Residential Development Thorpe Park Leeds Travel Plan February, 2015 Prepared for: Scarborough Developments Ltd Prepared by: Travel Plan Services Ltd The Loft, Dearden Gallery Dearden Street Ossett Wakefield WF5 8NR Residential Development, Thorpe Park – Travel Plan – February 2015 Revision Record Revision File Ref. Date Prepared by Checked by Status - 420_20140910_Thorpe Park 10/09/2014 GS JPH Draft Residential – Travel Plan A 420_20150211_Thorpe Park 11/02/2015 GS JPH Draft Residential – Travel Plan B 420_20150211_Thorpe Park 10/03/2015 GS JPH Final Residential – Travel Plan Copyright Statement This report is the copyright of Travel Plan Services Ltd. The information, ideas and other intellectual property set out in this report and supporting technical appendices are the property of Travel Plan Services and are for the sole benefit of Scarborough Developments Ltd in respect of development proposals for the residential development at Thorpe Park. Travel Plan Services 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 Travel Plan Services Ltd; Not conveyed to other consultants or personnel without the prior approval of Travel Plan Services Ltd.; and Not copied in part or in whole. Residential Development, Thorpe Park – Travel Plan – February 2015 Contents Chapter Title Page 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 Background ..................................................................................................................... 1 Developers Commitment to Travel Planning ................................................................. 2 The Travel Plan Vision .................................................................................................... 2 Travel Plan Aims and Objectives .................................................................................... 2 2. TRAVEL PLAN POLICY CONTEXT ...................................................................................... 4 What is a Travel Plan? .................................................................................................... 4 National Policy Context .................................................................................................. 4 Local Transport Policy ..................................................................................................... 5 3. THORPE PARK: A SUSTAINABLE & ACCESSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 8 Proposed Development Context .................................................................................... 8 Site Access & Local Highway Network ............................................................................ 9 Parking .......................................................................................................................... 10 Active Travel Options ................................................................................................... 10 Public Transport ........................................................................................................... 12 4. LOCAL FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 15 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 15 Education ...................................................................................................................... 15 Shopping ....................................................................................................................... 16 5. TRAVEL PLAN MEASURES ............................................................................................. 19 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 19 Travel Plan Management ............................................................................................. 19 Securing the Travel Plan ............................................................................................... 20 Travel Plan Budget/Mitigation ..................................................................................... 20 Travel Plan Marketing and Information Provision ....................................................... 20 Walking Specific Measures ........................................................................................... 22 Cycling Specific Measures............................................................................................. 23 Public Transport Specific Measures ............................................................................. 24 Sustainable Car Use Specific Measures ........................................................................ 24 6. TRAVEL PLAN TARGETS AND MONITORING ................................................................. 26 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 26 Travel Plan Targets ....................................................................................................... 26 Survey Format .............................................................................................................. 28 Residential Travel Plan Monitoring .............................................................................. 29 Monitoring Report ........................................................................................................ 30 7. SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 31 Residential Travel Plan ................................................................................................. 31 Residential Development, Thorpe Park – Travel Plan – February 2015 Appendices Appendix A Site Context Plan Appendix B Thorpe Park Masterplan Appendix C Bus Service Information Appendix D Thorpe Park Travel Guide Appendix E Action Plan Appendix F School Location/Access Plan Residential Development, Thorpe Park – Travel Plan – February 2015 1. INTRODUCTION Background 1.1 Travel Plan Services Ltd (TPS) has been commissioned by Scarborough Developments Ltd (‘the developer’) to prepare a Travel Plan (TP) for the proposed residential development at Thorpe Park, Leeds. The development will consist of a maximum of 300 homes, in a mixture of tenures and styles, on land bounded to the south by the Thorpe Park Business Park and to the north by the York - Leeds railway line. 1.2 Thorpe Park is an established business park which currently has around 550,000 sq ft of occupied floorspace, and an outline approval to significantly expand through the development of a mix of additional uses. The proposed residential development will sit on land which is currently earmarked for the development of B1 office floorspace within the approved masterplan, and as a result the overall mix of non-residential uses within the overall Thorpe Park masterplan will reduce. 1.3 When granting permission for the Thorpe Park masterplan a site wide Framework Travel Plan was secured [ref: 420_20130618_Thorpe Park FTP], which sets out how current travel plan activities at the site will be built upon as the site expands. Whilst paying due regard to that Framework Travel Plan, this Residential Travel Plan is being developed as a standalone strategy due to a recognition that the opportunities to promote sustainable travel within a residential context vary significantly to those within a workplace context. There is also potential that the residential development will be developed separately to the commercial site, if the site is sold to a residential developer. Preparation of a standalone Residential Travel Plan would allow that developer to implement the strategy directly if appropriate. It should be noted that any non-residential uses developed in the area shown as ‘Mixed Use’ on the masterplan will fall under the remit of the Framework Travel Plan (i.e. outside of the scope of this residential travel plan). 1.4 This TP has been developed to reflect the requirements of Leeds City Council's Travel Plans Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and the wider sustainable travel agenda. It is not an anti- car policy, rather a strategy for enabling residents to make informed travel choices by promoting the benefits of active travel modes and identifying appropriate measures to encourage their use. 1 Residential Development, Thorpe Park – Travel Plan – February 2015 Developers Commitment to Travel Planning 1.5 Travel plans can deliver a wide range of benefits to the developer, as well as to residents and the wider community. At the sales and marketing stage a proactive TP can assist a residential developer in promoting a site as an accessible and sustainable location to live, with a range of travel options available to prospective residents. This process enables prospective residents to make a fully informed decision when choosing to move to the site, taking into account the site location relative to sustainable travel options, and the knock on effect this may have upon reducing the need to use a car for regular or one off journeys. 1.6 The promotion of sustainable travel options from an early stage provides a cost effective mechanism by which developers can minimise the level of car based trips generated by a development,