PPS 3 Access Movement and Parking·Page 34·5.52
Servicing arrangements and rear access
In city and town centre locations, developers should normally provide rear servicing facilities where practicable to maintain quality of the urban environment, though historic settlement patterns may constrain this provision.
Servicing arrangements are also important and can exert a major influence on the quality of the urban environment and its attractiveness to shoppers and other visitors. In city and town centre locations, developers will normally be expected to include proposals for the provision of rear servicing facilities where practicable. It is recognised, however, that historic settlement patterns may be a constraint upon the provision of rear servicing.
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