New website launched to help developers keep their eye on travel

Somerset County Council has launched a new dedicated website to assist with the operation of travel plans for new development sites in Somerset. The tool is aimed at travel plan coordinators and developers, to assist them in project managing the aspects of their development relating to smarter travel and travel planning.

Somerset County Council’s Travel Plan Coordinator said, “The new travel plan monitoring tool is a really important part of our travel planning service. It sets out a way to effectively manage the impact of travel across the lifetime of a development. It will run alongside our Manual for Travel Plans, fees to help deliver the travel planning service, and an SPD for travel plans which (when finalised) will help clarify the Council’s expectations of developers to provide for smarter travel.”

The website is interactive, and developers will be required to submit their monitoring strategies and action plans before their travel plans are approved by Somerset County Council and its Moving Forward team. The website also features a public search facility, so all members of the community can see what is being planned for their neighbourhoods in terms of more sustainable transport from new developments.

If you work on behalf of a developer in Somerset, please register on the site now for further information: www.iontravel.co.uk

For further information about travel and new development in general, please take a look at our website under New developments - getting-started.