Promoting sustainable travel in high-traffic developments
Why Choose Us?
Encon Associates delivers an all-encompassing range of Travel Plan services for all types of residential and commercial developments.
Understanding Travel Plans
What is a Travel Plan?
A Travel Plan (also known as a Green Travel Plan, Residential Travel Plan, or Workplace Travel Plan) is a strategic document that is designed to manage and mitigate the traffic impacts associated with new developments. It actively promotes sustainable transport modes such as walking, cycling, public transport, and car sharing, helping to reduce reliance on single-occupancy car travel.
Travel Plans are typically required for developments that are expected to generate significant traffic, such as offices, retail parks, or housing estates.
Travel Plans are essential for achieving planning consent in many UK locations, and they offer a wide range of benefits. By minimising car dependency, they help to lower local traffic congestion and air pollution, further aligning with the UK’s net-zero targets. They also improve accessibility for everyone on the development, including those without access to private vehicles. If you’re working towards BREEAM certification, Travel Plans can also aid you in achieving vital credits for Tra 01.
Our Travel Planning service
The Encon Associates approach to Travel Plans
Our robust Travel Plans help to reduce congestion and mitigate the environmental impact of single-occupancy car travel, while also satisfying local planning conditions.
We begin by thoroughly assessing your development’s current travel patterns, interrogating the TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System) to gather baseline data on methods of transport, frequency of trips, and any barriers to sustainable travel. We then identify any sustainable transport enhancements that could be made, providing recommendations on infrastructure improvements, car sharing schemes, and public transport use.
At Encon Associates, we recognise the importance of engaging with employees, residents, and local councils early on in the travel planning process. We manage consultations that address the needs and concerns of site users and local communities, ensuring our Travel Plans are practical and widely supported. However, implementing a Travel Plan is only the beginning, and ongoing monitoring is often a mandatory requirement for planning permission. We will track the effectiveness of your Travel Plan over time, making any necessary adjustments that align with your targets and ensure Local Authority approval.
We partner with organisations like yours
I have worked with Tyler on a couple of projects recently and have been very impressed with the service provided to date. In an industry which typically needs information “yesterday” he has always met the tight deadlines promised with competence and diligence. On this basis we will continue to work closely with Encon and look forward to forging our relationship further with them on other future projects.
Additional services
We offer a wide array of specialist services that complement our Travel Plan services and are designed to boost your project’s overall sustainability rating.
From Daylight Calculations and Tree Surveys to SBEM Calculations and Acoustic Reports, our team provides the technical expertise you need to achieve the highest sustainability rating possible.
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Frequently asked questions about Travel Plans
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