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THE WOODBERRY GP PRACTICE

THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE,

1 WOODBERRY AVENUE, LONDON, N21 3LE

TRANSPORT STATEMENT

August 2017

CLIENT: The Woodberry GP Practice PROJECT: P1735: 1 Woodberry Avenue, London, N21 3LE

REPORT: Transport Statement

P A U L M E W A S S O C I A T E S - T R A F F I C C O N S U L T A N T S Un i t 1 , P l ym House , 21 En te rpr i s e Way , London SW18 1FZ


Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 POLICY ASSESSMENT

3.0 EXISTING PARKING CONDITIONS

4.0 TRAVEL MODE & PARKING IMPACT ASSESSMENT

5.0 SUMMARY

Figures

1. Site Location

2. Parking Survey Area

3 a-f. Parking Survey Inventory; Detailed Maps

Appendices

A Site Boundary

B Existing Floor Plans

C Proposed Floor Plans

D Parking Survey Results

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Paul Mew Associates is instructed by The Woodberry GP Practice in relation to

the proposed development at The Woodberry Practice, 1 Woodberry Avenue,

London, N21 3LE.

1.2 The application site’s location is presented on a map in Figure 1 of this report;

the site’s boundary is displayed on an Ordnance Survey (OS) map base in

Appendix A.

Site Location

1.3 The project site is positioned within around one kilometre to the north of

Palmers Green town centre, around the same distance further north of the site

is the smaller neighbourhood centre of Winchmore Hill. The site has a public

transport accessibility level (PTAL) score of 2 which is a ‘poor’ level of

accessibility as defined by Transport for London (TfL).

1.4 The site currently comprises of a GP practice which occupies the corner plot of

the A105 Green Lanes junction with Woodberry Avenue.

1.5 The A105 Green Lanes is a principal local thoroughfare which starts at

Canonbury in the London Borough of Islington to the south and leads all the

way to Enfield town centre to the north.

1.6 The area immediately adjoining the site is mixed use in character. The

properties fronting onto Green Lanes comprise of some small bespoke

commercial properties and residential dwellings whereas the roads leading off of

Green Lanes in proximity to the site are predominantly residential in character.

Winchmore Hill Methodist Church is around 60 metres to the south of the site

on Green Lanes. There is a large Sainsbury’s supermarket around 250 metres

immediately to the north of the site on Green Lanes.






Existing Site Operations

1.7 The application site contains a two-storey building. The principal pedestrian

access is from Green Lanes. The site does not have a vehicle access or any off-

street car parking spaces. The roads adjoining the site are not within a

controlled parking zone (CPZ), staff and patients who drive to the surgery make

use of kerb side parking in the vicinity of the site.

1.8 As part of the Government agenda to move services to the community and

make them more accessible for patients, the practice has been appointed by

Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group to provide seven day a week access to

GP and Nursing services for south west Enfield. The practice started providing

this service on 27th February 2017.

1.9 The practice is planning to provide services between the hours of 8am to 8pm

Monday to Sunday. The vast majority of the current patients at the practice live

locally within around one mile.

1.10 The Woodberry Practice is currently constrained by the cramped nature of its

existing premises which has been the case over an extended period. Much of

the operational space afforded at the practice is substandard to modern

requirements. The practice has made several unsuccessful attempts to relocate

to new and local purpose built developments in the past.

1.11 The existing floor plans are presented in Appendix B of this report for ease of

reference.

Proposed Development

1.12 The proposals comprise of a single storey rear extension providing an additional

70 sqm floor area. The extension will enable the practice to reconfigure its

premises and have a positive impact in providing patient access through the

building and extending the delivery, choice and variety of services the NHS

requires and ensure that the needs of their patients are met.






1.13 The practice had 20 staff until 21st January 2017. There is now 26 staff at the

practice, the majority are working on a part-time basis. Of the 26 staff a

maximum of 14 will be on duty at any particular time. The new extension will

also allow for teaching medical students. A maximum of two staff will be taught

at any one time. They are likely to travel to the practice by public transport as

they will be travelling from UCL or the Royal Free Hospital in Central London.

1.14 The proposed floor plans are presented in Appendix C.

Recent Planning History

1.15 A planning application pursuant to the single storey rear extension as described

above was submitted to Enfield Council in January 2017, the application was

subsequently withdrawn by the applicant in June 2017. The Enfield Council

planning application reference number is 17/00175/FUL.

1.16 Enfield Council’s Highways and Transportation Department submitted its formal

consultation response on the planning application in March 2017. The full

assessment, recommendation, and reason is extracted as follows for ease of

reference:

“Assessment: The proposals do not include details on the existing number

of consulting rooms, number of doctors, nurses and other medical staff and

whether the resulting building will lead to more consulting rooms being

included. Details of the existing and proposed scenarios and the quantum of

development including floor areas should be provided.

In any event, the site has no off-street parking. Woodberry Avenue has

significant demand for on-street parking and this will be made worse by the

new changes to Green Lanes including the reduction in the level of on-

street parking provision resulting from the Cycle Enfield Project (which is

currently on-going). There will be much fewer parking bays in and around

the vicinity of the surgery. With fewer parking spaces on Green Lanes, any

on-street parking capacity on the side roads, including Woodberry Avenue

will be in very high demand.






There are no pick-up and drop-off areas within the site to enable adequate

servicing of the development.

It is not thought that any increase in the number of consulting rooms and

therefore patients can be accommodated in this location.

The lack of parking on site and the proposed expansion of the surgery

services will increase demand for parking in an area which has parking

pressures to be exacerbated by Cycle Enfield. The proposal is therefore not

considered to be in line with policy 45 and 47 of the DMD and T&T cannot

support the scheme.

Recommendation: Objection

Reason: The applicant has not set out what the existing and proposed

parking demand is and there is no capacity on-street to accommodate the

increased parking demand, contrary to DMD and London Plan policies. The

site is located at a main junction and there is no pick up/drop off area within

the site to deal with patients to the surgery. The lack of a servicing facilities

poses a highway safety risk to the general public contrary to policy 47 of the

DMD.”

1.17 This report has been prepared to provide additional information on the traffic

and parking impact of the proposed development for submission with a new

planning application to the London Borough of Enfield.

1.18 The following chapter sets out the policy context relevant to this study.






2.0 POLICY ASSESSMENT

2.1 This proposal has been assessed in light of the current transport planning policy

guidance at the local, regional and national level.

2.2 The London Borough of Enfield’s Local Development Framework is the current

overarching framework for development in the Borough until 2026. Enfield

Council is currently updating its ‘Local Plan’ but the new version is yet to be

formally adopted.

2.3 At the regional level the Mayor’s London Plan (2016) is a material planning

document which sets out the overall strategic plan for London, setting out an

integrated economic, environmental, transport and social framework for the

development of London over the next 20-25 years.

2.4 At the national level objectives for the integration of planning and transport are

set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

London Borough of Enfield

2.5 Enfield Council is currently updating its ‘Local Plan’, which is the plan for the

future development of the Borough to address its need to accommodate an

increasing number of people. A public consultation ran until February 2016, the

results of which are being reviewed and the new plans set out.

2.6 The currently applicable Local Development Framework replaces the previous

Unitary Development Plan and sets out the Council’s overall ambitions and

aspirations for Enfield’s future until 2026. The lead document in this framework

is ‘The Enfield Plan - Core Strategy’ which was adopted by Enfield Council in

November 2010, and sets the spatial planning framework for development of

the Borough.






2.7 Chapter 7 of the Core Strategy outlines the policies for ‘Delivering Physical

Infrastructure’ in the Borough. The relevant section of Core Policy 24 – The

Road Network which relates to sustainable travel is extracted below:

“The Council will encourage sustainable travel choices and reduce growing

congestion levels through the promotion of Travel Demand Management

Programmes, and will support the use of low carbon vehicles, including electric

vehicles. Standards for the provision of off-street parking in new developments

and requirements for transport assessments, travel plans, car clubs and car

share schemes will be set out in the Development Management Document;”

2.8 The relevant section of Core Policy 25 which relates to pedestrians and cyclists

is extracted below:

“The Council, working with its partners, will seek to provide safe, convenient,

and accessible routes for pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorised modes

by:

Developing and implementing improvements to strategic and local

walking and cycle routes in the Borough;

Improving the quality and safety of the public realm, implementing

streetscape improvements to be outlined in the Enfield Design Guide

and relevant area action plans, fostering road safety, and implementing

‘Streets for People’ initiatives;”

2.9 Enfield’s Development Management Document (DMD), adopted in November

2014, builds on the Core Strategy and appears to be the most significant

document in terms of private car parking provisions etc.

2.10 Chapter 7 of the DMD outlines transport and parking related policies for Enfield.

DMD 45 is the policy for parking standards and is extracted below:






2.11 As is shown above, Enfield Council subscribes to the minimum cycle parking and

maximum car parking standards as are set out in the London Plan.






The London Plan

2.12 The Mayor of London, through the legislation establishing the Greater London

Authority (GLA), has to produce a spatial development strategy (SDS) which

has become known as the London Plan.

2.13 The most recent iteration of the London Plan is dated March 2016.

2.14 Chapter 6 of the London Plan relates to London’s Transport.

2.15 At the regional level the London Plan Policy 6.3 sets out the Mayor’s approach

to assessing the effects of development on transport capacity, parts A, B, and C

of Policy 6.3 are extracted as follows:

“Policy 6.3 - Assessing effects of development on transport capacity

Planning decisions

A). Development proposals should ensure that impacts on transport capacity

and the transport network, at both a corridor and local level, are fully assessed.

Development should not adversely affect safety on the transport network.

B). Where existing transport capacity is insufficient to allow for the travel

generated by proposed developments, and no firm plans exist for an increase in

capacity to cater for this, boroughs should ensure that development proposals

are phased until it is known these requirements can be met, otherwise they

may be refused. The cumulative impacts of development on transport

requirements must be taken into account.

C). Transport assessments will be required in accordance with TfL’s Transport

Assessment Best Practice Guidance for major planning applications. Workplace

and/or residential travel plans should be provided for planning applications

exceeding the thresholds in, and produced in accordance with, the relevant TfL

guidance. Construction logistics plans and delivery and servicing plans should be

secured in line with the London Freight Plan and should be co-ordinated with

travel plans.”

2.16 This Transport Statement has been prepared in accordance with TfL’s Transport

Assessment Best Practice Guidance; the impacts of the proposed development






on transport capacity are fully assessed within this report in accordance with

Policy 6.3 of The London Plan.

2.17 Policy 6.13 of the London Plan relates to the provision of parking in new

developments; at the strategic level the guidance states that:

“The Mayor wishes to see an appropriate balance being struck between

promoting new development and preventing excessive car parking provision

that can undermine cycling, walking and public transport use.”

2.18 In terms of guidance for parking standards, The London Plan sets maximum

parking standards in Table 6.2 and minimum cycle parking standards in Table 6.3.

2.19 The London Plan does not prescribe a specific car parking standard for D2 GP

practices which is the focus of this study. The document does however

prescribe minimum cycle parking standards at a rate of one long-stay space per

five staff and one short-stay space per three staff. In instances where there are

no specific car parking standards for a certain land use category it is usually the

purpose of the Transport Statement/Assessment to assess the proposals and

any associated impacts on a first principles basis.

2.20 Parking is discussed in Chapter 4 of this report and relates to the local and

regional planning policy guidance for the provision of parking for all modes of

travel in new development.

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

2.21 The main planning policy documents which provide a context for national

sustainable transport is The Government’s White Paper New Deal for

Transport (1998) and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

2.22 New Deal for Transport set out the choices needed to tackle road congestion

and pollution, mainly by persuading people to use cars less and encouraging

more sustainable modes of travel.






2.23 The NPPF sets out key sustainable transport objectives. Promoting sustainable

transport is an integral part of transportation policy. Two relevant extracts from

section 4 ‘Promoting Sustainable Transport’ of the NPPF are set out as follows:

“32. All developments that generate significant amounts of movement should

be supported by a Transport Statement or Transport Assessment. Plans and

decisions should take account of whether:

the opportunities for sustainable transport modes have been taken up

depending on the nature and location of the site, to reduce the need

for major transport infrastructure

safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all people

improvements can be undertaken within the transport network that

cost effectively limit the significant impacts of the development.

Development should only be prevented or refused on transport

grounds where the residual cumulative impacts of development are

severe.”

“35. Plans should protect and exploit opportunities for the use of sustainable

transport modes for the movement of goods or people. Therefore,

developments should be located and designed where practical to

accommodate the efficient delivery of goods and supplies;

give priority to pedestrian and cycle movements, and have access to

high quality public transport facilities;

create safe and secure layouts which minimise conflicts between traffic

and cyclists or pedestrians, avoiding street clutter and where

appropriate establishing home zones;

incorporate facilities for charging plug-in and other ultra-low emission

vehicles; and

consider the needs of people with disabilities by all modes of transport.

36. A key tool to facilitate this will be a Travel Plan. All developments which

generate significant amounts of movement should be required to provide a

Travel Plan.”

2.24 The following chapter sets out the site’s accessibility to local amenities and

public transport nodes.






3.0 EXISTING PARKING CONDITIONS

3.1 During the planning application consultation process regarding the since

withdrawn scheme, parking for the proposed rear extension has been raised as

a point for concern and further review. Refer to paragraph 1.16.

3.2 As a result we have carried out a series of parking surveys in order to establish

the current supply versus demand of existing kerb side parking spaces in the

vicinity of the doctor’s surgery at the peak demand periods.

3.3 The roads adjoining the site are not within a CPZ, kerb side parking is

unrestricted on Green Lanes as well as the residential roads leading off of the

A105. There are however a small number of two hour waiting restriction

parking bays on Green Lanes immediately to the south of the site.

3.4 All safe, legal, and practical publically available parking spaces within around a

200 metre walking distance of the site has been quantified in accordance with

the generally prescribed industry standard guidelines set out in the Lambeth

Council Parking Survey Guidance Note. From experience we are aware that

Enfield Council’s transportation department accepts the Lambeth methodology

for parking stress survey assessments such as this. The parking survey area is

presented on a map in Figure 2 of this report.

Parking Survey Inventory

3.5 All vehicle crossovers and kerb space within five metres of junctions has been

eliminated from the surveys. The remainder of the parkable kerb space within

the survey area has been measured on-site. The total distance of kerb space

between crossovers / junctions has been recorded and split into increments of

five metres in accordance with Lambeth Council’s parking survey methodology.

3.6 The parking survey inventory is presented in Table 1 as follows, additionally refer

to Figures 3 a-f:






Table 1. On-Street Parking Survey Inventory

Street

Parking Survey Inventory

Unrestricted Kerb Time Restricted Bays Single Yellow Line

Metres Spaces Metres Spaces Metres Spaces

Green Lanes 105 21 25 5 20 4

Carpenter Gardens 65 13 - - - -

Fernleigh Road 80 16 - - - -

Woodberry Avenue 75 15 - - - -

Barrowell Green 140 28 - - - -

Barrow Close 85 17 - - - -

Lytton Avenue 100 20 - - - -

Eaton Park Road 105 21 - - - -

River Avenue 140 28 - - - -

Total 895 179 25 5 20 4

Source: PMA Survey

3.7 The parking inventory demonstrates that there are 179 total unrestricted kerb

side parking opportunities on the roads immediately adjoining the surgery.

There are also five time restricted kerb side parking opportunities on Green

Lanes immediately to the south of the site which operate Monday to Friday

from 930am to 430pm, and Saturday from 8am to 630pm.

Parking Surveys

3.8 Based on patient attendance records for the period June 2016 to June 2017

supplied by the applicant it can be seen that the busiest operational hours of the

surgery at present are Mondays from 8am to 3pm and Wednesdays from 3pm

to 7pm. Further information on patient attendance numbers is suppled in

Chapter 4. The parking surveys have therefore been carried out during these

times on typical days, that being Monday 3rd July and Wednesday 5th July 2017.

3.9 A summary of the results of the busiest sets of parking surveys are presented in

Tables 2, 3, and 4 of this report, full details presented in Appendix D.






Table 2. Parking Survey Average, Monday 03/07/2017 from 0800-1100

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 8am-11am AVERAGE


Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress

(%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress

(%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%

Carpenter Gardens 12 1 95% - - - - - -

Fernleigh Road 18 -2 113% - - - - - -

Woodberry Avenue 21 -6 138% - - - - - -

Barrowell Green 22 6 80% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 5 12 31% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 11 9 57% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 95% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 70% - - - - - -

Total 146 33 81% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%

NB: minor arithmetic errors are due to rounding’s Source: PMA Survey

3.10 The results in Table 2 illustrate that the average parking stress of unrestricted

kerb space within the parking survey area is 81% between 8am and 11am on a

typical Monday morning. Out of the 179 total parking opportunities identified,

146 cars have been observed to be parked leaving 33 free spaces. In addition

an average of three cars have been observed to be parked in time restricted

bays on Green Lanes leaving two spaces free.

3.11 It is noted that there are more cars observed to be parked on Fernleigh Road

and Woodberry Avenue than there are total spaces based on the inventory

measurements. This is due to the fact that there is a proliferation of dropped

kerb crossovers serving private driveways throughout these roads which has led

to numerous stretches of kerb space less than five metres remaining between

driveways.

3.12 As explained, the total distance of kerb space between crossovers / junctions

has been recorded and split into increments of five metres in accordance with

Lambeth Council’s parking survey methodology therefore any increments less

than five metres has been excluded from the inventory. However in practice






cars are still able to park on kerb space less than five metres without necessarily

causing an obstruction to an adjacent driveway/access.

3.13 This point is reinforced in the Lambeth methodology whereby it is stated that:

“Note that stress levels of over 100% stress (or 100% occupancy level) are

possible. This is because small cars may need less space than 5 metres to

park, meaning that additional cars can be accommodated.”

3.14 It should also be noted that, in addition to the number of cars parked on

Woodberry Avenue in Table 2, an average of nine additional cars have been

observed to be parked across private driveways during this period. The

surveyor noted that all of the cars parked over driveways were there for long

periods of time throughout the survey days therefore it is a reasonable

assumption that these cars are the residents or visitors to the properties rather

than visitors to local commercial premises or the surgery as these parking

occurrences would occur over a short period of time and the surveyor would

have noted a change in the cars parked over driveways.

Table 3. Parking Survey Average, Monday 03/07/2017 from 1100-1500

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 11am-3pm AVERAGE


Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress (%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress (%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking Stress (%)

Green Lanes 15 6 71% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 119% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 37% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 10 11 48% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 21 1 98% - - - - - -

River Avenue 17 11 61% - - - - - -

Total 138 41 77% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%








kerb space within the parking survey area is 77% between 11am and 3pm on a

typical Monday morning/afternoon. Out of the 179 total parking opportunities

identified, 138 cars have been observed to be parked leaving 41 free spaces. In

addition an average of four cars have been observed to be parked in time

restricted bays on Green Lanes leaving one space free.

3.16 As with the preceding time period and for the same reason explained herein,

more cars have been observed to be parked on Fernleigh Road and Woodberry

Avenue than there are total spaces based on the inventory measurements.

3.17 In addition to the number of cars parked on Woodberry Avenue in Table 3, an

average of 11 additional cars have been observed to be parked across private

driveways during this period. Again the surveyor noted that all of the cars

parked over driveways were there for long periods of time throughout the

survey days therefore these cars are expected to be the residents or visitors to

the properties rather than visitors to local commercial premises or the surgery.

Table 4. Parking Survey Average, Wednesday 05/07/2017 from 1500-1900

Street

Parking Survey Results - Wednesday 05/07/2017, 3-7pm AVERAGE


Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking

Stress (%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking

Stress (%)

Cars Parked

Free Spaces

Parking

Stress (%)

Green Lanes 12 9 57% 2 3 33% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 17 -1 106% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 22 6 78% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 7 10 40% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 6 14 31% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 16 6 74% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Total 127 52 71% 2 3 33% 0 4 0%



kerb space within the parking survey area is 71% between 3pm and 7pm on a






typical Wednesday afternoon. Out of the 179 total parking opportunities

identified, 127 cars have been observed to be parked leaving 52 free spaces. In

addition an average of two cars have been observed to be parked in time

restricted bays on Green Lanes leaving three spaces free.

3.19 Again more cars have been observed to be parked on Fernleigh Road and

Woodberry Avenue than there are total spaces based on the inventory

measurements for the reasons explained herein.

3.20 In addition to the number of cars parked on Woodberry Avenue in Table 4, an

average of seven additional cars have been observed to be parked across private

driveways during this period. The surveyor noted that all of the cars parked

over driveways were there for long periods of time throughout the survey days

therefore these cars are expected to be the residents or visitors to the

properties rather than visitors to local commercial premises or the surgery.

3.21 In summary whilst the parking conditions on certain roads within the study area

such as Woodberry Avenue and Fernleigh Road have been observed to be over

capacity, overall there is spare capacity especially on Green Lanes in both

unrestricted and time restricted kerb space.

A105 Corridor – mini-Holland Scheme

3.22 We have also looked at the impact of the ‘mini-Holland’ proposals for Green

Lanes which was under construction and partly completed during the parking

surveys.

3.23 The kerb side inventory in Figures 3a-f illustrates the extent of the works

completed to-date and the total number of available kerb side parking

opportunities at the time of the surveys. As is shown in Table 2, there are

currently a total of 21 unrestricted kerb side parking opportunities on Green

Lanes within the study area and five parking opportunities in time restricted

bays.






3.24 Looking at the specific stretch of Green Lanes within the parking survey area

between the junctions of Carpenter Gardens and River Avenue, as part of the

‘mini-Holland’ proposals the number of parking opportunities will decrease from

26 total parking opportunities to 19 in accordance with the plans provided at

pages 8 and 9 of the Cycle Enfield Statutory Consultation document dated July

2016. These plans illustrate the changes to the A105 corridor between Station

Road and Fernleigh Road and Woodberry Avenue to Crestbrook Avenue

respectively.

3.25 An average total of seven spare parking spaces have been observed to be

available on Green Lanes between 8am to 11am and 11am to 3pm as is shown

in Tables 2 and 3 of this report. Once the mini-Holland works are complete

there will be no available spaces on Green Lanes however there will still be a

minimum total of 26 spare kerb side parking opportunities within the wider

survey area.

3.26 There would appear to be scope to introduce two new unrestricted kerb side

parking opportunities on Woodberry Avenue adjacent to the Green Lanes

junction as part of the highways works associated with the mini-Holland scheme.

3.27 Whilst the Woodberry Avenue junction stop-line will remain in the same place,

the running carriageway of Green Lanes will be will be set-forward as a result of

the new segregated cycle lane and an additional kerb build-out thereafter to

accommodate inset parking bays immediately to the north and south of the

junction. This would allow the potential provision of one new unrestricted kerb

side parking opportunity on each side of Woodberry Avenue to the east of the

existing Doctors Bay.

3.28 Currently these stretches of kerb space are regulated by double yellow line

markings however the aforementioned junction works means that the double

yellow lines may not need to protrude as far into Woodberry Avenue and we

would therefore recommend that the Council considers this option to offset

some of the significant losses to the availability of kerb side parking opportunities






which have resulted on Green Lanes in the vicinity of the application site as a

result of the mini-Holland works.

3.29 For the avoidance of doubt the location of the potential new unrestricted kerb

side parking opportunities on Woodberry Avenue are illustrated in the diagram

below:

Potential new sections of unrestricted kerb space on Woodberry Avenue resulting in two additional kerb side parking opportunities adjacent to the practice.

Source: Enfield Council/Jacobs/Cycle Enfield with PMA Annotations

3.30 The following chapter assesses the parking impact of the proposed extension at

the Woodberry Practice.






4.0 TRAVEL MODE & PARKING IMPACT ASSESSMENT

4.1 As explained the proposals comprise of a single storey rear extension providing

an additional 70 sqm floor area at the Woodberry Practice. The site does not

have a vehicle access or any off-street car parking spaces at present and, owing

to the constraints of the site it is not possible to provide a vehicle access or off-

street parking under the proposals.

4.2 Enfield Council subscribes to the parking standards set out in the London Plan.

The London Plan does not prescribe a specific car parking standard for D2 GP

practices which is the focus of this study. The document does however

prescribe minimum cycle parking standards at a rate of one long-stay space per

five staff and one short-stay space per three staff.

4.3 The practice had 20 staff until 21st January 2017 however there are now 26 staff

at the practice the majority working on a part-time basis. Of the 26 staff a

maximum of 14 will be on duty at any particular time. An additional four staff

will be on-site at any one time under the proposals.

4.4 The new extension will also allow for teaching medical students, up to a

maximum of two staff will be taught at any one time. Students are likely to

travel to the practice by public transport as they will be travelling from UCL or

the Royal Free Hospital in Central London. There will be no additional staff

working at the site under the proposals according to the planning application

form.

4.5 On this basis up to 20 staff will be on-site at any one-time. In accordance with

the Council’s minimum cycle parking standards as prescribed in the London Plan

the proposals would require up to four short-stay and seven long-stay cycle

parking spaces under the proposals. This number of cycle parking spaces will be

provided under the proposals in accordance with the Council’s policy

requirements. This aspect of the proposals can be adequately secured as a

condition of any future planning permission.






4.6 In instances where there are no specific car parking standards for a certain land

use category it is usually the purpose of the Transport Statement/Assessment to

assess the proposals and any associated impacts on a first principles basis.

4.7 In order to predict the additional demand for parking arising from staff and

patients, and therefore the parking impact as part of the proposed development,

the surgery has carried out a series of travel mode surveys of its current

operations.

4.8 The Woodberry GP Practice administration conducted a patient and staff travel

survey on Monday 3rd and Wednesday 5th July 2017 to coincide with the days

that the parking surveys in Chapter 3 were carried out. The patient survey

comprised of a questionnaire form which patients filled in at reception stating

time of arrival and estimated departure, main mode of travel, if they drove

where they parked, and their home post code. Members of staff completed the

same questionnaire.

4.9 A total of 112 patients completed the questionnaire over the two days of

survey, furthermore 13 members of staff who were on-duty completed the

questionnaire on each day.

4.10 The results of each survey setting out the main mode of travel are set out in

Tables 5 and 6 as follows:

Table 5. Patient Travel Mode, Monday 3rd/Wednesday 5th July 2017

Mode of travel Mon/Wed Total % Mode split

car driver 69 62%

car passenger 1 1%

walk 34 30%

bus 6 5%

cycle 2 2%

Source: The Woodberry Practice

4.11 The data in Table 5 illustrates that 62% of patients visited the surgery by private

car as the driver, 1% of patients were dropped off as a car passenger, 30%

walked, 5% arrived by bus and 2% cycled.






Table 6. Staff Travel Mode, Monday 3rd/Wednesday 5th July 2017

Mode of travel Mon/Wed Total % Mode split

car driver 21 81%

car passenger 0 0%

walk 2 8%

bus 3 12%

cycle 0 0%


4.12 The data in Table 6 illustrates that 81% of staff drive to work by private car, 8%

walk, and 12% take the bus.

4.13 The results of each survey setting out the parking locations of car drivers are set

out in Tables 7 and 8 as follows:

Table 7. Patient Parking Location Survey, Monday 3rd/Wednesday 5th July 2017

Location Mon/Wed Total % split

Woodberry Av. 22 32%

Green Lanes 14 20%

Barrowell Green 14 20%

Unspecified 11 16%

Sainsbury's 8 12%


4.14 The data in Table 7 illustrates that 32% of patients parked in Woodberry

Avenue, 20% parked on Green Lanes, 20% parked on Barrowell Green, and

12% parked in the nearby Sainsbury’s car park as part of a linked trip between

the doctor’s surgery and the supermarket. The remaining 16% of respondents

did not specify a parking location.

Table 8. Staff Parking Location Survey, Monday 3rd/Wednesday 5th July 2017

Location Mon/Wed Total % split

Woodberry Av. 9 43%

Green Lanes 6 29%

Barrowell Green 4 19%

GP Bay 2 10%

Sainsbury's 0 0%







4.15 The data in Table 8 illustrates that 43% of staff parked in Woodberry Avenue,

29% parked on Green Lanes, 19% parked on Barrowell Green, and 10% (one

car) parked in the designated doctor’s bay on Woodberry Avenue.

4.16 Finally, based on the stated time of arrival and estimated time of departure of

each patient who took part in the survey and who specified this information, the

average duration of stay for both the Monday and the Wednesday surveys is 24

minutes.

4.17 As explained, the proposed new extension will consist of a new accessible

reception area with an enlarged waiting room open to the reception area, and a

disabled toilet. There will be new consulting rooms that will comply with NHS

requirements and standards. The existing ground floor will be refurbished to

accommodate enlarged consulting rooms.

4.18 The number of consultant and nurse appointments for the year 01/04/2016 to

31/03/2017 was 39,244. Under the proposals the practice estimates a

maximum of 10,000 extra appointments will be catered for annually however

this is considered to be very much a worst case scenario as the type of

appointments offered will be for other services currently not available which

may have longer consultation time and therefore less patient throughput.

4.19 Notwithstanding, taking the worst case scenario increase in patient numbers the

following calculations can be made:

10,000 patient visits / 50 working weeks a year = 200 visits per week;

200 visits / 7 days = 28.5 visits per day;

28.5 daily visits / 12 opening hours per day = 2.4 visits per hour;

If 62% travelled by car (as per the patient survey data herein) then 2.4

visits per hour x 62% = 1.5 additional car visits per hour.

4.20 As is shown in the parking survey data in the previous chapter, even accounting

for the mini-Holland works on Green Lanes which will result in a decrease in the

number of kerb side parking opportunities adjacent to the surgery, there will still






be a minimum total of 26 spare kerb side parking opportunities within the wider

survey area in any given hour.

4.21 A worst case additional 1.5 cars parked on the roads within the parking survey

area would result in a minimal and insignificant change in parking stress on the

local highway and would likely fall within hourly/daily fluctuations in parking

patterns and therefore largely go unnoticed.

4.22 Based upon the various locations that patients currently park such as

Woodberry Avenue, Green Lanes, Barrowell Green, and the nearby Sainsbury’s

car park, the minor increase in hourly parking demand arising from the proposals

will be well spread out over a wide area and will therefore be barely noticeable

in any one location.

4.23 As well as patients there will be an increase in staff as a result of the planned

expansion. A total increase of four members of staff would be on-site at one

time. Based on the existing staff travel mode survey data in Chapter 3 81%

currently drives to work, applying this ratio to the four new staff it can be

reasonably expected that three additional staff will drive to the site under the

proposals.

4.24 Again it is considered that this would result in a minimal and insignificant change

in parking stress on the local highway and the small increase in staff parking

demand will also be well spread out over a wide area and will therefore be

barely noticeable in any one location.

4.25 Based on the results of the parking surveys as well as the general additional

supporting information herein it is our professional view that the proposed

scheme would have a minimal and insignificant impact on the adjoining highway

in terms of road capacity, highway safety, and neighbouring amenity and the

development should therefore be allowed.






4.26 The proposal is considered to be in compliance with Policy DM45 of Enfield

Council’s development management plan as well as Policies 6.3 and 6.13 of the

London Plan.






5.0 SUMMARY

5.1 In summary, the proposals comprise of a rear extension at the Woodberry

Practice, 1 Woodberry Avenue, London, N21 3LE. The site does not have a

vehicle access or any off-street car parking spaces at present and, owing to the

constraints of the site it is not possible to provide a vehicle access or off-street

parking under the proposals.

5.2 This report has been prepared to assess the parking impacts of the proposed

development on the adjoining highway for submission with a full planning

application to Enfield Council.

5.3 The project site is one kilometre to the north of Palmers Green town centre,

around the same distance further north of the site is Winchmore Hill. There

are three bus services with high peak period service frequencies available from

stops within very close proximity to the site on Green Lanes. Despite this the

site has a public transport accessibility level (PTAL) score of 2 which is a ‘poor’

level of accessibility as defined by Transport for London (TfL).

5.4 A parking survey has been carried out in accordance with industry standard

guidelines during the peak operational hours of the surgery so as to illustrate

existing parking conditions on the roads adjoining the site as well as to assess

any associated impacts on parking conditions arising from the proposals.

5.5 The surveys revealed that, whilst the parking conditions on certain roads within

the study area such as Woodberry Avenue and Fernleigh Road have been

observed to be over capacity, overall there is spare capacity especially on Green

Lanes in both unrestricted and time restricted kerb space.

5.6 Once the mini-Holland works are complete there will be no available spaces on

Green Lanes however there will still be a minimum total of 26 spare kerb side

parking opportunities within the wider survey area. However there would

appear to be scope to introduce two new unrestricted kerb side parking

opportunities on Woodberry Avenue adjacent to the Green Lanes junction as






part of the highways works associated with the mini-Holland scheme as set out

herein.

5.7 Based on the highest number of additional patients that can be expected to

access the surgery under the proposals, an additional 1.5 hourly vehicle trips are

projected to access the site.

5.8 An additional 1.5 cars parked on the roads within the parking survey area would

result in a minimal and insignificant change in parking stress on the local highway

and would likely fall within hourly/daily fluctuations in parking patterns and

therefore largely go unnoticed. Furthermore, based upon the various locations

that patients currently park the minor increase in hourly parking demand will be

well spread out over a wide area and will therefore be barely noticeable in any

one location.

5.9 A total of four additional members of staff would be on-site at one time under

the proposals. Based on the existing staff travel mode survey data, three of the

additional staff members will drive to the site under the proposals. Again it is

considered that this would result in a minimal and insignificant change in parking

stress on the local highway and the small increase in staff parking demand will

also be well spread out over a wide area and will therefore be barely noticeable

in any one location.

5.10 Based on the results of the parking surveys as well as the general additional

supporting information herein it is our professional view that the proposed

scheme would have a minimal and insignificant impact on the adjoining highway

and is therefore in compliance with Policy DM45 of Enfield Council’s

development management plan as well as Policies 6.3 and 6.13 of the London

Plan.




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P A U L M E W A S S O C I A T E STRAFFIC CONSULTANTS

P1735: WOODBERRY PRACTICE, 1 WOODBERRY AVENUE, ENFIELD, N21 3LE Figure 1.

Site Location

Date: 23-June-2017

Scale: NTS

Source: Google Maps

Drawing No: P1735/TS/01


SITE LOCATION:

THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE

1 WOODBERRY AVENUE

ENFIELD

N21 3LE


P1735: WOODBERRY PRACTICE, 1 WOODBERRY AVENUE, ENFIELD, N21 3LE Figure 2.

Parking Survey Area

Date: 23-June-2017

Scale: NTS

Source: Google Maps

Drawing No: P1735/TS/02


UP TO NO. 12

UP TO NO. 15

UP TO NO. 69

UP TO NO. 27

UP TO ACCESS

UP TO ACCESS

UP TO NARROWING





APPENDIX A Site Boundary






APPENDIX B Existing Floor Plans






APPENDIX C Proposed Floor Plans






APPENDIX D Parking Survey Results


P1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LE

Parking Survey: Monday 3rd July 2017 from 0800-1500

0800-0900

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 15 1 94% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 22 6 79% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 35% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 11 9 55% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 18 3 86% - - - - - -

River Avenue 18 10 64% - - - - - -

Total 138 41 77% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%

0900-1000

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 119% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 23 5 82% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 5 12 29% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 12 8 60% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 95% - - - - - -

River Avenue 19 9 68% - - - - - -

Total 145 34 81% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%

1000-1100

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 20 -4 125% - - - - - -

Source: PMA Survey

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 9-10am


Source: PMA Survey

Street


Unrestricted Kerb

Street



Time Restricted Bays Single Yellow Line


Barrowell Green 22 6 79% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 5 12 29% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 11 9 55% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 22 -1 105% - - - - - -

River Avenue 22 6 79% - - - - - -

Total 154 25 86% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%

1100-1200

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 14 7 67% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 119% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 5 12 29% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 9 11 45% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 21 0 100% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Total 141 38 79% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%

1200-1300

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 21 -5 131% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 35% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 9 11 45% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 21 0 100% - - - - - -

River Avenue 18 10 64% - - - - - -

Total 138 41 77% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%

Source: PMA Survey

Source: PMA Survey

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 11am-12pm


Source: PMA Survey

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 12-1pm


1300-1400

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 16 5 76% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 20 -4 125% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 35% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 10 10 50% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 95% - - - - - -

River Avenue 16 12 57% - - - - - -

Total 139 40 78% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%

1400-1500

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 14 7 67% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 16 0 100% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 23 5 82% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 8 9 47% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 10 10 50% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 95% - - - - - -

River Avenue 14 14 50% - - - - - -

Total 133 46 74% 3 2 60% 0 4 0%

AVERAGE TOTAL

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)Green Lanes 15 6 73% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 116% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 22 6 77% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 34% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 10 10 51% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 97% - - - - - -

Street



Source: PMA Survey

Street



Source: PMA Survey

Street



River Avenue 18 10 65% - - - - - -

Total 141 38 79% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%

AVERAGE 8am-11am

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)Green Lanes 16 5 76% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 18 -2 113% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 22 6 80% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 5 12 31% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 11 9 57% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 20 1 95% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 70% - - - - - -

Total 146 33 81% 3 2 63% 0 4 0%

AVERAGE 11am-3pm

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)Green Lanes 15 6 71% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 119% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 37% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 10 11 48% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 21 1 98% - - - - - -

River Avenue 17 11 61% - - - - - -

Total 138 41 77% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%

Source: PMA Survey

Source: PMA Survey

Street



Source: PMA Survey

Street

Parking Survey Results - Monday 03/07/2017, 8am-11am AVERAGE


P1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LEP1735: THE WOODBERRY PRACTICE, ENFIELD, N21 3LE

Parking Survey: Wednesday 5th July 2017 from 1500-1900

1500-1600

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 15 6 71% 2 3 40% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 19 -3 119% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 8 9 47% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 7 13 35% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 14 7 67% - - - - - -

River Avenue 19 9 68% - - - - - -

Total 134 45 75% 2 3 40% 0 4 0%

1600-1700

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 8 13 38% 0 5 0% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 16 0 100% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 25 3 89% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 35% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 7 13 35% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 18 3 86% - - - - - -

River Avenue 19 9 68% - - - - - -

Total 132 47 74% 0 5 0% 0 4 0%

Street

Parking Survey Results - Wednesday 05/07/2017, 4-5pm


Source: PMA Survey

Source: PMA Survey

Street



1700-1800

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 12 9 57% 0 5 0% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 18 -2 113% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 7 10 41% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 6 14 30% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 13 8 62% - - - - - -

River Avenue 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Total 124 55 69% 0 5 0% 0 4 0%

1800-1900

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Green Lanes 13 8 62% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 15 1 94% - - - - - -


Barrowell Green 21 7 75% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 6 11 35% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 5 15 25% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 17 4 81% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Total 119 60 66% 4 1 80% 0 4 0%

AVERAGE

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)

Cars

Parked

Free

Spaces

Parking

Stress

(%)Green Lanes 12 9 57% 2 3 33% 0 4 0%


Fernleigh Road 17 -1 106% - - - - - -


Street



Source: PMA Survey

Street

Parking Survey Results - Wednesday 05/07/2017, 3-7pm AVERAGE


Source: PMA Survey

Street



Barrowell Green 22 6 78% - - - - - -

Barrow Close 7 10 40% - - - - - -

Lytton Avenue 6 14 31% - - - - - -

Eaton Park Road 16 6 74% - - - - - -

River Avenue 20 8 71% - - - - - -

Total 127 52 71% 2 3 33% 0 4 0%

Source: PMA Survey

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