Bexhill Town Profile - Rother District Council

to less central locations. Detailed appraisal of parking duration and
occupation is needed to inform such a proposal. Enforcement will be key to
such a regime, as it is now.
6.40 Care should be taken to avoid undue pressure on local residents’ parking,
as it is clear that the spending power of local people makes an important
contribution to trade. Indeed, the town centre benefits significantly from the
close inter-relationship between town centre uses and dwellings. If anything,
further opportunities for town centre living, especially if it attracted higher
spending power, would directly benefit the town centre.
6.41 Supporting sustainable travel may also play a greater part, especially in
relation to developing attractive pedestrian and cycle routes that have the
town centre as the point of destination.
6.42 More attractive connections to the seafront and Egerton Park can also
stimulate more linked trips, especially in relation to more “leisure-oriented”
trips.
Conclusion
6.43 Therefore, a policy should embrace the following elements:
Promotion of a co-ordinated approach to the town centre
Highlight its multi-functional use for services, employment and leisure,
and living, as well as shopping
Give specific attention to improving accessibility by all modes, links to
the seafront, and integration of such considerations with ensuring a
more attractive shopping environment and compatibility with its
Conservation Area status
Application of the recommendations in the Shopping Assessment, and
identification of the opportunity to accommodate some of these on the
edge of the centre
Also give encouragement to additional hotel accommodation, leisure,
office and high quality residential developments within walking
distance of the centre
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