Hatton Village Plugs Edinburgh Transport and Housing Gap HATTON VILLAGE NOV 2020 ISSUE 1 Image: Eric Veiga Image
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Hatton Village Plugs Edinburgh Transport and Housing Gap HATTON VILLAGE NOV 2020 ISSUE 1 Image: Eric Veiga Image: Edinburgh needs more they would otherwise be. In addition, As identified by Choices for City houses. Some of those houses there is a need to improve connections Plan 2030, west Edinburgh is of key need to be built on Greenfield to Hermiston Park and Ride to enhance importance in terms of transport sites and Hatton Village in bus services. For bus services to improve infrastructure and economic growth. along the A71 there needs to be a critical The A71 has been identified as a key west Edinburgh is perfectly mass of residents along the route. Hatton growth corridor in the council’s City placed to fill Edinburgh’s gap Village delivers exactly what is needed to Plan 2030. in numbers and help improve create that critical mass. public transport too. Hatton Village will also help Edinburgh Bus services pick up passengers in West provide more affordable homes Lothian and near Hermiston, but the with a commitment to provide 35% lack of any communities on the key A71 35% Affordable Homes to help tackle OF HOMES AT HATTON VILLAGE transport corridor set out in local plan poverty and meet housing targets WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOMES proposals mean that bus services remain without adding to pressures on more fragmented and vulnerable than communities along Lanark Road. Hatton Village is located within West Key Transport Corridor Edinburgh, close to Scotland’s fourth commercial centre (outside Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen city centres) at Rail/Tram the Gyle and Edinburgh Park. Station Existing bus services can be enhanced, rather than downgraded in the aftermath of Covid-19 and the proposals Hatton P&R Village will help ‘calm’ and improve the car Existing A71 dominated A71 corridor. Hatton Village bus stop, majority of can also help deliver the council’s site within 5 Rail minute walk Station ambitions to create an Active Travel A71 Corridor of village transport hub Route along the A71. Hatton Village is closer to Edinburgh’s Edinburgh Sustainable Transport Study employment and service centres than - Key Corridor 8: West of Hermiston Livingston many potential greenfield housing sites Centre within Choices for City Plan 2030, including Calderwood and Kirkliston. www.hattonvillage.com Key Existing LDP Greenfield Housing Sites City Plan 2030 MIR Potential Greenfield Sites Greenfield site with Consent North-East Kirkliston Hatton Village Greenfield Sites proposed by others to MIR Garden West District Edinburgh (Glasgow Road) Calderwood Hatton East of Village Riccarton South-East Edinburgh Edinburgh sites map Building Housing in Public transport plans for Hatton Village have been identified within Edinburgh Delivers a full Transport Assessment. This Sustainability includes utilising and enhancing the Building close to Edinburgh reduces existing Lothian Country A71 express general travel demand (e.g. 82% of services run by Lothian Buses between commuters in West Lothian are drivers Livingston and Edinburgh. Hatton with just 35% in Edinburgh while Village is ideally placed to help preserve ownership of 2 or more cars is over and enhance bus services in rural west 82% 30% in West Lothian versus 15% in Edinburgh, including the potential to OF COMMUTERS IN WEST Edinburgh - indeed 40% of Edinburgh improve services to Ratho. LOTHIAN DRIVE residents have no car). 35% OF COMMUTERS IN EDINBURGH DRIVE >30% WEST LOTHIAN OWN 2+ CARS Hatton Village Hatton Village 40% OF THOSE IN EDINBURGH DO NOT HAVE A CAR A71 Active Travel Route West Edinburgh Area of Search www.hattonvillage.com Transport Assessment: Transport Assessment: Issues Opportunities Public Transport Strategy • Creation of a new transport hub • A71 bus stops are accessible from • Provide additional bus stop on • Improving bus access to Balerno the site within a 5min walk from all A71 (bus lay-by already in place) and other communities homes and better service frequency to east of Dalmahoy Road / A71 / Dalmahoy Country Club junction • Preserving and improving bus for travel to west Edinburgh in close proximity to proposed services in rural West Edinburgh economic hub and winder city left-in/left-out junction to reduce • A71 corridor provides interchange walk distances for access to other to wider bus, tram and rail network residents • CEC committed scheme at Dalmahoy • Review of frequency / capacity Road / A71 junction / Dalmahoy increase requirements of existing Country Club (signals) includes for bus services on A71 improved bus stop infrastructure and • Re-routing of Service 20 to/from safer pedestrian crossing system proposed transport hub with additional bus stop on Dalmahoy • Helping deliver the new active Road at northern end of site to travel plan reduce walk distances Discussions with bus operators The A71 is also an identified key active Edinburgh faces tough choices in the City including Lothian Buses have indicated travel route with planned improvements Plan and Hatton Village can help the city that there is currently a major ‘viability as a cycle ‘superhighway’ between achieve its housing targets and ambitious issue’ with delivering services in the Livingston and Edinburgh. An off-road transport plans. Please contact the Hatton A71/Ratho corridors. The proposed new route is retained along the front of Hatton Village team for more information about village would ‘plug’ a gap in customer Village, whilst cycling links to the Union how our proposals will help provide use between Edinburgh and Livingston Canal core path are in close proximity. homes for families and improve public and make existing and enhanced transport. Hatton Village is the right The plans on these pages identify key services significantly more viable in choice to help the city plug its housing travel times for public transport and future. ‘gap’ as part of the City Plan 2030. active travel from Hatton Village. HATTON VILLAGE PUBLIC TRANSPORT & ACTIVE TRAVEL CONNECTIONS 20 Hatton Village public transport & active travel connections 19 16 18 15 17 KEY WEST EDINBURGH DESTINATIONS 10 mins 8 20 mins 15 mins 14 1 - RATHO PARK RESTAURANT 13 2 - RATHO <25 mins 3 - DALMAHOY COUNTRY CLUB 4 - HATTON SPORTS CLUB 5 - UNION CANAL PATH 2 12 5 6 - BALERNO (SCHOOLS) <10 mins 20 mins 7 - WILKIESTON 17 mins 7 mins 10 8 - NEWBRIDGE 9 <5 mins Hatton 9 - HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Village 1 15 mins 10 - HERMISTON PARK & RIDE <5 mins 11 - CURRIEHILL RAIL STATION 4 3 12 - SIGHTHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 10 mins 11 13 - EDINBURGH PARK / RAIL&TRAM 7 15 mins 6 mins 14 - SOUTH GYLE 10 mins 15 - GOGAR INTERCHANGE 16 - EDINBURGH AIRPORT 6 25 mins BUS - LothIan X27/28, First X22/23 (30min service) WALKING DISTANCE (5 min per 400m) BUS - First 20 (30min service) BUS - Horsburgh 40 (4 per day M-F, 3 per day S/S) CYCLING DISTANCE (3 min per 1000m, 12mph) CORE PATH (WALK/CYCLE) TRAIN TRAM BUS TRAVEL DISTANCE (Per current timetables) www.hattonvillage.com.