Market Street Newbury Post-Submission Exhibition
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Market Street Newbury Post-Submission Exhibition

More than 120 members of the local community attended an exhibition of the proposals for Market Street, Newbury following the submission of a detailed planning application.

When: Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12.00PM - 3.00PM and 5.00PM - 8.00PM
Where: Council Chamber, Newbury Town Council,Old Town Hall, Marketplace, Newbury RG14 5AA

Following extensive consultation, Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has submitted a detailed planning application to West Berkshire Council to develop land between Newbury railway station and Market Street creating an attractive new gateway to Newbury with high-quality homes to meet local need and additional parking capacity for Newbury station users.

The application for the ‘urban village’ includes 232 residential homes, providing a mix of apartments, duplexes and houses, with 10,200 sqft of commercial space. In addition to the new homes and commercial space, these proposals provide over £8m of further improvements for Newbury by way of station car parking with additional capacity, replacement car parking for the Council offices, a new station plaza, new landscaped step free pedestrian routes through the site, replacement housing contribution and a new bus station. Furthermore, the development will facilitate the payment of a community infrastructure levy (CIL) amounting to approximately £1.53m.

The proposals are anticipated to create more than 220 new full time jobs in the next four years and, upon completion, anticipated to provide more than £4m of additional expenditure in local shops and services each year.

As part of its consultation, Grainger held a Community Planning Weekend in July 2015 to create a new vision for the site. More than 200 people took part in workshops and hands-on planning activities during the Community Planning Weekend process, and meetings were also held with local businesses, young people and community groups. In September 2015 Grainger also invited local people to the Market Street Community Forum for an update on the proposals which gave the community an opportunity to provide further feedback.

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Date / Time
  • 22 March 2016
    1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • 22 March 2016
    6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location

Council Chamber, Newbury Town Council
The Old Town Hall, Marketplace
Newbury
RG14 5AA
United Kingdom

Related Projects
Market Street,
Newbury, UK
New Urban Quarter
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