Land at Glenmore Farm, Westbury Transport Assessment On behalf of Project Ref: 27325/003 | Rev: v3 | Date: June 2015 Office Address: Lakeside House, Blackbrook Business Park, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton TA1 2PX T: +44 (0)1823 445 150 F: +44 (0)1823 445 151 E: [email protected] Land at Glenmore Farm, Westbury Transport Assessment Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Project Brief ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Determination of Scope ................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Report Structure ............................................................................................................. 1 2 Existing Conditions..................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Site Location .................................................................................................................. 2 2.2 Existing Pedestrian and Cycle Conditions ..................................................................... 2 2.3 Existing Public Transport Conditions ............................................................................. 3 2.4 Existing Highway Network ............................................................................................. 4 2.5 Existing Highway Safety Conditions .............................................................................. 4 2.6 Existing Local Facilities .................................................................................................. 6 2.7 Summary ........................................................................................................................ 7 3 Proposed Development .............................................................................................................. 7 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Proposed Land Uses ..................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Proposed Site Access .................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 9 4 Policy Context ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 10 4.2 National Policy ............................................................................................................. 10 4.3 Local Policy .................................................................................................................. 12 4.4 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 13 5 Multi Modal Analysis ................................................................................................................. 14 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 14 5.2 Trip Generation ............................................................................................................ 14 5.3 Modal Split ................................................................................................................... 15 5.4 Trip Distribution ............................................................................................................ 16 5.5 Assessment of Development Impact ........................................................................... 22 6 Traffic Impact Assessment ...................................................................................................... 23 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 23 6.2 Study Area ................................................................................................................... 23 6.3 Existing Network Traffic ............................................................................................... 23 6.4 Future Year Traffic ....................................................................................................... 23 6.5 Committed Development ............................................................................................. 24 6.6 Development Traffic Assignment ................................................................................. 24 6.7 Junction Capacity Assessment .................................................................................... 25 6.8 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 31 7 Summary and Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 32 7.1 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 32 7.2 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 33 J:\27325 Glenmore Farm, Westbury\003_TA_TTR\Reports\Glenmore Farm TA - v3.docx iii Land at Glenmore Farm, Westbury Transport Assessment Tables Table 2-1 Regional Rail destination information from Westbury station ............................................. 3 Table 2-2 COBA PIA Junction Analysis .............................................................................................. 6 Table 2-3 COBA PIA Link Analysis ..................................................................................................... 6 Table 5-1 Person Trip Generation – Residential Development. ....................................................... 14 Table 5-2 Residential Modal Split ..................................................................................................... 15 Table 5-3 Residential Person Trip Analysis Summary ...................................................................... 15 Table 5-4 ‘Travel to Work’ Zone Descriptions ................................................................................... 16 Table 5-5 ‘Travel to Work’ Percentage Distribution - Residents of North Westbury ......................... 18 Table 5-6 Distributed Residential Development Trip Generation AM Peak ...................................... 20 Table 5-7 Distributed Residential Development Trip Generation PM Peak ...................................... 21 Table 6-3 Local Adjusted Traffic Growth for Honiton Area ............................................................... 24 Table 6-4 The Ham/South Eastern Site Access Priority Junction Capacity Analysis – AM Peak .... 26 Table 6-5 The Ham/South Eastern Site Access Priority Junction Capacity Analysis – PM Peak .... 26 Table 6-8 Station Road/The Ham/Brook Lane Roundabout Junction Capacity Analysis – AM Peak .. .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 6-9 Station Road/The Ham/Brook Lane Roundabout Junction Capacity Analysis – PM Peak .. .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 6-10 Station Road/ West End/Haynes Road Roundabout Junction Capacity Analysis – AM Peak .................................................................................................................................. 28 Table 6-11 Station Road/ West End/Haynes Road Roundabout Junction Capacity Analysis – PM Peak .................................................................................................................................. 28 Table 6-12 White Horse Business Park/Westbury Road/Phillips Way Roundabout Capacity Analysis – AM Peak ......................................................................................................................... 29 Table 6-13 White Horse Business Park/Westbury Road/Phillips Way Roundabout Capacity Analysis – PM Peak ......................................................................................................................... 29 Table 6-14 Yarnbrook Road/Hawkeridge Road/Westbury Road Roundabout Capacity Analysis – AM Peak .................................................................................................................................. 30 Table 6-15 Yarnbrook Road/Hawkeridge Road/Westbury Road Roundabout Capacity Analysis – PM Peak .................................................................................................................................. 30 J:\27325 Glenmore Farm, Westbury\003_TA_TTR\Reports\Glenmore Farm TA - v3.docx iv Land at Glenmore Farm, Westbury Transport Assessment Figures Figure 2-1 Site Location Plan Figure 2-2 Pedestrian Isochrones Figure 2-3 Cycling Isochrones Figure 2-4 Local Facilities Plan Figure 6-1 2016 Base Traffic Flows – AM Peak Figure 6-2 2021 Base Traffic Flows – AM Peak Figure 6-3 2016 Base Traffic Flows – PM Peak Figure 6-4 2021 Base Traffic Flows – PM Peak