Appendix I: Existing guidance

Appendix I: Existing guidance

This Appendix to the main research report entitled 'Inclusive Design in Town Centres and Busy Street Areas' summarises the existing guidance considered.

Guidance pertaining to inclusive engagement

  • National Standard for Community Engagement[109], Scotland.
  • UK Government Community engagement: guidance for local authorities.[110]
  • Local Government Association Guide to Engagement.[111]
  • Community Planning Toolkit: community engagement.[112]
  • Institute of Community Cohesion: understanding and monitoring tension and conflict in local communities.[113]
  • Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide.[114]
  • Engaging with disabled people: An event planning guide, EHRC (2018) UK.[115]
  • Scottish Government, Shaping better places together: Research into the facilitation of participatory placemaking.[116]

Guidance pertaining to inclusive physical design measures

National guidance:

  • Manual for Streets[117], England and Wales.
  • Manual for Streets 2: wider application of the principles[118], England and Wales.
  • Designing Streets: A Policy Statement for Scotland.[119]
  • Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20).[120]
  • Roads for all - Good practice guide for roads.[121]
  • Traffic Signs Manual (TSM).[122]

The research examined recently developed UK street design guidance. Regional and city street design guidance includes:

  • TfL Street design Guidance.[123]
  • TfL London Cycling Design standards.[124]
  • Edinburgh street design guidance.[125]
  • SCOTS National Road Development Guide.[126]

Guidance currently being updated or withdrawn:

  • Transport Scotland 'Cycling by Design' (being updated).[127]
  • Local Transport Note 1/12 'shared use routes for pedestrians and cyclists'[128], (withdrawn), replaced by LTN 1/20.
  • LTN 1/11: Shared Space[129] (withdrawn).
  • Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces.[130]
  • DfT Inclusive mobility – a guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure (being updated).[131]

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