HAMBLETON LOCAL PLAN INPUT INTO LOCAL PLAN ON TRANSPORT RELATED ISSUES FINAL HAMBLETON LOCAL PLAN INPUT INTO LOCAL PLAN ON TRANSPORT RELATED ISSUES Hambleton District Council Final Project no: 70020552 Date: May 2016 WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Block A Clifton Park Avenue York YO30 5PB Tel: +44 (0)1904 615227 www.wsp-pb.com QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISSUE/REVISION FIRST ISSUE REVISION 1 REVISION 2 REVISION 3 Remarks Final Date 16/05/2016 Prepared by Michael Boother Checked by Chris Appleton Authorised by Richard Jones Project number 70020552 Report number 1.0 ii 1 INTRODUCTION AND STUDY OBJECTIVES .............................1 1.1 PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES ..........................................................................................1 1.2 STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................1 1.3 REPORT STRUCTURE ...................................................................................................3 2 REVIEW OF CURRENT PLANNING POLICY AND RECENT STUDIES .......................................................................................4 2.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................4 3 CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT .................................9 3.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT ......................................................................................9 4 CURRENT TRANSPORT CONTEXT ......................................... 26 4.1 TRANSPORT CONTEXT ............................................................................................... 26 5 FUTURE TRANSPORT CONTEXT ............................................ 40 5.1 CHAPTER OBJECTIVES AND STRUCTURE ............................................................... 40 5.2 PLANNED AND COMMITTED IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY NETWORK................................................................................................... 40 5.3 PLANNED AND COMMITTED IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES ON THE LOCAL HIGHWAY NETWORK................................................................................................... 42 5.4 FORECAST TRAFFIC GROWTH .................................................................................. 43 5.5 PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................................................... 44 6 PROPOSALS REVIEW............................................................... 45 6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 45 6.2 OPTION 1: PRINCIPAL TOWNS – DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED ON NORTHALLERTON AND THIRSK ................................................................................. 47 6.3 OPTION 2: CENTRAL TRANSPORT CORRIDORS – DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AROUND THE MAIN ROAD AND RAIL LINKS ........................................... 48 6.4 OPTION 3: FIVE TOWNS: DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AROUND THE FIVE MARKET TOWNS OF NORTHALLERTON, THIRSK, BEDALE, EASINGWOLD AND STOKESLEY ......................................................................................................... 49 6.5 OPTION 4: FIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGES – DEVELOPMENT DISPERSED ACROSS THE FIVE MARKET TOWNS AND VILLAGES WITHIN THE DISTRICT ...... 51 6.6 OPTION 5: A NEW SETTLEMENT – THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SETTLEMENT OR SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING SETTLEMENT ............................................................................................................... 52 7 OPTION SIFTING ASSESSMENT .............................................. 53 7.1 OPTION SIFTING ASSESSMENT ................................................................................. 53 8 OPTION ACCESSIBILITY ASSESSMENT ................................. 65 8.1 OPTION SIFTING ASSESSMENT ................................................................................. 65 8.2 RECOMMENDED APPROACH TO SPATIAL PLANNING ............................................ 76 Hambleton Local Plan WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Hambleton District Council Project No 70020552 iii TABLE S TABLE 3-1: KEY SERVICE CENTRE POPULATION ...........................................................................9 TABLE 3-2: HAMBLETON AND NATIONAL AGE STRUCTURE ........................................................ 10 TABLE 3-3: ECONOMIC ACTIVITY .................................................................................................... 12 TABLE 3-4: SOCIAL ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF WORKERS ............................................... 12 TABLE 3-5: HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION ........................................................................................ 13 TABLE 3-6: JOURNEY TO WORK DATA, 2011 CENSUS ................................................................. 23 TABLE 3-7: DISTANCE TRAVELLED TO WORK ............................................................................... 24 TABLE 3-8: TRAVEL TO WORK MODAL SPLIT ................................................................................ 24 TABLE 4-1: ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FLOWS ............................................................... 26 TABLE 4-2: PICS BY KEY SERVICE CENTRE AND SEVERITY 2012-2014 ..................................... 30 TABLE 4-3: SRN AVERAGE PEAK HOUR SPEEDS ......................................................................... 31 TABLE 4-4: NORTHALLERTON BUS SERVICES .............................................................................. 37 TABLE 4-5: THIRSK BUS SERVICES ................................................................................................ 37 TABLE 4-6: BEDALE BUS SERVICES ............................................................................................... 37 TABLE 4-7: EASINGWOLD BUS SERVICES ..................................................................................... 37 TABLE 4-8: STOKESLEY BUS SERVICES ........................................................................................ 37 TABLE 4-9: NORTHALLERTON AND THIRSK RAIL SERVICES ....................................................... 39 TABLE 4-10: TRAIN STATION FACILITIES ........................................................................................ 39 TABLE 4-11: ESK VALLEY TRAIN STATION FACILITIES ................................................................. 39 TABLE 5-1: TEMPRO TRAFFIC GROWTH ........................................................................................ 43 TABLE 6.1: NORTH YORKSHIRE TRIP RATES ................................................................................ 46 TABLE 6.2: OPTION 1 DEVELOPMENT SPLIT ................................................................................. 47 TABLE 6.3: OPTION 1 CUMULATIVE TRIP GENERATION DAILY TWO-WAY ................................. 47 TABLE 6.4: OPTION 1 TRIP DISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................... 47 TABLE 6.5: OPTION 2 DEVELOPMENT SPLIT ................................................................................. 48 TABLE 6.6: OPTION 2 CUMULATIVE TRIP GENERATION DAILY TWO-WAY ................................. 48 TABLE 6.7: OPTION 2 TRIP DISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................... 48 TABLE 6.8: OPTION 3 DEVELOPMENT SPLIT ................................................................................. 50 TABLE 6.9: OPTION 3 CUMULATIVE TRIP GENERATION DAILY TWO-WAY ................................. 50 TABLE 6.10: OPTION 3 TRIP GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION .................................................. 50 TABLE 6.11: OPTION 4 DEVELOPMENT SPLIT ............................................................................... 51 TABLE 6.12: OPTION 4 CUMULATIVE TRIP GENERATION DAILY TWO-WAY ............................... 51 TABLE 6.13: OPTION 3 DEVELOPMENT SPLIT ............................................................................... 52 TABLE 6.14: OPTION 5 CUMULATIVE TRIP GENERATION DAILY TWO-WAY ............................... 52 TABLE 7.1: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND SIFTING EXERCISE - OPTION 1: PRINCIPAL TOWNS .. 54 TABLE 7.2: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND SIFTING EXERCISE - OPTION 2: CENTRAL TRANSPORT CORRIDORS .......................................................................... 56 TABLE 7.3: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND SIFTING EXERCISE - OPTION 3: FIVE TOWNS ............. 58 TABLE 7.4: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND SIFTING EXERCISE - OPTION 4: FIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGES ..................................................................................................... 60 TABLE 7.5: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND SIFTING EXERCISE 5: A NEW SETTLEMENT ................ 62 TABLE 7.6: SPATIAL PLANNING OPTION RANKING ....................................................................... 64 TABLE 8.1: ACCESSIBILITY APPRAISAL EXERCISE - NORTHALLERTON .................................... 66 TABLE 8.2: ACCESSIBILITY APPRAISAL EXERCISE - THIRSK ...................................................... 68 TABLE 8.3: ACCESSIBILITY APPRAISAL EXERCISE - BEDALE ..................................................... 70 TABLE 8.4: ACCESSIBILITY APPRAISAL EXERCISE - EASINGWOLD ........................................... 72 Hambleton Local Plan WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Hambleton District Council Project No 70020552 iv TABLE 8.5: ACCESSIBILITY APPRAISAL EXERCISE - STOKESLEY .............................................. 74 TABLE 8.6: SERVICE CENTRE ACCESSIBILITY RANKING ............................................................