Local Transport Plan
The Local Transport Plan (LTP) is a high-level policy document that sets the direction for how we manage transport in Central Bedfordshire. It includes all forms of transport, whether that's active travel (walking, wheeling, or cycling), driving a car, taking public transport, or new and emerging technologies. That said, we have a lot more control over some of those than others – while we own most of the roads we have far less say over the railways, or the government's legislation on new ways of getting around.
The LTP says what is more (or less) important as the transport system develops and evolves and set out principles that will guide how we spend money on transport facilities and services. The Highways Capital Program will include the highway improvement schemes that have been prioritised to best meet these principles for the current financial year.
Local Transport Plan 3
Local Transport Plan 3 (LTP3) sets out our transport priorities for 15 years (from 2011 to 2026). We are in the process of updating our Local Transport Plan; strategies and documents that relate to LTP3 will remain active until they are superseded by updated LTP4 versions.
Local Transport Plan 3 includes the following supporting strategies:
- Sustainable Modes of Travel to Schools and Colleges Strategy (PDF)
- Freight Strategy 2011 (PDF) (superseded)
- Walking Strategy (PDF)
- Cycling Strategy (PDF)
- Car Parking Strategy (PDF) (superseded)
- Interim Parking Management Strategy (PDF)
Local Transport Plan 3 includes the following supporting documents:
- Journey to Work Evidence Base (PDF)
- Access to Services Evidence Base (PDF)
- Strategic Environmental Assessment (PDF)
- Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)
- Habitats Impact Assessment (PDF)
- Engagement Report (PDF)
Local Area Transport Plans (LATPs)
Local Area Transport Plans (LATPs) were completed as part of LTP3. There are 11 LATPs which covered different areas of the authority. The LATPs provided local detail to accompany the strategic, high-level vision and objectives established in the LTP and reflected transport issues and concerns expressed by members of the public, elected members, and town and parish councils. Each LATP included a list of schemes that were funded for the initial 3 years, and a ‘long list’ of schemes that were unfunded, some of which have been delivered in subsequent years. The scheme lists were used to formulate the annual plan and expenditure of the highways budget for each financial year. As part of our work on LTP4 we have undertaken a review of the LATPs. This documents everything that has been delivered as part of the LATPs between April 2011 and March 2022.
View the Local Area Transport Plan 3 review (PDF).
Local Transport Plan 4
Since our existing Local Transport Plan (LTP3) was adopted in 2011 there have been several changes that have affected transport priorities for Central Bedfordshire. We have therefore decided to start work on our new Local Transport Plan (LTP4) to ensure that these changes and others are captured, and so that the types of improvement schemes that are delivered reflect them. Commencement of work on LTP4 was approved at Executive in April 2022. LTP 4 will set out our transport priorities for the next 14 years (from 2026 to 2040).
Key milestones
- spring - summer 2024: completion of a public engagement exercise to gather thoughts and ideas on what is important to you
- summer - autumn 2024: feedback with your local councillors to let them know what you told us and to find out their views
- autumn 2024 - spring 2025: drafting of the Local Transport Plan, considering the feedback that we have received
- summer - autumn 2025: completion of a public consultation on our draft Local Transport Plan
- winter 2025 - spring 2026: finalise the draft Local Transport Plan
- spring - summer 2026: adoption of Local Transport Plan 4
Local Transport Plan 4 includes the following supporting strategies:
If you have any questions, you can email us at strategic.transport@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.