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South Northamptonshire Village Transport Appraisal Project 2011 South Northamptonshire Village Transport Appraisal Project 2011 Contents Page • Introduction and Context 2 • Conclusions and Recommendations 3 1. Blisworth 5 2. Bugbrooke 9 3. Deanshanger 13 4. Greens Norton 17 5. Hackleton 21 6. Hartwell 25 7. Kings Sutton 30 8. Kislingbury 37 9. Middleton Cheney 41 10. Nether Heyford 45 11. Old Stratford 49 12. Paulerspury 53 13. Potterspury 56 14. Roade 60 15. Silverstone 64 16. Yardley Hastings 68 • Acknowledgements and References 72 1 South Northamptonshire Village Transport Appraisal Project 2011 1.0 Introduction: The project is based on the village classification identified in the Interim Rural Housing Policy (2009) and seeks to further this work with a highway/transport focus. The project will assist in the delivery of the following outcomes: • To identify opportunities for minor transport improvements to the village to further support their future sustainability • To contribute to the evidence base for the preparation of the Rural Settlements DPD and Neighbourhood Plans • To secure the objective of the Transport Strategy of seeking improvements to the transport network in South Northamptonshire • To provide a local evidence base to feed into NCC’s 4 th Local Transport Plan, due for publication in 2012 • To provide an evidence base for negotiating allocated NCC Highway’s spend in the district within the life of their next Local Transport Plan 1.1 Scope of the project: The project has sought to undertake a qualitative assessment of each village’s transport needs and prioritise these for future action. The project will also enable the identification of opportunities to address transport issues in villages in support of strengthening their sustainability in the medium to long term. This will include ensuring that where development takers place in a village that the transport needs are addressed. The Village Audit and Transport Appraisal Project will therefore consider both transport problems and opportunities and seek to ensure that the forthcoming Local Transport Plan which guides the County Councils Transport spending reflects the needs of South Northamptonshire villages. 1.2 Context of the Study: Under the new National Planning Framework, which the passage of the Localism Bill will introduce, local planning authorities will still be required to prepare Local Plans. These will guide and deliver development that meets the needs of the local area, including housing land allocations and strategic development. Rural Settlements Development Planning Documents, Neighbourhood Plans and the Village Transport Appraisals will all contribute to this work. 2 1.3 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations of the Study: The principle findings from the study are: • Highway maintenance and service provision issues Highway maintenance issues are generally minor in nature and relate to items that have been scheduled for attention by the local transport authority (NCC and in one case MKC). Examples include poor pavement, worn road markings and broken or incorrectly sited signs that have been scheduled but not completed. There has been extensive concern about the impact of NCC budget cuts on street lighting, minor works and maintenance. Some parishes report agreed works outstanding for more than three financial years. In addition there is local concern about the impact of the ‘NCC Bus Subsidy Review’ (April 2011) and its implementation during late 2011. • Speeding and rat-running The issue of speeding and rat-running is common to all villages. However it was acknowledged that (a) Speedwatch works well and that support by the Police, Casualty Reduction Partnership and ACRE is generally good; (b) NCC is not in a position to finance major schemes that could solve issues in villages with long straight approaches. • Development & Growth In around half of the villages studied, considerable concerns were raised about new development. The principle issue was the perception of new housing development being of inappropriate size for the village setting and/or concerns about transport elements of scheme details such as pedestrian access or visibility for drivers at junctions. These are all issues that this review will enable SNC to draw more systematically to the attention of NCC with a view to securing a more holistic response to village needs now and in the future. The study identifies opportunities for securing Section 106 contributions (to both NCC and SNC) from new housing development to resolve particular issues within particular villages The analysis will be used in conjunction with the Community Assessment that Strategic Housing recently conducted in a number of these key villages. The analysis will also be used by Planning Policy and Economic Development in the consideration of individual planning applications and to identify development constraints. The analysis will also be used to inform the development of the Local Development Framework. Under the new National Planning Framework which the passage of the Localism Bill will introduce local planning authorities will still be required to prepare Local Plans. 3 These will guide and deliver development that meets the needs of the local area, including housing land allocations and strategic development. Neighbourhood Plans will follow Local Plans, and must be in line with these strategic policies and will not be able to block any new strategic development. Within South Northamptonshire the development of the Rural Settlements DPD which will follow on from the Core Strategy will examine policy for the rural areas of this District, including a comprehensive, detailed review of village confines. This is a detailed and exhaustive process that has now commenced and include consideration of local transport issues. The writing of policies and the setting of revised village confines will need to be sound and robust, and based on a robust evidence base. The evidence base will be developed from existing studies and documents, District data, County Council data and census information. The evidence base will be common to both the Rural Settlements DPD and Neighbourhood Plans and the Village Transport Analysis will contribute to both exercises. • Parish Plans It was evident that a number of villages had high quality Parish Plans clearly demonstrating the preferred future direction for the respective village. However a number of the areas for attention identified in plans dating as far back as 2005 have not been address, specifically in relation to public transport. Further study of the transport elements in these Plans is appropriate to seek ways to support village needs. • Proposed Actions Discussion with NCC to raise these concerns, specifically improving communication between NCC and parishes and ways to mitigate the effect of the budget cuts. Consideration of how to improve communication between parishes and the SNC planning development team on the transport elements of development. Development of a time-specific Action Plan to assist in the delivery of locally identified issues. The following timetable is proposed: Activity: Key Date: SNC Policy Committee guidance September 2011 Contribute to the evidence base for the preparation of October 2011 the Rural Settlements DPD and Neighbourhood Plans Implementation of Action Plan December 2011 Completion of Action Plan March 2012 4 Village Transport Appraisal Blisworth Executive Summary: The Interim Rural Housing Policy (SNC 2009) identified Blisworth as one of 13 ‘reasonably sustainable villages’ based on the availability of local services, facilities and amenities. However transport is vital to maintaining that status. The most valued local transport need is easy access to Northampton. 5 1.1 Village Profile: The history has a long tradition as a key transport node, with the Grand Union Canal, railway and more latterly the A43 clearly putting Blisworth on the map. In 1870, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described: “BLISWORTH, a village and a parish in Towcester district, Northampton. The village stands on the Grand Junction canal, 1 mile SSW of the North western railway, at the junction of the line to Northampton and Peterborough, and 5½ SSW of Northampton; and it has a station, of its own name, at the railway junction, and a post office under Northampton.—The parish comprises 1,980 acres. Real property, £4,314. Pop.,1,022. Houses,199. The property is divided among a few. The Blisworth tunnel on the canal, SSE of the village, is 1 mile long. ...” The loss of the station, the change in use of the canal and the A43 by-pass has been responsible for significant changes to the village over the last fifty years. The village continues to benefit from leisure and tourist-related trade from the canal, but still suffers from traffic volumes and traffic speeds on the old A43 which many consider inappropriate for this rural setting. 1.2 Transport availability: Blisworth has a variety of transport links to access local and wider services, including bus, train and road links, a summary of which is provided below: • Buses: Public transport provision is acceptable for a medium sized village although the quality of the service has suffered in recent years. The principle scheduled services are 86, 88 and 89. The 86 and 88 are fully subsidised and the 89 is part-subsidised by NCC. They are therefore likely to be revised as part of the impending Bus Subsidy Review. The consultation ended in May 2011 and changes will be phased in from September 2011. • Trains: Blisworth is just five miles from Northampton and services are generally good. However no direct access by bus is available to the railway station. The map overleaf demonstrates the access options available to Blisworth residents with four mainline stations within a 10 mile radius. • Road: Access by road is good with relatively easy access to Northampton and Towcester, A43 and M1. Local roads are in a generally good state of repair and key village roads and routes to the main town centres are part of the highways authorities ‘adverse weather’ gritting routes. • Dial-a-Ride: This is an area of concern since the JaSON service is little known with few current members within the village.
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