Weston Town Centre Area Action Plan Preferred Option Document

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

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.

Birnbeck Area

Melrose Car Park

Grand Pier

Tropicana

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.

Victoria Square

Dolphin Square and Carlton Street Car Park

NCP Car Park

St James Street Area

Tesco

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.

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.

Locking Road Car Park

Train Station Car Parks

Sunnyside Road

Rugby Club

Gas Works

Avoncrest

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.