WSCC make valiant effort to regain Level 1 status with Active Travel England.

Active Travel England (ATE) has established five levels (0-4) of excellence that will be used when assessing award money under the phases of the Active Travel Fund.    Currently Phase 4 is being awarded.  WSCC self assessed as Level 1.  ATE downgraded that to Level 0.  A meeting on March 29 2023 between WSCC and ATE will see both organisations discussing whether it is possible to get back to Level 1 and if so then how.   There are 4 LAs on Level 0 - Rutland, Worcestershire, Leicestershire and West Sussex.    No one is Level 4.  There are 4 on Level 3.  There are 79 LAs.

Rating descriptions

Local leadership for active travel is not obvious, no significant plans are in place, the authority has delivered only lower complexity schemes.

Some local leadership with basic plans and isolated interventions that do not yet obviously form a plan for a network.

Strong local leadership, with clear plans that form the basis of an emerging network with a few elements already in place.

Very strong local leadership, comprehensive plans, and a significant network in place with a growing number of people choosing to walk, wheel and cycle.

Established culture of active travel with successive increases in walking, wheeling and cycling, underpinned by a dense integrated network and highly supportive policies to give more people the choice to walk or cycle.