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Workplace Travel Plan Unit B4 - Lambs Farm Business Park, Basingstoke Road, Swallowfield RG7 1PQ 29 June 2018 Waterman Infrastructure & Environment Limited Pickfords Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1 9DG www.watermangroup.com Client Name: JP Winkworth Ltd Document Reference: WIE14810-100-R-1-1-1-WTP Project Number: DM/WIE14810 Quality Assurance – Approval Status This document has been prepared and checked in accordance with Waterman Group’s IMS (BS EN ISO 9001: 2015, BS EN ISO 14001: 2015 and BS OHSAS 18001:2007) Issue Date Prepared by Checked by Approved by 1-1-1 29/06/18 Dave Martin Andrew Trowbridge Andrew Trowbridge Comments Disclaimer This report has been prepared by Waterman Infrastructure & Environment Limited, with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the client, incorporation of our General Terms and Condition of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to us by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at its own risk. Content 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 What is a Travel Plan? .................................................................................................................. 1 Why do we have a Travel Plan? ................................................................................................... 1 Benefits of Travel Plans ................................................................................................................ 1 Aims and Approach ....................................................................................................................... 2 2. Transport Policy and Guidance ..................................................................... 3 National Planning Policy Framework (2012) ................................................................................ 3 Promoting Sustainable Transport ................................................................................................. 3 Employment .................................................................................................................................. 4 Parking Standards ........................................................................................................................ 4 Wokingham Borough Council Core Strategy ................................................................................ 5 Policy CP6 - Managing Travel Demand .................................................................................. 5 3. Existing Situation ............................................................................................ 6 Walking ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Cycling .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Bus ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Existing Commercial Modal Split .................................................................................................. 7 4. Proposed Development .................................................................................. 8 Cycle Parking ................................................................................................................................ 8 Servicing Arrangements................................................................................................................ 8 5. Objectives and Targets ................................................................................... 9 6. Travel Plan Initiatives .................................................................................... 12 Measures to Reduce Car Use .................................................................................................... 12 Car Sharing ................................................................................................................................. 12 Measures to Promote and Facilitate Cycling .............................................................................. 12 Measures to Promote Walking .................................................................................................... 13 Measures to Promote and Facilitate Public Transport Use ........................................................ 13 The Travel Plan Coordinator and Associated Support ............................................................... 13 Provision of Travel Information ................................................................................................... 14 Monitoring and Review Mechanisms .......................................................................................... 14 Travel Surveys ............................................................................................................................ 14 Multi-Modal Counts ..................................................................................................................... 14 Marketing and Communication ................................................................................................... 14 Dissemination and Feedback ..................................................................................................... 14 Ongoing Marketing ...................................................................................................................... 14 Workplace Travel Plan Project Number: DM/WIE14810 Document Reference: WIE14810-100-R-1-1-1-WTP N:\Projects\WIE14810\100\8_Reports\1.Travel Plan\WIE14810-100-R-1-1-3-WTP.docx Tables Table 1: Bus Route Summary .......................................................................................................... 6 Table 2: Method of Travel to Work Census 2011 (E02003455 : Wokingham 017) .......................... 7 Table 3: 5% Reduction in car use over 5 Years ............................................................................. 10 Table 4: 7% Reduction in car use over 5 Years ............................................................................. 11 Appendices A. Site Location Plan B. Walking Catchment Plan C. Cycle Routes and Catchment Plan D. Bus Route Details E. Proposed Layout Workplace Travel Plan Project Number: DM/WIE14810 Document Reference: WIE14810-100-R-1-1-1-WTP N:\Projects\WIE14810\100\8_Reports\1.Travel Plan\WIE14810-100-R-1-1-3-WTP.docx 1. Introduction 1.1. This Travel Plan has been requested to address potential means of reducing reliance on staff single occupancy car use and encouraging the use of alternative forms of travel to Lambs Farm Business Park on Basingstoke Road, Swallowfield in relation to the proposed construction of unit B4. 1.2. A wide range of potential benefits can accrue from the implementation of the Travel Plan, including improved health and well-being for employees who can change their mode of travel, and reduced environmental effects in terms of air quality, noise and congestion in the vicinity of the site. 1.3. The measures proposed and summarised in Table A at the back of this report will complement the existing facilities for non-car modes of travel in the vicinity of the site and help them to focus on the key objectives of Travel Plans, namely to reduce the reliance on single occupancy car use. 1.4. The Travel Plan has been prepared with reference to the good practice and guidance documents published by the DETR and DfT. It includes a number of measures intended to enhance the viability of using non-car modes to access the site and encourages travel by sustainable modes of transport. What is a Travel Plan? 1.5. A Travel Plan (TP) is essentially a series of initiatives that are introduced by an organisation to provide employees with an enhanced range of transport opportunities. The overriding objective of Travel Plans is to reduce the level of single occupancy car use for commuter and work-related journeys. 1.6. Every development has potential implications for local transport systems to a lesser or greater degree. The way that these implications are managed is fundamental to the scale of transport effects associated with the development. 1.7. Travel Plans are an important element of the Government's integrated transport strategy and are a means of managing the transport generated by a development or site and implementing initiatives to reduce identified adverse effects of such transportation. Why do we have a Travel Plan? 1.8. While there are a wide range of benefits that can result from the operation of a Travel Plan, their implementation is increasingly being required within the planning system as a condition, or requirement, associated with development. 1.9. This Travel Plan will form part of the planning obligations. Benefits of Travel Plans 1.10. The most easily identifiable benefits of Travel Plans are those that are directly related to reductions in vehicle use; namely proportionally less congestion, noise, air pollution and accidents. 1.11. There is however, a broader range of more intangible benefits that can accrue from the implementation of Travel Plan initiatives.