Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Report
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Ealing Metropolitan Centre Development Framework: Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Report Ealing Metropolitan Centre Development Framework: Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Report JMP CONSULTING AUDREY HOUSE, 16-20 ELY PLACE, LONDON EC1N 6SN T 020 7405 2800 F 020 7430 9049 E [email protected] W www.jmp.co.uk Job no. Prepared by Verified Approved by Status Issue no. Date H060084 TH/JP JP FINAL 3 11-06-07 Birmingham Brighton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Ealing Metropolitan Centre Development Framework: Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Report Contents Amendments Record The Document has been amended and issued as follows Status\Revision Issue Number Date Approved By DRAFT 01 05-06-07 DRAFT 02 11-06-07 FINAL 03 18-01-08 Birmingham Brighton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Contents 1 Introduction 1 General 1 Structure & Process 1 2 Movement Policy Context 4 General 4 National 4 Regional & Sub-regional 5 Local 6 3 Ealing Today: Transport Baseline 9 General 9 Walking 9 Cycling 11 Public Transport 14 Strategic & Local Road Network 19 Parking 20 Freight & Servicing 23 4 Issues & Influences 25 Positive Issues & Influences 25 Negative Issues & Influences 28 5 Towards a Framework: an Emerging Movement Strategy 33 General 33 Opportunities 33 Conclusion 38 Birmingham Brighton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Appendices List of Transport Stakeholders A WLT Route Alignment B Crossrail Route Map C Transport Baseline Maps D LB of Ealing PTAL Map E TfL London Buses ‘Spider’ Map F Birmingham Brighton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Tables and Figures F3.1 The Broadway pavement with bus stop 10 F3.2 Cycle parking opposite Ealing Broadway Station 13 F3.3 Cycle parking on The Broadway / High Street 14 T3.4 Ealing Town Centre daytime bus routes 15 T3.5 Ealing Town Centre night bus routes 15 F3.6 Bus stop E on Haven Green 16 T3.7 Bus service improvement programme 16 T3.8 Ealing Town Centre rail connections 17 F3.9 Ealing Broadway tube connections 17 F3.10 West Ealing Station 18 F3.11 Taxi rank at Ealing Broadway Station 19 T3.12 Ealing Town Centre off-street car parks 21 T3.13 Off-street car parks occupancy 21 T3.14 Off-street car parks 21 T3.15 Off-street car park charge structure 22 T3.16 Controlled Parking Zones 22 F3.17 Loading on The Broadway 23 F3.18 Loading around Canberra Road in West Ealing 24 Birmingham Brighton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lichfield Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne 1 Introduction General 1.1 JMP Consulting (JMP) is part of a team, led by Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, appointed by the London Borough (LB) of Ealing to undertake the work necessary to produce a development framework for the Metropolitan Centre of Ealing (‘Ealing Town Centre’). The team also comprises GVA Grimley LLP and Space Syntax. 1.2 This document, which forms part of a background report to LB Ealing’s Local Development Framework (LDF), will provide a vision for Ealing Town Centre and guide future development for the next ten to fifteen years. 1.3 This document forms one of a series of baseline reports designed to outline the key issues affecting Ealing Town Centre today. These documents include: • Urban Design and Public Realm Strategy Baseline Report; • Movement Strategy Baseline Report; • Development Sites Baseline Report; and • Community Infrastructure Baseline Report. 1.4 These four documents identified above will form the basis of a comprehensive Background Report summarising the principle features, structure, characteristics, opportunities and constraints of Ealing Town Centre. 1.5 These will, in turn, provide the basis for the formulation of the Ealing Town Centre Development Framework (‘Development Framework’), comprising an Urban Design Framework; a Development Sites Strategy; a Movement Strategy; a Community Infrastructure Plan and a Strategy for Implementation. Structure & Process 1.6 As the name suggests, this document considers movement (i.e. transport and accessibility) issues; it is divided into five sections which may be described as follows: • Section 1: Introduction – Provides an overview of the project and describes the scope and structure of the document. • Section 2: Movement Policy Context – Provides an overview of the current and emerging movement policy context as it relates to Ealing Town Centre. • Section 3: Ealing Today: Transport Baseline – Provides a description of existing or baseline transport conditions in and around Ealing Town Centre, principally structured by transport mode. • Section 4: Issues & Influences – Identifies the key transport issues and influences affecting Ealing Town Centre today, both positive and negative. • Section 5: Towards a Framework: an Emerging Movement Strategy – Identifies the findings of initial transport constraints and opportunities analysis. Project Number: H070084 Ref: JMP Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Issue 03.doc 1 1.7 The process of developing the Movement Strategy Baseline Report has been informed by a series of activities, including a series of discussions and meetings with key transport stakeholders. 1.8 This process includes the following: 1. Initial Site Visit – an initial visit for area familiarisation and orientation, which took place on 27 February 2007. 2. Transport Policy Analysis – a review and analysis of the relevant current and emerging transport policies at the national, regional, sub-regional and local levels. 3. Baseline Information Gathering & Review – a principally desktop-based exercise to gather and review up-to-date transport information for Ealing Town Centre and its environs. 4. Study Area Audit – a more detailed audit of transport features within Ealing Town Centre, which took place on 15 May 2007. 5. LB of Ealing Stakeholder Meetings & Discussions – initial transport stakeholder discussions, including a meeting with LB of Ealing Transport on 27 April 2007 and discussions with LB of Ealing’s Cycle Officer and LB of Ealing’s West London Tram (WLT) Consultant. 6. Transport for London (TfL) Stakeholder Meetings & Discussions – including a meeting with TfL Interchange on 21 May 2007 and discussions with TfL Land Use Planning and TfL London Buses. 7. Team Workshops – team workshops hosted by Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design to assist the constraints and opportunities analysis, which took place on 12 May 2007 and 15 May 2007 respectively. 8. Transport Constraints & Opportunities Analysis – a synthesis of the outputs from the activities identified above to analyse the transport constraints and opportunities within and around Ealing Town Centre. 1.9 At the time of writing, JMP is seeking a meeting with LB of Ealing Parking. A meeting has been programmed with the Town Centre Manager for Ealing Town Centre for 6 June 2007. Further stakeholder meetings and discussions will be held as the Movement Strategy evolves. 1.10 Further details of LB of Ealing and TfL stakeholder meetings and discussions are provided in Appendix A for information. 1.11 As part of the initial baseline studies, JMP reviewed the report prepared by Steer Davies Gleave (SDG) for the LB of Ealing entitled Ealing Town Centre Transport Master Plan (Draft Final Report, dated October 2006) (‘SDG Study’). 1.12 This SDG Study originally assessed the impact of four traffic management options (a fifth was subsequently assessed) for Ealing Town Centre (principally focussing on The Broadway / The Mall junction south of Ealing Broadway Station); it also considered the public transport, pedestrian and cyclist, loading and servicing facilities in the area. Project Number: H070084 Ref: JMP Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Issue 03.doc 2 1.13 JMP attended a meeting with LB of Ealing and SDG on 27 April 2007 to discuss the interface between the SDG Study, the emerging Movement Strategy for Ealing Town Centre and other transport-related studies. 1.14 This meeting was also attended by Saville Bird & Axon (SBA), transport consultants for the Arcadia site (see the Development Sites Baseline Report), as well as representatives from TfL Land Use Planning and LB of Ealing Transport. SBA is engaged to prepare a Transport Assessment (TA) Report to support the planning application for the Arcadia site. 1.15 There are a number of other ongoing studies which are pertinent to the development of a Movement Strategy for Ealing Town Centre. Aside from the SDG Study and the SBA TA Report, there are two further studies of note. 1.16 Urban Initiatives (UI) is commissioned by the LB of Ealing to prepare an Urban Design Framework for the Green Man Lane Estate (GMLE) in West Ealing (‘UI Study’). 1.17 Halcrow is commissioned by TfL Interchange to assess interchange improvements for Ealing Broadway Station; the Phase 2 report is anticipated in July 2007 (‘Halcrow Study’). 1.18 Following this introductory section, Section 2 provides an overview of the current and emerging movement policy context as it relates to Ealing Town Centre. Project Number: H070084 Ref: JMP Movement Strategy Baseline Report Final Issue 03.doc 3 2 Movement Policy Context General 2.1 This section of the document provides an overview of the current and emerging movement policy context as it relates to Ealing Town Centre. It encompasses the national, regional, sub-regional and local policy tiers. National PPG13 2.2 The national policy framework for transport is set out in Planning