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AA/4/1 20Th May 2011 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 Inquiry Into AA/4/1 20th May 2011 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Acquisition of Land Act 1981 Inquiry into: City Of Westminster (Victoria Regeneration Permission One) Compulsory Purchase Order 2011 Stopping Up Order 2011 Proof Of Evidence of Roy McGowan - Steer Davies Gleave On Transport Matters 1 20.05.11 CONTENTS CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 CURRENT SITUATION ......................................................................................................... 7 3.0 COMPLIANCE WITH TRANSPORT POLICY ................................................................... 16 4.0 OBJECTORS TO THE CPO ............................................................................................... 34 5.0 STOPPING UP ORDER ...................................................................................................... 38 6.0 OBJECTORS TO THE STOPPING UP ORDER ............................................................... 42 7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 44 2 20.05.11 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Details of the witness 1.1.1 I am Roy McGowan and I am a Transport Planner with 33 years‟ experience. I hold a Masters degree in Transport Planning and Management. I am a Director of Steer Davies Gleave which is an independent international transport consultancy with more than 320 staff. 1.1.2 I joined Steer Davies Gleave in 1992 after 14 years of transport planning in the public sector and have extensive experience in regeneration, commercial and residential development, stations, stadia and major events, transport interchange and master planning. 1.1.3 My project experience includes the King's Cross Railway Lands, Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Merseytravel Public Transport, RAF East Camp (Hendon), Canary Wharf, London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Thameslink, the Royal Opera House, the Arsenal Regeneration Projects and Emirates Stadium, the Ritz Hotel, Wembley Stadium, Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014, Cambridge (Hitchin) Rail Curve, One Wood Street, One New Change and Victoria Transport Interchange VTI1 and VTI2. 1.1.4 I am currently directing Steer Davies Gleave's transport services for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including pedestrian and vehicle movements for the Olympic Stadium; Victoria Transport Interchange 2; the 3 20.05.11 UEFA Champions‟ League Final Transport & Mobility Domain Plan; and other commercial development proposals across central London. 1.1.5 I am the Transport Advisor to the City Property Association and have provided quarterly briefing papers and transport advice since 2007. 1.1.6 Appendix A includes my CV and a selection of my project experience. 1.2 Track record of projects worked on 1.2.1 Steer Davies Gleave has been ongoing transport advisors to Land Securities for over seven years and was commissioned in January 2005 to provide transport and passenger movement advice with regard to the emerging Victoria Transport Interchange VTI1 and VTI2 proposed development schemes. 1.2.2 As a company our previous experience includes over 20 years of ongoing transport advice for new developments in London, supporting the major city developers such as Canary Wharf Group, British Land and Land Securities. We are experts in transport planning and pedestrian movement and modelling, and our most recent ongoing projects include a study of crowd flow and evacuation routes for London 2012 Olympic Games; the provision of crowd flow and transport solutions for football stadia worldwide including Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and World Cup stadia for South Africa and 4 20.05.11 Brazil; and passenger modelling for the preferred development option at Euston Station and for the Crossrail proposals at Paddington. We have also worked for a number of London Boroughs assessing pedestrian movement and the interaction with the public realm and for development sites such as Centre Point and of course Victoria Transport Interchange. 1.2.3 In addition, Steer Davies Gleave has extensive experience of providing transport advice on various aspects of major transport scheme developments. We are currently working on the Northern Line Extension project which is being jointly promoted by TfL, Real Estate Opportunities and Treasury Holdings Limited. We are preparing the Transport and Works Act submission and developing the business case and the Transport Assessment and, with Ardent, undertaking the public consultation for this new transport infrastructure in Nine Elms and Battersea. We are also advising Network Rail on High Speed Rail, the Department for Transport on the mainline rail network and many of the Public Transport Executives on the development of their metropolitan transport networks. 1.3 Personal Involvement 1.3.1 I have personally progressed Land Securities‟ development proposals at Victoria with the team since 2005 and I have directed Steer Davies Gleave‟s involvement since 2006. 5 20.05.11 1.3.2 Although my role of Project Director indicates a strategic level of involvement, I have taken a keen interest and hands- on approach in our work in Victoria. 1.4 Subject matter for Inquiry 1.4.1 The Inquiry is being held to consider the proposed use of Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and Stopping Up Order (SUO) powers for the development of Permission 1 of the Victoria Transport Interchange 2 (VTI2) proposals. It is expected that future phases will be constructed at a later date. 1.4.2 I am present to help explain and present the transport and pedestrian assessments and benefits for VTI2 Permission 1 and to discuss any objections on transport grounds for both the CPO and the SUO. 1.4.3 To avoid repetition I refer to Hugh Bullock‟s proof of evidence for the details of the sequence of events. 6 20.05.11 2.0 CURRENT SITUATION 2.1 Existing Use of the Site 2.1.1 The majority of the site is currently owned by LC25 Limited and is mixed use. Many of the buildings host offices on the upper floors and retail at the lower floors, but the site also provides some residential and hotel spaces1. 2.1.2 Victoria contains one of the busiest transport interchanges in London. The rail and underground stations accommodate 136.8 million and 80 million people per year respectively2. This has increased from the best available figures in 2008 when the Transport Assessment was produced referring to 115 million people passing through Victoria mainline station each year and 75 million using the Victoria interchange each year3 4. 2.1.3 Victoria is also a hub for tourists due to: the location of the transport interchange (mainline rail, underground, buses, coaches and tourist buses); the mainline station being the terminus for numerous train services to and from Gatwick airport; the coach station being the central London hub for national and international coach travel; and the number of tourist attractions in the vicinity such as Buckingham Palace, 1 Land Securities/Steer Davies Gleave (2009) VTI2 Transport Assessment (CD C13) - Paragraph 2.6 and Table 6.1 2 Westminster City Council (2011) Draft Victoria Area Planning Brief (CD B19) – Paragraph 5.0.2 3 Land Securities/Steer Davies Gleave (2009) VTI2 Transport Assessment (CD C13) - Paragraph 2.5 4 Westminster City Council (2006) Victoria Area Planning Brief (CD B17) – Paragraph 7.6. 7 20.05.11 the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the Royal Parks5. 2.2 Public Transport Provision 2.2.1 The Victoria area is exceptionally well served by public transport and has a Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) of 6b. This is the highest level and is regarded as „excellent‟. The PTAL index is a measure of the accessibility of a point to the public transport network, taking in to account walk access time and service availability. The index is recognised by TfL6. 2.2.2 The key features of the transport network close to the site are: London Victoria mainline rail station with Southeastern and Southern (including the Gatwick Express) trains to Clapham Junction, Gatwick and the south and east coasts; Victoria underground station with access to the Victoria, Circle and District Lines7 with extensive VSU (Victoria Station Upgrade) proposals underway; St. James‟ Park underground station with access to the Circle and District Lines is also close by; 19 TfL Bus routes which serve the Terminus Place bus station (in at least one direction). Of these, 12 routes terminate at the facility and 7 pass through it. In addition 5 Land Securities/Steer Davies Gleave (2009) VTI2 Transport Assessment (CD C13) – Paragraphs 2.57 and 2.60. 6 Land Securities/Steer Davies Gleave (2009) VTI2 Transport Assessment (CD C13) – Paragraphs 2.32 – 2.35 7 Land Securities/Steer Davies Gleave (2009) VTI2 Transport Assessment (CD C13) – Table 2.7 8 20.05.11 1 route (route 24) passes through Victoria without serving the station in either direction8; Big Bus (blue and red routes) and Original Tour (yellow and red routes) tourist bus services; National and International coach services from the Victoria Coach Station and the Green Line stations to the south of the main Victoria interchange; and Taxis / Black Cabs licensed by the Public Carriage Office at two taxi ranks to the north and south of the mainline station. 2.1 Highway 2.1.1 The road network around the site is relatively complex and includes
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