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Page 1: Colwyn Bay Plan

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Co

lwyn

Bay

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5

Th

is m

ast

er

pla

n is

th

e c

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ina

tio

n o

f a

co

nsu

lta

ncy

co

mm

issi

on

led

by

DP

P S

ha

pe

, wo

rkin

g w

ith

Arc

4,

Ke

pp

ie M

ass

ie a

nd

Ma

rtin

Sto

ckle

y A

sso

cia

tes.

C

om

mis

sio

ne

d b

y th

e W

els

h A

sse

mb

ly G

ove

rnm

en

t a

nd

Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Co

un

cil,

the

ma

ste

r p

lan

gu

ide

s a

nd

illu

stra

tes

a n

ew

fu

ture

fo

r th

e t

ow

n o

f C

olw

yn

Bay

. It

ha

s b

ee

n d

eve

lop

ed

th

rou

gh

th

e

colla

bo

rati

ve w

ork

ing

of

a d

ed

ica

ted

ste

eri

ng

gro

up

, lo

cal c

on

sult

ati

on

an

d s

take

ho

lde

r w

ork

sho

ps

wit

h a

d

ive

rse

ra

ng

e o

f o

ffi c

ers

, ag

en

cie

s, p

rop

ert

y o

wn

ers

, b

usi

ne

sse

s a

nd

re

sid

en

ts.

Th

e c

ha

llen

ge

ha

s b

ee

n t

o r

e-i

nve

nt

Co

lwyn

Bay

as

a

21

st c

en

tury

to

wn

wit

h a

re

ne

we

d f

ocu

s o

n it

s ro

le

as

a s

ea

sid

e t

ow

n a

nd

an

att

ract

ive

pla

ce t

o li

ve, v

isit

a

nd

inve

st.

Ou

r st

art

ing

po

int

ha

s b

ee

n C

olw

yn B

ay’s

eco

no

mic

fo

rtu

ne

wh

ich

ha

s su

ff e

red

ove

r m

an

y d

eca

de

s.

Ma

ny

of W

ale

s’s

sea

sid

e r

eso

rts

hav

e f

ace

d

cha

llen

ge

s in

re

spo

nd

ing

to

ch

an

gin

g e

con

om

ic

circ

um

sta

nce

s a

nd

co

nsu

me

r ta

ste

s. C

olw

yn B

ay h

as

ha

d p

art

icu

lar

issu

es

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

th

e

con

stru

ctio

n o

f th

e A

55

, th

e p

hys

ica

l se

pa

rati

on

of

the

b

ea

ch f

rom

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, an

d t

he

co

nse

qu

en

t la

ck

of

vit

alit

y o

f th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, re

sult

ing

in a

n u

nd

er-

uti

lisa

tio

n o

f m

an

y o

f th

e t

ow

n’s

ke

y to

uri

st f

ea

ture

s a

nd

dis

tin

ctiv

e f

ea

ture

s in

clu

din

g t

he

be

ach

, re

tail

core

, pro

me

na

de

, pa

rk a

nd

pie

r. C

olw

yn B

ay h

as

faile

d

to e

sta

blis

h a

dis

tin

ctiv

e e

con

om

ic r

ole

in t

he

h

iera

rch

y o

f N

ort

h W

ale

s to

wn

s a

nd

its

ho

usi

ng

, re

taili

ng

an

d in

vest

me

nt

issu

es

spri

ng

fro

m t

his

. R

eco

gn

itio

n o

f th

is le

d t

o t

he

Bay

Lif

e In

itia

tive

an

d

the

fo

cuss

ing

of

reg

en

era

tio

n f

un

ds

wit

hin

th

e N

ort

h

Wa

les

Str

ate

gic

Re

ge

ne

rati

on

Are

a.

Co

lwyn

Bay

no

w h

as

a u

niq

ue

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

ca

ptu

re

the

inve

stm

en

t a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h a

nu

mb

er

of

tru

ly

exc

itin

g p

roje

cts

su

ch a

s th

e n

ew

to

wn

be

ach

, th

e

coa

sta

l de

fen

ce in

vest

me

nts

, in

vest

me

nt

in a

Ru

gb

y A

cad

em

y a

nd

eve

nts

fa

cilit

y a

nd

a f

ocu

s o

n t

he

h

ou

sin

g r

en

ew

al i

ssu

es

in t

he

to

wn

. Th

ese

pre

sen

t m

an

y o

f th

e in

gre

die

nts

fo

r a

ne

w C

olw

yn B

ay. T

he

m

ast

er

pla

n b

rin

gs

all

of

the

ide

as

an

d in

itia

tive

s in

to

on

e in

teg

rate

d s

tra

teg

y fo

r ch

an

ge

.

Th

ere

are

a v

ari

ety

of

pro

ject

s a

nd

ide

as

in t

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

. So

me

are

ra

dic

al a

nd

lon

g t

erm

su

ch a

s th

e

rem

od

elli

ng

of

the

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e a

nd

th

e

A5

5 b

rid

ge

lin

k w

hile

oth

ers

ca

n b

e e

asi

ly

imp

lem

en

ted

as

ea

rly

win

ca

taly

st p

roje

cts

such

as

the

n

ew

to

wn

sq

ua

re a

s th

ey

req

uir

e li

mit

ed

acq

uis

itio

n

an

d p

rep

ara

tory

wo

rks.

All

pro

ject

s w

ha

teve

r th

eir

sc

ale

, will

hav

e t

he

imp

act

ne

ed

ed

to

he

lp t

ran

sfo

rm

an

d r

ep

osi

tio

n C

olw

yn B

ay a

s a

de

sira

ble

pla

ce t

o

inve

st, v

isit

, wo

rk a

nd

live

. Th

e k

ey

ha

s b

ee

n t

o m

ake

su

re t

ha

t a

ll th

e p

roje

cts

inte

rco

nn

ect

an

d in

teg

rate

w

ith

ea

ch o

the

r a

nd

th

e w

ide

r e

con

om

ic a

nd

cu

ltu

ral

am

bit

ion

s o

f th

e t

ow

n. T

he

pro

po

sals

are

pre

sen

ted

w

ith

in a

co

he

ren

t sp

ati

al f

ram

ew

ork

.

Forw

ard

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Vis

ion

fo

r C

olw

yn B

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lwyn

Bay

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10

7

Th

e B

rie

f

1.1

D

PP

Sh

ap

e’s

bri

ef

ha

s b

ee

n t

o d

eve

lop

a

ph

ase

d m

ast

er

pla

n f

or

the

to

wn

of

Co

lwyn

B

ay, u

nd

erp

inn

ed

by

a s

tro

ng

de

live

ry s

tra

teg

y.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n h

as

be

en

de

velo

pe

d w

ith

an

u

nd

ers

tan

din

g o

f th

e w

ide

r st

rate

gic

se

ttin

g o

f th

e

No

rth

Wa

les

Co

ast

an

d it

s e

con

om

ic d

rive

rs. C

olw

yn

Bay

’s lo

cati

on

al r

ela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

Co

nw

y, L

lan

du

dn

o

an

d c

om

pe

tin

g e

mp

loym

en

t a

nd

re

sid

en

tia

l m

ark

ets

hav

e a

ll in

form

ed

th

e p

lan

. Th

is m

ast

erp

lan

fo

cuse

s o

n s

pe

cifi

c p

rop

osa

ls w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

an

d

ho

w t

o m

ake

th

e m

ost

of

pla

nn

ed

inve

stm

en

t. W

ith

th

is in

min

d, t

he

ap

pro

ach

he

re is

sit

e a

nd

pro

ject

fo

cuse

d e

nsu

rin

g t

ha

t p

rop

ose

d in

itia

tive

s lo

ck in

to

bo

th a

str

ate

gic

lan

d a

cqu

isit

ion

fra

me

wo

rk a

nd

e

xist

ing

, de

live

rab

le p

rio

riti

es.

1.2

In

su

mm

ary

th

e b

rie

f re

qu

ire

d t

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

to

:

• Li

nk

in w

ith

th

e a

spir

ati

on

s a

nd

ob

ject

ive

s o

f th

e

Bay

Lif

e In

itia

tive

• Id

en

tify

pro

spe

cts

for

com

me

rcia

l an

d r

eta

il d

eve

lop

me

nt

• D

eve

lop

an

acq

uis

itio

ns

stra

teg

y to

su

pp

ort

d

eve

lop

me

nt

pro

ject

s•

Ide

nti

fy p

roje

cts

tha

t w

ou

ld p

rom

ote

eve

nin

g

eco

no

my

• E

xplo

re t

he

po

ssib

ility

of

loca

tio

n o

f C

ou

nci

l O

ffi c

es

into

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

• M

axi

mis

e t

he

po

ten

tia

l of

the

Pro

me

na

de

an

d

sea

de

fen

ce p

roje

cts

• M

axi

mis

e t

he

po

ten

tia

l of

Eir

ias

Pa

rk a

nd

th

e

pro

po

sed

Ru

gb

y A

cad

em

y

1. A

Vis

ion

for

Co

lwyn

Bay

• Im

pro

ve li

nk

ag

es

bo

th p

ed

est

ria

n a

nd

ve

hic

ula

r a

cro

ss t

he

to

wn

an

d im

pro

ve p

ub

lic t

ran

spo

rt

acc

ess

• C

on

sid

er

the

ne

ed

to

pro

po

se ic

on

ic p

roje

cts

to

stre

ng

the

n t

he

to

wn

ide

nti

ty•

Ide

nti

fy w

he

re a

nd

ho

w e

ast

Co

lwyn

re

sid

en

tia

l a

rea

an

d it

s h

ou

sin

g m

ark

et

can

be

imp

rove

d a

nd

b

ett

er

linke

d

• C

on

sid

er

pu

blic

re

alm

pro

ject

s a

nd

fu

rth

er

pe

de

stri

an

isa

tio

n.

1.3

Im

plic

it in

all

the

ab

ove

is t

he

ne

ed

to

ad

dre

ss

the

ch

ara

cte

r a

nd

ide

nti

ty o

f C

olw

yn B

ay a

nd

in

pa

rtic

ula

r b

rin

g a

sp

ati

al a

nd

ph

ysic

al d

ime

nsi

on

to

th

e a

spir

ati

on

s o

f th

e B

ay li

fe in

itia

tive

.

Th

e V

isio

n 1

.4

Th

e v

isio

n f

or

Co

lwyn

Bay

is t

o c

rea

te

‘A t

hri

vin

g, a

ttra

ctiv

e a

nd

vib

ran

t to

wn

th

at

is

we

lco

min

g, s

afe

an

d f

rie

nd

ly; a

pla

ce w

ith

a u

niq

ue

ch

ara

cte

r th

at

pe

op

le a

re p

rou

d t

o li

ve in

’.

1.5

T

his

vis

ion

sta

tem

en

t d

esc

rib

es

a n

ew

to

wn

w

hic

h w

ork

s o

n a

nu

mb

er

of

imp

ort

an

t le

vels

fo

r v

isit

ors

, bu

sin

ess

an

d r

esi

de

nts

. A

th

riv

ing

to

wn

is

wh

ere

th

e e

con

om

ics,

bu

sin

ess

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

an

d

inve

stm

en

t is

co

-ord

ina

ted

an

d w

he

re t

he

pri

va

te

sect

or

can

en

ga

ge

wit

h a

cle

ar

pla

n o

f a

ctio

n.

1.6

C

olw

yn B

ay’s

un

iqu

e a

nd

pic

ture

squ

e s

ett

ing

m

ust

be

exp

loit

ed

an

d e

nh

an

ced

an

d n

ew

bu

ildin

gs

an

d s

pa

ces

ne

ed

to

be

th

e b

est

po

ssib

le in

ord

er

to

he

lp s

tre

ng

the

n a

nd

est

ab

lish

a s

tro

ng

ide

nti

ty f

or

the

to

wn

. A w

elc

om

ing

to

wn

is w

he

re v

isit

ors

fi n

d t

he

to

wn

up

lifti

ng

, exc

itin

g a

nd

ea

sy t

o g

et

aro

un

d w

ith

p

len

ty o

f a

ttra

ctio

ns

en

cou

rag

ing

vis

ito

rs t

o s

ee

mo

re,

stay

lon

ge

r a

nd

sp

en

d.

Aim

s a

nd

Ob

ject

ive

s

1.7

T

he

ove

rall

aim

s a

nd

ob

ject

ive

s fo

r th

is

stra

teg

ic m

ast

erp

lan

em

erg

ed

fro

m e

arl

y st

ee

rin

g

gro

up

an

d s

take

ho

lde

r m

ee

tin

gs.

Th

e f

ollo

win

g

stra

teg

ic o

bje

ctiv

es

hav

e b

ee

n a

dd

ress

ed

th

rou

gh

th

e

pro

po

sals

in t

his

pla

n.

• Id

en

tify

an

d e

xplo

it t

he

ke

y tr

igg

ers

fo

r e

con

om

ic

cha

ng

e•

Ide

nti

fy o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r co

mm

erc

ial a

nd

re

tail

de

velo

pm

en

t•

Ad

dre

ss h

ou

sin

g m

ark

et

we

ak

ne

sse

s in

th

e L

awso

n R

oa

d a

nd

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d•

Ma

xim

ise

inve

stm

en

t in

th

e p

ed

est

ria

n a

nd

ve

hic

ula

r in

fra

stru

ctu

re

1.8

T

he

ke

y to

su

cce

ssfu

l de

live

ry w

ill b

e t

he

ca

refu

l co

-ord

ina

tio

n a

nd

inte

gra

tio

n o

f in

vest

me

nts

fr

om

bo

th t

he

pu

blic

an

d p

riv

ate

se

cto

rs t

o a

dd

ress

th

e t

ow

n’s

we

ak

ne

sse

s a

nd

ma

ke t

he

mo

st o

f it

s m

an

y a

sse

ts. I

n o

rde

r to

ad

dre

ss t

he

ab

ove

str

ate

gic

o

bje

ctiv

es,

th

e m

ore

sp

eci

fi c

aim

s o

f th

is p

lan

are

as

follo

ws:

• C

rea

te t

he

co

nd

itio

ns

for

inve

stm

en

t a

nd

e

con

om

ic g

row

th in

th

e lo

ng

er

term

• W

ork

wit

h t

he

go

od

his

tori

c fa

bri

c o

f th

e t

ow

n•

Incr

ea

se c

on

ne

ctiv

ity

to t

he

wa

ter

fro

nt

• In

teg

rate

pro

po

sals

alr

ea

dy

un

de

rway

su

ch a

s th

e

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20

10

8

wo

rk b

ein

g d

on

e t

o a

dd

ress

co

ast

al d

efe

nce

• In

cre

ase

ea

st-w

est

lin

ks a

cro

ss t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

pa

rtic

ula

rly

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, Ea

st C

olw

yn

an

d E

iria

s P

ark

• U

nlo

ck t

he

po

ten

tia

l of

the

Din

gle

• Im

pro

ve li

nks

to

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

• E

nh

an

ce t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

y p

rov

ide

d b

y th

e n

ew

p

rop

ose

d E

ven

ts C

en

tre

an

d R

ug

by

Aca

de

my

an

d

the

re

st o

f E

iria

s P

ark

• U

nlo

ck t

he

po

ten

tia

l of

the

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e•

Cre

ate

a n

ew

fo

cus

for

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e•

Imp

rove

ve

hic

le m

ove

me

nt

to a

nd

wit

hin

th

e

tow

n•

Imp

rove

pu

blic

tra

nsp

ort

acc

ess

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lwyn

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– A

Sit

e M

ast

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Fin

al R

ep

ort

20

10

9

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Co

lwyn

Bay

– A

Sit

e M

ast

erp

lan

| D

raft

Fin

al R

ep

ort

20

10

10

2. D

eve

lop

ing

th

e M

ate

rsp

lan

Co

nsu

lta

tio

n a

nd

En

ga

ge

me

nt

2.1

R

esi

de

nt

con

sult

ati

on

an

d in

volv

em

en

t h

as

be

en

inte

gra

l to

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

m

ast

er

pla

n a

nd

a p

roce

ss o

f e

ng

ag

em

en

t h

as

be

en

un

de

rta

ken

acr

oss

div

ers

e s

ect

ion

s o

f th

e

tow

n u

sin

g m

an

y m

eth

od

s o

f co

mm

un

ica

tio

n. I

t is

im

po

rta

nt

to a

ckn

ow

led

ge

th

at

the

re is

on

go

ing

, m

ore

de

taile

d n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

pla

nn

ing

wo

rk s

till

un

de

rway

wit

hin

th

e im

po

rta

nt

ho

usi

ng

re

ne

wa

l a

rea

at

Gre

en

fi e

ld a

nd

Law

son

Ro

ad

s. T

his

inte

nsi

ve

com

mu

nit

y d

eve

lop

me

nt

wo

rk w

ill a

ssis

t re

sid

en

ts

to b

e g

en

uin

ely

invo

lve

d in

ide

nti

fyin

g p

rio

riti

es

for

act

ion

. Th

e c

on

sult

an

cy t

ea

m h

as

en

sure

d t

ha

t lo

cal

issu

es

are

ta

ken

into

acc

ou

nt

as

pla

ns

an

d id

ea

s h

ave

e

me

rge

d. A

su

mm

ary

of

act

ivit

y is

se

t o

ut

be

low

.

2.2

A

co

mm

un

ity

con

sult

ati

on

eve

nt

too

k p

lace

in

Ma

rch

20

10

to

allo

w e

arl

y id

ea

s to

be

sh

are

d

an

d im

me

dia

te c

om

me

nts

re

cord

ed

an

d f

ed

into

th

e m

ast

erp

lan

nin

g p

roce

ss.

Th

e e

ven

t to

ok

pla

ce

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

day

of

Frid

ay 2

6th

an

d S

atu

rday

27

th

Ma

rch

in t

he

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e.

Th

e e

ven

t ce

ntr

ed

on

a s

eri

es

of

con

cep

t b

oa

rds

de

pic

tin

g

curr

en

t im

ag

es

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

, de

mo

nst

rati

ng

its

ma

ny

ass

ets

, as

we

ll a

s p

rov

idin

g id

ea

s fo

r p

ote

nti

al

pro

ject

s to

exp

lore

an

d t

o d

iscu

ss.

Pe

op

le w

ere

a

ble

to

fe

ed

ba

ck v

ia a

po

stca

rd a

nd

po

st-i

t n

ote

co

mm

en

ts. 4

43

re

spo

nse

s w

ere

re

ceiv

ed

.

10

2.3

A

n o

nlin

e s

urv

ey

wa

s a

lso

de

velo

pe

d s

o t

ha

t p

eo

ple

co

uld

vie

w t

he

pla

ns

an

d f

ee

d b

ack

th

eir

vie

ws

rem

ote

ly a

lon

gsi

de

an

y p

ost

card

re

spo

nse

s. w

ww

.co

lwyn

bay

ma

ste

rpla

n.in

fo w

as

vie

we

d 4

6 t

ime

s w

ith

1

0 p

eo

ple

ta

kin

g p

art

in t

he

su

rve

y.

2.4

A

ho

usi

ng

wo

rksh

op

an

d b

usi

ne

ss b

rea

kfa

st

als

o t

oo

k p

lace

in M

arc

h a

nd

Ap

ril w

ith

sta

keh

old

ers

b

ein

g g

ive

n t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

fe

ed

ba

ck t

he

ir

con

cern

s a

nd

pri

ori

tie

s. 7

0 s

take

ho

lde

rs a

tte

nd

ed

th

e

eve

nts

an

d g

ave

va

lua

ble

fe

ed

ba

ck.

2.5

A

se

rie

s o

f e

ven

ts h

ave

ta

ken

pla

ce in

th

e

Ce

ntr

al C

olw

yn B

ay r

esi

de

nti

al a

rea

to

fe

ed

into

a

mo

re d

eta

iled

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d p

lan

as

follo

ws:

2.6

O

pe

n D

ay A

pri

l 20

10

An

op

en

day

wa

s h

eld

to

ide

nti

fy lo

cal i

ssu

es

an

d

pri

ori

tie

s fo

r th

e a

rea

. A

pp

roxi

ma

tely

30

pe

op

le

att

en

de

d t

his

eve

nt

du

rin

g t

he

co

urs

e o

f th

e d

ay.

Top

5 p

rio

rity

are

as

ide

nti

fi e

d in

ord

er

of

imp

ort

an

ce:

• D

rug

an

d a

lco

ho

l re

late

d is

sue

s•

Po

or

ho

usi

ng

– H

MO

s•

Lack

of

em

plo

yme

nt

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

• P

oo

r re

pu

tati

on

of

the

are

a•

Lack

of

faci

litie

s/a

ctiv

itie

s fo

r yo

un

g p

eo

ple

Str

en

gth

s:

• A

str

on

g s

en

se o

f co

mm

un

ity

• Tw

o g

oo

d lo

cal s

cho

ols

• P

roxi

mit

y to

th

e T

ow

n C

en

tre

• La

rge

pro

pe

rtie

s w

ith

lots

of

po

ten

tia

l fo

r d

eve

lop

me

nt

2.7

Fo

cus

Gro

up

s Ju

ne

20

10

Five

fo

cus

gro

up

s to

ok

pla

ce, e

ach

se

t a

ga

inst

a

the

me

, th

ose

be

ing

:

• C

om

mu

nit

y in

volv

em

en

t a

nd

so

cia

l ca

pit

al

• Yo

un

g p

eo

ple

• C

rim

e, d

iso

rde

r a

nd

an

ti-s

oci

al b

eh

avio

ur

• Le

arn

ing

sk

ills

an

d e

mp

loym

en

t (l

ate

r ca

nce

lled

d

ue

to

lack

of

take

-up

)•

En

vir

on

me

nt

an

d H

ou

sin

g

2.8

D

oo

r-to

-do

or

Su

rve

y Ju

ly 2

01

0

A d

oo

r-to

-do

or

surv

ey

wa

s ca

rrie

d o

ut

to c

ap

ture

th

e

vie

ws

of

resi

de

nts

wh

o h

ad

no

t p

art

icip

ate

d in

th

e

op

en

day

or

the

fo

cus

gro

up

s. A

fu

rth

er

22

re

spo

nse

s w

ere

re

ceiv

ed

fro

m t

his

re

sea

rch

. T

he

pri

ori

tie

s id

en

tifi

ed

mir

rore

d t

he

pri

ori

tie

s th

at

em

erg

ed

fro

m

the

op

en

day

an

d t

he

fo

cus

gro

up

s.

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11

Focu

s G

rou

p1

1

2.9

P

ub

lic M

ee

tin

g J

uly

20

10

A p

ub

lic m

ee

tin

g t

oo

k p

lace

on

15

th J

uly

at

Ysg

ol

Pe

nd

orl

an

to

dis

cuss

th

e N

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

Pla

nn

ing

p

roce

ss a

nd

th

e n

ext

sta

ge

s.

2.1

0

Wo

rksh

op

s

A s

eri

es

of

wo

rksh

op

s h

ave

ta

ken

pla

ce e

xplo

rin

g k

ey

the

me

s p

ert

ine

nt

to t

he

fu

ture

of

the

to

wn

. Th

ese

h

ave

re

pre

sen

ted

th

e s

tart

of

a lo

ng

er

term

pro

cess

o

f e

ng

ag

em

en

t a

nd

ne

w w

ays

of

wo

rkin

g w

ith

loca

l p

eo

ple

. Th

e w

ork

sho

ps

incl

ud

ed

a r

an

ge

of

loca

l re

pre

sen

tati

ves

an

d g

rou

ps

an

d h

ave

he

lpe

d s

et

pri

ori

tie

s fo

r th

is s

tra

teg

ic m

ast

erp

lan

. Wo

rksh

op

s in

clu

de

d:

• Tu

es

17

th A

ug

ust

: H

ou

sin

g•

Tue

s 2

4th

Au

gu

st :

Co

mm

un

ity

Sa

fety

an

d A

nti

S

oci

al B

eh

avio

ur

• Tu

es

7th

Se

pte

mb

er

: Yo

un

g P

eo

ple

• Tu

es

14

th S

ep

tem

be

r : C

om

mu

nit

y fe

ed

ba

ck

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12

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

Co

lwyn

Bay

12

Co

lwyn

Bay

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10

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10

13

Ba

selin

e S

um

ma

ry

2.1

1

Th

e c

on

sult

an

cy t

ea

m is

sue

d t

he

fi rs

t re

po

rt,

‘Co

lwyn

Bay

. Ba

selin

e a

nd

Em

erg

ing

Ma

ste

r p

lan

” in

M

ay 2

01

0.T

his

do

cum

en

t w

as

pri

nci

pa

lly a

ba

selin

e

an

aly

sis

of

the

his

tori

c co

nte

xt, s

oci

o e

con

om

ic

ba

ckg

rou

nd

an

d p

olic

y co

nte

xt f

or

this

wo

rk. T

his

fi

rst

rep

ort

hig

hlig

hte

d a

nu

mb

er

of

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

inve

stm

en

t in

clu

din

g m

an

y e

xist

ing

pla

ns

an

d

pro

po

sals

. Th

is in

itia

l re

po

rt id

en

tifi

ed

th

e k

ey

dri

vers

fo

r ch

an

ge

an

d p

rin

cip

les

for

furt

he

r d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

a m

ore

inte

gra

ted

an

d s

tra

teg

ic p

lan

fo

r th

e t

ow

n.

Th

e f

ollo

win

g s

ets

ou

t a

bri

ef

sum

ma

ry o

f th

e m

ain

b

ase

line

issu

es.

13

Co

lwyn

Bay

– A

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e M

ast

erp

lan

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raft

Fin

al R

ep

ort

20

10

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

Co

lwyn

Bay

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lwyn

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10

14

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

Co

lwyn

Bay

14

Co

lwyn

Bay

– A

Sit

e M

ast

erp

lan

| D

raft

Fin

al R

ep

ort

20

10

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10

15

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

Co

lwyn

Bay

2.1

2

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n is

un

de

rpin

ne

d b

y a

n u

rba

n

de

sig

n f

ram

ew

ork

an

d a

pp

roa

ch

to s

pa

tia

l pla

nn

ing

w

hic

h c

rea

tes

a c

lea

r g

eo

gra

ph

ic f

ocu

s o

n t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, t

he

pro

me

na

de

, be

ach

, Eir

ias

Pa

rk, a

nd

th

e

ho

usi

ng

re

ne

wa

l are

a a

t G

ree

nfi

eld

an

d L

awso

n

Ro

ad

s. T

his

cre

ate

s th

e o

vera

ll fr

am

ew

ork

wit

hin

w

hic

h p

rop

osa

ls h

ave

be

en

de

velo

pe

d a

nd

te

ste

d.

Th

is a

pp

roa

ch c

om

bin

es

the

ove

rarc

hin

g a

ims

an

d

ob

ject

ive

s se

t o

ut

at

the

sta

rt o

f th

is d

ocu

me

nt

wit

h

a c

lea

r sp

ati

al s

tra

teg

y. U

nd

ers

tan

din

g t

he

pla

ce a

nd

h

ow

it f

un

ctio

ns,

its

stre

ng

ths

an

d w

ea

kn

ess

es

ha

s b

ee

n c

riti

cal i

n t

he

ma

ste

rpla

nn

ing

pro

cess

.

2.1

3

Th

e b

ase

line

fi n

din

gs

pa

ralle

l th

e c

ha

llen

ge

s se

t o

ut

in t

he

Bay

Lif

e In

itia

tive

.

It is

cle

ar

tha

t th

e

tow

n h

as

a p

oo

r im

ag

e a

nd

ide

nti

ty d

esp

ite

its

wid

er

sett

ing

. Th

is is

co

mp

ou

nd

ed

by

the

fa

ct t

ha

t th

e r

eta

il co

re o

f th

e t

ow

n lo

oks

ne

gle

cte

d a

nd

tir

ed

wit

h a

ra

ng

e o

f e

mp

ty u

nit

s a

nd

an

ove

rall

low

va

lue

off

er.

D

esp

ite

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d h

avin

g a

n im

pre

ssiv

e s

et

of

exi

stin

g b

uild

ing

s, p

ed

est

ria

nis

ati

on

ha

s im

pa

cte

d

on

th

e v

ibra

ncy

an

d a

ctiv

ity

on

th

is s

tre

et.

Th

e B

ay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e a

lso

imp

act

s o

n t

he

to

wn

d

raw

ing

ma

ny

pe

op

le a

way

fro

m t

he

ce

ntr

e a

nd

into

it

s e

ncl

ose

d m

all.

Its

un

sym

pa

the

tic

ma

ssin

g a

nd

bu

lk

in p

lan

an

d f

orm

als

o c

on

veys

a p

oo

r, lo

w v

alu

e im

ag

e

to v

isit

ors

.

2.1

4

Sim

ilarl

y, t

he

Bay

Lif

e In

itia

tive

em

ph

asi

ses

the

la

ck o

f a

ce

ntr

al s

pa

ce o

r h

ub

wh

ere

re

tail

bu

sin

ess

, tr

an

spo

rt a

nd

pe

op

le c

an

co

nve

rge

as

the

he

art

of

the

to

wn

. Pe

de

stri

an

cir

cula

tio

n is

no

t le

gib

le, p

art

icu

larl

y fo

r v

isit

ors

loo

kin

g t

o e

xplo

re a

nd

dis

cove

r th

e t

ow

n’s

un

iqu

e a

sse

ts w

hile

lin

ks t

o t

he

wa

terf

ron

t a

nd

pa

rk

are

ve

ry p

oo

r a

nd

un

inv

itin

g.

2.1

5

Arr

iva

l in

to t

he

to

wn

eit

he

r b

y ca

r o

r tr

ain

is

als

o w

ea

k. T

raffi

c c

ircu

lati

on

is c

ou

nte

r in

tuit

ive

a

nd

Co

lwyn

’s t

rain

sta

tio

n is

dis

ap

po

inti

ng

aft

er

exp

eri

en

cin

g t

he

co

ast

al t

rain

tri

p. A

dd

itio

na

lly t

he

sq

ua

re w

hic

h is

litt

le m

ore

th

an

a s

tati

on

ca

r p

ark

is

tir

ed

, po

orl

y m

ain

tain

ed

, ba

dly

de

sig

ne

d a

nd

u

nin

vit

ing

. It

is e

vid

en

t th

at

the

re is

no

se

nse

of

arr

iva

l a

nd

no

re

al s

en

se o

f e

xpe

cta

tio

n a

nd

inv

ita

tio

n a

t C

olw

yn B

ay.

2.1

6

Liv

ing

in p

art

s o

f C

olw

yn B

ay a

lso

ha

s it

s ch

alle

ng

es.

Ag

ain

in li

ne

wit

h t

he

Bay

Lif

e In

itia

tive

w

e k

no

w t

he

re is

an

un

ba

lan

ced

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck, w

ith

m

an

y o

f th

e la

rge

Vic

tori

an

an

d E

dw

ard

ian

ho

use

s co

nve

rte

d in

to m

ult

iple

occ

up

an

cy. T

he

re is

litt

le

aff

ord

ab

le f

am

ily h

ou

sin

g w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

de

spit

e t

he

fa

ct t

ha

t liv

ing

clo

se t

o t

he

se

a, a

go

od

p

ark

an

d p

roxi

mit

y to

a t

ow

n c

en

tre

wo

uld

be

ide

al f

or

ma

ny

you

ng

fa

mili

es.

2.1

7

Th

e s

ea

fro

nt

is p

erh

ap

s th

e b

est

bu

t m

ost

fo

rgo

tte

n a

sse

t. G

oo

d li

nks

acr

oss

th

e A

55

an

d t

he

ra

ilway

are

fu

nd

am

en

tal t

o t

he

to

wn

’s s

ea

sid

e id

en

tity

p

art

icu

larl

y fo

r v

isit

ors

to

th

e t

ow

n. T

his

go

es

ha

nd

in

ha

nd

in w

ith

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

ne

w d

est

ina

tio

ns

for

the

to

wn

incr

ea

sin

g v

isit

or’

s n

um

be

rs a

nd

st

ren

gth

en

ing

th

e lo

cal e

con

om

y.

2.1

8

As

de

scri

be

d in

th

e b

ase

line

an

aly

sis

the

re a

re

a h

ost

of

cha

llen

gin

g p

hys

ica

l an

d s

pa

tia

l ob

sta

cle

s th

at

the

ma

ste

r p

lan

ha

s ta

ckle

d t

ha

t h

ave

ha

d

de

trim

en

tal e

lem

en

tal a

ff e

ct o

n h

ow

th

e t

ow

n is

use

d

an

d e

xpe

rie

nce

d. I

n s

um

ma

ry t

he

ch

alle

ng

es

hav

e

be

en

:

• T

he

ba

rrie

r a

nd

lack

of

con

ne

ctio

n b

etw

ee

n

the

to

wn

an

d t

he

se

a f

ron

t ca

use

d fi

rstl

y b

y th

e

railw

ay a

nd

th

en

th

e A

55

Exp

ress

way

• T

he

to

po

gra

ph

ica

l re

lati

on

ship

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n

an

d t

he

se

a f

ron

t•

Th

e d

esi

gn

of

the

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e a

nd

it

s re

lati

on

ship

to

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

• T

he

ro

le A

be

rge

le R

oa

d n

ee

ds

to p

lay

as

a

dis

tin

ctiv

e H

igh

Str

ee

t•

Th

e n

ee

d t

o li

nk

the

to

wn

ea

stw

ard

s to

th

e n

ew

E

ven

ts C

en

tre

, Ru

gb

y A

cad

em

y a

nd

Eir

ias

Pa

rk

acr

oss

th

e D

ing

le•

Exp

loit

ing

th

e s

ign

ifi c

an

t a

sse

ts o

f th

e t

ow

n

wa

terf

ron

t, a

nd

gre

en

sp

ace

s•

He

rita

ge

an

d C

on

serv

ati

on

2.1

9

Th

e e

xist

ing

co

mm

erc

ial h

ea

rt o

f C

olw

yn B

ay

is r

eco

gn

ise

d a

s b

ein

g a

n a

rea

of

spe

cia

l arc

hit

ect

ura

l a

nd

his

tori

c in

tere

st a

nd

wa

s d

esi

gn

ate

d a

s a

co

nse

rva

tio

n a

rea

in 1

98

8.

Th

is p

art

of

the

to

wn

h

as

a w

ell

de

fi n

ed

str

ee

t la

you

t a

nd

pa

tte

rn a

nd

a

stro

ng

bu

ildin

g li

ne

ha

s b

ee

n e

sta

blis

he

d, c

rea

tin

g a

se

nse

of

en

clo

sure

. T

he

re is

als

o h

ow

eve

r a

ch

ara

cte

r o

f sp

aci

ou

sne

ss d

ue

to

th

e w

idth

of

som

e s

tre

ets

. A

rch

ite

ctu

ral r

ich

ne

ss a

nd

va

rie

ty h

as

em

erg

ed

th

rou

gh

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

ind

ivid

ua

l an

d b

esp

oke

b

uild

ing

s a

nd

a n

um

be

r o

f th

ese

are

list

ed

. 2

.20

C

olw

yn B

ay w

as

larg

ely

de

velo

pe

d in

th

e la

tte

r p

art

of

the

19

th c

en

tury

an

d is

th

ere

fore

a r

ela

tive

ly

ne

w t

ow

n.

It d

oe

s h

ow

eve

r h

ave

a v

ery

cle

ar,

ta

ng

ible

a

nd

als

o m

od

est

Vic

tori

an

ch

ara

cte

r, t

he

po

siti

ve

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16

asp

ect

s o

f w

hic

h c

an

be

use

d t

o in

form

an

d g

uid

e

futu

re in

terv

en

tio

n a

nd

mo

de

rn d

eve

lop

me

nt

in

the

to

wn

. Th

e e

con

om

ic f

ort

un

es

of

the

to

wn

are

re

fl e

cte

d in

its

fab

ric.

In t

he

19

80

’s t

he

A5

5, t

he

Bay

V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

, th

e lo

ss o

f m

an

y sh

op

fro

nts

a

nd

un

sym

pa

the

tic

de

velo

pm

en

ts h

ave

all

imp

act

ed

n

eg

ati

vely

on

th

e t

ow

n’s

ch

ara

cte

r.

2.2

1

Th

is s

tra

teg

ic m

ast

erp

lan

do

es

no

t ch

an

ge

a

ny

of

the

sta

tuto

ry d

esi

gn

ati

on

s th

at

aim

to

pro

tect

th

e h

isto

ric

cha

ract

er

of

con

serv

ati

on

are

as

or

liste

d

bu

ildin

gs.

Th

is p

lan

fo

cuse

s o

n w

he

re in

vest

me

nt

is

like

ly t

o m

ake

a t

ow

n w

ide

imp

act

an

d o

ff e

rs a

co

-o

rdin

ate

d a

nd

inte

gra

ted

ap

pro

ach

to

inve

stm

en

t th

at

will

bri

ng

lon

g t

erm

eco

no

mic

su

sta

ina

bili

ty. P

roje

ct

de

fi n

itio

ns

late

r in

th

is r

ep

ort

se

t o

ut

gre

ate

r d

eta

il a

bo

ut

de

live

ry is

sue

s.

Ho

usi

ng

Re

ne

wa

l

2.2

2

Th

e h

ou

sin

g r

en

ew

al a

rea

ha

s m

an

y p

osi

tive

fe

atu

res

wh

ich

incl

ud

e p

rop

ert

ies

wit

h

cha

ract

er,

a lo

cal s

cho

ol a

nd

a n

um

be

r o

f p

osi

tive

co

mm

un

ity

faci

litie

s. It

ha

s re

lati

vely

hig

h le

vels

o

f o

wn

er

occ

up

ati

on

fo

r a

re

ne

wa

l are

a, h

avin

g a

ce

ntr

al l

oca

tio

n in

a t

ow

n t

ha

t is

re

ceiv

ing

sig

nifi

ca

nt

inve

stm

en

t a

nd

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

thro

ug

h r

eg

en

era

tio

n

pro

ject

s su

ch a

s th

e n

ew

pro

po

sed

Eve

nts

Ce

ntr

e in

E

iria

s P

ark

. It

ha

s a

sig

nifi

ca

nt

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

be

com

e

a w

ell

loca

ted

, po

pu

lar

resi

de

nti

al a

rea

, off

eri

ng

a

diff

ere

nt

mix

of

ho

usi

ng

ma

rke

t cl

ose

to

th

e t

ow

n

cen

tre

, th

e r

eta

il o

ff e

r, le

isu

re f

aci

litie

s a

nd

clo

se t

o

ma

jor

tra

nsp

ort

ro

ute

s.

Loca

l He

rita

ge

16

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Ho

usi

ng

Re

ne

we

l1

7

2.2

3

Ho

we

ver,

th

e a

rea

als

o h

as

a p

oo

r re

pu

tati

on

a

nd

lack

s id

en

tity

. It

is c

ha

ract

eri

sed

by

po

or

qu

alit

y h

ou

sin

g s

tock

, a p

oo

rly

ma

na

ge

d p

riv

ate

re

nte

d

sect

or,

low

inco

me

ho

use

ho

lds

an

d a

ra

ng

e o

f so

cia

l a

nd

eco

no

mic

pro

ble

ms.

Bu

t th

e r

esi

de

nt

po

pu

lati

on

a

re r

ela

tive

ly s

ati

sfi e

d, r

eco

gn

isin

g t

he

be

ne

fi ts

th

at

livin

g in

th

e a

rea

off

ers

an

d u

nd

ers

tan

din

g w

he

re

imp

rove

me

nts

ne

ed

to

be

ma

de

. Wh

ilst

we

are

no

t u

nd

ere

stim

ati

ng

th

e r

eso

urc

es

an

d c

om

mit

me

nt

invo

lve

d, t

he

are

a h

as

a f

utu

re b

ut

req

uir

es

a c

are

fully

m

an

ag

ed

pro

gra

mm

e o

f in

vest

me

nt

tha

t co

mb

ine

s p

hys

ica

l an

d r

eve

nu

e r

eso

urc

es

to:

• Im

pro

ve e

xist

ing

ho

me

s a

nd

th

e o

vera

ll re

sid

en

tia

l o

ff e

r.•

Targ

et

are

as

of

cle

ara

nce

an

d f

ocu

s o

n a

ne

w

ho

usi

ng

fa

mily

ho

usi

ng

off

er.

Ma

inta

in/i

mp

rove

exi

stin

g le

vel o

f o

wn

er

occ

up

ati

on

bu

t in

cre

ase

s th

ose

ow

ne

rs t

ha

t a

re

you

ng

er

an

d e

con

om

ica

lly a

ctiv

e a

nd

ab

le t

o

inve

st in

th

eir

ho

me

s a

nd

co

mm

un

ity

• W

ork

wit

h lo

cal p

eo

ple

an

d b

usi

ne

sse

s to

im

pro

ve t

he

so

cia

l, e

con

om

ic a

nd

en

vir

on

me

nta

l p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f th

e a

rea

.

2.2

4

Em

erg

ing

fu

ture

pri

ori

tie

s in

th

e a

rea

sh

ou

ld

be

:

• R

eta

inin

g a

nd

incr

ea

sin

g p

rop

ert

ies

in t

he

ow

ne

r o

ccu

pa

tio

n s

ect

or

• R

ed

uci

ng

th

e n

um

be

r o

f p

rop

ert

ies

ma

na

ge

d b

y p

oo

r q

ua

lity

pri

va

te la

nd

lord

s•

Imp

rov

ing

ch

oic

e a

nd

th

e q

ua

lity

of

the

ho

usi

ng

o

ff e

r•

Tak

ing

a N

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

ap

pro

ach

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to s

ecu

re lo

ng

te

rm in

vest

me

nt

• D

eve

lop

ing

a lo

cally

ag

ree

d a

pp

roa

ch t

o a

sp

ati

al

pla

n f

or

the

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d t

ha

t m

axi

mis

es

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

ne

w h

ou

se b

uild

ing

on

re

lati

vely

sm

all

site

s b

ut

wh

ere

ne

w h

ou

sin

g p

rod

uct

s w

ill

imp

act

on

th

e o

vera

ll h

ou

sin

g m

ark

et.

2.2

5

A d

eta

iled

co

nsu

lta

tio

n p

rog

ram

me

an

d

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d p

lan

nin

g p

roce

ss is

un

de

rway

an

d

this

will

he

lp d

eve

lop

a n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

act

ion

pla

n

for

the

are

a a

nd

ag

ree

pri

ori

tie

s w

ith

loca

l pe

op

le t

o

en

ga

ge

th

em

in t

he

fu

ture

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

of

the

To

wn

a

nd

th

eir

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d.

Leis

ure

an

d T

ou

rism

2.2

6

Co

lwyn

Bay

, un

like

th

e n

eig

hb

ou

rin

g r

eso

rts

of

Lla

nd

ud

no

an

d R

hyl

, ap

pe

ars

to

hav

e a

re

lati

vely

m

ino

r le

isu

re s

ect

or.

Co

nse

qu

en

tly

the

pro

po

rtio

n

of

tow

n c

en

tre

sp

ace

ass

ign

ed

to

am

use

me

nts

a

nd

leis

ure

ind

ust

rie

s is

va

stly

re

du

ced

re

lati

ve t

o

ne

igh

bo

uri

ng

se

asi

de

loca

litie

s. T

he

to

wn

be

ne

fi ts

fr

om

th

e le

isu

re f

aci

litie

s p

rov

ide

d w

ith

in E

iria

s P

ark

, su

ch a

s th

e a

thle

tics

tra

ck/f

oo

tba

ll st

ad

ium

, te

nn

is

cou

rts,

bo

wlin

g g

ree

ns,

sw

imm

ing

po

ol a

nd

th

e

pro

po

sed

‘fo

rest

sch

oo

l’. T

he

to

wn

als

o b

oa

sts

a z

oo

; th

e W

els

h M

ou

nta

in Z

oo

(N

ati

on

al Z

oo

of W

ale

s)

an

d b

eyo

nd

a r

an

ge

of

hill

an

d w

oo

dla

nd

wa

lks

wit

h s

pe

cta

cula

r v

iew

s o

ver

the

to

wn

an

d t

he

Bay

. W

ate

r sp

ort

s a

re p

op

ula

r o

ff t

he

ea

ste

rn e

nd

of

the

p

rom

en

ad

e a

nd

ne

arb

y R

ho

s o

n S

ea

, in

clu

din

g s

kiin

g,

jet

bik

es,

kit

e s

urfi

ng

an

d s

aili

ng

.

2.2

7

Th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

do

es

no

t b

en

efi

t fr

om

a

sub

sta

nti

al t

ow

n c

en

tre

th

ea

tre

(su

ch a

s Ll

an

du

dn

o,

alt

ho

ug

h T

he

atr

Co

lwyn

do

es

fulfi

l a

vit

al f

un

ctio

n,

act

ing

mo

re a

s a

sm

alle

r ‘co

mm

un

ity

the

atr

e’),

co

nfe

ren

ce f

aci

litie

s (s

uch

as

Bla

ckp

oo

l or

Bri

gh

ton

),

a f

air

gro

un

d o

r w

ork

ing

pie

r (s

uch

as

Lla

nd

ud

no

or

Rh

yl)

or

eve

n a

de

dic

ate

d c

ine

ma

.

2.2

8

Th

e b

ea

ch h

as

be

com

e a

ne

gle

cte

d r

eso

urc

e.

Th

e r

ed

uce

d b

ea

ch le

vels

th

rou

gh

co

ast

al e

rosi

on

h

ave

ha

d a

de

trim

en

tal e

ff e

ct o

n t

he

ch

ara

cte

r a

nd

fu

nct

ion

alit

y o

f th

e b

ea

ch. T

he

pro

po

sed

Pro

me

na

de

re

mo

de

llin

g, t

og

eth

er

wit

h c

oa

sta

l pro

tect

ion

an

d

be

ach

pro

ject

will

hav

e a

pro

fou

nd

imp

act

on

Co

lwyn

a

s a

n im

po

rta

nt

vis

ito

r a

ttra

ctio

n.

2.2

9

In o

rde

r to

su

pp

lem

en

t le

isu

re p

rop

osa

ls,

con

sid

era

tio

n h

as

be

en

giv

en

to

en

ha

nci

ng

th

e

leis

ure

/nig

ht

tim

e e

con

om

y w

ith

th

e p

rov

isio

n o

f b

istr

o –

sty

le/”

café

so

cie

ty”

ou

tle

ts.

Th

e f

ocu

s sh

ou

ld

be

on

th

e a

vaila

bili

ty o

f a

ra

ng

e o

f ‘e

ati

ng

/dri

nk

ing

’ o

pti

on

s ra

the

r th

an

a p

ure

‘ba

r’ b

ase

d c

ult

ure

. T

his

typ

e o

f o

ff e

r w

ill b

e e

sse

nti

al i

n m

axi

mis

ing

o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

en

cou

rag

e t

he

exi

stin

g c

om

mu

nit

y,

loca

l vis

ito

rs a

nd

to

uri

sts

to c

ircu

late

aro

un

d t

he

to

wn

in

th

e e

ven

ing

, cre

ati

ng

po

siti

ve a

ctiv

ity.

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19

Ma

rke

t C

on

text

Su

mm

ary

2.3

0

Th

e f

ocu

s o

f p

rim

ary

re

tail

spa

ce in

Co

lwyn

B

ay is

in t

he

blo

cks

bo

un

de

d b

y A

be

rge

le/C

on

way

R

oa

d, S

ea

Vie

w R

oa

d, P

rin

ces

Dri

ve a

nd

Pe

nrh

yn R

oa

d,

an

d in

corp

ora

tin

g S

tati

on

Ro

ad

. Th

is a

lso

incl

ud

es

the

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e, w

hic

h f

ron

ts S

ea

V

iew

Ro

ad

. Se

con

da

ry r

eta

ilin

g f

un

ctio

ns

are

loca

ted

m

ore

pe

rip

he

rally

, alig

ne

d in

a li

ne

ar

pa

tte

rn a

lon

g

pa

rtic

ula

rly

the

no

rth

sid

e o

f A

be

rge

le R

oa

d a

nd

C

on

way

Ro

ad

. Wh

ilst

a n

um

be

r o

f v

aca

nt

un

its

wit

hin

th

e t

ow

n h

ave

be

en

ide

nti

fi e

d, t

his

ha

s o

ccu

rre

d o

n a

m

acr

o-e

con

om

ic le

vel o

n a

UK

wid

e b

asi

s.

2.3

1

Co

lwyn

Bay

, acc

ord

ing

to

th

e V

erd

ict ‘

UK

Re

tail

in t

he

Re

gio

ns:

Wa

les

Re

po

rt’ d

ate

d N

ove

mb

er

20

09

, h

as

fair

ed

be

tte

r th

an

its

ne

igh

bo

uri

ng

se

ttle

me

nts

, w

ith

a v

aca

ncy

ra

te o

f 8

.9%

, co

mp

are

d t

o 1

1.4

% in

R

hyl

an

d 1

5.9

% in

Ba

ng

or.

Co

lwyn

Bay

lack

s m

an

y o

f th

e e

sta

blis

he

d h

igh

str

ee

t n

am

es,

an

d in

pa

rtic

ula

r a

larg

er

de

pa

rtm

en

t st

ore

. De

be

nh

am

s, M

ark

s a

nd

S

pe

nce

r a

nd

Ne

xt a

re a

ll a

bse

nt,

ho

we

ver,

mu

ltip

le

reta

ilers

su

ch a

s B

oo

ts, W

H S

mit

hs,

Th

om

as

Co

ok

, A

rgo

s a

nd

Ne

w L

oo

k a

re r

ep

rese

nte

d w

ith

in t

he

C

en

tra

l Bu

sin

ess

Dis

tric

t (i

ncl

ud

ing

th

e B

ay V

iew

S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e).

Th

ere

is a

cle

ar

ab

un

da

nce

of

cha

rity

sh

op

s a

nd

low

er

ord

er

po

un

d-s

ho

ps

an

d

bo

ok

ma

kers

, eve

n w

ith

in t

he

re

cog

nis

ed

re

tail

‘co

re’.

2.3

2

Th

e h

igh

est

pro

po

rtio

n o

f o

ffi c

e

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e is

loca

ted

to

th

e w

est

of

the

Ce

ntr

al B

usi

ne

ss D

istr

ict

(CB

D)

an

d

ide

nti

fi e

d p

rin

cip

al s

ho

pp

ing

are

as,

alo

ng

Wyn

nst

ay

Ro

ad

an

d P

rin

ces

Dri

ve. P

rofe

ssio

na

l se

rvic

es

ap

pe

ar

to h

ave

clu

ste

red

wit

hin

th

is a

rea

, occ

up

yin

g t

he

la

rge

r a

nd

mo

re s

ub

sta

nti

al f

orm

er

resi

de

nti

al

bu

ildin

gs.

Pu

rpo

se b

uilt

, mo

re m

od

ern

offi

ce

a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

is a

vaila

ble

at

He

rita

ge

Gat

e, l

oca

ted

d

ue

ea

st o

f C

olw

yn B

ay t

ow

n c

en

tre

alo

ng

Ab

erg

ele

R

oa

d. P

ub

lic S

ect

or

offi

ce

sp

ace

, in

corp

ora

tin

g t

he

P

olic

e H

ea

dq

ua

rte

rs a

nd

Civ

ic C

en

tre

, is

set

ba

ck

op

po

site

th

e H

eri

tag

e G

ate

de

velo

pm

en

t, a

nd

loca

ted

o

n t

he

ea

ste

rn e

dg

e o

f E

iria

s P

ark

. Fu

rth

er

offi

ce

a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

is a

vaila

ble

sp

ora

dic

ally

ab

ove

re

tail

un

its

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

are

as

ide

nti

fi e

d a

bo

ve.

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de

stri

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22

Mo

vem

en

t a

nd

Co

nn

ect

ion

s

Ve

hic

ula

r N

etw

ork

2.3

3

T

he

A5

5 c

uts

th

rou

gh

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

in

a d

ee

p c

utt

ing

, ta

kin

g r

eg

ion

al t

raffi

c p

ast

C

olw

yn

Bay

. Fro

m t

he

A5

5, C

olw

yn B

ay h

ave

ve

ry li

ttle

p

rese

nce

fo

r p

ass

ers

by,

an

d o

n a

rriv

al,

the

se

nse

of

pla

ce is

ve

ry p

oo

r.

2.3

4

A la

rge

nu

mb

er

of

the

str

ee

ts in

Co

lwyn

Bay

a

re o

ne

way

, in

clu

din

g m

an

y o

f th

e s

ide

str

ee

ts f

rom

th

e A

45

7. O

ne

way

sys

tem

s cr

ea

te u

nn

ece

ssa

ry t

raffi

c

mo

vem

en

ts a

nd

th

e p

oss

ibili

ty t

o r

eve

rt t

he

m t

o t

wo

w

ay s

tre

ets

sh

ou

ld b

e r

ev

iew

ed

.P

ark

ing

2.3

5

Th

e s

ide

str

ee

ts p

rov

ide

fre

e o

n s

tre

et

pa

rkin

g,

rest

rict

ed

to

1-2

ho

urs

. Th

ere

is a

lso

on

str

ee

t p

ark

ing

p

rov

ide

d a

lon

g t

he

A4

57

, an

d a

mp

le p

ark

ing

alo

ng

th

e P

rom

en

ad

e. C

olw

yn B

ay T

raffi

c S

tud

y (1

99

9)

fou

nd

th

at

bo

th o

ff -s

tre

et

pu

blic

ca

r p

ark

s a

nd

on

-str

ee

t ca

r p

ark

ing

ha

s ca

pa

city

at

pe

ak

tim

es.

Pe

de

stri

an

Acc

ess

an

d R

ou

tes

2.3

6

Co

lwyn

Bay

to

wn

ce

ntr

e h

as

go

t a

go

od

ro

ad

n

etw

ork

ma

kin

g t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e r

ela

tive

ly e

asy

to

m

ove

aro

un

d b

y fo

ot.

Ho

we

ver

the

re a

re a

nu

mb

er

of

con

stra

ints

an

d b

arr

iers

ma

kin

g p

ed

est

ria

n a

cce

ss

diffi

cu

lt t

o a

nd

fro

m s

om

e a

rea

s. T

he

mo

st o

bv

iou

s b

arr

iers

are

th

e A

55

an

d t

he

ra

ilway

, se

pa

rati

ng

th

e

tow

n c

en

tre

fro

m t

he

wa

terf

ron

t.

2.3

7

Fro

m t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e t

he

re is

on

ly o

ne

dir

ect

a

cce

ss t

o t

he

wa

terf

ron

t a

nd

th

e P

ier;

via

Vic

tori

a

Ave

nu

e a

nd

th

e S

tati

on

. Th

ere

is a

re

al o

pp

ort

un

ity

he

re t

o c

rea

te a

be

tte

r co

nn

ect

ion

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n

cen

tre

an

d t

he

wa

terf

ron

t, a

nd

to

cre

ate

pla

ces

alo

ng

it

, su

ch a

s a

n im

pro

ved

to

wn

sq

ua

re o

uts

ide

th

e

Sta

tio

n, w

hic

h w

ou

ld a

lso

act

as

a g

ate

way

an

d a

rriv

al

po

int

for

trav

elle

rs a

rriv

ing

by

tra

in.

Eir

ias

Pa

rk

2.3

8

Th

e E

iria

s P

ark

leis

ure

an

d s

po

rt f

aci

lity

loca

ted

to

th

e e

ast

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e is

pro

po

sed

to

be

re

-de

velo

pe

d w

ith

in t

he

ne

xt f

ew

ye

ars

, dri

ven

b

y th

e R

ug

by

Aca

de

my

an

d E

ven

ts A

ren

a p

rop

osa

ls.

Pe

de

stri

an

ro

ute

s a

nd

ho

w v

isit

ors

arr

ivin

g b

y p

ub

lic

tra

nsp

ort

to

th

e n

ew

sta

diu

m, s

ho

uld

be

loo

ked

into

.

Cyc

le R

ou

tes

2.3

9

Th

e N

ati

on

al C

ycle

Ne

two

rk R

ou

te n

o 5

, w

hic

h f

ollo

ws

the

No

rth

Wa

les

coa

st f

rom

Flin

tsh

ire

th

rou

gh

to

Gw

yne

dd

ru

ns

alo

ng

Co

lwyn

Pro

me

na

de

, in

a m

ark

ed

lan

e, o

ff r

oa

d. T

his

is p

art

of

the

na

tio

na

l n

etw

ork

.

Pu

blic

Tra

nsp

ort

2.4

0

Bu

ses

Co

lwyn

Bay

is w

ell

serv

ed

by

bu

ses

an

d m

ost

ro

ute

s st

op

alo

ng

th

e A

45

7 a

nd

ce

rta

in r

ou

tes

(LA

co

ntr

act

ed

) a

lso

sto

p a

t th

e s

tati

on

.

Ra

il

Co

lwyn

Bay

is s

erv

ed

by

the

ea

st w

est

erl

y tr

ain

lin

e b

etw

ee

n H

oly

he

ad

an

d C

he

ste

r a

nd

tra

ins

are

fr

eq

ue

nt,

eve

ry 1

-2/h

ou

r. T

he

re a

re a

lso

dir

ect

tra

ins

to b

oth

Ma

nch

est

er

(2 h

ou

rs)

an

d L

on

do

n (

un

de

r 3

h

ou

rs).

Th

e s

tati

on

are

a a

s a

n a

rriv

al p

oin

t co

uld

be

mu

ch

imp

rove

d t

o g

ree

t a

nd

we

lco

me

vis

ito

rs t

o C

olw

yn

Bay

. Th

is a

rea

co

uld

be

ke

y in

an

y st

rate

gic

an

d

en

vir

on

me

nta

l im

pro

vem

en

t o

f th

e t

ow

n.

In S

um

ma

ry

2.4

1

Th

e b

ase

line

re

sea

rch

, re

vie

w o

f e

xist

ing

p

olic

ies

an

d s

tra

teg

ies

an

d c

riti

cal c

on

sult

ati

on

wit

h

a d

ive

rse

ra

ng

e o

f st

ake

ho

lde

rs in

clu

din

g r

esi

de

nts

h

ave

all

info

rme

d t

he

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

is t

ow

n w

ide

m

ast

erp

lan

. Th

ere

is a

hig

h le

vel o

f p

rid

e a

nd

co

nce

rn

ab

ou

t th

e f

utu

re o

f C

olw

yn B

ay a

nd

a r

eco

gn

itio

n t

ha

t n

ew

ap

pro

ach

es

to t

he

to

wn

’s a

sse

ts a

re n

ee

de

d. T

he

d

eliv

ery

of

a v

isio

n a

nd

de

taile

d p

lan

s fo

r d

eliv

ery

m

ust

bu

ild o

n t

he

inte

rest

an

d m

om

en

tum

th

at

cle

arl

y e

xist

s.

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3.1

T

his

se

ctio

n o

f th

e r

ep

ort

de

scri

be

s th

e fi

na

l m

ast

er

pla

n in

te

rms

of

an

urb

an

de

sig

n f

ram

ew

ork

, ill

ust

rati

ve m

ast

er

pla

n, i

nte

rve

nti

on

are

as

an

d

tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al p

roje

cts.

3.2

T

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

is o

rga

nis

ed

aro

un

d

a s

eq

ue

nce

of

pro

ject

s o

f v

ary

ing

siz

e a

nd

co

mp

lexi

ty. T

he

y a

lso

fo

rm t

he

ba

sis

of

the

a

cqu

isit

ion

an

d d

eve

lop

me

nt

stra

teg

ies

de

scri

be

d

late

r. T

his

ch

ap

ter

be

gin

s w

ith

th

e o

ver

arc

hin

g

spa

tia

l th

em

es

tha

t a

re t

o b

e a

dd

ress

ed

, mo

ves

on

to k

ey

ob

ject

ive

s a

nd

th

en

se

ts o

ut

spe

cifi

c sp

ati

al p

rop

osa

ls a

nd

inte

rve

nti

on

s.

Sp

ati

al T

he

me

s

3.3

U

nd

erp

inn

ing

th

e m

ast

er

pla

n c

on

cep

t a

re t

hre

e k

ey

urb

an

de

sig

n t

he

me

s th

at

hav

e

sha

pe

d t

he

de

sig

n p

roce

ss. A

ll o

f th

em

co

mb

ine

a

nd

ove

rla

p in

ord

er

to d

rive

a n

ew

ide

nti

ty a

nd

ch

ara

cte

r fo

r th

e t

ow

n.

Th

e in

ten

tio

n is

to

ch

an

ge

a

nd

en

ha

nce

th

e s

pa

tia

l exp

eri

en

ce o

f th

e t

ow

n

an

d li

nk

its

ass

ets

to

ge

the

r. T

he

se t

he

me

s a

re;

• A

rea

s o

f ch

an

ge

an

d r

est

ruct

uri

ng

• R

e-

wir

ing

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

• R

e-

con

ne

ctin

g w

ith

th

e s

ea

3. T

he

Mas

terp

lan

- P

lace

Mak

ing

Are

as

of

cha

ng

e a

nd

re

stru

ctu

rin

g

3.4

T

he

re a

re k

ey

are

as

wh

ere

ph

ysic

al c

ha

ng

e

an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r in

vest

me

nt

will

ma

ke a

si

gn

ifi c

an

t im

pa

ct. T

he

Pro

me

na

de

, th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, E

ast

Co

lwyn

an

d E

iria

s P

ark

all

con

tain

pro

po

sals

th

at

will

invo

lve

th

e c

are

ful r

est

ruct

uri

ng

of

the

to

wn

th

rou

gh

co

-ord

ina

ted

, pla

nn

ed

de

live

ry.

Th

is m

ast

erp

lan

is n

ot

ab

ou

t ra

dic

al t

ow

n w

ide

re

- b

uild

ing

. Th

e v

ast

ma

jori

ty o

f th

e t

ow

n a

nd

its

bu

ildin

gs

rem

ain

in p

lace

. Th

is is

ab

ou

t m

ak

ing

th

e

mo

st o

f st

rate

gic

inve

stm

en

ts a

nd

cre

ati

ng

wid

er

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

imp

rov

ing

lin

ka

ge

s a

nd

cre

ati

ng

a

ren

ew

ed

an

d b

en

efi

cia

l so

cia

l an

d e

con

om

ic im

pa

ct.

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Ho

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ng

Re

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we

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Re

- w

irin

g t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

3.5

T

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

pro

po

ses

imp

rove

d a

nd

so

me

ca

ses

ne

w m

ove

me

nt

pa

tte

rns

in t

he

to

wn

wit

h a

n

em

ph

asi

s to

th

e s

ea

an

d e

ast

wa

rds

to t

he

pa

rk.

Un

de

r th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

osa

ls it

wo

uld

be

po

ssib

le t

o w

alk

fr

om

th

e C

ivic

Qu

art

er

in t

he

ea

st, o

ver

the

Din

gle

, th

rou

gh

Eir

ias

Pa

rk in

to E

ast

Co

lwyn

an

d t

he

n t

hro

ug

h

to t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

nd

th

e t

ow

n S

qu

are

. Th

ere

are

tw

o f

un

da

me

nta

l co

nn

ect

ion

s n

ee

de

d t

o r

e c

on

ne

ct

the

to

wn

to

ge

the

r. T

he

se a

re a

fo

otb

rid

ge

acr

oss

th

e

Din

gle

an

d t

he

lin

k to

th

e p

rom

en

ad

e e

ith

er

ove

r th

e

A5

5 o

f fr

om

th

e n

ew

to

wn

sq

ua

re.

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- co

nn

ect

ing

wit

h t

he

se

a

3.6

W

ith

in t

he

he

art

of

the

to

wn

bo

th v

isu

al

an

d s

pa

tia

l co

nn

ect

ion

s to

th

e s

ea

are

re

stri

cte

d

an

d c

om

ple

x. In

tuit

ive

pe

de

stri

an

mo

vem

en

t a

nd

co

nn

ect

ion

is e

xtre

me

ly li

mit

ed

an

d c

on

fusi

ng

p

art

icu

larl

y o

n a

rriv

ing

at

the

sta

tio

n.

Old

er,

his

tori

c v

isu

al c

on

ne

ctio

ns

hav

e a

lso

be

en

lost

su

ch a

s S

ea

V

iew

Ro

ad

wh

ich

wo

uld

ori

gin

ally

hav

e a

n in

terr

up

ted

v

iew

do

wn

to

th

e B

ay, b

ut

is n

ow

ob

scu

red

by

the

st

ati

on

. Iro

nic

ally

th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

d

oe

s n

ot

hav

e a

vie

w o

f th

e B

ay a

nd

its

ma

ssin

g

an

d b

ulk

als

o o

bsc

ure

s o

the

r v

iew

s. T

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

e

mp

ha

sise

s ke

y v

iew

s fr

om

th

e t

ow

n t

o t

he

se

a a

nd

th

rou

gh

a n

um

be

r o

f p

roje

cts

en

sure

s th

at

vie

ws

acr

oss

th

e B

ay a

re e

nh

an

ced

an

d c

ele

bra

ted

.

3.7

T

he

sta

tio

n r

em

od

elli

ng

pro

ject

is d

esi

gn

ed

to

o

pe

n v

iew

s to

th

e s

ea

fro

m t

he

ne

w t

ow

n s

qu

are

an

d

Se

a V

iew

Ro

ad

. A n

ew

bri

dg

e li

nk

an

d p

ock

et

squ

are

in

th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e o

pe

ns

up

dir

ect

co

nn

ect

ion

s to

th

e s

ea

. A n

ew

de

velo

pm

en

t p

roje

ct a

t th

e N

ort

h W

est

co

rne

r o

f E

iria

s P

ark

op

en

s u

p v

iew

s a

cro

ss t

he

Bay

a

nd

do

wn

into

th

e D

ing

le.

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Ma

ste

r P

lan

Urb

an

Fra

me

wo

rk –

Th

e K

ey

Sp

ati

al

Ob

ject

ive

s

3.8

. T

he

fra

me

wo

rk is

div

ide

d in

to d

iff e

ren

t p

lace

ma

kin

g, s

pa

tia

l an

d p

hys

ica

l co

mp

on

en

ts s

uch

a

s d

eve

lop

me

nt

are

as,

sp

ati

al n

od

es,

acc

ess

an

d

mo

vem

en

t. It

de

fi n

es

the

‘DN

A’ o

r m

ain

op

era

tin

g

pri

nci

ple

s o

f th

e m

ast

er

pla

n d

em

on

stra

tin

g h

ow

in

teg

rati

ng

ke

y a

spe

cts

tog

eth

er

can

de

live

r v

iab

le

an

d la

stin

g c

ha

ng

e.

At

it’s

co

re is

an

em

ph

asi

s o

n

pre

serv

ing

an

d s

tre

ng

the

nin

g t

he

co

re f

un

ctio

ns

of

the

to

wn

bu

t w

ith

an

ad

de

d o

pp

ort

un

ity

pro

vid

ed

b

y it

s se

asi

de

se

ttin

g. T

he

urb

an

fra

me

wo

rk

de

mo

nst

rate

s th

e n

ee

d t

o:

• B

uild

an

d s

tre

ng

the

n a

ne

two

rk o

f lin

ks w

hic

h

re-c

on

ne

ct t

he

to

wn

alo

ng

its

len

gth

fro

m t

he

C

ivic

Qu

art

er

in t

he

ea

st t

o t

he

Pe

nrh

yn R

oa

d a

nd

b

eyo

nd

in t

he

we

st.

• P

rov

ide

a s

eri

es

of

infr

ast

ruct

ure

an

d p

ub

lic r

ea

lm

pro

ject

s th

at

pro

mo

te t

he

ne

w c

on

ne

ctiv

ity

incl

ud

ing

lin

ks o

ver

the

Din

gle

va

lley

an

d t

he

A5

5

to t

he

pie

r a

nd

ne

w p

rom

en

ad

e.

• C

rea

te a

cir

cula

r ro

ute

wit

hin

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

fo

cuse

d a

rou

nd

a n

ew

pu

blic

sq

ua

re t

ha

t lin

ks

key

com

po

ne

nts

of

the

to

wn

to

ge

the

r in

clu

din

g a

re

furb

ish

ed

an

d r

em

od

elle

d p

ier.

• E

nsu

re t

ha

t d

eve

lop

me

nt

pro

ject

s a

re li

nke

d a

nd

th

at

ne

w u

ses

are

clu

ste

red

to

he

lp p

rov

ide

a

seri

es

of

dis

tin

ct t

ow

n q

ua

rte

rs.

• B

rin

g m

ore

pe

op

le in

to t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e b

y m

ixin

g

use

s a

nd

str

en

gth

en

ing

pu

blic

tra

nsp

ort

off

er.

3.9

T

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

ack

no

wle

dg

es

an

d s

ee

ks

to s

tre

ng

the

n t

he

to

wn

’s d

isti

nct

ive

pla

ces

an

d

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

Th

e p

rom

en

ad

e is

div

ide

d a

lon

g it

s le

ng

th in

to a

fa

mily

be

ach

eit

he

r si

de

of

the

ga

rte

red

p

ier

as

pa

rt o

f th

e n

ew

co

ast

al d

efe

nce

wo

rks.

A w

ate

r sp

ort

s a

rea

is lo

cate

d t

o t

he

ea

st o

f th

e D

ing

le w

he

re a

w

ate

r sp

ort

s ce

ntr

e a

nd

ne

w s

lipw

ays

are

pro

po

sed

.

3.1

0

Eir

ias

Pa

rk is

fu

rth

er

sub

div

ide

d in

to d

isti

nct

d

est

ina

tio

ns

an

d a

ttra

ctio

ns.

A s

po

rts

vill

ag

e is

p

rop

ose

d c

lust

ere

d a

rou

nd

th

e n

ew

Eve

nts

Ce

ntr

e,

wh

ich

will

ho

st a

WR

U R

ug

by

Aca

de

my.

Els

ew

he

re

the

pa

rk is

de

fi n

ed

by

a n

ew

fa

mily

de

stin

ati

on

, st

ren

gth

en

ed

civ

ic q

ua

rte

r to

th

e e

ast

an

d a

n

ed

uca

tio

na

l qu

art

er

to t

he

we

st a

rou

nd

th

e t

op

of

the

D

ing

le w

hic

h a

lso

be

com

es

an

imp

rove

d d

est

ina

tio

n

in it

s o

wn

rig

ht.

3.1

1

Ea

st C

olw

yn, r

eb

ad

ge

d, ‘

Se

avill

e’, i

s st

ren

gth

en

ed

as

a d

isti

nct

to

wn

ce

ntr

e r

esi

de

nti

al

qu

art

er

wit

h im

pro

ved

lin

ks a

nd

re

sid

en

tia

l off

er.

To

th

e w

est

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

is r

eco

nst

ruct

ed

on

th

e b

ack

o

f a

re

mo

de

llin

g o

f th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

co

mp

lete

wit

h a

ne

w t

ow

n s

qu

are

an

d s

tati

on

. Th

e

exi

stin

g b

usi

ne

ss q

ua

rte

r re

ma

ins

to t

he

we

st a

nd

is

linke

d b

y a

n im

pro

ved

Ab

erg

ele

/Co

nw

ay R

oa

d.

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Ma

ste

r P

lan

Urb

an

Fra

me

wo

rk –

Ke

y P

rop

osa

ls a

nd

In

terv

en

tio

ns.

In t

erm

s o

f th

e m

ast

er

pla

n t

he

to

wn

is d

ivid

ed

up

into

7

ke

y a

rea

s. T

he

se d

iff e

ren

t a

rea

s co

nce

ntr

ate

to

ge

the

r ke

y a

spe

cts

an

d a

sse

ts s

uch

as,

use

s, c

on

ne

ctiv

ity,

lo

cati

on

, to

po

gra

ph

y, h

eri

tag

e e

tc w

hic

h w

ill

un

de

rpin

a v

ari

ety

of

diff

ere

nt

solu

tio

ns

for

cha

ng

e

an

d r

eg

en

era

tio

n. E

ach

are

a is

dri

ven

an

d s

ha

pe

d b

y d

iff e

ren

t n

ee

ds

bu

t a

re d

esi

gn

ed

to

lin

k to

ge

the

r in

to

a m

ore

co

he

ren

t jo

ine

d u

p o

ff e

r to

vis

ito

rs, b

usi

ne

ss

an

d r

esi

de

nts

.

Ke

y a

rea

s

1. S

po

rts

Vill

ag

e

An

ess

en

tia

l pa

rt o

f E

iria

s P

ark

th

is p

roje

ct p

rop

ose

s b

uild

ing

a m

uch

larg

er

mo

re e

ff e

ctiv

e o

ff e

r a

rou

nd

th

e

Ru

gb

y A

cad

em

y a

nd

sta

diu

m. T

he

exi

stin

g s

po

rts

use

s su

ch a

s fo

otb

all,

te

nn

is a

nd

fi tn

ess

are

co

nce

ntr

ate

d

into

th

e s

po

rts

vill

ag

e p

rov

idin

g a

mu

lti-

acc

ess

he

alt

h,

leis

ure

an

d fi

tne

ss f

aci

lity

for

bo

th t

he

to

wn

an

d

vis

ito

rs. T

he

sp

ort

s v

illa

ge

wo

uld

lin

k to

th

e o

the

r n

ew

le

isu

re p

rop

osa

ls in

th

e b

od

y o

f th

e m

ain

pa

rk w

ou

ld

po

siti

on

Co

lwyn

as

a c

en

tra

l att

ract

ion

on

th

e n

ort

h

Wa

les

coa

st.

2. E

ast

Ho

usi

ng

are

a

Th

is r

esi

de

nti

al a

rea

loca

ted

be

twe

en

th

e p

ark

an

d t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e h

old

s th

e k

ey

to im

pro

ved

lin

ka

ge

s a

cro

ss

the

to

wn

as

we

ll a

s a

gre

atl

y im

pro

ved

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

resi

de

nti

al o

ff e

r. T

he

inte

nti

on

is t

he

he

lp t

he

are

a

face

ou

twa

rds

mo

re t

ow

ard

s th

e im

pro

ved

pa

rk a

nd

tow

n c

en

tre

, be

ne

fi ti

ng

in t

he

se k

ey

tow

n a

sse

ts o

n

its

do

or

ste

p. W

ith

imp

rove

d s

cho

ol f

aci

litie

s S

eav

ille

co

uld

be

a m

uch

so

ug

ht

aft

er

pla

ce t

o li

ve f

or

fam

ilie

s.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

ose

s a

re

info

rce

d li

nk

acr

oss

th

e a

rea

lin

kin

g t

o t

he

pa

rk a

nd

th

e D

ing

le v

ia a

ne

w

foo

tbri

dg

e.

3. T

ow

n C

en

tre

.Fo

cuse

d o

n t

he

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e, S

tati

on

R

oa

d a

nd

Ra

ilway

Sta

tio

n t

his

are

a is

fu

ll o

f n

ew

p

ub

lic r

ea

lm a

nd

re

tail

de

velo

pm

en

t p

roje

cts

tha

t co

nso

lida

te a

nd

str

en

gth

en

th

e t

ow

n’s

re

tail

an

d

exp

eri

en

tia

l off

er.

Fu

nd

am

en

tal i

s a

re

-lin

kin

g o

f th

e

pie

r a

nd

ne

w p

rom

en

ad

e b

ack

to

th

e c

en

tre

an

d t

he

o

pp

ort

un

ity

to li

nk

the

exi

stin

g s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e b

ack

in

to t

he

he

art

of

the

n t

ow

n.

4. E

iria

s P

ark

Th

e p

ark

is r

eo

rga

nis

ed

to

ma

ke t

he

mo

st o

f it

s a

sse

ts

an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r b

oth

re

sid

en

ts a

nd

vis

ito

rs

bo

th a

s a

leis

ure

an

d e

du

cati

on

al f

aci

lity.

Th

e p

ark

w

ill p

lay

a v

ita

l to

uri

sm r

ole

pa

rtic

ula

rly

on

en

suri

ng

th

at

pe

op

le s

tay

lon

ge

r in

th

e t

ow

n a

nd

do

mo

re

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

ye

ar.

5. C

ivic

Qu

art

er

Th

is s

tays

mo

stly

inta

ct b

ut

be

ne

fi ts

fro

m im

pro

ved

a

cce

ss t

o t

he

pa

rk a

nd

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

6. B

ea

ch a

nd

pro

me

na

de

Ce

ntr

al t

o t

his

are

a is

th

e p

rop

ose

d c

oa

sta

l de

fen

ce

pro

ject

, pro

me

na

de

an

d n

ew

fa

mily

be

ach

. Th

e

ma

ste

r p

lan

bu

ilds

on

th

ese

pro

po

sals

an

d p

lan

s fo

r im

pro

ved

lin

ks a

cro

ss t

he

A5

5 a

nd

Ra

ilway

into

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

an

d n

ew

ly r

efu

rbis

he

d p

ier.

Th

e

imp

ort

an

ce o

f th

is p

roje

ct in

te

rms

of

Co

lwyn

’s f

utu

re

role

as

a m

ajo

r N

ort

h W

ale

s v

isit

or

att

ract

ion

ca

nn

ot

be

un

de

rest

ima

ted

. Th

e p

roje

ct w

ill p

rov

ide

a v

ast

ly

imp

rove

d f

am

ily a

ttra

ctio

n, a

str

en

gth

en

ed

wa

ter

spo

rts

off

er

an

d im

pro

ved

lin

ks t

o E

iria

s P

ark

, wh

ich

it

self

will

be

com

e a

gre

ate

r a

ttra

ctio

n.

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He

rita

ge

asp

ect

s o

f th

e m

ast

er

pla

n

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

osa

ls s

et

ou

t cr

ea

te a

dis

tin

ct s

et

of

pla

ces

wh

ich

ce

ntr

e o

n k

ey

asp

ect

s o

f th

e e

xist

ing

to

wn

ce

ntr

e. T

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e is

th

e f

ocu

s g

ive

n it

s e

con

om

ic r

ole

in d

efi

nin

g t

he

ove

rall

role

an

d f

un

ctio

n

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

. Its

ch

ara

cte

r m

ust

sp

rin

g f

rom

th

is.

Pro

ject

s d

esc

rib

ed

in t

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

are

de

sig

ne

d

in a

ma

ny

case

s, t

o ‘r

ep

air

’ an

d ‘r

eco

nst

ruct

’ th

e t

ow

n,

tack

ling

pro

ble

ms

an

d d

iffi

cult

ies

tha

t h

ave

be

en

th

e

ou

tco

me

of

pre

vio

us

un

sym

pa

the

tic

de

velo

pm

en

t.

Th

e o

vera

ll st

rate

gic

ap

pro

ach

is t

o c

rea

te t

he

co

nd

itio

ns

for

bri

ng

ing

in n

ew

pri

va

te s

ect

or

inve

stm

en

t in

th

e lo

ng

te

rm a

nd

a r

en

ew

ed

vit

alit

y to

th

e t

ow

n. A

pp

roa

che

s to

ea

ch p

art

of

the

to

wn

re

spe

cts

the

exi

stin

g h

isto

ric

fab

ric

an

d a

lso

aim

to

cr

ea

te t

he

co

nd

itio

ns

for

futu

re u

ses

an

d in

vest

me

nt.

For

exa

mp

le:

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d w

as

the

fi rs

t fo

rma

l str

ee

t se

t o

ut

in t

he

to

wn

lin

kin

g t

he

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

(m

ain

ea

st –

we

st

link

ag

e a

lon

g t

he

no

rth

Wa

les

coa

st)

to t

he

ra

ilway

ru

nn

ing

alo

ng

th

e b

ay. S

tati

on

Ro

ad

fe

atu

res

som

e o

f C

olw

yn’s

str

on

ge

st m

ost

imp

osi

ng

te

rra

ced

bu

ildin

gs

de

sig

ne

d a

s th

e t

ow

n’s

ma

jor

reta

il st

ree

t. S

tati

on

R

oa

d is

th

e m

ost

imp

ort

an

t o

f a

se

t o

f n

ort

h s

ou

th

links

be

twe

en

th

e b

ay a

nd

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

.

Th

e im

pa

ct o

f th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e t

o t

he

ea

st,

tog

eth

er

wit

h p

ed

est

rati

nsa

tio

n o

f S

tati

on

Ro

ad

is

sig

nifi

ca

nt

in t

erm

s o

f re

du

ced

use

s, a

ctiv

ity

an

d

the

co

nti

nu

ing

eco

no

mic

via

bili

ty o

f th

is k

ey

stre

et.

Pe

de

stri

an

sia

tio

n h

as

red

uce

d v

isit

or

nu

mb

ers

an

d

thro

ug

h p

ut

wh

ich

ha

s im

pa

cte

d o

n r

eta

il h

ea

lth

an

d

the

fu

ture

life

of

Co

lwyn

’s m

ost

sig

nifi

ca

nt

bu

ildin

g

gro

up

. Th

is, t

og

eth

er

wit

h li

mit

ed

pa

rkin

g a

nd

a la

ck

of

cro

ss li

nks

to

th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e, m

ea

ns

tha

t th

is

key

stre

et

wit

hin

th

e c

on

serv

ati

on

are

a f

ee

ls is

ola

ted

a

nd

un

de

r u

sed

.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

osa

ls s

et

ou

t to

do

a n

um

be

r o

f th

ing

s:

1.

Op

en

up

a n

ew

pe

de

stri

an

re

tail

link

(Bay

C

resc

en

t) d

ire

ctly

into

a r

em

od

elle

d s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e

en

suri

ng

th

at

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d b

eco

me

s p

art

th

e t

ow

n’s

ce

ntr

al r

eta

il ci

rcu

it.

2.

Imp

rove

d t

he

to

wn

sq

ua

re a

s a

ke

y g

ate

way

in

to S

tati

on

Ro

ad

.

3.

Imp

rove

d p

ark

ing

an

d a

cce

ss.

Co

mp

lem

en

t a

nd

su

pp

ort

th

e a

pp

roa

ch t

o

ind

ivid

ua

l bu

ildin

gs

ou

tlin

ed

in t

he

T

HI

sta

ge

1

an

aly

sis

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

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Se

avie

w R

oa

d

Th

is s

ho

rt s

tre

et

wit

h it

s co

tta

ge

fro

nta

ge

alo

ng

its

we

ste

rn e

dg

e w

as

on

e o

f C

olw

yn B

ay’s

fi rs

t st

ree

ts.

Its

do

me

stic

sca

le o

f lo

w e

ave

s lin

es,

do

rme

rs a

nd

ch

imn

ey

po

ts c

om

bin

ed

wit

h lo

cal m

ate

ria

l co

nve

y a

n

asp

ect

of

Co

lwyn

’s p

ast

ce

ntr

ed

on

wo

rke

r e

con

om

y p

art

icu

larl

y a

rou

nd

th

e g

rave

l exc

ava

tio

ns

wh

ich

th

e c

ott

ag

es

ori

gin

ally

ove

rlo

oke

d. W

hils

t th

ere

ha

s b

ee

n p

ub

lic r

ea

lm w

ork

he

re t

o c

ha

ng

e t

he

str

ee

ts

into

a s

et

of

pe

de

stri

an

sp

ace

s T

he

imp

act

of

the

Bay

V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

on

th

is li

ttle

str

ee

ts h

as

be

en

si

gn

ifi c

an

t to

its

cha

rte

r a

nd

ide

nti

ty T

he

vie

w o

f th

e

sea

ha

s g

on

e a

nd

th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e h

as

limit

ed

e

ng

ag

em

en

t fo

r th

e s

pa

tia

l ch

ara

cte

r o

f th

e s

tre

et

or

sett

ing

of

the

co

tta

ge

s a

nd

th

eir

gro

un

d fl

oo

r re

tail

use

s.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

osa

ls s

et

ou

t to

ach

ieve

a

nu

mb

er

of

imp

rove

me

nts

in t

his

loca

tio

n.

1.

Th

e w

est

ern

ed

ge

of

the

sh

op

pin

g i

s re

mo

de

lled

to

pro

vid

e a

ctiv

e f

ron

tag

e a

lon

g t

he

le

ng

th o

f S

eav

iew

Ro

ad

.

2.

Th

e w

idth

of

Se

avie

w R

oa

d is

re

du

ced

in

ord

er

to c

rea

te a

str

on

ge

r sp

ati

al e

xpe

rie

nce

(e

ncl

osu

re s

tre

et

sect

ion

ra

tio

) b

en

efi

ttin

g t

he

sca

le

an

d a

rtic

ula

tio

n c

ott

ag

e f

ron

tag

es

as

pa

rt o

f a

ne

w

pe

de

stri

an

str

ee

t n

etw

ork

.

3.

Th

e o

rig

ina

l co

tta

ge

fro

nta

ge

s a

re r

eta

ine

d

an

d r

efu

rbis

he

d a

s a

fro

nta

ge

to

imp

rove

d m

ore

e

ffi c

ien

t re

tail

spa

ce b

uilt

into

th

e Iv

y S

tre

et

car

pa

rk

are

a.

4.

Imp

rove

d a

nd

re

mo

de

lled

sta

tio

n a

nd

to

wn

sq

ua

re o

pe

n u

p v

iew

s to

th

e s

ea

an

d b

ay f

rom

th

e

no

rth

en

d o

f S

eav

iew

Ro

ad

.

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Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

/ C

on

way

Ro

ad

Th

is w

as

ori

gin

ally

th

e m

ain

co

ast

al r

ou

te t

hro

ug

h

No

rth

Wa

les.

It a

pp

ea

rs a

s a

tra

dit

ion

al H

igh

Str

ee

t w

ith

a r

an

ge

of

bu

ildin

g t

ype

s, u

ses

spa

ces.

It h

as

a r

an

ge

of

diff

ere

nt

reta

il u

ses

ma

ny

of

wh

ich

are

in

de

pe

nd

en

t a

nd

loca

l. T

he

na

tio

na

l mu

ltip

les

are

ma

inly

loca

ted

in B

ay V

iew

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

. T

he

exi

stin

g b

uilt

ch

ara

cte

r o

n A

be

rge

le r

oa

d is

ch

arm

ing

ly v

ari

ed

an

d m

ixe

d w

ith

a w

ide

ra

ng

e o

f m

ate

ria

l in

use

. A s

ign

ifi c

an

t a

nd

me

mo

rab

le a

spe

ct

to A

be

rge

le R

oa

d a

re t

he

str

ee

t ca

no

pie

s a

nd

arc

ad

es

tha

t ru

n in

fro

nt

of

som

e s

ho

ps

em

ph

asi

sin

g t

he

im

po

rta

nt

stre

et

sho

pp

ing

ro

le A

be

rge

le R

oa

d h

ad

in

ea

rlie

r ti

me

s.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

osa

ls s

et

ou

t to

do

a n

um

be

r o

f th

ing

s1

. A

way

fi n

din

g a

nd

ide

nti

ty p

roje

ct is

pro

po

sed

a

cro

ss t

he

to

wn

. Th

is is

de

sig

ne

d t

o li

nk

diff

ere

nt

are

as

tog

eth

er

an

d e

mp

ha

sis

ea

ch a

rea

as

a d

isti

nct

qu

art

er

wit

hin

th

e t

ow

n. A

ne

w t

ow

n m

ap

an

d s

tre

et

sig

na

ge

w

ill b

e d

eve

lop

ed

wh

ich

will

gu

ide

vis

ito

rs t

o a

rea

su

ch A

be

rge

le R

oa

d f

rom

th

e s

tati

on

an

d c

ar

pa

rks.

2.

Th

ere

is a

n o

pp

ort

un

ity

to p

rom

ote

Ab

erg

ele

R

oa

d a

s th

e t

ow

n’s

ne

w in

de

pe

nd

en

t q

ua

rte

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Su

mm

ary

Th

e m

ast

erp

lan

incl

ud

es

a n

um

be

r o

f si

te s

pe

cifi

c p

rop

osa

ls f

ocu

sse

d o

n k

ey

are

as

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

Th

ese

will

no

t o

nly

imp

rove

th

e t

ow

n’s

p

rosp

ect

s o

f a

ttra

ctin

g e

con

om

ic in

vest

me

nt

an

d

gro

wth

, bu

t w

ill a

lso

ma

rke

dly

str

en

gth

en

th

e

sig

nifi

ca

nce

an

d c

ha

ract

er

of

the

Vic

tori

an

he

art

of

the

co

nse

rva

tio

n a

rea

. Th

is w

ill a

lso

ass

ist

in c

rea

tin

g

the

str

ate

gic

co

nte

xt f

or

ne

go

tia

tio

ns

wit

h in

div

idu

al

pro

pe

rty

ow

ne

rs a

s th

e w

ide

r p

lan

s a

nd

inve

stm

en

t a

re t

ake

n f

orw

ard

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4.1

T

he

fo

cus

of

the

ma

ste

r p

lan

ta

kes

in t

he

w

ho

le t

ow

n f

rom

th

e w

est

ern

en

d o

f C

on

way

Ro

ad

to

th

e e

ast

ern

en

d o

f E

iria

s P

ark

. To

th

e n

ort

h t

he

m

ast

er

pla

n in

clu

de

s th

e p

rom

en

ad

e p

rop

osa

ls

an

d t

he

ne

w b

ea

ch a

nd

co

ast

al d

efe

nce

pro

ject

in

clu

din

g t

he

pie

r. T

o t

he

so

uth

th

e m

ast

er

pla

n

incl

ud

es

ne

w p

roje

cts

sou

th o

f th

e A

be

rge

le R

oa

d.

4.2

T

he

re a

re f

ou

r ke

y a

rea

s o

f p

rop

ose

d

inte

rve

nti

on

; Th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, Ea

st C

olw

yn

resi

de

nti

al n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

ce

ntr

e a

rou

nd

G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

, Eir

ias

Pa

rk, t

he

be

ach

, an

d t

he

p

rom

en

ad

e.

4.3

W

ith

in e

ach

are

a t

he

re a

re a

nu

mb

er

of

dis

tin

ct p

roje

cts

pro

po

sed

ra

ng

ing

fro

m b

uild

ing

d

eve

lop

me

nt,

pu

blic

re

alm

, la

nd

sca

pe

an

d

tra

nsp

ort

.

Are

a 1

. A n

ew

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n p

rop

ose

s a

ne

w h

ea

rt t

o t

he

to

wn

b

ase

d a

rou

nd

a r

em

od

elle

d t

ow

n s

qu

are

an

d

sho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e. T

he

inte

nti

on

is t

o p

rov

ide

an

im

pro

ved

se

nse

of

arr

iva

l an

d f

ocu

s to

ge

the

r w

ith

im

pro

ved

lin

ks t

o t

he

Pro

me

na

de

. Ke

y p

roje

cts

incl

ud

e:

1.

A n

ew

to

wn

sq

ua

re is

pro

po

sed

. Th

e

exi

stin

g s

tati

on

ca

r p

ark

ing

is r

elo

cate

d t

og

eth

er

wit

h t

he

alig

nm

en

t o

f P

rin

ces

Dri

ve t

o t

he

no

rth

. T

his

op

en

s u

p a

larg

er,

be

tte

r co

nn

ect

ed

pu

blic

sp

ace

wit

h d

ire

ct p

ed

est

ria

n li

nks

into

Sta

tio

n

an

d S

ea

Vie

w R

oa

ds.

Th

e n

ew

ro

ad

alig

nm

en

t a

lso

e

na

ble

s a

n im

pro

ved

sta

tio

n d

rop

off

are

a. T

he

ne

w

4. T

he

Mas

terp

lan

- K

ey

Co

mp

on

en

tssq

ua

re is

de

sig

ne

d t

o h

old

ma

rke

ts, s

ea

son

al e

ven

ts,

exh

ibit

ion

s a

nd

als

o t

o b

eco

me

a m

ee

tin

g p

lace

an

d

foca

l po

int

for

the

to

wn

. S

ho

rt s

tay

pa

rkin

g c

an

als

o

be

pro

vid

ed

if r

eq

uir

ed

.

2.

A n

ew

sta

tio

n b

uild

ing

is p

rop

ose

d. T

his

is

pro

ject

is in

ten

de

d t

o r

ais

e t

he

qu

alit

y o

f a

rriv

al b

ut

als

o im

pro

ve it

s d

ay t

o d

ay f

un

ctio

nin

g f

or

the

to

wn

. In

pla

ce m

ak

ing

te

rms

the

ne

w b

uild

ing

re

du

ces

the

si

ze o

f th

e f

aci

lity

in o

rde

r to

op

en

vie

ws

to t

he

bay

fr

om

th

e t

ow

n s

qu

are

.

3.

A n

ew

be

ach

acc

ess

po

int

is p

rop

ose

d b

y e

xte

nd

ing

an

d r

em

od

elli

ng

th

e e

xist

ing

fo

otb

rid

ge

o

ver

the

ra

ilway

lin

e t

o p

rov

ide

ne

w a

cce

ss d

ow

n t

o

the

Pro

me

na

de

. An

alt

ern

ati

ve d

rop

off

po

int

an

d

ad

dit

ion

al s

tati

on

pa

rkin

g is

als

o p

rop

ose

d o

n t

he

p

rom

en

ad

e s

ide

of

the

sta

tio

n.

4.

An

imp

rove

d n

ew

ca

r p

ark

is p

rop

ose

d w

est

o

f th

e t

ow

n s

qu

are

to

se

rve

th

e s

tati

on

. Acc

ess

is v

ia

Pri

nce

s D

rive

.

5.

Ne

w m

ixe

d u

se d

eve

lop

me

nt

is p

rop

ose

d

for

the

ma

rke

t h

all

site

. Th

is w

ou

ld c

om

pri

se a

sin

gle

b

uild

ing

mix

ed

use

de

velo

pm

en

t p

roje

ct li

nke

d t

o t

he

re

tail

are

as

of

Sta

tio

n a

nd

Pe

nrh

yn R

oa

ds

an

d t

he

ne

w

tow

n s

qu

are

. Th

is b

uild

ing

wo

uld

hav

e g

rou

nd

fl o

or

reta

il w

ith

offi

ce

or

resi

de

nti

al a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

on

u

pp

er

fl o

ors

.

6.

A n

ew

pe

de

stri

an

lin

k is

pro

po

sed

into

Sta

tio

n

Ro

ad

. Th

e in

ten

tio

n is

to

re

mo

ve o

ne

gro

un

d fl

oo

r u

nit

(cu

rre

ntl

y e

mp

ty)

to f

aci

lita

te a

ne

w w

alk

(B

ay

Cre

sce

nt)

dir

ect

ly in

to t

he

re

mo

de

lled

sh

op

pin

g

cen

tre

an

d b

eyo

nd

to

th

e b

ea

ch.

7.

Ne

w r

eta

il is

pro

po

sed

fro

nti

ng

on

to a

n

imp

rove

d S

eav

iew

Ro

ad

. Th

e c

urr

en

t p

ark

ing

an

d

ba

ck la

nd

se

rvic

e a

rea

s a

t Iv

y S

tre

et

are

re

mo

de

lled

to

pro

vid

e im

pro

ved

re

tail

an

d s

erv

ing

to

ge

the

r w

ith

a

ne

w p

ed

est

ria

n r

ou

te li

nk

ing

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d t

o t

he

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

an

d p

rom

en

ad

e b

eyo

nd

.

8.

Se

avie

w R

oa

d is

re

mo

de

lled

an

d n

arr

ow

ed

in

ord

er

to p

rov

ide

incr

ea

sed

re

tail

spa

ce t

og

eth

er

wit

h a

m

ore

inti

ma

te s

tre

et

spa

ce lo

ok

ing

do

wn

to

wa

rds

the

n

ew

sq

ua

re. S

om

e e

xist

ing

fa

cad

es

are

re

tain

ed

(so

me

o

f C

olw

yn’s

old

est

bu

ildin

gs)

.

9.

A n

ew

to

wn

ce

ntr

e s

tre

et

(Bay

Cre

sce

nt)

is

pro

po

sed

to

pro

vid

e a

ne

w r

eta

il d

est

ina

tio

n in

th

e t

ow

n. D

esi

gn

ed

as

a p

ed

est

ria

n, c

ar

fre

e s

pa

ce

the

cre

sce

nt

con

ne

cts

key

pa

rts

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

tog

eth

er.

Sta

rtin

g a

t S

tati

on

Ro

ad

th

e n

ew

wa

lk c

uts

th

rou

gh

th

e c

urr

en

t Iv

y S

tre

et

car

pa

rk c

rea

tin

g t

wo

n

ew

re

tail

plo

ts. I

t th

en

co

nn

ect

s a

cro

ss a

n im

pro

ved

S

eav

iew

Ro

ad

into

th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e w

he

re

ne

w r

eta

il is

pro

po

sed

. An

oth

er

sma

ller

squ

are

an

d

gre

en

bri

dg

e li

nks

acr

oss

th

e A

55

to

th

e n

ew

pro

m,

rem

od

elle

d p

ier

an

d f

am

ily b

ea

ch.

10

. A

ne

w la

nd

ma

rk c

om

me

rcia

l bu

ildin

g is

p

rop

ose

d o

n s

ou

th e

ast

co

rne

r o

f th

e t

ow

n s

qu

are

. T

his

pro

ject

is d

esi

gn

ed

to

act

as

a t

ow

n c

en

tre

m

ark

er

an

d g

ate

way

an

d s

itti

ng

ab

ove

th

e e

xte

nd

ed

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

wit

h r

eta

il o

n t

he

gro

un

d fl

oo

r. I

t is

en

vis

ag

ed

th

at

this

mig

ht

be

an

offi

ce

bu

ildin

g

(ap

pro

xim

ate

ly 8

fl o

ors

) b

rin

gin

g w

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ing

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op

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into

th

e c

en

tre

of

tow

n s

erv

ed

by

the

imp

rove

d t

rain

st

ati

on

an

d b

us

inte

rch

an

ge

. Co

mb

ine

d w

ith

gro

un

d

fl o

or

reta

il u

ses,

th

is p

ote

nti

al p

ub

lic s

ect

or

offi

ce

u

se is

an

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r cr

ea

tin

g n

ew

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

inve

stm

en

ts.

11

. A

ne

w b

ea

ch li

nk

fro

m t

he

to

wn

is p

rop

ose

d

ove

r th

e A

55

. Th

is p

roje

ct c

on

sist

s o

f a

ne

w g

ree

n

bri

dg

e/s

tre

et

as

pa

rt o

f a

ne

w c

urv

ed

str

ee

t ru

nn

ing

th

rou

gh

th

e r

em

od

elle

d s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e t

o S

tati

on

R

oa

d.

12

. B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

: Th

e m

ast

er

pla

n

pro

po

ses

a r

em

od

elle

d s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e. T

he

lin

e o

f th

e e

xist

ing

ma

ll is

re

tain

ed

bu

t ‘cr

an

ked

’ to

lin

k m

ore

d

ire

ctly

to

th

e S

tati

on

ro

ad

an

d t

he

pro

me

na

de

. It

is

en

vis

ag

ed

th

at

this

ne

w a

lign

me

nt

will

op

era

te a

s a

tra

dit

ion

al ‘

op

en

’ str

ee

t w

ith

re

tail

eit

he

r si

de

. Th

e

sho

pp

ing

ma

ll co

mp

lem

en

t is

re

tain

ed

to

th

e e

ast

an

d

rem

od

elle

d, e

na

blin

g it

be

‘clo

sed

off

ou

tsid

e o

f h

ou

rs.

Th

e c

ar

pa

rkin

g is

re

tain

ed

wit

h p

ark

ing

be

low

th

e

exi

stin

g M

orr

iso

n’s

un

it.

13

. B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

is r

em

od

elle

d t

o c

rea

te

two

-way

acc

ess

to

a n

ew

mu

lti-

sto

rey

car

pa

rk,

an

d im

pro

ve t

he

arr

iva

l exp

eri

en

ce in

to t

ow

n f

rom

G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

to

th

e e

ast

. Th

is c

ar

pa

rk is

to

hav

e a

d

ire

ct, s

ign

ed

pe

de

stri

an

ro

ute

th

rou

gh

to

Ab

erg

ele

R

oa

d t

o h

elp

se

rve

th

e lo

cal b

usi

ne

sse

s a

ll o

f th

e p

lots

to

th

e s

ou

th o

f B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

ba

ckin

g o

nto

Ba

ck B

ay

Vie

w b

eco

me

ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

op

po

rtu

nit

ies.

A n

ew

m

ixe

d u

se A

rts

led

fa

cilit

y is

pro

po

sed

lin

kin

g t

hro

ug

h

to t

he

Th

ea

tr C

olw

yn o

n A

be

rge

le R

oa

d.

Are

a 2

. E

ast

Co

lwyn

an

d t

he

Din

gle

.

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est

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Tra

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tati

on

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4.4

T

his

co

mp

act

co

mm

un

ity

is e

ncl

ose

d

by

the

A5

5, T

he

Din

gle

, Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

an

d t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e. T

his

are

a is

an

imp

ort

an

t h

ou

sin

g

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d in

th

e t

ow

n a

nd

fe

atu

res

in t

his

to

wn

wid

e p

lan

as

it is

cri

tica

l to

ma

na

ge

th

e h

ou

sin

g

ma

rke

t a

nd

th

e r

ep

uta

tio

n o

f th

is n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

. A

mo

re d

eta

iled

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d p

lan

is u

nd

erw

ay w

ith

lo

cal g

rou

ps

an

d s

take

ho

lde

rs.

4.5

T

he

em

erg

ing

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d p

lan

will

ta

ckle

a

nu

mb

er

of

en

vir

on

me

nta

l, so

cia

l an

d e

con

om

ic

pri

ori

tie

s fo

r th

e h

ou

sin

g r

en

ew

al a

rea

an

d s

tart

to

co

nsi

de

r th

e s

pa

tia

l pri

ori

tie

s fo

r ch

an

ge

. Th

e

com

mu

nit

y is

cu

rre

ntl

y co

nsi

de

rin

g t

he

fo

llow

ing

p

rio

riti

es

an

d f

utu

re p

lan

s w

ill r

efl

ect

th

eir

cu

rre

nt

po

siti

on

an

d p

rio

riti

es

for

ea

ch a

rea

: •

Imp

rov

ing

th

e c

on

dit

ion

of

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck

• Te

nu

re d

ive

rsifi

ca

tio

n a

nd

incr

ea

sin

g h

ou

sin

g

cho

ice

Imp

rov

ing

th

e q

ua

lity

of

the

ma

na

ge

me

nt

of

the

p

riv

ate

re

nte

d s

ect

or

• R

ed

uci

ng

an

tiso

cia

l be

hav

iou

r a

nd

dru

g r

ela

ted

cr

ime

Imp

rov

ing

th

e im

ag

e a

nd

re

pu

tati

on

of

the

n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

Imp

rov

ing

pa

rkin

g, v

eh

icu

lar

an

d p

ed

est

ria

n

pe

rme

ab

ility

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e a

rea

. •

A n

ew

wa

lkin

g a

nd

cyc

ling

ro

ute

fro

m t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, a

lon

g G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

, Gro

ve R

oa

d,

Be

lgra

ve R

oa

d, t

o a

ne

w f

oo

tbri

dg

e a

cro

ss t

he

D

ing

le in

to E

iria

s P

ark

.

4.5

T

he

co

mm

un

ity

hav

e s

tart

ed

to

th

ink

ab

ou

t h

ow

th

ey

are

ab

le t

o t

ake

a m

ore

pro

-act

ive

a

pp

roa

ch in

de

term

inin

g t

he

ou

tco

me

s in

th

eir

co

mm

un

ity

by

wo

rkin

g in

pa

rtn

ers

hip

wit

h t

he

C

ou

nci

l an

d d

ete

rmin

ing

th

e r

eq

uir

em

en

ts t

ha

t w

ill

imp

rove

th

e q

ua

lity

of

the

ir li

ves.

Th

e d

iscu

ssio

ns

are

w

ide

ra

ng

ing

an

d t

o d

ate

th

ere

hav

e b

ee

n n

o fi

na

l d

eci

sio

ns

ma

de

. Ho

we

ver,

th

e c

om

mu

nit

y is

sta

rtin

g

to c

on

sid

er

wh

eth

er

sele

ctiv

e d

em

olit

ion

wo

uld

be

a

n a

pp

rop

ria

te w

ay f

orw

ard

to

ch

an

ge

th

e t

en

ure

mix

a

nd

ho

usi

ng

off

er

an

d w

he

the

r it

co

uld

be

an

op

tio

n

to a

ssis

t w

ith

pa

rkin

g a

nd

op

en

sp

ace

pro

vis

ion

..

4.6

T

he

str

ate

gic

pro

po

sals

wit

hin

th

is w

ide

r to

wn

pla

n h

ave

be

en

info

rme

d b

y p

rio

riti

es

an

d id

ea

s id

en

tifi

ed

th

rou

gh

th

is p

roce

ss o

f co

nsu

lta

tio

n.

Are

a 3

. Eir

ias

Pa

rk a

nd

Civ

ic Q

ua

rte

r

4.7

T

he

ma

ste

r p

lan

pro

po

ses

a m

ajo

r re

org

an

isa

tio

n o

f th

e t

ow

n’s

larg

est

pa

rk t

o m

axi

mis

e

its

po

ten

tia

l as

a k

ey

recr

ea

tio

n a

nd

leis

ure

re

sou

rce

. W

ith

th

e a

dve

nt

of

the

pro

po

sed

ne

w E

ven

ts C

en

tre

th

e p

rop

osa

ls e

nv

isa

ge

a n

ew

‘sp

ort

s v

illa

ge’

clu

ste

red

to

th

e s

ou

th a

rou

nd

th

e s

tad

ium

. To

th

e n

ort

h t

he

la

ke is

re

mo

de

lled

to

be

com

e t

he

to

wn

’s v

ery

ow

n

ou

tsid

e e

ven

ts a

nd

pe

rfo

rma

nce

sp

ace

. Th

e in

ten

tio

n

is t

o c

rea

te a

se

rie

s o

f d

iff e

ren

t a

rea

s fo

cuse

d o

n a

v

ari

ety

of

eve

nts

an

d a

ctiv

itie

s, w

ith

in t

he

pa

rk a

21

st.

Ce

ntu

ry p

ark

se

ttin

g o

ff e

rin

g a

re

al d

est

ina

tio

n o

f ch

oic

e a

nd

qu

alit

y fo

r b

oth

re

sid

en

ts a

nd

vis

ito

rs.

Ke

y p

roje

cts

incl

ud

e:

1.

A n

ew

fo

otb

rid

ge

is lo

cate

d a

cro

ss t

he

Din

gle

p

rov

idin

g a

ne

w w

est

ern

en

tra

nce

to

th

e p

ark

fo

r th

e

tow

n c

en

tre

. To

ge

the

r w

ith

imp

rove

d e

ntr

an

ces

at

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

an

d t

he

pro

m t

he

pa

rk w

ill h

ave

th

ree

to

wn

ce

ntr

e e

ntr

an

ces.

2.

A n

ew

ch

ildre

n’s

wild

pla

y a

rea

is lo

cate

d n

ea

r th

e f

oo

tbri

dg

e d

esi

gn

ed

to

se

rve

no

t o

nly

vis

ito

rs b

ut

als

o S

eav

ille

an

d it

s n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

sch

oo

l.

3.

A p

oo

r w

ea

the

r p

lay

ba

rn is

loca

ted

in t

he

n

ort

hw

est

co

rne

r o

f th

e p

ark

wit

h in

teg

ral p

ark

ing

. T

he

bu

ildin

g o

verl

oo

ks t

he

bay

an

d t

he

no

rth

ern

en

d

of

the

Din

gle

an

d is

de

sig

ne

d t

o a

ct a

s a

n e

ntr

an

ce

ma

rke

r lin

kin

g t

he

pa

rk w

ith

th

e b

ea

ch f

ron

t a

nd

w

ate

r sp

ort

s ce

ntr

e b

elo

w. A

re

mo

de

lled

pa

rk

en

tra

nce

is e

nv

isa

ge

d.

4.

Th

e N

ort

he

rn W

oo

dla

nd

is r

eta

ine

d a

nd

d

eve

lop

ed

as

an

eco

te

ach

ing

re

sou

rce

co

mb

ine

d

wit

h p

rop

osa

ls f

or

the

ne

w F

ore

st S

cho

ol

5.

Eir

ias

Lake

is r

em

od

elle

d in

to C

olw

yn’s

o

uts

ide

th

ea

tre

an

d e

ven

ts s

pa

ce. U

sin

g t

he

na

tura

l to

po

gra

ph

y o

f th

e la

nd

, am

ph

ith

ea

tre

ste

ps

are

sh

ap

e

aro

un

d t

he

lake

fa

cin

g a

fl o

ati

ng

sta

ge

. A w

ate

r si

de

b

oa

rd w

alk

is p

rop

ose

d w

hic

h li

nks

to

a n

ew

isla

nd

a

nd

bo

ati

ng

are

a.

6.

Th

e n

ort

he

rn e

dg

e o

f th

e la

ke b

eco

me

s a

w

etl

an

d h

ab

ita

t a

nd

eco

log

ica

l ed

uca

tio

n r

eso

urc

e

linke

d t

o t

he

Fo

rest

Sch

oo

l.

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7.

A c

limb

ing

an

d s

cra

mb

ling

wa

ll is

pro

po

sed

e

ncl

osi

ng

th

e s

ou

th w

est

ern

ed

ge

of

the

lake

co

mp

ose

d o

f la

rge

sto

ne

bo

uld

ers

, bu

ild o

uts

an

d

esc

arp

me

nts

.

8.

Th

e e

xist

ing

mo

de

l bo

ati

ng

lake

is r

eta

ine

d

an

d im

pro

ved

.

9.

Ne

w b

ow

ling

gre

en

s a

re p

rop

ose

d c

rea

tin

g

a m

ore

fo

rma

l pa

rk a

nd

ga

rde

n s

ett

ing

fo

r th

e c

ivic

ce

ntr

e b

uild

ing

.

10

. C

ar

pa

rkin

g a

t th

e m

ain

en

tra

nce

bo

ule

va

rd

to t

he

Civ

ic C

en

tre

is r

eo

rga

nis

ed

an

d in

cre

ase

d in

to

a m

ore

effi

cie

nt

layo

ut

con

cea

led

be

hin

d t

ree

s a

nd

la

nd

sca

pin

g.

11

. A

n o

ver

60

’s o

uts

ide

gym

is p

rop

ose

d a

dja

cen

t to

th

e s

po

rts

vill

ag

e lo

cate

d o

n t

he

pa

rk’s

ma

in

circ

ula

r w

alk

.

12

. A

fa

mily

pic

nic

are

a is

loca

ted

be

twe

en

th

e

lake

an

d t

he

sp

ort

s v

illa

ge

. Wit

h c

an

op

y st

ruct

ure

s co

vere

d a

rea

s a

nd

pic

nic

fu

rnit

ure

13

. T

he

pro

po

sed

Eve

nts

Ce

ntr

e is

th

e c

en

tre

p

iece

of

the

sp

ort

s v

illa

ge

wit

h a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

to

b

e p

rov

ide

d in

co

nve

rte

d b

uild

ing

s to

cre

ate

a t

ailo

r m

ad

e a

thle

tes

vill

ag

e.

14

. T

hre

e n

ew

fo

otb

all

pit

che

s a

re p

rop

ose

d (

two

a

ll-w

ea

the

r a

nd

on

e t

o b

e fl

oo

d li

t)

15

. Ja

me

s A

lexa

nd

er

Ba

rr t

en

nis

ce

ntr

e is

re

loca

ted

on

to t

he

sp

ort

s v

illa

ge

fa

cin

g o

nto

Ab

erg

ele

R

oa

d. T

he

ne

w c

en

tre

co

mp

rise

s 4

inte

rna

l co

urt

s a

nd

tw

o e

xte

rna

l wit

h p

ark

ing

an

d a

cce

ss t

o t

he

oth

er

faci

litie

s in

th

e s

po

rts

vill

ag

e.

16

. D

an

’s D

en

is lo

cate

d n

ea

r th

e m

ain

en

tra

nce

a

dja

cen

t to

th

e e

xte

nd

ed

an

d im

pro

ved

sk

ate

pa

rk

an

d c

ar

pa

rkin

g.

17

. A

re

mo

de

lled

an

d im

pro

ved

en

tra

nce

way

is

en

vis

ag

ed

fro

m t

he

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

. Exi

stin

g c

ar

pa

rkin

g is

re

mo

de

lled

an

d im

pro

ved

.

18

. A

ne

w h

ote

l is

en

vis

ag

ed

on

th

e o

ld la

un

dry

si

te. L

oca

ted

op

po

site

th

e e

ntr

an

ce t

o t

he

pa

rk

an

d s

po

rts

vill

ag

e it

is e

nv

isa

ge

d t

ha

t th

e h

ote

l will

su

pp

ort

vis

ito

rs t

o t

he

Aca

de

my

as

we

ll in

cre

ase

d

vis

ito

r n

um

be

rs t

o t

he

to

wn

.

Are

a 4

. Co

lwyn

Bay

Be

ach

an

d P

rom

en

ad

e

4.8

C

ruci

al t

o t

he

to

wn

’s d

eve

lop

me

nt

is t

he

co

ast

al d

efe

nce

an

d b

ea

ch p

rom

en

ad

e p

roje

ct w

hic

h

will

on

ce a

ga

in p

rov

ide

th

e t

ow

n w

ith

a s

ea

sid

e v

isit

or

att

ract

ion

wh

ich

ha

s d

imin

ish

ed

ove

r th

e y

ea

rs. T

he

m

ast

er

pla

n e

mb

race

s th

is w

ork

an

d a

tte

mp

ts t

o li

nk

this

ke

y p

roje

ct in

to t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e. A

t th

e s

am

e

tim

e t

he

pro

ject

ne

ed

s to

pro

vid

e f

or

ne

w c

om

me

rcia

l o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r re

sta

ura

nts

, kio

sks

an

d a

ttra

ctio

ns

tha

t se

rve

th

e n

ee

ds

of

wa

ter

spo

rts

use

rs a

nd

fa

mili

es

an

d c

rea

te a

fri

en

dly

, in

vit

ing

en

vir

on

me

nt

for

vis

ito

rs

to t

he

se

afr

on

t.

Ke

y p

roje

cts

incl

ud

e:

1.

Co

lwyn

Bay

Pie

r h

as

be

en

th

e f

ocu

s o

f a

loca

l ca

mp

aig

n f

or

de

velo

pm

en

t a

nd

inve

stm

en

t f

or

som

e

yea

rs. A

lte

rna

tive

use

s, a

re

ne

we

d r

ole

an

d f

un

ctio

n

an

d in

vest

me

nt

stra

teg

ies

are

sti

ll b

ein

g in

vest

iga

ted

to

ide

nti

fy a

way

fo

rwa

rd. W

ith

in t

he

co

nte

xt o

f th

is

pla

n, t

he

co

nsu

lta

ncy

te

am

re

cog

nis

e t

he

po

ten

tia

l v

alu

e t

ha

t a

ny

re –

use

of

the

pie

r st

ruct

ure

co

uld

b

rin

g, e

spe

cia

lly if

lin

ks b

ack

to

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

ca

n

als

o b

e a

chie

ved

as

pa

rt o

f a

mo

re s

tra

teg

ic a

pp

roa

ch.

2.

A n

ew

pro

me

na

de

is p

rop

ose

d w

ith

imp

rove

d

pa

rkin

g, f

aci

litie

s fo

r fo

od

an

d d

rin

k, e

nte

rta

inm

en

t,

cycl

e r

ou

tes,

an

d a

cce

ss t

o t

he

be

ach

.

3.

A n

ew

se

awa

rd g

royn

e is

incl

ud

ed

as

pa

rt

of

the

co

ast

al d

efe

nce

pla

ns

an

d b

ea

ch p

roje

ct.

Th

e g

royn

e is

acc

ess

ible

fro

m t

he

pro

me

na

de

wit

h

bo

ard

wa

lks

tha

t le

ad

to

ob

serv

ati

on

pla

tfo

rms.

T

he

ob

ject

ive

he

re is

to

ma

ke f

ull

use

of

the

co

ast

al

de

fen

ce f

un

din

g a

nd

tie

th

at

into

wid

er

ob

ject

ive

s a

nd

o

pp

ort

un

itie

s..

4.

A n

ew

fa

mily

be

ach

is p

rop

ose

d t

o t

he

we

st o

f th

e n

ew

gro

yne

.

5.

A n

ew

wa

ter

spo

rts

cen

tre

is p

rop

ose

d a

t th

e

Din

gle

en

tra

nce

.

6.

Ne

w s

lipw

ays

are

pro

po

sed

co

mb

ine

d w

ith

ro

ck r

eve

tme

nt

de

fen

ce w

ork

to

fa

cilit

ate

a d

ed

ica

ted

w

ate

r sp

ort

s a

rea

to

th

e e

ast

of

the

gro

yne

.

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5. I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

an

d m

ove

me

nt.

Ve

hic

ula

r n

etw

ork

4.9

T

he

on

e-w

ay s

yste

m t

ha

t is

cu

rre

ntl

y S

ea

Vie

w

Ro

ad

, Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d a

nd

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d is

to

be

m

od

ifi e

d t

o a

llow

fo

r re

-de

velo

pm

en

t a

lon

g B

ay V

iew

R

oa

d, t

o p

rov

ide

mo

re in

tuit

ive

mo

vem

en

t b

y ca

r in

th

is a

rea

, an

d t

o im

pro

ve t

he

arr

iva

l exp

eri

en

ce in

to

the

to

wn

by

car

fro

m t

he

A5

5. G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

an

d

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d w

ill b

e c

on

vert

ed

to

tw

o-w

ay s

tre

ets

w

ith

str

ee

tsca

pe

imp

rove

me

nts

on

ea

ch.

4.1

0

A ‘s

qu

are

ab

ou

t’ is

pro

po

sed

at

the

jun

ctio

n o

f B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

, Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d a

nd

th

e a

cce

ss r

oa

d

into

th

e B

ay V

iew

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

ca

r p

ark

wh

ich

ge

ts

very

bu

sy a

t p

ea

k ti

me

s. T

his

will

ma

inta

in ju

nct

ion

ca

pa

city

of

the

exi

stin

g m

ini-

rou

nd

ab

ou

t, b

ut

als

o

allo

w f

or

ad

dit

ion

al m

ove

me

nts

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

th

e

ne

w c

ar

pa

rk p

rop

ose

d o

n B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

. T

he

‘sq

ua

re

ab

ou

t’ co

nce

pt

aim

s to

en

ha

nce

th

e p

ub

lic r

ea

lm

(min

i ro

un

da

bo

uts

ra

rely

ach

ieve

th

is)

by

en

cou

rag

ing

sl

ow

er

veh

icle

sp

ee

ds

an

d im

pro

ved

pe

de

stri

an

cr

oss

ing

fa

cilit

ies.

So

me

loss

of

on

-str

ee

t p

ark

ing

b

ays

will

be

re

qu

ire

d in

ord

er

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

tw

o-

way

mo

vem

en

t (6

m c

arr

iag

ew

ay t

ypic

ally

), w

hils

t m

ain

tain

ing

min

imu

m 2

m w

ide

fo

otw

ays.

4.1

1

Th

ere

is a

n o

pp

ort

un

ity

to in

sta

ll a

ne

w

sig

na

lled

pe

de

stri

an

cro

ssin

g a

t th

e ju

nct

ion

of

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d a

nd

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

, wh

ich

wo

uld

re

pla

ce t

he

exi

stin

g p

elic

an

cro

ssin

g t

o t

he

ea

st o

f th

is

jun

ctio

n.

4.1

2

Imp

rove

d c

ar

pa

rkin

g s

ign

ag

e s

ho

uld

be

im

ple

me

nte

d a

t ke

y g

ate

way

s to

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

– V

icto

ria

Ave

nu

e, A

be

rge

le R

oa

d /

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d,

dir

ect

ing

dri

vers

to

th

e s

tra

teg

ic c

ar

pa

rks

an

d h

elp

ing

to

min

imis

e u

nn

ece

ssa

ry m

ove

me

nts

th

rou

gh

th

e

tow

n in

se

arc

h o

f ca

r p

ark

ing

. In

th

e lo

ng

er

term

, re

al-

tim

e, v

ari

ab

le m

ess

ag

e s

ign

ag

e s

ho

uld

be

co

nsi

de

red

in

th

ese

loca

tio

ns

ind

ica

tin

g a

vaila

ble

sp

ace

s.

4.1

3

A n

ew

pu

blic

sq

ua

re o

uts

ide

th

e t

rain

sta

tio

n

invo

lve

s re

-alig

nm

en

t o

f th

e p

ub

lic h

igh

way

(V

icto

ria

A

ven

ue

/Pri

nce

s D

rive

). T

wo

-way

mo

vem

en

t th

rou

gh

th

e s

qu

are

will

be

pe

rmit

ted

, alt

ho

ug

h s

low

er

spe

ed

s e

nco

ura

ge

d t

hro

ug

h d

esi

gn

an

d a

ctiv

e c

alm

ing

m

ea

sure

s.

4.1

4

Sch

oo

l dro

p-o

ff a

nd

pic

k-u

p a

rea

s fo

r b

oth

th

e p

rim

ary

sch

oo

l at

Tre

vor

Ro

ad

an

d H

igh

Sch

oo

l in

Eir

ias

Pa

rk a

re t

o b

e im

pro

ved

. T

he

se a

re t

o b

e

ma

na

ge

d s

pa

ces

tha

t w

ill e

nh

an

ce t

he

pu

blic

re

alm

a

nd

pro

vid

e s

uffi

cie

nt

cap

aci

ty f

or

pa

ren

ts t

o d

rop

-off

a

nd

pic

k-u

p, r

ed

uci

ng

th

e r

isk

of

tra

ffi c

ba

ckin

g-u

p

alo

ng

loca

l ro

ad

s in

th

is r

esi

de

nti

al c

om

mu

nit

y

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Pa

rkin

g

4.1

5

Sh

ort

sta

y, f

ree

on

-str

ee

t p

ark

ing

sh

ou

ld b

e

ma

inta

ine

d o

n A

be

rge

le R

oa

d /

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d a

nd

th

e s

ide

str

ee

ts t

o s

up

po

rt t

he

loca

l bu

sin

ess

es.

Ne

w

de

velo

pm

en

ts in

th

e m

ast

er

pla

n b

uild

on

so

me

e

xist

ing

pu

blic

ca

r p

ark

s.

4.1

6

‘Lo

st’ p

ub

lic c

ar

pa

rkin

g c

ap

aci

ty w

ill b

e

re-p

rov

ide

d b

y w

ay o

f a

ne

w m

ult

i-st

ory

ca

r p

ark

a

lon

g B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

as

pa

rt o

f n

ew

de

velo

pm

en

t,

tog

eth

er

wit

h in

cre

ase

d p

ark

ing

ca

pa

city

in t

he

Bay

V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

as

pa

rt o

f a

wid

er

re-m

od

elli

ng

o

f th

is c

en

tre

. D

ire

ct, s

ign

ed

pe

de

stri

an

acc

ess

to

th

is c

ar

pa

rk f

rom

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

is t

o b

e p

rov

ide

d s

o

tha

t th

e lo

cal b

usi

ne

sse

s o

n A

be

rge

le R

oa

d b

en

efi

t fr

om

th

is p

rov

isio

n.

Ca

pa

city

of

circ

a 2

00

sp

ace

s is

p

rop

ose

d f

or

the

ne

w m

ult

i-st

ore

y ca

r p

ark

. T

his

may

n

ee

d t

o b

e in

cre

ase

d d

ep

en

din

g o

n t

he

siz

e o

f th

e

ne

w o

ffi c

e b

uild

ing

fro

nti

ng

sta

tio

n s

qu

are

.

4.1

7

In a

dd

itio

n t

o n

ew

hig

hw

ay s

ign

ag

e p

rop

ose

d

at

stra

teg

ic lo

cati

on

s g

oo

d q

ua

lity

way

fi n

din

g s

ho

uld

b

e in

sta

lled

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e t

ow

n s

o a

s to

ma

ke f

or

ea

sie

r m

ove

me

nt

of

vis

ito

rs.

4.1

8

Pa

rkin

g c

ap

aci

ty a

t th

e t

rain

sta

tio

n (

Arr

iva

m

an

ag

ed

) a

nd

Pri

nce

s D

rive

will

be

ma

inta

ine

d.

4.1

9

In E

iria

s P

ark

, ne

w c

ar

pa

rkin

g is

pro

po

sed

a

s p

art

of

the

ne

w E

ven

ts C

en

tre

de

velo

pm

en

t, A

n

ad

dit

ion

al t

ota

l of

11

2 n

ew

pa

rkin

g s

pa

ces

an

d 8

co

ach

sp

ace

s a

dd

ed

to

th

e e

xist

ing

87

sp

ace

s, a

re

pro

po

sed

to

se

rve

th

e e

xist

ing

an

d p

rop

ose

d le

isu

re

faci

litie

s, a

cce

sse

d t

hro

ug

h a

ne

w p

ark

ga

tew

ay.

Pe

de

stri

an

acc

ess

an

d r

ou

tes

4.2

0

Two

pri

nci

pa

l de

sire

-lin

es

for

pe

de

stri

an

ro

ute

s w

ere

ide

nti

fi e

d in

th

e b

ase

line

re

po

rt :

thro

ug

h

the

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e li

nk

ing

th

e t

ow

n a

nd

p

rom

en

ad

e a

cro

ss t

he

A5

5 c

utt

ing

; an

d f

rom

Bay

Vie

w

Ro

ad

th

rou

gh

th

e r

esi

de

nti

al c

om

mu

nit

y, a

cro

ss t

he

D

ing

le t

o E

iria

s P

ark

.

4.2

1

A p

ed

est

ria

n b

rid

ge

lin

k is

pro

po

sed

fro

m t

he

re

-mo

de

lled

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

, ove

r th

e A

55

cu

ttin

g,

to t

he

exi

stin

g p

ed

est

ria

n r

ou

te u

nd

er

the

ra

ilway

. T

he

wa

lkin

g e

nv

iro

nm

en

t w

ill b

e e

nh

an

ced

th

rou

gh

th

e s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e a

nd

su

rro

un

din

g s

tre

ets

as

pa

rt

of

this

pro

po

sal,

an

d c

on

ne

ctio

n t

o t

he

pro

me

na

de

b

eco

me

s m

uch

mo

re d

ire

ct. E

nh

an

ced

sig

na

ge

an

d

way

fi n

din

g w

ill g

rea

tly

ass

ist

leg

ibili

ty t

hro

ug

ho

ut

all

are

as.

4.2

2

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d w

ill b

e e

nh

an

ced

as

a

pe

de

stri

an

ro

ute

fro

m t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, a

lon

g G

rove

R

oa

d w

hic

h is

ext

en

de

d t

hro

ug

h t

o B

elg

rave

Ro

ad

, in

tu

rn e

xte

nd

ed

be

yon

d L

awso

n R

oa

d t

o a

ne

w

pe

de

stri

an

bri

dg

e li

nk

acr

oss

th

e D

ing

le in

to E

iria

s P

ark

.

Cyc

le r

ou

tes

4.2

3

Acc

ess

fro

m t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e t

o t

he

Na

tio

na

l C

ycle

Ne

two

rk R

ou

te n

o 5

th

at

run

s a

lon

g t

he

P

rom

en

ad

e is

pro

vid

ed

acr

oss

th

e n

ew

bri

dg

e li

nk

an

d

stre

et

thro

ug

h e

xist

ing

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

. Se

cure

cyc

le

pa

rkin

g, a

nd

po

ssib

ly a

cyc

le h

ire

fa

cilit

y a

t th

e n

ew

st

ati

on

inte

rch

an

ge

is a

lso

pro

po

sed

.

4.2

4

Cyc

le a

cce

ss f

rom

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

th

rou

gh

to

Eir

ias

Pa

rk w

ill b

e p

rov

ide

d lo

ng

th

e e

nh

an

ced

p

ed

est

ria

n r

ou

te a

lon

g G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

/ L

awso

n

Ro

ad

, acr

oss

th

e b

rid

ge

sp

an

nin

g t

he

Din

gle

.

Pu

blic

Tra

nsp

ort

4.2

5

Fig

ure

x s

ho

ws

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e b

us

ne

two

rk

an

d f

req

ue

nci

es.

Th

e b

us

sto

p o

n t

he

co

rne

r o

f S

tati

on

R

oa

d a

nd

Ab

erg

ele

/Co

nw

ay R

oa

d is

ve

ry p

op

ula

r a

nd

re

qu

ire

s m

ore

sp

ace

. , S

tati

on

sq

ua

re s

ho

uld

b

eco

me

th

e m

ain

inte

rch

an

ge

fo

r b

us/

tra

in/c

ycle

m

od

es,

alt

ho

ug

h c

are

is n

ee

de

d n

ot

to c

on

cen

tra

te

all

bu

s se

rvic

es

in t

his

on

e lo

cati

on

, wh

ich

wo

uld

hav

e

ad

vers

e e

nv

iro

nm

en

tal e

ff e

cts.

Bu

s la

yove

r sh

ou

ld n

ot

be

acc

om

mo

da

ted

in t

his

sq

ua

re.

4.2

6

Dra

win

g (

SK

) 1

00

sh

ow

s th

e p

rop

osa

l fo

r S

tati

on

Sq

ua

re in

fro

nt

of

the

tra

in s

tati

on

, fo

llow

ing

in

itia

l co

nsu

lta

tio

n w

ith

th

e t

rain

op

era

tor,

Ne

two

rk

Ra

il, C

on

wy

Co

un

cil a

nd

WA

G.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l ma

inta

ins

pa

rkin

g c

ap

aci

ty a

t th

e s

tati

on

, bu

t re

-arr

an

ge

s it

to

fre

e-u

p s

pa

ce f

or

a p

ub

lic s

qu

are

, be

tte

r a

rriv

al

exp

eri

en

ce, a

nd

en

ha

nce

d w

alk

ing

ro

ute

into

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

. A

tra

in/b

us/

taxi

/cyc

le t

ran

spo

rt

inte

rch

an

ge

wit

h t

icke

tin

g a

nd

re

tail

pro

vis

ion

is

pro

po

sed

on

Vic

tori

a A

ven

ue

by

re-a

lign

ing

th

e

hig

hw

ay.

Acc

ess

fro

m t

he

sta

tio

n d

ow

n t

o t

he

p

rom

en

ad

e is

pro

po

sed

fro

m a

ne

w v

iew

ing

pla

tfo

rm

wit

h li

ft.

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Oth

er

Pro

ject

s

Th

e M

ast

er

Pla

n

Th

ere

are

a t

ota

l of

28

pro

ject

s w

ith

in t

he

ce

ntr

al

Co

lwyn

Bay

are

a. W

e h

ave

un

de

rta

ken

an

are

a b

ase

d

cha

ract

eri

sati

on

of

ea

ch o

f th

e s

ite

s. T

he

28

diff

ere

nt

pro

ject

s a

pp

ea

r to

be

ge

og

rap

hic

ally

clu

ste

red

into

se

ven

se

pa

rate

are

as.

A b

rie

f d

esc

rip

tio

n o

f e

ach

im

me

dia

te a

rea

ha

s b

ee

n u

nd

ert

ake

n, a

cco

mp

an

ied

w

ith

an

ou

tlin

e o

f th

e p

rop

ose

d p

roje

ct.

1.

Th

e B

ea

ch/P

rom

en

ad

e A

rea

(P

roje

cts

1&

27

)A

ra

ng

e o

f n

ew

leis

ure

use

s, h

ave

be

en

illu

stra

ted

to

co

nve

y th

e d

ive

rsit

y o

f o

pp

ort

un

itie

s a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h

the

be

ach

an

d p

rom

en

ad

e a

rea

. S

uch

de

velo

pm

en

ts,

focu

s o

n t

he

be

ach

are

a im

me

dia

tely

we

st o

f th

e V

icto

ria

Pie

r. C

olw

yn B

ay, u

nlik

e s

om

e o

f th

e

surr

ou

nd

ing

be

ach

es

is s

an

dy.

Th

e b

ea

ch a

rea

is c

ut

off

fro

m t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, w

ith

th

e A

55

an

d r

ailw

ay

line

act

ing

as

a b

arr

ier.

Acc

ess

is s

eve

rely

re

stri

cte

d

be

twe

en

th

e p

rom

en

ad

e/b

ea

ch a

rea

an

d t

ow

n c

en

tre

. T

he

pro

me

na

de

ru

ns

be

hin

d t

he

su

bst

an

tia

l co

ncr

ete

se

a w

alls

. Acc

ess

to

th

e b

ea

ch is

via

a f

ew

se

lect

ive

w

alk

way

s. T

he

Pie

r is

cu

rre

ntl

y in

a d

ilap

ida

ted

sta

te,

hav

ing

be

en

sh

ut

do

wn

sin

ce 2

00

8. T

he

Ma

ste

rpla

n

reco

gn

ise

s th

e im

po

rta

nce

of

the

Pie

r st

ruct

ure

in

cre

ati

ng

a p

ote

nti

al f

ocu

s fo

r re

ne

we

d b

ea

ch a

nd

p

rom

en

ad

e id

en

tity

. Th

e f

ea

sib

ility

of

use

s, c

ost

s o

f re

pa

ir a

nd

th

e e

xte

nt

of

the

Pie

r st

ruct

ure

are

all

for

furt

he

r m

ore

de

taile

d v

iab

ility

te

stin

g.

2.

Sta

tio

n a

nd

Imm

ed

iate

Fro

nta

ge

(P

roje

cts

2 &

7

)T

he

to

wn

sq

ua

re p

rop

osa

l ce

ntr

es

up

on

th

e C

olw

yn

Bay

Ra

ilway

Sta

tio

n f

ron

tag

e a

nd

en

tra

nce

into

th

e

ma

in s

ho

pp

ing

are

as.

Th

e p

lan

is t

o c

rea

te a

“ne

w

sta

tio

n d

eve

lop

me

nt,

inco

rpo

rati

ng

a n

ew

to

wn

sq

ua

re w

ith

re

dir

ect

ed

Vic

tori

a A

ven

ue

/pa

rkin

g a

nd

in

terc

ha

ng

e” a

nd

ne

w w

alk

way

lin

kin

g t

he

sta

tio

n

an

d b

ea

ch. T

he

are

a is

cu

rre

ntl

y p

ave

d, w

ith

a c

ar

pa

rk

an

d d

rop

off

fa

cilit

y d

ire

ctly

fro

nti

ng

th

e s

tati

on

itse

lf.

Th

is a

rea

fo

rms

pa

rt o

f th

e w

ide

r st

ati

on

ga

tew

ay,

an

d is

th

e fi

rst

asp

ect

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

wh

en

de

pa

rtin

g

the

tra

in s

tati

on

. Th

e M

ast

erp

lan

ha

s m

od

ifi e

d e

arl

ier

p

rop

osa

ls, a

nd

re

focu

ses

the

pro

po

sed

inte

rve

nti

on

s o

n t

he

tra

nsp

ort

inte

rch

an

ge

an

d c

rea

tio

n o

f a

to

wn

sq

ua

re.

3.

Re

tail

Co

re (

Pro

ject

s 2

, 3, 4

, 5, 6

, 7, 8

& 1

0)

Th

e M

ast

erp

lan

pro

po

sals

sta

te t

ha

t th

e B

ay V

iew

S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e is

to

be

tra

nsf

orm

ed

an

d e

xte

nd

ed

a

lon

g a

ne

w s

tre

et,

lin

kin

g S

tati

on

Ro

ad

, wit

h a

ne

w

bri

dg

e li

nk

ing

th

e s

ite

wit

h t

he

pie

r. S

uch

pla

ns

focu

s p

rin

cip

ally

on

th

e r

ed

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

ea

ste

rn p

art

o

f S

tati

on

Ro

ad

an

d t

he

we

ste

rn p

ort

ion

of

Se

a V

iew

R

oa

d, a

nd

wo

uld

fo

rge

incr

ea

sed

lin

ks b

etw

ee

n t

he

p

rin

cip

al ‘

op

en

air

’ sh

op

pin

g a

rea

aro

un

d S

tati

on

R

oa

d, a

nd

th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

, a li

nk

wh

ich

th

e S

cott

Wils

on

‘Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Bo

rou

gh

C

ou

nci

l Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (Fe

bru

ary

20

07

) st

ate

s sh

ou

ld

be

en

cou

rag

ed

. Ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

alo

ng

Ivy

Str

ee

t w

ou

ld im

pro

ve p

ed

est

ria

n t

hro

ug

h fl

ow

an

d v

ita

lity

tow

ard

s th

e e

ast

ern

en

d o

f th

e r

eta

il co

re.

Co

lwyn

Bay

is d

efi

ne

d w

ith

in t

he

‘Co

nw

y Lo

cal

De

velo

pm

en

t P

lan

De

po

sit

Pla

n 2

00

7-2

02

2

Ba

ckg

rou

nd

Pa

pe

r 1

5 R

eta

il S

tud

y’ (

Ap

ril 2

00

9),

as

be

ing

a ‘T

ow

n C

en

tre’

, as

op

po

sed

to

be

ing

lab

elle

d

a ‘S

ub

-Re

gio

na

l Ce

ntr

e’ s

uch

as

Lla

nd

ud

no

. Wh

ilst

Co

lwyn

Bay

off

ers

a “r

ea

son

ab

le v

ita

l an

d v

iab

le

tow

n c

en

tre

,” p

rov

idin

g “e

xce

llen

t re

tail

cho

ice

fo

r it

s im

me

dia

te c

atc

hm

en

t a

rea”

, it

lack

s th

e la

rge

r d

ep

art

me

nt

sto

res

an

d c

ho

ice

wit

hin

pa

rtic

ula

rly

com

pa

riso

n g

oo

ds

wh

ich

Lla

nd

ud

no

off

ers

. Ma

ny

of

the

larg

er

hig

h s

tre

et

mu

ltip

le r

eta

ilers

su

ch a

s M

ark

s a

nd

Sp

en

cer,

Ne

xt, D

eb

en

ha

ms,

HM

V a

nd

W

ate

rsto

ne

s h

ave

pre

mis

es

wit

hin

Lla

nd

ud

no

, wh

ilst

the

ma

jor

reta

ilers

wit

hin

Co

lwyn

Bay

are

th

ose

wh

ich

co

mm

an

d a

mu

ch lo

we

r th

resh

old

po

pu

lati

on

, an

d

in m

an

y in

sta

nce

s ta

rge

t lo

we

r in

com

e p

op

ula

tio

ns,

su

ch a

s A

rgo

s, W

H S

mit

hs,

Bo

ots

, Mo

rris

on

s, B

urt

on

s,

Su

pe

rdru

g, C

lark

s a

nd

Bo

n M

arc

he

. Th

is is

de

spit

e t

he

p

op

ula

tio

n o

f C

olw

yn B

ay (

29

,00

0 a

t th

e 2

00

1 C

en

sus)

b

ein

g s

ign

ifi c

an

tly

larg

er

in c

om

pa

riso

n t

o t

ha

t o

f Ll

an

du

dn

o (

20

,00

0 a

t th

e 2

00

1 C

en

sus)

.

It a

pp

ea

rs t

ha

t o

ver

the

tim

efr

am

e s

tud

ied

wit

hin

th

e ‘C

on

wy

Co

un

ty B

oro

ug

h C

ou

nci

l Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (F

eb

rua

ry 2

00

7),

yie

lds

wit

hin

Co

lwyn

Bay

hav

e

incr

ea

sed

fro

m 8

.0%

to

8.5

% b

etw

ee

n 1

99

4 a

nd

20

05

, w

hils

t b

y th

e s

am

e t

oke

n; y

ield

s h

ave

fa

llen

fro

m

7.5

% t

o 7

.0%

in L

lan

du

dn

o. S

uch

fi g

ure

s ill

ust

rate

th

e

com

pe

titi

on

be

twe

en

th

e t

wo

loca

tio

ns,

an

d il

lust

rate

th

e p

oo

r p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f re

taile

rs w

ith

in C

olw

yn B

ay

rela

tive

to

Lla

nd

ud

no

ove

r th

e m

ea

sure

d t

ime

fra

me

.

Page 57: Colwyn Bay Plan

Co

lwyn

Bay

– A

Sit

e M

ast

erp

lan

| D

raft

Fin

al R

ep

ort

20

10

57

Th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

co

nta

ins

aro

un

d 2

5

un

its,

an

d c

urr

en

tly

ho

use

s a

Mo

rris

on

’s S

up

erm

ark

et,

Ic

ela

nd

an

d A

rgo

s. T

he

Mo

rris

on

’s S

up

erm

ark

et

alo

ne

co

mp

rise

s o

f ci

rca

34

81

of

fl o

ors

pa

ce. S

pre

ad

ove

r tw

o fl

oo

rs, t

he

layo

ut

is r

ais

ed

to

inco

rpo

rate

a c

ar

pa

rk f

aci

lity

be

low

. Acc

ess

by

car

is c

urr

en

tly

fro

m

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d/V

icto

ria

Ave

nu

e, w

ith

fu

rth

er

reta

il fr

on

tag

e a

nd

pe

de

stri

an

acc

ess

fro

m S

ea

Vie

w R

oa

d.

Th

e ‘C

on

wy

Co

un

ty B

oro

ug

h C

ou

nci

l Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (F

eb

rua

ry 2

00

7)

reco

gn

ise

s th

at

the

Bay

Vie

w

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

is:

“v

ita

l an

d v

iab

le, h

ow

eve

r, it

is d

etr

ime

nta

l to

th

e

his

tori

c to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

s m

an

y o

f th

e m

ult

iple

re

taile

rs

are

loca

ted

in t

his

ce

ntr

e. I

n a

ny

eve

nt,

th

e f

urt

he

r e

xpa

nsi

on

of

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e is

re

stri

cte

d b

y it

s p

osi

tio

n”

An

d f

urt

he

rmo

re:

“do

es

no

t co

nta

in a

ny

va

can

t u

nit

s”

Th

e s

ucc

ess

of

the

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e s

ug

ge

sts

tha

t th

ere

are

issu

es

wit

h s

up

ply

. Ma

ny

of

the

‘m

ult

iple

re

taile

rs’ h

ave

ch

ose

n t

o lo

cate

wit

hin

th

e

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e, a

s o

pp

ose

d t

o t

he

‘op

en

a

ir’ S

tati

on

Ro

ad

. Sta

tio

n R

oa

d a

nd

Pe

nrh

yn R

oa

d,

an

d t

he

se

con

da

ry r

eta

il a

rea

s (p

red

om

ina

ntl

y a

lon

g

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

) d

o, a

s th

e S

cott

Wils

on

‘Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

B

oro

ug

h C

ou

nci

l Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (Fe

bru

ary

20

07

) p

rov

ide

a

“div

ers

e r

an

ge

of

ind

ep

en

de

nt

reta

ilers

th

at

he

lp

to e

sta

blis

h t

he

ch

ara

cte

r o

f th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

.” T

he

d

ive

rse

mix

an

d p

erf

ora

tio

n o

f d

isco

un

t o

pe

rato

rs a

nd

ch

ari

ty s

ho

ps

into

th

e im

me

dia

te t

ow

n c

en

tre

, an

d

hig

h v

aca

ncy

ra

tes

are

a f

un

ctio

n o

f th

e o

ver-

sup

ply

of

po

or

qu

alit

y re

tail

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n w

ith

in C

olw

yn B

ay

tow

n c

en

tre

.

Th

e p

op

ula

rity

of

the

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e,

an

d t

he

fa

ct t

ha

t th

ere

are

cu

rre

ntl

y n

o v

aca

nci

es,

p

rov

ide

an

ind

ica

tor

tha

t n

ew

hig

h q

ua

lity

reta

il u

nit

s co

uld

pro

ve p

op

ula

r. N

ew

hig

h q

ua

lity

reta

il u

nit

s w

ou

ld c

om

pri

se o

f a

mix

ture

of

larg

er

an

d s

ma

ller

un

its

(mu

ch li

ke t

he

exi

stin

g la

you

t o

f th

e B

ay V

iew

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

), a

nd

incl

ud

e s

erv

ice

acc

ess

to

th

e

rea

r, lo

ad

ing

bay

s a

nd

pro

min

en

t fr

on

tag

e. I

t m

ust

b

e r

eco

gn

ise

d t

ha

t th

e e

xpa

nsi

on

of

the

Bay

Vie

w

sho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e w

ill b

e m

od

est

, re

lati

ve t

o t

he

to

tal

am

ou

nt

of

reta

il sp

ace

cu

rre

ntl

y o

n o

ff e

r w

ith

in

Co

lwyn

Bay

.

Th

e S

cott

Wils

on

‘Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil

Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (Fe

bru

ary

20

07

) re

po

rts

tha

t C

olw

yn B

ay

is u

nd

er

tra

din

g w

ith

re

ga

rds

con

ven

ien

ce g

oo

ds,

a

nd

re

com

me

nd

s th

at

the

Pla

nn

ing

Au

tho

rity

sh

ou

ld

con

sid

er

the

me

rits

of

ea

ch in

div

idu

al c

on

ven

ien

ce

sto

re p

rop

osa

l. T

he

exp

an

sio

n o

f th

e C

olw

yn B

ay

con

ven

ien

ce s

tore

allo

cati

on

will

be

ne

fi t

the

re

tail

mix

a

nd

incr

ea

se t

he

nu

mb

er

of

sho

pp

ers

co

min

g in

to

Co

lwyn

Bay

. By

allo

win

g t

he

exp

an

sio

n o

f e

xist

ing

u

nit

s su

ch a

s M

orr

iso

ns,

an

d s

pe

cifi

cally

att

em

pti

ng

to

pla

ce n

ew

fo

od

pro

vis

ion

wit

hin

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

, it

is h

op

ed

th

at

incr

ea

sed

vit

alit

y a

nd

fo

otf

all

will

cre

ate

a s

pill

ove

r a

ff e

ct a

nd

imp

rove

th

e c

om

pe

titi

ven

ess

o

f C

olw

yn B

ay a

s a

ce

ntr

e r

ela

tive

to

th

e c

om

pe

titi

on

e

lse

wh

ere

. Giv

en

th

e h

igh

pro

po

rtio

n o

f re

taile

rs s

uch

a

s M

orr

iso

ns

an

d Ic

ela

nd

cu

rre

ntl

y w

ith

in t

he

pre

sen

t B

ay V

iew

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

, exp

an

sio

n w

ou

ld f

aci

lita

te

reta

il g

row

th w

ith

in t

his

se

cto

r.

Th

e ‘C

on

wy

Loca

l De

velo

pm

en

t P

lan

De

po

sit

Pla

n

20

07

-20

22

Ba

ckg

rou

nd

Pa

pe

r 1

5 R

eta

il S

tud

y’ (

Ap

ril

20

09

), r

eco

mm

en

ds

tha

t “fl

oo

rsp

ace

fo

r co

mp

ari

son

g

oo

ds

sho

uld

be

co

nst

rain

ed

un

til a

t le

ase

20

15

.” W

e

reco

gn

ise

th

at

this

is p

rob

ab

ly t

rue

, no

t le

ast

be

cau

se

va

can

cie

s w

ill h

ave

incr

ea

sed

an

d r

en

ts f

alle

n s

ince

th

e S

cott

Wils

on

Re

po

rt p

rese

nte

d it

s fi

nd

ing

s in

20

07

. H

ow

eve

r, it

is im

po

rta

nt

to n

ote

th

at

an

y sc

he

me

a

pp

rove

d n

ow

, wo

uld

on

ly o

pe

n a

fte

r 2

01

5, a

nd

by

tha

t p

oin

t th

e m

ark

et

will

pro

ba

bly

be

of

suffi

cie

nt

stre

ng

th t

o p

erm

it a

mo

de

st in

cre

ase

in t

he

am

ou

nt

of

reta

ilers

sp

eci

alis

ing

in t

he

sa

le o

f co

mp

ari

son

go

od

s.

Th

e r

em

od

elli

ng

of

the

Bay

vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e

wo

uld

no

t co

mp

rom

ise

cu

rre

nt

car

pa

rkin

g f

aci

litie

s.

Th

e S

cott

Wils

on

‘Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil

Re

tail

Stu

dy

’ (Fe

bru

ary

20

07

) re

po

rts

tha

t “th

ere

is a

re

qu

ire

me

nt

for

off

-str

ee

t p

ark

ing

”, w

hic

h is

du

e t

o

the

re

lati

vely

hig

h le

vels

of

on

str

ee

t p

ark

ing

an

d t

he

a

sso

cia

ted

co

ng

est

ion

. A

n in

cre

ase

in t

he

am

ou

nt

of

on

sit

e p

ark

ing

will

off

-se

t th

e lo

sse

s in

curr

ed

d

eve

lop

ing

th

e c

urr

en

t ca

r p

ark

ing

sit

e o

n Iv

y S

tre

et.

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58

4.

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a (

Pro

ject

s 1

3, 1

4, 1

5, 1

6, 1

7 &

18

)T

he

sp

ati

al f

ocu

s o

f th

e M

ast

erp

lan

s p

rop

ose

d id

ea

to

cre

ate

be

tte

r lin

ks a

nd

sp

ace

s is

th

e ‘E

ast

en

d’,

wh

ich

fa

lls w

ho

lly w

ith

in t

he

HM

RI b

ou

nd

ary

. Su

ch

pro

po

sals

sta

te t

ha

t e

xist

ing

lan

d d

eve

lop

me

nt

is t

o

be

re

mo

de

lled

to

cre

ate

ne

w r

esi

de

nti

al c

lust

ers

wit

h

ne

w p

ub

lic s

pa

ces

an

d r

ou

tes.

Ple

ase

se

e d

esc

rip

tio

n

of

HM

RI a

rea

ab

ove

.

Acc

ord

ing

to

Sh

ap

e’s

pla

ns,

“fo

cuse

d c

lea

ran

ce

tog

eth

er

wit

h n

ew

re

sid

en

tia

l de

velo

pm

en

t p

rov

ide

s n

ew

op

po

rtu

nit

y a

nd

ide

nti

ty f

or

the

ea

st s

ide

.” T

he

co

rre

spo

nd

ing

an

no

tate

d m

ap

ide

nti

fi e

s a

rea

s a

rou

nd

La

wso

n R

oa

d, B

elg

rave

Ro

ad

an

d E

rsk

ine

Ro

ad

, all

of

wh

ich

fa

ll w

ith

in t

he

HM

RI a

rea

de

scri

be

d p

rev

iou

sly.

5.

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

(P

roje

ct 1

2)

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

ru

ns

ea

st t

o w

est

, an

d is

on

e o

f th

e

ma

in a

cce

ss r

ou

tes

into

Co

lwyn

Bay

to

wn

ce

ntr

e f

rom

th

e e

ast

ern

su

bu

rbs,

su

ch a

s O

ld C

olw

yn. O

ne

of

the

p

roje

cts

ide

nti

fi e

d w

ith

in t

he

ma

ste

rpla

n s

pe

cifi

es

the

u

pg

rad

ing

of

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

. Th

e n

ort

he

rn p

ort

ion

is

do

min

ate

d b

y th

ree

sto

rey

terr

ace

d p

rop

ert

ies,

w

hic

h a

re c

urr

en

tly

a m

ixtu

re o

f re

tail

pre

mis

es

an

d

pro

pe

rtie

s in

mix

ed

use

, wh

ich

typ

ica

lly h

ou

se r

eta

il fu

nct

ion

s o

n t

he

gro

un

d fl

oo

r w

ith

fl a

ts a

bo

ve. T

he

so

uth

ern

sid

e is

mo

re r

esi

de

nti

al,

alt

ho

ug

h w

ith

a

gro

win

g p

rop

ort

ion

of

reta

il u

nit

s a

s A

be

rge

le

Ro

ad

he

ad

s in

to t

he

ce

ntr

e o

f C

olw

yn B

ay. .

Th

e

We

ste

rn e

nd

of

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

fo

rms

pa

rt o

f th

e a

rea

p

rev

iou

sly

de

fi n

ed

as

the

‘re

tail

core

’.

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

co

uld

be

an

act

ive

an

d v

ibra

nt

pa

rt

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e. O

rig

ina

lly p

art

of

the

ma

in n

ort

h

Wa

les

cro

ss r

ou

te it

pe

rfo

rme

d a

s a

dis

tin

ct H

igh

S

tre

et

be

fore

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d,

an

d m

uch

late

r th

e S

ea

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e. I

n

the

pro

po

sed

ma

ste

r p

lan

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

em

erg

es

as

Co

lwyn

Bay

’s d

isti

nct

an

d lo

cal r

eta

il d

est

ina

tio

n

bu

ildin

g o

n t

he

str

on

g r

an

ge

of

ind

ep

en

de

nt

reta

ilers

th

at

alr

ea

dy

exi

sts

alo

ng

th

e le

ng

th o

f th

e s

tre

et.

Th

e

dis

tin

ctiv

e a

rca

de

d c

an

op

ies

an

d s

tro

ng

arc

hit

ect

ure

a

re a

hu

ge

be

ne

fi t

to e

sta

blis

hin

g a

dis

tin

ctiv

e p

lace

w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

. T

he

ca

no

pie

s a

re e

xte

nd

ed

wh

ere

p

oss

ible

, an

d t

og

eth

er

wit

h a

ne

w w

ay fi

nd

ing

st

rate

gy

tha

t b

ad

ge

s th

e s

tre

et

as

a d

isti

nct

ive

loca

l q

ua

rte

r b

ett

er

links

are

ach

ieve

d in

to t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

Th

e s

tre

et

is v

ery

bu

sy s

o o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

incr

ea

se o

r w

ide

n t

he

pav

em

en

t a

re li

mit

ed

. Ho

we

ver,

th

is d

oe

s n

ot

me

an

s th

at

a b

ett

er

ligh

tin

g a

nd

way

fi n

din

g a

nd

si

gn

ag

e s

tra

teg

y co

uld

no

t b

e d

eve

lop

ed

as

pa

rt o

f a

to

wn

wid

e p

roje

ct.

6.

Th

e D

ing

le (

Pro

ject

s 1

8 &

19

)P

rop

osa

ls in

clu

de

“ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

at

the

he

ad

of

the

Din

gle

, wit

h a

ne

w f

oo

tbri

dg

e a

cro

ss t

he

pa

rk.”

Th

e

Din

gle

fo

rms

pa

rt o

f a

wo

od

ed

pa

th, l

ink

ing

Ab

erg

ele

R

oa

d t

o t

he

se

a. T

he

pa

th f

ollo

ws

the

va

lley

of

the

N

an

t-Y

-Gro

es

stre

am

. Th

ere

are

sig

nifi

ca

nt

po

cke

ts o

f d

eve

lop

ab

le la

nd

, pa

rtic

ula

rly

tow

ard

s th

e s

ou

the

rn

en

d o

f th

e p

ath

ne

ar

to L

awso

n R

oa

d, w

he

re t

he

v

alle

ys g

rad

ien

t is

less

pro

no

un

ced

. . T

he

Din

gle

fo

rms

acc

ess

fro

m t

he

Pro

me

na

de

to

th

e N

ort

h, t

ow

ard

s A

be

rge

le R

oa

d t

o t

he

So

uth

. Ca

r a

cce

ss is

pe

rmit

ted

fr

om

th

e P

rom

en

ad

e, w

hic

h e

ven

tua

lly c

on

tra

cts

into

a

pa

thw

ay f

or

pe

de

stri

an

s. T

he

ro

ute

als

o f

aci

lita

tes

acc

ess

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

(to

th

e E

ast

) a

nd

E

ria

s P

ark

(to

th

e E

ast

) (f

rom

Gre

en

wo

od

Ro

ad

), a

nd

to

wa

rds

the

Din

gle

Na

ture

Re

serv

e t

o t

he

So

uth

.

7.

Eir

ias

Pa

rk -

(P

roje

cts

20

, 21

, 22

, 23

, 24

, 25

, 26

)E

iria

s P

ark

is lo

cate

d t

ow

ard

s th

e e

ast

ern

en

d o

f A

be

rge

le R

oa

d, g

oin

g o

ut

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e t

ow

ard

s O

ld C

olw

yn. T

he

pa

rk is

a v

ast

exp

an

se o

f g

ree

n s

pa

ce,

an

d c

on

tain

s a

n a

thle

tics

tra

ck/f

oo

tba

ll st

ad

ium

, te

nn

is c

ou

rts,

bo

wlin

g g

ree

ns

an

d s

wim

min

g p

oo

l. T

he

Civ

ic C

en

tre

an

d lo

cal P

olic

e H

ea

dq

ua

rte

rs a

re

loca

ted

to

th

e e

ast

of

Eir

ias

Pa

rk. P

rop

osa

ls in

clu

de

th

e c

rea

tio

n o

f a

n in

do

or

tra

inin

g f

aci

lity

alo

ng

sid

e

the

exi

tin

g s

tad

ium

/ath

leti

cs t

rack

wh

ich

ha

s b

ee

n

ea

rma

rke

d a

s A

n e

ven

ts c

en

tre

, wh

ich

is p

rop

ose

d

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

(a

mo

ng

st o

the

r th

ing

s) a

We

lsh

R

ug

by

Un

ion

Aca

de

my.

In c

on

jun

ctio

n w

ith

th

e

eve

nts

ce

ntr

e, t

he

Ma

ste

rpla

n a

lso

inco

rpo

rate

s n

ew

sp

ort

s p

itch

es,

a r

em

od

elle

d le

isu

re c

om

ple

x a

nd

n

ew

bo

wlin

g c

lub

wit

hin

clo

se p

roxi

mit

y to

th

e C

ivic

C

en

tre

.

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Sh

ap

e’s

pla

n id

en

tifi

es

the

cre

ati

on

of

a v

isit

or

de

stin

ati

on

/eve

nt

spa

ce w

ith

in t

he

pa

rk t

hro

ug

h

lan

dsc

ap

ing

wit

h t

he

lake

as

a c

en

tra

l fo

cus.

Th

e

rem

od

elle

d p

ark

wit

h r

ein

forc

ed

pe

de

stri

an

ro

ute

s w

ill e

nh

an

ce t

he

‘pe

rfo

rma

nce

are

a’. F

orm

al g

ard

en

s w

ill c

on

trib

ute

to

a m

ore

va

rie

d p

ark

use

an

d w

ill b

e

de

velo

pe

d o

n a

n e

xist

ing

un

de

r u

tilis

ed

fo

otb

all

pit

ch.

It is

an

tici

pa

ted

th

at

links

wit

h t

he

civ

ic c

en

tre

will

e

nh

an

ce c

om

mu

nit

y sp

irit

an

d o

wn

ers

hip

.

A n

ew

ext

en

sio

n t

o t

he

Civ

ic C

en

tre

is p

rop

ose

d w

hic

h

will

se

ek

to m

axi

mis

e o

ccu

pa

tio

n a

nd

usa

ge

of

the

e

xist

ing

ce

ntr

e.

Th

e e

xte

nsi

on

is a

n id

ea

l op

po

rtu

nit

y to

imp

rove

th

e in

teg

rati

on

of

the

ce

ntr

e w

ith

in t

he

p

ark

. A r

em

od

elle

d P

olic

e a

cad

em

y is

als

o m

en

tio

ne

d

wit

hin

th

e M

ast

erp

lan

.

8.

Sin

gu

lar

Sit

es

to t

he

So

uth

of

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

(P

roje

cts

9, 1

1, 2

8)

Th

ere

are

th

ree

sit

es

ide

nti

fi e

d w

hic

h a

re lo

cate

d

to t

he

So

uth

of

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

. Pro

ject

s 1

1 a

nd

2

8 a

re b

oth

de

scri

be

d w

ith

in ‘C

on

way

’s 5

Sit

es

for

Ea

rly

Acq

uis

itio

n’. P

roje

ct 9

co

mp

rise

s a

re

sid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

site

wh

ich

am

ou

nts

to

aro

un

d 1

.94

a

cre

s o

f la

nd

, wh

ich

cu

rre

ntl

y h

ou

ses

a t

wo

/th

ree

st

ore

y re

tail

an

d o

ffi c

e b

uild

ing

fro

nti

ng

bo

th

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d a

nd

Co

ed

Pe

lla R

oa

d, w

ith

ass

oci

ate

d

car

pa

rkin

g f

aci

litie

s to

th

e r

ea

r. T

he

re

tail

fro

nta

ge

,

loca

ted

alo

ng

th

e b

usi

er

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d, c

on

tain

s th

e e

ntr

an

ce t

o t

he

Co

lwyn

Bay

bra

nch

of

the

Jo

b

Ce

ntr

e, C

ole

g L

lan

dri

llo’s

Co

mm

un

ity

Lea

rnin

g

Ce

ntr

e, a

s w

ell

as

a lo

cal c

on

ven

ien

ce s

tore

an

d a

v

aca

nt

un

it. T

he

fro

nta

ge

on

to C

on

way

Ro

ad

is t

wo

st

ore

ys, a

nd

it is

ass

um

ed

th

at

the

fi rs

t fl

oo

r co

nta

ins

offi

ce

sp

ace

. Th

e f

ron

tag

e o

nto

Co

ed

Pe

lla R

oa

d

com

pri

ses

thre

e s

tore

ys o

f o

ffi c

e s

pa

ce. I

t is

ass

um

ed

th

at

all

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n is

cu

rre

ntl

y o

ccu

pie

d b

y th

e

De

pa

rtm

en

t fo

r W

ork

an

d P

en

sio

ns

am

on

gst

oth

er

pu

blic

se

cto

r b

od

ies.

Th

e p

rop

ert

y is

of

ea

rly

19

70

s co

nst

ruct

ion

, an

d t

he

ma

teri

als

use

d p

rin

cip

ally

b

rick

an

d c

on

cre

te. T

he

ca

r p

ark

an

d a

sso

cia

ted

ta

rma

cad

am

su

rfa

ce t

o t

he

re

ar

of

the

bu

ildin

g c

ove

rs

an

are

a t

ota

llin

g 1

.36

acr

es.

Co

nsi

de

rati

on

wo

uld

n

ee

d t

o b

e g

ive

n t

o t

he

acq

uis

itio

n o

f th

ese

inte

rest

s in

ord

er

to f

aci

lita

te la

nd

ass

em

bly

to

th

e p

rop

ose

d

resi

de

nti

al,

ho

tel a

nd

mix

ed

use

de

velo

pm

en

t si

tes.

Rat

ion

ale

fo

r P

ub

lic S

ect

or

Pa

rtn

ers

Invo

lve

me

nt

Th

e r

ati

on

ale

be

hin

d t

he

Str

ate

gic

Acq

uis

itio

n

Str

ate

gy

is t

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t th

e p

ub

lic s

ect

or

pa

rtn

ers

de

live

r co

mp

reh

en

sive

re

ge

ne

rati

on

an

d

de

velo

pm

en

t w

he

re n

ee

de

d in

Co

lwyn

Bay

. Fo

r e

xam

ple

we

are

aw

are

th

at

acq

uis

itio

ns

wit

hin

th

e

Ho

usi

ng

Ma

rke

t R

en

ew

al a

rea

hav

e, t

o d

ate

, be

en

on

a

pie

cem

ea

l ba

sis

an

d w

hils

t th

e a

rea

do

es

no

t h

ave

a

larg

e p

rop

ort

ion

of

va

can

t p

rop

ert

ies,

th

ere

are

HM

O

pro

pe

rtie

s w

hic

h m

ay n

ee

d t

o b

e c

on

sid

ere

d a

s p

art

o

f a

wid

er

pro

gra

mm

e in

co

nju

nct

ion

wit

h t

he

loca

l R

eg

iste

red

So

cia

l La

nd

lord

s.

We

hav

e n

ot

con

sid

ere

d t

he

Ho

usi

ng

ele

me

nt

of

the

st

rate

gy

in t

oo

mu

ch d

eta

il a

t th

is s

tag

e p

en

din

g t

he

o

utc

om

e o

f A

rc4

’s fi

nd

ing

s.

Th

e u

nd

erl

yin

g p

rin

cip

les

to C

on

wy

CB

C’s

an

d

WA

G’s

invo

lve

me

nt

an

d e

sta

blis

hm

en

t o

f th

e

Str

ate

gic

Acq

uis

itio

n S

tra

teg

y is

th

e B

ay L

ife

Init

iati

ve

De

velo

pm

en

t p

lan

20

07

-20

14

wh

ich

will

se

ek

to

de

live

r:-

• C

oa

sta

l im

pro

vem

en

t a

nd

wa

terf

ron

t d

eve

lop

me

nts

. •

Sig

nifi

ca

nt

ne

w o

ffi c

es

est

ab

lish

ed

in t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e•

Eir

ias

Pa

rk h

ost

ing

a C

en

tre

of

Exc

elle

nce

fo

r sp

ort

, le

isu

re a

nd

cu

ltu

re•

Cre

ati

on

of

a c

om

mu

nit

y h

ub

• Im

pro

ved

ho

usi

ng

in t

he

to

wn

• A

n e

ven

ing

eco

no

my

• In

teg

rati

on

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, w

ate

rfro

nt,

p

ark

an

d r

esi

de

nti

al a

rea

s.

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5.1

T

his

se

ctio

n f

ocu

ses

on

th

e k

ey

tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al p

roje

cts

tha

t w

ill h

ave

th

e g

rea

test

im

pa

ct o

n t

he

to

wn

an

d c

on

trib

ute

th

e m

ost

in

term

s o

f th

e v

isio

n a

nd

str

ate

gic

ob

ject

ive

s se

t o

ut.

5.2

W

ith

in C

olw

yn B

ay, t

he

re a

re a

nu

mb

er

of

pla

ns

for

inve

stm

en

t a

t v

ary

ing

sta

ge

s o

f im

ple

me

nta

tio

n a

nd

diff

ere

nt

sta

ge

s o

f d

eci

sio

n

ma

kin

g. T

he

re a

re a

ra

ft o

f fu

nd

ing

an

d in

vest

me

nt

sou

rce

s a

nd

ma

na

ge

me

nt

arr

an

ge

me

nts

in p

lace

a

nd

ne

w a

pp

roa

che

s to

pu

blic

se

cto

r in

terv

en

tio

n,

reve

nu

e s

up

po

rt t

o a

dd

ress

th

e k

ey

ob

ject

ive

s in

C

olw

yn B

ay a

nd

pri

va

te s

ect

or

inve

stm

en

t w

ill n

ee

d

to b

e d

eve

lop

ed

.

5.3

W

ith

in t

his

ma

ste

rpla

n, t

he

re is

a n

ee

d t

o

inte

gra

te a

nd

co

-ord

ina

te a

ctiv

ity

wit

h e

me

rgin

g

na

tio

na

l an

d r

eg

ion

al e

con

om

ic c

on

dit

ion

s a

nd

th

e f

ort

hco

min

g c

om

pre

he

nsi

ve s

pe

nd

ing

re

vie

w

all

de

fi n

e t

he

co

nte

xt f

or

sett

ing

pri

ori

tie

s. T

his

se

ctio

n o

f th

e r

ep

ort

ide

nti

fi e

s th

e t

ran

sfo

rma

tio

na

l p

roje

cts

.

5.4

T

he

tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al p

roje

cts

set

ou

t b

elo

w

cove

r a

ll th

e k

ey

pie

ces

of

ph

ysic

al i

nve

stm

en

t th

at

ne

ed

to

be

ta

ken

an

d a

re in

clu

de

d h

ere

on

th

e b

asi

s o

f:

• T

he

ir p

ote

nti

al t

o d

eliv

er

tow

n w

ide

imp

act

• T

he

ir fi

t w

ith

th

e a

ims

an

d o

bje

ctiv

es

of

the

p

lan

• T

he

leve

l of

sup

po

rt a

lre

ad

y co

nfi

rme

d f

rom

lo

cal c

om

mu

nit

ies

• T

he

ir a

bili

ty t

o b

e d

eliv

ere

d w

ith

pri

va

te s

ect

or

inve

stm

en

t a

nd

pa

rtn

ers

hip

s

5. T

he

Mas

terp

lan

- T

he

Tra

nsf

orm

atio

nal

Pro

ject

s•

Th

eir

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n t

o t

he

lon

g t

erm

su

sta

ina

bili

ty

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

• T

he

ir a

bili

ty t

o a

ct a

s a

ca

taly

st t

o f

urt

he

r in

vest

me

nt

an

d r

eg

en

era

tio

n in

Co

lwyn

Bay

5.5

A

rra

ng

em

en

ts f

or

the

de

live

ry o

f th

is

ma

ste

rpla

n w

ill in

clu

de

ne

w s

tre

am

line

d p

roce

sse

s th

at

will

: •

he

lp t

he

pa

rtn

ers

hip

ach

ieve

th

e k

ey

ma

ste

rpla

n

ob

ject

ive

s•

inte

gra

te a

nd

str

ea

mlin

e s

oci

o-

eco

no

mic

a

sse

ssm

en

ts a

nd

so

cia

l cri

teri

a w

ith

sit

e s

pe

cifi

c in

vest

me

nts

• b

e d

eliv

era

ble

wit

hin

ch

an

gin

g f

un

din

g c

on

text

s in

bo

th t

he

pu

blic

an

d p

riv

ate

se

cto

rs•

invo

lve

loca

l pe

op

le a

nd

ta

ke f

ull

acc

ou

nt

of

the

n

ee

ds

of

loca

l co

mm

un

itie

s•

be

su

sta

ina

ble

• e

na

ble

th

e m

an

ag

em

en

t o

f ri

sk

5.6

S

et

ou

t b

elo

w a

re t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

ide

nti

fi e

d

by

the

Ma

ste

rpla

n a

nd

a b

rie

f su

mm

ary

of

po

ten

tia

l ri

sks.

In

mo

st in

sta

nce

s th

e k

ey

risk

will

be

th

e

ava

ilab

ility

of

fun

din

g, w

he

the

r p

riv

ate

or

pu

blic

se

cto

r a

nd

th

ere

fore

it is

ess

en

tia

l th

at

a p

rog

ram

me

o

f fu

nd

ing

an

d d

eliv

ery

is c

on

sid

ere

d a

s so

on

as

po

ssib

le.

Th

e M

ast

erp

lan

pro

vid

es

for

sho

rt, m

ed

ium

a

nd

lon

g t

erm

de

live

ry.

Co

lwyn

Bay

To

wn

Ce

ntr

e

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e

5.7

B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

, lo

cate

d t

o t

he

Ea

st

of

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, s

ho

uld

be

re

con

fi g

ure

d in

ord

er

to a

dd

ress

th

e is

sue

s it

cu

rre

ntl

y fa

ces

of

acc

ess

ibili

ty,

circ

ula

tio

n a

nd

co

nn

ect

ivit

y w

ith

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

.

5.8

T

he

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e is

a s

ucc

ess

ful

sho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e, w

ith

on

ly t

wo

va

can

t u

nit

s. T

he

C

en

tre

as

it c

urr

en

tly

sta

nd

s is

inw

ard

fa

cin

g.

Th

e

pro

po

sals

will

imp

rove

acc

ess

by

op

en

ing

up

th

e

cen

tre

wit

h s

om

e o

utw

ard

fa

cin

g u

nit

s. L

inks

wit

h

the

sta

tio

n a

nd

pe

de

stri

an

are

as/

pu

blic

sq

ua

re w

ill b

e

imp

rove

d w

hic

h w

ill e

na

ble

fo

otf

all

to t

he

ce

ntr

e t

o b

e

incr

ea

sed

.

5.9

W

hils

t cu

rre

ntl

y fi

lled

wit

h r

eco

gn

ise

d

Hig

h S

tre

et

bra

nd

s su

ch a

s Ic

ela

nd

, Arg

os,

an

d t

he

M

orr

iso

n’s

su

pe

rma

rke

t, t

he

ce

ntr

e h

as

bu

dg

et/

low

v

alu

e r

eta

il p

rov

isio

n.

Re

con

fi g

ura

tio

n o

f th

e e

xist

ing

u

nit

s w

ill e

na

ble

ne

w a

nd

larg

er

un

its

to b

e c

rea

ted

w

hic

h w

ill a

ttra

ct in

tere

st f

rom

oth

er

hig

h s

tre

et

reta

ilers

wh

o r

eq

uir

e la

rge

r fo

ot

pla

tes

an

d h

igh

er

leve

ls o

f fo

otf

all

wh

o c

an

no

t b

e a

cco

mm

od

ate

d a

t p

rese

nt.

5.1

0

Init

ial d

iscu

ssio

ns

wit

h B

ay V

iew

Ow

ne

rs

rep

rese

nta

tive

s h

ave

be

en

po

siti

ve a

nd

th

ey

are

ke

en

to

wo

rk w

ith

th

e p

ub

lic s

ect

or

to m

axi

mis

e in

vest

me

nt

in t

he

are

a.

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Oth

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Re

tail

Bu

sin

ess

es

5.1

1

Th

e r

eta

il p

rov

isio

n w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

ext

en

ds

ou

tsid

e o

f th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

a

lon

g A

be

rge

le R

oa

d.

5.1

2

Pro

ject

s to

imp

rove

th

ese

re

tail

are

as

will

incl

ud

e b

oth

infr

ast

ruct

ure

an

d p

hys

ica

l im

pro

vem

en

ts im

pro

vin

g b

oth

th

e p

ed

est

ria

n

an

d t

raffi

c c

ircu

lati

on

wit

hin

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

. Im

pro

vem

en

ts t

o A

be

rge

le R

oa

d w

ill n

ee

d t

o in

clu

de

im

pro

ved

pu

blic

re

alm

an

d s

ho

p f

ron

ts, a

nd

pro

po

sed

im

pro

vem

en

ts t

o t

he

tra

ffi c

an

d p

ed

est

ria

n r

ou

tes

wo

uld

als

o im

pro

ve f

oo

tfa

ll a

nd

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o t

he

e

con

om

ic c

on

dit

ion

s th

at

will

re

du

ce t

he

leve

ls o

f v

aca

nt

un

its.

5.1

3

A n

ew

bri

dg

e o

ver

the

A5

5 d

ua

l ca

rria

ge

way

w

ill f

aci

lita

te a

cce

ss t

o/f

rom

th

e P

rom

en

ad

e. A

ny

reta

il e

xpa

nsi

on

will

pro

vid

e in

cre

ase

d c

ho

ice

an

d im

pro

ve

the

re

tail

off

er,

allo

win

g C

olw

yn B

ay t

o c

om

pe

te w

ith

Ll

an

du

dn

o w

hic

h is

ide

nti

fi e

d a

s th

e s

ole

su

b-r

eg

ion

al

sho

pp

ing

de

stin

ati

on

. T

he

ob

ject

ive

is t

o in

cre

ase

b

oth

loca

l sh

op

pe

r a

nd

vis

ito

r n

um

be

rs, t

o p

reve

nt

lea

ka

ge

of

reta

il fu

nct

ion

s fr

om

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

an

d

en

sure

Co

lwyn

Bay

is a

vib

ran

t sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

.

Ris

ks

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e

5.1

4

Exp

an

sio

n o

f th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

is

de

pe

nd

en

t u

po

n t

he

ow

ne

r’s

inve

stm

en

t to

fu

nd

th

eir

pro

po

sed

ch

an

ge

s to

th

e d

esi

gn

an

d la

you

t o

f th

e c

en

tre

. Alt

eri

ng

, or

ind

ee

d e

xpa

nd

ing

up

on

th

e c

urr

en

tly

succ

ess

ful m

ix o

f lo

w v

alu

e g

oo

ds

may

yi

eld

re

sult

s h

ow

eve

r t

he

lon

g t

erm

ob

ject

ive

is t

o

cha

ng

e t

he

leve

l an

d q

ua

lity

of

reta

il o

ff e

r av

aila

ble

to

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

. T

he

pu

blic

se

cto

r/p

riv

ate

se

cto

r re

lati

on

ship

is t

he

refo

re o

f cr

itic

al i

mp

ort

an

ce

reg

ard

ing

th

e p

rop

ose

d c

ha

ng

es

to t

he

Bay

Vie

w

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

, to

en

cou

rag

e a

vaila

bili

ty o

f p

riv

ate

se

cto

r fu

nd

ing

an

d t

he

ma

na

ge

me

nt

of

the

de

live

ry

pro

cess

.

Oth

er

Re

tail

Bu

sin

ess

es

5.1

5

Wh

ilst

the

Bay

Vie

w S

ho

pp

ing

Ce

ntr

e is

wit

hin

si

ng

le o

wn

ers

hip

, th

e r

em

ain

de

r o

f th

e s

ho

pp

ing

a

rea

s o

f S

tati

on

Ro

ad

an

d S

ea

Vie

w R

oa

d a

re in

m

ult

iple

ow

ne

rsh

ips.

Sim

ilarl

y A

be

rge

le R

oa

d, w

hic

h

con

tain

s m

ore

se

con

da

ry r

eta

il fu

nct

ion

s w

ith

eit

he

r st

ora

ge

fa

cilit

ies

or

resi

de

nti

al u

nit

s a

bo

ve, i

s w

ith

in

mu

ltip

le o

wn

ers

hip

s. A

ny

red

eve

lop

me

nt

pro

po

sals

w

ill h

ave

to

sa

tisf

y a

gre

ate

r n

um

be

r o

f p

art

ies

in o

rde

r to

go

ah

ea

d, w

ith

str

uct

ure

d c

on

sult

ati

on

an

d g

rea

ter

en

cou

rag

em

en

t a

nd

po

ssib

ly in

cen

tive

s re

qu

ire

d in

o

rde

r to

ga

in t

he

ne

cess

ary

inve

stm

en

t.

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mm

erc

ial O

ffi c

es

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

5.1

6

Th

e b

en

efi

ts o

f cr

ea

tin

g a

ne

w b

uild

offi

ce

st

ruct

ure

wit

hin

th

e c

en

tre

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

is t

he

o

pp

ort

un

ity

to c

rea

te a

lan

dm

ark

bu

ildin

g, w

hic

h

cou

ld p

rov

ide

a le

vel o

ff e

r to

th

e c

om

me

rcia

l ma

rke

t w

hic

h w

ou

ld c

ha

ng

e t

he

ma

rke

t co

nd

itio

ns

wit

hin

C

olw

yn B

ay a

nd

th

e c

ha

ract

er

of

the

imm

ed

iate

a

rea

. T

he

ne

w o

ffi c

e b

uild

ing

co

uld

pro

vid

e r

eta

il a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

on

th

e g

rou

nd

fl o

or,

wh

ich

wo

uld

b

e u

sed

as

a ‘o

ne

sto

p s

ho

p’ f

or

pu

blic

se

rvic

es,

wit

h

Co

lwyn

Bay

inh

ab

ita

nts

hav

ing

all

of

the

fro

nt-

line

se

rvic

es

pro

vid

ed

fo

r w

ith

in a

sin

gle

un

it w

hic

h is

e

asi

ly a

cce

ssib

le w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e.

5.1

7

An

y o

ffi c

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

bu

ilt w

ith

in C

olw

yn

Bay

wo

uld

no

t b

e d

on

e s

pe

cula

tive

ly t

hro

ug

h t

he

p

riv

ate

se

cto

r. It

is t

he

refo

re e

nv

isa

ge

d, a

s re

cog

nis

ed

a

bo

ve, t

ha

t a

ny

offi

ce

de

velo

pm

en

t w

ou

ld h

ave

to

b

e d

eve

lop

ed

in r

ela

tio

n t

o a

sp

eci

fi c

occ

up

ier

an

d

it is

mo

re li

kely

th

at

the

occ

up

ier

wo

uld

hav

e t

o b

e a

p

ub

lic s

ect

or

bo

dy.

5.1

8

Wit

h t

he

be

ne

fi t

of

a p

ub

lic s

ect

or

ag

en

cy a

s a

co

re t

en

an

t, a

ny

rem

ain

ing

sp

ace

may

att

ract

loca

lly

ba

sed

co

mp

an

ies

curr

en

tly

tra

din

g f

rom

Pri

nce

s D

rive

a

nd

Wyn

nst

ay R

oa

d w

ho

wis

h t

o in

cre

ase

th

e s

ize

of

the

ir w

ork

spa

ce a

nd

“tr

ad

e u

p”

fro

m t

he

ir e

xist

ing

p

rem

ise

s w

hic

h a

re in

th

e m

ain

larg

e, r

efu

rbis

he

d

form

er

resi

de

nti

al/

leis

ure

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n.

Ris

ks

5.1

9

Th

e c

om

me

rcia

l offi

ce

de

velo

pm

en

t is

larg

ely

d

ep

en

de

nt

up

on

po

ssib

le p

ub

lic s

ect

or

relo

cati

on

. In

de

ed

it is

un

like

ly t

ha

t th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

cou

ld b

e

de

live

red

wit

ho

ut

the

Co

un

cil a

s o

ccu

pie

r. S

imila

rly

the

un

cert

ain

ty, s

cale

an

d in

div

idu

al r

eq

uir

em

en

ts

of

serv

ice

s w

ill h

ave

a d

ire

ct e

ff e

ct u

po

n t

he

siz

e

of

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n r

eq

uir

ed

. Giv

en

th

e p

rop

ose

d

loca

tio

n o

f th

e o

ffi c

e d

eve

lop

me

nt,

th

e r

ela

tio

nsh

ip

wit

h t

he

ow

ne

rs o

f th

e B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

is

of

cru

cia

l im

po

rta

nce

re

ga

rdin

g d

eliv

era

bili

ty, a

nd

in

pa

rtic

ula

r th

eir

op

inio

ns

reg

ard

ing

th

e e

xte

nt

of

red

eve

lop

me

nt.

5.2

0

It is

imp

ort

an

t to

no

te t

ha

t cu

rre

nt

ma

rke

t co

nd

itio

ns

me

an

th

at

the

offi

ce

sch

em

e w

ill n

ot

be

bro

ug

ht

forw

ard

sp

ecu

lati

vely

, an

d is

wh

olly

re

lian

t u

po

n t

he

de

ma

nd

s o

f p

oss

ible

pu

blic

se

cto

r re

loca

tio

n.

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lwyn

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Be

ach

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

5.2

1

Co

lwyn

Bay

be

ach

re

ma

ins

on

e o

f th

e m

ain

v

isit

or

att

ract

ion

s w

ith

in t

he

to

wn

. T

he

re is

a u

niq

ue

o

pp

ort

un

ity

to r

eju

ven

ate

th

e w

ate

rfro

nt

are

a, w

ith

im

pro

ved

lin

ks t

o t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e, c

om

ple

te w

ith

a

ne

w r

eta

il a

nd

ca

fé p

rov

isio

n.

Imp

rov

ing

th

e v

ita

lity

of

the

are

a t

hro

ug

h im

pro

ved

acc

ess

wit

h t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e w

ill c

om

ple

me

nt

the

exi

stin

g r

eta

il o

ff e

r,

wh

ich

co

mp

rise

s o

f sm

alle

r u

nit

s se

llin

g ic

e c

rea

m,

sna

cks

an

d d

rin

ks.

Imp

rove

d f

oo

tfa

ll w

ill s

up

po

rt a

ca

fé/b

istr

o t

ype

est

ab

lish

me

nt,

wh

ich

wo

uld

act

as

a c

ata

lyst

an

d e

nco

ura

ge

mo

re v

isit

ors

to

wa

rds

the

p

rom

en

ad

e a

rea

.

5.2

2

Th

e e

ast

ern

po

rtio

n o

f th

e b

ea

ch w

ill

pro

vid

e w

ate

r sp

ort

s fa

cilit

ies.

Sa

ilin

g, w

ate

rsk

iing

, w

ind

surfi

ng

an

d je

t sk

iing

are

so

me

of

the

fu

nct

ion

s w

hic

h c

ou

ld b

e s

up

po

rte

d a

lon

gsi

de

a m

ore

se

da

te

off

er

of

pe

da

los.

5.2

3

Re

tail

un

its

cou

ld e

xist

alo

ng

sid

e a

wa

ter

spo

rts

are

na

. S

up

po

rtin

g u

ses

such

as

rep

air

sh

op

s a

nd

sp

eci

alis

t cl

oth

ing

sh

op

s m

ay o

pe

rate

in t

his

lo

cati

on

. En

ha

nce

d k

iosk

s, o

ff e

rin

g a

gre

ate

r v

ari

ety

of

go

od

s w

ith

in r

en

ov

ate

d s

urr

ou

nd

ing

s co

uld

op

era

te.

5.2

4

Th

e P

ier

is c

urr

en

tly

in p

oo

r co

nd

itio

n a

nd

w

ith

in a

de

relic

t st

ate

. A

ny

red

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

pie

r sh

ou

ld c

om

ple

me

nt

the

exi

stin

g p

rop

osa

ls o

utl

ine

d

ab

ove

, or

ind

ee

d b

e in

clu

de

d w

ith

in a

sch

em

e t

o

imp

rove

th

e p

rom

en

ad

e a

rea

.

Ris

ks

5.2

5

Th

e e

con

om

ic s

ucc

ess

an

d t

he

re

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f C

olw

yn B

ay p

rom

en

ad

e is

larg

ely

de

pe

nd

en

t u

po

n t

rave

l pa

tte

rns

an

d v

isit

or

nu

mb

ers

, wit

h t

he

su

cce

ss o

f th

e t

rad

itio

na

l Bri

tish

se

asi

de

to

wn

ke

y to

th

e r

eso

rt’s

fo

rtu

ne

s. W

hils

t th

e a

dve

nt

of

pa

cka

ge

h

olid

ays

an

d c

he

ap

fl ig

hts

hav

e e

rod

ed

th

e t

ou

rist

b

ase

of

ma

ny

of

Bri

tain

’s s

ea

sid

e t

ow

ns,

th

ere

are

si

gn

s th

at

this

pa

tte

rn m

ay r

eve

rse

, as

con

cern

s a

bo

ut

the

en

vir

on

me

nta

l im

pa

ct o

f a

ir t

rave

l an

d t

he

co

sts

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

ho

liday

s a

bro

ad

hav

e le

d m

an

y to

re

ass

ess

th

eir

de

ma

nd

s.

5.2

6

Th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

pro

me

na

de

/be

ach

a

rea

is w

ho

lly d

ep

en

da

nt

on

imp

rov

ing

acc

ess

, b

ran

din

g a

nd

sig

na

ge

fo

r th

e a

rea

an

d s

ecu

rin

g t

he

n

ece

ssa

ry f

un

din

g in

ord

er

to d

eliv

er

a r

eco

gn

ise

d

sta

te o

f th

e a

rt f

aci

lity.

De

velo

pm

en

t w

ill n

ee

d t

o b

e

of

suffi

cie

nt

qu

alit

y to

imp

rove

th

e a

rea

in t

he

ma

nn

er

sug

ge

ste

d a

bo

ve a

nd

inte

gra

ted

ma

na

ge

me

nt

be

twe

en

re

lev

an

t a

ge

nci

es

such

as

the

co

un

cil,

the

lo

cal t

ou

rist

bo

ard

an

d la

w e

nfo

rce

me

nt

ag

en

cie

s w

ill

be

re

qu

ire

d.

5.2

7

It m

ust

be

str

ess

ed

th

at

an

y re

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

e p

rom

en

ad

e a

rea

will

be

imp

lem

en

ted

ove

r a

si

gn

ifi c

an

t ti

me

fra

me

.

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Ho

usi

ng

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

5.2

8

Th

e p

rop

ose

d n

ew

ho

usi

ng

allo

cati

on

is

loca

ted

pre

do

min

an

tly

to t

he

Ea

st o

f C

olw

yn B

ay

tow

n c

en

tre

. W

e a

re a

wa

re t

ha

t th

e C

ou

nci

l/R

SL

ha

s u

nd

ert

ake

n a

d h

oc/

op

po

rtu

nis

tic

acq

uis

itio

ns

acr

oss

th

e a

rea

.

5.2

9

Ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

will

imp

rove

th

e d

ive

rsit

y a

nd

ch

oic

e o

f re

sid

en

tia

l un

its

wit

hin

th

e im

me

dia

te

‘Ho

usi

ng

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a’ (

HR

A),

an

d c

rea

te f

urt

he

r o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

de

velo

p f

am

ily h

ou

sin

g.

Su

ch p

lan

s in

clu

de

pro

vid

ing

infi

ll d

eve

lop

me

nt

up

on

exi

stin

g

‘ba

ck’ a

nd

va

can

t la

nd

, cre

ati

ng

ne

w r

esi

de

nti

al

clu

ste

rs w

ith

ne

w p

ub

lic s

pa

ces

an

d r

ou

tes.

Th

ere

is

als

o t

he

op

po

rtu

nit

y o

f re

loca

tin

g a

ny

no

n-

con

form

ing

use

s to

oth

er

are

as

the

reb

y re

lea

sin

g

po

ten

tia

l de

velo

pm

en

t la

nd

.

5.3

0

Focu

sed

sm

all

sca

le c

lea

ran

ce w

ill p

rov

ide

a

dd

itio

na

l off

str

ee

t p

ark

ing

an

d a

dd

itio

na

l am

en

ity

spa

ce, a

nd

ma

ke b

ett

er

use

of

the

exi

stin

g s

pa

ce.

5.3

1

Th

e a

rea

ne

ed

s to

be

su

pp

ort

ed

by

a

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d m

an

ag

em

en

t p

lan

, wh

ich

will

ad

dre

ss

pro

ble

ms

such

as

secu

rity

, re

fuse

an

d a

nti

so

cia

l b

eh

avio

ur

in o

rde

r to

imp

rove

th

e o

vera

ll p

erc

ep

tio

n

of

the

are

a a

nd

its

en

vir

on

me

nt

an

d p

rov

ide

a b

ett

er

pla

ce t

o li

ve f

or

the

re

sid

en

ts.

5.3

2

Th

ere

are

pla

ns

to im

pro

ve a

cce

ss b

etw

ee

n

Law

son

Ro

ad

to

th

e e

ast

sid

e o

f th

e H

RA

an

d E

iria

s P

ark

, via

a n

ew

lan

dm

ark

bri

dg

e c

ross

ing

th

e D

ing

le.

Su

ch li

nks

will

ad

d v

alu

e t

o t

he

ho

usi

ng

off

er

wh

ich

is

en

ha

nce

d b

eca

use

of

the

gre

ate

r a

cce

ss li

nks

fo

rge

d

be

twe

en

th

e r

esi

de

nti

al a

rea

an

d t

he

pa

rk.

Th

e

ma

jori

ty o

f re

sid

en

tia

l un

its

wit

hin

th

e H

RA

co

nta

in

sma

ller

ga

rde

ns,

an

d s

o a

cce

ss t

o a

pa

rk c

ou

ld h

ave

a

mo

re p

ron

ou

nce

d e

ff e

ct.

Ris

ks

5.3

3

Th

e s

ucc

ess

of

the

sch

em

e is

de

pe

nd

en

t u

po

n

a v

ari

ety

of

diff

ere

nt

fact

ors

su

ch a

s th

e a

vaila

bili

ty

an

d u

se o

f p

ub

lic a

nd

pri

va

te f

un

din

g. A

cqu

isit

ion

s n

ee

d t

o b

e c

o-o

rdin

ate

d a

nd

fo

cuse

d, f

orm

ing

pa

rt

of

a w

ide

r p

lan

as

op

po

sed

to

a p

iece

me

al/

ad

ho

c n

atu

re.

Th

e e

ffi c

ien

cy o

f e

xpe

nd

itu

re a

nd

pu

blic

se

cto

r su

pp

ort

will

be

a c

ruci

al f

act

or

wit

hin

th

e

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

e a

rea

.

5.3

4

Ob

ject

ion

s to

cle

ara

nce

an

d p

oss

ible

co

mm

un

ity

am

biv

ale

nce

to

wa

rds

the

sch

em

e m

ay

limit

th

e d

esi

red

pe

rfo

rma

nce

or

imp

act

of

the

sc

he

me

.

5.3

5

Th

e la

ck o

f a

go

od

ne

igh

bo

urh

oo

d

ma

na

ge

me

nt

pla

n a

nd

su

pp

ort

of

the

ho

usi

ng

ma

rke

t b

y id

en

tify

ing

are

as

of

inte

rve

nti

on

co

uld

ne

ga

tive

ly

imp

act

on

th

e p

osi

tive

imp

act

cre

ate

d b

y im

pro

vin

g

the

loca

l bu

ilt e

nv

iro

nm

en

t. S

imila

rly,

a la

ck o

f e

ng

ag

em

en

t w

ith

lan

dlo

rds

may

hav

e c

on

seq

ue

nti

al

aff

ect

s u

po

n a

ny

sch

em

e.

En

suri

ng

th

at

pu

blic

bo

die

s p

roa

ctiv

ely

en

forc

e t

he

po

we

rs a

t th

eir

dis

po

sal i

n

sup

po

rt o

f a

ny

red

eve

lop

me

nt

sch

em

e is

of

cru

cia

l im

po

rta

nce

, an

d t

he

fa

ilure

of

such

bo

die

s to

su

cce

ssfu

lly t

ack

le p

rob

lem

s su

ch a

s o

verc

row

din

g,

un

law

ful

HM

O’s

an

d a

nti

-so

cia

l be

hav

iou

r m

ay

ad

vers

ely

aff

ect

th

e c

ha

nce

s o

f tu

rnin

g t

he

fo

rtu

ne

s o

f th

e H

RA

.

Tra

nsf

orm

ing

Mo

vem

en

t.

Ne

w F

oo

tbri

dg

e o

ver

the

A5

5

5.3

6

A k

ey

cha

llen

ge

ide

nti

fi e

d t

hro

ug

h t

he

b

ase

line

stu

dy

wa

s h

ow

to

ove

rco

me

th

e b

arr

ier

to

mo

vem

en

t b

etw

ee

n t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

nd

th

e s

ea

fro

nt

wh

ich

is p

rese

nte

d b

y th

e A

55

an

d t

he

ra

ilway

.

5.3

7

Th

rou

gh

th

e m

ast

erp

lan

nin

g p

roce

ss a

n

op

po

rtu

nit

y w

as

ide

nti

fi e

d t

o c

rea

te a

ne

w c

ross

ing

p

oin

t in

th

e f

orm

a la

nd

ma

rk b

rid

ge

th

at

wo

uld

p

rov

ide

a s

tro

ng

co

nn

ect

ion

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n a

nd

th

e s

ea

fro

nt

as

we

ll a

s a

nn

ou

nci

ng

th

e T

ow

n t

o

pa

sse

rs b

y u

sin

g t

he

A5

5.

5.3

8

It w

as

reco

gn

ise

d t

ha

t a

ny

bri

dg

e w

ou

ld

hav

e a

nu

mb

er

of

con

stra

ints

to

ove

rco

me

su

ch a

s e

nsu

rin

g a

min

imu

m 5

.03

m h

igh

cle

ar

spa

n a

cro

ss t

he

A

55

, cro

ssin

g t

he

slip

ro

ad

, Vic

tori

a A

ven

ue

an

d t

he

n

ove

rco

min

g t

he

ad

dit

ion

al b

arr

ier

pre

sen

ted

by

the

ra

ilway

.

5.3

9

Th

ere

is a

n e

xist

ing

fo

otw

ay u

nd

er

the

ra

ilway

b

rid

ge

(th

at

use

d t

o b

e a

tra

ffi c

ked

ro

ad

pri

or

to

con

stru

ctio

n o

f th

e A

55

cu

ttin

g).

Th

e p

rop

osa

l ma

kes

use

of

this

exi

stin

g f

oo

tway

to

lin

k th

e p

rom

en

ad

e a

nd

it

s p

ier

to t

he

ne

w f

oo

tbri

dg

e,

5.4

0

Th

ere

is n

ot

suffi

cie

nt

dis

tan

ce b

etw

ee

n

Vic

tori

a A

ven

ue

an

d t

he

un

de

rpa

ss t

o b

e a

ble

to

b

rid

ge

ove

r th

e A

ven

ue

an

d t

he

n p

rov

ide

a D

DA

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Op

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com

plia

nt

ram

p d

ow

n t

o t

he

un

de

rpa

ss.

It is

th

ere

fore

ne

cess

ary

to

pro

vid

e a

n a

t-g

rad

e p

ed

est

ria

n

cro

ssin

g o

f Vic

tori

a A

ven

ue

. T

his

pre

sen

ted

a f

urt

he

r ch

alle

ng

e a

s it

me

an

t th

at

a s

tra

teg

y w

ou

ld h

ave

to

b

e d

eve

lop

ed

fo

r e

nsu

rin

g s

uffi

cie

nt

cle

ara

nce

ove

r th

e A

55

slip

ro

ad

wh

ich

ru

ns

pa

ralle

l an

d a

dja

cen

t to

V

icto

ria

Ave

nu

e.

5.4

1

Two

po

ten

tia

l op

tio

ns

hav

e b

ee

n d

eve

lop

ed

a

s d

esc

rib

ed

be

low

:

Op

tio

n 1

Th

is o

pti

on

pro

po

ses

a c

urv

ed

bri

dg

e d

eck

wh

ich

arc

s to

th

e w

est

an

d a

s su

ch c

ross

es

the

slip

ro

ad

be

fore

it

ha

s st

art

ed

to

clim

b t

o it

s h

igh

er

leve

l. It

s cu

rve

d

ge

om

etr

y a

llow

s su

ffi c

ien

t h

ea

dro

om

ove

r th

e A

55

sl

ip r

oa

d t

o b

e a

chie

ved

. A

su

rfa

ce t

rea

tme

nt

is t

he

n

pro

vid

ed

to

co

nti

nu

e t

he

arc

as

an

at-

gra

de

cro

ssin

g

of V

icto

ria

Ave

nu

e.

Th

e la

nd

sca

pe

is t

he

n r

e-g

rad

ed

to

a m

axi

mu

m g

rad

ien

t o

f 1

in 2

0 t

o a

llow

pa

ssa

ge

b

en

ea

th t

he

un

de

rpa

ss.

Re

-gra

din

g w

ork

s m

ay

req

uir

e t

ha

t th

e c

lea

ran

ce b

en

ea

th t

he

un

de

rpa

ss is

re

du

ced

to

a m

inim

um

of

2.4

m.

5.4

2

In o

rde

r to

su

pp

ort

th

e c

urv

ed

bri

dg

e d

eck

a

lea

nin

g s

tru

ctu

ral s

tee

l arc

h is

pro

po

sed

wh

ich

w

ill s

pa

n t

he

A5

5 a

nd

su

pp

ort

th

e b

rid

ge

de

ck lo

ad

s th

rou

gh

a s

eri

es

of

cab

les.

Th

e lo

ad

s w

ou

ld t

he

n b

e

tra

nsf

err

ed

into

th

e g

rou

nd

by

ne

w a

bu

tme

nts

at

the

b

ase

s o

f th

e a

rch

.

5.4

3

As

we

ll a

s p

rov

idin

g s

up

po

rt t

o t

he

bri

dg

e

de

ck t

he

arc

h w

ou

ld f

orm

a s

ign

ifi c

an

t fe

atu

re

an

no

un

cin

g C

olw

yn B

ay a

t it

s g

ate

way

on

th

e A

55

.

Op

tio

n 2

Th

is o

pti

on

pro

vid

es

for

a c

ross

ing

str

aig

ht

acr

oss

th

e A

55

in li

ne

wit

h t

he

exi

stin

g u

nd

erp

ass

. T

he

de

ck

wo

uld

cro

ss V

icto

ria

Ave

nu

e a

t g

rad

e a

nd

ste

ps

an

d

an

acc

ess

ra

mp

wo

uld

th

en

be

pro

vid

ed

fro

m V

icto

ria

A

ven

ue

do

wn

to

th

e e

xist

ing

un

de

rpa

ss.

5.4

4

Wh

ilst

this

op

tio

n d

oe

s p

rov

ide

a s

tra

igh

t-a

cro

ss r

ou

te f

or

the

bri

dg

e d

eck

, it

wo

uld

invo

lve

civ

il e

ng

ine

eri

ng

wo

rks

to r

e-g

rad

e t

he

exi

stin

g A

55

slip

ro

ad

, en

suri

ng

th

at

suffi

cie

nt

he

ad

roo

m.

Th

e r

e-

gra

de

d s

lip r

oa

d w

ou

ld h

ave

a g

rad

ien

t o

f 1

in 2

0.

5.4

5

In o

rde

r to

ma

inta

in a

cle

ar

spa

n w

ith

no

in

term

ed

iate

su

pp

ort

an

ve

rtic

al s

tee

l arc

h s

tru

ctu

re is

p

rop

ose

d t

o s

up

po

rt t

he

bri

dg

e d

eck

an

d t

ran

smit

th

e

bri

dg

e d

eck

loa

ds

into

th

e g

rou

nd

.

5.4

6

Op

tio

n 1

ha

s b

ee

n id

en

tifi

ed

by

the

m

ast

erp

lan

nin

g t

ea

m a

s th

e p

refe

rre

d o

pti

on

du

e t

o

the

ele

ga

nce

of

the

de

sig

n a

nd

th

e r

ed

uce

d im

pa

ct o

n

the

exi

stin

g A

55

tru

nk

roa

d s

tru

ctu

re.

Ris

ks

5.4

7

Th

e m

ost

sig

nifi

ca

nt

risk

s to

th

e d

eliv

ery

of

this

ne

w f

oo

tbri

dg

e a

re t

he

ava

ilab

ility

of

fun

din

g,

an

d t

he

su

pp

ort

of

all

sta

keh

old

ers

incl

ud

ing

th

e

No

rth

Wa

les

Tru

nk

Ro

ad

Ag

en

cy.

Imp

ort

an

t to

th

e s

ucc

ess

of

the

sch

em

e w

ill b

e t

he

de

live

ry o

f a

sso

cia

ted

pu

blic

re

alm

imp

rove

me

nts

an

d p

riv

ate

d

eve

lop

me

nts

wh

ich

will

ge

ne

rate

th

e f

oo

tfa

ll a

nd

pe

de

stri

an

de

sire

ne

cess

ary

to

ma

ke a

ny

ne

w

foo

tbri

dg

e a

su

cce

ss a

nd

a v

alu

ab

le a

sse

t to

th

e t

ow

n.

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oa

d a

nd

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en

fi e

ld R

oa

d

5.4

8

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d, S

eav

iew

Ro

ad

an

d G

ree

nfi

eld

R

oa

d c

urr

en

tly

op

era

te a

s o

ne

-way

ro

ad

s. W

ith

re

-d

eve

lop

me

nt

alo

ng

th

e le

ng

th o

f B

ayv

iew

Ro

ad

, we

a

re a

nxi

ou

s to

avo

id a

on

e-w

ay g

yra

tory

sys

tem

.

5.4

9

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d is

to

be

tra

nsf

orm

ed

by

the

re

-d

eve

lop

me

nt,

an

d f

orm

s p

art

of

an

ess

en

tia

l wa

lkin

g,

cycl

ing

lin

k fr

om

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

to

th

e r

esi

de

nti

al

are

a t

o t

he

ea

st a

nd

on

th

rou

gh

to

Eir

ias

Pa

rk.

A

tre

atm

en

t is

pro

po

sed

alo

ng

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d w

ith

sp

ace

re

allo

cate

d t

o a

llow

wid

en

ed

fo

otw

ays,

tre

e

pla

nti

ng

an

d a

sp

ace

fo

r st

ree

t p

ark

ing

an

d/o

r lo

ad

ing

a

rea

in f

ron

t o

f th

e n

ew

bu

ildin

gs.

B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

will

a

llow

tw

o-w

ay v

eh

icu

lar

mo

vem

en

t fr

om

Gre

en

fi e

ld

Ro

ad

up

to

th

e p

rop

ose

d n

ew

ca

r p

ark

at

the

we

ste

rn

en

d o

f th

e s

tre

et.

Th

is n

ew

ca

r p

ark

ca

n t

he

n b

e

acc

ess

ed

dir

ect

ly o

ff G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

wit

ho

ut

the

n

ee

d t

o c

ircu

mn

avig

ate

a o

ne

-way

sys

tem

, an

d t

his

ca

n b

e s

ign

ed

dir

ect

ly o

ff t

he

A5

5 s

lip r

oa

ds.

So

me

st

ree

t p

ark

ing

on

th

e n

ort

h e

dg

e o

f th

e r

oa

d w

ill b

e

lost

, bu

t ca

n b

e r

e-a

lloca

ted

on

th

e s

ou

the

rn e

dg

e t

o

serv

e t

he

ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nts

.

5.5

0

It is

pro

po

sed

to

re

vert

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d t

o

a t

wo

way

str

ee

t, a

llow

ing

mo

re d

ire

ct a

nd

intu

itiv

e

acc

ess

to

an

d f

rom

th

e A

55

. T

he

re w

ill b

e s

om

e

loss

of

stre

et

pa

rkin

g a

s a

re

sult

of

this

, ho

we

ver

it

is e

xpe

cte

d t

ha

t p

rov

isio

n f

or

loa

din

g t

o t

he

loca

l b

usi

ne

sse

s o

n G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

ca

n b

e m

ain

tain

ed

.

5.5

1

Un

de

r th

e m

ast

erp

lan

pro

po

sals

th

e

jun

ctio

n o

f B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

an

d G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

ha

s a

sig

nifi

ca

nt

role

to

pla

y a

nd

mu

st f

ulfi

l t

he

fo

llow

ing

ro

les:

Th

e ju

nct

ion

is a

ke

y G

ate

way

to

th

e t

ow

n t

o

vis

ito

rs a

rriv

ing

by

car.

A G

ate

way

sh

ou

ld a

nn

ou

nce

th

e t

ow

n t

o t

he

vis

ito

r a

nd

pre

sen

t a

str

on

g fi

rst

imp

ress

ion

, an

d h

ave

a c

ivic

qu

alit

y.

Th

e ju

nct

ion

will

be

a k

ey

de

cisi

on

ma

kin

g

po

int

for

bo

th v

eh

icle

dri

vers

an

d p

ed

est

ria

ns,

wh

o

mu

st c

ho

ose

wh

eth

er

to c

on

tin

ue

alo

ng

Gre

en

fi e

ld

Ro

ad

to

wa

rds

the

re

sid

en

tia

l are

as

to t

he

so

uth

, or

turn

we

st t

ow

ard

s th

e p

rop

ose

d n

ew

to

wn

ce

ntr

e

car

pa

rk.

It is

imp

ort

an

t th

at

spe

ed

s a

re r

ed

uce

d

on

ap

pro

ach

to

th

e ju

nct

ion

an

d t

ha

t th

e ju

nct

ion

is

tre

ate

d s

o a

s to

aid

th

e d

eci

sio

n m

ak

ing

pro

cess

, re

du

cin

g u

nn

ece

ssa

ry c

lutt

er

wh

ilst

pro

vid

ing

su

ffi c

ien

t in

form

ati

on

to

allo

w t

he

dri

ver

to m

ake

th

eir

ch

oic

e o

f ro

ute

.

• It

is a

bu

sy ju

nct

ion

on

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

ro

ad

n

etw

ork

, se

rvin

g t

he

exi

stin

g B

ay V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g

Ce

ntr

e c

ar

pa

rk a

nd

se

rvic

e a

rea

(w

hic

h is

like

ly t

o

incr

ea

se in

ca

pa

city

ove

r ti

me

), t

he

ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

on

Bay

vie

w R

oa

d a

nd

its

mu

lti-

sto

rey

car

pa

rk, a

nd

a

cce

ss t

o A

be

rge

le R

oa

d.

A r

ed

esi

gn

ed

jun

ctio

n w

ill

ne

ed

to

hav

e s

uffi

cie

nt

cap

aci

ty t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

th

e e

xist

ing

ve

hic

ula

r tr

affi

c fl

ow

s p

lus

an

y a

dd

itio

na

l tr

affi

c w

hic

h m

ay b

e g

en

era

ted

by

the

re

ge

ne

rati

on

of

the

to

wn

.

5.5

2

Du

e t

o t

he

ke

y ro

le t

ha

t th

e ju

nct

ion

mu

st

pla

y it

is d

esi

gn

ed

as

a “

Sq

ua

re a

bo

ut”

a p

iece

o

f ci

vic

infr

ast

ruct

ure

wh

ich

will

fu

lfi l

th

e r

ole

s d

esc

rib

ed

ab

ove

wh

ilst

ma

inta

inin

g t

he

ne

cess

ary

ve

hic

ula

r m

ove

me

nts

an

d fl

ow

s in

th

e s

am

e w

ay a

s a

ro

un

da

bo

ut.

A p

ote

nti

al a

rra

ng

em

en

t fo

r th

e S

qu

are

a

bo

ut

is s

ho

wn

on

dra

win

g (

HI)

10

0, w

ith

ve

hic

le

tra

ckin

g s

ho

wn

on

dra

win

g (

HI)

10

1 &

10

2..

5.5

3

Th

e S

qu

are

ab

ou

t w

ill f

un

ctio

n s

imila

rly

to

a r

ou

nd

ab

ou

t, b

ut

de

sig

ne

d t

o e

nco

ura

ge

re

du

ced

sp

ee

ds

an

d in

cre

ase

d d

rive

r aw

are

ne

ss, a

nd

pe

rmit

p

ed

est

ria

n c

ross

ing

mo

vem

en

ts a

cro

ss t

he

sp

ace

. T

he

d

isti

nct

ive

tre

atm

en

t p

rop

ose

d w

ill n

ot

on

ly p

rese

nt

a s

tro

ng

imp

ress

ion

to

pe

op

le e

nte

rin

g t

he

to

wn

, b

ut

will

als

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t ve

hic

le d

rive

rs a

re a

lert

on

e

nte

rin

g t

he

sp

ace

.

5.5

4

Th

is s

qu

are

will

be

tre

ate

d in

ro

bu

st b

ut

dis

tin

ctiv

e m

ate

ria

ls, t

he

arr

an

ge

me

nt

ba

sed

on

e

na

blin

g a

nd

en

cou

rag

ing

pe

de

stri

an

mo

vem

en

ts

an

d im

pro

vin

g le

gib

ility

. T

he

ca

rria

ge

way

leve

l will

be

ra

ise

d t

o c

rea

te a

ne

ar-

leve

l su

rfa

ce a

cro

ss t

he

sq

ua

re

(lo

w u

pst

an

d k

erb

s p

rov

ide

d).

Ris

ks

5.5

5

Se

curi

ng

fu

nd

s is

th

e p

rim

ary

ris

k to

th

e

de

live

ry o

f th

e s

che

me

in s

om

e f

orm

. C

are

ful d

esi

gn

a

nd

co

mm

un

ica

tio

n o

f th

e p

rop

ose

d m

ove

me

nt

pri

nci

ple

s w

ill b

e k

ey

to m

ee

tin

g a

ll o

f th

e a

spir

ati

on

s fo

r th

is p

rop

ose

d in

terv

en

tio

n.

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76

Sta

tio

n S

qu

are

5.5

6

Sta

tio

n S

qu

are

pre

sen

ts a

ke

y g

ate

way

to

th

e t

ow

n f

or

vis

ito

rs a

rriv

ing

by

bo

th c

ar

an

d b

y tr

ain

a

nd

als

o p

rov

ide

s o

ne

of

the

fe

w e

xist

ing

pe

de

stri

an

co

nn

ect

ion

s b

etw

ee

n t

he

to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

nd

th

e s

ea

fr

on

t a

s it

is c

on

stru

cte

d o

n a

de

ck a

cro

ss t

he

A5

5.

At

pre

sen

t th

e s

pa

ce is

do

min

ate

d b

y ca

r p

ark

ing

, h

igh

way

s a

nd

th

e a

sso

cia

ted

clu

tte

r a

nd

do

es

no

t a

nn

ou

nce

th

e t

ow

n t

o v

isit

ors

in a

po

siti

ve li

gh

t.

5.5

7

Th

e m

ast

erp

lan

pro

po

ses

tha

t a

sch

em

e

is d

eve

lop

ed

wh

ich

tra

nsf

orm

s th

e s

pa

ce in

to a

p

ub

lic s

qu

are

wh

ich

will

be

de

sig

ne

d t

o a

chie

ve t

he

fo

llow

ing

ob

ject

ive

s:

- Im

pro

ve t

he

arr

iva

l exp

eri

en

ce f

rom

th

e

sta

tio

n-

P

rov

ide

sp

ace

fo

r v

isit

ors

to

ori

en

tate

th

em

selv

es

on

leav

ing

th

e s

tati

on

.-

P

rov

ide

imp

rove

d p

ub

lic t

ran

spo

rt

inte

rch

an

ge

- Im

pro

ve v

isu

al a

nd

ph

ysic

al c

on

ne

ctio

ns

be

twe

en

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

an

d t

he

Pro

me

na

de

-

Cre

ati

on

of

a n

ew

Pu

blic

Sp

ace

5.5

8

An

ou

tlin

e d

esi

gn

ha

s b

ee

n d

eve

lop

ed

w

hic

h p

rop

ose

s th

at

the

ca

rria

ge

way

is d

ive

rte

d t

o

the

no

rth

of

the

sp

ace

fre

ein

g u

p a

larg

e a

rea

to

th

e

sou

th o

f th

e S

qu

are

wh

ich

ca

n b

e d

eve

lop

ed

as

a

Civ

ic S

qu

are

wh

ich

co

uld

acc

om

mo

da

te p

ub

lic e

ven

ts

an

d a

ctiv

itie

s su

ch a

s m

ark

ets

. T

he

ou

tlin

e d

esi

gn

is

sho

wn

on

Dra

win

g (

SK

) 1

00

.

5.5

9

Th

e r

ea

lign

me

nt

of

the

ca

rria

ge

way

in

tro

du

ces

a t

igh

t b

en

d w

hic

h w

ill e

nco

ura

ge

re

du

ced

ve

hic

le s

pe

ed

s a

nd

pro

po

ses

an

un

con

tro

lled

p

ed

est

ria

n c

ross

ing

wh

ere

th

e p

ed

est

ria

n d

esi

re li

ne

fr

om

th

e S

tati

on

en

tra

nce

to

th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

me

ets

th

e c

arr

iag

ew

ay.

5.6

0

Th

e e

xist

ing

Ne

two

rk R

ail

car

pa

rk h

as

be

en

re

con

fi g

ure

d a

nd

mo

ved

to

th

e e

dg

e o

f th

e S

qu

are

in

ord

er

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t th

e n

um

be

r o

f sp

ace

s is

re

tain

ed

w

hils

t re

du

cin

g t

he

imp

act

of

the

ca

r p

ark

on

th

e

spa

ce.

Ris

ks

5.6

1

Arr

iva

Tra

ins

No

rth

Wa

les,

an

d t

he

No

rth

W

ale

s Tr

un

k R

oa

d A

ge

ncy

. A

gre

ein

g a

cle

ar

bri

ef

for

the

Sq

ua

re a

t a

n e

arl

y st

ag

e o

f th

e d

esi

gn

pro

cess

a

nd

en

suri

ng

on

go

ing

co

mm

un

ica

tio

n t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the

de

sig

n a

nd

co

nst

ruct

ion

pro

cess

will

be

ke

y to

en

suri

ng

th

at

all

sta

keh

old

ers

’ re

qu

ire

me

nts

a

re s

ati

sfi e

d w

ith

ou

t co

mp

rom

isin

g t

he

qu

alit

y o

f th

e s

che

me

. S

imila

rly,

fu

nd

ing

fo

r th

is p

roje

ct w

ill

be

ma

de

up

fro

m a

nu

mb

er

of

sou

rce

s in

clu

din

g

Eu

rop

ea

n c

on

verg

en

ce f

un

din

g, N

SIP

, NS

IP P

lus,

R

eg

ion

al T

ran

spo

rt F

un

d a

nd

po

ssib

ly s

ust

ain

ab

le

tra

nsp

ort

fra

me

wo

rk f

un

din

g.

Po

olin

g t

he

se

reso

urc

es

tog

eth

er

eff

ect

ive

ly t

o d

eliv

er

the

list

of

ob

ject

ive

s lis

ted

in s

ect

ion

5.5

5 a

bo

ve n

ee

ds

stro

ng

ch

am

pio

nin

g a

nd

co

ord

ina

tio

n.

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6.1

T

he

Str

ate

gic

Acq

uis

itio

n S

tra

teg

y ca

n

be

se

en

as

an

evo

lvin

g p

roce

ss a

nd

will

be

ru

n in

co

nju

nct

ion

wit

h C

on

wy

Co

un

ty B

oro

ug

h C

ou

nci

l a

nd

th

e W

els

h A

sse

mb

ly G

ove

rnm

en

t. T

his

is a

cr

itic

al p

art

of

the

de

live

ry s

tra

teg

y a

nd

as

such

n

ee

ds

to b

e p

roa

ctiv

ely

ma

na

ge

d. I

t is

imp

ort

an

t th

at

the

acq

uis

itio

ns

are

ach

ieve

d w

ith

in t

he

ti

me

sca

le o

f th

e p

roje

ct a

s a

wh

ole

in o

rde

r to

m

axi

mis

e f

un

din

g a

vaila

ble

fo

r th

e N

ort

h W

ale

s C

oa

st S

tra

teg

ic R

eg

en

era

tio

n a

rea

. O

vera

ll th

e

Str

ate

gic

Acq

uis

itio

n S

tra

teg

y m

ust

de

live

r th

e

req

uir

ed

pro

pe

rtie

s, a

t th

e c

urr

en

t ti

me

an

d w

ith

in

bu

dg

et.

Th

ere

mu

st b

e a

min

imu

m o

f w

ast

ag

e

an

d s

up

erfl

uo

us

reso

urc

e.

Pro

pe

rtie

s w

hic

h a

re

occ

up

ied

ou

tsid

e t

he

te

rms

an

d r

em

it o

f a

co

-o

rdin

ate

d o

r co

ntr

olle

d S

tra

teg

ic A

cqu

isit

ion

S

tra

teg

y a

re li

kely

to

be

su

rplu

s to

re

qu

ire

me

nts

a

nd

will

no

t o

nly

be

an

init

ial w

ast

e o

f re

sou

rce

s b

ut

will

als

o b

e a

n u

nn

ece

ssa

ry a

rra

ng

em

en

t co

st in

th

e

futu

re.

6.2

S

ite

s h

ave

be

en

ea

rma

rke

d f

or

ea

rly

acq

uis

itio

n, a

nd

are

loca

ted

in b

oth

th

e H

ou

sin

g

Ma

rke

t R

en

ew

al A

rea

an

d a

lso

in a

nd

aro

un

d

Co

lwyn

Bay

. Su

ch s

ite

s in

clu

de

: -

- O

ld M

ark

et

Ha

ll, 2

/4-1

6 P

rin

ces

Dri

ve-

3-8

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d a

nd

1-3

Lin

coln

Te

rra

ce

(no

t p

urc

ha

sed

)-

CF

R, D

ou

gla

s R

oa

d (

no

t p

urc

ha

sed

)-

2 a

nd

4 G

roe

s R

oa

d (

als

o k

no

wn

as

the

fo

rme

r La

un

dry

Bu

ildin

g)

(no

t p

urc

ha

sed

)-

10

Do

ug

las

Ro

ad

6. A

cqu

isit

ion

s S

trat

eg

y6

.3

Furt

he

rmo

re, l

oca

l RS

L, P

en

na

f a

re a

lso

ke

y p

art

ne

rs in

th

e t

ow

n. T

he

ir a

cqu

isit

ion

s h

ave

be

en

a

lmo

st e

xclu

sive

ly f

ocu

sed

wit

hin

th

e r

en

ew

al a

rea

, a

nd

incl

ud

e t

he

ag

ree

d p

urc

ha

se o

f th

e E

de

lwe

iss

Ho

tel (

loca

ted

just

off

Law

son

Ro

ad

), 1

1 L

awso

n R

oa

d,

14

Law

son

Ro

ad

, an

d t

he

Ch

ap

el,

Law

son

Ro

ad

, an

d

sub

mit

ted

off

ers

on

88

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

, 62

Gre

en

fi e

ld

Ro

ad

an

d 6

4 G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

. A n

um

be

r o

f p

rop

ose

d

acq

uis

itio

ns

are

sti

ll in

ne

go

tia

tio

n. T

he

pu

rch

ase

of

pro

pe

rtie

s th

us

far

ha

s b

ee

n d

on

e o

n a

n a

d h

oc

an

d

pie

cem

ea

l ba

sis,

as

an

d w

he

n p

rop

ert

ies

hav

e c

om

e

to m

ark

et.

6.4

Fo

r th

e t

ime

be

ing

, we

hav

e in

clu

de

d t

he

fo

llow

ing

sit

es

wit

hin

th

e S

tra

teg

ic A

cqu

isit

ion

S

tra

teg

y:-

1.

Th

e H

ou

sin

g M

ark

et

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a

2.

Th

e fi

ve s

ite

s in

clu

de

d w

ith

in C

on

wy

’s e

arl

y a

cqu

isit

ion

pro

po

sals

3

. T

he

ad

dit

ion

al a

rea

s o

f P

en

rhyn

Ro

ad

, W

ynst

ay R

oa

d, M

ost

yn R

oa

d, P

rin

ces

Dri

ve, M

ari

ne

R

oa

d a

nd

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d4

. T

he

28

sit

es

ide

nti

fi e

d w

ith

in t

he

Sh

ap

e

Ma

ste

rpla

n.

6.5

T

he

“S

tra

teg

y”

sets

ou

t th

e c

rite

ria

an

d

just

ifi c

ati

on

s fo

r th

e p

ub

lic s

ect

or’

s in

volv

em

en

t w

ith

in t

he

are

a, t

og

eth

er

wit

h t

he

ide

nti

fi ca

tio

n o

f ke

y la

nd

ho

ldin

gs

an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s w

hic

h m

ay

be

bro

ug

ht

forw

ard

. W

e a

re w

ork

ing

clo

sely

wit

h

the

ma

ste

r p

lan

nin

g a

nd

clie

nt

tea

ms

to in

form

p

rog

ram

min

g a

nd

ide

nti

fy e

arl

y w

ins,

ide

nti

fy

pro

pe

rtie

s o

n t

he

ma

rke

t, id

en

tify

va

can

ts/d

ere

lict

an

d p

rop

ert

ies

no

t in

pu

blic

se

cto

r o

wn

ers

hip

an

d t

o

ad

dre

ss is

sue

s o

f d

eliv

era

bili

ty a

nd

ou

tpu

ts.

Ho

usi

ng

Ma

rke

t R

en

ew

al A

rea

6.6

T

he

re

ne

wa

l are

a c

ove

rs a

pp

roxi

ma

tely

4

1 a

cre

s, ju

st e

ast

of

Co

lwyn

Bay

to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

nd

in

corp

ora

tes

a t

ota

l of

45

1 p

rop

ert

ies.

Th

e v

ast

m

ajo

rity

of

pro

pe

rtie

s lo

cate

d in

th

e H

MR

I are

a a

re

curr

en

tly

in r

esi

de

nti

al u

se, a

lth

ou

gh

th

ere

are

a

sig

nifi

ca

nt

nu

mb

er

of

reta

il u

nit

s a

lon

g A

be

rge

le

Ro

ad

an

d t

o t

he

we

st o

f G

ree

nfi

eld

Ro

ad

. A t

ota

l o

f 3

6 p

rop

ert

ies

op

era

te s

ole

ly a

s re

tail

un

its,

wit

h

an

oth

er

53

cu

rre

ntl

y in

mix

ed

use

incl

ud

ing

a r

eta

il e

lem

en

t. A

hig

h p

rop

ort

ion

of

resi

de

nti

al p

rop

ert

ies

to t

he

no

rth

of

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

are

su

bst

an

tia

l 2/3

st

ore

y V

icto

ria

n h

ou

ses,

wit

h a

va

rie

ty o

f te

rra

ced

, se

mi d

eta

che

d a

nd

de

tach

ed

dw

elli

ng

s. T

he

ave

rag

e

size

of

such

re

sid

en

tia

l pro

pe

rtie

s h

as

exa

cerb

ate

d

a h

igh

leve

l of

con

vers

ion

into

fl a

ts. I

nd

ee

d, a

to

tal

of

93

pro

pe

rtie

s (2

0.6

%)

hav

e b

ee

n d

ivid

ed

into

H

MO

s a

cco

rdin

g t

o t

he

VO

A. T

he

re a

re t

hre

e c

lust

ers

o

f in

du

stri

al a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e H

MR

I a

rea

, am

ou

nti

ng

to

a t

ota

l of

12

un

its

(2.7

% o

f th

e

tota

l). T

he

bu

lk o

f th

e c

om

me

rcia

l acc

om

mo

da

tio

n is

lo

cate

d t

o t

he

re

ar

of

Gre

en

fi e

ld R

oa

d, w

hic

h c

on

tain

s a

to

tal o

f 7

un

its.

A f

urt

he

r 4

un

its

are

loca

ted

on

Ba

ck

Be

lgra

ve R

oa

d, a

nd

an

oth

er

on

Gro

ve R

oa

d.

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lwyn

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e M

ast

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raft

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al R

ep

ort

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10

80

Co

nw

y’s

5 S

ite

s fo

r E

arl

y A

cqu

isit

ion

s

1.

Old

Ma

rke

t H

all,

2/4

-16

Pri

nce

s D

rive

Th

e O

ld M

ark

et

Ha

ll in

corp

ora

tes

a n

um

be

r o

f p

red

om

ina

ntl

y u

nd

er-

uti

lise

d r

eta

il u

nit

s, lo

cate

d

wit

hin

clo

se p

roxi

mit

y to

Co

lwyn

Bay

Ra

ilway

Sta

tio

n

an

d t

he

Imp

eri

al H

ote

l. T

he

pro

pe

rtie

s fo

rm p

art

o

f th

e w

ide

r st

ati

on

ga

tew

ay, a

nd

are

of

pa

rtic

ula

r p

rom

ine

nce

. Th

e p

rop

ert

ies

lie w

ith

in t

he

sa

me

b

lock

as

the

Co

un

ty C

ou

rt B

uild

ing

s a

nd

th

e lo

cal

JD W

ea

the

rsp

oo

ns

pu

b o

ccu

pyi

ng

th

e f

orm

er

tow

n

cen

tre

cin

em

a, a

ptl

y n

am

ed

‘Th

e P

ictu

re H

ou

se’. T

he

p

rop

ert

ies

com

pri

sin

g t

he

Old

Ma

rke

t H

all

are

all

thre

e

sto

reys

, wit

h v

aca

nt

an

cilla

ry/o

ffi c

e a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

a

bo

ve. O

nly

on

e o

f th

e 5

re

tail

un

its

ap

pe

ars

to

be

o

ccu

pie

d. I

t is

un

de

rsto

od

th

at

CC

BC

hav

e p

urc

ha

sed

th

e f

orm

er

KF

C u

nit

, wh

ich

occ

up

ied

No

s. 2

/4 P

rin

ces

Dri

ve. T

his

sit

e h

as

ea

rma

rke

d f

or

po

ten

tia

l mix

ed

u

se d

eve

lop

me

nt,

wh

ich

co

uld

inco

rpo

rate

a g

rou

nd

fl

oo

r re

tail

un

it w

ith

re

sid

en

tia

l or

offi

ce

sp

ace

ab

ove

. T

he

de

velo

pm

en

t p

oss

ibili

tie

s fo

r th

is s

ite

hav

e n

ot

be

en

fu

lly e

xplo

red

, alt

ho

ug

h a

s h

as

be

en

pre

vio

usl

y re

cog

nis

ed

, th

e s

ite

is o

f in

trin

sic

imp

ort

an

ce g

ive

n it

s p

roxi

mit

y to

th

e s

tati

on

, an

d a

ny

refu

rbis

hm

en

t o

f th

e

pre

mis

es

will

hav

e t

o r

efl

ect

th

is.

2.

3-8

Bay

Vie

w R

oa

d a

nd

1-3

Lin

coln

Te

rra

ce3

-8 B

ay V

iew

Ro

ad

co

mp

rise

s tw

o 3

sto

rey

Vic

tori

an

se

mi d

eta

che

d p

rop

ert

ies,

wh

ich

ove

rlo

ok

the

Bay

V

iew

Sh

op

pin

g C

en

tre

. 1-3

Lin

coln

Te

rra

ce c

om

pri

ses

thre

e 2

sto

rey

pro

pe

rtie

s, w

hic

h a

re a

pp

roa

che

d f

rom

a

ba

ck r

oa

d. T

his

sit

e f

orm

s p

art

of

a w

ide

r sc

he

me

to

co

mp

lete

ly r

em

od

el B

ayv

iew

Ro

ad

to

pro

vid

e a

mix

ed

u

se s

che

me

an

d a

rts

com

ple

x lin

ked

to

th

e t

he

atr

e,

an

d f

aci

lita

te a

cce

ss b

etw

ee

n B

ayv

iew

Ro

ad

an

d

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

3.

CF

R, D

ou

gla

s R

oa

dT

he

bu

ildin

g c

urr

en

tly

use

d b

y ‘C

on

wy

Furn

itu

re

Re

cla

im’ i

s lo

cate

d a

lon

g D

ou

gla

s R

oa

d a

nd

co

mp

rise

s a

sin

gle

sto

rey

cla

dd

ed

ind

ust

ria

l un

it. T

he

pro

pe

rty

be

ne

fi ts

fro

m a

ta

rma

cad

am

fro

nta

ge

wh

ich

is

curr

en

tly

use

d f

or

pa

rkin

g. T

he

sit

e, a

lon

g w

ith

10

D

ou

gla

s R

oa

d, f

orm

s p

art

of

a w

ide

r d

eve

lop

me

nt

site

(P

roje

ct 1

1)

ide

nti

fi e

d w

ith

in t

he

Ma

ste

rpla

n, w

hic

h

ext

en

ds

alo

ng

th

e w

ho

le o

f D

ou

gla

s R

oa

d. F

urt

he

r p

rop

ert

y a

cqu

isit

ion

s m

ay b

e r

eq

uir

ed

in a

dd

itio

n t

o

the

CR

F s

ite

an

d N

um

be

r 1

0 in

ord

er

to c

om

ple

te t

he

a

sse

mb

ly o

f th

e w

ho

le s

ite

, wh

ich

is e

arm

ark

ed

fo

r re

sid

en

tia

l un

its

wit

hin

th

e M

ast

erp

lan

do

cum

en

t.

4.

10

Do

ug

las

Ro

ad

Th

e p

rop

ert

y co

mp

rise

s a

tw

o s

tore

y d

eta

che

d

pro

pe

rty,

fro

nti

ng

on

to D

ou

gla

s R

oa

d. T

he

pro

pe

rty

is

bo

un

de

d b

y a

ca

r p

ark

to

th

e n

ort

h, a

nd

th

e C

FR

sit

e

de

scri

be

d a

bo

ve t

o t

he

so

uth

. Th

e s

ite

fo

rms

pa

rt o

f th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

site

, id

en

tifi

ed

ab

ove

wit

hin

Sit

e 3

(C

FR

Do

ug

las

Ro

ad

).

5.

2 a

nd

4 G

roe

s R

oa

d (

Form

er

Lau

nd

ry)

No

. 2 G

roe

s R

oa

d c

om

pri

ses

an

imp

osi

ng

tw

o s

tore

y d

eta

che

d h

ou

se, l

oca

ted

up

on

an

ele

va

ted

co

rne

r p

lot

ove

rlo

ok

ing

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

an

d E

iria

s P

ark

. Wh

ilst

No

. 2 G

roe

s R

oa

d a

pp

ea

rs t

o b

e c

urr

en

tly

wit

hin

re

sid

en

tia

l use

, No

. 4 a

pp

ea

rs t

o b

e w

ith

in c

om

me

rcia

l u

se. N

o. 4

Gro

es

Ro

ad

co

nta

ins

13

un

its;

of

wh

ich

N

os.

1-8

co

mp

rise

a m

oto

rcyc

le w

are

ho

use

, an

d N

os.

9

, 10

, 11

-12

an

d 1

3 w

hic

h a

re c

urr

en

tly

uti

lise

d a

s w

ork

sho

p/w

are

ho

use

acc

om

mo

da

tio

n. T

he

to

tal s

ite

a

mo

un

ts t

o c

irca

1.6

acr

es

an

d h

as

be

en

ea

rma

rke

d a

s

a p

oss

ible

sit

e f

or

a f

utu

re h

ote

l de

velo

pm

en

t. T

his

sit

e

is r

efe

rre

d t

o a

s P

roje

ct 2

8 w

ith

in t

he

Ma

ste

rpla

n.

Ad

dit

ion

al A

rea

s o

f Wyn

stay

Ro

ad

, Mo

styn

Ro

ad

, P

rin

ces

Dri

ve, C

on

wy

Ro

ad

6.7

T

he

ad

dit

ion

al a

rea

stu

die

d in

clu

de

s th

e a

rea

b

ou

nd

ed

by

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d, M

ari

ne

Ro

ad

, Pri

nce

s D

rive

an

d P

en

rhyn

Ro

ad

. Th

ere

are

a t

ota

l of

12

4

pro

pe

rtie

s lo

cate

d w

ith

in t

he

are

a, w

ith

a m

ixtu

re

of

resi

de

nti

al,

reta

il a

nd

offi

ce

use

s. P

en

rhyn

Ro

ad

fo

rms

the

we

ste

rn b

ou

nd

ary

of

the

Co

lwyn

Bay

’s

ma

in s

ho

pp

ing

are

a. S

imila

rly

Co

nw

ay R

oa

d, a

s h

as

be

en

de

taile

d a

bo

ve, c

on

tain

s a

nu

mb

er

of

reta

il u

nit

s co

nta

inin

g s

eco

nd

ary

use

s. C

on

way

Ro

ad

ha

s a

nu

mb

er

of

the

ma

jor

hig

h s

tre

et

ba

nks

, su

ch a

s B

arc

lays

an

d R

BS

in s

ub

sta

nti

al c

orn

er

pro

pe

rtie

s.

Wyn

nst

ay R

oa

d a

nd

Pri

nce

s D

rive

co

nta

in a

nu

mb

er

of

offi

ce

s, a

nd

se

em

s p

op

ula

r a

mo

ng

st p

rofe

ssio

na

l p

ract

ice

s, w

ith

acc

ou

nta

nts

, su

rve

yors

an

d s

olic

ito

rs

in o

ccu

pa

tio

n. M

ari

ne

Ro

ad

, Haw

ard

en

Ro

ad

an

d

Mo

styn

Ro

ad

co

nta

in a

nu

mb

er

of

larg

er

thre

e

sto

rey

de

tach

ed

/se

mi-

de

tach

ed

pro

pe

rtie

s, w

hic

h

hav

e b

ee

n s

ub

div

ide

d in

to fl

ats

. A n

um

be

r o

f la

rge

r,

mo

de

rn p

urp

ose

bu

ilt fl

ats

hav

e b

ee

n b

uilt

wit

hin

p

roxi

mit

y to

th

e ju

nct

ion

aro

un

d C

on

way

Ro

ad

an

d

Ma

rin

e R

oa

d. T

he

ad

dit

ion

al a

rea

stu

die

d a

bo

ve h

as

no

t b

ee

n c

on

sid

ere

d f

or

an

y a

cqu

isit

ion

s. T

his

is f

or

two

re

aso

ns.

Fir

stly

, a n

um

be

r o

f p

riv

ate

se

cto

r le

d

de

velo

pm

en

ts f

or

eld

erl

y p

eo

ple

su

ch a

s S

wn

-Y-M

or

an

d R

ho

sla

n P

ark

loca

ted

on

th

e c

orn

ers

of

Ma

rin

e

Ro

ad

an

d C

on

way

Ro

ad

hav

e a

lre

ad

y im

pro

ved

th

e

are

a a

est

he

tica

lly. S

eco

nd

ly, t

his

are

a d

oe

s n

ot

cre

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the

po

ssib

ility

of

op

en

ing

up

infi

ll d

eve

lop

me

nt

site

s q

uit

e s

o e

asi

ly a

s th

e H

ou

sin

g M

ark

et

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a

con

sid

ere

d a

bo

ve.

Are

a A

na

lysi

s in

Su

pp

ort

of

Acq

uis

itio

ns

6.8

A

va

rie

d a

mo

un

t o

f w

ork

ha

s b

ee

n u

nd

ert

ake

n

reg

ard

ing

ea

ch s

ep

ara

te s

ite

. We

hav

e u

nd

ert

ake

n

an

are

a le

vel c

ha

ract

eri

sati

on

fo

r th

e w

ho

le o

f C

olw

yn B

ay t

ow

n c

en

tre

are

a. T

his

ha

s e

na

ble

d u

s to

u

nd

ers

tan

d t

he

loca

l bu

ilt e

nv

iro

nm

en

t, in

fra

stru

ctu

re

an

d p

ub

lic r

ea

lm. T

his

ha

s b

ee

n a

cco

mp

an

ied

an

d

sup

ple

me

nte

d in

ma

ny

inst

an

ces

wit

h a

mo

re

spe

cifi

c p

rop

ert

y le

vel c

ha

ract

eri

sati

on

, wh

ich

a

tte

mp

ts t

o u

nd

ers

tan

d e

ach

pro

pe

rty

on

a m

ore

in

div

idu

al b

asi

s. E

ach

ind

ivid

ua

l pro

pe

rty

ha

s b

ee

n

ext

ern

ally

insp

ect

ed

, wh

ich

ha

s g

en

era

ted

da

ta s

uch

a

s th

e n

atu

re, t

ype

, occ

up

ati

on

an

d c

on

dit

ion

of

the

incu

mb

en

t st

ock

. Fu

rth

er

an

aly

sis

of

such

da

ta,

alo

ng

sid

e V

OA

an

d m

ark

et

da

ta h

as

en

ab

led

us

to

asc

ert

ain

th

e u

se, a

s w

ell

as

ava

ilab

ility

. Th

e a

rea

le

vel a

nd

pro

pe

rty

leve

l ch

ara

cte

risa

tio

n w

as

furt

he

r in

form

ed

an

d s

up

ple

me

nte

d b

y a

fu

ll p

ho

tog

rap

hic

ca

talo

gu

e o

f e

ach

str

ee

t a

nd

mo

re s

pe

cifi

cally

, ea

ch

ind

ivid

ua

l pro

pe

rty.

Ho

usi

ng

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a

6.9

A

na

lysi

s in

clu

de

d t

wo

sit

e v

isit

s, w

hic

h

pro

vid

ed

a f

ull

ph

oto

gra

ph

ic c

ata

log

ue

of

pro

pe

rtie

s w

ith

in t

he

re

ne

wa

l are

a. A

ma

tch

ing

sch

ed

ule

ha

s b

ee

n d

raw

n u

p, w

hic

h li

sts

all

pro

pe

rtie

s, a

s w

ell

as

listi

ng

th

e b

uild

ing

s cu

rre

nt

use

as

spe

cifi

ed

by

the

VO

A. W

e h

ave

ide

nti

fi e

d t

he

clu

ste

rs o

f H

MO

s

an

d s

pe

cifi

c cl

ust

ers

of

po

or

qu

alit

y p

rem

ise

s,

as

we

so

ug

ht

to u

nd

ert

ake

ou

r p

rop

ert

y le

vel

cha

ract

eri

sati

on

pro

cess

.

Co

nw

y’s

5 E

arl

y A

cqu

isit

ion

Sit

es

6.1

0

Ea

ch o

f th

e 5

sit

es

ide

nti

fi e

d b

y C

on

wy

Co

un

ty

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil h

as

be

en

ide

nti

fi e

d a

nd

ext

en

sive

ly

stu

die

d. T

his

wa

s d

on

e t

o p

lace

ea

ch in

div

idu

al

pro

pe

rty

wit

hin

th

e c

on

text

of

the

su

rro

un

din

g b

uilt

e

nv

iro

nm

en

t. F

urt

he

rmo

re in

form

ati

on

ha

s b

ee

n

asc

ert

ain

ed

fro

m t

he

VO

A t

o id

en

tify

th

e b

uild

ing

s cu

rre

nt

use

. If

the

pro

pe

rty

ha

s b

ee

n p

lace

d o

n

the

ma

rke

t, p

art

icu

lars

hav

e b

ee

n o

bta

ine

d. E

ach

in

div

idu

al p

rop

ert

y h

as

be

en

ph

oto

gra

ph

ed

an

d

cata

log

ue

d t

o s

up

ple

me

nt

ou

r o

pin

ion

s g

ain

ed

fro

m

the

ext

en

sive

stu

dy

of

the

sit

e.

Ad

dit

ion

al A

rea

s o

f Wyn

stay

Ro

ad

, Mo

styn

Ro

ad

, P

rin

ces

Dri

ve, C

on

way

Ro

ad

6.1

1

Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil h

as

furt

he

rmo

re p

rov

ide

d u

s w

ith

an

oth

er

are

a o

f fo

cus,

b

ou

nd

ed

by

Ma

rin

e R

oa

d, P

rin

ces

Dri

ve, P

en

rhyn

Ro

ad

a

nd

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

/Co

nw

ay R

oa

d.

On

re

ceip

t o

f a

d

eta

iled

pla

n, w

e u

nd

ert

oo

k a

n a

na

lysi

s o

f th

e lo

cal

are

a w

hic

h in

clu

de

d u

nd

ert

ak

ing

a p

rop

ert

y le

vel

cha

ract

eri

sati

on

of

all

pro

pe

rtie

s.

Lan

d A

cqu

isit

ion

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies.

6.1

2

To d

ate

we

hav

e a

na

lyse

d t

he

da

ta c

olle

cte

d

as

pa

rt o

f o

ur

ba

selin

e in

form

ati

on

da

tab

ase

, an

d

dra

wn

ba

sic

con

clu

sio

ns

in r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

pro

pe

rty

ma

rke

t in

ea

ch o

f th

e in

div

idu

al a

rea

s. W

e h

ave

pre

pa

red

a m

atr

ix u

po

n w

hic

h w

e c

an

qu

ick

ly

mo

ve t

o a

sse

ssin

g la

nd

ass

em

bly

co

sts,

issu

es

an

d

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

in r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

are

as

an

d s

ub

are

as

wh

ich

hav

e b

ee

n p

rov

isio

na

lly id

en

tifi

ed

as

targ

ete

d

are

as.

We

are

aw

are

th

at

a n

um

be

r o

f p

rop

ert

ies

hav

e a

lre

ad

y b

ee

n a

cqu

ire

d b

y th

e p

ub

lic s

ect

or

are

su

bje

ct t

o n

eg

oti

ati

on

s.

6.1

3

Ext

ern

al i

nsp

ect

ion

s o

f a

ll p

rop

ert

ies

hav

e b

ee

n u

nd

ert

ake

n d

uri

ng

ea

rly

20

10

an

d a

p

ho

tog

rap

hic

da

tab

ase

co

mp

lete

d. F

or

an

are

a o

f th

is s

ize

th

ere

ap

pe

ar

to b

e f

ew

va

can

t re

sid

en

tia

l p

rop

ert

ies

an

d o

nly

a f

ew

va

can

t re

tail

un

its.

Fro

m o

ur

exp

eri

en

ce in

oth

er

reg

en

era

tio

n a

rea

s w

e w

ou

ld h

ave

a

nti

cip

ate

d m

ore

va

can

t p

rop

ert

ies

wit

hin

th

e C

olw

yn

Bay

Ho

usi

ng

re

ne

wa

l are

a, a

nd

wit

hin

th

e a

dd

itio

na

l a

rea

s st

ud

ied

.

6.1

4

No

inte

rna

l in

spe

ctio

ns

hav

e b

ee

n c

arr

ied

ou

t a

nd

we

hav

e n

ot

en

tere

d in

to d

iscu

ssio

ns

wit

h a

ny

of

the

ow

ne

rs o

r o

ccu

pie

rs o

f p

rop

ert

ies

ide

nti

fi e

d.

Re

com

me

nd

ati

on

s in

clu

de

:

6.1

5

Incr

ea

sed

co

ord

ina

tio

n b

etw

ee

n a

ge

nci

es

curr

en

tly

invo

lve

d in

th

e r

eg

en

era

tio

n o

f C

olw

yn B

ay.

In p

art

icu

lar,

RS

Ls s

uch

as

Pe

nn

af

ne

ed

be

wo

rkin

g in

ta

nd

em

wit

h b

oth

th

e W

els

h A

sse

mb

ly G

ove

rnm

en

t a

nd

Co

nw

y C

ou

nty

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil.

6.1

6

Ag

ree

ing

th

e a

rea

s to

be

sp

eci

fi ca

lly t

arg

ete

d.

As

this

re

po

rt h

as

hig

hlig

hte

d, a

nu

mb

er

of

pro

po

sed

sc

he

me

s a

nd

wo

rks

hav

e b

ee

n p

rop

ose

d f

or

Co

lwyn

B

ay. W

hils

t it

is a

nti

cip

ate

d a

nu

mb

er

of

such

sch

em

es

will

go

ah

ea

d, t

he

re n

ee

ds

to b

e p

rio

rity

sit

es

an

d a

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tim

efr

am

e f

or

futu

re d

eve

lop

me

nt,

so

th

at

cert

ain

si

tes

can

be

pri

ori

tise

d a

nd

ea

rly

stri

kes

cap

ture

d.

6.1

7

Th

e p

rio

rity

are

a s

ho

uld

be

th

at

of

the

re

tail

cen

tre

, ove

r a

nd

ab

ove

th

e ‘H

ou

sin

g R

en

ew

al A

rea’

a

nd

‘Ad

dit

ion

al A

rea

s C

on

sid

ere

d’, a

lbe

it b

ein

g

pu

rsu

ed

in c

on

jun

ctio

n w

ith

th

e u

pg

rad

ing

of

the

Pro

me

na

de

an

d E

iria

s P

ark

. It

is b

elie

ved

th

at

the

‘Ho

usi

ng

Re

ne

wa

l Are

a’ a

nd

‘Ad

dit

ion

al A

rea

s C

on

sid

ere

d’ c

ou

ld b

e u

pg

rad

ed

wit

hin

th

e m

ed

ium

te

rm, w

ith

a m

uch

mo

re in

teri

m s

olu

tio

n r

eq

uir

ed

.

6.1

8

In t

erm

s o

f p

rio

riti

es

wit

hin

th

e ‘R

eta

il C

ore

’, th

e r

eco

nfi

gu

rati

on

of

the

Bay

Vie

w s

ho

pp

ing

ce

ntr

e,

wh

ich

will

fo

rge

th

e li

nk

be

twe

en

Se

a V

iew

Ro

ad

a

nd

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d, a

nd

th

e im

pro

vem

en

ts t

o t

he

sq

ua

re f

ron

tin

g C

olw

yn B

ay S

tati

on

sh

ou

ld b

e g

ive

n

the

gre

ate

r p

rio

rity

in r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

oth

er

sch

em

es

con

sid

ere

d. T

he

pro

po

sed

offi

ce

de

velo

pm

en

t o

n t

he

si

te w

ou

ld f

orm

pa

rt o

f th

is r

eco

mm

en

da

tio

n a

lso

.

6.1

9

Th

e a

cqu

isit

ion

str

ate

gy

will

hav

e t

o r

esp

on

d

to t

he

de

live

ry t

arg

ets

sp

eci

fi e

d a

bo

ve, a

nd

it is

th

ere

fore

re

com

me

nd

ed

th

at

the

str

ate

gy

resp

on

ds

to t

he

re

tail

ele

me

nts

de

scri

be

d a

bo

ve, a

nd

th

e

req

uir

em

en

ts o

f th

e t

ow

n c

en

tre

. Acq

uis

itio

ns

of

sele

ctiv

e p

rop

ert

ies

alo

ng

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d a

nd

Se

a

Vie

w R

oa

d w

ill b

e r

eq

uir

ed

, in

co

nju

nct

ion

wit

h a

ny

lan

d o

r b

uild

ing

s lo

cate

d a

lon

g Iv

y S

tre

et

wh

ich

w

ill b

e r

eq

uir

ed

in o

rde

r to

fa

cilit

ate

th

e p

rop

ose

d

de

velo

pm

en

t.

6.2

0

Th

e n

ee

d f

or

con

cen

tra

ted

sp

ati

al t

arg

eti

ng

. W

hils

t it

is a

ckn

ow

led

ge

d p

rev

iou

s a

cqu

isit

ion

s h

ave

b

ee

n s

pa

tia

lly c

oo

rdin

ate

d a

nd

co

nce

ntr

ate

d w

ith

in a

sma

ll a

rea

, esp

eci

ally

fo

r p

rop

ert

ies

curr

en

tly

acq

uir

ed

to

th

e s

ou

th e

ast

ern

se

ctio

n o

f La

wso

n R

oa

d, w

e

mu

st s

tre

ss t

he

ne

ed

to

allo

cate

re

sou

rce

s to

wa

rds

con

cen

tra

ted

pro

pe

rtie

s w

ith

in a

pre

-de

fi n

ed

loca

tio

n.

Sp

ora

dic

pu

rch

ase

s o

f p

rop

ert

ies

may

co

nst

rain

fu

ture

d

eve

lop

me

nt

op

tio

ns

an

d li

mit

fu

ture

bu

dg

ets

.

6.2

1

In s

om

e in

sta

nce

s, t

he

ad

ho

c p

iece

me

al

ap

pro

ach

, acq

uir

ing

pro

pe

rtie

s a

s a

nd

wh

en

th

ey

com

e t

o m

ark

et

may

wo

rk, p

rov

ide

d t

he

y fi

t in

to a

co

ord

ina

ted

act

ion

pla

n f

or

the

are

a. I

f w

ho

lesa

le

cha

ng

es

are

no

t re

qu

ire

d f

or

an

are

a, s

uch

an

a

pp

roa

ch m

ay f

un

ctio

n f

air

ly e

ffi c

ien

tly,

as

pro

pe

rtie

s a

re a

cqu

ire

d a

nd

co

nve

rte

d t

o a

sta

nd

ard

wh

ich

th

e

acq

uir

ing

au

tho

rity

se

es

fi t.

Ho

we

ver,

in t

his

inst

an

ce,

spa

tia

l co

ord

ina

tio

n m

ust

be

a p

rere

qu

isit

e s

ho

uld

th

e

spe

cifi

c p

lan

s o

utl

ine

d b

y S

ha

pe

be

giv

en

th

e g

ree

n

ligh

t.T

he

re is

als

o a

ne

ed

to

de

velo

p a

co

-ord

ina

ted

a

nd

str

ate

gic

ap

pro

ach

to

th

e p

ote

nti

al l

on

g t

erm

re

loca

tio

n o

f b

usi

ne

sse

s in

se

nsi

tive

loca

tio

ns.

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7.1

T

he

de

live

ry a

rra

ng

em

en

ts f

or

tak

ing

fo

rwa

rd t

his

to

wn

wid

e s

tra

teg

ic m

ast

erp

lan

a

re c

en

tra

l to

its

ove

rall

succ

ess

. Tra

dit

ion

al

arr

an

ge

me

nts

fo

r p

roje

ct m

an

ag

em

en

t, c

orp

ora

te

resp

on

sib

iliti

es

an

d s

tatu

tory

fu

nct

ion

s w

ith

in t

he

lo

cal a

uth

ori

ty p

rese

nt

a s

et

of

issu

es

be

yon

d t

he

re

mit

of

this

co

mm

issi

on

. De

live

rin

g a

vis

ion

fo

r a

to

wn

an

d n

ot

just

co

-ord

ina

tin

g b

ut

ow

nin

g,

all

asp

ect

s o

f th

e s

tra

teg

y d

em

an

ds

ne

w w

ays

of

wo

rkin

g, e

spe

cia

lly d

uri

ng

th

e c

urr

en

t ti

me

s o

f g

rea

t p

olit

ica

l, g

ove

rnm

en

tal a

nd

eco

no

mic

ch

an

ge

. Th

is p

lan

is a

bo

ut

cre

ati

ng

a u

nif

yin

g

asp

ira

tio

n, a

vis

ion

an

d a

lso

a p

art

ne

rsh

ip.

7.2

T

his

do

cum

en

t se

ts o

ut

a r

an

ge

of

stra

teg

ic

ob

ject

ive

s, a

sp

ati

al m

ast

erp

lan

an

d a

nu

mb

er

of

tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al p

roje

cts

for

Co

lwyn

Bay

th

at

are

b

oth

bo

ld a

nd

fo

cuss

ed

. Th

ey

are

a d

ire

ct r

esp

on

se

to t

he

cu

rre

nt

ne

ed

s a

nd

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

wit

hin

th

e

tow

n a

nd

an

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

eco

no

mic

an

d

po

litic

al i

mp

era

tive

s th

at

will

co

nti

nu

e t

o d

rive

d

om

est

ic p

olic

y fo

r m

an

y ye

ars

.

7.3

T

he

str

ate

gy

itse

lf w

ill r

em

ain

a w

ish

list

if

de

live

ry is

no

t o

rga

nis

ed

at

the

rig

ht

stra

teg

ic

leve

l. H

ow

to

org

an

ise

de

live

ry is

su

gg

est

ed

he

re

an

d r

ela

tes

to t

he

ob

ject

ive

s o

f th

e s

tra

teg

y it

self

ra

the

r th

an

an

y a

sse

ssm

en

t o

f cu

rre

nt

stru

ctu

res

in

Co

lwyn

Bay

, or

the

ir c

ap

aci

ty o

r cu

rre

nt

role

. It

is n

ot

wit

hin

th

e r

em

it o

f th

is c

om

mis

sio

n t

o c

om

me

nt

or

ev

alu

ate

in d

eta

il o

n lo

cal d

eliv

ery

ve

hic

les

as

the

y a

re c

urr

en

tly

con

stit

ute

d. T

his

is a

bo

ut

co-

ord

ina

tio

n a

nd

ca

pa

city

an

d t

he

ma

na

ge

me

nt

of

a

sin

gle

str

ate

gy

in a

sin

gle

pla

ce! T

he

ve

ry s

tro

ng

est

7. D

eliv

ery

Arr

ang

em

en

tsp

art

ne

rsh

ip o

f n

ati

on

al,

reg

ion

al a

nd

loca

l tie

rs o

f g

ove

rnm

en

t m

ust

be

inte

gra

ted

wit

h t

he

co

nti

nu

ing

in

volv

em

en

t o

f lo

cal c

om

mu

nit

ies

an

d t

he

pri

va

te

sect

or.

Th

e c

ore

fu

nct

ion

s o

f su

ch a

pa

rtn

ers

hip

in

clu

de

th

e f

ollo

win

g:

• C

ust

od

ian

an

d le

ad

er

of

the

vis

ion

an

d m

ast

er

pla

n f

or

the

to

wn

. W

hils

t th

e t

he

me

s, p

roje

cts

an

d f

un

din

g p

ack

ag

es

to t

ake

fo

rwa

rd e

lem

en

ts o

f th

e m

ast

erp

lan

will

all

be

diff

ere

nt,

th

e c

ust

od

ian

’s

role

is t

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t th

ere

is e

ff e

ctiv

e d

eliv

ery

a

cro

ss t

he

are

a w

ith

pro

gre

ss m

ad

e t

ow

ard

s th

e

bro

ad

str

ate

gy.

• To

dri

ve, l

ea

d a

nd

pro

cure

all

asp

ect

s o

f in

vest

me

nt

wit

h a

pa

rtic

ula

r fo

cus

on

ho

usi

ng

in

vest

me

nt,

str

ate

gic

en

vir

on

me

nta

l, p

ark

an

d

pu

blic

re

alm

imp

rove

me

nts

an

d k

ey

em

plo

yme

nt

rela

ted

inve

stm

en

ts in

clu

din

g f

aci

lita

tin

g t

he

sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

op

po

rtu

nit

y a

nd

mo

re s

tra

teg

ic

fun

din

g f

or

tra

nsp

ort

, in

fra

stru

ctu

re a

nd

fl o

od

d

efe

nce

wo

rks.

To d

rive

an

d n

eg

oti

ate

th

e b

est

de

al f

or

Co

lwyn

B

ay w

ith

pu

blic

se

cto

r in

vest

ors

. Th

is w

ill b

e s

et

in t

he

co

nte

xt o

f 2

5%

pu

blic

sp

en

din

g c

uts

fro

m

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me

rge

ncy

Bu

dg

et

he

ad

line

s –

Ju

ne

2

01

0).

Th

is d

em

an

ds

join

t w

ork

ing

at

the

hig

he

st

leve

ls b

etw

ee

n t

he

Co

un

cil,

the

We

lsh

Ass

em

bly

G

ove

rnm

en

t, in

vest

ors

an

d c

om

mu

nit

y p

art

ne

rs.

• To

ma

rke

t C

olw

yn B

ay, b

uild

ing

th

e p

riv

ate

se

cto

r in

vest

me

nt

ba

se, t

he

are

a’s

pro

fi le

, su

pp

ort

ing

an

d

lea

din

g t

he

fo

cus

of

all

pa

rtn

ers

.•

Pro

vid

ing

co

nsi

ste

ncy

of

ap

pro

ach

ove

r m

an

y ye

ars

, acr

oss

fu

nd

ing

an

d p

olic

y ch

an

ge

s.

• A

str

ate

gic

ap

pro

ach

to

fu

nd

ing

an

d in

vest

me

nt.

7.4

A

s w

ell

as

be

ing

th

e c

ust

od

ian

of

the

vis

ion

, th

e d

eliv

ery

ag

en

cy f

or

this

to

wn

wid

e p

lan

in C

olw

yn

Bay

mu

st h

ave

a r

em

it t

o k

nit

to

ge

the

r a

ll fu

nd

ing

st

rea

ms

acr

oss

all

the

me

s a

nd

fra

me

wo

rks.

Fro

m

all

pu

blic

se

cto

r a

nd

se

rvic

e d

eliv

ery

bu

dg

ets

to

all

cap

ita

l pro

gra

mm

es

an

d p

riv

ate

se

cto

r in

vest

me

nt,

a

sin

gle

str

ate

gic

ap

pro

ach

to

Co

lwyn

Bay

is t

he

dri

ver

he

re.

7.5

T

he

his

tory

of

urb

an

po

licy

in U

K t

ow

ns

an

d

citi

es

is s

catt

ere

d w

ith

org

an

isa

tio

na

l exp

eri

me

nts

, p

ilots

an

d in

itia

tive

s th

at

hav

e h

ad

va

ryin

g d

eg

ree

s o

f im

pa

ct a

nd

ma

na

ge

d d

iff e

ren

t fu

nd

ing

re

gim

es

in a

ra

ng

e o

f d

iff e

ren

t co

nte

xts.

Th

is m

ast

erp

lan

mu

st b

e

ab

ou

t le

arn

ing

fro

m t

he

se e

xpe

rie

nce

s a

nd

dri

vin

g

forw

ard

a n

ew

de

live

ry p

art

ne

rsh

ip t

ha

t m

ake

s th

e

vis

ion

ha

pp

en

.

7.6

In

an

y ca

se, a

ra

dic

ally

alt

ere

d n

ati

on

al c

on

text

m

ea

ns

tha

t p

rev

iou

s fu

nd

ing

re

qu

ire

me

nts

an

d t

he

st

ruct

ure

s a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h t

he

m m

ust

be

scr

uti

nis

ed

. D

eliv

eri

ng

be

tte

r re

sult

s fo

r le

ss m

on

ey

is t

he

ne

w

ma

ntr

a w

ith

in t

he

pu

blic

se

cto

r a

nd

pa

rt o

f th

e w

ay

to a

chie

ve t

his

is t

o t

ap

eve

n m

ore

into

th

e c

rea

tive

p

ote

nti

al o

f p

eo

ple

, co

mm

un

itie

s, e

nte

rpri

se a

nd

cr

ea

te a

ne

w “

loca

lism

” fo

r C

olw

yn B

ay.

7.7

T

he

de

live

ry p

art

ne

rsh

ip f

or

this

str

ate

gic

m

ast

erp

lan

mu

st a

lso

be

str

uct

ure

d a

nd

re

sou

rce

d t

o

lea

d t

he

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f n

ew

ap

pro

ach

es

to p

riv

ate

se

cto

r fu

nd

ing

, en

ga

ge

wit

h k

ey

lan

do

wn

ers

an

d t

he

in

vest

me

nt

ind

ust

ry.

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7.8

C

rea

tive

an

d in

no

va

tive

ap

pro

ach

es

to

secu

rin

g f

un

din

g f

rom

bo

th t

he

pu

blic

an

d p

riv

ate

se

cto

r w

ill b

e r

eq

uir

ed

to

imp

lem

en

t th

e m

an

y th

em

es

an

d p

roje

cts

wit

hin

th

is m

ast

erp

lan

. Th

e

tra

dit

ion

al u

se o

f p

ub

lic s

ect

or

fun

din

g t

o le

ver

pri

va

te in

vest

me

nt

an

d t

o in

cre

ase

va

lue

s a

nd

he

lp

cre

ate

mo

re f

un

ctio

nin

g lo

cal m

ark

ets

will

be

diffi

cu

lt.

Ne

w fi

na

nci

al m

od

els

an

d jo

int

ven

ture

s to

wo

rk

wit

h p

ub

lic s

take

ho

lde

rs a

nd

pri

va

te in

vest

ors

will

be

n

ee

de

d a

nd

th

e d

eliv

ery

ve

hic

le f

or

the

ma

ste

rpla

n

mu

st b

e t

ask

ed

, wit

h t

ak

ing

th

e le

ad

ing

ro

le a

s a

st

rate

gic

inve

sto

r in

its

ow

n r

igh

t. T

he

de

live

ry b

od

y w

ill a

lso

be

ta

ske

d w

ith

pro

tect

ing

inve

stm

en

t a

lre

ad

y m

ad

e in

th

e t

ow

n a

nd

en

suri

ng

bro

ad

so

cia

l an

d

eco

no

mic

ob

ject

ive

s a

re m

et.

Sta

tuto

ry P

lan

nin

g

7.9

T

he

de

live

ry o

f th

e m

ast

erp

lan

will

als

o b

e

inte

gra

ted

wit

h s

tatu

tory

pla

nn

ing

pro

cess

es.

Th

e c

ore

p

rin

cip

les

of

sust

ain

ab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

are

re

fl e

cte

d

thro

ug

ho

ut

this

do

cum

en

t a

nd

un

de

rpin

th

e o

vera

ll st

rate

gy.

Wh

ilst

larg

e e

lem

en

ts o

f th

e m

ast

erp

lan

are

n

ot

focu

sse

d o

n n

ew

ph

ysic

al o

r sp

ati

al a

ctio

ns,

it is

v

ita

l th

at

the

ma

ste

rpla

n it

self

is g

ive

n w

eig

ht

wit

hin

lo

cal d

eve

lop

me

nt

pla

ns.

Th

e L

DP

pro

cess

late

r in

2

01

0 w

ill in

corp

ora

te t

he

ke

y a

spe

cts

of

this

pla

n.

7.1

0

To e

nsu

re g

rea

ter

we

igh

t, t

he

pla

ns

an

d

pro

po

sals

se

t o

ut

in t

his

do

cum

en

t co

nfo

rm t

o t

he

o

bje

ctiv

es,

vis

ion

, str

ate

gy

an

d k

ey

po

licie

s se

t o

ut

in

the

em

erg

ing

LD

P.

Th

is s

tra

teg

ic m

ast

erp

lan

is n

ot

a

blu

ep

rin

t a

nd

is fl

exi

ble

en

ou

gh

to

ch

an

ge

ove

r fu

ture

ye

ars

as

inve

stm

en

t a

nd

ma

rke

t co

nd

itio

ns

fl u

ctu

ate

.

7.1

1

Th

ese

ide

as

an

d m

ast

erp

lan

pro

po

sals

hav

e

em

erg

ed

fro

m a

co

mm

un

ity

pa

rtic

ipa

tio

n p

roce

ss

un

de

rta

ken

at

the

sta

rt o

f th

e c

om

mis

sio

n. T

his

no

w

ne

ed

s to

be

de

velo

pe

d a

nd

bu

ilt u

po

n a

s th

e d

eliv

ery

b

od

y fo

r th

e s

tra

teg

y o

rga

nis

es

an

d t

ake

s o

wn

ers

hip

o

f fu

rth

er

com

mu

nit

y in

volv

em

en

t a

nd

su

ffi c

ien

t m

on

ito

rin

g m

ech

an

ism

s fo

r th

e li

feti

me

of

the

st

rate

gy.

7.1

2

Th

e a

pp

roa

ch a

nd

pro

po

sals

se

t o

ut

in

this

do

cum

en

t h

ave

be

en

en

do

rse

d b

y C

on

wy

’s

Co

mm

un

ity

Ove

rvie

w a

nd

Scr

uti

ny

Co

mm

itte

e o

n

19

th A

ug

ust

20

10

. Fu

rth

er

sta

keh

old

er

en

ga

ge

me

nt

wo

rk w

ith

th

e p

riv

ate

se

cto

r, r

esi

de

nts

an

d b

usi

ne

sse

s w

ill b

e r

eq

uir

ed

as

pa

rt o

f th

e im

ple

me

nta

tio

n o

f th

e

pla

n.

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86

Wh

at

sort

of

pla

ce c

ou

ld C

olw

yn B

ay b

e?

At

the

he

art

of

ou

r p

rop

osa

ls is

a n

ew

str

on

ge

r m

ore

exc

itin

g p

ictu

re o

f th

e t

ow

n a

nd

wh

at

it c

an

o

ff e

r, n

ot

on

ly t

o it

s re

sid

en

ts a

nd

bu

sin

ess

es

bu

t a

lso

vis

ito

rs a

nd

inve

sto

rs.

Th

e m

ast

er

bu

ilds

on

wh

at

is g

oo

d a

bo

ut

the

to

wn

as

a w

ay o

f d

raw

ing

pe

op

le t

o it

, he

lpin

g

the

m s

ee

mo

re a

nd

sta

y lo

ng

er.

Th

ere

is n

o d

ou

bt

tha

t C

olw

yn B

ay c

ou

ld o

nce

ag

ain

be

th

e s

ea

sid

e

de

stin

ati

on

it o

nce

wa

s w

hile

als

o s

tre

ng

the

nin

g it

s ro

le a

s th

e ‘c

ap

ita

l’ o

f th

e N

ort

h W

ale

s co

ast

.

Ima

gin

e w

ha

t a

fu

ture

Co

lwyn

Bay

co

uld

be

fro

m

the

po

int

of

vie

w o

f o

the

rs:

For

Vis

ito

rs:

Ou

r fa

mily

tra

vels

alo

ng

th

e r

ailw

ay lo

ok

ing

do

wn

a

t th

e n

ew

be

ach

, ro

ws

of

colo

urf

ul b

ea

ch h

uts

a

nd

am

azi

ng

pie

r lik

e b

oa

rd w

alk

s th

at

stre

tch

ou

t to

se

a.

Th

ey

arr

ive

at

a b

ran

d n

ew

mo

de

rn s

tati

on

w

hic

h lo

oks

ou

t to

se

a o

n o

ne

sid

e a

nd

a b

ran

d n

ew

to

wn

sq

ua

re o

n t

he

oth

er.

Th

ere

is a

ne

w b

rid

ge

w

hic

h li

nks

acr

oss

fro

m t

he

sq

ua

re o

nto

th

e p

rom

b

elo

w. T

he

y ca

n s

ee

th

e n

ew

ly r

em

od

elle

d p

ier

wit

h

its

rest

au

ran

ts, a

ttra

ctio

ns

an

d o

bse

rva

tio

n w

he

el.

Th

ey

cro

ss t

he

tre

e li

ne

d s

qu

are

wh

ere

th

ere

is

a c

raft

ma

rke

t o

n t

og

eth

er

wit

h m

usi

cia

ns

an

d

pe

rfo

rme

rs. T

o t

he

left

is C

olw

yn’s

ta

llest

an

d n

ew

est

b

uild

ing

ma

rkin

g t

he

ce

ntr

e o

f to

wn

- A

sta

te o

f th

e a

rt g

ree

n o

ffi c

e b

uild

ing

wit

h s

pe

cta

cula

r v

iew

s

8. D

eliv

eri

ng

a V

isio

n...

In C

on

clu

sio

nfr

om

th

e r

oo

f to

p c

afé

. A s

tro

ll u

p C

olw

yn’s

old

est

b

ut

ne

wly

re

furb

ish

ed

str

ee

t S

ea

Vie

w R

oa

d t

ake

s th

e

fam

ily in

to C

olw

yn C

resc

en

t. T

his

is t

he

to

wn

’s n

ew

est

sh

op

lin

ed

str

ee

t. F

rom

he

re t

he

fa

mily

ca

n t

urn

left

to

wa

rds

the

be

ach

, rig

ht

into

Sta

tio

n R

oa

d o

r st

raig

ht

on

to

wa

rds

Ab

erg

ele

Ro

ad

wit

h it

s sp

eci

alis

t sh

op

s,

cafe

s a

nd

th

ea

tre

.

Sh

op

pin

g, l

un

ch, a

nd

th

en

off

to

th

e b

ea

ch. T

he

fa

mily

w

alk

ove

r th

e n

ew

gre

en

bri

dg

e f

rom

Co

lwyn

Cre

sce

nt

to t

he

ne

w p

ier

an

d d

ow

n t

o t

he

be

ach

. Th

e s

an

d is

cl

ea

n a

nd

so

ft a

nd

ea

sy t

o g

et

to. T

he

pro

m is

fu

ll o

f p

eo

ple

str

olli

ng

be

twe

en

th

e n

ew

bo

ard

wa

lk g

roin

s w

atc

hin

g t

he

sa

ilin

g a

nd

jet

skis

clu

ste

red

aro

un

d t

he

n

ew

wa

ter

spo

rts

cen

tre

.

Th

e e

ven

ing

se

es

the

fa

mily

str

oll

ove

r th

e f

oo

tbri

dg

e

to t

he

pa

rk. T

he

y lo

ok

do

wn

on

oth

ers

exp

lori

ng

th

e

ne

w o

uts

ide

scu

lptu

re g

alle

ry s

tre

tch

ed

ou

t a

nd

fl o

od

lit

alo

ng

th

e D

ing

le. (

No

t p

rev

iou

sly

me

nti

on

ed

) Th

ey

wa

lk t

hro

ug

h t

he

ne

w p

ark

en

tra

nce

to

wa

rds

the

la

ke w

he

re t

he

y e

njo

y a

mu

sic

pe

rfo

rma

nce

an

d s

tro

ll a

rou

nd

th

e n

ew

pa

rk. T

he

kid

s cl

imb

ove

r th

e b

ou

lde

rs

an

d g

et

the

ir f

ee

t w

et

in t

he

ha

bit

at

are

a.

For

Re

sid

en

ts:

Be

tte

r a

ff o

rda

ble

ho

usi

ng

is b

ein

g b

uilt

in e

ast

C

olw

yn. t

his

is a

gre

at

pla

ce t

o li

ve f

or

fam

ilie

s. A

fe

w

min

ute

s w

alk

aw

ay o

ver

the

fo

otb

rid

ge

is t

he

ne

w

spo

rts

vill

ag

e a

nd

Eir

ias

Pa

rk. I

n t

he

oth

er

dir

ect

ion

is

the

to

wn

ce

ntr

e a

nd

th

e n

ew

fa

mily

fri

en

dly

be

ach

. T

he

sp

ort

s v

illa

ge

pro

vid

es

fi tn

ess

cla

sse

s a

nd

sp

ort

s

tra

inin

g f

or

the

kid

s. T

he

re a

re a

va

rie

ty o

f th

ing

s to

tr

y b

oth

ind

oo

rs a

nd

ou

tdo

ors

ra

ng

ing

fro

m c

limb

ing

, fo

otb

all,

te

nn

is, r

ug

by,

ru

nn

ing

, sw

imm

ing

, all

sort

s o

f in

do

or

spo

rts.

Th

ere

is a

lso

a p

lace

fo

r sk

ate

bo

ard

ing

, B

MX

an

d a

yo

uth

clu

b.

Th

ere

are

go

od

sch

oo

ls c

lose

by

all

linke

d t

o t

he

pa

rk

an

d S

eav

ille

. Th

ere

are

eve

n o

uts

ide

te

ach

ing

are

as

in

the

Wo

od

lan

d S

cho

ol a

nd

ne

w h

ab

ita

t a

rea

.

Th

e p

ark

als

o h

as

a r

eg

ula

r p

rog

ram

me

of

fest

iva

ls a

nd

e

ven

ts. T

he

re a

re a

lot

of

vis

ito

rs t

o t

he

Din

gle

to

o, t

o

see

th

e s

culp

ture

.

For

Bu

sin

ess

es:

Mo

re a

nd

mo

re p

eo

ple

are

no

w v

isit

ing

Co

lwyn

Bay

. T

he

to

wn

’s b

ea

ch p

roje

ct a

nd

re

na

issa

nce

ha

s b

ee

n

na

tio

na

l ne

ws

an

d w

ith

ad

ven

t o

f re

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ced

fl yi

ng

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th

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to

sta

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rk

rig

ht

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art

of

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to

wn

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h t

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re

loca

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l in

to it

s n

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en

bu

ildin

g o

n t

he

Sq

ua

re

mo

re a

nd

mo

re p

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ple

are

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th

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an

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ha

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th

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Th

ere

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ew

ho

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ng

be

ing

bu

ilt (

or

cre

ate

d if

co

nve

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ns?

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hic

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ng

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in y

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pu

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mo

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to

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imp

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such

as

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ea

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in n

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ma

tely

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re t

wo

ne

w li

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fro

m t

he

to

wn

th

e b

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ach

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ne

w s

tre

et

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esi

gn

ed

to

im

pro

ve a

cce

ss a

nd

cir

cula

tio

n. I

t o

pe

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p S

tati

on

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stri

an

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it t

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w

ide

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tail

focu

sed

cir

cula

tio

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loo

p’ a

rou

nd

th

e

tow

n c

ore

.

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re

tail

spa

ce is

pro

po

sed

at

the

sh

op

pin

g

cen

tre

an

d o

n S

ea

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w R

oa

d u

tilis

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t.

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ne

w t

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qu

are

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d s

tati

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rop

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d

wh

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imp

rove

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an

spo

rt a

cce

ssib

ility

wh

ile a

lso

b

rin

gin

g a

str

on

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nse

of

arr

iva

l an

d c

en

tre

to

th

e t

ow

n.

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d t

raffi

c is

re

org

an

ise

d w

ith

so

me

ro

ad

s b

eco

min

g t

wo

way

. Th

is is

de

sig

ne

d t

o im

pro

ve

circ

ula

tio

n a

nd

acc

ess

ibili

ty.

• P

ed

est

ria

n c

ircu

lati

on

is im

pro

ved

to

ea

st C

olw

yn

an

d a

cro

ss t

he

Din

gle

via

a n

ew

fo

otb

rid

ge

.

• T

he

ho

usi

ng

ba

lan

ce is

re

-se

t w

ith

fo

cuse

d

cle

ara

nce

an

d a

dd

itio

na

l ne

w f

am

ily h

om

e

pro

ject

s.

• T

he

pa

rk is

re

mo

de

lled

into

a s

po

rts

vill

ag

e a

nd

fa

mily

pa

rk, m

axi

mis

ing

its

ass

ets

an

d p

rop

ose

d

spo

rts

init

iati

ves

• T

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pro

me

na

de

pro

ject

is li

nke

d in

wit

h t

he

wid

er

ma

ste

r p

lan

to

ge

the

r w

ith

th

e n

ew

be

ach

an

d

coa

sta

l de

fen

ce w

ork

s.

• W

ate

rsp

ort

s b

usi

ne

ss o

pp

ort

un

itie

s

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