Highways planning liaison

Page updated on: 31/08/2023

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.

Highway Drainage Design Guide

This policy sets out the expectations and requirements for surface water drainage systems related to new developments which are sited within the highway and are to be promoted for adoption by Carmarthenshire County Council or connected to existing highway drainage systems.

This document related to highway drainage has been drafted to supplement the Highway Design Guide.

The adopted approach supports the principles of designing and constructing sustainable urban drainage systems.

HIGHWAYS DRAINAGE DESIGN GUIDE

For an application form please email: HighwayDrainConnect@carmarthenshire.gov.uk