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Other Reports Template Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: Paddock Wood and East Capel & Tudeley Village Access and Movement Report On behalf of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Project Ref: 49653/5501 | Rev: A | Date: December 2020 Registered Office: Buckingham Court Kingsmead Business Park, London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1JU Office Address: Caversham Bridge House, Waterman Place, Reading, Berkshire RG1 8DN T: +44 (0)118 950 0761 E: [email protected] Access and Movement Report Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: Paddock Wood and east Capel & Tudeley Village Document Control Sheet Project Name: Tunbridge Wells Local Plan Project Ref: 49653 Report Title: Access and Movement Report Doc Ref: 8403 Date: December 2020 Name Position Signature Date Prepared by: Felicity Mott Assistant Engineer November 2020 Reviewed by: Ben Taylor Senior Associate November 2020 Approved by: Jason Lewis Director November 2020 For and on behalf of Stantec UK Limited Revision Date Description Prepared Reviewed Approved Updates to report following A 04.03.2021 FM JL JL comments This report has been prepared by Stantec UK Limited (‘Stantec’) on behalf of its client to whom this report is addressed (‘Client’) in connection with the project described in this report and takes into account the Client's particular instructions and requirements. This report was prepared in accordance with the professional services appointment under which Stantec was appointed by its Client. This report is not intended for and should not be relied on by any third party (i.e. parties other than the Client). Stantec accepts no duty or responsibility (including in negligence) to any party other than the Client and disclaims all liability of any nature whatsoever to any such party in respect of this report. J:\49653 - JSL - TWBC Tudeley P Wood Masterplan\BRIEF ii 5501 - Transport\REPORTS\210303 Access + Movement Report v03.docx Access and Movement Report Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: Paddock Wood and east Capel & Tudeley Village Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Preamble ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Purpose of Report ......................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Sites Reviewed .............................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Impact of COVID-19 and an Uncertain Future .............................................................. 9 1.5 Report Structure ............................................................................................................ 9 2 Land Use Assumptions.......................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 Land Use Assumptions ............................................................................................... 10 3 Person Trip Generation Methodology .................................................................................. 13 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Background ................................................................................................................. 13 3.3 Trip Generation Methodology ...................................................................................... 14 3.4 Residential External Trip Generation .......................................................................... 16 3.5 Non-Residential Trip Generation ................................................................................. 16 4 Internalisation of Trips ........................................................................................................... 17 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 17 4.4 Linked Trips, Pass-by trips, Rerouted trips, Through trips. ......................................... 18 5 Mode Share ............................................................................................................................. 19 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 19 5.2 Mode Share Source..................................................................................................... 19 6 Paddock Wood and east Capel ............................................................................................. 21 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 21 6.2 Land Use Assumptions ............................................................................................... 21 6.3 Person Trips ................................................................................................................ 22 6.4 External Trips .............................................................................................................. 22 6.5 Mode Share ................................................................................................................. 22 6.6 Trip Distribution ........................................................................................................... 24 6.7 Target Forecast Mode Share ...................................................................................... 25 6.8 Transport Infrastructure Requirements ....................................................................... 28 7 Tudeley Village ....................................................................................................................... 33 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 33 7.2 Land Use Assumptions ............................................................................................... 33 7.3 Person Trips ................................................................................................................ 34 7.4 External Trips .............................................................................................................. 35 7.5 Mode Share ................................................................................................................. 35 7.6 Trip Distribution ........................................................................................................... 36 7.7 Target Forecast Mode Share ...................................................................................... 37 7.8 Tudeley Village Transport Strategies .......................................................................... 39 J:\49653 - JSL - TWBC Tudeley P Wood Masterplan\BRIEF iii 5501 - Transport\REPORTS\210303 Access + Movement Report v03.docx Access and Movement Report Tunbridge Wells Local Plan: Paddock Wood and east Capel & Tudeley Village 7.9 Transport Infrastructure Requirements ....................................................................... 39 7.10 Recommendation ........................................................................................................ 42 Figures Figure 1.1: Future Access and Movement Options ................................................................................. 8 Figure 2.1: Paddock Wood and east Capel Site Boundaries ................................................................ 10 Figure 2.2: Tudeley Village Site Boundaries ......................................................................................... 11 Figure 3.1: Trips in Progress by time of day, England .......................................................................... 13 Figure 3.2: Car Trips in Progress by time of day, England ................................................................... 14 Figure 5.1: Tunbridge Wells 001 MSOA ................................................................................................ 19 Figure 5.2: Tonbridge and Malling 007 MSOA ...................................................................................... 20 Figure 6.1: Paddock Wood and east Capel Site Location and Boundary ............................................. 21 Figure 6.2: Distribution of External Trips – Paddock Wood and east Capel ......................................... 25 Figure 7.1: Tudeley Village Site Location and Boundary ...................................................................... 33 Figure 7.2: Distribution of External Trips –Tudeley Village ................................................................... 37 Tables Table 2.1: Land Use Assumptions – Paddock Wood and east Capel .................................................. 11 Table 2.1: Land Use Assumptions – Tudeley Village ............................................................................ 12 Table 6.1: Paddock Wood and east Capel Land Use Assumptions ..................................................... 21 Table 6.2: Person Trip Generation ........................................................................................................ 22 Table 6.3: External Trips Split by 2011 Census Local Mode Share ...................................................... 23 Table 6.4: Distribution of External
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