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BRAEMAR LODGE AND STRATFORD COURT, SALISBURY TRAVEL PLAN May 2019 Colten Care CARE HOME DEVELOPMEN T BRAEMAR LODGE AND STRATFORD COURT SALISBURY TRAVEL PLAN CONTROLLED DOCUMENT Document No: 020.0472/TP/2 Status: Original Copy No: Name Signature Date Prepared by: Martha Woodley April 2019 Checked by: Julie Jarvis April 2019 Approved by: Jon Huggett April 2019 Revision Record Rev. Date By Summary of Changes Chkd Aprvd 2 24.05.19 HCH Revised Layout JJ JH Disclaimer This document has been prepared in accordance with the scope of Paul Basham Associates Ltd’s appointment with its client and is subject to the terms of that appointment. It is addressed to and for the sole use and reliance of Paul Basham Associates clients. Paul Basham Associates accepts no liability for any use of this document other than by its client and only for the purposes, stated in the document, for which it was prepared and provided. No person other than the client may copy (in whole or in part), use or rely on the contents of this document, without the prior written permission of a Director of Paul Basham Associates. Any advice, opinions, or recommendations within this document should be read and relied upon only in the context of the document as a whole. The contents of this document are not to be construed as providing legal, business or tax advice or opinion. © Paul Basham Associates Limited 2018 Colten Care Paul Basham Associates Ltd Colten House Lancaster Court Wellworthy Way 8 Barnes Wallis Road Ringwood Fareham Hampshire Hampshire BH24 3FE PO15 5TU CARE HOME DEVELOPMENT BRAEMAR LODGE AND STRATFORD COURT SALISBURY TRAVEL PLAN Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2 2. TRAVEL PLAN POLICY .................................................................................................................. 5 3. SITE LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY............................................................................................. 9 4. CURRENT BRAEMAR LODGE OPERATION .................................................................................. 15 5. INDICATIVE BASELINE AND TARGET TRAVEL PATTERNS ............................................................ 17 6. TRAVEL PLAN STRATEGY ........................................................................................................... 19 7. IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT ........................................................... 24 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................. 27 Figures Figure 1 – Site Location Figure 2 – Walking Time Isochrone Map Figure 3 – National Cycle Network Routes Figure 4 – Cycling Time Isochrone Map Figure 5 – Staff Employee Home Locations in the Local Area Tables Table 1 – Travel Plan Objectives Table 2 – Site Proximity to Local Amenities Table 3 – Local Bus Services Table 4 – Local Rail Services Table 5 – Further Afield Rail Services Table 6 – Key Travel Resources Table 7 – 2011 Census Data “Journey to Work” Table 8 – Interim Modal Share Targets Based on Census Data Table 9 – Travel Plan Monitoring Strategy Appendices Appendix A – Salisbury and Wilton Cycle Map Appendix B – Staff Travel Survey Appendix C – Action Plan Braemar Lodge and Stratford Court, Salisbury Page | 1 Paul Basham Associates Ltd Travel Plan Report No 020.0472/TP/2 1. INTRODUCTION This Travel Plan (TP) has been prepared by Paul Basham Associates on behalf of Colten Care to support a planning application for a phased comprehensive development to provide two Class C2 care facilities: • Phase 1 - Demolition of the existing Stratford Court Class C2 care home and the erection of a new replacement ‘Braemar Court’ 54 bed C2 care facility with associated access and landscaping works. • Phase 2 – Upgrade and refurbishment of the existing C2 Braemar Lodge care home to provide 49 beds with associated access and landscaping works. The application site comprises Braemar Lodge, a 54 bed care home operated by Colten Care and Stratford Court, a 50 bed care facility at Stratford Road in Salisbury. The site covers approximately 0.7 hectares in total and is located approximately 1.5km north of Salisbury city centre. The application site is identified within Figure 1. Figure 1: Site Location (Source: OS Election Maps) Planning permission was approved with conditions in July 2004 to demolish the existing dwellings at Nos 18 and 20 Stratford Road (reference: S/2004/0823). The erection of a 55-bed nursing and residential home was allowed on appeal in January 2005 (reference: S/2004/0837). Wiltshire Council (WC) highways officers had no objection subject to a condition requiring the submission of a Green Travel Plan (GTP). Braemar Lodge and Stratford Court, Salisbury Page | 2 Paul Basham Associates Ltd Travel Plan Report No 020.0472/TP/2 Approval for Stratford Court as a rest home for the elderly dates back to circa 1984. Planning records detail extensions to Stratford Court including; ‘to provide accommodation for use as an elderly mentally dependent unit, sitting rooms, sun lounges and W/C’ (reference: S/1987/1234) approved in August 1987 and the approval for ‘the use of part of premises as a senile dementia group day care centre’ (reference: S/1989/2241), was approved in February 1989. A Transport Statement (TS) has also been prepared for the proposed development by Paul Basham Associates alongside this TP which assesses the impact of the development from a highway perspective. The pertinent information from the TS has been included in this TP. Travel Plan Principles A Travel Plan is a strategy for influencing travel demand to a development site, by meeting the travel needs of its users, reducing the impacts of car travel, supporting a reduced need to travel and an increase in sustainable travel where appropriate and possible. The Travel Plan Strategy promotes access to local facilities and activities for future site-users, whilst encouraging good design principles and working with the local community. A Travel Plan is an evolving process. It is a live document that is implemented, regularly monitored, reviewed, and has an identified owner. Travel Plan Objectives In pursuit of reducing the impact of car travel, the need to travel by car and increase sustainable travel practices, this Travel Plan will be supported by a number of objectives, as set out in Table 1. Due to the nature of the development and the fact that none of the residents have their own cars, this TP is primarily concerned with the travel patterns of staff members and visitors to the site, but also considers opportunities for residents to travel sustainably where appropriate. Objective Objective Number 1 To support the development as a sustainable community. To facilitate and encourage the use of sustainable travel modes in preference to the use 2 of the private car. 3 Continually develop, implement, evaluate and review the progress of the Travel Plan. To promote and improve awareness of the Travel Plan process to residents, staff and 4 visitors to the site. Table 1: Travel Plan Objectives Braemar Lodge and Stratford Court, Salisbury Page | 3 Paul Basham Associates Ltd Travel Plan Report No 020.0472/TP/2 Travel Plan Structure and Approach The structure of this TP has been informed by Wiltshire Council’s ‘Development Related Travel Plans: Supplementary Planning Document’ and will discuss the following: • Chapter 2: Travel Plan Policy • Chapter 3: Site Location and Accessibility • Chapter 4: Current Braemar Lodge Operation • Chapter 5: Indicative Baseline and Target Travel Patterns • Chapter 6: Travel Plan Strategy • Chapter 7: Implementation, Monitoring and Enforcement • Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions Braemar Lodge and Stratford Court, Salisbury Page | 4 Paul Basham Associates Ltd Travel Plan Report No 020.0472/TP/2 2. TRAVEL PLAN POLICY The objectives of this TP have been designed to work alongside those set at national, regional and local levels. For reference these objectives particularly relate to: • National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF); • The Wiltshire Core Strategy (2015); and • The Wiltshire Local Transport Plan (2011-2026) (LTP3). National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) The NPPF (revised February 2019) acts as the central guidance for development planning and replaces national planning policy guidance including Planning Policy Guidance 13 (PPG13): Transport. As defined in the NPPF’s Annex 2: Glossary, a Travel Plan is ‘a long term management strategy for an organisation or site that seeks to deliver sustainable transport objectives and is regularly reviewed’ and is a requirement for developments which generate a significant amount of movement. The following NPPF paragraphs are relevant to the Travel Plan: Transport issues should be considered from the earliest stages of plan-making and development proposals, so that: a) The potential impacts of development on transport networks can be addressed; b) Opportunities from existing or proposed transport infrastructure, and changing transport technology and useage, are realised – for example in relation to the scale, location or density of development that can be accommodated; c) Opportunities to promote walking, cycling and public transport use are identified and pursued; d) The environmental impacts of traffic and transport infrastructure can be identified, assessed and taken into account – including appropriate opportunities for avoiding and mitigating any adverse effects, and for net