Hemel Hempstead Crematorium

mode transport planning was appointed by West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee to provide highways and transportation advice for a new crematorium on land to the south-west of Bedmond Road, Hemel Hempstead.

The site will comprise of:

A crematorium building including a non-denominational ceremony room, meeting room and Book of Remembrance room;
Chapel capacity of 138 seats;
Cortege’ entrances, set down and pick up areas, and office and administration accommodation; and
A crematorium landscape area including gardens of remembrance, area for internment of ashes and ashes scattering areas.

mode transport planning provided the following transportation and highways inputs to the application:

Pre application discussions with the Local Highway Authority to agree scope of assessment;
Production of Transport Assessment including:
- Site access review;
- Traffic generation and assignment;
- Tracking assessments;
- Highway safety review;
- Parking accumulation to determine the suitable level of parking; and,
- Junction and link capacity assessments to demonstrate that there was no impact on the highway network.
Post application discussions with both the Local Highway Authority and Local Planning Authority to address post application comments and limit client’s exposure to offsite works.
Attendance at the virtual public consultation.

The scheme was approved September 2020 at the Development Management Meeting and this has continued mode’s success on various crematoria sites across the country.

Client: Watford Borough Council

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