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Policy S6: The Ravenscourt (Halewood) Action Area
   

1.  The Ravenscourt District Centre (Halewood) is designated as an Action Area. Planning permission will be granted for development and/or redevelopment proposals for a mixture of uses comprising some or all of the following:

-  Retail development  (Use Class A1) (subject to a need being demonstrated for the proposed shopping floorspace to serve the local area);
-  Financial and Professional service uses (Use Class A2);
-  Food and/or drink uses (Use Classes A3, A4 and A5);
-  Business uses (Use Class B1) (including managed workspace units and training facilities);
-  Non-residential institutions (Class D1);
-  Assembly and leisure uses (Use Class D2) which are appropriate to a district centre location, such as a fitness centre; and
-  Improved public transport facilities.

2.  The Council may use its site assembly powers to enable the Action Area proposals under 1) above to be implemented.

 

Explanation S6

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The Ravenscourt shopping area is a District Centre within Halewood which was constructed in the post war period. It provides a range of shops and a Council One Stop Shop for local residents. However, the physical appearance of the centre has become rundown and a previous food store (Netto) has recently vacated the centre. The Council and its partners have identified the need to comprehensively redevelop the area, to create a vibrant district centre that offers a wide range of services and facilities which are easily accessible by the whole community of Halewood. In addition to the shopping area itself, the Action Area includes the adjacent bus station, surgery, clinic and library, a public house and vacant land bounded by Roseheath Avenue, Hillingden Avenue and Leathers Lane.  The Council has prepared a Development Brief which will guide the development of the area and will be a material consideration in determining any planning applications.

Policy DQ1

“Design Quality in New Development”

Policy DQ2

“Security in the built environment”

Policy T3

“Other Public Transport Schemes”

Policy Links

Policy T10

“Access for the less mobile”

Policy ENV1

“Control of Pollution in New Development”

Policy ENV2

“Noise and Vibration”

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