NOT TO BE PRINTED_Draft Final TAAP comments duly

Mrs Julie
Malcolm Thetford 19 Policy TH 25 Disagree
Mrs K Turner Thetford
19 Policy TH 25 Disagree
Mrs L Brightman Thetford 19 Policy TH 25 Disagree
Leave the bus station where it is!!!!!!!!.
Everybody in Thetford has always said since the Anchor shut how
great it would be as a bus station, but again you never listen you sit
there in your office and throw a dart at a map of Thetford and say it's
going there.
The bus station should be retained in its present position but, of
course, upgraded and improved to enable buses to get in and out
easier, as the proposed forum site 3 will not now go ahead. The Old
Anchor Hotel could be used as a ticket office/tourist centre etc. The
Cosy Carpets site could be regenerated as shops and car parking.
and existing riverside site is urgently
The design of the new Bus Interchange and the work planned for required in advance of Town Centre
Minstergate and St Nicholas Street (including the adjacent masterplan work to aid local
junction onto Norwich Road) are "sensible" and will be safe for understanding of what is being
pedestrians and other road users. The proposals being proposed and why an alternative
developed have been subject to an independent safety audit and option of retaining the existing bus
two full scale 'mock up' trails carried out with a local bus operator facility is not an appropriate way
the recommendations of which have been incorporated into the forward to achieve the regeneration
design as it has developed.
of this key town centre site.
The desire for the existing bus facilities that exist within the
Bridge Street car park to be improved is noted. However the
existing site is constrained, by adjacent buildings (one of which
is listed), flood zones (along the river frontage) and by the
existence of a scheduled ancient monument. Without significant
demolition of buildings the existing facilities can not be improved
to provide a high quality interchange of sufficient capacity to
cater for the planned growth and regeneration of the town. If
building demolitions occurred to achieve a suitable site assembly
for a new bus interchange the regeneration potential of this
important town centre site and the opportunity it provides to
significantly enhance the river frontage and wider revival of the
town centre would be compromised.
The design of the new Bus Interchange and the work planned for
Minstergate and St Nicholas Street (including the adjacent
junction onto Norwich Road) are "sensible" and will be safe for
pedestrians and other road users. The proposals being
developed have been subject to an independent safety audit and
two full scale 'mock up' trails carried out with a local bus operator
the recommendations of which have been incorporated into the
design as it has developed.
The wishes of the people of Thetford are not being ignored. The
desire for the existing bus facilities that exist within the Bridge
Street car park to be improved is noted. However the existing
site is constrained, by adjacent buildings (one of which is listed),
flood zones (along the river frontage) and by the existence of a
scheduled ancient monument. Without significant demolition of
buildings the existing facilities can not be improved to provide a
high quality interchange of sufficient capacity to cater for the
planned growth and regeneration of the town. If building
demolitions occurred to achieve a suitable site assembly for a
new bus interchange the regeneration potential of this important
town centre site and the opportunity it provides to significantly
enhance the river frontage and wider revival of the town centre
would be compromised.
The desire for the existing bus facilities that exist within the
Bridge Street car park to be improved is noted. However the
existing site is constrained, by adjacent buildings (one of which
is listed), flood zones (along the river frontage) and by the
existence of a scheduled ancient monument. Without significant
demolition of buildings the existing facilities can not be improved
to provide a high quality interchange of sufficient capacity to
cater for the planned growth and regeneration of the town. If
building demolitions occurred to achieve a suitable site assembly
for a new bus interchange the regeneration potential of this
important town centre site and the opportunity it provides to
significantly enhance the river frontage and wider revival of the
town centre would be compromised.
Agree that further consultation on
the new proposed bus interchange
and existing riverside site is urgently
required in advance of Town Centre
masterplan work to aid local
understanding of what is being
proposed and why an alternative
option of retaining the existing bus
facility is not an appropriate way
forward to achieve the regeneration
of this key town centre site.
Agree that further consultation on
the new proposed bus interchange
and existing riverside site is urgently
required in advance of Town Centre
masterplan work to aid local
understanding of what is being
proposed and why an alternative
option of retaining the existing bus
facility is not an appropriate way
forward to achieve the regeneration
of this key town centre site.
Agree that further consultation on
the new proposed bus interchange
and existing riverside site is urgently