Public meeting over the Development Strategy for Southport Town Centre
THIS will be a public meeting run by
The Federation of Small Businesses Sefton and Ormskirk branch, that will take
place on Wednesday, 20 May 2015, at the Old Links Golf Club, Moss Lane,
Southport, PR9 7QS. A finger buffet will start the event from 6.30pm and the
meeting will start at 7.00pm. The meeting will focus on the development strategy
for Southport Town Centre, featuring Sefton Council and Nexus Planning. If you
do not know what it is all about, Sefton Council, in partnership with the
Southport Business Improvement District, has appointed Nexus Planning to draw up
a development strategy for Southport Town Centre. Nexus Planning is to identify
the redevelopment options for a number of sites, including Marine Park on
Southport's seafront, and Tulketh Street, a commercial site. Nexus aims to
establish a strategy conducive to attracting private sector investment into the
town, which will be used to guide the activity of the BID over the next 5 years.
Nexus Planning will be working on the first draft of the development strategy
over the final quarter of 2014, and the 1st quarter of 2015. The strategy, due
for delivery by 2030, will look at how Southport can regenerate and grow its
visitor economy as a classic resort, including a study of the design, access and
investment opportunities in and around Lord Street, the canopied Victorian
boulevard which forms the historic heart of the Town.
