Breakdown on service areas
Series: Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) ; (1501) 13 December 2002, 15(1)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Proposes that planning policy in respect of motorway service areas is urgently in need of complete overhaul. Although the highway safety case for providing services should be paramount, motorway service areas (MSAs) need to be located at certain intervals along the strategic road network and are sited almost always in areas of planning restraint. Points out the policy gap between the March 2001 revision of PPG13 on transport's omission of a service area annex until the promised publication of a new MSA circular in 2003. Concludes that MSA policy needs to be brought into line with the approach presented in the planning reform green paper.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | X121271 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 121271-1001 |
Proposes that planning policy in respect of motorway service areas is urgently in need of complete overhaul. Although the highway safety case for providing services should be paramount, motorway service areas (MSAs) need to be located at certain intervals along the strategic road network and are sited almost always in areas of planning restraint. Points out the policy gap between the March 2001 revision of PPG13 on transport's omission of a service area annex until the promised publication of a new MSA circular in 2003. Concludes that MSA policy needs to be brought into line with the approach presented in the planning reform green paper.