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Proposed Residential Development - Church Street, Ossett Content page 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Existing Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 3 3. Development Proposals .................................................................................................................. 8 4. Site Accessibility and Measures to Influence Travel Behaviour ................................................... 11 5. Summary and Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 14 IMAGES Image 1.1 Site Location .......................................................................................................................... 1 Image 2.1 Extract from Wakefield Council’s Public Rights of Way Map ................................................ 4 Image 2.2 Extract from the West Yorkshire Interactive Cycle Map ....................................................... 5 Image 4.1 Extract of Pedestrian Accessibility Plan ............................................................................... 11 Image 4.2 Extract of Cycle Accessibility Plan........................................................................................ 12 TABLES Table 2.1 Existing Bus Services ............................................................................................................... 5 Table 2.2 Assessment of Personal Injury Collision Data ........................................................................ 7 Table 3.1 Peak Hour Trip Rates and Traffic Generation – Proposed Use ............................................... 9 Table 3.2 Peak Hour Trip Rates and Traffic Generation – Extant Use .................................................. 10 FIGURES Figure 1 Site Location – Local Figure 2 Site Location – Strategic Figure 3 Pedestrian Accessibility Plan Figure 4 Cycle Accessibility Plan APPENDICES Appendix A Personal Injury Collision Data Appendix B Site Layout Plan Appendix C Optima Drawing 20178-ATR-01 Appendix D TRICS Data Transport Statement Orion Homes Limited Proposed Residential Development - Church Street, Ossett 1. Introduction 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 Optima Highways and Transportation Consultancy Ltd (Optima) has been appointed by Orion Homes Limited to prepare a Transport Statement (TS) that considers the highways and transportation matters associated with a proposed residential development of some 14 dwellings on a brownfield site to the west of Church Street in Ossett. Ossett lies within the administrative area of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (WMDC). 1.1.2 The site location in relation to the local highway network is shown in Figure 1 with an extract of this figure given in Image 1.1. Image 1.1 Site Location 1.2 PLANNING HISTORY 1.2.1 The Site, which currently houses several existing buildings of varying sizes given over to commercial uses, has no specific proposed allocation within the emerging Wakefield District Local Plan 2036. It is shown simply as falling within the settlement boundary for Ossett. 1.2.2 A review of Wakefield’s Planning Portal has shown that, in 2010, an outline planning application for ‘Demolition of existing buildings and residential development including access’ was approved (Planning Ref: 10/00572/OUT). 1.2.3 The principle of redevelopment of the Site for residential uses is therefore established. 1.3 SCHEME PROPOSAL AND SCOPE OF REPORT 1.3.1 This TS has been prepared to accompany a full planning application for the construction of up to 14 dwellings including access. 1.3.2 The report has been prepared in accordance with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) ‘National Planning Practice Guidance’ published in 2014 which supersedes the 1 Transport Statement Orion Homes Limited Proposed Residential Development - Church Street, Ossett Department for Transport (DfT) and DCLG’s ‘Guidance on Transport Assessment’ (GTA) document. Cognisance has also been taken of the prevailing National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as well as the emerging Wakefield District Local Plan 2036. Paragraph 109 of NPPF, February 2019 states that: “Development should only be prevented or refused on highways grounds if there would be an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe.” 1.3.3 This report sets out the transport impacts relating to the development proposals and considers the sustainability and accessibility of the Site, reviewing the provision and quality of facilities and connections to and from the surrounding areas. The document structure is as follows: • Section 2 – describes the Site, its surroundings and existing transport conditions including access by all modes of transport; • Section 3 – sets out the development proposals including means of access and provides information on the likely trip generation and compares this with the likely trip generation from the extant use of the Site; • Section 4 - describes the accessibility of the Site by non-car modes including accessibility to local facilities / services; and • Section 5 – summarises and concludes the Transport Statement. 2 Transport Statement Orion Homes Limited Proposed Residential Development - Church Street, Ossett 2. Existing Conditions 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.1.1 The section describes the location of the Site and considers the existing conditions on the surrounding highway network for a range of transport modes including public transport provision. The section also includes a review of recent personal injury collision data. 2.2 EXISTING SITE 2.2.1 The Site is generally rectangular in shape and currently houses two main two-storey existing buildings given over to commercial uses and there is also a single storey shed-like structure to the rear one of the main buildings. There are also areas of car parking to the rear and front of the units. 2.2.2 The Site is bound to the west by Church Street and to the north east and south by existing residential properties. There are currently two points of vehicular access into the Site from Church Street, both of which take the form of informal dropped crossings over the footway. 2.2.3 In the wider context, the Site is situated to the north of Ossett Town Centre and lies some 5- 6km to the west of Wakefield City Centre. The location of the Site in relation to the wider surroundings is shown in Figure 2. 2.3 LOCAL HIGHWAY NETWORK 2.3.1 Church Street to the west of the Site runs in a generally southerly direction from a simple priority junction with B6129 Dewsbury Road, where the Church Street approach is controlled by a ‘Stop’ sign, to a traffic signal controlled cross-road junction with B6129 Dale Street and B6128 Prospect Road opposite. Church Street is a single carriageway road, subject to a 30mph speed limit with some traffic calming measures present and it is a bus route. 2.3.2 To the north of the Site, B6129 Dewsbury Road runs in a generally easterly direction from a five-arm roundabout with B6128 Kingsway / Dewsbury Road / B6128 Leeds Road / Hillcrest Avenue into B6129 Wakefield Road to its grade-separated junction with A638 which lies just to west of Junction 40 of the M1 Motorway. To the east of Junction 40, A638 Dewsbury Road is one of the main radial routes into Wakefield City Centre. 2.3.3 B6129 Dale Street runs in a southerly direction from a ghost island priority junction with B1629 Dewsbury Road / Wakefield Road through its junction with Church Street / Prospect Road into Ossett Town Centre where it loops around to the west to a mini roundabout junction with Ventnor Way and B6128 Kingsway. B6128 Kingsway continues in a northerly direction back to the roundabout junction with Dewsbury Road. 2.3.4 Prospect Road loops around to the south from its junction with Dale Street / Church Street to a mini roundabout junction with B6128 Station Road. Station Road leads to the southeast into Sowood Lane, Horbury Road and Westfield Road through the centre of Horbury. Part way along Station Road there is a junction with Queens Drive and Queens Drive leads under the M1 Motorway to a traffic signal controlled junction on A638 Wakefield Road. 2.3.5 Street lighting is provided on all the local highway routes in the vicinity of the Site and most are also bus routes. 2.4 EXISTING PEDESTRIAN / CYCLE FACILITIES 2.4.1 There are footways of varying width on both sides of Church Street in the vicinity of the Site and along its entire length between its junctions with Dewsbury Road and Dale Street. There are 3 Transport Statement Orion Homes Limited Proposed Residential Development - Church Street, Ossett 2.5.3 Ossett Bus Station is some 800m walking distance from the Site and, whilst this is further than the normally accepted maximum distance to bus stops, the bus station offers additional services to a wider range of destinations (Services 102, 117, 119, 120 and X17 as well as 116 and 126 / 127). Rail 2.5.4 The nearest railway station is at Dewsbury some 3km to the west with Wakefield Westgate and Wakefield Kirkgate stations being some 5-6km to the east. 2.5.5 Dewsbury Railway Station has a secure Cycle Hub storage facility for 70 cycles that is sheltered and protected by CCTV on Platform 2 and cycle racks on Platform 1. The station also has a car park with 80 spaces which is operated by Kirklees Council. 2.5.6 Wakefield Westgate has

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