Chapter 10 I Key Growth Areas & Neighbourhood Development Sites
Douglas Land Use and Transportation Study, 2013 10.313 The Douglas Land Use and Transportation Study (DLUTS) was prepared in 2013 with a horizon year of 2032. The DLUTS vision is “to secure a successful vibrant urban centre with a more efficient transport network for Douglas, that provides an improved public realm, reduces congestion, encourages greater levels of walking & cycling, and improves the quality of life for the community, thereby enabling sustainable future growth.” This remains valid and will act as a reference point for future growth and investment in Douglas. DLUTS remains relevant and represents a robust baseline document for informing planning decisions in Douglas. 10.314 DLUTS analyses traffic congestion in Douglas and provides an integrated land use, transport and urban design strategy for reducing congestion through targeted investment and policies to improve the vibrancy and competitiveness of the District Centre. Some of its key recommendations include: • Only traffic with a destination in the village should travel through the village. • A 30km per hour speed limit to encourage and protect other road users. • Cycle paths through the Mangala and connecting with the City Centre via cycle paths along the Douglas and South Douglas Roads. It proposes almost 40km of new/improved cycle infrastructure across the Douglas area. • Improved public amenity areas through direct access to Tramore Valley Park, Grange open spaces, enhance town park and walking and cycling facilities in the Mangala area. • School travel planning. • Improved public realm in Douglas Village District Centre. • Bus priority in the village centre and at all key junctions.
Future Growth
10.315 The Douglas Village District Centre hosts a range of retail, employment, leisure and community uses. Further sustainable growth may be facilitated in the area through redevelopment or infill opportunities in the existing built-up area to continue making Douglas and surrounding neighbourhoods a sustainable location to live, work, visit and shop. This will be supported by community infrastructure and the sustainable transport initiatives summarised above. 10.316 In accommodating additional growth, all development proposals will be expected to comprise a high quality design and seek to maximise opportunities to provide public realm improvements and contribute to wider placemaking principles as set out in Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development.
Retail
10.317 Measures to reduce the severance of St Patrick’s Woollen Mills from the wider District Centre and to provide for a more pedestrian orientated public realm will be supported. The facility currently accommodates a range of retail facilities and proposals that enhance the retail, employment, leisure and community facilities offering at a scale appropriate to the wider District Centre and in accordance with the guidance in the Douglas LUTS which will be supported in principle.
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