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Hampshire County Council

Test Valley Highway and Transport Advisory Panel

14 March 2005

Travel Plan Programmes

Report of the Director of Environment

Item 9

Contact: Jon Foley, ext 7559 email: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 This report provides a progress update on the workplace and school travel planning programmes and Safer Routes to Schools programme for the Test Valley area.

2. Workplace Travel Plan Programme

2.1 There are currently nine organisations developing a travel plan, compared to seven reported at the last meeting of the Panel on 12 October 2004. Individual organisations are not identified for reasons of confidentiality, for example, some travel plans are related to planning applications or a change in location that is not yet public knowledge.

2.2 The current status of travel plans in the Test Valley area is shown in the table below. An indication of the number of employees covered by the plans has also been given.

Travel Plan Level	Number of businesses	Number of employees*
0 - Has an interest in travel and transport issues but no plan being produced	2	-
1 - Framework travel plan produced (often planning related), inception meeting held or some measures have been implemented	2	50
2 - Draft travel plan produced and approved by HCC	1	500
3 - Full travel plan produced and approved by HCC. Measures being implemented and reviewed.	4	710

* this is an approximation. Employee data is currently incomplete.

2.3 The Travel Plan Adviser is currently working to update records by liaising more closely with Borough Council officers to provide a more complete picture of travel plan activity.

3. School Travel Plan Programme

3.1 The School Travel Planning Team continues to work with schools to develop School Travel Plans. To date over 330 schools throughout Hampshire have developed or are in the process of developing plans, compared with just over 200 as at November 2004.

3.2 Schools with travel plans approved by the School Travel Planning Team are eligible for funding through the Safer Routes to School programme, as well as a one-off capital grant from the Department for Education and Skills. The latter is only available to maintained schools.

3.3 The School Travel Planning Team distributed an information leaflet to all the schools within Hampshire in November 2004. This leaflet was intended to raise awareness of School Travel Plans and has resulted in a number of new contacts from schools interested in developing a travel plan.

3.4 The team is now engaged with 42 of the 72 schools (62 maintained and 10 independent) in the Test Valley area, compared with 27 schools as at October 2004. A summary of the current status of all School Travel Plans in Test Valley is shown in the table below. More detail is shown in the Appendix.

Travel Plan Level	Number of schools
Level 0 - Interest shown	9
Level 1 - Initial work on travel plan started	14
Level 2 - Draft travel plan completed	1
Level 3 - Final travel plan submitted and approved	18
P- Travel plan submitted for planning application	0
C- Contacted awaiting response	30

4. Safer Routes to School Programme

4.1 The Safer Routes to Schools programme links very closely with the development of the School Travel Plan programme. One of the objectives of a School Travel Plan is to encourage as many children as possible to be active and independent by walking, cycling or using public transport to get to and from school on a regular basis. This could be through a combination of physical and other measures. If physical works are identified within the approved School Travel Plan then the school can bid for funding from the Safer Routes to Schools programme.

4.2 On 21 January 2005 the Executive Member for Environment agreed an indicative allocation of £1.5 million for a county-wide programme of Safer Routes to Schools schemes from the 2005/06 Capital Programme.

4.3 When a proposal for highway improvements is received from a school with a completed School Travel Plan the feasibility is assessed to determine the scale, implications, costs and benefits. As more proposals come forward, this allows the priorities to be determined for inclusion in the programme. The current status of potential and actual schemes is shown in the Appendix.

Recommendation

That Members note the progress made with the delivery of the Workplace and School Travel Plans and Safer Routes to School programmes in the Test Valley area.


Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1.	Published works.

2.	Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

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APPENDIX

Test Valley Highway and Transport Advisory Panel

School Travel Plan levels as at 26 January 2005

School Name	School Travel Plan Level	Date level achieved	SRTS scheme	SRTS Scheme year	SRTS Allocation £000's
Infant
Anton Infant School, Andover	1 (C)	17/11/2004
Balksbury Infant School, Andover	C
Cupernham Infant School, Romsey	1 (C)	30/11/2004
Knights Enham Infant School, Andover	0 (C)	06/12/2004
North Baddesley Infant School	C
Portway Infant School, Andover	1 (C)	14/12/2004
Romsey Infant School	C
Shepherds Spring Infant School, Andover	3 (2)	14/01/2005	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc
Vigo Infant School, Andover	3 (2)	13/09/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc

Junior
Anton Junior School, Andover	1 (C)	17/11/2004
Balksbury Junior School, Andover	C
Junior continued Cupernham Junior School, Romsey	1 (C)	30/11/2004
Knights Enham Junior School, Andover	0 (C)	09/11/2004
North Baddesley Junior School	0 (C)	08/12/2004
Portway Junior School, Andover	C
Romsey Junior School	0 (C)	06/12/2004
Shepherds Spring Junior School, Andover	3 (2)	14/01/2005	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc
Vigo Junior School, Andover	3 (2)	13/09/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc

Primary
Abbott's Ann C E Primary School	C
Ampfield C E Primary School	0 (C)	18/01/2005
Amport C E Primary School	C
Andover C E Primary School	C
Awbridge Primary School	C
Barton Stacey C E Primary School	C
Braishfield Primary School	1 (0)	17/09/2004
Broughton Primary School	0	04/05/2004
Clatford C E Primary School, Goodworth Clatford	3	14/11/2003	Minor works including signing& lining. Completed.	2004/05	10
Grateley Primary School	C
Halterworth Community Primary School, Romsey	1	01/12/2000	Botley Road pedestrian refuges. Completed.	2004/05	160
Primary continued Hatherden C E Primary School	3	01/10/2003	Footway improvements, anti-skid surfacing, signing and lining. NB due for construction Feb 05	2004/05	50
Hurstbourne Tarrant C E Primary School	3	14/03/2003	Currently having detail design, it is hoped this scheme will be implemented in the school summer holidays.	2005/06	80
Kimpton Thruxton and Fyfield C E Primary School, Kimpton	1 (0)	12/11/2004
King's Somborne C E Primary School	C
Knightwood Primary School, Chandlers Ford	3	01/02/1999	No scheme identified
Lockerley Endowed C E Primary School	0 (C)	14/01/2005
Longparish C E Primary School	2 (1)	07/10/2004
Nursling C E Primary School	0 (C)	09/11/2004
Roman Way Primary School, Andover	C
Romsey Abbey C E Primary School, Romsey	C
Rownhams St John's C E Primary School	0 (C)	17/01/2005
Shipton Bellinger Primary School	3	01/10/2003	SRTS measures including signing and lining - due for construction March 2005.	2004/05	30
Smannell and Enham C E Primary School, Smannell	1	13/12/2004
St Francis C E Primary School, Chandlers Ford	C
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Primary continued Andover	C
St Peter's C E Primary School, Andover	C
Stockbridge Primary School	1	03/11/2004
Vernham Dean Gillum's C E Primary School, Vernham Dean	1 (C)	05/11/2004
Wallop Primary School, Nether Wallop	C
Wellow School, West Wellow	3	01/09/2002	Phase 2 - Minor works including signing and lining. Completed.	2004/05	6
West Tytherley C E Primary School	1	28/09/2004
Wherwell Primary School	3	01/07/2002	Improvements to bus bay. Completed	2003/04	4

Secondary
Harrow Way Community School, Andover	C
John Hanson Community School, Andover	3	01/08/1999	Awaiting STP update
Test Valley School, Stockbridge	3	01/02/2002	Phases 1,2 & 3 complete	2003/04	90
The Mountbatten School and Language College, Romsey	1	02/03/2004
The Romsey School	3	01/02/2002	No Scheme identified
Winton School, Andover	3 (2)	13/09/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc

Special
Andover Education Centre	C
Icknield School, Andover	C
Norman Gate School, Andover	3 (2)	13/09/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc
The Mark Way School, Andover	3 (2)	13/09/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc
Wolverdene Special School. Andover	3	01/07/2004	Investigations currently underway	2005/06	tbc

Independent
Embley Park Junior School	C
Embley Park School	C
Farleigh School, Andover	C
Grateley House School, Grateley	C
Norman Court, West Tytherley	C
Rookwood School, Andover	C
St Edward's School, Sherfield English	C
Stanbridge Earls School	1	14/10/2004
Stroud School, Romsey	C
The Atherley School, Nursling	C

Key:
0 Interest shown	() School Travel Plan Level at time of last HTAP. No change to level if not shown
1 Initial work on travel plan started	tbc to be confirmed
2 Draft travel plan completed	C Contacted, awaiting response
3 Final travel plan submitted and approved	P Travel plan submitted for planning application

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