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PROJECT: HUNGATE URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD FULL PLANNING APPLICATION – BLOCK H CLIENT: HUNGATE (YORK) REGENERATION LTD. DATE: FEBRUARY 2021 TRAVEL PLAN Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 Version 1.1 Issue 2 Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Commission 1 1.2 The Hungate Urban Neighbourhood 1 1.3 Purpose of this Report 2 1.4 Structure of the Report 3 2 Site Accessibility 4 2.1 Site Location 4 2.2 Pedestrian Access 4 2.3 Cycle Access 5 2.4 Public Transport 7 2.5 Car Club 9 2.6 Electric Vehicle Charging Points 9 2.7 Local Highway Network 9 2.8 Summary 10 3 Development Proposals for Block H 11 3.1 Proposed Land Use 11 3.2 Walking and Cycling 11 3.4 Vehicular Access and Parking 12 4 Travel Plan Management 14 4.1 Lifespan of the Travel Plan 14 4.2 Travel Plan Objectives 14 4.3 Responsibility for Delivering the Travel Plan 15 4.4 Funding 15 4.5 Liaison with City of York Council (CoYC) 15 4.6 Targets 15 4.7 Monitoring Framework for the Development 16 5 Summary of Actions and Measures 18 ii Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue Figures Figure 1: Site Location Figure 2: Walking Catchment and Local Land Use Figure 3: Cycle Catchment and Long-distance Cycle Routes Figure 4: Public Transport Network Appendices Appendix A: Development Masterplan Appendix B: Homeowner user manual (travel information) iii Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue 1 Introduction 1.1 Commission Fore Consulting Ltd (Fore) has been commissioned by Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited to prepare an Updated Travel Plan be submitted with a planning application for the development of Block H of the wider Hungate site in York. This document will provide an update to the approved Travel Plan (dated 2015) which was originally produced to support a hybrid planning application1 covering blocks D, F, G and H. 1.2 The Hungate Urban Neighbourhood The Hungate Urban Neighbourhood comprises previously developed land located in the eastern side of York City Centre. Existing pedestrian and vehicular access is via The Stonebow, which leads to routes into the site via Garden Place, Dundas Street, Hungate, Palmer Lane and Carmelite Street. There is also pedestrian access to the site from the south via a foot / cycle bridge over the River Foss. Blocks A, B, C, E and F of the development are built out and largely occupied. Enabling works and pre-commencement works are complete on Block G and Block D and has full planning permission but works have not yet commenced on the build. Block H is situated to the north of the Hungate site and has elevations along The Stonebow, Dundas Street facing the Hiscox building, along Hungate facing Block G and onto St John’s Square. The site extends to 0.5 ha and currently comprises the marketing suite for the development and bare ground with vegetation. 1.2.1 Background The Hungate site has a long planning history through which the principle of high quality, residential led development has been established, with Block H the last plot in the Hungate Urban Neighbourhood to be brought forward. Outline planning permission was originally granted on the Hungate site for Blocks A to H in July 2006 and renewed in December 2012. Blocks A, B and C were developed under the original outline permission following the approval of reserved matters, and Block E was developed under a separate, detailed, planning application granted in 2014. Following this, a new hybrid (part outline and part detail) planning application covering blocks D, F, G and H was approved by the City of York Council (CoYC) in April 2017 (ref. 1 15/01709/OUTM 1 Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue 15/01709/OUTM). A Travel Plan was submitted as part of this application2. As part of this, Block H benefits from outline planning permission for C3 residential or C2 residential institution/elderly accommodation and associated car parking and ancillary uses. A further application (ref. 17/02019/OUTM) was approved in December 2017 which proposed a number of minor amendments to Block G. This is the latest hybrid planning permission for Blocks D, F, G and H. Block H benefits from outline planning permission for residential development along with associated car parking and ancillary uses as part of this hybrid planning permission. This permission remains extant and could be implemented at any point up until April 2021, effectively providing an established ‘fall back’ position. This hybrid permission approves a total of 662 dwellings across Blocks D, F, G and H. As all other blocks now benefit from detailed planning permission, this leaves 169 homes and 806 sqm of commercial floorspace (the remaining balance) to be delivered within Block H based on the extant planning permissions. In developing a scheme for Block H, an opportunity has been identified to enable 226 residential units to be delivered on the site, along with some minor changes to improve the previously approved design parameters. This is an increase of 57 units from the previous consent. As the proposed number of homes within Block H will take the overall development beyond the previous 662 site wide unit cap, a new stand-alone full planning permission is sought for Block H only which will ‘drop-into’ the wider Hungate scheme (as was the case with Block D). The development proposals for Block H are set out in further detail in Chapter 3, and demonstrated on the drawings provided at Appendix A. 1.3 Purpose of this Report The purpose of this Travel Plan is to ensure that residents of the development have access to, and a choice of, a range of travel options. In doing so, sustainable travel will be promoted, and development-related congestion of the highway network will be minimised. This document seeks to update the 2015 Travel Plan which is currently being implemented at Hungate Urban Neighbourhood given the proposed changes from the development approved for Block H. This Travel Plan provides an update on existing measures on site, details the monitoring framework for the development and sets a timeframe for the requirement to undertake annual monitoring and reporting. 2 Travel Plan (2015) Fore Consulting Ltd 2 Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue This Travel Plan is aimed at existing and future residents of the Hungate Urban Neighbourhood. Site-wide measures will also enable employees and visitors to the site to travel sustainably. Details of implementation are included in Chapter 2. 1.4 Structure of the Report This report is structured as follows: • Chapter 2 describes the existing situation of the site, providing an audit of the present transport network including pedestrian and cycle facilities, public transport provision and the local highway network. • Chapter 3 outlines the development proposals and how the site will be accessed by all modes of transport. • Chapter 4 provides an overview of the management and development of the Travel Plan over time, including the overarching objectives of the Travel Plan and details of monitoring and review. • Chapter 5: Summary tables of Actions and Measures of the Travel Plan. 3 Hungate (York) Regeneration Limited 3236 ▪ Hungate, York: Block H Planning Application ▪ Updated Travel Plan 2 February 2021 ▪ Version 1.1 ▪ Issue 2 Site Accessibility This chapter outlines the development site and the present transport network that surrounds it, describing how the site is accessed by all available modes and gives details on planning journeys by sustainable modes. 2.1 Site Location The site is located directly off The Stonebow, Hungate, Dundas Street and St John’s Square in the eastern side of York city centre, just north of the River Foss. The site forms part of the Hungate Urban Neighbourhood, providing a new and highly sustainable neighbourhood within the city centre. The site is bound by The Stonebow, Dundas Street, Hungate and St John’s Square with the Hiscox Building to the north-east, Block D of the wider Hungate development to the east, St John Central to the south and Block G to the south-west. The location of the site is shown on Figure 1. 2.2 Pedestrian Access 2.2.1 Pedestrian Catchment and Services Walking routes can be planned using www.google.co.uk/maps www.mapmywalk.com Although walking distances vary between individuals and circumstances, standard distances that are often used to describe short, medium and long walks are 0.5km, 1.0km and 2.0km respectively3. Figure 2 presents an isochrone for the walking distance thresholds, measured from the centre of Block H, assuming designated footways / footpaths are used. With the site located close to the city centre, a wide range of local amenities and destinations are accessible from the site. Those located within the 2.0km catchment are shown in Figure 2. 2.2.2 Pedestrian Facilities The site is ideally placed for walking due to being located close to the city centre where a wide range of facilities are available. Pedestrian infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the site comprises the following: • A signed shared pedestrian / cycle route runs through the centre of the Hungate Urban Neighbourhood, connecting The Stonebow to Navigation Road via Black Horse 3 Guidelines for Providing Journeys On Foot, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, 2000, p49.