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Proposed Development off Low Wood Road, Nottingham 3 Development Proposal The proposed residential development is to comprise a maximum of 125 private residential units with circa 38% of the units likely to be 3 bedrooms and the remaining 62% likely to be 4 bedrooms. The net developable site area is 10.28 acres and is located to the northwest, west, south and southeast of the existing Hempshill Farm Estate. The private access road that runs from the east kerbline of Low Wood Road (A6002), approximately 150 metres north of the Nuthall Roundabout, in a westerly direction into the site will remain operational. Access to the proposed residential development will be provided via a priority junction, also off the east kerbline of Low Wood Road (A6002), at an approximate distance of 260 metres north of Nuthall Roundabout. The vehicular and pedestrian access will initially head west and then turns through 90 degrees and runs in a south west direction where it crosses the private access road and serves the south part of the site. The access road then runs along the south side of the site, almost parallel to the A610, until it heads back into the site in a north easterly direction where it terminates at the east boundary. The Architects proposed layout drawing, that is included in Appendix B, shows the proposed development composition and its relationship to Low Wood Road and Nuthall Roundabout. The drawing illustrates how the site ‘dovetails’ into the existing developed residential areas local to Apollo Drive and south of the A610 and shows the areas of proposed landscaping, car parking, public open space, footpaths (on and off highway), etc. Although the proposed site composition has been reduced in numbers (from 139 to 125) for the purpose of this report and to avoid reassessing the network and junctions again, the trip generations are still based on the original proposal of 139 No. residential units. The above original composition will be used to enable the trip generations to be obtained from the TRICS database, as agreed at the scoping stage with NCC. The accurate, albeit reduced, site composition enables OIC to use the TRICS database and extract the predicted trip generations that will be based on sites that are of a similar size, geographic location, sustainability and relation to the highway network. As the existing site is predominantly unoccupied and currently generates a minimal amount of traffic it is assumed, for robustness, in this TA that the site is unoccupied and the number of vehicular trips introduced as a result of the residential development will all be new trips. Although the number of trips will all be assumed to be new on the local highway network it should be considered that due to the excellent level of sustainable facilities local to the site that the traffic levels will be a ‘worst case’ scenario, in terms of traffic impact. The Architects proposed layout is shown in Appendix B of this report. 8
Proposed Development off Low Wood Road, Nottingham 4 Access Arrangements Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access is proposed off Low Wood Road in the position shown on the OIC access proposal drawing in Appendix A. The position of the access, that will form a new priority junction, that was agreed in principle with Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) at a meeting in early November 2011. As NCC did raise slight concerns over the distance between Apollo Drive, to the north, and the proposed development access a speed survey was undertaken adjacent to the proposed access point. The speed survey showed the following 85 th percentile speeds that resulted in an average 85 th percentile speed of 40 mph; Table 4.1 – Speed Survey Results Direction on A6002 Northbound (Bulwell) Southbound (Nottingham) Average 85 th percentile speed 85 th percentile speed recorded 43 mph (69 kph) 36 mph (58 kph) 40 mph (64 kph) The speed survey showed that the 85 th percentile speed for southbound traffic is 36 mph and for northbound traffic it is 43 mph. By making reference to the Table 3 of Volume 6 Section 1 (Part 1 TD 9/93) of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) the recommended ‘Y’ distance for the right existing visibility is 4.5 x 90 metres, that can easily be provided at the proposed access position without encroaching onto the existing Apollo Drive access. The approximate distance between the proposed access position and the existing Hempshill Farm access is 120 metres, that is based on the above speed survey results, and moves the junction further north. The proposed access layout drawing produced by OIC and shown in Appendix B demonstrates that, in accordance with DMRB, a safe access to the proposed residential development can be provided and will be of no detriment to the existing junctions off Low Wood Road. During recent highway and traffic count surveys, undertaken in November 2011, OIC observed how vehicles currently access and exit the Hempshill Farm Site that is south of the proposed access point. Due to the ample carriageway widths on Low Wood Road near to the Hempshill Farm and proposed development access points right turn lanes can easily be accommodated. The right turn lane facility will be of a sufficient length to allow for any potential queuing into the development and during the AM and PM peak periods the slow moving traffic will allow right turners to access the development, as observed by OIC at the Hempshill Farm site. The introduction of ‘KEEP CLEAR’ boxes or markings can also be used to ensure the junction remains clear during peak periods and the junctions operate, as proposed. Emergency access points will be available to the north of the site at the intersections with Lovell Close and Anders Drive with a public right of way maintained along the northern 9
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