Neighbourhood Plan Team Meeting June 2 2015 © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

© Bishop’s Stortford Town Council Agenda Apologies for Absence Minutes of the last Meeting Chairman’s Announcements Matters Arising Stage 3: Transport Plan Development Consultation and Engagement Preparation for next meeting June 23rd 2015 Goods Yard Stage 3 © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Transport and Movement Stage 3 © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objectives for Transport and Movement Encourage and promote sustainable travel networks Improve the management and provision of parking throughout the town Support solutions to address congestion and traffic hotspots Encourage initiatives to remove through traffic from the town centre Improve town centre access and connectivity Question – should we include objective: ‘Support economic development and planned housing growth’? © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Policy Context and Background Bishop’s Stortford Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire, December 2014 National Planning Policy Framework East Herts Local Plan Second Review 2007 East Herts Draft District Plan Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire 2014 Hertfordshire County Travel Survey 2012 HCC Local Transport Plan 2011-2031 Sustainability Community Strategy (SCS) HCC Corporate Plan HCC Traffic Counts programme Sustrans http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ HCC Active Travel Strategy April 2013 Herts Traffic and Transport Data Report 2014 Etc. © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Objective 1 : Encourage and promote sustainable travel networks Policies: walk and cycle friendly neighbourhoods a connected town for pedestrians and cyclists travel by bus travel to school travel plans and monitoring (residential and workplace) Question – should we apply policy ‘a connected town for pedestrians and cyclists’ to developments that are smaller than ‘significant’ (as defined in glossary)? © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Objective 2 : Improve the management and provision of parking throughout the town Policies: residential parking loss of car parking spaces parking provision © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Objective 3 : Support solutions to address congestion and traffic hotspots Policies: traffic congestion improving air quality heavy goods vehicles © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Objective 4 : Encourage initiatives to remove through traffic from the town centre Policies: through traffic Question – should this objective and policy be incorporated within Objective 3. i.e. ‘support solutions to address congestion and traffic hotspots’? © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Objective 5 : Improve town centre access and connectivity Policies : Not fully worded yet but will look to secure the following transport improvements for the town centre: Sufficient and secure cycle parking particularly at station and other key destinations Widened and upgraded all weather tow path (leisure and utility use) Barrier free movement/desire line pedestrian routes and corridors that ‘connect’ town centre destinations, including Sworders field(NP1), the river, station, Rhodes centre etc. Parking spaces available to commuters, shoppers and town centre workers that are accessible from the south Sufficient parking spaces Riverside promenade spaces Continued…….. © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Objective and relevant policies Continued from previous slide….. Shared space/pedestrianisation/improved public realm Deliveries and HGV’s – proposals and conditions that impose weight limits and times of day restrictions for deliveries Access and movement for all Modern well designed passenger friendly transport interchange/hub and gateway to the town Accessible, easy to reach, easy to use environment Accessible, up-to-to date/real time information that is well positioned and accessible remotely/through electronic devices Safe, well lit environment Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) e.g. ‘dynamic bus stand allocation Retail features incorporated into the design to make it an attractive place to wait for a train, bus or taxi etc. plus a destination in its own right Clear sightlines with much of the interchange structure made of large panels of clear toughened glass so as to enhance the users perceptions of personal security © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Plan Timetable - progress Bishop's Stortford Neighbourhood Plan 2 Strawman Timetable   STAGE Jul14 Aug14 Sep14 Oct14 Nov14 Dec14 Jan15 Feb15 Mar15 Apr15 May15 Jun15 Jul15 Aug15 Sep15 Oct15 Nov15 Dec15 Jan16 Feb16 1 Assemble team(s) C1 2 Identify issues and major options C2 3 Vision & Objectives C3 4 Generate Options 5 Prepare Draft Plan C4 6 Reg 14 Consultation C5 7 Examination tba 8 Referendum tba Consultation Points Appoint core team, and recruit interest group members and other helpers Survey residents and businesses Consult on Vision and Objectives Consult on Early Draft Formal Consultation on Draft Plan © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Plan Development - outline Text consolidation and editing (phase 1) Consultation day – Jun 27 Incorporation of comments from Consultation day Text consolidation and editing (phase 2) Text review – July/Aug Critical review of policies locally Initial de-duplication and completeness check => first draft plan–>policies are largely complete subject to refinement & external comments Plan review Aug/Oct By Team and independently By Council – 21st September By selected third parties (EHDC, Highways, others tbc) Conformity with basic conditions etc (considering new District & 2007 Plans) Focus groups, selective consultations? Eg disability groups, young people, ethnic groups etc Formal consultation draft – November? Formal consultation – Jan-Feb 2016 Examination copy – April/May 2016 Supporting documentation will be needed created Oct-Jan © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

© Bishop’s Stortford Town Council Meetings Timetable Topic Area Lead Date Content for Consultation Day posters finalised Team leads 4 June Final policy text for Consultation Day to Sue/James 8 June Carnival All 20 June Goods Yard Stage 3 & initial review of first assembly of document Murray 23 June Consultation Day 27 June Team meeting – consultation day feedback 14 Jul © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council

Consultation and Engagement Updated website Posters for consultation day E-newsletter Ads in Herts & Essex Observer Consultation day Roller banner posters for each topic Questions and Solutions posters for each key team Publicity items: post-its, pens Publicity leaflet, FAQ leaflets, postcards Maps of area Multiple copies of draft policies First draft Plan Summary? © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council