Guidance on the Application Process and on Completing This Application Form Is Available at from the Solent LTB Website
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V-8 Guidance on the application process and on completing this application form is available at from the Solent LTB website. One application should be completed per project. Applications are restricted to a maximum of 20 pages (excluding accompanying documentation). Please amend the sizes of the response boxes to suit your application. Accompanying Documentation Accompanying documentation should be restricted to: Letters of support from stakeholders; Map(s); and Scheme drawing(s). Deadline for applications Applications must be submitted to the Solent LTB by 1800 on Wednesday 12th June 2013. Please submit electronic versions of this form along with any accompanying documentation to: [email protected]. Where email attachments sum to 10mb or above in file size, you should ensure that arrangements are made for these to be received by the LTB by the above deadline. Please note, your Project Application Forms will be published on the Solent LTB website. Section A: Applicant Information A1 Lead applicant name (Organisation) Portsmouth City Council. A2 Joint applicant name(s) if applicable Not applicable. A3 Lead applicant address Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2BG. A4 Bid manager details Name: Simon Moon Position: Head of Transport & Environment Employer: Portsmouth City Council Telephone: 023 9283 4092 Email: [email protected] Section B: Eligibility Check List B1 Is the project included within the Transport Delivery Plan (TDP)? Yes No B2 Is the project expected to have a clearly defined scope? Yes No B3 Is the project expected to drive employment and/or housing growth and/or Yes No solve a current or future transport problem that constrain economic and/or housing growth or that safeguards existing employment? B4 Is the project expected to provide sustainable access? Yes No B5 Is the project expected to comprise a 100% capital funding request from the Yes No LTB? B6 Is the project supported by a local contribution (public and/ or private and Yes No revenue and/ or capital) of at least 25% of the overall project cost? B7 Will the project comprise a capital funding request from the LTB of over Yes No £2,000,000? B8 Is the project expected to deliver high value for money? Yes No B9 Would the project be largely delivered between 2015-19? Yes No B10 Is the project supported by the Local Transport Authority/ies whose area(s) Yes No within which the proposal would be delivered? B11 For a project that is on the strategic highway or rail networks is an in principle Yes N/A No letter of support attached? Section C: Project Summary C1 Project title Portsmouth City Centre Transport Scheme C2 Headline project description. A package of highway improvements to create a reliable and connected transport network, which will unlock development sites and ensure people and goods are able to access the city with ease, whilst at the same time mending the spine of the city centre. The scheme includes reconfiguration of the highway network south of the M275; a pedestrianisation scheme; and delivery of a new bus interchange in Station Street. It has been identified as ‘critical infrastructure’ needed to support the development proposed in the Portsmouth Plan, which could directly generate 1,552 net jobs in the Northern Quarter area, and 3,092 net jobs in Station Square / Street and Guildhall areas, as well as a large number of indirect jobs within the region. C3 Is this a request for a grant or a loan? Grant Loan C4 Project costs. Total Project Cost £22.357 million. LTB Funding Request £6.000 million. Local Contributions £16.357 million. (Please specify source and whether Source: CIL contribution from redevelopment of sites in city centre they are confirmed) (such as the Northern Quarter site). The scheme is on our Regulation 123 list, which has been approved by Members. C5a Do alternative funding options exist to cover the full Yes No project cost? C5b If ‘Yes’ to C5a, please explain why LTB funding is being sought. There is also potential for increasing the level of CIL contribution, derived from development across the city, however, this would significantly delay the delivery of the scheme. LTB funding is therefore being sort to enable the scheme to be delivered more quickly, thus unlocking major development within the city centre. C5c If ‘No’ to C5a, please list other funding sources considered and reasons for rejection. N/A C6 Describe the geographical area covered by the project Portsmouth city centre (PO1). C7 Has any Equality Analysis been undertaken in line with Yes No the Equality Duty? Undertaken as part of the City Centre Masterplan (Nov 2012). C8 Please indicate if any information contained in this Financial information in Section F. application is of a commercial nature and should not be Reference to £250 million spend to date by Centros published. (State which questions) (Section G). C9 Provide a list of the Partnership Bodies (if any) you plan to work with in the design, delivery and operation of the scheme. Centros (Northern Quarter developer) – letter of support provided in Appendix B. C10 Earliest start date April 2015. The earliest start date for the pedestrianisation of Commercial April 2015. Road South / Edinburgh Road is April 2015, the new city centre road is April 2016 and the new bus interchange is April 2018. Desired start date April 2015. April 2015. Delivery timescale (months) 39 months for all three elements. The city centre road has a construction 15 months. programme of 21 months (Apr 2016 – Dec 2017). The pedestrianisation of Commercial Road South / Edinburgh Road is 18 months (Jan 16 – Jul 17). The new bus interchange is 12 months (Jun 18 – Jun 19). C11 Are any associated consents in place? If not, state when these are expected to be in place. No, the required planning application for the road scheme is expected to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority in December 2013 and any subsequent TROs and Stopping Up Orders are anticipated in the last quarter of 2014. The required Pedestrianisation Order (and associated TROs) will be submitted to the Government in the last quarter of 2014. C12 Is this scheme linked to any other applications to the LTB? If so, please provide the project title(s). Complements other scheme applications to improve access to Central Portsmouth by sustainable modes and create a transport network which will support development within Portsmouth’s Western Corridor: 9. South East Hampshire Bus Rapid Transit (The Hard Interchange represents a key terminus destination). 14. The Hard Interchange (The Portsmouth Plan identifies interchange improvements at both The Hard and ‘Station Street Central’ as critical infrastructure required to support the considerable development proposed within the city centre). C13 If you are the Lead Authority for more than one application, please prioritise your projects. Applications have been prioritised as follows: 1 = City Centre Transport Scheme; 2 = The Hard Interchange; 3 = Portsmouth BRT and Highway Network Improvements Package; 4 = Dunsbury Hill Farm Link Road and Horsea Island Bridge Link. The order of priority was agreed by the Members at an Informal Cabinet Meeting on 10th June 2013. Section D: The Strategic Case D1 Provide a description of the transport project. The proposed transport improvements, as set out in the Portsmouth Plan1, City Centre Masterplan2 and Local Transport Plan 33, involve a package of highway improvements (see Figures A1 - A4) to create a reliable and connected transport network which will ensure people and goods are able to access the city with ease, unlock a number of development sites, and encourage modal shift by improving access to public transport. At the same time the proposals will also help to 'mend the spine' of the city centre reconnecting three important areas, the main retail area of Commercial Road, the planned office / business hub around Station Square, and the civic and cultural focus of the Guildhall area (see Figure A1). The package includes: A new city centre road layout for the area south of the M275 / Mile End Road – Roads to the west will primarily provide two or three lanes in both directions and provide the main route for traffic through the city centre (including traffic to / from The Hard, Gunwharf Quays, The Seafront and the southern parts of Portsea Island). Roads to the east will provide two lanes in both directions and provide bus priority and 1 The Portsmouth Plan is the City Council's 'Local Plan' which was adopted in January 2012. 2 The City Centre Masterplan is a supplementary planning document adopted in January 2013, the purpose of the Masterplan is to supplement Policy PCS4 - City Centre of the Portsmouth Plan. 3 The Local Transport Plan 3 will guide the development of the City Council's transport network until 2031. local transport routes. Market Way will become bus only, bringing public transport into the heart of the planned Northern Quarter4 development. The new road alignment will also provide clear and direct routes and crossing points for pedestrians and cyclists linking up to the wider transport network and connecting neighbourhoods. (See Figure A2 and A3) The pedestrianisation of Commercial Road South / Edinburgh Road - To facilitate the relocation of market traders from Charlotte Street / Commercial Road, which is required to enable the Northern Quarter development (shown as Site 1 and parts of Site 2 in Figure A3) to progress. This is currently a bus only route. (See Figure A4) A new bus interchange facility within an integrated public space at ‘Station Street Central’ – The provision of a bus interchange facility on land at Station Street, east of Portsmouth & Southsea Railway Station. With the pedestrianisation of the southern end of Commercial Road and Edinburgh Road, the existing bus stands will need to be relocated.