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Background
Vision Objective
Proposals
Rationale
Activity

Background:

Salt Lane is a short stay (0-5 hours) surface car park containing 157 spaces, located within the ring road to the east of the city centre. It is surrounded predominantly by a residential area but with some commercial premises nearby. It is very close to the existing bus station, the Arts Centre and Bourne Hill. It is a four minute walk from the Culver Street car park and three minutes from the Market Place.

Vision Objective:

Develop primarily for housing with possible live/work or small retail units and include a small public space

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Proposals:

  • Provide a small public space or square that can utilise the existing active uses around it such as places of work and public houses. This should include appropriate lighting and street furniture
  • Ensure that active frontages at ground floor in particular will contribute to natural surveillance and activity of the public space or square

Rationale:

  • To re-use this site for the benefit of the city if the Parking Strategy and Transport and Movement Strategy show that it is not needed for parking
  • To contribute to a more pedestrian orientated city centre
  • To increase the amount of city centre living in order to provide more vibrancy at different times of the day
  • To release capital receipt to deliver other projects within the Vision

Activity:

The removal of city centre parking spaces either in car parks or on-street, through developments such as those proposed for the Salt Lane and Brown Street car parks, will only be agreed if it is supported by both the parking strategy and the transport and movement strategy.

A detailed study of parking demand and supply is, therefore, being carried out as part of a review of the existing parking strategy.

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