weston town centre area action plan preferred option document
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Weston Town Centre Area Action Plan Preferred Option Document
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Evidence gathering/analysis and pre-production consultation on issues and options.
Preparation of Issues and Options Document
Public Consultation on Issues and Options Document
Consideration/assessment of Issues and Option Document
Further Consultation on Issues and Options
Weston Town Centre AAP - Plan Production ProcessTimescales
Consideration of consultation and preparation of Preferred Options Document
Public Participation on Preferred Options
Consideration of representations and discussions with community and stakeholders
Preparation of Publication Document.
Formal consultation on “Soundness” of Publication document
Collate objections and preparation of Submission document.
Submission to the Secretary of State.
Examination Period
Receipt of Inspectors binding report
Adoption
Publication of final document
Feb – August 2006
Feb – August 2006
Sept - Oct 2006
Nov 06 – Aug 07
Oct - Nov 2007
Jan 08 – March 09
July – August 2009
Nov 09– Jan 2010
Feb – June 2010
August – May 2010
June 2010 – Oct 10
December 2010
Feb 2011
April 2011
June 2011
August 2011
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Proposals Map
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Seafront
• Improve the quality and appearance of the built environment and capitalise on the qualities of the coastal setting.
• Be a focus for leisure and tourist related uses.
• Strengthen connections between the seafront and retail core.
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Birnbeck Area
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Melrose Car Park
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Grand Pier
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Tropicana
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Retail Core
• Focus for retail-led development.
• Encourage a wide mix of uses which will increase the vitality and viability of the town.
• Improve connections between the retail core and seafront.
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Victoria Square
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Dolphin Square and Carlton Street Car Park
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NCP Car Park
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St James Street Area
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Tesco
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Gateway Area.
• Area lacks any identity or distinctive features.
• A number of key sites which are vacant, under used or used for surface level car parking.
• Car dominated environment intersected by the main arterial route into the town centre, and two roundabouts.
• Poor pedestrian environment with barriers to pedestrian movement such as the railway line, large development blocks, main roads etc.
• Lack of connectivity between the gateway area and the town centre.
• Poor quality public realm.
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Gateway and A370 Corridor
• Enhance the appearance of the A370 Corridor and gateway into the town centre.
• Intensify development on priority sites.
• Focus for office-led mixed use development.
• Further retail uses will not be appropriate in this area.
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Locking Road Car Park
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Train Station Car Parks
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Sunnyside Road
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Rugby Club
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Gas Works
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Avoncrest
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Next Steps
• Consultation on AAP from 13 July until 21st August.
• Consideration of the responses.
• Formal consultation on the Publication Document next year following consultation on the Core Strategy.