BANES Documents

 Minutes of the Bathnes Enterprise & Economic Development Overview & Scrutiny Panel (9 Sept 2008)

 Tackling congestion: Park & Ride East (PDF of leaflet with site plan)

 The Bath Transportation Package Major Scheme Bid (this leaflet was downloaded from the BANES website on 2nd

 November 2008. It sites the P&R East at Bailbrook House. We're not sure whether they've moved the P&R East

 again; whether they've made a mistake; or whether they're trying to mislead us again).

 BANES Local Plan (Adopted October 2007) (BANES' P&R East proposal seems to largely contradict their Local Plan.

 Of particular interest are Chapter 2 on the Natural Environment and the section on 'Maintaining Biodiversity' p163

 onwards. Bathampton Meadows are an important feeding area for bats).

 Consultation Feedback on the Rugby Training Facilities Proposal (a lot of the feedback in this document is

 relevant to the P&R East proposal. Of particular interest are the comments from BANES' own Landscape Architect

 who considers the scheme to be contrary to Policy NE1 in BANES' local plan (see page 14)).

 Halcrow Fox. Bath Park & Ride Study Final Report. September 1999. Prepared for BANES. This study rejects

 Bathampton Meadows as a viable site for a P&R: "Site B is located north of the Batheaston Bypass and east of Mill

 Lane. This site is rejected because its position is such that its visual impact would be significant, and it has no

 significant benefits over other options that would make pursuing it worthwhile".

Steer Davies Gleave. Lambridge Park & Ride Multi-Modal Corridor Study Final Report. Prepared for BANES. April 2000. This study rejects Bathampton Meadows as a viable site for a P&R. It also points out that the site lies "within Green Belt (in contradiction to Draft Revised PPG13)".

WSP. (2004) Bristol/Bath to South Coast Study. Final Report - The City of Bath Government Office for the South West.

"Park and Ride at Bathampton Meadow"

"The AST indicates that a large adverse impact on the landscape can be expected. At this location, the site would be very visually prominent and would require extensive mitigation measures that are likely to affect the character of the local area. Mitigation measures could include side screening and grass roofing. The latter measure, due to it’s setting in the greenbelt, would be construed as a building and would contravene green belt policy."

"The AST for Bathampton Meadows also indicates adverse impacts on historic resources and on the water environment, particularly the River Avon that would have to accommodate the dust and runoff from the large hard standing area. Careful management would berequired to overcome such impacts, but the results for the traffic reductions indicate that this Park and Ride site can be rejected on grounds of impact on the local environment and only marginal incremental benefits for traffic reduction." (p23)

(2004) Bristol/Bath to South Coast Study. Appendix 2 - Summary responses and comments received from stakeholders.

Parkhurst. G.P. (1998) The Economic and Environmental Roles of Park and Ride. ESRC Transport Studies Unit, Centre for Transport Studies. University College London

Parkhurst. G.P. (1996) The Economic and Modal-Split Impacts of Short-Range Park and Ride Schemes: Evidence from Nine UK Cities. ESRC Transport Studies Unit, Centre for Transport Studies. University College London

"...there is little or no evidence in the UK of significant congestion reduction directly attributable to park and ride provision." (Parkhurst 1996)

"P&R evolved as part of a strategy that sought to preserve accessibility. It has been successful in doing this, but by improving vehicle occupancy, not reducing congestion. Perhaps if the sole aim of P&R had been reducing congestion, it would have been abandoned long ago." (Parkhurst 1996)

Dr Parkhurst has just become involved in a European project to evaluate the Bath transport strategy. Although the acadamic experts have become involved to provide an independent evaluation, B&NES is the lead partner!