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A419 COMMONHEAD JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT
3. PLANNING FACTORS
3.1 The traffic model developed for the Commonhead Improvement Study has taken account of planning and development considerations in respect of the following:
- Haydon III residential development
- Great Western Hospital
- 'Front Garden' and all other developments
3.2 Although the Haydon III development is situated outside the traffic model study area to the north of Swindon, it represents a major residential development. Its effect, therefore, has been taken into account and necessary adjustments have been made for both development related vehicle trips and general vehicle trip growth.
3.3 Particular account of specific developments within the study area were dealt with individually, notably the new Great Western Hospital. Vehicle trip generation and distribution matrices were calculated for this development and its effect included in the junction assessment.
3.4 The final area of planning consents and potential future developments affecting the study area were dealt with via the use of TEMPRO estimates of forecast vehicle trip growth. TEMPRO contains trend based planning datasets, using published government population and household projections, and commercially available employment projections, all at county level. The underlying assumption is a continuation of past trends in birth rates, migration, household formation, and employment in each industrial sector.
3.5 In order to ensure that the projected household and employment datasets at county level fed into the software is reasonable and up to date, the Department for Transport consults Government Offices to produce further planning datasets which more closely reflect current planning policy.
Park and Ride
3.6 The first Deposit Draft of the Swindon Borough Local Plan 2011 contains a policy safeguarding a site for a Park and Ride facility adjacent to Commonhead junction, adjacent to the new Great Western Hospital.
3.7 None of the proposed schemes would prejudice its possible future development.
