Preferred Approach 6: Town, District and Local Centres

Support

Representation ID: 55

Received: 01/07/2008

The sentence begining 'If a local area ceases to function...' should be replaced with:
'The Council will take pro-active measures to support existing local centres and ensure all planning or development proposals are consistant with the continued functioning and enhancement of these areas. Where any centre is in danger of ceasing to function, the Council will support measures to encourage new businesses into this area and promote its use.'

Object

Representation ID: 85

Received: 08/07/2008

We are concerned to see the Silverhill District Centre downgraded from it's current allocation under the Hastings Local Plan 2004 to a Local Centre in the Core Strategy Preferred Options.

The proposed downgrade indicates a lack of confidence in the role and function of Silverhill in the retail hierarchy of Hastings and conflicts with the Council's wider aspirations to consolidate and strengthen the existing retail centres. We strongly recommend that Silverhill's classification within Hastings's retail hierarchy should be corrected to reflect its function and the aspirations for the centre going forward.

Comment

Representation ID: 205

Received: 15/07/2008

Secondary shopping areas need protecting

Support

Representation ID: 268

Received: 23/07/2008

9.7 agree

Support

Representation ID: 332

Received: 24/07/2008

no comment

Support

Representation ID: 502

Received: 23/06/2008

No comment

Support

Representation ID: 523

Received: 24/07/2008

The new hierarchy of centres set out at PA6 is supported. We note that this differs from the hierarchy set out in the Local Plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 524

Received: 24/07/2008

Our client currently operates a store in Silverhill centre which at the present time has a good selection of shops serving local needs, allowing many local people to walk to undertake their shopping. as with all the borough's centres, Silverhill should be protected from inappropriate development that could harm vitality and viability to the detriment of local people. This could happen if for example, large scale development were to be promoted that was not well-related to the centre and which would ultimately lead to a separate, more modern, competing shopping environment being created.

Object

Representation ID: 525

Received: 24/07/2008

We are concerned that given that Silverhill was previously defined as a district centre in the Local Plan, the former definition and the description of the characteristics of a district centre as set out in the emerging Core Strategy could be used to justify development of an inappropriate scale in the future.Indeed Silverhill has many of the facilities that are listed under the description of a district centre. For example, it has a supermarket, a bank, and food and drink uses. There are also a number of financial and professional services in the vicinity. It is important, therefore, to provide further justification in the Core Strategy for the definition of each tier of centre

Object

Representation ID: 527

Received: 24/07/2008

Apart from the retail offer, local, district and town centres have different functional characteristics, particularly in terms of their catchment area and travel patterns to those centres. This should also be noted in the proposed policy, especially as any change in a centre's role could have serious implications, for example in relation to traffic generation and highway congestion. For those reasons, it should also be noted that large scale developments are inappropriate in local centres (which is explicitly set out in PPS6)

Object

Representation ID: 528

Received: 24/07/2008

In the context of the above comments, we advocate the changes to PA6 set out on the following page----they have provided suggested policy

Object

Representation ID: 1139

Received: 07/07/2008

Old Town should be a district centre

Comment

Representation ID: 1194

Received: 08/07/2008

We support a wide diversity of uses for Hastings town centre only, as facilities for your main leisure and entertainments should be concentrated here so that a balanced leisure scene will entertain & stimulate visitors, residents & local businesses with theatre audiences enlivening the surrounding area in the evening, & helping to provide regular custom for local bars & restaurants outside normal working & shopping hours.
It will be appropriate for smaller district & local centres generally to provide entertainment, leisure, cultural facilities of appropriate scale & kind to serve their roles & catchments.

Support

Representation ID: 1242

Received: 08/07/2008

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd support the continued regeneration of Hastings Town Centre to provide employment opportunities and maintain its role as a sub-regional shopping centre.

Support

Representation ID: 1317

Received: 14/07/2008

Fully support the enhancement of local and district shopping centres. These should be protected from the kind of edge of town proposals such as the current ASDA store and its large car park at Silverhill (Ponswood). This proposal could severely damage the viability of the existing good mix of businesses, all within walking and cycling distance of quite dense residential areas, and enjoying relatively good transport links. Along with all brownfield development, this would be very likely to support SA objective 2 (Public Health promotion through encouraging healthy lifestyles).

Object

Representation ID: 1524

Received: 08/07/2008

Ore Village should be designated as a Local Centre being nowhere near as large as St Leonards Centre & is similar in size etc.to the Old Town, Silverhill & Bohemia