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High Street Link Development Brief

After extensive public consultation the Development Brief for the High Street Link has now been adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document.

The brief sets out a vision for the creation of a high quality, safe and convenient pedestrian link between the town centre and the new faciltiies on the Urban Village site. It is also hoped that the creation of the link will enable the views of the town centre to be improved, provide new retail space and encourage visitors to the new leisure centre to explore the town.

The document will be a "material consideration" when determining planning applications for the site and will form the basis of the Council's case when it makes the compulsory purchase order to acquire land and interests on the site.

The document itself, the accompanying Consultation Statement and a formal Adoption Statement are all available here

- 29th Jan 2010