Cottingham Neighbourhood Plan - Village Centre Village Centre Workshop - Main Discussions / Outcomes - April 2014
GROUP 1 INFRASTRUCTURE •“Infrastructure” is widely defined in ERYC Draft Local Plan and includes social and physical considerations; Group discussed 5 aspects in detail:
GROUP 2 GREEN ISSUES •Use existing snickets as green links. This will include improving the surfaces and lighting.
•Encourage green boundaries to private gardens and walking •No expansion of Castle Hill Hospital site (but can develop routes. within it more efficiently) There is capacity in village centre health centre. Schools can accommodate new development by •Increase crossing points at desire lines to improve safety. managing admissions (fewer from Hull except Croxby Junior which is on Hull boundary). •Improve general cleanliness of the streetscape. •Resist extra temporary classrooms on school sites. Encourage new Children’s Nurseries (Live Work Units?)
•More pedestrian focus in the village centre by managing traffic types and times of access.
•Possible new site for small scale businesses (to replace Station Yard) Encourage small “corner shops” where local shops not readily accessible (Live Work Units?)
•Encourage more walking through marketing, but do not kill the high street.
•Improve access to hospital and recreational activities (both within and outside the plan area). Encourage SuDS on site by site basis. Future proof new developments for internet access (etc).
•Improve green links out of the village to rural locations and recreational activities. •Address management of green spaces in regards to dogs, vegetation and replanting trees. This is largely currently done by volunteers but how can maintenance be more comprehensively managed? •Matrix of trees is important to protect in terms of village character. Increase TPOs.
GROUP 3 LOCAL ECONOMY
GROUP 4 TRAFFIC & PARKING
•Pinpoint the village identity and provide suggestions for how it can be developed.
•Restricting delivery times to shops and businesses will help cut congestion.
•Improve the diversity of the offer in the village for retail and businesses.
•Restricting size of delivery vehicles will also help with this.
•Improve the management of place, this could include temporary use of shops and buildings and temporary road closures for events.Grow and develop festivals which will attract visitors to the village. •Encourage new markets in different locations and offering specific products (Christmas market, farmers market, German Market etc). •Make the village centre accessible and attractive and inclusive to all ages and demographics.
•‘Tokyo Crossings’ (diagonal) may be a way of improving pedestrian movements at busy crossing junctions. •Implementation of one way systems could improve traffic movements through the village. •More pedestrian crossings on Hallgate and King Street are required to allow safe crossing. •More buses from the station would improve connectivity. •Shared surfaces may help improve the aesthetic of the street and the safety of pedestrians.
•Make the village centre fit for purpose in terms of technology, this includes wifi and broadband enabling. Encourage new •A small scale park and ride system may improve connections enterprises. to the railway and decrease dependence on parking spaces. •Think about the development of a business improvement district. Introduce animation programmes and people capacity. •Improve the usage of social and digital media to promote the village (Humber TV, Estuary TV.