Have your say on the Castle Point Plan
What is the Castle Point Plan?
A priority for the Council is creating a bright and prosperous future for Castle Point. Key to this is planning how our borough will develop in the coming decades. We must ensure we have the right housing, infrastructure, green spaces and services to meet residents needs as we change and grow. To this end, we are developing the Castle Point Plan.
When complete, the Castle Point Plan will act as a framework to inform planning decisions and guide development in the borough up to 2050.
Phases in preparing the Castle Point Plan
Issues Identification (complete)
We undertook engagement on the issues that should be addressed through the Castle Point Plan from March to August 2023. We received around 1,500 responses to the engagement and met around 200 residents out and about in the community. Alongside engagement work we also undertook studies and assessments that helped us understand the need for development and the role the places and spaces within the borough play in meeting people's needs.
Issues and Options (underway)
We have listened to the initial engagement and reviewed the evidence base work undertaken in the issues identification stage to identify the key issues we need to address through the plan and some options for addressing those issues. We are now engaging with residents, partner organisations and other stakeholders during July to September 2024 to ensure we are heading in the right direction and to find out which options they prefer.
Draft Plan (early 2025)
We will use the responses to the Issues and Options Engagement to draft the Castle Point Plan. As part of this process we will finalise the evidence base to ensure that we are asking for the transport, infrastructure and environmental enhancements that residents and partner organisations require to support growth in the borough. Consultation on the draft Castle Point Plan will take place in early 2025.
Have your say
Electric scooter trial
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. On the 16th December 2021, we launched a trial on the use of rental electric scooters (e-scooters) across Arlen Hill. Rental e-scooters could provide an alternative mode of travel that is emission free while being used for commuting, accessing local services and leisure trips. So far, we have deployed 600 e-scooters across Arlen Hill, with proposals...
Healthy routes - Cycling
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. The Healthy Streets Approach and the 10 Indicators of a Healthy Street were developed by Lucy Saunders, a specialist in public health and transport. These were first included in TfL policy in the first Health Action Plan in 2014 and TfL has been working on how to deliver this Approach in London. The Mayor expects the Healthy Streets Approach to be...
Proposal to implement a low emission zone
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. Nitrogen dioxide is a brown gas, with the chemical formula NO 2 . It is chemically related to nitric oxide (nitrogen monoxide), a colourless gas with the chemical formula NO. NO 2 is released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels (i.e., coal, gas etc.). We have collected air pollution data around Edinburgh and mapped it out to...
Report traffic disruption
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. We are currently undertaking four priority highway improvement schemes. When completed these schemes will greatly improve traffic flow and local journey times. We are striving to minimise traffic disruption during the construction period of the schemes, but we would like to hear your experiences of whether there have been delays to your...
School Streets
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. The School Streets scheme aims to address the issues that many schools experience in their immediate vicinity, including poor road safety, congestion, double parking and poor air quality caused by the volume of car traffic at drop off and pick up times. The restrictions implemented by the School Streets scheme are designed to make it easier and...
Rebuilding a greener Arlen Hill: Low traffic neighbourhoods
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. Neighbourhood traffic is one of the largest contributors to air pollution. We want to transform Arlen Hill into a healthier and safer place to live by reducing the amount of through traffic passing through our neighbourhoods. This is why we have introduced four low traffic neighbourhoods in Arlen Hill, implemented on an experimental traffic...
Closed engagements and consultations
Road safety strategy
We are inviting the public to take part in this survey so that we can respond better to demands surrounding road safety. We would like to encourage any organisations, businesses or individuals affected by current issues or our proposals highlighted in this consultation to interact and give us their views.
Kensington Road - Proposed double yellow lines
This is an example activity for demonstration purposes only. This site is operated by Delib Ltd and submitted responses will be discarded. Concerns have been raised about inconsiderate and obstructive parking along Kensington Road. This reduces visibility and access for drivers and pedestrians. To address this issue, it is therefore proposed to introduce ‘No Waiting At Any Time’ restrictions (Double Yellow Lines) south of the junction with Redland Grove.
Whiteladies Road - Proposed traffic calming
Arlen Hill Council have received reports of accidents at the existing pelican crossing at the junction with Queen's Road. It is therefore proposed to introduce a dedicated crossing phase for cyclists to ease traffic which will help to improve road safety and reduce road accidents.
Evidence Base
Find out more about the evidence base we've developed to support the development of the Castle Point Plan.