Site location

Peddimore will be located just north of Minworth, between the A38 and the M6 (Toll). The main access to the site will be a new junction on the A38, half a mile north of the Minworth Island Roundabout.

The site is excellently located for the strategic road network and adjoining the urban area to provide access to a significant labour pool.

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What's the plan?

We have worked with Birmingham City Council to develop a masterplan including strategic infrastructure (comprising new access, internal site roads, drainage and strategic landscaping) which will help to achieve our collective vision for Peddimore to create a high-quality employment park and a great place to work.

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Connected employment

A large-scale highways improvement project will be undertaken as part of the delivery of Peddimore to ensure that the local road network can accommodate future traffic flows. As part of a Green Travel District, Peddimore will aim to improve mobility and reduce reliance on the car.

A new signal-controlled roundabout will be designed to accommodate modern, sustainable public transport and HGV freight vehicles. Robust assessments have shown that this new access point will be able cater for the traffic flows associated with Peddimore and Langley.

A new bridge over the A38 will provide safe, convenient and effective crossings for pedestrians and cyclists into and around the development. This will connect to the existing footpath and cycleway network, as well as into Langley in the longer term.

On the map we have highlighted the areas covered by 15 minute travel times by both car and bike and 30 minutes by car, demonstrating the significant catchment for potential employees.

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A Green Travel District will be established covering Peddimore, Langley and the existing areas of Royal Sutton Coldfield, Minworth and Walmley to create an environment where people are put before cars.

The creation of a community, through design and management, will help connect employees and occupiers and support this goal.

The aim is to improve the mobility of people and goods to reduce reliance on the private car, promote walking and cycling to minimise impact on local roads, and improve air quality and accessibility to the site.

Scroll down to see further detail on the individual sustainable transport methods.

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Currently, existing cycle routes are predominantly in the west and south-west of the area. There is a greater opportunity to improve connections from these areas to the site.

Scroll down to see proposals for improved cycle routes.

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Wider cycling route enhancements are a key sustainable travel measure being proposed for Peddimore. The illustration to the left sets out how we propose to extend and improve the existing cycle route network to the site and, in addition, outlines the provision to connect into and through the Langley Urban Extension in the longer term.

A new bike share scheme (Nextbike or similar) will also be launched, including funding for infrastructure at key locations within the Green Travel District along with an initial annual subscription to promote the scheme to Peddimore employees.

We are also considering the provision of a bike maintenance facility as part of the Hub Zone at the entrance to the site, along with a range of other ancillary uses, which will support the creation of a business community (all subject to business case).

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In addition to wider cycle routes, pedestrian foot paths will also be enhanced in and around Peddimore. This will provide employees and visitors with easier and safer access around the site.

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The Peddimore site will be served directly by enhanced bus services including connections to key locations including Sprint stops and Royal Sutton Coldfield town centre. On-site infrastructure will include shelters with seating and real time timetable information, and high-level bus boarding kerbs.

The illustration to the left outlines potential approaches to enhancing bus connectivity, including the possible extensions to the x4, 67 and 71 services, potentially supplemented by a shuttle bus service between the site and Royal Sutton Coldfield town centre (terminating at the train station). The latter service could be used to complement existing services for local people.

Please zoom out to view and explore the wider bus route network.

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Existing routes

Suggested route changes

Transport modelling

The Sutton Coldfield Saturn traffic model has been developed on behalf of the Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council and Birmingham City Council, and has been used to assess the impact of the Peddimore development. The modelling includes traffic from the Langely Urban Extension.

We have reviewed the traffic flows calculated for Peddimore and Langely during the Birmingham Development Plan process and these have been included in the Saturn model.

This assessment showed where Peddimore may have an impact on the road network and determined what highways improvements would be needed. The methodology and findings have been agreed with Birmingham City Council and Highways England.

Model Extent Plan

The transport model covers the wider Royal Sutton Coldfield area, specifically the town centre as well as Langley and Peddimore. The surrounding motorway network (the M6, M6 Toll and M42) to the east and south of Royal Sutton Coldfield is also incorporated.

An important part of verifying the accuracy of the existing model has been the collection and assessment of additional datasets including traffic surveys, journey times and number plate surveys. This ensures the model reflects existing traffic conditions and provides a more reliable and representative forecast.

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Existing count data was obtained from West Midlands SPECTRUM and from Highways England. Only data from 2014 onwards has been included to ensure the data indicates current traffic levels in the Royal Sutton Coldfield area.

New classified traffic count data was collected between the 11th September and 22nd September 2017 to supplement the existing data.

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TomTom GPS journey time data was obtained for 8 routes across the model study area for the purposes of model journey time validation. Data for all routes was collected for September and October 2017.

Click on a route for more information.

Number plate surveys

For the purposes of ensuring that movements across Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Centre are represented accurately, an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) survey was commissioned on the 21st September 2017 (undertaken by Tracsis as part of the wider survey programme) to monitor movements around all key entry and exit points.

The survey included a total of 16 cameras at 8 sites.

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Projected traffic movements throughout the day were calculated for routes from the new site access on the A38.

The assessments enable us to forecast the vehicle movements during peak periods of the day. During the morning peak, there would be an additional 1,056 traffic movements (into and out of the site), when fully operational and without local transport improvements.

This includes:
955 car trips during the morning peak hour
101 HGV trips during the morning peak hour

The flows on the map show the proportions of light traffic taking each turn at a junction or roundabout on these routes.

Please note that roads with less than 2% of traffic are not shown on this map.

Please zoom into the map to better understand the traffic flows.

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The flows on the map show the proportions of HGV traffic taking each turn at a junction or roundabout on these routes.

Please note that roads with less than 2% of HGV traffic are not shown on this map.

Please zoom into the map to better understand the traffic flows.

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Mitigation

It is a planning requirement for a new development to mitigate any impact where a problem is caused or an existing issue is significantly exacerbated. However, it is not for a development to resolve an existing highway problem.

Despite this, all junctions predicted to be over capacity with the traffic from both Langley and Peddimore were examined. Mitigation measures for the combined impact have been assessed and a strategy for delivering the necessary improvement works, and their timing, is being agreed with Birmingham City Council.

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33 junctions were assessed where Birmingham City Council agreed the impact of Peddimore could be significant. Improvements are proposed at 9 of these junctions.

Click on a junction on the map for more details.

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Have your say

Proposals for the site will be presented at a series of public exhibitions running between the 20th November and 1st December 2018, providing local people and interested stakeholders with an opportunity to have their say on the plans.