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Highways planning liaison

Page updated on: 25/01/2023

Highways planning liaison team will:

Assist with statutory pre-planning enquiries submitted via our planning department.
Where appropriate provide advice and recommendations to our planning department as a statutory consultee on the highways and transport implications of development proposals.
Where appropriate provide responses to statutory pre application consultations (PAC).

Highways planning will not be able to assist with:

Provide a design service
Make the final decision on planning applications, this is done by planning.
Deal with road adoptions
Deal with highways searches

You can contact the team by emailing: technicalservices@carmarthenshire.gov.uk.

Highways Design Guide

The Highways Design Guide was produced with a view to setting out its expectations for new development in the county. It provides guidance to developers and applicants on preparing transport proposals and providing transport infrastructure and services to support new development. It also sets out the associated requirements during planning and construction.

The Highways Design Guide serves to provide consistent information and to speed up the application process. As noted above, Highways Planning Liaison are not able to provide direct design input, as such it is recommended that applicants and/or their agents consult this document at the earliest opportunity to inform their proposals.

This document is to assist:

Developers
Applicants
Stakeholders

It will allow you to understand and apply all aspects of:

potential highways impacts
highways design
the application of appropriate local and national policy guidance

The Design guide will provide clarity on the following:

visibility splays
car parking
garaging
single access
single access and lay-by
agricultural access
formation of an access
vehicle turntables
residential estate design

Please email any enquiries in relation to the design of developments to the PlanningHwb@carmarthenshire.gov.uk.

Highway Design Guide (.PDF)

Highways planning assessments

Below are some examples of the considerations HPL will make when assessing development proposals:

Impact of the proposal on highway safety
Compliance with highway design guide
Compliance with local and national standards and policies
Existing and future capacity of the wider highway network
Compliance with the Active Travel Act
Accessibility of the site by all modes of transport
Parking for non-motorised and motorised vehicles
Mitigation measures in relation to any impacts
Travel plans

For highways and transport related enquiries that do not involve a planning application please visit our Travel, Roads & Parking pages.

Planning

Map of planning applications

Planning Enforcement Statement

Conservation Areas Consultation

More from Planning

Pre-application service

Pre-application service

If you need planning permission, you can use our pre-application advice service before submitting your application to us.

Pre-application service

Pre-Application Consultation (PAC)

Pre-Application Consultation (PAC)

There is a requirement for applicants to submit a pre-application consultation report for all outline or full applications for ‘major’ proposals.

Pre-Application Consultation (PAC)

Search for a planning application

Search for a planning application

The following information related to the planning application is available to the public - covering letter, application forms, plans, supporting documentation, surveys etc.

Search for a planning application

Comment on a planning application

Comment on a planning application

We are committed to consulting with neighbours and other parties who could be directly affected by planning applications, and we want to hear your views.

Comment on a planning application

Related Links

Access to walking and cycling (Active Travel)

Do you need building regulation permissions?

Licensing & Permits

Planning Committee

Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033

Planning permission for developers