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Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan May 2021 DRAFT Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan DOCUMENT REGISTER CLIENT: GLOUCESTERSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST PROJECT: CINDERFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROJECT CODE: 21-0239 REPORT TITLE: TRAVEL PLAN PREPARED BY: JONATHAN SENKBEIL DATE: MAY 2021 APPROVED BY: JAMIE MATTOCK DATE: MAY 2021 REPORT STATUS: DRAFT 01 Prepared by COTSWOLD TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD CTP House Knapp Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3QQ Tel: 01242 523696 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cotswoldtp.co.uk DRAFT Registered Company Address: CTP House, Knapp Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3QQ Company Number: 9228763 Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan List of Contents Sections 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... ............ 1 2 Travel Plan Context .............................................................................................. ............ 5 3 Baseline Sustainability Audit ................................................................................ ............ 8 4 Objectives and Targets ........................................................................................ .......... 13 5 Travel Plan Management and Measures .............................................................. .......... 16 6 Action Plan ........................................................................................................... .......... 19 7 Monitoring and Review ......................................................................................... .......... 24 8 Funding ................................................................................................................ .......... 26 Appendices APPENDIX A: Site Location Plan APPENDIX B: Development Proposals (Architect’s Layout) APPENDIX C: Bus Timetable Information APPENDIX D: Accessibility Index Calculations APPENDIX E: Staff Travel Surveys APPENDIX F: Example Travel Survey DRAFT Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan 1 Introduction 1.1 Cotswold Transport Planning Ltd (CTP) has been instructed by the Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to prepare a BREEAM compliant Travel Plan (TP) in support of a planning application concerning the construction of a new community hospital on land north-east of Steam Mills Road (A4151), Cinderford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. 1.2 Full planning permission is sought for a new community hospital with associated parking for both staff and visitors, infrastructure, landscaping with a reconfigured access off Steam Mills Road (A4151). The site will also include drop-off zones, ambulance drop-off / pick up point and a small delivery area with associated building services accommodation. 1.3 The proposed development will be called Cinderford Community Hospital (CCH). 1.4 This TP has been prepared to assist the promotion of sustainable travel modes, primarily amongst staff, for travel to and from the application site but will also prove beneficial in encouraging patients, visitors, local community, and other stake holders to the site to utilise sustainable modes of travel. Site Location and Development Proposals 1.5 The application site is located on land north-east of Steam Mills Road (A4151) within the town of Cinderford, which is situated within the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire and is located approximately 5km to the south-west of Mitcheldean and 16km to the north of Lydney. 1.6 The site location plan is attached at Appendix A and the development proposals are attached at Appendix B. 1.7 [Parking - WILL BE UPDATED ONCE PARKING NUMBERS ARE CONFIRMED] 1.8 Pedestrian access to the application site shall be achieved via an active travel corridor on the northernDRAFT side of the reconfigured access with Steam Mills Road (A4141). 1.9 Vehicular access to the site is achieved via an improved access in the form of a simple priority junction from Steam Mills Road (A4151). The proposed junction will be incorporated into the right turn ghost island junction into Valley Road, thereby forming a staggered ghost island right turn facility for the proposed development and for Valley Road. Cotswold Transport Planning Ltd Page 1 Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan Travel Plans 1.10 TPs detail the means by which sustainable travel to / from the site by staff, patients, visitors and other stakeholders is encouraged. This may be achieved through the reduction in the number of individual private vehicle trips; and / or the encouragement of public transport, walking and cycling as travel alternatives. Success in this respect will help to mitigate the impact of additional traffic attracted by the proposed development, reducing carbon footprint, boosting the surrounding economy, and contributing to a fitter workforce. 1.11 The principal objective of the TP is to promote and provide alternative sustainable modes of transport and to ensure staff, and where possible patients and visitors, are fully aware of the sustainable travel options available to them. 1.12 The aims of the TP include: i) Reductions in single occupancy car use; ii) Increase walking and cycling awareness and safety; iii) Increase in public transport awareness; and iv) To achieve high awareness of the TP with staff, and where possible patients and visitors. 1.13 The structure of the remainder of the TP is as follows: i) Section 2: Travel Plan Context - sets the scene and details the policy context; ii) Section 3: Baseline Sustainability Audit - provides a site assessment in relation to sustainable transport modes; iii) Section 4: Objectives and Targets - provides detailed objectives and targets of this Travel Plan; iv) Section 5: Travel Plan Management and Measures - details the management structure in place to deliver the TP; v) Section 6: Travel Plan Action Plan - detailed list of measures and initiatives that will be implementedDRAFT to achieve the objectives and targets of this TP. vi) Section 7: Monitoring and Review - details the monitoring and review of the TP; and vii) Section 8: Funding - provides detail of the funding of the TP. 1.14 Travel Plans have the ability to create more sustainable developments, which will assist the development to comply with national, regional and local planning policies. Cotswold Transport Planning Ltd Page 2 Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan BREEAM Compliance 1.15 The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), is the world's leading sustainability assessment method for master-planning projects, infrastructure and buildings. BREEAM measures sustainable value in a series of categories, ranging from energy to transport. 1.16 CCH will be BREEAM compliant and therefore the TP has been produced in accordance with the requirements of BREEAM UK New Construction scheme (2018) and the requirements of Tra 01 within the Transport section of the assessment. 1.17 The BREEAM guidelines for Travel Plans are at Tra 01. It states that the aim is to ‘reward awareness of existing local transport and identify improvements to make it more sustainable’. 1.18 The following is required to demonstrate compliance: i) During the feasibility and design stages, develop a travel plan based on a site- specific travel assessment or statement; ii) The Site-specific travel assessment or statement covers as a minimum (provided at Section 3 of this report): a. Existing travel patterns and opinions of existing building or site users towards cycling and walking identifying constraints and opportunities, if relevant; b. Travel patterns and transport impact of future building users; c. Current local environment for walkers and cyclists (accounting for visitors who may be accompanied by young children); d. Reporting of the number and type of existing accessible amenities within 500m of the site; e. Disabled access (accounting for varying levels of disability and visual impairment); DRAFTf. Calculation of the existing public transport accessibility Index (AI); and g. Current facilities for cyclists. iii) The travel plan includes proposal to increase or improve sustainable modes of transport and movement of people and good during the building’s operation and use; iv) If the occupier is known, involve them in the development of the Travel Plan; and v) Demonstrate that the Travel Plan will be implemented post construction and be supported by the building’s management in operation. Cotswold Transport Planning Ltd Page 3 Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan 1.19 A Transport Assessment has been submitted under separate cover. DRAFT Cotswold Transport Planning Ltd Page 4 Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust Cinderford Community Hospital Travel Plan 2 Travel Plan Context Introduction 2.1 A TP is a long-term management strategy built on a package of site-specific measures that seeks to deliver sustainable transport objectives, with an emphasis on reducing reliance on single occupancy car journeys and facilitating travel by sustainable modes, which is articulated in a document that is regularly reviewed. 2.2 To be successful, it is crucial that the TP be a dynamic process that grows and develops with time. The TP will need to be flexible to allow for changes to be made in line with the performance of the plan, changing circumstances