LAND NORTH OF STOKE ROAD, HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY CLIENT: DEAN LEWIS ESTATES P17052 – Land North of Stoke Road, Hoo St. Werburgh, Medway Transport Statement Document Control Job Number P17052 Document Version Final N:\Projects 2017\P17052 – Stoke Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Medway\7. File Reference Reports\TS\Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Medway – FINAL Date January 2018 Client Dean Lewis Estates Ltd Name Position Written By David Stoddart Associate Checked & Approved By David Schumacher Director P17052 – Land North of Stoke Road, Hoo St. Werburgh, Medway Transport Statement CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Purpose of Report ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Scope of Report ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 TRANSPORT POLICY AND GUIDANCE ................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 National Planning Policy Framework ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Planning Practice Guidance ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.4 Medway Local Transport Plan (2011 – 2026) ................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 Medway Local Plan 2003 (Saved Policies) ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.6 Manual for Streets ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.7 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 3 EXISTING SITUATION ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.1 Site Description ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Local Highway Network ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Existing Traffic Conditions .................................................................................................................................................. 12 4 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL ................................................................................................................. 15 4.1 Development Description .................................................................................................................................................. 15 4.2 Access Strategy ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.3 Additional Access for Pedestrians and Cyclists ........................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Parking ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.5 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 5 ACCESS BY SUSTAINABLE MODES ...................................................................................................... 19 5.1 Introduction to Sustainable Modes of Transport ....................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Access on Foot ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19 5.3 Access by Cycle ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 5.4 Access by Public Transport ................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.5 Travel Plan ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.6 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................... 27 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27 6.2 Traffic Growth ......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 6.3 Committed Developments ................................................................................................................................................ 27 6.4 Trip Generation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 6.5 Person Trip Rates ................................................................................................................................................................... 29 6.6 Trip Distribution ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29 6.7 Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 6.8 Site Access Capacity Assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 30 1 P17052 – Land North of Stoke Road, Hoo St. Werburgh, Medway Transport Statement 6.9 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 7 ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................ 31 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 31 7.2 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................ 35 8.1 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 8.2 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................... 36 APPENDICES Appendix A Figures Appendix B Technical Drawings Appendix C Traffic Flow Diagrams Appendix D 2011 Census MTW Modal Split Data Appendix E Site Access Capacity Assessment Report Output 2 P17052 – Land North of Stoke Road, Hoo St. Werburgh, Medway Transport Statement 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Report 1.1.1 This report considers the highways and transportation implications associated with Dean Lewis Estates Ltd’s (DLE) proposal for a residential development comprising up to 65 dwellings located on land to the north of Stoke Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Medway. 1.1.2 This is an “Outline planning application for demolition of all buildings and structures and development of previously developed land and undeveloped land for residential development (all matters reserved save for means of access).” 1.1.3 The document has been prepared in accordance with the Government’s Planning Practice Guidance: Transport evidence bases in plan making (October 2014) and Travel plans, transport assessments and statements in decision-taking (March 2014) as well as the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Guidance on Transport Assessment