MIRA TECHNOLOGY PARK Travel Plan April 2011 MIRA TECHNOLOGY PARK Travel Plan April 2011 ATC Ref: 10/014‐A Produced by Advance Transportation Consulting Sandy Farm Business Centre The Sands Farnham Surrey GU10 1PX Tel: 01252 782237 Email: [email protected] MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION & SCOPE OF TRAVEL PLAN ................................................................................. 1 2. TRAVEL PLAN AIMS & OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................. 4 Aims .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Objectives ........................................................................................................................................... 4 3. AUDIT OF EXISTING SITE ACCESSIBILITY....................................................................................... 6 Provision for Walk & Cycle Access ...................................................................................................... 6 Public Transport .................................................................................................................................. 6 Access by Private Car .......................................................................................................................... 9 4. TRAVEL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................. 11 Travel Plan Coordinator .................................................................................................................... 11 Working Group .................................................................................................................................. 12 Communication ................................................................................................................................. 13 Scheme Administration ..................................................................................................................... 14 Monitoring & Review ........................................................................................................................ 15 5. DELIVERABLE SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL INITIATIVES ...................................................................... 17 Walking ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Cycling ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Motorcycling ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Public Transport ................................................................................................................................ 22 Use of Private Car ............................................................................................................................. 28 Personalised Travel Planning ............................................................................................................ 30 6. TRAVEL PLAN TARGETS ............................................................................................................. 32 Implementation & Action Timetable ................................................................................................ 32 Targets .............................................................................................................................................. 35 April 2011 MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan TABLES Table 6.1 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Travel Plan Set Up & Operation .............................................................................. 32 Table 6.2 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Measures to Encourage Walking ............................................................................. 33 Table 6.3 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Measures to Encourage Cycling .............................................................................. 33 Table 6.4 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Measures to Encourage Motorcycling .................................................................... 34 Table 6.5 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Measures to Encourage Public Transport ............................................................... 34 Table 6.6 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Measures to Reduce Reliance on Private Car ......................................................... 34 Table 6.7 Travel Plan Implementation & Action Timetable – Personalised Travel Planning .................................................................................. 35 Table 6.8 Preliminary Targets ................................................................................................. 35 April 2011 MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan 1. INTRODUCTION & SCOPE OF TRAVEL PLAN 1.1 This draft framework Travel Plan has been prepared on behalf of MIRA Limited in respect of the proposed Technology Park on its existing site located on the Leicestershire / Warwickshire border near Nuneaton and Hinckley that is the subject of an outline masterplan application. 1.2 The rural location of the MIRA Technology Park is such that at present there is limited scope for the existing workforce and visitors to access the organisations and business by means of travel than the private car. The challenge therefore of the Travel Plan is to instigate a change in travel culture as the development of the MIRA Technology Park progresses, providing the workforce with credible, deliverable alternatives to the private car. 1.3 The location of the MIRA Technology Park is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 MIRA Technology Park – Location Plan April 2011 ‐ 1 ‐ MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan 1.4 The MIRA Technology Park masterplan development proposals comprise the following: “Development of business/technology campus comprising replacement MIRA headquarters, office, research and manufacturing facilities, hotel and local facilities including retail/café/restaurant, ancillary energy generation plant/equipment, internal access roads, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated work and creation of new and improved points of access; widening of A5, associated earth works and landscaping.” 1.5 The key objective of the MIRA Technology Park masterplan is to design a world class technology campus. The businesses and organisations that will occupy the MIRA Technology Park are at the forefront of new transport technologies and as such there is a unique opportunity to positively change the culture and promote sustainable transport access amongst all users. 1.6 When fully completed the MIRA Technology Park will provide a total of around 165,000m2 GFA of floorspace comprising the following: Existing MIRA Uses (retained) ‐ 43,930m2 Future Growth of Existing MIRA Uses (in proving ground) ‐ 3,000m2 Use Class B1(b) Research & Development ‐ 96,373m2 Use Class B1(a) Offices ‐ 14,303m2 Use Class C3 Hotel ‐ 4,500m2 (100 beds) Use Class A1 Local Retail Facilities ‐ 500m2 Use Class A3 Restaurants ‐ 1,000m2 Use Class D2 Fitness Club ‐ 1,000m2 1.7 Development of the MIRA Technology Park will be phased with the first of the new buildings being completed for occupation by the end of the year 2013 and the full development is not anticipated to be completed until the year 2021. When fully occupied the MIRA Technology Park will employ in excess of 2,500 people, creating an additional 2,000 jobs in addition to the 500 people who are presently employed by MIRA and associated businesses within the existing MIRA site. 1.8 The purpose of this Framework Travel Plan is to set out both short and long term strategies to deliver sustainable development at MIRA Technology Park where dependence on travel by private car is reduced and smarter choices are made by current and future employees in respect of travel to and from the site by more sustainable modes of travel. April 2011 ‐ 2 ‐ MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan 1.9 In the preparation of this Travel Plan, reference is made to the current national planning policy guidance as set out in the document PPG13: Transport (paragraph’s 87‐91) and the Department for Transport’s ‘good Practice Guidelines: Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process’ (2009). 1.10 The MIRA Technology Park Travel Plan is an organic document. At this stage of the development process not all of the end users are known. Clearly the existing MIRA business and associated companies that are already on the site form a significant proportion of the future occupation however other MIRA‐related industries / companies that will locate within the Technology Park when completed are, as yet, not known. 1.11 These MIRA‐related industries / companies will have site specific travel‐related nuances that will dictate what type of measures and incentives are deliverable under the umbrella of the overarching Framework Travel Plan. It is therefore envisaged that site specific Travel Plans will be brought forward with individual occupiers as they come forward, the details of which will form an integral part of any Reserved Matters planning application. 1.12 Importantly the Framework Travel Plan not only cover employee commuting journeys but also the range of trips that employees will