Summary of Cycling Assessment on Strategic Development Sites in Horsham District
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Summary of Cycling Assessment on Strategic Development Sites in Horsham District West West of East of West of West of Horsham Adversane Grinstead Kingsford Mayfield Ifield Billingshurst Billingshurst Southwater Golf Club 1,200 Buck Barn 1,300 4,900 10,000 1,200 1,000 1,200 500 3,500 1. OVERALL 4 2 2 3 2 3/4 1 4 3 CONTEXT OF Based on Road No clear Good design Housing only Based on road Self-contained Entirely car Good potential Small but with scheme. cycling benefit. principles, extension to scheme. Major but with dependant. but needs potential on- PROPENSITY TO Good potential based on Billingshurst. barriers to potential commitment and off-site. ENCOURAGE but no details. Garden City, Potential is overcome with within site. to cycling and CYCLING Few crossings but car there but connections details. of the relief dependence needs and road. and road commitment. justification of building is station. undesirable. 2. OVERALL 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 LOCATION AND Extension to Could reach Potential to Billingshurst is Opportunity, There is scope Reasonably Extension to Cycling existing Billingshurst or cycle to very close but but not to improve as close to town, Southwater distance but DISTANCE TO Kilnwood Vale Pulbough, but Southwater opportunities explored. 3.9km to but no new and close to needs safe NEARBY and Crawley needs and Cowfold are identified 4.7km to Henfield crossing of Christs Hospital routes. SETTLEMENTS settlement. commitment. and on to but no Southwater centre, 8km to A29. Railway is but A24 is the 2.3km to OPPORTUNITY 4km to Crawley 3.8km from Downs Link. commitment centre, 6.7km Burgess Hill. on the far side major cycling Horsham TO CYCLE (direct),8km to centre to 4.7km to to build them. to Horsham of Billingshurst. barrier to centre via Horsham Billingshurst Southwater Less than 1km centre, 3.4km 1.8km to Horsham. Worthing (distance (direct). station via A29, centre, 10km to Billingshurst to Warnham Billingshurst 1.3km to Road. influences car Pulborough to Horsham station. station. station. Southwater dependency) 5.7km. centre. centre, 3.6km to Horsham centre. 3. DOES THE 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 2 2 LOCATION Based on Requires Major road But is New bypass No major roads Relies entirely Fundamentally delivery of construction of building, proposing proposed that needed unless on cars. “Roads relies on cars. AVOID CAR major relief new A24 roundabout extending a divides the required by make the site DEPENDENCY road. Ribbon junction and and park/ride. link road. site. New WSCC. sustainable”. development railway bridge. station may with Railway but no not be discontinuous station. justified. spine road. 1 of 3 Summary of Cycling Assessment on Strategic Development Sites in Horsham District West West of East of West of West of Horsham Adversane Grinstead Kingsford Mayfield Ifield Billingshurst Billingshurst Southwater Golf Club 1,200 Buck Barn 1,300 4,900 10,000 1,200 1,000 1,200 500 3,500 4. WALKING, 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 CYCLING AND Potential to Potential but Links and Potential but Potential but Potential but Only refers to Little mention Indicated, but reach not described. benefits for routes need for business no infra- Country Park but there is blockages PUBLIC Horsham, Downs Link, commitment and structure offering scope for easy north and east TRANSPORT TO Crawley and but works e.g. to station. employment shown. recreational access to – and no direct THE WIDER Gatwick but no opportunities but not routes. surrounding link to Pedlars AREA ARE WELL details. to other explained. settlements Way. Cycle link PLANNED settlements and facilities. north to need inclusion. Location of Horsham is footbridge desirable but unclear and unproven. should be cycle Need bridge. commitment to provide a good direct Horsham – Southwater route. Bridge over A24 is good. 5. WALKING, 3 2 4 2 2 4 1 No mention. Small site with CYCLING AND A ribbon Railway is Garden design No evidence Built-in Good potential None shown. no details of development major principles show although severance as self- Potential is cycle routes. PUBLIC with no severance with good links potential. across site. contained site. reasonable. TRANSPORT TO obvious centre, only one within the site. Shared use KEY but potential crossing. paths indicated DESTINATIONS for routes. Residents on primary WITHIN SITE ARE Railway line is might be routes. a barrier that employed on WELL PLANNED divides site. site. 6. CYCLE DESIGN & Potential but No mention. Principles No mention. No mention. None shown. LAYOUT no details. indicated. 2 of 3 Summary of Cycling Assessment on Strategic Development Sites in Horsham District West West of East of West of West of Horsham Adversane Grinstead Kingsford Mayfield Ifield Billingshurst Billingshurst Southwater Golf Club 1,200 Buck Barn 1,300 4,900 10,000 1,200 1,000 1,200 500 3,500 7. LOCAL Routes to Major No None provided Yes and Quadrant are Implied, but no Will need good FACILITIES AND location are employment employment so because close connection identified but detail. cycle facilities, possible, but planned on the residents need to town. potential. appear to be none shown. EMPLOYMENT none shown. site, but no transport out outside site. No indication cycling of site implying No cycle of employment commitment cars. access. site. for access. 8. CYCLE ROUTES Potential but None shown. Good Opportunities None shown. None shown. None shown. None shown. Only cycle no details. opportunities but avoid byway shown, shown. shared paths. needs development across site. 9. CYCLE PARKING Potential but None shown. None shown. Oversized None shown. None shown. None shown. None shown. None shown. no details. garages shown. Key: 1 - Very poor 2 - Fairly poor 3 - Mediocre 4 - Fairly good 5 - Very good Note that size of the community will be a major factor in the degree to which the site itself can realistically be considered self-contained (both eventually and during the period it is being built out) because shops, schools etc. often only come quite late in the process. Horsham District Cycling Forum November 2019 3 of 3 .