High Street and Heritage consultations to begin

Residents are being invited to give their views on a range of plans to improve and protect Bromsgrove town centre during consultations that begin this week.

The six-week public consultations on plans for the redevelopment of the High Street, the Townscape Heritage Initiative and the Bromsgrove Conservation Area start on Thursday February 2, and Bromsgrove District Council is encouraging residents to look over the proposals.

The plans will be exhibited at the Dolphin Centre on School Drive and Bromsgrove Library on Stratford Road for the duration of the consultation.

Furthermore project managers and other members of the design teams will be on site and available to talk about the plans at the Library from 10am to 4pm on Monday 20 February through to Wednesday 22 February. The information will also be displayed on a High Street market stall from 10am to 4pm on Friday 24 February.

Feedback on the plans will be collected through questionnaires and will include the range of options for the manufacturing design of benches, lamp posts and other street furniture that will be used in the new high street layout.

Bromsgrove District Council’s portfolio holder for town centre regeneration Cllr Del Booth said: “The new high street has been carefully designed to be both practical and attractive, and in combination with the Townscape Heritage Initiative it will be a real boost to our town. I urge residents to come and look at the plans and take part in the consultations.

“We also want to explain the Heritage project, as it involves many parts of the community. We want the clear benefits of the scheme to be understood as well as what responsibilities owners and residents may have under it. It makes good sense to do all this at the same time as the linked High Street consultation.”