The delivery of an improved High Street, with a new southern side to strengthen its attractiveness for shoppers and visitors, is a fundamental element of this brief. The High Street improvements will need to address a number of issues:
Illustrative view towards village square from High Street
The brief outlines detail as to what this might look like, including additional planting and enhanced surfacing, a new Village Square close to the Station Hill roundabout, a Village Green at the Winkfield Road end of the High Street and a range of new retail and outdoor spaces making the High Street an attractive place to shop and visit.
Overall, up to 3,120 square metres of retail, office and restaurant floorspace (excluding the Community Hub) will be provided. To encourage smaller shops, individual units have been mapped out as:
Illustrative view from Station Hill roundabout towards High Street
Illustrative view along High Street