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TECHNICAL NOTE

Project No: ITM11043

Project Title: Dewsbury Riverside

Title: Access Statement

Ref: SEE/dc/ITM11043-009 B TN

Date: 28 April 2017

Introduction

1. Kirklees Council is preparing a new Local Plan and is proposing to allocate a strategic

development option, identified within the emerging Plan as site H2089 ‘Land to the South

of Ravensthorpe Road, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury’. The site is known as Dewsbury

Riverside.

2. The Publication Draft Local Plan identifies the above site as having a capacity of 4,000

residential dwellings, with 2,310 of these delivered within the Plan period. Major off-site

highway capacity is needed to assist with the delivery of the site towards the end of the

plan period.

3. This note therefore summarises: the delivery of off-site major highway capacity; the

phased access strategy and the details of the separate access points; and the locations on

the off-site highway network that will be assessed for each phase to establish whether

highways improvements are needed.

Major Highway Capacity Provision

4. Traffic modelling work has been undertaken to assist with the assessment of the impacts

of the Dewsbury Riverside development. The modelling work has been undertaken by

Aecom, commissioned jointly by Miller Homes and the Council. Aecom has assessed a

range of development/road options.

5. The overall results of the jointly commissioned modelling are generally consistent with

the separate and earlier modelling undertaken by the Council of the Local Plan allocations

which concludes that at District wide level, the Council’s proposed transport mitigation

strategy can accommodate the development proposed in the Council’s emerging Local

Plan.

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6. The two different modelling approaches use different input assumptions, principally

related to the trip generation rates adopted. It is envisaged that, as development on the

site progresses, traffic monitoring is undertaken such that empirical trip rates can be

established. These can be used subsequently to inform assessments of the need for and

timing of mitigation and input into planning applications as these are brought forward.

7. The jointly commissioned modelling indicates that 2,000 dwellings at Dewsbury Riverside

can be occupied before additional and significant off-site highways capacity is needed in

the A644 corridor (referenced as a new strategic intervention). One option for the

strategic intervention could be a new strategic highway – the Dewsbury Riverside

Strategic Route (DRSR) – running from A644 at Low Mill Lane, crossing the River Calder

and railway, then running through the site and onwards to Dewsbury town centre via

Forge Lane and Savile Road.

8. Given the likely delivery rates for the development, modelling work identifies that a

strategic intervention is needed towards the end of the Plan period in 13 to 14 years.

9. Miller Homes commissioned Arup to carry out a feasibility review of a potential new

bridge which would form a key part of the DRSR. This review concluded that the proposed

structure is deliverable. The potential alignment and general arrangement are shown on

Arup drawing 245166-00 attached.

10. A number of options are available to procure and deliver the strategic intervention, which

include:

i) Public Sector

ii) Private Sector

iii) Public / Private Joint Venture

11. However, as a strategic intervention is not needed for 13-14 years, all options are being

considered and assessed in terms of short, medium and long term procurement and

delivery options.

12. The DRSR, if delivered, will also provide an additional access to the site.

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Phased Access Strategy

13. Given the above, traffic capacity assessments and design work have been undertaken to

assess phased access provision. This has included the consideration of the potential

number of units that can be served by single accesses (i.e. off culs-de-sac) at ends of the

site, before the need to provide roads through the site connecting the access points.

14. Access to the site will be provided at four locations, phased with development. These are

(starting at the eastern end of the site):-

i) Access off Lees Hall Road.

ii) Access via a continuation of Forge Lane into the site.

iii) Access off Ravensthorpe Road.

iv) Access off Sands Lane.

15. Two planning applications (each for 120 residential dwellings) at Lees Hall Road (ref.

2016/94117) and Ravensthorpe Road (ref. 2016/94118) have recently been approved by

Kirklees Council on 12 April 2017. These utilise the accesses at Lees Hall Road (access (i))

and Ravensthorpe Road (access (iii)) respectively.

16. On the basis of the assessment and design work, the following phased access strategy is

proposed within the plan period:

Table 1 Phased Access Strategy

Plan Years Approx No.

Units Access Provision

0 – 5 Years 325 • Lees Hall Road priority junction

• Ravensthorpe Road priority junction

• Access off Sands Lane.

5 – 7 Years 640 • As above

7 – 10 Years 1,260 • Lees Hall Road priority junction

• Ravensthorpe Road priority junction converted to a roundabout

• Highway connection between the Lees Hall Road and Ravensthorpe Road accesses.

• Access off Sands Lane.

10 – 15 Years 2,310 • As above

• Introduce Forge Lane access at c.1,500 units

• Strategic intervention at c.2,000 units may provide access.

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17. The accesses have the capacity to accommodate all the traffic generated by the proposed

allocation, within and beyond the Plan period.

18. Each of the four access points set out above is considered below.

Lees Hall Road

19. Access off Lees Hall Road will be provided via a priority controlled ‘T’ junction as per the

proposals included in the phase 1 planning application. The proposals are shown on

drawing ITY11389-GA-001 B attached. Traffic capacity analysis confirms the junction can

accommodate the predicted levels of traffic.

20. Sufficient land has been reserved around the junction in the phase 1 application to allow

future conversion to a roundabout but capacity assessments indicate this is unlikely to

be needed even with the full allocation.

Forge Lane

21. Several options are available to serve the site from Forge Lane, delivered at c.1,500 units,

including:-

• The continuation of Forge Lane into the site with Ravensthorpe Road and Lees

Hall Road forming priority junctions with the new route;

• A double-mini roundabout arrangement with Forge Lane/Lees Hall Road forming

one roundabout and the site access/Ravensthorpe Road forming the other.

• A re-aligned Forge Lane route into the site using Ravensthorpe Road past

Ravenshall school.

Ravensthorpe Road

22. Access off Ravensthorpe Road will initially be provided via a priority controlled ‘T’

junction as per the proposals in the Phase 1 planning application. The proposals are

shown on drawing ITY11390-GA-002B. Traffic capacity analysis confirms the junction can

accommodate significant levels of traffic.

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23. As development progresses, the priority junction access will be replaced by a roundabout

that could also provide a connection to the DRSR. A preliminary layout is shown on

drawing ITY11390-GA-001 attached, noting that this may need to be modified slightly to

take account of minor changes to the site access road made subsequent to the

production of the drawing.

Sands Lane

24. A small pocket of development (50 units) is proposed to be served off Sands Lane with

the route to the main road network via Steanard Lane. There will be no vehicular

connection through to the remainder of the Dewsbury Riverside site, ensuring Sands

Lane serves only a limited number of dwellings.

25. Sands Lane is adopted highway between Steanard Lane and a point c.60m south of the

railway bridge after which it continues as unadopted highway. It serves residential

dwellings and Dewsbury District Golf club. Access will be taken into the site via a simple

priority ‘T’ junction.

26. Further details of the access arrangements will be produced as planning applications

advance.

Off-Site Highways Improvements

27. Off-site highways improvements will also be implemented to accommodate the traffic

flows generated by the development proposals.

28. Traffic flows have been assessed, including those from the jointly commissioned

modelling, and used to determine the potential scale of impacts of development. It is

envisaged that the following off-site junctions will be assessed for each phase and

mitigation measures developed if needed:

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Table 2 Potential Phased Off-Site Mitigation

Plan Years Approx No.

Units Off-Site Potential Mitigation

0 – 5 Years 325 - A644/Calder Road Ravensthorpe gyratory - A644/Steanard Lane - A644/Church Lane, Mirfield - A644/Station Road/Queen Street, Mirfield - Forge Lane/Saville Road/Thornhill Road mini roundabouts - Forge Lane/Ravensthorpe Road - Brewery Lane/Lees Hall Road

5 – 7 Years 640 As above

7 – 10 Years 1,260 As above + - Savile Road/Mill Street East/Mill Street West - Savile Road/Headfield Road - B6409 Savile Road/Dewsbury Ring Road - Slaithwaite Road/Lees Hall Road

10 – 15 Years 2,310 As above + - A644/Low Mill Lane/Fir Avenue - A644/Temple Road/Thornhill Road - A644/Cemetery Road - A644/A638 Dewsbury Ring Road/Mill Street West - A638 Dewsbury Ring Road/Wakefield Road

29. The above will be reviewed during the scoping of individual planning applications for the

development on the site and the areas for assessment agreed with the Council at the

appropriate time.

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