Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs)

What is a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan?

Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans are a long-term strategic approach to identifying cycling and walking improvements at a local level. The plan is designed to facilitate walking, wheeling, and cycling. It is also designed so that the document can be updated and revisited as appropriate. 

The key outputs of a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan are:

• a cycle and walking network plan identifying preferred routes
• a prioritised programme of infrastructure improvements of future investment
• a report setting out the narrative behind the prioritisation of routes

Current Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans

At the present time the council has or are in the process of developing plans for the following towns:

• Scarborough
  •  view the Scarborough full report (pdf / 8 MB)
  •  view the Scarborough network plan (pdf / 607 KB)
• Skipton
  •  view the Skipton full report (pdf / 10 MB)
  •  view the Skipton network plan (pdf / 2 MB)
• Selby, Tadcaster and Sherburn-in-Elmet
  •  view the Selby, Tadcaster and Sherburn-in-Elmet full report (pdf / 22 MB)
  •  view the Selby, Tadcaster and Sherburn-in-Elmet network plan (pdf / 4 MB)
• Northallerton
  •  view the Northallerton full report (pdf / 11 MB)
  •  view the Northallerton network plan (pdf / 3 MB)
• Malton and Norton
• Catterick and Catterick Garrison
• Thirsk
• Whitby
• Harrogate and Knaresborough (cycling)
  •  view the Harrogate and Knaresborough (cycling) full report (pdf / 7 MB)
  •  view the Harrogate and Knaresborough (cycling) network plan (pdf / 2 MB)
• Harrogate (walking)
  •  view the Harrogate (walking) full report (pdf / 5 MB)
  •  view the Harrogate (walking) network plan (pdf / 1 MB)

Our next steps

We intend to develop an Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for each of the principal towns in the county. The aim of these is to identify the main cycle and walking improvements in a town to enable the council to bid for government funding and/or to secure funding contributions from developers. There is currently no government funding allocated for the implementation of Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans. However, if funding becomes available from the government, we will have a series of bid ready projects ready to submit for funding. Additionally, having the plan in place with network plans for each area allows the council to be in a much better position to request S106 funding from developers towards new coherent infrastructure.