Movement Strategy November 2014 On behalf of Barton Oxford LLP
BARTON PARK, OXFORD. Movement Strategy 17/11/2014
Quality Management Issue/revision Issue 1 Revision 1 Revision 2 Revision 3 Remarks Date 17/11/2014 Prepared by Brian Plumb Signature Checked by Signature Mark Beaumont Authorised by Signature Brian Plumb Project number 11501549 Report number File reference 1549-MS N:\Oxford Land at Barton 1549\TEXT\REPORTS\# RMA BARTON PARK REPORTS\Movement Strategy Report\171114 - Movement Strategy Report.docx Project number: 11501549 Dated: 17/11/2014 2 Revised:
BARTON PARK, OXFORD. Movement Strategy 17/11/2014 Client Barton Oxford LLP, 70, Grosvenor Street, London. Consultant WSP UK Unit 9, The Chase Hertford SG13 7NN UK Tel: +44 19 9252 6000 Fax: +44 1992 526 001 www.wspgroup.co.uk Registered Address WSP UK Limited 01383511 WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF WSP Contacts Mark Beaumont. Brian Plumb. 3
Table of Contents 1 Introduction 5 2 Relevant Conditions 5 3 Car Parking Provision and Control 6 4 Section 278 and Section 38 Agreements 9 5 Traffic Regulation Orders 9 6 Reserve Matters 10 Appendices Appendix A Drawing No. 1549-SK-158 - Spine Road Car Parking Layout Appendix B - Drawing No. 1549-SK-157 Bus turnaround Appendix B - Drawing No. 1549-ATR-101 and 102. Autotracking of Vehicles. Project number: 11501549 Dated: 14/11/2014 4 Revised:
1 Introduction 1.1.1 WSP are instructed by Barton Oxford LLP to advise on the infrastructure measures associated with the delivery of the Barton Park development. Outline planning consent was granted for this development in October 2013 which is for 885 residential dwellings, commercial development and a community hub and school together with associated car parking. The site is to the west of Barton and north of the A40. A Transport Assessment was prepared and submitted in support of the planning application, which dealt with matters relating to the movement of people and vehicles both within and out with the development. This document remains valid in the context of the ongoing assessment of the development proposals. 1.1.2 This report has been prepared to address the highway and transportation matters associated with the development in the context of discharging the outline planning conditions and to support the reserve matters application (RMA). In dealing with these matters the report will address the following issues. Car parking and control. Section 278 and Section 38 agreements. Traffic Regulation Orders. Vehicle Movement. 1.1.3 Finally the changes to the A40 junction will also be highlighted. Whilst this matter was determined at the outline stage, there have been a number of amendments to the junction which are discussed within this document and are included as part of the reserve matters application. 1.1.4 In dealing with the matters associated with the Movement Strategy reference should also be made to the Design and Access Statement (DAS) which has been prepared by Terrence O Rourke, and the Transport Assessment which supported the Outline Application. 2 Relevant Conditions 2.1.1 The outline planning consent conditions to which this document relates are as follows. Condition 4. Scheme of enabling infrastructure works. Condition 16. Car Parking compliance Condition 19. Vehicular Access from the A40 compliance. 2.1.2 Furthermore whilst not required to be addressed for the RMA, reference is made to the Travel Plan. The detail of the Travel Plan and the discharge of the condition relating to this is a matter for the specific plot developers. 2.1.3 Drawings referred to within this document and which form part of the RMA and conditions discharge, are listed below. Drawing No. 1549-SK-158 Spine Road Car Parking Layout Drawing No. 1549-SK-157 Bus turnaround Drawing No. 1549-ATR- 101 and 102 Auto tracking of vehicles. 5
3 Car Parking Provision and Control 3.1.1 The whole site is to be controlled as a Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ), which operates in the same way as a Controlled Parking Zone, but does not require the road markings to enforce the parking control. This would be similar to the situation and control which currently operates within the Northway area to the south of the site. 3.1.2 Within the restricted parking zone, parking is only permitted within marked parking bays within the public highway. The Transport Assessment, (TA) has identified 397 unallocated parking spaces, plus 30 on street short stay spaces in the squares. These will be the spaces within the public highway that are controlled under a Traffic Regulation Order, (TRO). Of the 397 unallocated spaces, a total of 90 spaces are provided along the Spine Road together with 31 short stay spaces within the two squares. Details of the parking bays within the Spine Road are shown on the plan attached at Appendix A. 3.1.3 Along the Spine Road parking bays are general provided for parallel to the carriageway. Some spaces are included perpendicular to the carriageway specifically within the Community Square. To the eastern end of the site the on street parking is removed and private drives are provided with direct frontage access to these. This is designed to assist with the calming of traffic along the route and to create a diversity of approaches to the way the parking is accommodated within the site. 3.1.4 Signs will be provided on entry to the development to identify the area as a restricted parking zone, and further signs will be located within the development to reinforce this control. 3.1.5 As identified above, within the site, specific parking spaces will be identified for limited parking for non-residents for short stay periods within the vicinity of the commercial square and the school square. Whilst these spaces are also available to residents in accordance with the controls in place, they are also available to residents outside of the control period. 3.1.6 The parking controls within Northway currently provide for the following parking: Northway (NW) Type of parking space Permit Holder Only spaces 2 hour parking spaces When restrictions apply Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 1 hour parking spaces Mon-Sat 8am-6:30pm Mon-Fri 8am-6:30pm. Permit holders exempt from time limit where signs on street indicate. 3.1.7 Parking enforcement will be undertaken by the Local Authority, (LA) once the roads are adopted. Prior to any part of the development infrastructure being adopted, the developer will undertake to enforce the controls on site to ensure that new residents are familiar with the method of control from the start of occupation of the residential dwellings. 3.1.8 New residents will be able to apply for residents parking permits, and it will be only through the use of the permit that long term parking will be permitted. Permits will be issued to residents together with visitors parking permits. 3.1.9 Within the Commercial Square the parking is a combination of residents parking bays and short stay parking spaces. The design of the square provides for 5 residents bays to the north of the square and 22 short stay spaces with the central area of the square. The main parking for the commercial area will be to the south of the square and within the commercial development area. 3.1.10 Turning to the Community Square, extensive discussions have taken place with the LPA, LHA and Project number: 11501549 Dated: 14/11/2014 6 Revised:
also the Education Authority over the design of the square to ensure a safe environment for the pupils and also suitable provision for parents and visitors to the school. 3.1.11 As a part of the TA which supported the Planning Application details were provided of the trip generations for the various uses. This included the residential development and also the school site. These total person trip rates were then subdivided by mode of transport for the peak hours and adopted within the overall modelling of the site, which was agreed with the Highway Authority. 3.1.12 For the School site which is a 1.5 form entry Primary School, the trips rates identify a total of 21 vehicles arriving at the school in the AM peak hour with 17 departures. It is considered that these primarily relate to parents dropping off children, with the remainder being the staff. Clearly staff will also arrive in the preceding hour, with a total of 30 parking spaces included for the primary school staff within the demise of the property. As such the TA indicated in the region of 15 to 20 vehicles dropping off and hence picking up at the start and end of the school day. 3.1.13 In terms of parents transporting the children to school, the issue relates primarily to the morning and evening drop off and pick up of these children. In this regard it is anticipated that the majority of the children attending the school will be from within the development or the existing adjacent area of Barton. The transport assessment considers that of those arriving at the school, 74% will do so on foot. 3.1.14 In this regard the furthest point of the development from the school is some 600m to the west of the school, being the furthest residential dwelling to the west of the main site access. Clearly this is an acceptable walk distance to the school, with areas of the adjacent Barton Village also being within this proximity. It is therefore considered that the TA which supported the application identified the movement of children to and from school with the majority of these being on foot. Furthermore the TA identified in the region of 15 to 20 vehicles dropping off or picking up children. 3.1.15 To corroborate the evidence provided in the TA, which was agreed with the Highway Authority, WSP have reviewed the studies undertaken for the Tynedale Community School in Oxford. This study in turn makes reference to the surveys undertaken at two other schools within Oxfordshire, one of these being the New Marston Primary School in Headington. 3.1.16 These studies for the New Marston School show that the modal split is as set out below. The figure for the percentage of walk trips is wholly consistent with the Barton TA as identified above. Modal Split Assessment of trips to existing New Marston School. Mode Walk Cycle Bus Car Other Total Mode Share. 73.6% 4.0% 1.8% 19.8% 0.8% 100% 3.1.17 Based on the proposed school as a 1.5 form entry, the following is the likely trips to the school. Predicted Trips by Mode to Proposed Barton Park School. Mode Walk Cycle Bus Car Other Total Trips 232 13 6 62 2 315 3.1.18 On the basis of the above there is a demand for some 62 pupils to be dropped off / picked up on a daily basis. Whilst this reflects 62 pupils there will be more than one pupil per car and accordingly on the conservative assumption of 1.5 pupils per car, the number of cars relates to 40 vehicles. Of these cars it is assumed that approximately 50% will park up and escort the children to the school whilst the other 50% will use the drop off facilities. Accordingly there is a potential parking demand around 7
the start and end of the school day of some 20 car spaces. This is consistent with the figures from the Barton TA above. 3.1.19 Consideration has also been given to the extent of car parking required for a 2 form entry school although this would require a further planning consent to be granted for the school site. Accordingly should the school be extended to a 2 form entry the effect on the demand for parking spaces would be to increase this demand from 20 spaces to 27 spaces. These spaces can be accommodated within the immediate vicinity of the school site. 3.1.20 In relation to the school drop off, two drop off areas are proposed within the school square, adjacent to the school site to accommodate this manoeuvre. These are shown on the attached plan of the Community Hub square which forms part of the RMA. Beyond this, kerb side drop off can be accommodated along the northern extent of the main street to the east of the school. Whilst this area would not be acceptable for parking as there are no identified bays in this location, the potential exists to allow parents to drop off their children in this location, which is within 20m to 50 m of the school. 3.1.21 To accommodate the car parking demand consideration has been given to the availability of parking spaces around the school site and this is set out below. Within the school square, it is proposed to provide some 26 parking bays. Of these spaces 17 would be related to the residential properties fronting onto the square with the remainder, 9 spaces operating as short stay visitor spaces and hence available for the school drop off / pick up. In practice some of the 17 residential spaces will also be available to residence of Barton Park to use as the permit parking will apply to all such spaces across the development. 3.1.22 Beyond the school square and within 200m of the school, there will be in excess of 100 spaces which are unallocated resident parking spaces. A proportion of these will become available prior to the school drop off as residents vacate the space to depart for work. Likewise these spaces will remain unoccupied at the end of the school day, prior to residents returning at the end of the working day. 3.1.23 Finally there are a further 9 spaces located at the Pavilion which is within 100m of the school and which can also be used for the purpose of the school drop off / pick up. These spaces are outside the public highway and therefore not subject to the restricted parking zone controls. 3.1.24 Overall therefore it is considered that the provision for parking for parents dropping off /picking up at the school can be accommodated within the parking provision within the development, through the use of the following:- 9 specific visitor parking spaces within the square, the use of unallocated residential permit parking spaces within the square, the use of the 9 parking spaces adjacent to the pavilion, or the use of the substantial number of further unallocated parking bays within 200m of the school. 3.1.25 It is therefore considered that appropriate parking and drop off facilities are provided for the school as part of the development proposals. Furthermore it is considered that the appropriate level of car parking is proposed within the Spine Road and across the development site. Project number: 11501549 Dated: 14/11/2014 8 Revised:
4 Section 278 and Section 38 Agreements 4.1.1 As identified above the delivery and adoption of the site accesses and main spine road will be via the section 278 and section 38 agreements. These are being progressed with the LHA. 5 Traffic Regulation Orders 5.1.1 The necessary TRO s for the junction works on the A40 and the speed reduction are being progressed with the LHA. In this regard, the speed reduction to 50mph has been approved by Oxfordshire County Council. In addition temporary TRO s will be put in place for the construction works and accesses. 5.1.2 Beyond these orders for the implementation of the scheme, TRO s will be progressed for the speed restrictions within the site to achieve a 20mph zone and also for the implementation of the Restricted Parking Zone and parking control. 6 Reserve Matters Application. 6.1.1 As has been identified, this document addresses the matters of transport and movement to discharge the various conditions and also address the matters within the RMA for the Spine Road. In the context of the RMA, it is likely that the main Spine Road will be delivered in two phases with the western extent of the Spine Road constructed first up to a point east of the Commercial Square. Clearly it is appropriate to accommodate buses in this first phase of the RMA and accordingly it is necessary to provide a temporary bus turning area within the site. As previously identified details of the bus turnaround are shown on the drawing attached at Appendix B. 6.1.2 It is also necessary to demonstrate the necessary vehicular movements can be accommodated within the street layout. Accordingly auto tracking has been undertaken of articulated vehicles accessing the commercial area, the bus movements through the site and the movements of refuse vehicles. Details of these are shown on the drawings attached at Appendix C. 9
Appendices Project number: 11501549 Dated: 14/11/2014 Revised:
Appendix A Drawing No. 1549-SK-158 - Spine Road Car Parking Layout
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Appendix B - Drawing No. 1549-SK-157 Bus turnaround Project number: 11501549 Dated: 14/11/2014 Revised:
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Appendix C - Drawing No. 1549-ATR-101 and 102 Autotracking.
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