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The council is preparing a new development brief to help shape the redevelopment of the Abbey shopping Centre and Charter Area in Abingdon.
We are mainly concerned with the Abbey Shopping Centre.
Background: The Abbey Centre, formerly know as Bury Street Precinct and the Charter Area from a key part of Abingdon town Centre. 'Improving Abingdon town centre and its shopping provision is a longstanding council objective, as the buildings are now rather dated and not well suited to the requirements of modern retailing and community services.
This areas is located in the heart of the historic town centre. Any redevelopment will have to sensitively designed.
Content of the Development Brief: The Development Brief describes in detail the charactertics of the site; in particular the listed builings and the main routes through the town. Based on this analysis, the brief sets out development principles that developers should follow when drawing up a proposal. These intentionally allow scope for creativity and some flexibilty to ensure the final scheme is viable.
The Brief illustrates two scenarios with slightlt different arrangements of shops and other facilities. These examples of the different ways the design principles could be applied to create a viable successful development.
EAP will be viewing its view on the proposal and also will be advising on the concerns of the lack of renewable energy in the design, but also the examples of the development principles look very carbon copy, and this will make Abingdon look like any other town.
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