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Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School Rothersthorpe Road Northampton For Northampton Schools Ltd Report Reference: 4875R007C TS Date: October 2012 BCALCONSULTING. Orient House, Church Way, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4HJ Telephone: 01933 440024 Fax: 01933 440041 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bcal.co.uk 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 REVISION RECORD Report Ref: 4875R007 TS Rev Description Date Originator Checked - Planning November 2012 AN PK Updated Proposed Site/Ground Floor A Plan from Architect to show additional February 2013 AN PK car parking spaces. Amendments made to match current B February 2013 AN PK number of pupils enrolled. Revised Proposed Site/Ground Floor Plan from Architect Rev B to show an C extended application boundary for March 2013 AN PK additional doors and removal of stairs. 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O:\\projects\4800\4875\Technical\Reports\4875R007 - Delapre Primary School\4875R007C TS.pdf 1 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 Contents Page Page No. 4875R007C TS Contents Page 2 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Site Description and Proposed School Extension 3 3.0 Surrounding Highway Infrastructure 4 4.0 Site Access and Parking 4 5.0 Vehicle Movement Observations 5 6.0 Sustainable Forms of Transport 6 7.0 Assessment of Vehicular Impact 8 8.0 Existing Recorded Accident Statistics 9 9.0 Conclusion 9 Appendices Appendix A Location Plan BCAL Dwg No 4875-7 Appendix B Proposed Site / Ground Floor Plan Architecture Initiative Dwg No DP-04 Job No AI_2058 Rev B Appendix C Travelling Distances BCAL Dwg No 4875-72 Sustainable Transport Facilities BCAL Dwg No 4875-73 Appendix D Bus Route Map and Time Tables Appendix E Trip Generation Rates from NMMS Appendix F Accident Data O:\\projects\4800\4875\Technical\Reports\4875R007 - Delapre Primary School\4875R007C TS.pdf 2 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This report comprises a Transport Statement in support of a planning application for the proposed extension of Delapre Primary School. Delapre Primary School is located off Rothersthorpe Road, Northampton as shown on the plan enclosed in Appendix A. 1.2 The objective of this report is to provide the Planning Authority and Local Highway Authority (LHA) with sufficient information to consider the highways issues of the proposed school extension for a planning application. 1.3 The reports were scoped with Mr R. Sim-Jones of Northamptonshire County Council who advised that a Transport Statement would be an appropriate level of assessment for the proposed extension of Delapre Primary School. 2.0 Site Description and Proposed School Extension ` 2.1 Delapre Primary School is located off Rothersthorpe Road, Northampton as shown on the Location Plan BCAL Dwg No 4875-7 enclosed in Appendix A. The school is located to the south of Northampton in a predominately residential area. 2.2 Delapre Primary School is for pupils aged from 4 to 11 years, and currently has 450 pupils enrolled. It is proposed to expand the school from a 2 to 3 form entry. An additional form for the school will result in a proposed capacity of 630 pupils. The proposed extension is shown on the Proposed Site / Ground Floor Plan Architecture Initiative Dwg No DP-04 Job No AI_2058 Rev B enclosed in Appendix B. 2.3 Delapre Primary School currently has 18 full time and 54 part time staff. As a result of the extension the staff numbers will increase to 24 full time and 69 part time members. O:\\projects\4800\4875\Technical\Reports\4875R007 - Delapre Primary School\4875R007C TS.pdf 3 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 3.0 Surrounding Highway Infrastructure 3.1 The surrounding highway infrastructure is shown in Appendix C. The vehicular access to the school is located off Rothersthorpe Road. Rothersthorpe Road is a distributor road linking Delapre/Far Cotton with Briar Hill. Rothersthorpe Road is generally 6.1m wide with a 3m wide footway on the school side of the road and a 1.8m wide footway on the far side. The road has parking on both sides with pedestrian build outs. Rothersthorpe Road is subject to a 20mph (32kph) speed restriction and is traffic calmed with speed cushions. There is a pedestrian “zebra” crossing of Rothersthorpe Road adjacent to the school. 3.2 The vehicular access into the school is located on the west side of the buildings. Access is generally restricted to staff/visitors only. No parent/guardian vehicles were observed using or attempting to use the vehicular access. 3.3 Rothersthorpe Road connects with the wider highway network at a priority junction on the A5123 Towcester Road. Towcester Road is a main north/south route for vehicles travelling to and from Northampton town centre to the A5076 Mere Way ring road and the A45 Nene Valley Way. 3.4 Oxford Street is situated on the north side of Rothersthorpe Road opposite the school vehicle entrance. Oxford Street leads into the Far Cotton residential area. Oxford Street is 8.6m in width with 1.8m wide footways on both sides of the carriageway. 3.5 Footways within the vicinity of the school are of sufficient width to provide adequate facilities for pedestrian users at the school. The footways within the vicinity of the site have dropped/low kerbs and tactile paving at the appropriate locations. 3.6 There is a toucan crossing located on Towcester Road to the south of the junction with Rothersthorpe Road and provides a route to the Queen Eleanor Road/Delapre Crescent Road area. 4.0 Site Access and Parking 4.1 The school has one vehicular accesses located off Rothersthorpe Road which is located to the western end of the school and is access for staff and visitors only. 4.2 The school has three pedestrian accesses two located off Rothersthorpe Road at each end of the school and a third located on the eastern boundary of the site which is accessed via a pedestrian route located to the rear of the local Co-Operative shop. 4.3 The existing school has 16 car parking spaces for staff only. 4.4 As a result of the proposed extension the school’s car park will increase to 22 car parking spaces. The school will be provided with cycle parking for 10 spaces. The extended car park and new cycle park can be seen in Appendix B. O:\\projects\4800\4875\Technical\Reports\4875R007 - Delapre Primary School\4875R007C TS.pdf 4 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 5.0 Vehicle Movement Observations 5.1 Vehicle movements on Rothersthorpe Road and Oxford Road were observed at the school on 11th October 2012 between 08:00am and 09:30am. 5.2 Parents and guardians who drive their children to school tend to utilise Rothersthorpe Road, Oxford Road and Delapre Street as drop off points or park to take children into the school. 5.3 Most parents/guardians were observed to drop-off and or park responsibly. Generally cars were parked but were not impede private drives or the free flow of vehicles. 5.4 In a small number of cases, particularly at the eastern pedestrian entrance where there is a pedestrian build-out, cars dropped off children whilst waiting on the running carriageway; this generally did not impede the flow of traffic. At 0900 a taxi was observed waiting on the westbound carriageway just off the zig-zag lines to the “zebra” pedestrian crossing for approximately 5 minutes which caused overtaking manoeuvres in close proximity to the pedestrian crossing. 5.5 As would be anticipated there were a significant number of vehicle movements along Rothersthorpe Road during the morning peak hours. However, the vehicles were generally free flowing except for stoppages caused by use of the pedestrian crossing. Oxford Road and Delapre Street were generally lightly trafficked with no observed conflicts or safety issues. 5.6 An observation of available parking spaces on Oxford Street, Thirlestane Road and Abbey Road showed that there were adequate available parking spaces which could be used by the parents and guardians for drop off purposes. 5.7 There were no observed traffic movement issues which we believe would be significantly exacerbated by the proposed extension of Delapre Primary School. O:\\projects\4800\4875\Technical\Reports\4875R007 - Delapre Primary School\4875R007C TS.pdf 5 4875 R007C Transport Statement Extension of Delapre Primary School, Northampton October 2012 6.0 Sustainable Forms of Transport 6.1 The available sustainable transport infrastructure resources, within the vicinity of the proposed extension are set out below. Details are correct at the time of writing the report. The location of sustainable transport facilities and walking/cycling distances are shown in Appendix C.