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Harrogate District Transport Model: Local Plan Testing Phase 2 Harrogate Borough Council Technical Note st 21 October 2016 Document Ti tle Harrogate Borough C ouncil Harrogate Borough Transport Model Local Plan Testing – Phase 2 HBTM - Phase 2 Project no: B2065500 Document title: Technical Note Document No.: 2 Revision: 4 Date: 21st October 2016 Client name: Harrogate Borough Council Project manager: RMc Author: RM File name: 7th Floor, Stockbridge House Trinity Gardens Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2HJ United Kingdom + 44 191 211 2400 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2016 Please select a legal entity from the Change Document Details option on the Jacobs ribbon. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This report has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ Client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the Client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this report by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description By Review Approved 1 31/8/16 Draft for comment RM SF RMc 2 8/9/16 Updated with comments from HBC AJ RM RMc 3 30/9/16 Draft mitigation AJ RM RMc 4 20/10/16 Updated with further junction mitigations AJ RM RMc 5 21/10/16 Minor revisions AJ RM RMc i Harrogate Borough Transport Model Local Plan Testing – Phase 2 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Report Structure .......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Harrogate Borough Transport Model ...................................................................................................... 2 3. Initial High Level Test................................................................................................................................ 5 3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Summary of Development Tested ............................................................................................................... 5 3.3 Models and Limitations ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.4 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................ 6 3.5 Model Outputs and Results ......................................................................................................................... 6 3.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 7 4. Local Plan Options .................................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 8 4.2 Committed Developments ........................................................................................................................... 8 4.3 Local Plan Growth Options .......................................................................................................................... 9 4.4 Modelled Growth Options .......................................................................................................................... 12 5. Methodology ............................................................................................................................................ 13 5.1 Overview of Forecasting Methodology ...................................................................................................... 13 5.2 Changes to the Baseline Highway Network .............................................................................................. 13 5.3 Committed Development Sites .................................................................................................................. 14 5.4 Local Plan Developments Sites ................................................................................................................. 16 5.5 Other Forecasting Considerations ............................................................................................................. 20 5.6 Other Changes to Demand ....................................................................................................................... 22 5.7 Future Year Trip Matrix Totals ................................................................................................................... 22 6. Forecast Option Results ......................................................................................................................... 24 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 24 6.2 Demand Variation ...................................................................................................................................... 24 6.3 Traffic Impacts and Flows Differences ...................................................................................................... 30 6.4 Forecast Volume to Capacity Ratio ........................................................................................................... 57 6.5 High Level Statistics .................................................................................................................................. 88 7. Junction Mitigation Measures ................................................................................................................ 89 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 89 7.2 Modelling Software .................................................................................................................................... 91 7.3 Structure of Mitigations Section ................................................................................................................. 91 7.4 Junction 1 - Clocktower Junction ............................................................................................................... 92 7.5 Junction 2 - Low Skellgate / Water Skellgate ............................................................................................ 94 7.6 Junction 3 - A59 / Harrogate Bypass ......................................................................................................... 96 7.7 Junction 4 - Woodlands ............................................................................................................................. 97 7.8 Junction 5 - Leeds Road / Hookstone Road ............................................................................................. 97 7.9 Junction 6 - Beckwith Head Road / Otley Road ........................................................................................ 97 7.10 Junction 7 – A61 / Otley Road, Killinghall ................................................................................................. 99 ii Harrogate Borough Transport Model Local Plan Testing – Phase 2 7.11 Junction 8 - St James Retail Pk / Harrogate Bypass ................................................................................ 99 7.12 Junction 9 – A61 / A59 ............................................................................................................................ 100 7.13 Junction 10 - A59/B6164 ......................................................................................................................... 101 7.14 Junction 11 - Westgate / Blossomgate .................................................................................................... 101 7.15 Junction 12 - North Street / Coltsgate Hill ............................................................................................... 101 7.16 Junction 13 - A658 / B6163 ..................................................................................................................... 102 7.17 Junction 14 - A61 Leeds Road / Follifoot Road / Pannal Bank ............................................................... 102 8. Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 103 iii Harrogate Borough Transport Model Local Plan Testing – Phase 2 1. Introduction 1.1 Background The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires local authorities to prepare Local Plans to identify planning policies and the most suitable development and infrastructure sites based on the objectives, principles and policies outlined in the framework. Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) is currently preparing