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Beths Grammar School, Bexley Proposed School Extension, Beths Grammar School, Bexley TRAVEL PLAN August 2020 Prepared for: Beths Grammar School TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 Document Record Project Name P1432_20200806_Beths Grammar School_ Travel Plan Issue 1 Revision 1 Revision 2 Revision 3 Remarks: Draft Final Date: 07/07/2020 06/08/2020 Prepared by: GH GH Checked by: GS JM Authorised by: GS GS Copyright Statement This report is the copyright of TPS Transport Consultants Ltd. The information, ideas and other intellectual property set out in this report and supporting technical appendices are the property of TPS Transport Consultants Ltd and are for the sole benefit of Beths Grammar School, Bexley. TPS Transport Consultants Ltd. requires that the information, ideas and other intellectual property set out in this report are: Not shared with third parties and particularly with direct or indirect competitors of TPS Transport Consultants Ltd; Not conveyed to other consultants or personnel without the prior approval of TPS Transport Consultants Ltd; and Not copied in part or in whole. TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 Contents Chapter Title Page 1. ................ INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Site Location and Development Proposals ........................................................... 1 Commitment to Travel Planning ............................................................................. 2 Travel Plan Vision ...................................................................................................... 2 Travel Plan Aims and Objectives ............................................................................ 2 Report Structure ........................................................................................................ 3 2. ................ POLICY CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 4 What is a Travel Plan? .............................................................................................. 4 National Policy Context ........................................................................................... 4 Local Policy ............................................................................................................... 6 3. ................ ACCESSIBILITY .................................................................................................................. 10 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 10 PTAL / TIM Assessment ............................................................................................ 16 Summary .................................................................................................................. 18 4. ................ EXPECTED TRAVEL PATTERNS ......................................................................................... 19 Travel Survey – Staff & Pupils .................................................................................. 19 5. ................ TRAVEL PLAN MEASURES ................................................................................................ 21 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 21 Travel Plan Management and Resources ........................................................... 21 6. ................ TARGETS, MONITORING & REPORTING ......................................................................... 27 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 27 Travel Plan Targets .................................................................................................. 27 Monitoring & Reporting .......................................................................................... 27 TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 1. INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 TPS Transport Consultants (TPS) has been appointed by Beths Grammar School to prepare a Travel Plan to accompany a planning application for a proposed extension to the school, to provide enhanced Sixth Form facilities. Site Location and Development Proposals 1.2 Beths Grammar School is located to the north of Bexley town centre and is an established selective academy for boy’s aged between 11 – 16 years, with a mixed Sixth Form. The site is bound to the north by the River Shuttle and the A2 East Rochester Way, whilst to the east and south it is bound by residential dwellings; to the west the school abuts fields and allotments. 1.3 The site location is illustrated in Figure 1.1 below, whilst a site layout is provided at Appendix A. Figure 1.1: Site Location Indicative Site Location (Source: Google Maps) 1.4 The proposal seeks to increase the capacity of the Sixth Form, providing 7 additional classrooms for general use, alongside ancillary uses including enhanced dining and kitchen TPS Transport Consultants Ltd 1 TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 facilities. A learning resource centre (LRC) is also proposed. The development proposals will be provided in a new 3-storey block located in the western part of the existing campus. As a result of the proposals, the capacity of the Sixth Form will increase from 658 pupils to c.700; an increase of 42 pupils, in addition, there will be an uplift of 3 staff. As part of the proposals, access to the school via Hartford Road on the southern site boundary will be retained. Commitment to Travel Planning 1.5 Beths Grammar School recognises the responsibility it has to minimise the number of vehicular trips generated by the school and its expansion; not only to help reduce the amount of traffic on local roads, but also to reduce parking demand and improve road safety. It also has a role to play to encourage staff and pupils to be fit and healthy (through increase or uptake of active travel). 1.6 The school is, therefore, committed to engaging with staff, pupils and parents, in order to maximise the use of sustainable travel modes, wherever possible. Travel Plan Vision 1.7 The vision for this Travel Plan is: “To make the school a place where staff, parents and pupils can make fully informed travel choices and, in doing so, can reduce their reliance upon the private car and the resultant impact upon the local environment.” Travel Plan Aims and Objectives 1.8 To achieve this vision, the aim of this document is to: Minimise the impact the school has upon the environment and local highway network by promoting the use of sustainable travel options above less sustainable modes. Reflecting these aims, the objectives of this Travel Plan document are to: Demonstrate the range of travel options available to staff and pupils/parents; Maximise the use of sustainable travel modes amongst staff and pupils through effective promotion and engagement; and Use suitable monitoring and reporting mechanisms to assess, over time, the impact of the measures within this Travel Plan. TPS Transport Consultants Ltd 2 TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 Report Structure 1.9 Following this introductory section: Section 2 - describes the transport planning policy context within which this Travel Plan has been developed; Section 3 - details the accessibility of the school, focusing on the means by which staff and pupils can access the site by non-car modes of travel; Section 4 - provides an overview of anticipated staff and student mode share, with reference to data from recent a staff and student survey; Section 5 - identifies the measures that the school is committed to introducing to help minimise the traffic impact of the proposals and encourage increased uptake of active and sustainable travel modes; and Section 6 - describes the targets for modal shift, along with monitoring and reporting mechanisms. TPS Transport Consultants Ltd 3 TPS Project Number: P1432 TPS Project Name: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Date: August 2020 2. POLICY CONTEXT What is a Travel Plan? 2.1 A Travel Plan is a general term for a package of measures, tailored to the needs of an individual site or organisation and aimed at promoting greener, cleaner travel choices and reducing reliance on the car. It involves the development of a set of mechanisms, initiatives and targets that together can enable a developer or organisation to reduce the impact of travel and transport on the environment, whilst also bringing a number of other benefits to individuals, whether they be staff, parents, pupils or visitors. 2.2 A Travel Plan is a dynamic process that will grow and develop with time and in accordance with the changing circumstances of a site and the environment in which it is to be delivered. It is not a one-off event to be undertaken and completed, nor is it a document to be produced and put on a shelf. 2.3 Whilst this Travel Plan report is, therefore, being developed to support a planning application, it will need to be flexible and dynamic enough to take account of the evolving requirements and circumstances of the school and will be reviewed
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