Transport Statement Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School, Cardiff PREPARED BY: FOR: DATE: REFERENCE: Jubb Consulting Engineers Ltd. Cardiff County Council Sep. 2019 W19194-TS01 Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School Contents 1 Project Information............................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Project Information ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Project Details ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Report Details ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 Project Authorisation .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Preamble .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Background – Relocation of Fitzalan High School ............................................................................................. 4 2.3 The Stage 1 Enabling Work ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2.4 The Scope of Report ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 3 Transport Planning Policy ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Preamble .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Planning Policy Wales, 2018...................................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 One Wales: Connection the Nation .......................................................................................................................... 7 3.4 Technical AdVice Note (TAN 18) .............................................................................................................................. 8 3.5 Active Travel Wales Act .............................................................................................................................................. 8 3.6 Cardiff Local Transport Plan 2015 – 2020 ........................................................................................................... 8 3.7 Cardiff Local DeVelopment Plan .............................................................................................................................. 9 3.8 Managing Transportation Impacts Supplementary Planning Guidance (2018) ...................................... 9 3.9 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 4 Site Accessibility Audit ................................................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Site Location .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 4.3 Pedestrian Accessibility ............................................................................................................................................ 12 4.4 Cyclist Accessibility .................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.5 Public Transport Accessibility – Bus .................................................................................................................... 15 4.6 Public Transport Accessibility – Railway ............................................................................................................ 17 4.7 Travel by Car ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 4.8 Highway Safety ............................................................................................................................................................. 19 4.9 Summary ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 5 DeVelopment Proposal ................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Existing Uses ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.2 DeVelopment Proposal .............................................................................................................................................. 23 5.3 Site Access ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.4 Parking Provision ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 W19194-TS01-B 1 Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School 5.5 DeVelopment Traffic Impact ................................................................................................................................... 24 6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Appendix A: DeVelopment Layout ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Appendix B: Swept Path Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 28 W19194-TS01-B 2 Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School 1 Project Information 1.1 Project Information Client Cardiff City Council 1.2 Project Details Project Name Stage 1 Enabling Work Location Leckwith Road, Cardiff Jubb Project Number W19194 1.3 Report Details Version TS01 Status V1 Date September 2019 1.4 Project Authorisation ISSUE HISTORY: AUTHORISATION: Version Date Detail Prepared By Approved By A Sep 2019 Draft S. Radford J. Duffy B Sep 2019 Issue S. Radford J. Duffy W19194-TS01-B 3 Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School 2 Introduction 2.1 Preamble 2.1.1 Jubb haVe been commissioned as Transport Consultant to adVise on the transportation and highway issues associated with the Stage 1 Enabling Work associated with the relocation of Fitzalan High School to the land south off Lawrenny AVenue in Canton, Cardiff. 2.2 Background – Relocation of Fitzalan High School 2.2.1 In order to provide a modernised and attractiVe 21st century school, Cardiff City Council is looking to replace the existing Fitzalan High School with a new built 10FE high school on the land south of the existing school to the west of Leckwith Road and north of Cardiff International Sports Campus. 2.2.2 The deVelopment proposals are not envisaged to result in any increase in the number of students enrolled at the school but will offer better learning facilities and teaching environment for young people aged between 11 and 18. 2.2.3 The proposed new school site is shown in Figure 2.1 below. Figure 2.1 New School Site -Redline Boundary 2.2.4 A comprehensiVe traffic, access and highway study in the form of a Transport Assessment, was produced by Transport Project, dated March 2015, to address the associated transport and highway implications along the local highway network. The document was subsequently submitted the Local Highway Authority (LHA), which in this case is Cardiff County Council. No objections were raised from the LHA on the project with offsite improVements to pedestrian and cycling links agreed with the Council. W19194-TS01-B 4 Stage 1 Enabling Work Relocation of Fitzalan High School 2.3 The Stage 1 Enabling Work 2.3.1 It is howeVer understood that the site proposed for the new school forms part of the Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) - International Sport Campus and is home to a range of amenities and sports areas. 2.3.2 In view of this, to make way for the new school, it is proposed that these facilities be replaced on the site of the grass