Council New Local Plan Site Submission Form

GUIDANCE ON COMPLETING THIS FORM

Please return this form if you are suggesting a site to be considered in the New South Gloucestershire Local Plan. Previously submitted sites are available to view on an online map at: www.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites

For each site please complete a separate form and provide a map that clearly and accurately identifies the site boundary.

Completed forms and site location plans should be emailed to: [email protected] .

Identifying a potential site does not infer that the council in any way supports the development of the site. Sites will be assessed through the plan making process and will be subject to normal planning procedures.

The information collected as part this consultation will also be used by the council in accordance with the data protection principles in the Data Protection Act 1998. The purposes for collecting this data is: to assist in plan making; and to contact you, if necessary, regarding the planning consultation process. Some of the data may be made public as it will form part of the evidence base used to inform the creation of planning policy documents. The above purposes may require public disclosure of any data received on the response form, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

To view the full privacy statement please follow the link http://www.southglos.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/data protectionandfreedomofinformation/privacystatement/

. 1. HAS THE SITE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL? Previously submitted sites are available to view on the online map accessible from: www.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites (Click on the site to see the site reference number and information previously submitted).

Please enter the relevant Site Reference number from www.southglos.gov.uk/callforsites Has this site previously been Yes / No SG85 a nd SG137 submitted?

If the site has already been submitted, how does the information provided in this form change the information you have previously provided to us?

Minor boundary changes and new planning consultant

2. YOUR DETAILS Name David Scott

Company/Organisation (if applicable) 1 Address

Telephone

Email

Status (please tick all that Owner of (all or part of) the site [ ] Land Agent [ ] apply Planning Consultant [ X ] Developer [ ] Amenity/ Community Group [ ] Local Resident [ ] Registered Social Housing Provider [ ] Other (please specify) [ ]

If acting on behalf of Landowner / developer please provide client name and address details:

I (or my client) Is sole owner of the site [ X ] Owns part of the site [ ] Do not own (or hold any legal interest in) the site whatsoever [ ]

If Owner/Part Owner, have Yes [X ] No [ ] you attached a title plan and deeds with this form?

If you are not the owner, or own only part of the site, do you know who owns the site or the remainder of it (please provide details)?

Does the owner (or other Yes [X ] No [ ] owner(s)) support your proposals for the site?

3. SITE DETAILS

Site Address (including Land adjacent to The Ashlands, London Road postcode where applicable) Bridgeyate, BS30 5JH

2 Site Area (Hectares)(if known) 5.106 Ha

Current land use(s) Residential garden land and agricultural grassland

Adjacent land use(s) Residential and agricultural

Relevant planning history (if known) N/A

Please tick box to confirm you have provided a site plan [ X ]

4. POTENTIAL USES & CAPACITY Suggested uses (please tick all that apply and where mixed use indicate % of overall site for each use)

USE Capacity (number of units) and indication of possible residential tenures, types and housing for different groups Residential 180 units – 50% market, 30% social rented, 10% self build 10% custom build.

Residential – SelfBuild and CustomBuild

USE Floorspace (m 2) / number of floors/pitches / notes Office, research & development, light industrial (B1)

General industrial (B2) / warehousing (B8)

Sports / leisure (please specify)

Retail

Gypsy and Travellers / Travelling Showpeople sites

Other (please specify)

Additional notes about potential uses:

3 5. SITE SUITABLITY ISSUES

Question Further details including details of further studies undertaken / mitigation proposed Does the site have any physical Yes /No constraints (e.g. topography, access, severe slope, vegetation cover etc.)?

Is the site subject to flooding? Yes /No

Is the site affected by ‘bad neighbour’ Yes /No uses (e.g. power lines, railway lines, major highways, heavy industry)?

Is there a possibility that the site is Yes /No contaminated?

Can satisfactory vehicular access to the Yes/ No site be achieved?

Has the Highways Agency been Yes / No consulted?

Is the site subject to any other key Yes/ No Green belt land constraints?

UTILITIES / INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION Please tell us which of the following utilities are available to the site

Mains water supply [ Y ] Mains sewerage [ Y ] Electrical supply [ Y ] Gas supply [ Y ] Landline telephone [ Y ] Broadband internet [ Y ] Other (please specify below) [ ]

Please provide any other relevant information relating to site suitability issues:

4 6. SITE AVAILABILITY ISSUES

Question Comments/further details Are there any legal/ownership constraints Yes/No on the site that might prohibit or delay development of the site (e.g. ransom strip/covenants)?

Must land offsite be acquired to develop Yes/No the site?

Are there any current uses which need to Yes/No be relocated?

Is the site owned by a developer or is the owner willing to sell?

Estimated delivery rate: When do you think the site would come forward for development? (Where a development will be phased over more than one period please indicate this)

Within the next 5 years 6-10 years 11-20 years

Yes

Do you have any information to support when the site will come forward and its phasing? Please consider suitability, achievability and constraints. The attached feasability study demonstrates that there is adequate highway network capacity for this development and only minor offsite highway works are required.

7. SITE ACHIEVABILITY ISSUES

Question Comments/further details Are there any known significant abnormal Yes/No development costs (e.g. contamination remediation, demolition, access etc.)? If yes, please specify. Does the site require significant new Yes/No infrastructure investment to be suitable for development? If yes, please specify. Are there any issues that may influence the Yes/No economic viability, delivery rates or timing of the development? If yes, please specify. Has a viability assessment / financial Yes/No appraisal of the scheme been undertaken? Have any design work studies been Yes/No Ashlands garden land scheme prepared for 8 undertaken? detached and 4 social rented houses

5 8. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

If necessary, please continue on a separate sheet and attach to this form. A copy of a highway feasability study was prepared in 2009 for the land and a copy is attached. This considered the aggricultural grassland and The Ashlands garden would be have the same access it is proposed the garden land would use the existing access and the agricultural land would have a new access. This has resulted in a lower capacity. The agricultural grassland can be considered on its own or in conjunction with the larger potential

Completed forms, site location plans and any supporting information (Title and deeds etc.) should be emailed to: [email protected].

6 This is a copy of the title plan on 17 APR 2018 at 15:20:59. This copy does not take account of any application made after that time even if still pending in HM Land Registry when this copy was issued.

This copy is not an 'Official Copy' of the title plan. An official copy of the title plan is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extent as the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or she suffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy. If you want to obtain an official copy, the HM Land Registry web site explains how to do this.

HM Land Registry endeavours to maintain high quality and scale accuracy of title plan images.The quality and accuracy of any print will depend on your printer, your computer and its print settings.This title plan shows the general position, not the exact line, of the boundaries. It may be subject to distortions in scale. Measurements scaled from this plan may not match measurements between the same points on the ground.

This title is dealt with by HM Land Registry, Gloucester Office. Title Number : GR246728 This title is dealt with by HM Land Registry, Gloucester Office. The following extract contains information taken from the register of the above title number. A full copy of the register accompanies this document and you should read that in order to be sure that these brief details are complete. Neither this extract nor the full copy is an 'Official Copy' of the register. An official copy of the register is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extent as the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or she suffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy. This extract shows information current on 18 APR 2018 at 12:43:15 and so does not take account of any application made after that time even if pending in HM Land Registry when this extract was issued.

REGISTER EXTRACT

Title Number : GR246728

Address of Property : land on the north east side of London Road,

Price Stated : Not Available

Registered Owner(s) :

Lender(s) : None

1 of 3 Title number GR246728 This is a copy of the register of the title number set out immediately below, showing the entries in the register on 18 APR 2018 at 12:43:15. This copy does not take account of any application made after that time even if still pending in HM Land Registry when this copy was issued. This copy is not an 'Official Copy' of the register. An official copy of the register is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extent as the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or she suffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy. If you want to obtain an official copy, the HM Land Registry web site explains how to do this.

A: Property Register This register describes the land and estate comprised in the title. SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 (18.12.2001) The Freehold land shown edged with red on the plan of the above Title filed at the Registry and being land on the north east side of London Road, Warmley. 2 (18.12.2001) There are excluded from this registration the mines and minerals excepted by a Conveyance of the land in this title and other land dated made between in the following terms:- "subject to certain exception of mines and minerals lying in or under the premises or some part or parts thereof and the reservation of certain mining rights contained in two Indentures dated respectively the made between

NOTE: No further details of the Conveyances dated 21 June 1825 and 16 February 1853 referred to above were supplied on first registration. 3 (07.01.2016) A new title plan with an amended extent based on the latest revision of the Ordnance Survey Map has been prepared.

B: Proprietorship Register This register specifies the class of title and identifies the owner. It contains any entries that affect the right of disposal. Title absolute 1 PROPRIETOR:

2 (14.01.2016) RESTRICTION: No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate , or by the proprietor of any registered charge, not being a charge registered before the entry of this restriction, is to be registered without a certificate signed by a conveyancer that the provisions of clause 5 of an Agreement dated made between have been complied with or that they do not apply to the disposition.

C: Charges Register This register contains any charges and other matters that affect the land.

2 of 3 Title number GR246728 1 (14.01.2016) UNILATERAL NOTICE in respect of an option to purchase contained in an Option Agreement dated made between

2 (14.01.2016) BENEFICIARY:

End of register

3 of 3

Title Number : AV25180 This title is dealt with by HM Land Registry, Gloucester Office. The following extract contains information taken from the register of the above title number. A full copy of the register accompanies this document and you should read that in order to be sure that these brief details are complete. Neither this extract nor the full copy is an 'Official Copy' of the register. An official copy of the register is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extent as the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or she suffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy. This extract shows information current on 18 APR 2018 at 12:50:41 and so does not take account of any application made after that time even if pending in HM Land Registry when this extract was issued.

REGISTER EXTRACT

Title Number : AV25180

Address of Property : The Ashlands, London Road, , (BS30 5JH)

Price Stated : Not Available

Registered Owner(s) :

Lender(s) :

1 of 2 Title number AV25180 This is a copy of the register of the title number set out immediately below, showing the entries in the register on 18 APR 2018 at 12:50:41. This copy does not take account of any application made after that time even if still pending in HM Land Registry when this copy was issued. This copy is not an 'Official Copy' of the register. An official copy of the register is admissible in evidence in a court to the same extent as the original. A person is entitled to be indemnified by the registrar if he or she suffers loss by reason of a mistake in an official copy. If you want to obtain an official copy, the HM Land Registry web site explains how to do this.

A: Property Register This register describes the land and estate comprised in the title. SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 (01.06.1977) The Freehold land shown edged with red on the plan of the above Title filed at the Registry and being The Ashlands, London Road, Siston, (BS30 5JH). 2 The mines and minerals are excepted.

B: Proprietorship Register This register specifies the class of title and identifies the owner. It contains any entries that affect the right of disposal. Title absolute 1 (13.11.1984) PROPRIETOR:

C: Charges Register This register contains any charges and other matters that affect the land. 1 (10.09.2009) REGISTERED CHARGE dated 25 August 2009. 2 (10.09.2009) Proprietor:

End of register

2 of 2 PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LONDON ROAD BRIDGEYATE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

FEASIBILITY STUDY

ADL Highway Engineering Ltd ADL House The Oaklands Business Park Armstrong Way BS57 5NA

ADL/AMC/H655/01A

December 2009 CONTENTS

Page №

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1

2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION 2

3.0 HIGHWAY NETWORK 3

4.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS 5

5.0 TRAFFIC GENERATION 6

6.0 ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS 10

7.0 ACCESSIBILITY 13

8.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 16 APPENDICES

1.0 LOCATION PLAN

2.0 SITE AND SURROUNDINGS

3.0 TRAFFIC SURVEYS

3.1 Survey Location Plan 3.2 London Road ATC 3.3 Webbs Heath South ATC 3.4 Siston Lane ATC 3.5 Webbs Heath North ATC

4.0 PROPOSED ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS

5.0 INDICATIVE HOUSING LAYOUT

6.0 TRAFFIC FLOW DIAGRAMS

6.1 2010 Traffic Flows 6.2 2020 Traffic Flows

7.0 PICADY RESULTS

7.1 2010 Am Peak 7.2 2010 Pm Peak 7.3 2020 Am Peak 7.4 2020 Pm Peak 1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 ADL Highway Engineering Ltd have been appointed by to investigate the feasibility of accessing a potential new residential development site from London Road, Bridgeyate.

1.2 The site is situated to the east of Bristol in an area which is being considered by South Gloucestershire Council for 8,000 houses in the Draft South West Regional Spacial Strategy (RSS), which was due to be published in April 2009 but which has been delayed.

1.3 The proposed development site under consideration in this report has an area of 5.8ha forming part of a larger 52ha area with development potential in Bridgeyate.

1.4 The report was revised in November 2009 following a meeting with South Gloucestershire Council and on receipt of preliminary comments from the highways department, which have been incorporated into the amendments.

Highway Engineering Ltd 1 2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION

2.1 The site has an area of 5.8ha (14 acres) adjoining the A420, London Road with a frontage of about 250m and is generally rectangular in shape.

2.2 The northern part of the site is agricultural grassland used for grazing and the southern part of the site is occupied by The Ashlands, which is a substantial private house, outbuildings and gardens.

2.3 Vehicular access to The Ashlands is via a gated entrance from London Road in the southeast corner of the site. There is a disused field gate into the remainder of the site from London Road near the southwest corner of the site.

2.4 The topography of the site generally slopes from the northeast to the southwest corner. There is a small watercourse along the southern field boundary and there is a larger stream which crosses London Road about 250m west of Winfield Road.

Highway Engineering Ltd 2 3.0 HIGHWAY NETWORK

3.1 The site is located to the north of the A420, London Road at Bridgeyate about 8km to the east of Bristol city centre. A location plan is included as Appendix 1.0.

3.2 The A420 is the main road between Bristol and Chippenham linking with the Bristol Ring Road, A4174 to the west and the A46 to the east. The ring road provides access to the M32, M4 and M5 to the north of Bristol, while the A46 provides access to the M4 corridor to the east and Bath to the south.

3.3 In the vicinity of the study area the A420, London Road runs through the built-up area of Warmley providing access to the residential and industrial areas predominantly to the south of the A420.

3.4 In the immediate vicinity of the site London Road is a 6m wide single carriageway road with footways on both sides. The road is well lit and is subject to a 30mph speed limit. The carriageway width varies from 6.5-7.5m along the site frontage. The footway on the north side of London Road is generally 1.8m wide whilst on the southern side the footway is generally between 1.8 and 2.5m wide.

3.5 The A4175, Bath Road joins the A420 at a double mini-roundabout junction to the east of the site. This road provides a link between the A420 and Keynsham to the south.

3.6 Webbs Heath is a ‘C’ classified road which joins the A420 and the A4175 at the double mini-roundabout. This road runs northwards for about 0.5km before turning to the west via Goose Green and linking with the A4174, Bristol Ring Road.

3.7 Webbs Heath is a single carriageway road which varies in width between 6.1 and 7.0m. This road is reasonably well lit for the first 500m from the junction with the A420 after which there is no street lighting. Webbs Heath is subject to the national speed limit for a rural road of 60mph. This road has a 7.5 tonne weight restriction.

3.8 There is a footway on the west side of Webbs Heath, which is generally 1.6m wide. The footway ends about 150m south of the junction with Siston Lane.

Highway Engineering Ltd 3 3.9 The junction of Webbs Heath and Siston Lane is a simple priority junction. Visibility at the junction is good, being in excess of 4.5 x 120m in both directions.

3.10 There are no footways along Siston Lane or Webbs Heath in the vicinity of the junction but there are wide grass verges, which could be used to provide improved pedestrian facilities. The extent of the highway boundary and the status of the common will need to be checked to confirm whether or not this is feasible.

3.11 Siston Lane is a continuation of Webbs Heath to the north towards via the village of Siston. Siston Lane is a single carriageway road with a width of about 5.5m. There are now footways.

3.12 Webbs Heath to the west of Siston Lane is a single carriageway road, which is generally 6.0 - 6.5m wide with a grass verge on at least one side of the road. The exception is where Webbs Heath crosses where the grass verges are only about 1m wide.

3.13 The junction of Webbs Heath and Carsons Road is about 1.5km to the west of Siston Lane. This is a simple priority junction, which has good visibility in both directions.

3.14 Carsons Road is a single carriageway road with a carriage width of about 7.3m. This road is subject to a 40mph speed limit and it is well lit.

3.15 There is a 2.0m wide footway on the western side of Carsons Road initially, which crosses at a pedestrian refuge to follow the line of the old road on the eastern side of Carsons Road.

3.16 Carsons Road widens out as it approaches the signalised junction at the Carsons Road Link, which joins the A4174, Avon Ring Road at the Siston Hill Roundabout, which is also signalised.

Highway Engineering Ltd 4 4.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

4.1 The 5.8ha (14 acre) site is being considered for residential development and forms the first phase of a larger comprehensive development site with a total area of 29.4ha (73 acres).

4.2 Based on a density of 40 houses per hectare (16 per acre) the site has the potential for about 200 - 250 houses although this may be reduced to accommodate Public Open Space and landscaping areas. For the purposes of this report the capacity of the highway network has been based on 250 dwellings, which would seem a reasonable figure on which to assess the development potential.

4.3 A development of 250 houses could be served from a single point of access from the A420, London Road providing the residential access roads are set out in a loop to provide access for emergency vehicles.

4.4 The initial phase of the development would have a good level of access to the bus route on London Road and the existing cycle/footways in the vicinity of the site, providing links to the local facilities and schools.

4.5 The expansion of the residential development to the north would require a secondary access from Webbs Heath. While a route could be provided through the larger site, care would need to be taken to ensure that it did not create a ‘rat run’. A plan showing an indicative layout of the housing development is included in Appendix 5.0.

4.6 The site is predominantly a ‘green field’ development and surface water run-off will almost certainly require substantial attenuation to restrict the rate of discharge under storm conditions to the existing sewers and watercourses.

Highway Engineering Ltd 5 5.0 TRAFFIC GENERATION

5.1 Automatic traffic counts were carried out on the A420, London Road in September 2009. A survey location plan and the results of the surveys are included as Appendix 3.0.

5.2 A summary of the results of the survey are set out in the Tables below.

Table 5A: London Road – 5-day Average Flows Hour Westbound Eastbound Twoway 07:00 – 08:00 431 568 999 08:00 – 09:00 514 495 1009 09:00 – 10:00 438 399 837 15:00 – 16:00 479 402 881 16:00 – 17:00 565 471 1036 17:00 – 18:00 586 493 1079 18:00 – 19:00 544 409 953

Table 5B: Webbs Heath South – 5-day Average Flows Hour Westbound Eastbound Twoway 07:00 – 08:00 473 354 827 08:00 – 09:00 536 436 972 09:00 – 10:00 306 250 556 15:00 – 16:00 330 348 678 16:00 – 17:00 403 483 886 17:00 – 18:00 455 585 1040 18:00 – 19:00 325 378 703

Table 5C: Siston Lane – 5-day Average Flows Hour Westbound Eastbound Twoway 07:00 – 08:00 197 108 305 08:00 – 09:00 208 146 354 09:00 – 10:00 122 99 221 15:00 – 16:00 124 154 278 16:00 – 17:00 127 234 361 17:00 – 18:00 159 296 455 18:00 – 19:00 113 168 281

Highway Engineering Ltd 6 Table 5D: Webbs Heath North – 5-day Average Flows Hour Westbound Eastbound Twoway 07:00 – 08:00 291 271 562 08:00 – 09:00 351 309 660 09:00 – 10:00 209 170 379 15:00 – 16:00 229 220 449 16:00 – 17:00 311 282 593 17:00 – 18:00 327 321 648 18:00 – 19:00 241 233 474

5.3 The percentage of heavy vehicles (OGV1/OGV2) are set out in Table 5E below:

Table 5E: HGV Percentages Location Direction % HGV’s London Road Westbound 11% Eastbound 11% Webbs Heath South Northbound 6% Southbound 9% Siston Lane Northbound 8& Southbound 6% Webbs Heath North Westbound 7% Eastbound 7%

5.4 The 85 th percentile traffic speeds are summarised in Table 5F below:

Table 5F: Location Direction Average (mph) 85 th Percentile (mph) London Road Westbound 40.9 43.4 Eastbound 42.5 48.3 Webbs Heath Northbound 44.2 48.5 South Southbound 45.3 48.4 Siston Lane Northbound 45.4 51.4 Southbound 42.4 48.6 Webbs Heath North Westbound 43.6 48.4 Eastbound 44.3 48.5

5.5 The speeds recorded on London Road are significantly higher than the 30mph speed limit and although there is an illuminated vehicle speed activated sign on the approach to the Church Avenue junction it is clearly having little effect.

5.6 The section of London Road past the site is straight and the road markings for the new ghost island junction should help reduce speeds, but further measures may be required in the vicinity of the site, such as coloured road surfacing with ‘30mph’ roundels or ‘slow’ markings.

Highway Engineering Ltd 7 5.7 The 85 th percentile speeds on Webbs Heath and Siston Lane are well below the national 60mph speed limit.

5.8 The traffic generated by a private residential development can be determined from the TRICS database and the weekday trip rates and traffic flows for a 250 house development are as follows:

Table 5G: Trip Rates and Traffic Flows (250 houses) Arrivals Departures Total Period Trip Trip Trip Flow Flow Flow Rate Rate Rate 08:00 – 09:00 0.152 38 0.440 110 0.592 148 16:00 – 17:00 0.335 84 0.210 53 0.545 136 17:00 – 18:00 0.398 100 0.231 58 0.629 157 Daily 3.365 841 3.641 910 7.279 1820

5.9 A development of 250 units would generate traffic flows in the order of 148 vehicles per hour during the morning peak period and 157 vehicles per hour in the evening peak period.

5.10 These generated traffic flows are representative of a small to medium seized residential development. In order to examine the trips generated by other modes of transport the TRICS database has been used to determine the modal split.

5.11 The daily trips generated by the new development are set out in Table 5H below:

Table 5H: Daily Modal Split Trip Rates and Flows Arrivals Departures Total Mode Trip Trip Trip Flow Flow Flow Rate Rate Rate Total People 4.256 1064 4.651 1163 8.907 2227 Vehicles 2.565 641 2.725 681 5.290 1322 Vehicle 3.381 845 3.737 934 7.118 1779 Occupants Pedestrians 0.652 163 0.694 174 1.396 349 Public 0.135 34 0.133 33 0.268 67 Transport Cyclists 0.089 22 0.090 23 0.179 45 PSV’s 0.022 6 0.019 5 0.041 10 OGV’s 0.030 8 0.033 8 0.063 16

Highway Engineering Ltd 8 5.12 The vehicle trip rates derived from the TRICS database using the modal trip option are lower than those derived for vehicles only and the higher figures have been used in the junction capacity analysis.

5.13 Using the figures in Table 5H the modal split for the future housing development can be derived as follows:

• Total Trips 100% • Vehicle 59% • Vehicle Occupants 80% • Pedestrians 16% • Bus 3% • Cyclists 2% • PSVs 0.5% • OGVs 1.0%

5.14 It can be seen from surveys of current housing developments that there is a heavy reliance on the private car as the main from of transport. There is a need to ensure good pedestrian, cycle and public transport links are provided as part of the development proposals to encourage people to use alternative means of transport.

Highway Engineering Ltd 9 6.0 ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS

6.1 The size of the junction on the A420 needed to serve the proposed development is initially determined from the predicted daily traffic flows. The daily flow on the A420 is 12-13,000 vehicles per day (vpd) and the development of 250 houses would generate a daily flow in the order of 1820vpd. On this basis a ghost island priority junction should be adequate to serve the proposed residential development.

6.2 The sketch plan in Appendix 4.0 show the proposed arrangement for a new junction on London Road that should be adequate to serve a development of 250 new houses.

6.3 The flows on London Road show a slight bias in that westbound flows are approximately equal to the eastbound flows in the morning peak and slightly higher in the evening peak. In order to err on the side of caution, a 60:40 split has been used at the new junction with 60% of the traffic turning right onto London road. The peak hour traffic flows are shown diagrammatically.

6.4 The capacity of the new junction has been tested using PICADY 5 and a summary of the results is set out in Table 6A below:

Table 6A: PICADY Analysis – Site Access Junction - 250 Houses AM Peak PM Peak Arm 08:00 – 09:00 17:00 – 18:00 Max RFC Max Queue Max RFC Max Queue Site Access Road 0.333 0.5 0.190 0.2 London Road (R) 0.132 0.0 0.087 0.1 RFC = Ratio of Flow to Capacity

6.5 The PICADY results demonstrate that the proposed priority junction would have more than adequate spare capacity to serve 250 houses. The normally accepted RFC value for the design capacity of a new junction is 0.85 and the predicted values are well below this figure. The full PICADY results are included as Appendices 7.1 and 7.2.

6.6 The capacity of the double mini-roundabout junction at the A420/A4175 junction to the east of the site will need to be checked to ensure that it can accommodate the

Highway Engineering Ltd 10 peak hour flows generated by 250 houses. The capacity analysis of the other junctions on the local highway network would form part of a detailed transport assessment, which would be prepared to support a planning application.

6.7 In the case of future development of the land to the north of the site there should be sufficient capacity at the London Road junction to serve in the order of 500 houses. The A420/A4175 junction will probably need major highway improvements to accommodate this number of houses especially if the peak hour traffic flows on both London Road and Webbs Heath increase significantly due to new development in the area and traffic growth generally.

6.6 The proposed junction has been checked for traffic flows in the year 2020 by applying a low growth factor of 1.105 to the existing peak hour flows on London Road. The 2020 peak flows for the new junction are shown on the diagrams in Appendix 6.2.

6.7 The PICADY results are summarised in Table 6B below and the full results are included as Appendix 7.2

Table 6B: 2020 PICADY Analysis- Site Access Junction- 500 Houses AM Peak PM Peak Arm 08:00 – 09:00 17:00 – 18:00 Max RFC Max Queue Max RFC Max Queue Site Access Road 0.740 2.6 0.453 0.8 London Road (R) 0.067 0.1 0.186 0.2

6.8 The PICADY analysis shows that even in the year 2020 the proposed junction on London Road would have more than adequate capacity to accommodate the peak hour traffic flows generated by 500 new dwellings, which would represent about 40% of the total development.

6.9 The maximum peak hour flow on London Road in 2020 to the west of the new junction would be 717 vehicles per hour. In accordance with TA79/99-Traffic Capacity of Urban Roads, the road type that London Road would fall under would be UAP3.

6.10 The carriageway width of London Road is 6.5m wide and therefore the link capacity which is derived from Table 1B is 1030 vehicles per hour based on a 60:40 split.

Highway Engineering Ltd 11 6.11 London Road would have more than adequate capacity to carry the predicted hourly flows in the year 2020 with the proposed development fully occupied.

6.12 The existing peak hour flows on Webbs Heath and Siston Lane are set out in Table 6C below. Assuming that the lowest road classification is type UAP4, although it is acknowledged that these criteria are normally applied to urban roads.

Table 6C: Link Flow Capacity Road Road Width Road Type Link Capacity ATC Flows Webbs Heath South 6.5 UAP4 840 536 Siston Lane 5.5 UAP4 675 296 Webbs Heath North 6.0 UAP4 738 351

6.13 Based on the one-way hourly link flows, which have been adjusted to take into account the carriageway width, the existing roads to the north of the proposed development site have adequate spare capacity at present to accommodate the additional flows from new development in the Bridgeyate area.

6.14 Should the whole area be developed for housing, then improvements to the highway network to the east and north of the site may be required to improve linkage to the Bristol Ring Road and to reduce traffic using the A420 through Warmley to the west of the site. This could raise environmental issues especially if there is a likelihood of increased traffic through the villages to the north of the site and therefore traffic calming measures may be required.

Highway Engineering Ltd 12 7.0 ACCESSIBILITY

7.1 London Road is a bus route but the existing service is relatively poor with only 9 – 10 buses per day in each direction during the week and 5 buses per day on Saturdays. There is no service on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

7.2 The 635 service runs between Bristol and Chippenham via Kingswood, Wick and . These buses run at 60 minute intervals during peak periods and every two hours at off-peak times.

7.3 The 634 service runs once a day between Tormarton and Kingswood with an additional service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This service does not run on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.

7.4 There are bus stops on both sides of London Road just east of Church Avenue. There are no shelters at these bus stops. There are also bus stops on both sides of London Road with shelters opposite The Griffin public house near the double mini- roundabout junction.

7.5 The new access into the site would incorporate a new bus lay-by and a new bus shelter would be provided.

7.6 There are no cycle routes in the immediate vicinity of the site itself but the Avon Cycleway which runs through Warmley provides access to the extensive network of segregated cycleways in the Bristol/Bath area.

7.7 The Avon Cycleway (No. 10) provides a continuous link following the line of the old railway line between Yate and Clevedon around the east and south of the city. The Avon Cycleway can be accessed from the western end of Church Avenue which is opposite the proposed housing development. A new Toucan crossing would be provided on London Road to provide a safe route for cyclists from the new housing development to the existing cycle route network.

7.8 The East Bristol Link provides a route into the city centre via Fishponds and the Bath Link provides a route into Bath city centre.

Highway Engineering Ltd 13 7.9 Pedestrian routes in the vicinity of the site generally follow the footways alongside the existing road network, which provides continuous links to the local facilities. The existing footways are generally 2.0m wide and adequate to provide safe pedestrian routes. There is a footpath which provides a route into the new housing development on the south side of London Road.

7.10 In terms of the distance to local facilities in the area these are set out in Table 7A below.

Table 7A: Facility Location Distance Primary School St. Barnabas School, Warmley 1,500m Grange Community School 900m Secondary School Sir Bernard Lovell School, Common 3,000m Doctor Victoria Road, Warmley 1700m Dentist High Street, Kingswood 2400m Post Office Tower Road North, Warmley 650m Shops London Road, Warmley 600m Church Church Avenue 200m Heath Centre High Street, Warmley 700m Town Centre Kingswood 2700m Community Centre Deanery Road, Kingswood 850m Leisure Centre Aspects Leisure 3600m Library High Street, Kingswood 2200m

7.11 Local facilities in the immediate vicinity of the site are limited at present but in the longer term a new primary school and a doctor’s surgery could be funded by the new housing development as part of a S106 Agreement. The nearest local shops are in Warmley, which are about 600m from the site.

7.12 The bus services in the vicinity of the site are relatively poor and a contribution towards increasing the frequency of the buses along London Road will probably be required. The increased population in the area will ultimately create a demand, which may encourage bus companies to provide additional or new services.

7.13 The provision of a more frequent bus service will improve the accessibility of the area for both new and existing residents in the Bridgeyate area, particularly for those people with limited access to a car.

7.14 The improved bus services will provide better access to the main employment and retail areas in Bristol, Kingswood and Chippenham.

Highway Engineering Ltd 14 7.15 The local facilities in Warmley are all within reasonable walking distance of the new development and are easily accessible using the existing network of footways and footpaths.

7.16 There is a comprehensive network of cycleways in the vicinity of the site which make the local facilities in Warmley and those further afield in Bristol suburban area easily accessible.

7.17 The provision of a new Toucan crossing on London Road will provide improved linkage from the site to the existing cycle network.

Highway Engineering Ltd 15 8.0 CONCLUSIONS

8.1 The proposed residential development at London Road, Bridgeyate forms part of a larger expansion site located to the east of Bristol, which is currently under consideration by South Gloucestershire Council.

8.2 The site under consideration has an area of 5.8ha with direct frontage onto the A420, London Road and has the potential for accommodating up to 250 new homes initially forming the first phase of a more comprehensive development of up to 1200 units on a 29ha area of land.

8.3 Analysis of the existing traffic flows on the A420 and the predicted peak hour flows generated by the new housing development, shows that a ghost island priority junction could be provided, which would have more than adequate capacity to serve the proposed development of 250 residential units.

8.4 The new access would also facilitate the development of a larger area for residential development in conjunction with a secondary access onto Webbs Heath to the north of the site.

8.5 The initial development of 250 dwellings could be implemented without the need for off-site highway improvements to the A420/A4175 double mini-roundabout junction.

8.6 The roads to the north of the site have sufficient spare capacity at present to accommodate the initial phase of the development. In the longer term improved linkage to the Bristol Ring Road may need to be investigated.

8.7 The site is easily accessible by foot and cycle with good links to the Avon Cycleway via Church Avenue. A new Toucan pedestrian crossing could be provided on London Road to improve the linkage to the south side of the main road. The existing footways along London Road will provide safe routes to the local facilities in the Warmley area.

Highway Engineering Ltd 16 8.8 Access to public transport is limited at present with only one service providing a 1 – 2 hourly service between Bristol and Chippenham. The frequency of this service would need to be improved in the short term and new services provided as part of the larger development of the area if it takes place in order to provide better access to the main employment area and retail centres.

8.9 Local facilities are located to the west of the site in Warmley or within the housing areas to the south of London Road. New local shops, a doctor’s surgery and possibly a primary school will need to be provided, as part of the larger development to reduce dependence on the private car for school, shopping and health related trips.

8.10 In conclusion there would be adequate capacity on the local highway network to accommodate the first phase of the development of up to 250 new houses with a new access on London Road, which would be easily accessible by foot and cycle.

8.11 A new Toucan crossing would need to be installed on London Road to provide a safe route for cyclists and pedestrians and funding to increase the frequency of the 635 bus service will need to be provided by the development.

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