185 Park Street Transport Assessment Report June 2014 Prepared for: Prepared by: DV4 Properties Park Street Co. Ltd Steer Davies Gleave Landsdowne House 28-32 Upper Ground 57 Berkeley Square London SE1 9PD London W1J 6ER +44 (0)20 7910 5000 www.steerdaviesgleave.com Transport Assessment CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1 Background ............................................................................................ 1 The Site ................................................................................................ 1 The Proposed Development ........................................................................ 2 General Approach and Consultation .............................................................. 2 Report Structure ..................................................................................... 3 2 SITE CONTEXT AND BASELINE CONDITIONS ................................................... 4 Overview............................................................................................... 4 Existing Use ........................................................................................... 4 Local Highway Network ............................................................................. 4 Road Traffic Accident Analysis .................................................................... 8 Public Transport Accessibility Level ............................................................ 10 National Rail ........................................................................................ 11 London Underground .............................................................................. 13 Bus Services ......................................................................................... 16 Pedestrian Network and Facilities .............................................................. 17 Cycling Network and Facilities .................................................................. 21 River Services ....................................................................................... 26 Car Clubs ............................................................................................ 26 3 PLANNING POLICY AND AREA PLANS .......................................................... 27 Introduction ......................................................................................... 27 National Policy ..................................................................................... 27 Regional Planning Policy .......................................................................... 28 Local Policy ......................................................................................... 35 Local Area Projects and Plans ................................................................... 40 Summary ............................................................................................. 44 4 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ..................................................................... 45 Vehicle Access ...................................................................................... 46 Pedestrian Access .................................................................................. 46 Cycle Parking Provision ........................................................................... 46 Emergency Vehicle Access........................................................................ 47 Car and Motorcycle Parking ...................................................................... 47 Contents Transport Assessment Car Club ............................................................................................. 48 Delivery and Servicing Access and Refuse Storage ........................................... 49 5 TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................... 51 Existing Development Trip Generation ......................................................... 51 Proposed Development Trip Generation ....................................................... 54 Trip Generation –Net Change .................................................................... 59 Servicing and Delivery Trips ..................................................................... 60 Cumulative Schemes .............................................................................. 62 6 TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ASSESSMENT ......................................................... 66 Assessment Scenarios ............................................................................. 66 Vehicle Trip Assignment .......................................................................... 66 Net Vehicle Trips ................................................................................... 66 7 PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND OTHER MODES ..................................................... 71 Assessment Scenarios ............................................................................. 71 Pedestrian Assessment ............................................................................ 74 Cycle Assessment .................................................................................. 75 8 SERVICING AND DELIVERIES ..................................................................... 76 9 CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ........................................................................ 77 10 MITIGATION MEASURES........................................................................... 79 General .............................................................................................. 79 Highways and Parking ............................................................................. 79 Pedestrians and Cyclists .......................................................................... 79 Framework and Residential Travel Plans ...................................................... 80 Delivery and Servicing Plan (DSP) ............................................................... 80 Construction ........................................................................................ 80 11 SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 82 General .............................................................................................. 82 Approach to Assessment .......................................................................... 82 Development Access ............................................................................... 82 Travel Characteristics ............................................................................. 83 Highway Network .................................................................................. 83 Public Transport.................................................................................... 83 Waste and Servicing ............................................................................... 83 Construction Traffic ............................................................................... 83 Contents Transport Assessment Conclusion ........................................................................................... 84 FIGURES Figure 1-1 185 Park Street – Site Location ............................................ 2 Figure 2-1 Existing Local Highway Network (TLRN and SRN) ....................... 5 Figure 2-2 Existing 2014 Highway Flows – AM Peak Hour ........................... 6 Figure 2-3 Existing 2014 Highway Flows – PM Peak Hour ........................... 7 Figure 2-4 Location of Accidents ........................................................ 9 Figure 2-5 Public Transport Connections ............................................ 10 Figure 2-6 Walk Catchment Area ..................................................... 18 Figure 2-7 New Globe Walk Cycle Dock Usage ...................................... 22 Figure 2-8 Bankside Mix Cycle Dock Usage .......................................... 22 Figure 2-9 Local Cycle Network and Facilities ...................................... 24 Figure 2-10 Cycling Catchment Area ................................................... 25 Figure 3-1 Bankside Urban Forest Proposed Traffic Management ............... 41 Figure 3-2 BUF Proposed Overall Scheme ........................................... 42 Figure 5-1 AM Peak (0800 – 0900) Cumulative Vehicle Trips ..................... 64 Figure 6-1 Proposed Development – AM Peak (0800-0900) Net Vehicle Trip Distribution .................................................................. 69 Figure 6-2 Proposed Development – PM Peak (1700-1800) Net Vehicle Trip Distribution .................................................................. 70 TABLES Table 2-1 Blackfriars Rail Services – Trains per Hour ............................. 11 Table 2-2 Blackfriars South Station – Passenger Entry/Exit Counts ............ 11 Table 2-3 London Bridge Rail Services – Trains per Hour ........................ 12 Table 2-4 Waterloo Rail Services – Trains per Hour ............................... 12 Table 2-5 2012 Passenger Capacity and Loading at Mansion House and Cannon Street Underground Stations ............................................. 14 Table 2-6 2012 Boarding/Alighting Data at Mansion House and Cannon Street Underground Stations ...................................................... 14 Table 2-7 2012 Passenger Loading at Southwark Underground Station ....... 15 Table 2-8 2012 Boarding/Alighting Data at Southwark Underground Station 15 Contents Transport Assessment Table 2-9 2012 Passenger Loading at London Bridge