Taunton Urban Design Framework - Taunton Deane Borough Council

DeliveryOutputsDevelopment of the new cricket ground provides a mixedsporting, leisure and housing development comprising:• Cricket Ground and stands.• 5,000 sqm of retail and leisure floor space.• 220 residential units.• 2,000 sqm of offices.• Improvements to the public realm.• Improved riverside access.Implementation of this package requires a comprehensiveapproach based on a detailed master plan. The CricketClub needs to take the lead in preparing their elements ofthe master plan. Development of the cricket ground is ahigh short term priority for the Cricket Club and the town.Delivery IssuesSomerset County Cricket Club owns much of the necessaryland but not all. A small piece of land has to be acquiredfrom the nearby Church. A building fronting Priory BridgeRoad also has to be acquired (and the Cricket Club havebeen in discussions on this issue). Land fronting the RiverTone is also shown as being in Environment Agencyownership.The multi-storey car park adjacent to the Cricket Club willbe needed to replace current surface level parkingavailable at Firepool. In the short term there will still besufficient surface car parking to serve the Cricket Club. Thetiming of the multi-storey car park will be determined byconstruction of the new hotel.Safeway AreaThe Safeway Area is a long term mixed retail, office andhousing development opportunity which should not beconsidered for implementation until the Crescent retailscheme has been occupied and much of the proposedoffices in Firepool and Tangier have been let. Wetherefore envisage the Safeway Area being developed inthe period after 2016.Development of the Safeway area would provide a further:• 3,500 sqm of retail.• 200 residential units.• 22,500 sqm of offices.60 Areas of Change - Cricket & SafewaySection 4Taunton UDF