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Other Reports Template 27-31 North Street, Bedminster Travel Plan Statement On behalf of Laurel Accountancy Limited Project Ref: 47667 | Rev: Final | Date: November 2020 Registered Office: Buckingham Court Kingsmead Business Park, London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1JU Office Address: 10 Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4NT T: +44 (0)117 332 7840 E: [email protected] Travel Plan Statement 27-31 North Street, Bedminster Document Control Sheet Project Name: 27-31 North Street, Bedminster Project Ref: 47667 Report Title: Travel Plan Statement Doc Ref: TP001 Date: November 2020 Name Position Signature Date Assistant Transport Prepared by: Rachel Kirkwood 08.11.19 Planner Principal Transport Reviewed by: Katie Stock 08.11.19 Planner Approved by: Alan Swan Director 08.11.19 For and on behalf of Stantec UK Limited Revision Date Description Prepared Reviewed Approved - 08.11.19 Final 1 17.11.20 Final This report has been prepared by Stantec UK Limited (‘Stantec’) on behalf of its client to whom this report is addressed (‘Client’) in connection with the project described in this report and takes into account the Client's particular instructions and requirements. This report was prepared in accordance with the professional services appointment under which Stantec was appointed by its Client. This report is not intended for and should not be relied on by any third party (i.e. parties other than the Client). Stantec accepts no duty or responsibility (including in negligence) to any party other than the Client and disclaims all liability of any nature whatsoever to any such party in respect of this report. C:\Users\matpearce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PWVW9DN7\202 ii 01117_Travel Plan Statement Rev1 FINAL.docx Travel Plan Statement 27-31 North Street, Bedminster Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Development Proposals ................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Content of the Travel Plan Statement ........................................................................... 1 2 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Site Location and Description ........................................................................................ 2 2.2 Walking and Cycling Access ......................................................................................... 2 2.3 Public Transport Access ................................................................................................ 3 2.4 Car Clubs ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 Southville Resident’s Parking Scheme ......................................................................... 5 2.6 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 6 3 Proposed Measures and Initiatives ........................................................................................... 7 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 Travel Information Pack ................................................................................................ 7 3.4 Promotion of the Travel Plan ......................................................................................... 8 3.5 Monitoring and Review .................................................................................................. 8 4 Action Plan ................................................................................................................................... 9 Figures Figure 1.1 Site Context Tables Table 3.1 – Existing Bus Services ........................................................................................................... 3 Table 3.2 – Existing Rail Services ........................................................................................................... 4 Plate 4.1: Southville RPS ........................................................................................................................ 6 C:\Users\matpearce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PWVW9DN7\202 iii 01117_Travel Plan Statement Rev1 FINAL.docx Travel Plan Statement 27-31 North Street, Bedminster C:\Users\matpearce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PWVW9DN7\202 iv 01117_Travel Plan Statement Rev1 FINAL.docx Travel Plan Statement 27-31 North Street, Bedminster 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Stantec have been commissioned by Laurel Accountancy Ltd. to provide highway and transport advice in support of the proposed mixed-use development at 27-31 North Street, Bedminster. 1.1.2 A Travel Plan is a package of actions to encourage safe, healthy and sustainable travel options. 1.1.3 This Travel Plan Statement (TPS) provides an overview of the proposed development, identifies a package of transport measures aimed at encouraging sustainable travel, and sets out the way in which these measures will be implemented and monitored. This TPS is for the Co-Living units only. 1.1.4 This TPS has been developed in line with Bristol City Council (BCC) ‘Travel Plan Guide for New Developments’ (2017) and Travel Plan Statement template. 1.2 Development Proposals 1.2.1 The development site is located at 27-31 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, to the east of Picture House Court. 1.2.2 The proposals are for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of a four storey building with additional set back containing Class E business, commercial and service uses with adjacent co-living service and amenity space on the ground floor plus 20 co-living studios and associated communal space (sui genius) above. It is proposed that the development will be car-free. 1.2.3 The site location in context of the existing facilities is shown in Figure 1.1. 1.3 Content of the Travel Plan Statement 1.3.1 This TPS includes the following sections: Section 2: Existing Conditions; Section 3: Proposed Measures and Initiatives; and Section 4: Action Plan. C:\Users\matpearce\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PWVW9DN7\202 1 01117_Travel Plan Statement Rev1 FINAL.docx Travel Plan Statement 27-31 North Street, Bedminster 2 Existing Conditions 2.1 Site Location and Description 2.1.1 The site is located towards the eastern end of North Street, within the Bedminster Conservation Area and approximately 1.5km south of Bristol City Centre, as shown on Figure 1.1. 2.1.2 The site is currently a disused office building. Directly adjacent to the south and eastern boundaries of the site is a recent residential and office space development. North Street 2.1.3 North Street is around 9 metres wide with footways on both sides. It follows a broadly east to west alignment and forms a mini-round-about at its eastern end with Dean Land and Cannon Street around 90 metres to the east of the site. 2.1.4 A variety of facilities and amenities are available along North Street including shops, banks, pubs and cafes, hairdressers, estate agents, newsagents, takeaways and local businesses. 2.1.5 Pay and display parking bays are situated along the road and a zebra crossing is located around 55 metres to the east of the site. 2.2 Walking and Cycling Access 2.2.1 The site is well located for access by walking and cycling. There is a good quality footway on both sides of the carriageway for the length of North Street. This provides a pedestrian connection to the wide variety of shops, restaurants and other amenities that are situated on North Street. 2.2.2 The National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 33 lies approximately 750m travel distance to the north of the site and provides a mainly traffic-free cycle connection to Ashton Court, Long Ashton and Nailsea as well as a connection to the City Centre and links to other NCN routes. 2.2.3 The Malago Greenway cycle route runs approximately 250m to the east of the site along Warden Road and connects Bedminster with Hartcliffe, Hengrove and Bristol City Centre, as shown on Figure 1.1. 2.2.4 The YoBike public bike share scheme operates across Bristol City Centre including North Street and enables convenient, short term bike hire. The scheme provides dockless hire bikes that can be unlocked using a smart phone and locked again at a destination. 2.2.5 The Southville Primary School and Holy Cross Primary School are both located approximately 500m walking distance from the site to the west and east respectively. The closest secondary school to the site is St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Secondary School which is approximately 1.5km walking distance from the site. Lidl, Asda and Aldi supermarkets are located approximately 500m, 750m and 900m walking distance from the site respectively. 2.2.6 Bedminster Trade Park is located approximately 700m walking distance from the site to the south, which provides a significant employment opportunity. Many further employment opportunities are available within approximately 2km walking distance from the site with Bristol City
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