Public Milking Lane Mixed-Use Development Framework Travel Plan November 2019 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Quality Management Development November 2019 Quality Management Job No CS/091040 Project Milking Lane Mixed-Use Development Location Manchester Title Framework Travel Plan Document Ref Document Ref 01 File reference S:\Transport_Planning\Transport Planning Jobs\CS096059-04 - Milking Lane, Darwen\05 Record\04 Reports\TA With Link Road\FTP\Milking Lane FTP.docx Date November 2019 Prepared by Kateryna Kryshkevych Signature (for file) KK, RL Rachel Lord Checked by Walter Aspinall Signature (for file) WA Authorised by Walter Aspinall Signature (for file) WA Revision Status / History Rev Date Issue / Purpose/ Comment Prepared Checked Authorised 01 11/2019 Draft for Comments KK,RL WA WA Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development Contents November 2019 Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 2. Existing Site and Local Highway Network 3 2.1 Overview 3 2.2 Existing Site 3 2.3 Existing Access 5 2.4 Local Highway Network 6 3. Accessibility by Sustainable Travel Modes 10 3.1 Overview 10 3.2 Accessibility on Foot 10 3.3 Accessibility on Cycle 13 3.4 Accessibility by Bus 15 3.5 Accessibility by Rail 17 3.6 Summary 18 4. Development Proposals 19 4.1 Overview 19 4.2 Access Strategy 19 4.3 Parking 19 5. Objectives and Targets 21 5.1 Key Objectives 21 5.2 Targets 21 5.3 Initial Targets 22 6. Travel Plan Management 26 6.1 Introduction 26 6.2 Travel Plan Co-ordinator 26 6.3 Travel Plan Handover (Residential Element) 27 7. Travel Plan Measures 28 7.1 Introduction 28 7.2 Promotion and Marketing 28 7.3 Welcome Pack/New Started Pack 29 7.4 Travel Database 30 7.5 Measures to Reduce Car Use 31 7.6 Measures to Promote and Facilitate Walking 31 7.7 Measures to Promote and Facilitate Cycling 32 7.8 Measures to Encourage the Use of Public Transport 32 7.9 Measures to Reduce the Need to Travel 32 8. Monitoring and Review 34 Figures Figure 2.1. Site Location and Boundary Line 3 Figure 2.2. Site’s Baseline Conditions 4 i Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development Contents November 2019 Figure 2.3. Existing Access Points 6 Figure 2.4. Local Highway Network 7 Figure 5.1. Public Rights of Way 11 Figure 5.2. Walking Catchment Area 12 Figure 5.3. Cycling Catchment Area 13 Figure 5.4. Weavers Wheel 14 Figure 5.5. Location of the Nearest Bus Stops 15 Figure 5.6. Bus Network 16 Appendices Appendix A - Proposed Site Layout Appendix B – Census 2011 Data ii Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 1/ Introduction November 2019 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure (Capita) has been appointed by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (BwDBC) to prepare a Framework Travel Plan (FTP) to be submitted in support of a hybrid planning application for a proposed mixed-use development located between Milking Lane, Greenbank Terrace, Lowe Eccleshill Road and the M65 motorway in Lower Darwen. An outline planning permission is being sought for a mixed-use development of a maximum of the following: up to 100 dwellings, 9,000sqm GIFA (gross internal floor area) of B1/B2/B8 and D1 uses, and associated ancillary works. A full planning permission is being sought for the proposed link road through the site, connecting Milking Lane with the Greenbank Terrace/Paul Rink Way/Lower Eccleshill Road roundabout. A Transport Assessment (TA) has also been prepared for submission with a planning application, which should be read in conjunction with this FTP. This FTP is based on the following documents and guidelines: Government’s guidance on Travel Plans, Transport Assessments and Statements (March 2014); Making Residential Travel Plans Work (June 2007); and Making Residential Travel Plans Work: Guidelines for New Development (September 2005). This mixed-use FTP provides the following: An overview of the existing site and description of surrounding highway network; An assessment of accessibility of the site by sustainable modes of travel; A description of the proposed development and access strategy; Robust objectives and targets; Description of TP management; TP measures; and Robust monitoring and review strategy. 1 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 1/ Introduction November 2019 This FTP will be updated to a Full Residential Travel Plan and a Full Travel Plan for the B1/B2/B8 and D1 elements of the proposal upon occupation and/or at the time agreed with the Local Planning Authority (LPA) when the planning permission is granted. 2 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 2/ Existing Site and Local Highway November 2019 Network 2. Existing Site and Local Highway Network 2.1 Overview The site is located between Milking Lane, Greenbank Terrace, Lower Eccleshill Road and the M65 motorway in Lower Darwen. The site’s location and its indicative extent are shown in Figure 2.1 below. Figure 2.1. Site Location and Boundary Line Site Location The site is irregular in shape, with Lower Darwen Primary School and residential dwellings fronting Greenbank Terrace forming its northern boundary and the M65 motorway forming its southern boundary. The eastern boundary is formed by Milking Lane and the cul de sacs of Viscount Avenue, Lady Close and Lord’s Crescent. The western boundary is formed by Greenbank Terrace and Lower Eccleshill Road. 2.2 Existing Site The site is approximately 9.8ha, as measured using Google Earth. The existing site comprises the original landholding of the former Lower Darwen Paper Mill, which dates back to the early 1890s. Lower Darwen Paper Mill was the subject of progressive extensions up until the 1980s 3 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 2/ Existing Site and Local Highway November 2019 Network when the footprint of the mill comprised some 9,628sqm together with associated reservoir, refuse tips and areas of hardstanding. It was operational until the early 1990s until the buildings were all demolished in 1993 leaving only the building slabs visible together with some retaining walls. These retaining walls in part support the steep banks on site. The site consists of four parcels of land, as shown in Figure 2.2 below. Figure 2.2. Site’s Baseline Conditions C D B A SCA Packaging occupied until recently a small part of the site adjacent to the M65 motorway (Parcel A) as a transport depot. The original buildings have been cleared but the concrete hardstanding remains. Parcel B extends along the lower level land, from the north to the south of the site, fronting Greenbank Terrace and the M65 motorway. This lower land is allocated as an employment site in the local plan. Planning permission exists on the site for an office development with associated parking and landscaped areas (planning application reference 10/05/0317, see Section 1.2). The office development has been implemented through the construction of two of the office buildings, which are currently abandoned on site. Two elevated parcels of land off Milking Lane are identified as Parcels C and D on Figure 1.2. There is a steeply sided valley (with a fall of around 10m) between Plots C and D through which 4 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 2/ Existing Site and Local Highway November 2019 Network a small stream flows. This stream flows into the river Darwen via a culvert under Greenbank Terrace. There are two existing surface water outfalls at the top end of the site adjacent to Milking Lane. These provide surface water sewer outfalls for the surrounding residential development. To the west of Parcel C is a steep escarpment which is partially vegetated with rough grass. The former Milking Lane track crosses the site (from north to south) to the west. The site has direct frontage onto new alignment of Milking Lane, although for part of the site it abuts, where the four existing properties at 60 to 66 Milking Lane are located. To the southeast are the existing properties developed by Rivermead Homes. Those properties which immediately adjoin the site include even numbers 80 to 88 Milking Lane and 2 to 16 Viscount Avenue. They are typical two storey detached properties similar to most others within the vicinity of the site. The site is well located for access to key roads, including the B6231, to the north of the site, which connects Darwen to Church. Junction 4 of the M65 is to the southwest of the site, forming links to Skipton and Preston in north-easterly and westerly directions respectively. 2.3 Existing Access The site has four existing access points, all of which are gated and disused. Three of the existing accesses are located along the western boundary of the site, two off Greenbank Terrace and one via the Greenbank Terrace/Paul Rink Way/Lower Eccleshill Road roundabout, forming its fourth arm (see Figure 2.3). The fourth access is located off Lower Eccleshill Road to the south of the roundabout. 5 Milking Lane Mixed-Use Public Development 2/ Existing Site and Local Highway November 2019 Network Figure 2.3. Existing Access Points Access D Access A Access C Access B 2.4 Local Highway Network The local highway network in the vicinity of the site is shown in Figure 2.4. Milking Lane forms a north-eastern boundary of the site and is a single carriageway road subject to a 30mph speed limit. Milking Lane is a non-through residential road, from which more minor cul-de-sacs are formed. The road has traffic calming measures in form of speed tables at various locations along its length. Footways which are in good condition are provided along both sides of the road.