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10.
Retail activity will be focused within the town centre boundary and will be required to f
front onto Stratford Road or the public realm between Stratford Road and the Park.
No substantial retail development will be granted planning permission elsewhere
within the centre.
11.
All new development should be sensitive to local character and enhance the public
realm.
12.
Where appropriate, the opportunity shall be taken to promote public realm
improvements, which shall be undertaken in a coordinated manner.
Chelmsley Wood Town Centre
13.
Chelmsley Wood Town Centre will be developed and sustained as a focus of
commercial activity, services and public transport. It will be shaped and managed to
secure its regeneration and economic growth and to provide a focus for the local
community and an identity of which it can be proud.
14.
The extent of the Town Centre is defined on the Policies Map and retail activity will
be focused within it.
15.
New development on the edge of the Town Centre will be encouraged to assist
regeneration of both the Town Centre and the wider area of North Solihull to ensure
its long term sustainability. New development will encourage a diverse range of uses
to better meet local needs and adapt to changing retail markets. It will also be
encouraged to better link the Town Centre to Meriden Park and Cole Valley; and
enhance the public realm in and around the centre.
Main Town Centre Uses Elsewhere
16.
The Plan seeks to ensure the vitality of its town centres as the heart of their
communities. Proposals for main town centre uses will be expected to locate in
Solihull Town Centre and/or Shirley and Chelmsley Wood town centres. Proposals
for main town centre uses elsewhere, that do not accord with the policies and
proposals of this local plan, will be considered in the light of the requirements of the
National Planning Policy Framework. This will have full regard to sequential
assessments and impact assessments as appropriate.
Justification
Solihull Town Centre
113.
Solihull Town Centre is strategically important in the West Midlands and the principal focus
of community, civic and business activity in the Borough. It is of crucial importance to the
economic and social wellbeing of Solihull and to the achievement of a sustainable pattern of
development.
114.
The National Planning Policy Framework promotes the vitality and viability of town centres
as important locations for sustainable economic growth and in creating sustainable patterns
of development that enables ease of access by a variety of transport modes, particularly
public transport. It also recognises the important role that residential development has in
supporting the vitality of centres.
115.
The existing Land Use Plan shows how the town centre is predominantly arranged around
large single use areas. Future development should deliver complementary mixed land uses,
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