TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT INCLUDING PARKING ASSESSMENT CIVIC ENGINEERS December 2020 1 Civic Engineers Job Title Prepared for Love Wolverton Love Wolverton Report Type Date Transport Assessment including Parking Assessment ISSUE v09 10 December 2020 Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Commission .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Development Description ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Development Proposals and Vision ......................................................................................................................... 4 Report Content ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Planning History ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Existing Site and Transport Context .................................................................................................................. 6 Site Location ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Existing Land Use .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Local Amenities and Connectivity Overview ...................................................................................................... 6 Pedestrian Access ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Cycle Access ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Bus Access ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Rail .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Local Highway Network .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Traffic Regulation Orders ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Car Parking ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Road Safety ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3. Policy Context ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 National Policy .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.2.1 National Planning Policy Framework ............................................................................................................ 18 Local Policy ........................................................................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.2 Mobility Strategy for Milton Keynes 2018-2036: Transport Infrastructure Delivery Plan . 20 3.3.3 Cycling Strategy for Milton Keynes (2013) ................................................................................................ 20 3.3.4 Wolverton Town Centre Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2025 ................................. 20 3.3.5 Agora Development Brief – Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).................................... 21 Response to Policy ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 4. Development Details and Sustainable Transport Proposals ........................................................... 24 The Development ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 Highway Operation ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Church Street ....................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Radcliffe Street ................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Access to Existing Garages ........................................................................................................................................... 27 Pedestrian Access .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Cycle Access and Cycle Parking ............................................................................................................................ 28 Public Transport Access ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Travel Plan and Moving in Pack ............................................................................................................................. 29 Love Wolverton \ 948-01 Transport Assessment including Parking Assessment ISSUE v09 Enterprise Car Club .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Enterprise Rent-A-Car .................................................................................................................................................... 30 Brompton Bike Hire ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 NextBike ................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Parking.................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Vehicular Access to the Development ................................................................................................................ 31 Servicing and Deliveries .............................................................................................................................................. 31 5. Residents’ Car Parking and Parking for New Commercial Units ................................................... 33 Overview .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Proposed Provision ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 Electric Vehicles .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Disabled Parking .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Strategy for Permits and Allocation ...................................................................................................................... 34 Visitor Parking ................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Analysis of Provision and Policy Context ........................................................................................................... 36 Precedents in Milton Keynes for Lower Parking Provision ........................................................................ 37 Low Parking Experience of TOWN ......................................................................................................................... 37 Parking for New Commercial Units ...................................................................................................................