Comment
Design and Townscape Guide - Refresh 2009 (Consultation Draft)
Representation ID: 69
Received: 04/06/2009
Respondent: Leigh Society
2.3.4.3 Continuity and enclosure.
The Victoria Wharf public car park and Strand Wharf are two open spaces that are visually poor and go against the grain of the Leigh Old Town, which is a tight area of compact dwellings with narrow vistas of the Leigh Creek and boats. We are aware of course of the Town Council's aspirations for Strand Wharf.
We would welcome a review and special planning document on the whole of the 'Old Town' including the car parks, cockle sheds and the unacceptable state of the cockle beach. Many of the cockle sheds are now refrigerators that could be sited elsewhere and different retail/craft maritime uses could be found to revitalise the area.
3 Plumb Cottage on Strand Wharf could be restored to enhance the proposals for Strand Wharf and its neighbours the Heritage Centre and the recently restored 2 Plumbs Cottage.
The Committee of the Leigh society welcome this draft Document.
It is clearly laid out, well designed and easy to read.
However, we feel it would be further improved if the sections in the Contents were labelled with page numbers for reference.
All in all this is a very welcome document and we commend the officers for their efforts.