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Revised Development Strategy
5.6 District Wide Transport Mitigation Proposals
Representation ID: 54903
Received: 11/07/2013
Respondent: Picturesque
As a business owner and a member of Smith Street Traders Association, distressed with some of the proposals that have been put forward as part of the new Local Plan.
The one that is of primary concern is the right turn at the bottom of Smith Street into St Nicholas Church Street being prohibited.
If customers come to us from the other side of Warwick, the Banbury Road or Stratford, how are they supposed to get back? There is no other option without a massive diversion through housing estates, or going as far back as Leamington and returning along the Myton Road.
If this plan goes ahead, Smith Street will become a vacant island as the difficulties in exiting it outweigh the benefits of shopping there.
Considering that this is the only street in Warwick that is solely occupied with independent traders, it should be nurtured, not neglected.
Too often towns are clones of one another, and finding an area that is unique and flourishing is becoming increasingly difficult.
Please do not enforce proposals that will make trading harder in already uncertain times.
It seems odd that Operation Footfall, a scheme to attract people to shop in Warwick, should then be negated by a plan that will essentially prohibit customers from one of the busiest shopping areas in Warwick.
Pease reconsider these proposals, and respect the local knowledge and consideration of the traders in Smith Street.
As a business owner of 14 years, and a member of Smith Street Traders Association, may I say how distressed I am with some of the proposals that have been put forward as part of the new Local Plan.
The one that is of primary concern is the right turn at the bottom of Smith Street into St Nicholas Church Street being prohibited. If customers come to us from the other side of Warwick, the Banbury Road or Stratford, how are they supposed to get back? There is no other option without a massive diversion through housing estates, or going as far back as Leamington and returning along the Myton Road. If this plan goes ahead, Smith Street will become a vacant island as the difficulties in exiting it outweigh the benefits of shopping there. Considering that this is the only street in Warwick that is solely occupied with independent traders, it should be nurtured, not neglected. Too often towns are clones of one another, and finding an area that is unique and flourishing is becoming increasingly difficult. Please do not enforce proposals that will make trading harder in already uncertain times.
Ironically, I believe £400k was recently invested into Operation Footfall. It seems odd that a scheme to attract people to shop in Warwick should then be negated by a plan that will essentially prohibit customers from one of the busiest shopping areas in Warwick.
I would ask you to please reconsider these proposals, and respect the local knowledge and consideration of the traders in Smith Street.
