Regional transport strategies and plans13 July 2008
Find out what's happening in your local area by selecting your region below.
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- North East England
- North West England
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- East Midlands
- West Midlands
- East of England
- London
- South West England
- South East England
- Wales/Cymru
- Northern Ireland
North East England
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the North East is included in the submission draft of the Regional Spatial Strategy.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Darlington Borough Council
- Durham County Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Tyne and Wear - includes Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the North East.
North West England
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the North West forms part of the submission draft of the Regional Spatial Strategy which was published in 2008.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Blackpool Council
- Cumbria County Council
- Greater Manchester - includes the local authorities of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.
- Halton Borough Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Merseyside - includes the local authorities of Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral.
- Warrington Borough Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the North West.
Yorkshire and the Humber
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy is contained within the Regional Spatial Strategy.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Kingston upon Hull City Council
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- North Yorkshire County Council
- South Yorkshire - includes the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- West Yorkshire - includes the local authorities of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees Leeds and Wakefield
- York City Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in Yorkshire and the Humber.
East Midlands
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the East Midlands is included in the Regional Spatial Strategy.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Central Leicestershire - includes Leicester City Council
- Derby Joint LTP - covers the city of Derby and Derbyshire
- Derbyshire LTP
- Greater Nottingham
- Leicestershire County Council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Northamptonshire County Council
- North Nottinghamshire
- Rutland County Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the East Midlands.
West Midlands
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the West Midlands is incorporated into the Regional Spatial Strategy.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Herefordshire County Council
- North Staffordshire - includes Stoke on Trent
- Shropshire County Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Telford & Wrekin Borough Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- West Midlands - covers the local authorities of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
- Worcestershire County Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the West Midlands.
East of England
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the East of England is incorporated into Chapter 8 of the draft East of England Plan.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Bedfordshire County Council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Essex County Council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis
- Norfolk County Council
- Peterborough City Council
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
- Suffolk County Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the East of England.
London
Mayor's Transport Strategy
The Mayor's Transport Strategy was published in 2001 by Ken Livingstone and sets out the future direction of transport policy in London
Local Implementation Plans
The Greater London Authority Act 1999 requires each London Borough to develop Local Implementation Plans, showing how they will implement the Mayor's Transport Strategy. To find out about your Local Implementation Plan, select your Borough:
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Camden
- Corporation of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston-upon-Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond-upon-Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster City
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in London.
South West
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the South West was updated in September 2004.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Cornwall County Council
- Devon County Council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- West of England Partnership - includes the local authorities of Bath and NE Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Plymouth City Council
- Rural Dorset
- Somerset County Council
- South East Dorset - includes the local authorities of Bournemouth and Poole Borough Councils and Dorset County Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Torbay Council
- Wiltshire County Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the South West.
South East England
Regional Transport Strategy
The Regional Transport Strategy for the South East forms Chapter 9 of the Regional Planning Guidance.
Local Transport Plans
Select your local authority to download the draft Local Transport Plan:
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Brighton & Hove
- Buckinghamshire County Council
- East Sussex County Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Isle of Wight County Council
- Kent County Council
- Medway Council
- Milton Keynes Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Slough Borough Council
- Southampton City Council
- Surrey County Council
- Thurrock Borough Council
West Berkshire Council - West Sussex County Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
- Wokingham District Council
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in the South East.
Wales/Cymru
Local Transport Plans
Local authorities do not produce their own transport plans. Instead, there will be regional transport plans for the following four regions:
- South East
- South West
- Mid
- North
The plans are due by the end of 2009 and will cover five year periods.
The National Transport Plan for Wales was published for consultation in mid-2009.
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in Wales.
Northern Ireland
Local transport
Local transport in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Regional Development.
In 2002 , they produced their Regional Transportation Strategy 2002-2012.
The following transport plans will focus on the delivery of the Regional Transportation Strategy:
- Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan
- Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan
- Sub-regional Transport Plan - this covers local transport planning outside the Belfast Metropolitan Area. A draft version of the plan will be published in March 2006. You will be able to get involved in the consultation process during 2006.
More information on Friends of the Earth's work in Northern Ireland.


