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GROVELANDS WAY WARMINSTER RESIDENTIAL TRAVEL PLAN MJA Consulting GreenSquare Group Consulting Engineers Barbury House Monarch House Barton Lane Stonehill Green Abingdon Westlea Oxon OX14 3NB Swindon SN5 7HB CJG/14:0540/4629 Tel: 01235 555173 May 2014 Fax: 01235 523226 Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 2.0 Development Proposals ............................................................................................. 2 3.0 Local and Strategic Highway Network ........................................................................ 3 3.1 Local Highway Network .......................................................................................... 3 3.2 Strategic highway network ...................................................................................... 5 4.0 Walking and Cycling ................................................................................................... 6 5.0 Public Transport ......................................................................................................... 8 5.1 Buses...................................................................................................................... 8 5.2 Trains...................................................................................................................... 9 6.0 Travel plan initiatives ................................................................................................ 11 6.1 Scope of the Travel Plan ....................................................................................... 11 6.2 General measures ................................................................................................ 12 6.3 Walking ................................................................................................................. 13 6.4 Cycling .................................................................................................................. 13 6.5 Bus ....................................................................................................................... 13 6.6 Train ..................................................................................................................... 14 6.7 Powered two5wheelers .......................................................................................... 15 6.2 Car sharing ........................................................................................................... 15 6.9 Taxi ....................................................................................................................... 15 6.10 Minimising ar use ................................................................................................ 16 7.0 Targets, Monitoring and Review ............................................................................... 17 7.1 Targets ................................................................................................................. 17 7.2 Monitoring and review ........................................................................................... 12 2.0 Promotion and mar/eting ......................................................................................... 20 2.1 Prior to o upation ................................................................................................ 20 2.2 8pon o upation ................................................................................................... 20 2.3 Travel Pa / ........................................................................................................... 20 2.4 0e1site ................................................................................................................. 20 2.5 Conta t preferen es .............................................................................................. 21 2.6 Travel pa / a essi1ility ....................................................................................... 21 2.7 Content of Travel Plan we1site ............................................................................. 21 2.2 Continuous mar/eting ........................................................................................... 22 2.9 Endorsement ........................................................................................................ 22 Figures Figure 01 Preliminary development layout Figure 02 Lo al Highway .etwor/ Figure 03 Pedestrian Routes Figure 04 Cy le Routes Figure 05 Lo al Amenities Figure 06 3us Routes Appendices Appendix Pedestrian and y le audit Grovelands Way, Warminster Residential Travel Plan 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This Travel Plan has been produced by MJA Consulting for GreenSquare Group to support an outline planning application for the construction of up to 175 residential dwellings situated to the north of, and adjacent to, Grovelands Way, Warminster. It accompanies a Transport Assessment, and is produced in accordance with guidelines issued by Wiltshire Council (WC). 1.2 The development site is located on the north-western edge of Warminster in Wiltshire directly north of, and abutting, Grovelands Way off West Street, part of a radial route from the A,- into the town centre. 1., It is situated appro.imately 200m and 10m to the south of Trowbridge and Westbury respectively2 580m to the west of Andover2 ,10m to the north-west of Salisbury2 -00m to the north-east of 4eovil2 100m to the east of 5rome2 and 500m and ,20m south- east of 6ristol and 6ath respectively. 1.7 The e.isting site of 11.85 hectares, of flat topography and irregular in shape, comprises predominantly former farmland, with a children8s play area located to the eastern end which is accessed from Grovelands Way. A second access is located at the western end of the site, also from Grovelands Way. 6oth utilise pedestrian bridges over an e.isting culvert. 1.5 There are a number of informal footpaths traversing the site in various directions, and two Public Rights of Way (PROW), WARM1 and WARM10. WARM1 constitutes the eastern section of Grovelands Way, continuing northwards along the eastern boundary of the proposed development site. WARM10 enters the site at its western access and runs in a north-western direction to its northern boundary. 1.- There is also a tarmac0ed footway on the eastern side of the site, running for about 220m close to, and parallel to, its southern boundary towards its eastern boundary and beyond. A total of three tarmac0ed footpaths penetrate the site from Grovelands Way to lin0 with the networ0 of footpaths across the site. There is also an unmade vehicular access from the eastern part of Grovelands Way to a small par0ing area. 1. The site is bounded by wor0ing agricultural land to the north and west, residential development to the east, and Grovelands Way to the south, beyond which lies established residential development. 1 Grovelands Way, Warminster Residential Travel Plan 2.0 Development Proposals 2.1 The development proposals, ( Figure 01 ) are for up to 1 5 houses on 11.85 hectares of former farmland which has fallen into disuse. The residences will comprise ,0% affordable homes, resulting in 12, private houses and 52 affordable units. 2.2 All infrastructure within the development will conform to national and local standards in terms of footway provision and cycle par0ing, and will be furnished with appropriate access arrangements for emergency and service vehicles. 2., All vehicle par0ing will be in accordance with WC8s par0ing standards for residential development, and all permanent on-site routes will conform to Wiltshire8s County Highways Design standards. 2.7 The PROW traversing the site, WARM 10, will lin0 in with the proposed footways within the development. The e.isting play area may be relocated, and the potential for revised traffic calming on the eastern arm of Grovelands Way is being investigated. 2.5 A single access will be provided between Virginia Drive and Primrose Wal0 ad$acent to the e.isting PROW WARM10. The bellmouth of the $unction of the access with Grovelands Way will comprise 10m radii to accommodate bus movements. The carriageway will be a minimum of -m, with 1.8m footways on both sides. Visibility will conform to advice set out in Manual for Streets (MfS) with an x distance (set-bac0 from the carriageway) of 7.5m and a y distance (visibility along Grovelands Way in both directions) of 7,m. 2.- The access route will follow a diagonal route through the site to connect with a future lin0 road through the allocated land to the north. This will be provided with a bus gate to permit passage for public transport whilst preventing rat running between the allocated land and Victoria Road. 2. The bus gate will also, once the allocated land is built out, provide the emergency access to the site. In the meantime, a temporary arrangement is proposed at the site of the e.isting easternmost pedestrian access to the site off Grovelands Way. The temporary emergency route will s0irt the proposed balancing pond and will be constructed of grass-crete to minimise its impact on the visual amenity of the public open space. Once the bus gate is operational the grass-crete will be removed and a more traditional surface provided for wal0ers. 2 Grovelands Way, Warminster Residential Travel Plan 3.0 Local and Strategic Highway Network ,.1 Local Highway Networ0 ,.1.1 Grovelands Way, about 100m in total length, lies to the south of the site, forming a crescent northwards from Victoria Road, eastwards along the site boundary, and then southwards to