1. UK Policy & WelTAG Overview

1. Overview UK transport policy
2. Planning policy in Wales
3. Introduction to Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance (WelTAG)

1. Overview UK transport policy

• Who defines transport needs of the citizens?
• Who are the citizens?
• Transport planning traditionally planning for the car
• A return to predict and provide?
• Road 75% emmissions, air travel 25%
• National Planning Policy Framework 2021
  • Planning should support economic growth, productivity and innovation - not defined in framework
  • No caps on air travel - there is your low hanging fruit
  • the NPPF subordinates planning to economic growth - Goulden et al

Planning policy in Wales

Legislation

• Previous UK
• Active Travel Act 2013
• FGA 2015
• Env Wales Act 2016
• Planning Wales Act 2016
• UN SDG

The Planning Framework

• Future Wales - The National Plan
• Wales has devolved duty to advance SDG under devolution.
• UN SDG 17 goals, 169 targets - would argue all essential in transport
• Planning POlicy Wales 2024 (PPW) - land use planning policies of the Welsh govt “ensure planning system contributes towards the delivery of sustainable development and improves the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales”

Scale get these plans!!

1. All Wales Future Wales
2. Regional Strategic Development plans
3. Local Development Plans

• Economic growth still emphasised
• Wales Transport Strategy updated 2021 - FGA & NetZero alignment
• Roads Review panel 2021 - review all road building schemes, quite radical
• Roads Review 2022 - actual criteria
• Wales Transport Strategy 2021 - get this slide

WelTAG

• English - Transport Analysis Guidance
• Welsh - Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance
• WelTAG embeds FGA & ATA (Active Travel)
• Provides framework for structuring thinking
• Use for any transport and land-use
• Assessment focus stages 1-3 - and 0?
• criteria
  1. strategic fit
  2. wellbeing
  3. affordability
  4. deliverybility
  5. management
• SMART - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound
• How do you conceptualise the problem?
• Here comes another problem / All wrapped up in solution

Group dynamics and rules. Flat hierarchy. Guidance Trust the People. WelTAG well-being allocation, what does it mean? What are the power structures?