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Yesterday, Southwark Council resolved to grant plannig permission for the regeneration of the Tustin Estate on the Old Kent Road. The scheme will be referred to the GLA, but LBE planning committee approved the hybrid planning appication for 690 new homes, comprising 249 replacement homes for existing residents, reprovision of existing businesses and Pilgrim's Way School plus the construction of 441 new homes. The scheme includes refurbishment, replacement and new homes with approximately 70% afordable tenure.

The new dwellings will be car-free but existing residents will be able to retain their parking permits, subject to a longer-term plan to reduce parking across the site. The entire scheme was designed using TfL's Healthy Streets approach to promote walking and cycling as a first choice of transport.

Entran provided Transportation and Environmental consultancy services on this interesting project and are delighted with Southwark's decision.

The author of Designing for Cycle Traffic and professor of Transport Engineering at UWE, John Parkin, calls for caution when examining Great Britain's latest casualty figures.

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Ealing Council has granted planning permission for a nine-storey mixed-use development in Hanwell comprising the retention of Gold's Gym at ground and first floors plus 43 new flats above [215983FUL]. The client was Vivastar Leisure and Keith Horn Architects led the design team. A good result and a great scheme. 

We are delighted to announce that David Adams has been promoted to Associate Director. Dave has been with Entran since its inception and his well deserved promotion reflects his important role within the company.  

We have been working with the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Great Gaddesden for almost ten years now. We were therefore very pleased when Dacorum Borough Council granted planning permission for a new Sala last week. The Sala is key to the Monastery's daily activities and acts as the main meeting place for members of the public and the monastic community, and a place for receiving food and other offerings.  Entran provided the Transport Statement and secured a new means of access to the public highway.

CoMoUK has published some very interesting guidance on the role that shared transport can play in cutting car dependency in new developments. The document includes some useful case studies and provides practical advice on the steps planners and developers can take to include shared transport in new developments and promote sustsinable travel behaviour. The document can be found here