The solution
This brownfield site was surrounded by congested roads, and in particular a notorious set of T-junctions at Gorehedge. We spent considerable time with the team and stakeholders to get to grips with the root cause of the congestion problems around the main bottleneck in the town. From here, we identified a simple but cost-effective upgrade to the junction that hadn’t been considered by the teams involved in earlier planning applications.
This solution was evidenced by meticulous designs and transport modelling, which were independently audited and approved by the Local Highway Authority and their external consultants.
We also used ONS data from the 2011 census to create a bespoke, evidence-based model of car ownership for each property type in the proposals. This demonstrated that significant reductions in car parking could be achieved, compared with the Council’s own standards; maximising the developable land, while creating more walkable and social streets within the development to minimize the use of private car travel.