Procurement of a Sustainable Travel Strategy by Lancaster City Council to inform the Development Strategy for the Lancaster District Local Plan Review

When preparing a new Local Plan, the City Council is keen to ensure that the spatial distribution of new development and the delivery of growth to meet the district's housing and employment needs are achieved in a way that emphasises the benefits of supporting and expanding the role of sustainable travel. In the context of Lancaster District, sustainable travel should be defined as a mixture of cycling, walking and public transport (which includes both bus and rail services). To achieve this objective the City Coun...