Transport Report ST PETER’S PLACE, WESTERN RD, LANCING FEBRUARY 2020 PRODUCED for HAMILTON INVESTMENTS LTD [DOCUMENT SUBTITLE] PRODUCED by REEVES TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD SGR/SPP/111218 V5 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Policy Context 3. Existing Conditions 4. Proposed Development 5. Transport and Traffic Impact 6. Parking Demand and Provision 7. Collision and Risk Assessment 8. Conclusions and Recommendation APPENDICES 1. Site Layout Plan 2. Local Bus Service Maps and Timetables 3. Southern Rail Network Map 4. TRICS Data Sheets 5. Swept Path Analysis 6. WSCC Residential Parking Demand Calculator 7. Sussex Safer Roads Partnership Collision Information 8. PBZ Ward Map 1 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING 1. Introduction 1.1 Reeves Transport Planning is appointed to provide a Transport Report in support of a proposed redevelopment at St Peters Place, Lancing, which is in the Adur District of West Sussex. A site layout plan is attached ta Appendix 1. 1.2 The proposal seeks to redevelop the existing garages and car breaker/repair site to provide 18 flats, with associated parking and turning areas that will be accessed via St Peters Place, Western Road. 1.3 This Transport Report is drafted with reference to West Sussex County Council’s guidance on the content of Transport Assessments and the Ministry of Housing’s, Communities & Local Government Guidance on Travel Plans, Transport Assessments and Statements, published March 2014. 2. Policy Background 2.1 This section of the Transport Report sets out the relevant policies, at a national and local level, that this proposal will be judged against. 2.2 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), adopted in March 2012 and updated June 2019, details the Government’s planning policy and is a material consideration in planning decisions. Its emphasis is on minimising the need to travel, reducing car use and encouraging the use of sustainable transport. It sets out the objectives with respect to promoting sustainable transport and notes that ‘the transport system needs to be balanced in favour of sustainable transport modes, giving people a real choice about how they travel. However, the Government recognises that different policies and measures will be required in different communities and opportunities to maximise sustainable transport solutions will vary from urban to rural areas’. 2.3 Section 9 of the revised NPPF has focused on promoting sustainable transport with suggested guidance on considering development proposals where: • Appropriate opportunities to promote sustainable transport modes can be – or have been – taken up, given the type of development and its location; 2 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING • Safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all users; and • Any significant impacts from the development on the transport network (in terms of capacity and congestion), or on highway safety, can be cost effectively mitigated to and acceptable degree. 2.4 Paragraph 109 reinforces that ‘development should only be prevented or refused on highway grounds if there would be an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe’. 2.5 Policy 15 of the Adur Local Plan 2017 states that development should include a layout and design that considers the potential users of the site, have safe access to the highway network, not result in harm to highway safety and have acceptable parking arrangements. 2.6 Policy 28: Transport and Connectivity explains that to secure significant improvements to transport and mobility in Adur, ‘new development should: • Improve public transport and access to it where opportunities arise. • Work with West Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council to promote a sustainable transport system along the coast to help in the regeneration of the area including Shoreham Harbour, ensuring that the A259 is improved. • Provide for improvements to the road network, including the A259 and A27. Measures include junction improvements, traffic calming, and where necessary new roads. Appropriate mitigation measures to address capacity issues at a number of key junctions including the Sussex Pad on the A27 will be sought. • Encourage proposals to extend the existing cycle network and secure a network of cycle, pedestrian and bridleway facilities linking urban areas, key sites, open space, countryside and coast. These will include new and improved rights of way (suitable for a range of users, including those with mobility difficulties, where appropriate) as well as improved access across the A27. 3 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING • Ensure that new development is located and designed to minimise the need for travel, facilitates and promotes the use of sustainable alternatives to the private car, and provides or contributes to the necessary infrastructure to serve the development and to mitigate against any adverse impacts to an acceptable level. Travel Plans and Transport Assessments will be required for certain developments in line with West Sussex County Council guidance and the National Planning Policy Framework. • Ensure new development contributes to the mitigation of air pollution, particularly in Air Quality Management Areas. Air quality assessments may be required. Where practical, new development should be located and designed to incorporate facilities for electric vehicle charging points, thereby extending the current network. • Implement a range of measures to address car parking issues in Shoreham town centre. • Apply the most up-to-date car parking and cycle parking standards. • Pursue with West Sussex County Council ways of managing the impact of HGVs in Adur and implement measures as appropriate. • Implement an area-wide behaviour change programme to encourage sustainable modes of transport and reduce demand for the private car. This should include a package of travel behaviour initiatives’. 2.7 The development will be required to support the objectives of the West Sussex Transport Plan 2011-2026, which are: • A high quality transport network that promotes a competitive and prosperous economy; • A resilient transport network that complements the built and natural environment whilst reducing carbon emissions over time; • Access to services, employment and housing; and 4 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING • A transport network that feels, and is, safer and healthier to use. 2.8 This Transport Report will demonstrate that the transport implications of the proposal meet the requirements of both local and national policies, and that it does not have any adverse impact on highway safety or capacity. 3. Existing Conditions 3.1 The application site is located to the rear of the existing block of flats that front the northern section of St Peter’s Place, Lancing. St Peter’s Place is a short cul-de-sac off Western Road, which provides vehicular access to the existing residential flats as well as several industrial units. 3.2 The existing St Peter’s Place/Western Road junction currently servesthe industrial and residential properties with appropriate levels of visibility available at the access, in particular to the north, in the direction of on-coming traffic. 3.3 The application site is occupied by an existingoutdoor vehicle repair and breakers yard and 12 lock up garages. The existing building is circa 172sqm, which contains repair bays with associated storage and office accommodation. 3.4 During our numerous site visits there have regularly been 30 vehicles parked on and around the site. The vehicles have been in various states of repair or are being dismantled. Large goods vehicles were observed delivering vehicles to be dismantled or collecting the bodyshells of vehicles that have been dismantled. 3.5 The current uses are served by an existing vehicular access track from St Peter’s Place, which is immediately east of the existing residential block of 15 flats. The current configuration provides a maximum of nine car parking space for the flats. Accessibility by Foot and Cycle 3.6 The surrounding environs are predominantly suburban in nature with footways on both sides of the road and typical street lighting. There are local amenitiesincluding a hair salon, takeaway and convenience store located within a 550metre walk. 5 www.reevestransportplanning.co.uk TRANSPORT REPORT ST PETER’S PLACE, LANCING 3.7 The site is 800metres from national cycle Route 2, which provides links to Worthing, Shoreham and Brighton. Accessibility by Bus 3.8 There are stops located on Western Road that are within the recommended optimum walking distances to bus stops, which Planning for Public Transport in Development, 1999, states as 400metres. To the north, there are two stops known as Carnforth Road bus stops that provide northbound and southbound services to Lancing town centre, Arundel, Durrington and Shoreham. To the south, there are the Water Treatment Works bus stops that are a continuation of these services. 3.9 Table 3.1 presents a summary of the routes and frequencies of the services available at nearby bus stops, and the relevant route maps and timetables are attached at Appendix 2. Table 3.1: Local Bus Services Monday to Friday Saturday Service Route service frequency service frequency Shoreham – Lancing - 9 Worthing – Littlehampton – Every 60mins Every 60mins Arundel Lancing – North Lancing – 740 School Service N/A Steyning Lancing – Worthing – Pulse Durrington Every 10mins Every 12mins Accessibility by Train 3.10 Lancing Rail Station is situated approximately 1.8kilometres directly east of the site, which falls within the two kilometres that the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation’s Providing for Journeys on Foot (2000) guidelines establishes as an acceptable walking distance for commuters. 3.11 The station is served by Southern services that provide frequent journeys to Gatwick, London, Littlehampton, Brighton and Portsmouth. The Southern route map demonstrating routes to, and from, Lancing Rail Station is included at Appendix 3.