| Scheme Change |
Benefit |
| Provided recessed short-term parking
along Forest Road |
Allows two-way traffic flow and prevents vehicles having to wait
to let others pass |
| Reconfigured the development car
park |
Improves traffic flow and makes it easier to park |
| Relocated the disabled and parent & child spaces to be better positioned for the store and surgery entrances |
Ensures the shortest and safest journey to either location for
disabled visitors and parents with children once they have parked |
| Added a barrier to the car park, which
will be in use out of trading hours |
Prevents anti-social behaviour in the car park at night, but
allows access to those who need it |
| Provided a 2-metre brick wall around
the car park |
Screens the car park from view and prevents headlights
from disturbing nearby residents |
| Reconfigured the short-term parking
on Station Approach |
Maintains off-road parking for the Station Approach buildings,
whilst allowing for disabled parking and a loading bay |
| Increased the number and locations of
cycle parking facilities |
Caters for cyclists and promotes greener forms of travel |
| Relocated the service yard access to
Station Road |
Locates access away from nearby residents and prevents delivery
vehicles having to turn into Forest Road |
| Enclosed and gated the service yard |
Allows all delivery vehicle manoeuvres, loading and unloading
to take place out of sight and with no noise disruption |
| Revised the delivery vehicle route to
the store |
Keeps delivery vehicles away from Knowle High Street |
| Provided a loading bay on Station
Road |
Allows service vehicles to pull off the road to deliver to the
Station Road shops |
| Provided a loading bay next to the
Arden Buildings |
Prevents delivery vehicles having to wait on the carriageway and
allows vehicles to safely pass and turn into Station Approach |
| Provided a loading bay on Station
Approach |
Allows service vehicles to pull off the road to deliver to the
Station Approach shops |