Masterplan updates

Movement strategy

• The movement strategy prioritises walking and cycling first, then public transport, with journeys by car being the least preferable mode of travel.
• We are proposing low levels of car parking on this site when compared to other more remote sites as it is so well connected to Oxford and the wider area.
• There will be a controlled parking zone (i.e. parking enforcement) within the site to regulate parking, and discourage users of the nearby Park & Ride and train station from parking in residential streets.
• Residents will be encouraged to walk or cycle to the local centre for day-to-day needs such as local shopping, taking children to school (with the school and local centre adjacent to footpaths and cycleways) and access to wider facilities and services in both Kidlington and Oxford.
• We propose a ‘school street’ to ensure safe access to the primary school and encourage parents not to drive to drop off children.
• There is a choice of cycle routes through the site. All routes link to the cycle superhighway proposed parallel to the Oxford Road. There is also a direct cycle route proposed through the centre of the site, with a further shared leisure route (for all users) at the eastern side of the site.
• Two vehicular accesses are proposed from the Oxford Road. The southern access is currently being proposed as a “Cyclops” signal-controlled junction that prioritises cycle and pedestrian movements. The northern access is currently proposed to be a left in left out priority junction (no signals).
• Links for pedestrians and cyclists through the site connect to the housing development to the south-west of the site and to Cutteslowe Park, where we hope a cycle route extension will link through the park to the Sustrans route to the south and over the A40, providing connections to the Cherwell School and local facilities.
• We have identified at least one potential location for a Mobility Hub, an interchange combining multiple types of transport such as shared electric carpools, e-scooters, bikes etc for hire.
• There will be easy access to new bus stops that are proposed on the Oxford Road and electronic bus timetables will be located throughout the development to ensure ease of use.