Northumberland Local Plan Transport Assessment Report
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Northumberland Local Plan Northumberland County Council Transport Assessment Report December 2018 Transport Assessment Northumberland C ounty Council Northumberland Local Plan Transport Assessment Report Local Plan Transport Assessment Report Project no: B2348900 Document title: Northumberland Local Plan Transport Assessment Report Document No.: B2348900_01 Revision: Draft Date: December 2018 Client name: Northumberland County Council Client no: Project manager: Richard Peaty Author: Faye Styles / Richard Peaty File name: \\GBNCL1-FIL001\Projects\B225B001 - Northumberland CC\2018 Updated Local Plan Works\2018 Transport Assessment Report Jacobs UK Ltd 4th Floor Rotterdam House Newcastle upon Tyne T: 0191 206 4014 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2015 Please select a legal entity from the Change Document Details option on the Jacobs ribbon. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This report has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ Client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the Client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this report by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description By Review Approved 1 23 Nov Draft Report for client comment FS & RP RP CH 2018 2 6 Dec 2018 Final Report reflecting minor updates FS & RP RP CH i Northumberland Local Plan Transport Assessment Report Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Scope & Purpose of the Transport Assessment ................................................................................ 2 1.3 Report Structure ................................................................................................................................. 3 2. Local Plan Trip Generation .............................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Local Plan Allocated Sites .................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Trip Generation for Local Plan Allocations ......................................................................................... 5 2.3.1 Trip Rates ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3.2 Residential Trip Rates ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.3.3 Employment Trip Rates ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Minerals Extraction Site Allocation ..................................................................................................... 7 2.5 Approved & Minded to Approve Sites ................................................................................................ 8 3. Local Plan Site Identification .......................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Residential Sites (Local Plan Allocations) ........................................................................................ 10 3.3 Employment Sites (Local Plan Allocations) ...................................................................................... 12 3.4 Traffic Distribution ............................................................................................................................. 17 3.4.1 Local Plan Traffic Distribution ........................................................................................................... 17 3.4.2 Residential Sites ............................................................................................................................... 17 3.4.3 Employment Sites ............................................................................................................................. 17 3.4.4 Double Counting – Within Settlement Trips ..................................................................................... 18 3.4.5 Commuting Ratios ............................................................................................................................ 18 4. Juntion Identification ..................................................................................................................... 20 4.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 20 4.2 Junction Identification ....................................................................................................................... 20 4.2.1 Filtering Distribution & Assignment Profile Totals ............................................................................ 20 4.3 Junctions Assessed in Wider Northumberland ................................................................................ 20 4.4 Junctions Assessed in South East Northumberland ........................................................................ 21 5. Assessment Methodology for Individual Junctions in Northumberland .................................. 22 5.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 22 5.2 Baseline Scenario ............................................................................................................................. 22 5.2.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.2 Step 1: Calculating Baseline Traffic Generation .............................................................................. 22 5.2.3 Step 2: Defining Raw Traffic Count Data ......................................................................................... 22 5.2.4 Step 3: Application of TEMPro Factors ............................................................................................ 25 5.2.5 Step 4: Removing Completed Dwellings .......................................................................................... 27 6. Wider Northumberland Modelling Results................................................................................... 29 6.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 29 6.2 Alnwick Modelling Results ................................................................................................................ 29 ii Northumberland Local Plan Transport Assessment Report 6.2.1 A1068 / Willowburn Avenue ............................................................................................................. 29 6.2.2 A1068 / Shilbottle Road (Amended Layout) ..................................................................................... 30 6.3 Berwick Modelling Results ............................................................................................................... 31 6.3.1 A1167 Royal Tweed Bridge / A698 / Union Park Road .................................................................... 31 6.3.2 A1167 Northumberland Road / Billendean Terrace ......................................................................... 32 6.4 Haltwhistle Modelling Results ........................................................................................................... 33 6.4.1 B6322 West Road / Station Crescent ............................................................................................... 33 6.4.2 Westgate / Park Road ...................................................................................................................... 34 6.5 Hexham Modelling Results ............................................................................................................... 35 6.5.1 A6079 Rotary Way / Ferry Road ...................................................................................................... 35 6.6 Morpeth Modelling Results ............................................................................................................... 36 6.6.1 A192 / Morpeth Northern Bypass ..................................................................................................... 36 6.7 Prudhoe Modelling Results .............................................................................................................. 38 6.7.1 A695 / Former Hamorite Factory Site Access .................................................................................. 38 6.7.2 A695 / Princess Way / Station Road ...............................................................................................