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Thames Gateway Interim Plan Development Prospectus - EUKN

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The vision for Westside is to create a lively mixed-use area, bringing the 101<br />

hectare Gloucester Park into the heart of the town centre. The area will be the<br />

focus of significant new residential development (1,000 new homes) and<br />

recreational opportunities, including the proposed Sporting Village. A lively and<br />

attractive place to live will be created with active frontages of restaurants, bars<br />

and cafes lining the water.<br />

C2.5 Elsewhere the existing Town Square and the Eastgate Shopping Centre will be<br />

enhanced, including improved linkages to the key areas. Collectively, these plans<br />

will re-position Basildon as a quality town centre of regional significance, creating<br />

a major new community of nearly 10,000 people, which in itself provides the<br />

critical mass for new opportunities in the retail and leisure sectors.<br />

C2.6 Basildon is not the only town centre which will be regenerated. Wickford is a<br />

popular place to live and the town centre has the opportunity to be a major<br />

centre for a specialised retail and leisure offer, and smaller scale office market.<br />

An approved masterplan includes 600 new homes in the town centre, major<br />

investment in the public realm and consolidation of the retail offer. A new living<br />

quarter making the most of a rejuvenated River Crouch will be created, together<br />

with a new public sector quarter. The value of development proposed exceeds<br />

£110m.<br />

Exploring development potential in Wickford<br />

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THAMES GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTUS

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