Analysing property density within walking distance of transport infrastructure

Overview

The draft (at time of writing) National Planning Policy Framework (L3) states that there should be minimum densities for residential development proposals near transport infrastructure.

Parish Online Mapping can be used to:

1. View existing residential property density, and,
   
2. Draw out walking distance boundaries.
   

View Property Density

Parish Online has created residential property figures at 1km and 200m grid squares. Within each of those squares are calculations on the density per hectare.

You can find these layers under "Property Density Map".

You can read more information about the density map here: Understanding the Property Density Map

Creating Walking Distances

There are two methods for doing this:

Use a circle

You can create a circle with a defined radius in the Feature Editor.

1. Create a new Layer (called something like "Train Station Buffers") using this guide: Creating Map Layers
   
2. Find the layer in your Parish Layers and click it to turn it on. It'll be blank so you won't see anything change on the map.
   
3. Click the Cog (when hovering over the Tick icon) and click Add Feature
   
4. Click the Circle tool and click on the map where you want the centre of the circle to be
   
5. Click away from the centre point to give you a circle. You can refine the radius with the pop-up.
   
6. Click Save
   
7. Optionally change the style of the layer.

A 10 minutes walking time is typically an 800m radius circle.

Use an Isochrone

You can use the isochrone tool to create a time-based area on the map. Bear in mind that this is only taking into account existing infrastructure.

1. Open TOOLS
   
2. Open ISOCHRONE
   
3. Remove two of the minute values (x button on hover)
   
4. Enter 10 minutes
   
5. Select Walking icon
   
6. Click where you want the calculation to start
   
7. Click SAVE to save it to an existing layer. We have an Isochrone layer pre-built for you.

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