Traffic Assessment - Renfrewshire Council

6 Car Parking Strategy
Management
6.1 In addition to the 300 parking spaces that will be brought forward with the park and ride, the
remaining uses of the village centre planning application will also require to provide an element of
car parking.
6.2 Parking provision can have a significant impact on the choice of travel modes and it while it will be
important to provide a suitable level of parking to serve the needs of the village centre, it will also
be fundamental to ensure there is not an over provision. This would go against the principles of a
sustainable development and negate the benefits that are intended to be provided by the enhanced
bus services.
6.3 There is an opportunity to provide a single car parking facility that would serve the whole of the
village centre, essentially operating as a town centre car park. The location of this car park would
have to be accessible to the village centre and based on the indicative layout, we would anticipate
a single car park could be provided that would be no more than a 5 minute walk from each part of
the village centre.
6.4 While it is recognised the park and ride is clearly intended to provide long stay parking, a village
centre car park could be managed as a short stay facility for a maximum duration of stay of up to 3
hours. This will help to ensure parking is retained for use by visitors to the village centre and not
taken up by staff or any overspill from the park and ride.
6.5 While it is acknowledged the feasibility of providing a shared parking facility may be dependent on
the final operator of the foodstore, it is recommended this is considered as it will better help to
achieve the sustainable aspirations of the consented Masterplan.
Parking Provision
6.6 Regardless of whether parking for the village centre is provided as a single car park or individual
units, the total number of spaces will be key to achieving a sustainable development. An over
provision of spaces will make car use more attractive, while an under provision could deter visitors.
6.7 SPP and Strathclyde Roads Development Guidelines (1986) provide national and local guidelines
respectively for calculating the parking requirements for proposed developments. These are
indicated by Table 6.1 below. It should be noted that while residential parking should be provided in
accordance with local guidelines and are subject to the number of bedrooms for each unit. It is
anticipated residential parking will be separate to village centre parking and have not be included in
this calculation.
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32 SCT3526 1 1 Dargavel Village
Proposed Village Core Development