Draft Cycle Network SPD

The District Council is consulting on a draft Cycle Network Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).  The new SPD will, once adopted by the Council, replace the ‘South Derbyshire Cycling Strategy’ Supplementary Planning Guidance (2001).

The main purpose of the SPD is to identify an aspirational network of routes, both on and off highway, as a basis for negotiating developer contributions toward their implementation.  Off-highway links are to be designed to accommodate a range of users and abilities including cyclists, walkers and horse riders, where practical.  On highway routes can only be brought into being on the basis of roads being made sufficiently safe and well maintained for that purpose.

Reference copies of the consultation document and paper copies of the questionnaire can be found at the following locations (during opening hours) from 3 May 2024.

  • South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote DE11 0AH.
  • All South Derbyshire libraries and the following libraries outside of the District: Burton, Littleover-Blagreaves, Mickleover, Alvaston, Chellaston and Sinfin.

How to respond

Comments made in response to this consultation need to be made in writing.

The Councils preferred method is for representations to be submitted by using South Derbyshire District Councils online portal, the link to which is below.

https://southderbyshire.inconsult.uk/cycleSPD/consultationHome

To comment online you will need to register your details.

Alternatively, you can submit your completed questionnaires by email to local.plan@southderbyshire.gov.uk : or

Post to: South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH.

If you have any questions, please email the planning policy team on: planning.policy@southderbyshire.gov.uk

Please submit your comments by 5pm on 28 June 2024.

Private notice and future notification

By submitting information to this consultation you agree that representations will be made publicly available following the close of the consultation, however personal details (personal address, signature and contact details) will NOT be made publicly available but will be kept in a secure database and used to notify you of future Local Plan consultations.

The District Council will retain your contact details to inform you of future consultations on the Local Plan. If you do not wish for your contact details to be added to the consultation database, please email local.plan@southderbyshire.gov.uk

You may also email us at this address if you want to be added to the Local Plan database to keep up to date with news and consultations related to planning policy, even if you don’t make a representation. We may also use the information contained on the planning policy database as part of other planning functions. If we don’t hear from you for some time, your details may be removed from the database.

What happens next

All comments will be made available to view on the Council’s website shortly after the consultation has finished.

Following the consultation, the Council will review all of the comments received and the draft SPD will be amended, where necessary prior to adoption by the Council.