New Ash Green Village Centre, New Ash Green

Not being carried forward - Emerging Local Plan Ref ST2-37 - New Ash Green village centre will be regenerated and the quality of the environment improved so that it more effectively meets the needs of the community. Development should retain a scale appropriate to the size of the community it is intended to serve and a form that respects the distinctive character of the settlement. Development should achieve a satisfactory relationship with the adjoining housing and open space. Proposals should include retail, employment and community facilities and services. Office space should be retained or provided in this central location. An element of residential development (in the form of apartments) should be included as part of the regeneration scheme. The scheme should provide improvements to the local centre public realm. Servicing, parking and access arrangements will need careful consideration once the mix of uses is determined and a Transport Assessment will be required. Parking should be reprovided as part of the scheme, including parking for residential units. The pedestrian environment should be designed to provide a safe and secure access incorporating security measures (such as the public realm overlooked by residential development) to deter crime, the fear of crime and antisocial behaviour. Developers will be required to demonstrate that there is adequate waste water capacity both on and off the site to serve the development and that it would not lead to problems for existing or new users. In some circumstances it may be necessary for developers to fund tudies to ascertain whether the proposed development will lead to overloading of existing water infrastructure.