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Specification for Residential/ Industrial Estate Roads Contents INTRODUCTION Part 1 - APPROVALS AND AGREEMENTS Part 2 - COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATION CONTENTS Access to Information All reasonable steps will be taken to supply the information contained in this document in large print, Braille or audio cassette in whole or part form. However due to the nature of the information contained in this guide this may prove impractical. If you would like a copy in one of these formats or you wish to ask us anything else about this publication, please telephone (01743) 252515. You can write to us at: Community and Environment Services The Shirehall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6ND Designed and produced by the Design Team, Community & Environment Services, Shropshire County Council S p e c i f i c a t i o n f o r R e s i d e n t i a l / I n d u s t r i a l E s t a t e R o a d s Introduction The purpose of this guide is to provide advice on the procedures to be followed to secure the adoption of estate roads and to set down the appropriate standards and criteria to achieve the following objectives: • To ensure an acceptable quality and standard of construction for adoptable areas which can be satisfactorily maintained at reasonable cost. • To allow for the efficient provision of public utilities and other services. The guide supersedes the County Council’s document “Guide and Specification to the Design of Housing/Industrial Estate Roads” published in April 1989. Advice on the principles of residential estate road design is provided separately in “Residential Developments in Shropshire - A Design Guide”, published by the County Council in January 1996 and which should be regarded as an essential supplement to this guide. Prospective developers are encouraged to engage in early discussions with the County Council, as the highway authority, on the highway element of their proposals in order to avoid unnecessary and abortive design work. It is suggested, however, that in the first instance the principle of the development is discussed with the local planning authority. Within this guide the term ‘highway authority’ refers to Shropshire County Council; the term ‘local planning authority’ means the various district and borough councils throughout Shropshire; and the term “Director” means the Corporate Director, Community and Environment Services. 1. Introduction 2. S p e c i f i c a t i o n f o r R e s i d e n t i a l / I n d u s t r i a l E s t a t e R o a d s P A R T 1 Approvals and agreements 1.1 The Role of the Highway Authority 1.2 Planning Applications 1.2.1 Outline Applications 1.2.2 Detailed Applications 1.3 Agreements for Off-Site Works 1.3.1 Section 106 Agreements 1.3.2 Section 278 Agreements 1.4 Agreement Requirements 1.5 The Advance Payments Code 1.6 Section 38 Agreements 1.7 Plans 1.71 Location Plan 1.72 Layout Plan 1.8 Superelevation Table - Application of Superelevation 1.9 Junction Markings 1.10 Longitudinal Sections 1.10.1 Plans 1.10.1 Designs 1.11 Tieing into Existing Roads 1.12 Cross Sections 3. PART 1 4. 1.1 The role of the Highway Authority The purpose of this section of the guide is to explain the role of the County Council, as highway authority, in the planning process. Insofar as planning applications for residential and industrial estate developments are concerned, the determination of such applications is vested in the local planning authority. The highway authority is a statutory consultee on planning applications for development involving new estate roads and the local planning authority will take highway observations into account when determining applications. As a general policy, the highway authority require both residential roads serving more than five dwellings and industrial estate roads to be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications set out in this guide. Upon satisfactory completion the road(s) will be adopted and will become maintainable at the public expense. 1.2 Planning Applications Whilst the determination of planning applications rests with the local planning authority, the highway authority offers advice to the local planning authority on the highway aspects of the proposed development. For the purpose of this guide, two types of planning application are relevant - outline planning applications and detailed planning applications. 1.2.1 Outline Applications: Outline applications seek to establish the principle of development. Typically, the submitted plan delineates the area of the proposed development, although certain elements such as access and siting of buildings can form part of the submitted scheme. In assessing outline planning applications, the highway authority seeks to ensure that the local road network can accommodate the volume of traffic associated with the proposed development; that adequate visibility is available from the site road frontage and for the drivers of vehicles turning right into the site; and that surface water can be drained via a piped system to a suitable outfall. The route of the drainage system should form part of the application with the appropriate notice(s) being served on the owner(s) if the land concerned is outside the developer’s ownership or control. 5. PART 1 1.1 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 Detailed Applications: In addition to the information required for an outline planning application, detailed or full applications should show the layout of the proposed development together with longitudinal sections of the roads and details of their construction. 1.3 Agreements for Off-site Works If off-site highway works are required as part of a development and those works fall outside the boundaries of the application site, Grampian or negatively worded conditions are imposed requiring the submission of the details of and carrying out of certain works before a specified event, typically the commencement of any work on the application site. It will be necessary for the developer to enter into a legal agreement, supported by a bond, with the highway authority, to cover the cost of the off-site works and the alternative agreements are summarised below:- 1.3.1 Section 106 Agreements: This is an agreement, pursuant to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, that results from the granting of planning permission. The agreement is drawn up by the local planning authority with input from the highway authority and upon completion of the agreement planning permission is issued. 1.3.2 Section 278 Agreements: This type of agreement, which is pursuant to the Highways Act 1980, is more usually used when a developer will derive benefit from an improvement scheme already proposed by the highway authority; and where a contribution by the developer will bring that scheme forward in the highway authority’s programme. Section 278 Agreements are also associated with highway works undertaken to overcome objections to developments affecting trunk roads. 6. PART 1 1.2.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2

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