H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate
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WYG Transport Banks Group H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate Transport Appraisal Report No. A081951-3 WYG St James Gate Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD Date: March 2018 WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands WYG Transport REPORT CONTROL Document: Transport Appraisal Project: H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70 East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate Client: Banks Group Job Number: A081951-3 File Origin: Document Checking: Primary Author A Stubbs Initialled: AS Checked By R Rodger Initialled: RR Review By N Bunn Initialled: NB Issue Date Status Checked for Issue 1 06/ 03/ 18 Draft RR 2 08/ 03/ 18 Final NB 3 4 5 WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands WYG Transport Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 2 EXISTING SITUATION ......................................................................................................... 3 3 SITE ACCESS .................................................................................................................... 12 4 SITE ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................................................... 15 5 TRIP GENERATION AND ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................... 21 6 TRAFFIC IMPACTS ............................................................................................................. 27 7 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 30 Appendices APPENDIX A FIGURES/ DRAWINGS APPENDIX B TRICS DATA WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands WYG Transport 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 WYG have been appointed by Banks Group to advise on the transport implications associated with a mixed-use allocation including up to 960 residential units, 8Ha of employment use and local retail on land east of Lady Lane (site reference H51) and east of Whinney Lane (site reference H70) in Harrogate. This report addresses the following issues: i) Whether acceptable accesses to serve 960 homes off Whinney Lane and Lady Lane can be provided; ii) Whether the allocations are in a sustainable location with regard to transport and accessibility. Suitability of Whinney Lane and the roads/ lanes leading to the A61 to accommodate the development generated traffic; iii) Whether the likely impact of the development on traffic can be accommodated on the local roads within Harrogate; and 1.2 Control of Site H51 is split between Banks Group and Gladman Group. A co-operative approach to delivery of the development is envisaged by Banks Group and, this report will focus on the vision of the site that Banks Group have developed in consultation with Harrogate and North Yorkshire County Council Officers and may therefore differ in some details from the vision developed by Gladman Group. 1.3 It is noted that the northern part of Site H70 is the subject of a planning application (ref 17/05595/OUTMAJ) which is supported by a Transport Assessment and Interim Travel Plan. The masterplan prepared for the comprehensive development of both H51 and H70, takes into account the planning application. 1.4 This report has been produced having due regard for policy and advice contained in: • National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in March 2012. • DCLG’s Transport Assessment and Travel Plan guidelines set out in Planning Practice Guidance. • Manual for Streets 1 (MfS 1) published by the DfT in 2007. WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate - Transport Appraisal March 2018 1 WYG Transport • Manual for Streets 2 published by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) in 2010. 1.5 This report has been prepared solely in connection with the allocation site. Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, use of the information contained in the report by a third party for any other purpose is entirely at their own risk. WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate - Transport Appraisal March 2018 2 WYG Transport 2 EXISTING SITUATION Site Location 2.1 The allocation site is currently situated on agricultural land, located on the south western side of Harrogate, on land at Whinney Lane and Lady Lane as shown at Figure 1, Appendix A. The roads surrounding the site are Beckwith Head Road to the northwest, Lady Lane to the west, Hill Top Lane to the southwest and Yew Tree Lane and Beckwith Road to the east. Local Transportation Networks Whinney Lane 2.2 Whinney Lane is a single carriageway road which has a north-east to south-west alignment between Pannal Ash roundabout in the north and a T-junction with Lady Lane and Hill Top Lane in the south. It has residential development on both sides of the road for the first 175m, south from Pannal Ash roundabout, then residential development only on the east side for a further 100m, thereafter the road is a rural character until the Squinting Cat public house where there is a small cluster of homes. 2.3 Whinney Lane has a variable carriageway width of between 5.0m and 5.5m, but has a centreline throughout. There is a footway on the western side with an approximate width of 1.0m separated from the carriageway by a 1.0m wide grass verge. There is grass verge on the east side of Whinney Lane which varies in width. There are no waiting restrictions on Whinney Lane except for the southernmost 350m which has At-Any-Time restrictions. From Pannal Ash roundabout, the road is subject to a 30mph speed limit for some 700m and is also lit by a system of street lighting. Further south, by the Squinting Cat, Whinney Lane has no street lighting and is subject to the National Speed Limit. 2.4 A traffic survey was undertaken on Whinney Lane in the vicinity of the proposed site access th over a 7-day period commencing the 7 March 2015. An analysis of the survey results found the following: WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate - Transport Appraisal March 2018 3 WYG Transport Southbound Traffic • The 7-day average flow for the 24-hour period was 371 vehicles; • The average weekday AM peak hour flow was 98 vehicles, and the average weekday PM peak hour flow was 62 vehicles; • Of these vehicles 91% were cars / LGV; and • The 24hr weekday average 85th percentile speed was 42.3mph. Northbound Traffic • The 7-day average flow for the 24-hour period was 357 vehicles; • The average weekday AM peak hour flow was 62 vehicles, and the average weekday PM peak hour flow was 55 vehicles; • Of these vehicles 86% were cars / LGV’s; and • The 24hr weekday average 85th percentile speed was 40.1mph. 2.5 The above information has been taken into account when considering the proposed site access arrangements from Whinney Lane. Lady Lane/ Hill Top Lane / Hill Foot Lane 2.6 Lady Lane is an unlit, rural, single carriageway road which is subject to the national speed limit. It generally has a north-west to south-east alignment connecting to Beckwith Head Road/ How Hill Quarry Road junction in the north west to the Whinney Lane / Hill Top Lane junction. The carriageway has a variable carriageway width of between 4.5m and 5.4m with wide grass verges either side of the carriageway which range from between 0.9m and 3.8m wide along its eastern side and from 1.9m to 6.3m wide along its western side. 2.7 Hill Top Lane, later named Hill Foot Lane, is an unlit, rural, single carriageway road which has a variable carriageway width of between 4.1m and 5.5m. Hill Top Lane has a north to south alignment from the T-junction with Whinney Lane to Fall Lane which continues west to east as Hill Foot Lane. The road is subject to the national speed limit for 750m south of the Whinney WYG Transport part of the WYG Group creative minds safe hands H51: East of Lady Lane, Harrogate H70: East of Whinney Lane, Harrogate - Transport Appraisal March 2018 4 WYG Transport Lane T-junction which then changes to a posted 40mph speed limit for 860m. The speed limit then changes to 30mph through Burn Bridge village. Hill Top Lane forms the south-eastern continuation of Lady Lane to a mini-roundabout junction with Burn Bridge Lane on the outskirts of Burn Bridge village. Burn Bridge Road has traffic calming in the form of speed cushions from the mini-roundabout junction with Hill Foot Lane to the mini-roundabout with Malthouse Lane. Burn Bridge Lane forms a T-junction with the A61 to the south of Burn Bridge village which provides a route to Leeds. Beckwith Head Road 2.8 Beckwith Head Road is a rural single carriageway road with a carriageway width of approximately 5m and approximately 4 – 5m wide grass verge on either side from Lady lane to its junction with Cardale Park, the western access to the Central House Technology Park. From its junction with Cardale Park, Beckwith Head Road has a 5.5m wide carriageway with a grass verge and footway on its east side and a grass verge along its west side. 2.9 Beckwith Head Road forms a cross road junction to the north with the B6162 Otley Road and Crag Lane. At its southern end it also forms a cross road junction with Lady Lane/Howhill Quarry Road and a private road. 2.10 Beckwith Head Road is subject to a speed limit of 40mph and has a weight restriction prohibiting vehicles of over 7.5T MGVW, except for access, south of its junction with Cardale Road. Beckwith Road 2.11 Beckwith Road forms the western arm of the Pannal Ash roundabout which runs in a north west to south east alignment to form a priority junction with the B6162 Otley Road.