Town Centre Area Action Plan
What is the Town Centre Area Action Plan?
Government planning guidance recommends that Area Action Plans should be developed as part of the new planning system for areas where significant change or conservation is needed and can be achieved through the planning system. This Area Action Plan focuses on delivering growth and stimulating regeneration in the town centre.
Stevenage was designated as Britain’s first New Town in 1946. The town centre remains a key example of post war planning, and for this reason includes a conservation area and listed buildings. The centre is in need of redevelopment to provide modern accommodation to attract retailers and investment. The importance of the town centre as a focussed retail area for Stevenage warrants an Area Action Plan to be prepared, building upon a range of existing strategies, initiatives and planning guidance already in place.
What is the preferred options consultation document?
Our preferred options consultation document sets out our preferred policies to help deliver our vision for the future of Stevenage town centre. The document explains how and why we have chosen our preferred options; how our options contribute towards the soundness of the plan; why alternative options have been rejected; and what implications the options may have.
A Sustainability Appraisal has been produced to accompany the consultation document, which considers the social, economic and environmental effects of the plan’s proposals.
Our preferred options consultation will be available between 4th February and 18th March 2010. See the link below to view the consultation documents
Town Centre Area Action Plan consultation documents
Alternatively, copies can be viewed at the council’s offices in Danestrete and at the Old Town and Central Libraries.
Our consultation document takes account of evidence studies we have carried out, these are available to view/download via the links below.
What are Key Issues and Alternative Options?
In 2007, the Key Issues and options document asked a range of questions about planning for the town centre. Your answers will help us decide what the future of the town centre to 2021 should be. A summary of the responses will be available with the Preferred Options consultation.
Issues covered in this document included:
- Strategy and vision;
- The balance of uses;
- Urban design and conservation;
- Transport; and
- Sites for future development.
Public consultation on this document closed on Friday 7 September 2007. Copies of all documents can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.
- Town Centre Area Action Plan – Issues and Options consultation document
- Sustainability Appraisal – consultation document
Further Information
For further information please contact us by:
email: planningpolicy@stevenage.gov.uk
post:
Planning Policy
Stevenage Borough Council
Daneshill House
Danstrete
Stevenage
SG1 1HN
phone: 01438 242396
textphone: 01438 242555
fax: 01438 242922