Page 300 - Eden Meadow 35 houses application as of 12 October

Land to the Rear of Eden Meadows, Newington
Ref: PL/GB/13776
2.5 Accessibility

2.5.1 The site enjoys access to a number of local services and facilities within a
reasonable walking distance. These include a primary school, post office,
pharmacy, public house, local shops and public transport links. A summary of the
walk distances to these locations, measured along walking routes and not taken
‘as the crow flies’, is provided in Table 2-2 below.

Walk Distance Walk Time
Local service/facility
(metres) (minutes)
Village Hall 400m 5 minutes
Bus stops 450m 6 minutes
Newington Post Office 550m 7 minutes
Pharmacy 550m 7 minutes
The Co-Operative Food 550m 7 minutes
Public House 550m 7 minutes
Newington Rail Station 650m 8 minutes
Primary School 1,100m 14 minutes
Table 2-2: Accessibility to Local Services

2.5.2 The walk times provided above are based on a walk speed of 80m per minute, a
figure which is widely used to estimate walk times and used within the London
Based Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) analysis. It aims to provide a
typical average value that estimates it takes 5 minutes to walk 400m, 10 minutes
to walk 800m and so on.

2.5.3 Table 3.2 of the Institution of Highways and Transportation guidance ‘Providing
for Journeys on Foot’ suggests the acceptable walking distances to facilities and
is replicated below in Table 2-3.

Town Commuting/School/ Elsewhere (m)
Centres (m) Site-Seeing (m)
Desirable 200 500 400
Acceptable 400 1000 800
Preferred Maximum 800 2000 1200
Table 2-3: ‘Providing for Journeys on Foot’ suggested acceptable walking distances

2.5.4 It is acknowledged that a majority of the local services are located within the
desirable and acceptable walking distances, the availability of regular bus services
within 450 metres of the site will provide future residents with the opportunity to
access them by a range of sustainable transport modes, in accordance with
national and local planning policy.

2.5.5 Given the details outlined above, it is noted that the proposed development site
is located within an acceptable walking distance of a number of everyday services,
thereby reducing the need for private vehicle travel.

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