Northgate Garden Village is a proposed strategic residential-led development on the northern edge of Birmingham, delivering around 2,300 new homes, a local centre, primary school and extensive green space. The client, a national housebuilder, needed a clear transport strategy that would support outline planning consent while addressing local concerns around congestion, safety and wider network impact.
Northgate Garden Village is a proposed strategic residential-led development on the northern edge of Birmingham, delivering around 2,300 new homes, a local centre, primary school and extensive green space. The client, a national housebuilder, needed a clear transport strategy that would support outline planning consent while addressing local concerns around congestion, safety and wider network impact.
We joined the project at concept masterplan stage, working closely with the client team, masterplanners and planning consultants to define how people would move into and through Northgate Garden Village.
Our first step was to undertake an early constraints and opportunities review, looking at access options, existing junction performance, public transport connectivity and realistic walking and cycling catchments. This allowed us to quickly rule out weaker options and focus effort on one primary and one secondary access strategy that could be supported by the authorities.
We then developed a detailed Transport Assessment to underpin the planning application, including multi-junction modelling, trip distribution and scenario testing for different phasing options. Alongside this, we prepared a comprehensive Framework Travel Plan, setting expectations for mode share, parking strategy, EV charging and behaviour-change measures as the village built out.
Senior iTransport input was focused on discussions with the highway authority, combined authority and National Highways. We used those meetings to sense-check emerging ideas, agree realistic mitigation and avoid surprises at determination. Throughout, we translated technical outputs into clear, committee-ready narrative: what the impacts would be, what mitigation was proposed, and why the package represented a balanced, deliverable solution for all parties.
Our work gave the client and project team a clear, agreed transport story for Northgate Garden Village – from first principles through to detailed mitigation.
The Transport Assessment demonstrated that, with the proposed access arrangement and targeted improvements to key junctions, the strategic network could accommodate the development without unacceptable impact. By testing phasing scenarios, we were able to show how different parcels could come forward while particular mitigation works were still being delivered, giving the client more flexibility on programme and investment decisions.
Our work gave the client and project team a clear, agreed transport story for Northgate Garden Village – from first principles through to detailed mitigation.
We provide the full range of specialist transport planning services needed to take schemes from early concept through to consent and delivery.
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