210614/SK22132/TS01(-01) Ribble Valley Country & Leisure Park Forest of Bowland Transport Statement SK Transport Planning Ltd Albion Wharf, Manchester, M1 5LN 0161 234 6509
[email protected] sktransport.co.uk Contents Page 1 Introduction 1 2 Existing Situation 1 3 Development Proposal 4 4 Traffic Impact 5 5 Accessibility Impact 6 6 Conclusions 8 Appendices A Proposed Layout B Traffic Surveys C TRICS Output Project Document Rev Description Authorised by Signed Date SK22132 TS01 -00 Draft L Speers LGS 10/06/2021 SK22132 TS01 -01 Submission L Speers LGS 14/06/2021 © SK Transport Planning Ltd 2021. All Rights Reserved. 1 Introduction 1.1 SK has been appointed to prepare a Transport Statement (TS) that examines the impact of extending the Ribble Valley Country and Leisure Park to provide an additional 95 permanent holiday homes. The proposed layout is attached as Appendix A. 1.2 For the purposes of the planning application, Ribble Valley Borough Council (RVBC) is the Local Planning Authority and Lancashire County Council (LCC) is the Local Highway Authority. 1.3 The TS has been prepared to outline the highways, servicing and accessibility impact of the proposal. It has been prepared in accordance with guidance set out in RVBC ‘Core Strategy 2008 – 2028: Local Plan for Ribble Valley’, LCC ‘Creating Civilised Streets’, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), and the Planning Practice Guidance. The assessment method has been undertaken in line with Department for Transport (DfT) ‘Guidance on Transport Assessment’ guidance, as although this document was withdrawn in 2014 LCC’s guidance still refers to it.