Aldi Food Stores Broughton Industrial Estate Road
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ALDI FOOD STORES BROUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROAD, BROUGHTON TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF: ALDI STORES LIMITED 10 King Street Newcastle under Lyme ST5 1EL Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................ 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 3 2.0 THE DEVELOPMENT SITE ................................................... 5 3.0 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ......................................12 4.0 BASELINE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS .....................................18 5.0 DEVELOPMENT TRIP ATTRACTION, ASSIGNMENT AND DISTRIBUTION .....................................................................23 6.0 IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ON THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE LOCAL HIGHWAY NETWORK ..........................................................31 7.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................38 FIGURES 2-1 SITE LOCATION PLAN (IN TEXT) 2-2 LOCAL HIGHWAY NETWORK (IN TEXT) 2-3 WALKING & CYCLING ISOCHRONE 2-4 CHURCH ROAD TO BRETTON ROAD BRIDLEWAY (IN TEXT) 2-5 BUS STOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SITE (IN TEXT) 4-1 SURVEY TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-2 2018 WARREN HALL COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS (PHASE 1 & 2) 4-3 2025 WARREN HALL COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS (PHASE 1, 2 & 3) 4-4 RIVER LANE, SALTNEY COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-5 HIGH STREET, SALTNEY RESIDENTIAL COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-6 BROUGHTON PARK RESIDENTIAL COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-7 COMPOUND SITE RESIDENTIAL COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-8 RE-ASSIGNMENT OF TRAFFIC DUE TO NEW AIRBUS ACCESS COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment 4-9 BROUGHTON SHOPPING PARK – PROPOSED MULTIPLEX CINEMA & RESTAURANT COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-10 2018 BASE PLUS COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 4-11 2025 BASE PLUS COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS 5-1 NEW DEVELOPMENT TRIP DISTRIBUTION 5-2 NEW DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-3 NEW DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-4 PASS BY DEVELOPMENT TRIP DISTRIBUTION 5-5 PASS BY DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-6 PASS BY DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-7 DIVERTED DEVELOPMENT TRIP DISTRIBUTION 5-8 DIVERTED DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-9 DIVERTED DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-10 TRANSFERRED DEVELOPMENT TRIP DISTRIBUTION 5-11 TRANSFERRED DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-12 TRANSFERRED DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-13 TOTAL DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-14 TOTAL DEVELOPMENT TRIP ASSIGNMENT – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-15 2018 BASE PLUS COMMITTED PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS – AVERAGE TRIP RATES 5-16 2018 BASE PLUS COMMITTED PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES 5-17 2025 BASE PLUS COMMITTED PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS – AVERAGE TRIP RATES Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment 5-18 2025 BASE PLUS COMMITTED PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC FLOWS – 85TH PERCENTILE TRIP RATES TABLES 2-1 BUS SERVICES AND FREQUENCIES 3-1 PREDICTED CAR PARK ACCUMULATION – WEEKDAY 3-2 PREDICTED CAR PARK ACCUMULATION – SATURDAY 4-1 BROUGHTON TRAFFIC STUDY REPORT BACKGROUND GROWTH FACTORS 5-1 DISCOUNT FOOD STORE VEHICULAR TRIP RATES 5-2 FOOD STORE VEHICULAR TRIP ATTRACTION 5-3 VEHICULAR TRIP ATTRACTION BY TRIP TYPE 6-1 SITE ACCESS/ BROUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROAD – PICADY RESULTS 6-2 R1: A5104 CHESTER ROAD/ BROUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROUNDABOUT – ARCADY RESULTS 6-3 R2: BROUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROAD/ SHOPPING PARK ROUNDABOUT – ARCADY RESULTS 6-4 R3: A55/ BROUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROAD ROUNDABOUT – ARCADY RESULTS APPENDICES A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS B SITE ACCESS ARRANGEMENT AND SWEPT PATH AUTOTRACK ANALYSIS C INTERIM TRAVEL PLAN D PARKING ACCUMULATION CALCULATION E TRICS DATA F MODEL OUTPUTS Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Transport Assessment has been prepared by Cameron Rose Associates on behalf of Aldi Stores Limited in order to examine the highway and transportation issues associated with the proposed discount neighbourhood food store, off Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton. The proposed development scheme involves the erection of a new Aldi neighbourhood food store, with associated car parking and service facilities. The proposed Aldi food store would be single storey with a gross external area of 1,843sqm. It is proposed that access to the site would form a staggered junction with the Broughton Retail Park access. Dropped kerbs and tactile paving would be installed at the site access in accordance with design standards. The existing vehicular access point north of the proposed access would be closed and reinstated to pedestrian footway. The proposed Aldi store will provide the existing and future local residents with a discount food retail store, enhancing the areas existing food retail choices and reducing the need to travel for food shopping. The proposed development will reduce the need to travel, especially by car, by providing retail opportunities within a reasonable walking and cycling distance of existing and future committed residential areas. The location of the store benefits from its close proximity to employment uses on Chester Road. Frequent bus services are accessible within an acceptable walking distance. The proposed scheme would influence travel behaviour by incorporating facilities to encourage sustainable trip movements, including on site cycle parking and changing and locker facilities for staff. An Interim Travel Plan has been developed for the site, which describes the strategy through which initiatives will be adopted in order to encourage the use of sustainable modes of transport to the site. 079-01/TA01 1 Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment A total of 132 customer car parking spaces, to include six disabled, nine parent and child spaces and three staff are proposed for the store. The level of parking is compliant with local planning policy. An assessment of the proposed parking provision demonstrates that the anticipated parking demand, associated with the proposed food store, can be accommodated on site and therefore there would be no overspill parking on the surrounding highway network. The majority of vehicular trips to the proposed development would not be new trips on the network and are likely to result in an overall vehicle kilometre saving given the convenient location of the store to the catchment. The report includes an assessment of the operational performance of the local highway network, with the addition of development traffic. The junction capacity assessments undertaken indicate that the junctions considered on the local highway network, will continue to operate within acceptable capacity limits for a future assessment year, following the development of the site. 079-01/TA01 2 Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.1.1 This Transport Assessment has been prepared by Cameron Rose Associates on behalf of Aldi Stores Limited, in order to examine the highway and transportation issues associated with the proposed Aldi neighbourhood food store. 1.1.2 This Transport Assessment has been prepared to support the planning application for the proposed development and includes an analysis of the existing transport provision within the vicinity of the site, including sustainable transport facilities, traffic flows and the operation of the existing highway network. This Assessment considers the adequacy of this existing provision to accommodate the future demands associated with the application proposals. 1.1.3 Details of the proposed pedestrian and vehicular access arrangements, quantum of car and cycle parking and servicing arrangements are set out in this report, together with a detailed assessment of the potential traffic impact of the development proposals on the surrounding local highway network. 1.1.4 The report has been prepared in line with Government guidance set out in the Department for Transports ‘Guidance on Transport Assessments’ (2007) and following scoping discussion held with highway officers at Flintshire County Council (FCC). 1.1.5 This report concludes that the proposed development can be accommodated without detriment to the operational capacity or safety of the local highway network and that it can be readily accessed by sustainable modes. 1.2 Structure 1.2.1 The structure of the report herein is set out as follows: • Section 2.0 considers the location of the development site, the local highway network and the existing infrastructure provision for sustainable modes of transport; 079-01/TA01 3 Aldi Stores Limited Broughton Industrial Estate Road, Broughton Transport Assessment • Section 3.0 sets out the details of the development proposals, site access, parking provision and servicing arrangements; • Section 4.0 presents the baseline conditions of the local highway network; • Section 5.0 deals with the potential trip attraction of the proposed development considering the various trip types; • Section 6.0 considers the operational performance of the local highway network for a future assessment