This shows the various document referred to within the rep for 05197. The documents have been given different Appendix numbers as shown below: Site Our Ref Document Title Selection Site 001 Site 441 Policy 3 Policy 4 Accessibility Technical Note by Sanderson Appendix Appendix A Associates Appendix 1 1 1 x Appendix 1 A1M/A19 Technical Note by Sanderson Appendix Appendix B Associates x x 2 x 1a Technical Note by Fore C Consulting Appendix 2 x x x Appendix 2 Flood Risk report by Appendix Appendix D Fairhurst Appendix 3 2 3 x Appendix 3 (Commercial Review/Assessment of Employment Site Options) Dove Haigh Appendix Appendix E Phillips Appendix 4 3 x 2 Appendix 4 F Vision document Appendix 5 x x x Appendix 5 G Revised SA Scores Appendix 6 x x x x Inspectors Letter - withdrawn Doncaster H Sites and Policies DPD Appendix 7 x x x x Updated Masterplan for West Moor Park I East x x x x Appendix 6 Hatch Regeneris Review of employment Appendix J Land Evidence x x x 1 x Prepared on behalf of Blue Anchor Leisure Ltd West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) Technical Note Relative Accessibility West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) Disclaimer The methodology adopted and the sources of information used by Sanderson Associates (Consulting Engineers) Ltd in providing its services are outlined within this Report. 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Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 September 2019 Author: Adam Darwin Checked & Approved: Tracy Hargreaves Date: 27th September 2019 Technical Note Relative Accessibility Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 2 September 2019 West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) Contents Page No 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 5 2 Methodology of Sustainability Appraisal .................................................................. 7 3 Minimise Travel to Work Distances ..........................................................................14 4 West Moor Park East (Site Ref. 937/1031) ................................................................16 5 Thorne North (Site Ref 001).......................................................................................21 6 Balby Carr Bank, Balby (Site Ref 92) ........................................................................27 7 Land at Carcroft Common, Carcroft (Site Ref 441) ..................................................30 8 Site A, East of Bankwood Lane, Rossington (Site Ref. 878/1032) ..........................36 9 Site 2, Land East Of Poplars Farm, Hurst Lane, Auckley (Site Ref. 941) ...............39 10 Summary and conclusions .......................................................................................42 Technical Note Relative Accessibility Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 3 September 2019 West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) Appendices APPENDIX A Reasons for Allocation/Rejection of Selected Employment sites APPENDIX B 8km Travel Distance (Isodistance) Maps APPENDIX C Residential sites incorporated in population assessments Technical Note Relative Accessibility Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 4 September 2019 West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) 1 Introduction 1.1 Sanderson Associates (Consulting Engineers) Ltd have been appointed by Blue Anchor Leisure Ltd to provide transportation and highways advice to support a proposed allocation of land for employment at West Moor Park East, Holme Wood Lane, Armthorpe (Local Plan Site References 937/1031), which is located to the east of Junction 4 of the M18. The site has currently been rejected as an employment site allocation in the Draft Doncaster Local Plan. 1.2 A total of 6 employment sites that do not currently benefit from planning permission have been allocated for employment within the Draft Local Plan. The reasons for allocating these sites are set out within the ‘Housing & Employment Site Selection Methodology & Results Report Publication Version - June 2019’. These together with the reasons for rejecting the West Moor Park East site are summarised in the table included at Appendix A. 1.3 One of the reasons for rejecting the West Moor Park East site is that the Council have concluded that other sites such as Site 001 (Thorne North) are preferable for sustainability reasons, with the Council stating for the West Moor Park East site: ‘The site is to the east of the M18 and more isolated than other options that are available across the borough. There are other options directly adjacent to the main urban area and main towns which offer better opportunities for securing sustainable development such as long term public transport access.’. 1.4 Blue Anchor Leisure Ltd do not agree with the Councils findings. Therefore, they have instructed Sanderson Associates to review the proposed employment site allocations and the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) undertaken by the Council for these sites, to consider whether the conclusions that have been drawn are correct. 1.5 Following a review of the Councils Sustainability Appraisal Methodology, concerns are raised that the assessment approach does not adequately assess the relative accessibility of the sites, which has contributed towards the West Moor Park East site not being selected. These concerns are set out in Section 2 of this report. Technical Note Relative Accessibility Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 5 September 2019 West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) 1.6 Following Sanderson Associates review of the 6 employment site allocations that do not currently benefit from planning permission, a number of issues relating to the assessments have been identified that are considered to be material to the site selection process. As such, Section 5 – 9 of this report highlight points relating to accessibility matters that have been identified in relations to sites 001, 92, 441, 878/1032 and 841 (no comments are provided in relation to site 258 as the scoring for this site is considered to be reasonable). 1.7 Comments have also been made about accessibility matters relating to the West Moor Park East site in Section 4, to allow a comparison of the relative accessibility to be made. Attention should also be drawn to the further Technical Note entitled ‘Review of Allocation Justification’ dated 27th September 2019 (Version 1.1), which has been produced by Fore Consulting in support of the West Moor Park East site and addresses the concerns that have been raised by the Council about the site, with further supporting information provided in relation to the high frequency bus service that can be delivered for the site and includes a full response in relation to highway capacity matters. 1.8 As set out in Section 2 of this report, concerns are raised that the site selection process has not fully taken into account one of the key objectives of local and national transport planning policy related to the need to minimise travel to work distances (Identified as a detailed decision making criteria relating to Sustainability Appraisal No. 3 – Improving accessibility to places, services, both within and outside of the borough). Therefore, Section 3 of this report includes further information regarding the population sizes within the vicinity of the sites, who would be available to work at the employment sites and contribute to minimising travel to work distances. Technical Note Relative Accessibility Report Ref: 11193/AND/001/02 6 September 2019 West Moor Park East (Site Ref 937/1031) 2 Methodology of Sustainability Appraisal 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 As confirmed in the ‘Doncaster Local Plan - Housing & Employment Site Selection Methodology & Results Report - Publication Version - June 2019’ The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) is a tool designed to assess, predict and monitor the effects of the Doncaster Council’s Local Plan. The SA aims to ensure that decisions are made in accordance with the principles of sustainable development and seeks to integrate social, economic and environmental considerations from the outset. 2.1.2 The Site Selection Methodology and Results report outlines that sites were assessed using current baseline information, which does not take account of how a site could be improved through provision of new infrastructure, services, mitigation that may be justified through site-specific planning conditions and obligations. The report states that in reviewing and updating the SA of sites since the 2018 consultation, site survey and assessment evidence provided by landowners/developers