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Central Milton Keynes Bus Access Review A1 Skips Ltd waste transfer station Transport Statement Report Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited 19 Aston Chase Stone Staffordshire ST15 8SD T 01785 615334 www.sterlingtransportconsultancy.com Report Record Job No. Report No. Issue No. Prepared Approved Status Date STC1078 001 001 Various LW For Issue 12/03/2020 ii Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................... 1 ISSUES FOR THE TRANSPORT STATEMENT TO ADDRESS .......................................................... 3 2 POLICY BACKGROUND 6 3 LOCAL HIGHWAY NETWORK AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FACILITIES 10 Highway ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Sustainable Travel ................................................................................................................................ 13 Accidents............................................................................................................................................... 14 4 TRIP GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION 16 5 IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT'S TRAFFIC GENERATION 19 Highway Capacity ................................................................................................................................. 19 Swept path Assessment ....................................................................................................................... 19 6 SUMMARY 22 Tables and Figures Figure 1. Site Location .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2. Site Details ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3. Site Access junction – Leigh Lane / Chemical Lane ..................................................................................... 4 Figure 4. A52 / A500 junction – looking from Chemical Lane ...................................................................................... 5 Figure 5. Site Access junction – Leigh Lane and Chemical Lane ..............................................................................10 Figure 6. Site Access junction – from Chemical Lane ................................................................................................10 Table 1. Chemical Lane Traffic Flow AM Peak Hour (Monday to Friday) .................................................................11 Table 2. Chemical Lane Traffic Flow PM Peak Hour (Monday to Friday) .................................................................11 Table 3. Bus Routes ....................................................................................................................................................13 Figure 8. Bus Stops ....................................................................................................................................................13 iii Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited Figure 9. Accidents 2014 – 2019 ................................................................................................................................15 Table 4. TRICS Output ................................................................................................................................................16 Table 5. Staff Trip Generation (Max - peak hours) .....................................................................................................16 Table 6. Site Office Trip Generation ..........................................................................................................................17 Table 7. HGV Movements – Worst Case ....................................................................................................................17 Table 8. First Principles Assessment ..........................................................................................................................17 Figure 10. AM Peak development trips distribution ....................................................................................................18 Figure 11. PM Peak development trips distribution ....................................................................................................18 Table 9. Development Traffic / Existing Traffic ..........................................................................................................19 Figure 14. Site entrance / Leigh Lane / Chemical Lane junction Swept Path ............................................................20 Figure 15. Site operations: Swept Path ......................................................................................................................21 Table 10. Development Traffic ...................................................................................................................................22 iv Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited 1 Introduction BACKGROUND 1.1 The purpose of this Transport Statement is to demonstrate that the planning application made by A1 Skips Ltd at their land located on Chemical Lane, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire can be delivered in transport terms. 1.2 Sterling Transport Consultancy has been requested by AC Environmental Ltd acting as agent for A1 Skips Ltd to support a planning application relating to a waste transfer station and skip hire yard. 1.3 The planning application (No 19/06/251 W) has been made to raise the level of inert waste dealt with from 5,000 tonnes annually to 25,000 tonnes annually. This requires the amendment of the existing consent (N.12/07/251 W) in the following terms: Variation of conditions 1, 4 and 12 of planning permission N.12/07/251 W 1.4 As a waste and minerals related planning application it will fall to Staffordshire County Council to determine the application. 1.5 The Transport Statement is structured as follows: • Section 1 describes the development proposals; • Section 2 sets out the policy background; • Section 3 reviews the local highway network and sustainable transport facilities; • Section 4 considers the Development's trip generation; • Section 5 assesses the impacts of the proposed development's traffic generation on the local highway network; • Section 6 summarises the Transport Statement. 1.6 The site is located on Chemical Lane, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire and is known as the “Corner Plot”. Chemical Lane is a 30mph single carriageway 7.0m wide estate road that serves as a spine road for the various industrial premises located as frontagers and on side access roads. 1.7 Chemical Lane connects to the A527/A500 roundabout approximately 0.7km north of the site. Chemical Lane has a southern access to the A5271 / A500 Porthill junction via Longbridge Lane some 1.1km from the site. A pedestrian only access across the Trent and Mersey Canal is provided from Copp Lane which connects to Chemical Lane; this give access to Tunstall town centre via an indirect route using local roads. 1.8 The site location is shown below. 1 Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited Figure 1. Site Location 1.9 The site’s hours of operation are restricted by planning control to 07:00 to 18:00 Mondays to Friday 1.10 The detail of the proposed development is shown below. 2 Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited Figure 2. Site Details ISSUES FOR THE TRANSPORT STATEMENT TO ADDRESS 1.11 The County Council as the local highway authority has requested a transport statement to be submitted. Their request focuses on two key issues: • Trip generation • Ability of HGVs to turn within the site. The net trip generation of the site. 1.12 This will relate to the lifting of the cap in the amount of waste material that can be processed from 5,000 to 25,000 tonnes per annum. 1.13 We have used the TRICS database to confirm the trip generation of the site based 2,914 sqm of B2 (02/C) Industrial Unit (waste transfer station) development. We have also assessed the issue of potential additional office personnel on site by use of TRICS by considering a 100 sqm site office to give a view on the likely trip generation due to additional administrative personnel. 1.14 Details of the TRICS analysis are set out in Appendix 1 of this report. The TRICS outcomes and a further ‘first principles’ assessment of the trip generation are set out in section 4 of this report. 3 Sterling Transport Consultancy Limited 1.15 In view of the limited trip generation and the flows on Chemical Lane and two major roundabouts to which Chemical Lane links no detailed junction analysis is recommended. Operation of the Site Access and the A527/A500 and A5271/A500 roundabout junctions 1.16 The site access is currently a simple priority arrangement with Leigh Lane. Immediately adjacent is the junction of Leigh Lane with Chemical Lane, also a simple priority arrangement. 1.17 The current access is shown below. Figure 3. Site Access junction – Leigh Lane / Chemical Lane 1.18 It will need to be shown that the access is adequate for the small increase in vehicle movements proposed under the application and that swept paths at the Leigh Lane with Chemical Lane junction are adequate. 1.19 The operation of the A527 / A500 and A5271 / A500 roundabouts will also need consideration. 1.20 The current A527 / A500 and A5271 / A500 junctions are shown below. 4 Sterling Transport Consultancy
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