In July, many of you told us that you would like to see more detail with regards to how the proposals might affect transport and traffic in the area.

Since then, we have been working with our transport consultants, Velocity, on how we mitigate any potential impact on Tite Street and surrounding roads.

Construction

We recognise the importance of managing potential construction impacts, should the plans be approved in due course, and we are keen to start discussions with neighbours at the earliest opportunity.

Incorporating the National Army Museum car park in the proposals enables much of the demolition and construction activity to take place from this part of the site, and reduce construction activity on Tite Street.

We are currently working on a draft Construction Management Plan which will detail how the building will be constructed and will share more details with the community, to seek your input, before a planning application is submitted to the Council.

Parking and Access

Our proposals feature a basement car park for residents, alongside bicycle storage, which will be located on the ground floor with a dedicated access.

Residents in the new homes will not be allowed to apply for a Council parking permit, this will be made clear to them when purchasing a property and will be secured through the planning process with RBKC.

No car parking will be available on Tite Street for residents of the development, but a drop-off / pick-up layby will be delivered as part of the proposals to service the new homes. The layby would also be used by residents with accessibility restrictions and emergency vehicles.

Servicing the National Army Museum

The National Army Museum currently receives deliveries for the Café once a day on street along Royal Hospital Road with all other servicing including refuse collection currently through the car park accessed via Royal Hospital Road. Delivery and servicing will continue to operate as per the existing timetable via a “drop off” area at the front of the garden to avoid vehicles driving through.

The Museum has been working with our architects and transport consultants to ensure that any changes to delivery and servicing can take place safely and with minimal impact to our neighbours. When there are infrequent large scale changing of exhibits, vehicles will be required to drive into the garden, with large objects moved via large double doors that the Museum already has. This is likely to only occur a maximum of once every two years.

The majority of staff at the Museum travel to and from work using sustainable forms of transport i.e. trains and cycling, this will continue to be encouraged.

A Transport Assessment will be submitted as part of the planning application, detailing the access to 29 Tite Street and the National Army Museum.

Proposed traffic management plan.