Retail - Wiltshire Council

is of an appropriate scale and design to complement the existing city centre. Sitesconsidered suitable for development in Salisbury City Centre include the following:-• The Maltings• Brown Street Car Park• Salt Lane Car Park• Wiltshire and Dorset Bus Station• Land Bound by Scots Lane and Blue Boar Row1.43 The GVA Grimley Retail and Leisure Needs Study advises that Salisbury should bepromoted as the main focus for retail and leisure activity over the forthcoming LDF period.New development on specific sites should not, however, be considered in isolation from therest of the city centre. Linkages and integration of different sites and schemes shouldunderpin the future of the city centre, and one option to achieve this comprehensiveapproach is an Area Action Plan. This approach will consider all of the key issuescomprehensively, including transport/accessibility, pedestrian circulation and connectivity,linkages and signage and development opportunity sites.1.44 Additional advice with regard to Salisbury City since the Retail and LeisureNeeds study was completed:In addition in June 2007 it was queried that in appendix 6, table 20 the line ‘sales fromcommitted floorspace £000)’ the 2011 figure is 13,027, 2016 is 13,557 and 2021 is 14108.These figures are the same as within the previous two tables for Salisbury city (table 19 andthe district (table 18), however it was queried whether the Salisbury figures should infact beless. GVA Grimley concluded that it was reasonable to strip out the Tesco commitment(extension to Tesco, Southampton Road, Salisbury, from the ‘Amesbury Urban Area’capacity Table (table 20). This results in capacity in Amesbury for 969sq m net ofconvenience goods floorspace – based on current market share and in reality this will declineonce the Tesco commitment opens leading to a fall in capacity. The Tesco extension willdraw some trade away from Amesbury’s urban area.1.45 Since the production of the Retail Topic Paper the Council has received a number ofapplications for both new convenience and comparison retail floorspace in the Salisburyarea. Due to this GVA Grimley, who produced the Retail and Leisure Needs Study (RLNS),were asked to carry out an independent review of proposals for retail development in theSalisbury District (Review of Salisbury Retail Proposals, 2007).1.46 Discount convenience floorspace in SalisburyIn November 2007 GVA Grimley were asked for retail advice with respect to conveniencefloorspace and possible proposals for a discount out-of-town convenience retailer with 1,640sq m of additional floorspace. The report states “ We consider that, based on the Retail andLeisure Needs Study, there is some limited capacity for additional convenience shoppingfloorspace in the Salisbury area although we do not consider there is any clear cutquantitative or qualitative need given the extensive existing range of services within the area.Any application would need to be supported by a comprehensive assessment of alternativesites. We anticipate this may conclude that a number of smaller sites in the centre are notsuitable, viable or available. However, we consider the Maltings represents the key centralopportunity to accommodate additional convenience and comparison shopping floorspace inSalisbury, and represents a sequentially preferable location in which to accommodate anyidentified need.”1.47 Subsequently two applications for discount retailers have been received (S/2008/550and S/2008/1389) these are both for out of town convenience retailers. Further advice hasbeen sort from GVA Grimley which concluded:CM09030/F 16