Bury But Better 2009.pdf - Urbed
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Report by: URBED with ELF Regeneration<strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong> 2009Town Centre Vision andDevelopment Strategy updateA report for...<strong>Bury</strong> Councilby...URBED with Emma Fiedler RegenerationConsultation draftMarch 2009.
<strong>Bury</strong> Town Centre: Vision and development strategy updateStatus of this reportThis strategy report has been prepared by <strong>Urbed</strong> as a consultation draft. Following publicconsultation scheduled for Spring 2009 this document will, if necessary, be amended and will beconsidered by <strong>Bury</strong> Council with a view to adopting it as a material consideration in assessingplanning applications and as part of the evidence base to support the Local Development Framework(the new local plan for the Borough)<strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong> 2009Cover: <strong>Bury</strong>, St. Mary’s church; aerialview of <strong>Bury</strong> town centre (June 2008)Aerial photography: credit to Webb Aviation;all other photographs by URBED unless otherwise stated.
Report by: URBED with ELF RegenerationA report for...<strong>Bury</strong> Councilby...URBED with Emma Fiedler RegenerationConsultation draftMarch 2009URBED10 Little Lever StreetManchesterM1 1HRt. 0161 200 5500e. urbed@urbed.coopTown Centre Vision and Development Strategy updateContents1. Introduction 1Part 1 Background Update and Baseline Analysis 32. Planning policy context 53. The study approach 74. <strong>Bury</strong> today 95. Socio-economic update 116. Market reassessment 157. Town Centre Health Check 338. Accessibility update 39Part 2 Masterplan Update 479. <strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong> 2003 4910. Stakeholder workshop 5311. The Vision 6112. Quarter Updates 6512.1 Western Waterside 6912.2 Phoenix Quarter 7512.3 Chamberhall (<strong>Bury</strong> Ground) 8112.4 Historic Core 8712.5 Shopping Quarter 9312.6 Eastern Gateway 10112.7 Southern Gateway 10713. Development Strategy 113<strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong> 2009, Short term/committed plan 117<strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong> 2009, Masterplan (2016 and beyond) 119Project Matrix 120.
<strong>Bury</strong> Town Centre: Vision and development strategy update.
Introduction 1.Report by: URBED with ELF RegenerationSince the completion of the <strong>Bury</strong> Town CentreVision and Development Strategy in 2003 (alsoknown as ‘The <strong>Bury</strong> <strong>But</strong> <strong>Better</strong>’ study), <strong>Bury</strong>Council have received a number of planningapplications and pre-planning enquiries forsites either within the immediate town centreof <strong>Bury</strong> or within the so-called ‘outer ring’. Inaddition, a number of other sites will be availablein the near future, such as the Police DivisionalHeadquarters, Peel Health Centre, Craig House,Lester House, Humphrey House and possibly<strong>Bury</strong> College (Woodbury site).Since early 2003 developers ThornfieldProperties have progressed on their site atThe Rock, the new access road is in place andconstruction work is well under way for themixed-used retail-led scheme to open for trade in2010. Ask, in joint partnership with <strong>Bury</strong> Council(Askbury), have cleared their site at Townsideduring the summer and a mixed-use schemeincluding offices, a health centre and a hotel isbeing constructed.The current introduction of significant futureretail provision, the continuing developerinterest in <strong>Bury</strong> and the availability of large plotsof land in and near the town centre createdthe need for an updated masterplan, whichwill - most importantly - inform the CouncilsLocal Development Framework and guide newdevelopment over the next 10 - 15 years.This report is structured into two parts. In PartOne we look at <strong>Bury</strong>’s socio-economic profiletoday and how this compares to the originalstudy, assess the current market situation andprovide a detailed transport assessment. All ofwhich will provide an essential input into theupdated masterplan for the town centre.Part Two recaptures the 2003 Vision andMasterplan for <strong>Bury</strong> Town Centre and describesthe outcome of the stakeholder workshop held inJuly 2008. We then deal with each of <strong>Bury</strong>’s quartersdescribing the changes and actions taken since thepublication of the 2003 Vision and DevelopmentStrategy. This also gives us the opportunity todiscuss the merits of projects that have beenimplemented outside the report recommendationsand to look at a number of proposals presently inthe pipeline. For each quarter we include an updatedproposals plan. This then leads us to the updatedDevelopment Strategy and Masterplan which issummarised in the Project Matrix at the end of thisdocument.Facing page: the Townside Fieldsscheme under construction (June2008);This page:left: The Square;below: The Rock.
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