In Britishplanning law,the termsafeguardingrefers to provisions that protects future infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, utilities and other infrastructure projects from conflicting development.[1][2]Safeguarding of a project does not prohibit development, but ensures that any development allows for the future infrastructure project to be built and protects the land that would make building a future project more difficult.[3][4]
Safeguarding of a particular project does not guarantee that the infrastructure will be built in future, and does not allow forcompulsory purchaseof land or the power to start construction. Those permissions have to be obtained through other legal processes, such as aTransport and Works Act Orderor ahybrid bill.[4]Formal Safeguarding Directions to confirm the safeguard of a project are issued by the relevantsecretary of state.[2]
Examples of projects that have been safeguarded includeCrossrail 2,[4]theBakerloo line extension[2][5]andHigh Speed 2.[3]
Passive provision
editSafeguarding can also refer to efforts to allow future infrastructure to be built more easily, such as a straight piece of railway line at the location of a planned future station,[6]or space for a futureservice areaon amotorway.This is sometimes referred to as 'passive provision'.[6]
References
edit- ^"Developer and Local Planning Authority Safeguarding Q&A All Phases of the HS2 route"(PDF).High Speed 2.October 2021.Retrieved2 June2022.
Safeguarding is a technical term for an established part of the planning system that aims to protect large-scale infrastructure projects, such as roads or railways, from conflicting developments.
- ^abc"Bakerloo line extension Statutory Safeguarding"(PDF).Transport for London.October 2021.Retrieved2022-06-02.
- ^ab"Safeguarding".HS2.Retrieved2022-06-02.
- ^abc"Safeguarding".Crossrail 2.Retrieved2022-06-02.
- ^Salisbury, Josh (9 December 2020)."Bakerloo line extension one step closer after route given protected status".Southwark News.Archivedfrom the original on 9 December 2020.Retrieved2 April2021.
- ^ab"Coming soon: a new stop on the DLR".The Royal Docks.Retrieved2020-04-17.
This stop between West Silvertown and Canning Town was never built, but the line has always allowed space for it, known as 'passive provision'.
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