Proposed Residential Development Park View, Thornton, Sefton CASTLE GREEN /FORTH HOMES Transport Assessment February 2020 Page a Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment REPORT Document: Transport Assessment Project: Proposed Residential Development, Park View, Thornton Client: Castle Green/Forth Homes Job Number: 3204 File Origin: Z:\projects\3204 Park View, Thornton\Docs\Reports\3204TA.3.docx Document Checking: Primary Author PW Initialled: Contributor GM Initialled: Review By PW Initialled: Issue Date Status Checked for Issue 1 17-12-20 First Draft 2 21-01-21 Revised Draft 3 03-02-21 Revised Draft 4 Page i Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 2 DEVELOPMENT SITE AND PROPOSALS ........................................................................................ 5 2.1 Existing Site ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Highway Network .............................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Development Proposals ...................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Servicing Access ................................................................................................................. 8 2.5 Parking ............................................................................................................................. 8 2.6 Cycle and Pedestrian Access ................................................................................................ 9 2.7 Scoping Discussions ........................................................................................................... 9 3 RELEVANT PLANNING POLICY ................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) ...................................................................... 12 3.3 National Planning Practice Guidance ................................................................................. 18 3.4 PPG13: A Guide to Better Practice ..................................................................................... 22 3.5 Local Policy ..................................................................................................................... 22 3.6 Planning Policy Summary ................................................................................................. 23 4 ACCESSIBILITY BY NON-CAR MODES .......................................................................................... 25 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Access on Foot ................................................................................................................. 26 4.3 Access by Cycle ................................................................................................................ 31 4.4 Access by Bus .................................................................................................................. 32 4.5 Accessibility by Rail ...........................................................................................................33 4.6 MASA .............................................................................................................................. 34 4.7 Accessibility Summary ...................................................................................................... 34 5 PROMOTING SMARTER CHOICES VIA TRAVEL PLANS ................................................................. 36 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 36 5.2 Travel Plan ...................................................................................................................... 36 Page ii Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment 6 TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................37 6.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................37 6.2 Assessment Criteria ...........................................................................................................37 6.3 Base Traffic Flows .............................................................................................................37 6.4 Proposed Development Traffic Flows ................................................................................. 39 6.5 Development Distribution................................................................................................. 40 6.6 Capacity Assessments ...................................................................................................... 41 6.7 Traffic Impact Summary ................................................................................................... 42 7 ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 44 8 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................... 46 Page iii Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment Contents PLANS Plan 1 Site Location Plan 2 Proposed Site Layout Plan 3 Proposed Site Access Plan 4 Swept Path Analysis Plan 5 Pedestrian Catchment Plan FIGURES 1 to 7 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Pre-Application E-mail from Sefton Council Appendix 2 Croft Eddisons Note on Pre-Application Discussions Appendix 3 MASA Report Appendix 4 Travel Plan Framework Appendix 5 LINSIG Output Page 4 Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Croft Eddisons have been instructed by Castle Green and Forth Homes to advise on the traffic and transport issues relating to a planning application for a residential development on land to the east of Park View in the Thornton area of Sefton. 1.1.2 The location of the site is shown on Plan 1. 1.1.3 The report provides information on the traffic and transport planning aspects of the development proposals and assist the local planning authority in the positive determination of the forthcoming planning application. 1.1.4 Following this introduction, Section 2 provides a description of the existing site and the development proposals and Section 3 discusses the relevant national and local planning policies. Section 4 provides an assessment of the accessibility of the site by non-car modes including a MASA assessment, before Section 5 discusses promotion of smarter ways to travel from the site. Section 6 analyses the traffic impact of the proposed development. 1.1.5 Section 7 will include details of the accident statistics on the surrounding highway network. Section 8 draws together the conclusions to this report. Page 5 Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment 2 DEVELOPMENT SITE AND PROPOSALS 2.1 Existing Site 2.1.1 The site is located in the Thornton area of Sefton, north-east of Crosby. The site is roughly bordered to the north by the A565, to the east by new residential development off Holgate, to the south by existing residential development on Holgate Park and to the west by the A565 Park View. 2.1.2 The site is allocated for residential development in the Sefton Local Plan and is referred to as MN2.25 and will be developed for around 221 dwellings. 2.1.3 The site is currently vacant land and has no formal vehicular access. 2.1.4 The image below provides some context to the location of the site. The ‘olive’ coloured sites are the allocated residential sites in the area. As will be detailed later in this report, the sites MN2.26 and MN2.27 have received planning consent and this site is MN2.25. The site on the western side of Park View is MN2.24 and is also allocated for residential but an application has yet to come forward. Page 6 Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment 2.2 Highway Network 2.2.1 The site is located east of the A565 Park View. This is a single carriageway road that runs in a roughly north-south alignment from the roundabout to the north of the site with the east-west section of the A565 past the site where it flows into Quarry Road. The road is street-lit and has footways on both sides, to the south of the sit. In the vicinity of the site the road is approximately 10 metres wide. Park View is subject to a 30mph speed limit. 2.2.2 The Park View junction with Green Lane is signal controlled. Green Lane then travels east into Lydiate Lane that runs to the south of the site. Page 7 Proposed Residential Development – Park View, Thornton, Sefton Transport Assessment 2.2.3 Lydiate Lane is a two-way single carriageway with one lane in each direction. Lydiate