Land use plan - Manchester Airport

Surface Access and Car Parking
We are also exploring ways of how best to move
passengers from remote car parks to the terminal area.
Innovative solutions are now emerging and we will aim to
reduce the number of vehicle transfer journeys.
SA11 Car parking will play a key role in our Ground
Transport Plan and we will continue to provide
sufficient long-stay car park capacity.
SA12 Additional and replacement long-stay car parks
will be developed in the period up to 2015 on land
to the North of Ringway Road, at Moss Nook, to
the north and south of the Rail Link, land to the
north of Moss Lane Styal, and on land at
Cloughbank Farm and Oak Farm to the west.
SA13 We will seek to optimise the density of long-stay
car parking on the Airport site in the context of
the varied needs of our consumers and our
Ground Transport Plan. We will explore
opportunities to identify and promote park and
ride facilities remote from the Airport site.
SA14 A route will be safeguarded for a light-rail
people-mover system linking the Terminal
complex with the long-stay car park.
Staff Parking
C u rrently there are 5,306 surface car parking spaces
allocated for staff on the Airport site. Due to pre s s u re
f rom competing uses, employee car parking has larg e l y
been consolidated at a few large sites on the western
perimeter of the Airport. This provides a better utilisation
of space and helps to manage demand for space; it also
helps to intercept road traffic on main approaches fro m
the west. As pre s s u re for core operational facilities
i n c reases, there will be a need to displace more staff
parking to the edge of the site. This is part of our Gro u n d
Tr a n s p o rt Plan to make public transport services more
attractive in comparison to the private car. It also re l e a s e s
land within the central terminal area for those land uses
that re q u i re strong connections to the runways, apro n s
and term i n a l s .
SA15 New and replacement staff car parks will be
developed on the periphery of the Airport site to
relieve the internal road network and to
encourage greater use of public transport for
journeys to work. These areas may include land
at Cloughbank Farm, Oak Farm and land to the
north of Ringway Road.
The success of our policies to encourage the use of
public transport, and manage car use for staff journeys
to work should reduce the proportion of staff car parking.
However a significant number of spaces will still be
required as the working population grows from the
current 19,201 people employed on site. During peak
hours for highway usage, staff trips account for 27% of
the road traffic entering the Airport. One element of our
Ground Transport Plan is the implementation of a Green
Travel Plan. This contains a commitment to reduce staff
parking relative to on-site employment. We have a target
ratio of four staff parking permits per space. It is currently
around 3.5 permits per space. Given the projected
growth in on-site employment to 26,000 by 2015, this
would result in a maximum provision of 6,500 staff
parking spaces located either on or off site to sustain
operational activities at the Airport.
The 24-hour nature of Airport operations and high
p ro p o rtion of shift-working staff, means that their journ e y s
do not impose a burden on the road network during peak
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