PPS 3 Access Movement and Parking·Page 32·5.42
Reduced parking provision through proximity to existing parking and shared arrangements
Reduced parking may be acceptable where development is close to existing car parks with spare capacity, or where shared parking arrangements are proposed, particularly in town centres or major schemes with non-coinciding peak usage times.
On occasion reduced parking provision may be appropriate where new development is proposed close to existing public car parking and it is demonstrated there is available spare capacity. Reduced parking provision may also be acceptable where schemes propose shared parking arrangements, particularly in town centres or as part of major proposals. For example office and leisure uses (such as cinemas) where shared car parking is a viable option because the peak levels of use do not coincide.
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