Previously approved plans for Sites B and C

The Council has what is known as Outline Planning Permission for Sites B and C. This planning application included an illustrative scheme, which showed one way a scheme might come forward. While this is only illustrative, it showed what the current outline planning permission could lead to on Sites B and C.

Site B

This illustrative scheme for Site B would mean:

Approximately 465 new homes, around half of these affordable homes
Up to 1104sqm of retail space
Parking spaces for market traders
Storage units for market traders
Communal garden for residents
Up to 12 storeys with a corner block on Church Street Penfold Street

Site C

This illustrative scheme for Site C would mean:

Approximately 227 new homes, around half of these affordable homes
Up to 487sqm of retail space
Up to 719sqm of enterprise space
Communal gardens for residents
Improved public space outside Kennet House
Up to 12 storeys with a corner block on Church Street and Venables street

While the Council has outline planning permission for Sites B and C, if through a Co-Design process a design emerges which can’t be accommodated within the current Outline Planning Permission, then the Council will submit a new application. The Council wants to bring forward proposals for Sites B and C that meet community aspirations, are viable, deliver much-needed new and better affordable homes, and support the market and Church Street’s future as a shopping destination.