Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) Preferred Approach 2015

Support

Representation ID: 2040

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

The aspirations and preferred options are supported in relation to the further regeneration, renewal and economic growth in the SCAAP area.

Comment

Representation ID: 2041

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Transport and Access into the Town is a key theme and in order to deliver the aspired number of new dwellings and new jobs in the Central Area the Stockvale Group wish to see this appropriately addressed through the SCAAP documentation. At present Stockvale Group does not believe that the Transport, Access and Parking Issues have been given enough consideration. Nor the highway infrastructure on existing businesses let alone the aspirational growth.

Support

Representation ID: 2042

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Wholly support townscape improvements, improvements to the public realm, vastly improved connectivity from car parks to the Seafront, car parks to the high street and the creation of active public spaces in an otherwise linear High Street.

Support

Representation ID: 2043

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Wholly support enhancement and retention of key views

Comment

Representation ID: 2044

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Based on various research and commissioned reports there is substantive evidence to indicate that the High Street is mainly singular, and due to change in customer expectations and behaviour the type of High Street is no longer viable.

Comment

Representation ID: 2045

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Support the Council's view that spatially the High Street and connections to the seafront are an inappropriate configuration for regeneration and commercial vitality.

Support

Representation ID: 2046

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Support idea of the Central Seafront Area achieving a compact defined prime retail core in the Town Centre with a mixture of uses and peripheral areas made over to complimentary uses and in particular support the intensification of the growth of housing in the Central Area.

Support

Representation ID: 2047

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Support the aspiration for Southend to be a City by the Sea and be a prosperous, vibrant, safe, thriving regional Centre as the cultural hub within the Thames Gateway and a great place to live, work and visit.

Comment

Representation ID: 2048

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Would argue that in relation to the Strategic Vision the Sea is what gives Southend its Unique Selling Point (USP) and this needs to be a key theme in relation to future planning policy supporting the continued growth, regeneration and reinvestment.

Object

Representation ID: 2049

Received: 15/02/2016

Respondent: Stockvale Group

Many of the Seafront businesses consulted as part of the Stockvale Group's own consultation have identified their concerns that leisure and tourism is not a strong focus of the SCAAP.