 1B), the new access onto Station Road shall be laid out in accordance with application drawing 13050-5003-04 rev E, having a minimum carriageway width of 5.5m, 2 x 2m footways and 6m radii, constructed to base level, drained and lit in accordance with the County Council’s specifications.  The access shall be provided with visibility sightlines of 2.4m x 160m in the easterly direction and 2.4m x 90m to the west, the area forward of the sightlines shall be constructed as footway and taken into the highway. 

 

26. Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling hereby permitted on Areas 7 & 8 (Phase 3), the new access onto Southfield Lane shall be laid out in accordance with application drawing 13050-5003-05 rev G, having a minimum carriageway width of 5.5m, 2 x 2m footways and 6m radii, constructed to base level, drained and lit in accordance with the County Council’s specifications.  The access shall be provided with visibility sightlines of 2.4m x 100m in both directions, the area forward of the sightlines shall be constructed as footway and taken into the highway. 

 

27. Prior to any premises first being taken into use on Areas 9 & 10 (the Employment phases), the access serving that property from Southfield Lane shall be laid out in accordance with application drawing 13050-5003-05 rev G, having a minimum carriageway width of 7.3m, 2 x 2m footways and 10m radii, constructed to base level, drained and lit in accordance with the County Council’s specifications.  The access shall be provided with visibility sightlines of 2.4m x 100m in both directions, the area forward of the sightlines shall be constructed as footway and taken into the highway. 

 

28. The gradient of any access into the site shall not exceed 1:30 for the first 10m from the existing highway boundary and not exceed 1:20 thereafter.

 

29. No works shall commence on site until a detailed scheme for the provision of footways and drainage on Station Road and Southfield Lane has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local Planning Authority in consultation with the County Highway Authority.  The scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of any dwelling or premises hereby permitted, between the railway bridge on the existing road and the access of the area/phase serving the property. 

 

30. Notwithstanding the submitted drawing, forward visibility of 100m shall be provided round the bend at the approach from the east to the traffic signals on Southfield Lane in order to maximise visibility available to a driver approaching the signals and also for a driver approaching behind vehicles queuing at the signals.  The area forward of the sightline shall be laid out and constructed as highway in accordance with detailed designs first submitted to and approved in writing by the local Planning Authority in consultation with the County Highway Authority.

 

31. Notwithstanding the submitted drawing, forward visibility sightline of 160m shall be provided at the approach from the east to the junction of areas 3 & 4 in order to maximise visibility available to a driver approaching behind a vehicle waiting to turn right into the junction.  The area forward of the sightline shall be laid out and constructed as highway in accordance with detailed designs first submitted to and approved in writing by the local Planning Authority in consultation with the County Highway Authority.

 

32. Notwithstanding the submitted information, a subsequent reserved matters or full application shall include design of the internal layout of the site in accordance with the guidance contained in the 6Cs’ Design Guide and the “Manual for Streets” document issued by the Departments for Transport and Environment and Local Government.

 

33. The new dwellings shall not be occupied until the proposed new estate street, between each respective plot and the existing public highway, has been laid out in accordance with the approved application drawings to conform to the County Council’s design guide, constructed to base level, drained and lit in accordance with the County Council’s specification for new housing development roads.

 

34. Any full or reserved matters application should be accompanied by a swept path analysis to demonstrate that service and emergency vehicles can successfully enter and manoeuvre within the site.

 

Reasons: In the interests of highway safety and safeguarding the amenities of the local area, and in the interests of the amenity and living conditions of future occupants of the proposed development. 

 

 

 

Local Employment Opportunities

 

35. Before the development hereby approved commences, an Employment Scheme to enhance and maximise employment and training opportunities during the construction phase of the project shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (please refer to the template attached).  The approved Scheme shall then be implemented in full unless in accordance with any such subsequent variations as shall have been formally submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

36. Within 6 weeks prior to the approved development being first brought into operation, an Employment Scheme to enhance and maximise employment and training opportunities during first occupation, including a timetable for implementation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved Scheme shall then be implemented in full in accordance with the approved timetable unless in accordance with any such subsequent variations as shall have been formally submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

 

Reasons: To maximise potential local skills, training and employment opportunities.

 

Noise Attenuation

 

Residential 

 

37. Prior to the commencement of each development phase, a scheme of sound insulation shall be submitted to and approved in writing the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be designed following the completion of a sound survey undertaken by a competent person. The survey and the resulting scheme for each phase shall take account of the established noise conditions at the time of survey, and will consider the need to provide adequate ventilation where deemed to be necessary, which will be by mechanical means in addition to opening windows, where such an open window would not achieve the following criteria. Where ventilation has been considered to be necessary, the scheme shall be designed to achieve the following criteria with the ventilation operating:

 

·           Bedrooms           30 dB LA_{eq (15 Minutes)} (2300 hrs – 0700 hrs)

·           Living/Bedrooms 35 dB LA_{eq (15 Minutes)} (0700 hrs – 2300 hrs)

·           All Other Habitable Rooms 40 dB LA_{eq (15 Minutes)} (0700 hrs – 2300 hrs)

·           All Habitable Rooms 45 dB LA_max to occur no more than 6 times per hour (2300 hrs – 0700 hrs)

·           Any outdoor amenity areas 55 dB LA_{eq (1 hour)} (0700 hrs – 2300 hrs)

 

The scheme as approved shall be validated by a competent person and a validation report submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved scheme shall been implemented in full and retained thereafter.

 

 

 

 

Commercial and Retail Uses

 

38. Prior to the erection of any buildings for employment/retail uses on the application site (i.e. buildings in an A1, B1, B2 or B8 use or in a mixed use):

 

·           an assessment of sound must be undertaken and a scheme specifying the provisions to be made for the control of sound emanating from these buildings must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

The assessment must identify and quantify all sound sources from each building and must assess the significance of the sound impact, taking into account the uncertainty of the assessment at the boundary of any neighbouring dwellings or other sensitive receptor in accordance with the methodology described in the British Standard BS4142:2014 Methods for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound.

 

The approved scheme must then be implemented in full when each building (i.e. building in an A1, B1, B2 or B8 use or in a mixed use) is erected and upon completion of all works within the approved scheme a validation report must be completed by a competent person and must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Thereafter, the approved noise attenuation scheme must be maintained as validated throughout the lifetime of the buildings.

 

Reason: In the interests of safeguarding the amenities of the local area and the living conditions of future occupants.

 

Public Art

 

39. Prior to the occupation of any development on Phase 2A of the site, a viewpoint at the tip of the former colliery site, a trim trail and a series of interpretative boards advertising the proposed walking routes across the former colliery site and connections beyond (towards the Archaeological Way and Creswell Crags for example) must be provided in accordance with a scheme to be first submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reasons: In lieu of the financial contribution required by saved Local Plan policy GEN17 and in the interests of place making and promoting and encouraging access to public open space.

 

Safety Barriers

 

40. Network Rail’s existing fencing / wall must not be removed or damaged and prior to the occupation of any part of the development hereby approved, an Armco or similar barrier must be located in positions where vehicles may be in a position to drive into or roll onto the railway or damage the lineside fencing in accordance with a scheme first submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Thereafter, the safety barriers must be maintained as approved for as long as the railway remains operational.

 

Reasons: To ensure the proposed development does not compromise the operation of the adjacent railway line.

 

Sequence of Development

 

41. The development hereby approved shall be carried out in sequence as shown on Drawing No. 13.012/24o starting with the build out of housing on Phase 1A.

 

42. Phase 1A (residential development) must not commence until phase 3 of the restoration of the site (as illustrated by Drawing no. 13.012/39f) has been substantially completed in accordance with the requirements of the associated Landscape and Environmental Management Plan (subject of Condition 15, above).

 

43. No residential development in Phase 1B shall be carried out (other than ground preparation works) until a minimum of 10 houses have been substantially completed in Phase 1A.   

 

44. No more than 50% of the houses subsequently granted reserved matters approval on Phase 1A and no more than 25% of the houses subsequently granted reserved matters approval on Phase 1B shall be occupied until phase 4 of the restoration of the site (as illustrated by Drawing no. 13.012/41b) has been substantially completed in accordance with the requirements of the associated Landscape and Environmental Management Plan (subject of Condition 15, above).

 

45. Phase 2A and 2B (residential development) must not commence until phase 4 of the restoration of the site (as illustrated by Drawing no. 13.012/41b) has been substantially completed in accordance with the requirements of the associated Landscape and Environmental Management Plan (subject of Condition 15, above).

 

46. No residential development in Phase 2B shall be carried out (other than ground preparation works) until a minimum of 10 houses have been substantially completed in Phase 2A and the ‘drop off’ area for Whitwell Station and footpath links to this drop off point and the station itself have been provided.

 

47. Phase 3 (residential development) must not commence until (a) reserved maters approvals or full planning permission has been obtained for commercial buildings (i.e. buildings suitable for a B1, B2 or B8 use) with a minimum cumulative floor area of 30,000m² to be provided on the employment land proposed in this application or (b) until 50% of the employment land proposed in this application (3ha) has been taken into use for employment purposes falling within a B1, B2 or B8 Use.

 

Reasons: To ensure the proposed development delivers on the socio-economic and environmental benefits that justified granting outline permission for re-development of the site of the former Whitwell Colliery and for new development on undeveloped land adjacent to the site of the former Whitwell Colliery.

 

 

Travel Plan

 

48. No building or use hereby permitted shall be occupied or the use commenced until a Travel Plan comprising immediate, continuing and long-term measures to promote and encourage alternatives to single-occupancy car use has been prepared, submitted to and been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Travel Plan shall then be implemented, monitored and reviewed in accordance with the agreed travel Plan Targets.

 

Reasons: To promote and encourage the take up of sustainable modes of transport in accordance with national planning policies in the Framework.