Salt Lane car park
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Background
Vision Objective
Proposals
Rationale
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
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
