Travel Plans & Travel Planning

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What is a Travel Plan?

A Travel Plan (TP) is a strategy to promote sustainable travel at a site, with the aim of reducing the number of car trips. Sustainable travel modes include active travel, such as walking, cycling and wheeling, but also includes car sharing and public transport (bus, rail, underground).

A well-prepared Travel Plan demonstrates how a development supports sustainable travel, setting out clear aims, targets, measures and monitoring to support long-term behaviour change.

Travel Plans are typically supported by a Travel Plan Coordinator (TPC), who is appointed to manage implementation, monitoring and review, ensuring objectives are met and acting as a key liaison for sustainable travel initiatives.

When do I need one?

The need for a Travel Plan often aligns with whether a Transport Assessment (TA) or Transport Statement (TS) is required, so depends on the scale and nature of your scheme.

As a guide, residential development of around 50-80 dwellings or more normally require a TP, although this varies by authority, and there can be site-specific reasons for one. TP reports may be needed to validate a planning application and/or to discharge a specified planning condition or S106 obligation.

Separate to planning applications, we also produce TP reports to obtain credits through schemes like BREEAM and can develop tailored Travel Plans for organisations looking to encourage sustainable travel among staff and visitors.

Why choose LTP to produce my TP?

LTP has extensive experience working with highway authorities across the UK, including National Highways and Transport for London. This means we understand how different councils interpret and apply policy, and can tailor each report accordingly.

The focus is always on meeting local and national requirements, while avoiding unnecessary cost or overly complex commitments. You can read more about the LTP approach in terms of advice, minimising your costs, transparency and responsiveness.

LTP has delivered hundreds of Travel Plans across the UK, covering a wide range of development types and scales, and can support planning applications for a variety of schemes.

To discuss your project contact:
Steve Windass – Technical Director

BSc(Hons) MSc(Eng) CEng FIHE MCIHT

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Case Study

Northallerton Prison Redevelopment

Mixed‑use redevelopment of the former Northallerton Prison site, including cinema, retail and leisure

Our role

LTP prepared a Travel Plan to support the planning application, including engagement with stakeholders and the local community. The work helped demonstrate how sustainable travel could be supported as part of the redevelopment and encourage more sustainable travel behaviour.

The outcome

There was no objection from North Yorkshire Highways, enabling the scheme to progress through planning. The development has now been delivered, contributing to the regeneration of the town centre.

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Here’s answers to some of the questions you might be considering, but you can also find more on our FAQs page.

I have planning permission and need to discharge conditions – can you help?

Yes, we regularly support clients with discharging transport-related planning conditions. This includes Travel Plans (TPs), and the associated Travel Plan Coordinator (TPC) role.

How quickly can you produce the transport report I need?

Timescales vary depending on the scope of work, although typical programmes are:

Travel Plan (TP): typically 2–3 weeks
Transport Statement (TS): typically 2–3 weeks
Transport Assessment (TA): typically 3–5 weeks

We will always provide a tailored programme as part of our quotation.

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Transport planners.

Highway designers.

Traffic engineers.