Marriotts Walk – a community led regeneration scheme

Phil Shaw – Area Development Manager

Marriotts Close

The master plan

Marriotts Walk

Consultation

Community needs

Embed the development into the town

Retain Witney’s character

Attractive, functional and safe for all users

Financially sustainable

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The process• Community engagement and

consultation at all stages• Cross cutting working groups• Town Centre Forum

Consultation

January 2008Welch Way car park, before work started

w w w . w e s t o x o n . g o v . u k

August 2008

October 2009 – Completion/integration

Introduction of the modern

Introduction of the modern

Big, big-name stores

Affordable housing

Cinema & leisure quarter

Public art

Public art

Environmental sustainability

Play area & copse

Community Safety ‘Gains’• An Integrated public space CCTV system• Park Mark Award• ANPR System• A Town Centre Radio Scheme• A more balanced Night Time Economy

Witney Town Centre Forum

Sustaining the town

School art

School project

Improving the town

Involving the community

Direct people around the town

Shoppers map….

…...and shoppers website

• Screen dump

300 new jobs

Free parking

Town centre footfall up15%

Positive headlines

Catalyst for further development

What the public think

What town centre traders think

What the developer thinks

What the politicians think

What the MP thinks

The aims of the partnership• Enhance the commercial viability and vitality

of the Town Centre• Widen the range of services and facilities

available to the local community• Preserve and enhance the special

architectural and environmental character of Witney Conservation Area

• Be attractive functional and safe for all users• Achieve a reasonable financial return for

local tax payers

The aims of the partnership• Enhance the commercial viability and vitality

of the Town Centre• Widen the range of services and facilities

available to the local community• Preserve and enhance the special

architectural and environmental character of Witney Conservation Area

• Be attractive functional and safe for all users• Achieve a reasonable financial return for

local tax payers

Rodney HartnellManager, The Woolgate Shopping Centre

“The town is now firing on all cylinders”

In retrospect…….• Needs a strong vision before you start• But be flexible/adapt• Good to get external verification/support to

persuade doubters• Needs community and Member buy in• Keep partners and Statutory Undertakers in

the loop• Keep on consulting/engaging- it pays off