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Oxley Wharf Property 4 Limited Royal Wharf Plot 14b Transport Assessment April 2021 transport planning practice Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................. 1 2 Site Assessment ......................................................................... 5 3 Development Proposals – Plot 14b .............................................. 12 4 Active Travel Zone .................................................................... 16 5 Trip Generation ........................................................................ 28 6 Impact Assessment .................................................................. 35 7 Net Impact Assessment ............................................................. 39 8 Travel Plan .............................................................................. 41 9 Summary and Conclusions ......................................................... 42 Figures 1.1 Location plan 2.1 Royal Wharf relative to local area 4.1 20-minute cycle Active Travel Zone (ATZ) 4.2 ATZ Neighbourhood Scale 4.3 Route to Pontoon Dock Station 4.4 Route to Thames Barrier Park 4.5 Route to Royal Wharf Pier 4.6 Route to West Silvertown Station 4.7 Route to Britannia Village School 6.1 Location plan Appendices A Delivery and Servicing Plan B Travel Plan C Accident locations D Photo record of key pedestrian routes 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 Transport Planning Practice was appointed by Oxley Wharf Property 4 Limited to provide transport planning advice and support for the planning application for Plot 14b of the March 2015 Outline Scheme of the Royal Wharf development located in Silvertown, London Borough of Newham (LBN). 1.1.2 This Transport Assessment has been prepared to support the planning application for Plot 14b of the Royal Wharf development site. Royal Wharf is bounded to the north by the A1020 North Woolwich Road, to the east by Barrier Point and Barrier Park, to the south by the River Thames and to the west by Deanston Wharf and industrial land which are accessed via Bradfield Road. The location of Plot 14b in relation to Royal Wharf and the surrounding area is shown on Figure 1.1 below. Figure 1.1 - Plot 14b Royal Wharf Western Vehicle Access Eastern Vehicle Access North Woolwich Road Barrier Point Deanston Wharf Plot 14b Royal Wharf Boundary River Thames 31203/D002b 1 April 2021 1.1.3 Plot 14b is located in the centre of Royal Wharf. Vehicular access to this plot is taken from Royal Crest Avenue, which has access junctions with North Woolwich Road at the eastern and western extents of the site. The car parking provision for the plot will be provided to the rear and within the podium of the building. It will be accessed via a gated one way service route between plots 14a and 14b. Much of the public realm and internal road layout of the wider Royal Wharf development is complete, with only those areas associated with the remaining plots under construction, to be completed. 1.2 Planning History 1.2.1 Planning consent was obtained from LB Newham and the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation for Minoco Wharf in November 2008, (07/01143/OUT and 07/01141/LTGDC). This formed a large part of the Royal Wharf development site. Following this consent the then site owner, Clearstorm Ltd, included their landholdings at Venesta Wharf and beyond to create a comprehensive and legible master plan of 15.2 hectares for which an outline area planning application was submitted (May 2011). 1.2.2 Through further consultation and design development of the eastern part of this larger site a Revised Proposed Development, comprising a detailed area and an Outline Area was prepared as a hybrid planning application in September 2011 with planning consent issued by both LB Newham and the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Refs: 11/00856/OUT and 11/00844/LTGDC) on 30 March 2012. The detailed Phase 1 elements comprised Plots 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10, designed in detail, and the remainder of the plots on the site were considered in outline. Since then Reserved Matters Applications for these outline plots have been submitted, approved and are either under construction or completed. 1.2.3 A Section 73a application for minor amendments to the parameter plans forming the outline consent was made in March 2015. These amendments to the parameter plans for the outline scheme resulted in some alterations to the overall development scheme. Allowing for those development plots that have already been designed in detail and set out in the preceding paragraphs, the resulting proposals comprised the following land use parameters for Royal Wharf as detailed within Table 1.1. 31203/D002b 2 April 2021 Table 1.1 - March 2015 Outline Scheme Land Uses and Quantum Max Car Parking Cycle Parking Land-use GEA/ Max Units M/C Parking (10% disabled) (Minimum) 3,287 apartments 1,643 max* 3,822 min** 99*** Residential 98 Houses 98 max* 196 min** 3*** Total Residential **** 3,385 units 1,741 max 4,018 min 102 7 staff + Employment (B1) 28 staff 7,000sqm (28 servicing 8 (3% jobs) (255 jobs) (1/250sqm) bays) 14 staff (1/400) 6 staff + + Retail (A1-A5) 5,500sqm 55 visitor 4 (3% jobs) 28 vis (1/100) (1/200sqm) 6 staff (1/10staff) Community D1 6 staff 9,600sqm 10 vis (1/10vis) 2 (3% jobs) (Including School) (1/10staff) 11 pupil(1/40pupil) 2 staff 2 staff Leisure D2 3,000sqm (1/10staff) 1 (3% jobs) (1/10staff) 10 vis (1/10vis) Car Club 10 spaces 21 Staff 50 Staff Total Non-Residential - 55 Visitor 11 Pupil 15 10 Car Club 48 Visitor * Based on 0.5 car spaces per unit for apartments and 1 car space per unit for houses; ** Based on 1 cycle space for small units and 2 cycle spaces per unit for 3 bed+; *** Based on 3% of units, the average motorcycle ownership; and **** Indicative mix used in the EIA. 1.2.4 A Transport Statement was prepared by TPP to support the Section 73a application in March 2015. In overall terms, the assessment showed that the transport impact of the amended scheme would be less than that originally assessed within the May 2011 Transport Assessment and Environmental Statement. 1.3 Report Structure 1.3.1 This report has been prepared broadly in accordance with current online TfL guidelines. The development impacts have been assessed, with cross reference to the March 2015 Transport Statement and May 2011 Transport Assessment, where relevant. 31203/D002b 3 April 2021 1.3.2 This document is therefore structured as follows: Chapter 2 provides the site assessment for Plot 14b; Chapter 3 presents the development proposals for Plot 14b; Chapter 4 assesses the Active Travel Zone in terms of the Healthy Streets Indicators for how people of all abilities will make key journeys within a 20-minute cycle area around the site. Chapter 5 provides the methodology and commentary on the trip generation; Chapter 6 assesses the impact of the development on each mode of transport; Chapter 7 provides commentary on the Travel Plan; and Chapter 8 summarises and presents the conclusions of this Transport Assessment. 31203/D002b 4 April 2021 2 SITE ASSESSMENT 2.1 Site location and land use 2.1.1 Royal Wharf is located in Newham between North Woolwich Road and the River Thames; and close to Pontoon Dock and West Silvertown DLR stations. Figure 2.1 shows the local area around Royal Wharf. Figure 2.1: Royal Wharf relative to local area Royal Wharf 2.2 Site access Vehicular access to Royal Wharf is from North Woolwich Road within an internal arrangement of private on-site roads serving each of the building plots. All of the on-site routes have been constructed to adoptable standards with footways and 31203/D002b 5 April 2021 street lighting. The roads have reduced (5mph) speed limits to benefit pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users. 2.2.1 The boundary of North Woolwich Road is permeable to pedestrians and cyclists allowing them access via a number of routes rather than being constrained to the two vehicular access points. 2.3 Public Transport 2.3.1 Royal Wharf is served by local bus services and the Dockland Light Railway network. The site is located within 300m of two DLR stations, West Silvertown and Pontoon Dock, which are both on the Woolwich Arsenal branch of the DLR line, as well as a bus route which stops directly outside the site on North Woolwich Road. 2.4 Bus 2.4.1 Bus route 474 is currently the only service within walking distance of Royal Wharf. It serves stops ‘R’ and ‘Q’ in the westbound direction located at Mill Road and Pontoon Dock Station respectively on North Woolwich Road. The nearest stop for the eastbound service is stop ‘S’ which is located opposite Barrier Point Road at Pontoon Dock Station on North Woolwich Road. The route operates five buses per hour in each direction between Canning Town and Manor Park. 2.4.2 Canning Town Bus Station accommodates 10 bus routes serving a number of destinations in Newham and towards Central London. In addition, Canning Town also provides an interchange with the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway services. It can be accessed from the site by either route 474 or via the DLR from West Silvertown or Pontoon Dock stations. 2.4.3 Future investment in the local bus network, funded by Section 106 contributions from the Royal Wharf Development and other schemes in the local area, along with the provision of Crossrail at Custom House in 2021-22, and the proposed Silvertown Tunnel in 2025, will be expected to bring forward improved/additional bus service provision within the wider Royal Docks area. 2.4.4 Royal Wharf has been designed to accommodate the diversion of bus services into the site from North Woolwich Road with three pairs of bus stops 31203/D002b 6 April 2021 incorporated within the primary route within the scheme. Additionally, a contribution towards service frequency and additional route enhancements of £3.3 million has been paid as S106 Agreement contributions as mitigation towards the impact of the Royal Wharf development on bus service patronage.