Consultation on the Future Chippenham distributor road route options About the project Wiltshire Council is seeking your views on around the town. These benefits would help three road route options for a potential underpin the future sustainable growth of new distributor road located to the south Chippenham and increase opportunities for and east of Chippenham. The road would residents and businesses. We have called provide a high-quality road link connecting this programme Future Chippenham. the north east and southern parts of the town to the A350 and improvements to To support the development of the scheme, Junction 17 of the M4. the Council has been successful in securing £75 million of government funding. Initial work indicates that a distributor road could bring significant benefits; it We would like to hear your views to help would directly unlock land to support inform a decision about which of the three much needed housing development and route options within each zone could be reduce traffic congestion in the town centre, taken forward to the next stage of the improving connectivity and travel within and development process. This document covers Local Plan review • How we got to this point Wiltshire Council as Local Planning Authority is currently consulting on its Local Plan. The Wiltshire Local Plan review process considers the level of growth in the town through to 2036 including • Details of the three road route options where new homes could be allocated, and is an entirely separate consultation from the Future • Explanation of the next steps Chippenham road route options consultation featured in this leaflet. • The timeline Any new distributor road would be subject to the outcome of a future planning application and progress of the Local Plan Review. • Details of the consultation events and how you can get involved and To find out more about the Local Plan Review and how to comment please go to the Wiltshire Council provide feedback website or use the following link: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-policy-local-plan-review-consultation Birds Marsh I. Future Area under consideration Chippenham The Future Chippenham distributor road would be located to the southern Distributor and eastern areas of Chippenham. Road – Options The area considered for the route is Assessment between the planned Rawlings Green B4528 development in the north east and –Transport Zone 5 the A350 Lackham roundabout to the TYTHERTON Connectivity LUCAS south of the town. Route options RAWLINGS pass over the River Avon both north GREEN and south. A350 KEY Preferred Development Sites Boundary Chippenham Identified in Local Plan Review Station (Regulation 18) MONKTON NEW Residential Area Identified in Local PARK LEAZE Plan Review (Regulation 18) FARM NCR403 Possible Future Development Area TOWN Identified in Local Plan Review CENTRE (Regulation 18) Distributor Road Option A HARDEN`S Distributor Road Option B FARM Distributor Road Option C Zone 4 Link Road Option 1 A4 Link Road Option 3 EAST CHIPPENHAM Public Footpath/Rights of Way Hardens Ln HITHER Bridge/Viaduct FARM NCR403 - National Cycle Route Abbeyfield 800m/10mins Walking Radius School Stanley Ln London Road Assessment Zone GATE FARM STANLEY PEWSHAM PARK Kings Lodge WEDMORE GREEN Primary FARM SOUTH WEST School LANE CHIPPENHAM HUNTERS FARM MOON Pewsham Way FOREST Zone 3 ROWDEN Avon Valley FARM FOREST PARK Walk GATE A4 Forest Ln SHOWELL SOUTH MIDDLE FARM CHIPPENHAM LODGE FARM Pewsham GREAT A350 LOWER Locks LODGE DERRY LODGE FARM HILL FARM B4528 A350 LACKHAM Zone 1 Zone 2 COLLEGE Why is the road needed? The Core Strategy provides a spatial Infrastructure led development: The The £75 million grant will support the expression of the Wiltshire Community Plan Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) delivery of a new distributor road to the east Working to deliver the vision of a more 2011-2026: People, places and promises, and south of Chippenham, linking the A350 sustainable Chippenham bid and Future Chippenham Project and will be focused on delivering the three at the northern and southern ends of the The adopted strategic plan for Chippenham overarching priorities: In March 2019, Wiltshire Council submitted a town, as well as specific improvement to J17 bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) sets out a future vision for the town that 1. creating an economy that is fit for on the M4. meets local needs for jobs and housing the future from Ministry of Housing Communities and By 2046, it is envisioned that the road could while addressing some of the longstanding Local Government. In November 2019, Wiltshire 2. reducing disadvantage and inequalities unite sustainable new communities and challenges it faces such as town centre Council was awarded a grant of £75 million. green spaces, including up to 7,500 homes, congestion and new developments delivered 3. tackling the causes and effects of The grant ensures funding is available to supported by local neighbourhood services in a piecemeal way. It aims for a more self- climate change. sufficient status for the town, so that the contribute towards the cost of delivering and employment opportunities. community can meet its living, work and Evidence for Chippenham has indicated the strategic infrastructure in and around leisure needs locally. that one of the best options to deliver the Chippenham to support the potential vision for a sustainable future could be longer-term growth of the area, should Employment and housing development will through the building of a significant new development come forward. be highly sustainable and balanced, with road both to relieve through traffic but also early delivery of key infrastructure and key unlock potential development sites. services to support growth. There is a goal to encourage young people to choose to stay and both live and work in the town because of the employment opportunities, access to housing and other available facilities. What are the benefits from delivery of the Future Chippenham distributor road? By planning strategically, Future Chippenham could enable the strategic plan for Chippenham. This provides opportunities to meet the following objectives: Strategic objectives Economic objectives • enhancing transport resilience in Wiltshire by providing connectivity to the M4 • unlocking land to support delivery of up to 7,500 homes up to 40% of which will be • enabling economic development along Junction 17 and A350. affordable, specifically planned to meet local needs including first time buyers so the strategic M4 corridor essential to the local economy Environmental objectives • improving access to training and • improving the viability and vitality of the town by providing homes and jobs to provide employment opportunities. • minimising the impact on the quality of increased local customers for businesses and services Transport objectives the environment • transforming the town’s housing offer • improving accessibility for non-car users • providing an improved corridor for • ensuring that economic development and regeneration is delivered in step with the the movement of people by promoting sustainable forms homes to increase the self-containment of the town and goods of transport • providing much better connectivity and help to reduce congestion in the town centre. • reducing town centre traffic • through infrastructure led delivery seek congestion providing opportunities opportunities to reduce the carbon to improve reliability of transport footprint of the road and scheme. What has been completed so far • Delivery case Initial road route options and link road • Environment / Economic case options (connections to the existing • Financial case Pewsham Way) emerged from an options generation process. An assessment of these • Commercial case options was then undertaken to ensure For the purposes of this consultation the that all options presented for this public distributor road route options have been consultation are deliverable and meet the split into five zones so you can comment strategic scheme objectives. on sections of the road options within each The process identified three potential routes zone. Further information about the Options for the distributor road and two link road Appraisal process can be found in the OAR options and shows a potential outer, middle Findings Summary. and inner route. Further details are available on the Future These route options have been assessed Chippenham public consultation webpage based on: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/future-chippenham. • Strategic case Road route options Option C: Inner route Pewsham link roads for consultation Option C, the inner route is 7.3km long An additional road linking the proposed Three potential road route options have been identified for the Future Chippenham and similar to the middle route and could distributor road at South Chippenham to distributor road. Two Pewsham link road options are also included in the consultation. function as an urban distributor road Pewsham Way is included in the scheme running through the development area. It extents and the HIF bid. This is to ensure We have completed initial assessments to compare the route options. connects from the B4528 near Lackham connectivity between the two areas. Two roundabout to the south of Chippenham, route options have been progressed for the Option A: Outer route Option B: Middle route to the Rawlings Green development to the Pewsham link road. northeast, crossing the A4 to the east side Option A, the outer route is 8.3km long and Option B, the middle route is