B5.9.1 Residential cycle parking

Code: C5.26

Developments must accord with District-Wide Cycle and Other Parking Standards (Appendix 7). Applicants are encouraged to provide greater provision than the minimum wherever possible.

Code: C5.27

Residential cycle parking must:

  • be provided within the home, garage, or within a separate (secure) cycle store

  • be accessible with sufficient capacity to meet present and future demand

  • include the provision of “Sheffield” type stands at areas of open spaces

  • provide capacity for adaptable cycles (5%), this may need to include electric bikes

  • be inclusive to those with a physical, sensory or cognitive impairment, and is recommended to have step-free access

  • not utilise vertical cycle parking, unless gas enabled due to the requirement to lift cycles

Code: C5.28

Garages in new dwellings must be designed to accommodate cycle storage in addition to other items. Where there is no on-plot garage, covered, accessible, convenient and secure cycle parking must be provided within the domestic curtilage.

Timber cycle store with green roof located within a rear residential garden enclosed by a wait level brick wall.

Figure 165: Shows a timber cycle store located within the domestic curtilage (Code: C5.28)

Two tiered indoor cycle storage racks with the majority of the spaces filled by bicycles

Figure 166: Shows a well-lit internal cycle storage for an apartment building (Code: C5.29)

Code: C5.29

For proposals that include apartments, communal cycle storage must:

  • be designed with the Local Transport Note 1/20 (LTN 1/20) principles

  • be provided at 1 space per bedroom

  • be secure, conveniently located, and covered

  • benefit from good natural surveillance from the apartments it serves

  • be well lit and incorporate CCTV where located externally

  • be separate from waste and recycling storage areas, and to not be obstructed by these facilities

  • not obstruct sight lines, or pedestrian and cycle routes

  • be robustly constructed and ideally security-rated or certified to reduce the risk of bicycle theft, especially for external storage

Guidance: G5.35

On-street visitor cycle parking should:

  • be designed with the Local Transport Note 1/20 (LNT 1/20) principles

  • be located on dedicated build-outs (such as extended footways, kerb build-outs, or parking bay conversions)

  • be designed to avoid obstructing sight lines, pedestrian access, and maintain clear footways and routes

  • ensure proposed stands are aligned with other street furniture, covered by natural surveillance and/or CCTV

  • include space for non-standard cycles such as cargo bikes, adapted cycles, and recumbents (ideally provided at the end of racks)

On street cycle parking with white metal loop rails to enable bicycles to be secured. One white bicycle is shown.

Figure 167: Shows “Sheffield” type cycle stands providing on street visitor cycle parking (Guidance: G5.35)