Highways

Vehicle and pedestrian access to the site will be provided via the existing entrance points on Water Lane and High Street.

The proposals include a total of 24 parking spaces for residents, and will ensure that all car parking is self-contained onsite and will include disabled spaces and charging points for electric vehicles.

Retirement developments, by their very nature, are regarded as a passive form of development and generate low traffic movements when compared with general market housing. Residents moving to a McCarthy Stone development tend to rely less on their car, and from McCarthy Stone’s experience, many relinquish it altogether after a year or so when they realise that it is no longer essential to maintaining their independence.

Those residents who do own a car tend not to use a car in peak hours and residents do not need to use a car on a day-to-day basis due to the site’s sustainable location. The level of parking provision will therefore take account of the lower traffic generation and car ownership associated with age-restricted retirement development.