Someone mentioned this to me earlier - most references suggest it’s a few years old (as an idea)
This seems ‘best’, but all links ‘unavailable’
https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-outdoors/routes-explore/national-walking-and-cycling-network
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“National Walking and Cycling Network”
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Posted 2 months ago #
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I think the development of a "national walking and cycling network" first appeared in National Planning Framework 3, published in June 2014. It was listed as one of 14 national developments. It also features in National Planning Framework 4, published February 2023 - although it is now the "walking, wheeling and cycling network".
Designation as a national development doesn't really mean much in practice - there is no budget attached to it. However, in planning terms it means only the detail of a proposal considered part of this development can be objected to, not the fundamental question of whether the development is needed - that is deemed to have been established by its designation as a national development.
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Thanks
So no money (no surprise)
Minimal ‘awareness’ - and probably none with those who ‘need to know’ - Planning etc(?)
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At least CEC ‘knows’ about it -
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6.8 Walking, Wheeling and Cycling
The proposed Green Blue Network shall work in tandem with the proposed vehicular routes. Off-road active
travel routes would form part of the Green Blue Network (Figure 15: Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Network).“
Maps p77 onwards
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2.11 National developments are identifed to support the spatial strategy of NPF4. The following are relevant to Edinburgh:
• Edinburgh Waterfront
• Central Scotland Green Network
• Urban Mass/Rapid Transport Networks
• Urban Sustainable, Blue and Green Surface Water Management Solutions
• Circular Economy Materials Management Facilities
• National Walking, Cycling and Wheeling Network
• Digital Fibre Network
• High Speed Rail
• Strategic Renewable Electricity Generation and Transmission Infrastructure…
2.13 National Transport Strategy 2 sets out a new approach to how we move around the country and its settlements. This puts sustainable modes of movement at the heart of the transport hierarchy with walking, cycling and wheeling at the top and private car use at the bottom. The Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 follows this hierarchy. In its second stage it supports investment in sustainable public transport in Edinburgh as well as active travel.
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A city where you don’t need to own a car to move around
2.98 City Plan 2030 will realise the lifelong health benefts of walking, wheeling and cycling by creating streets and public spaces for people over cars and improving and expanding sustainable public transport. City Plan 2030 aligns with and assists in the delivery of the City Mobility Plan’s commitment to make Edinburgh a city that welcomes everyone, where the streets are for people not cars, and with accessible and pleasant places to safely walk, wheel and cycle around. City Plan 2030 promotes an infrastructure-frst approach to community development, directing development to where there is existing infrastructure.
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https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/35902/city-plan-2030-written-statement
Might even be CEC ‘policy’…
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City Plan 2030 was adopted on Thursday 7 November 2024. It is the local development plan for Edinburgh. Together with the national planning document NPF4, it forms the development plan setting out policies and proposals to guide development.
It replaces the Edinburgh Local Development Plan adopted in 2016.
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Edinburgh Green Blue Network
Water, People and Nature
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https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/b8bd5f5dbd654d32ba55e189fff17680
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