Renaisi has led a consortium of Roger Tym and Partners and Space Syntax to produce a town centre spatial strategy for Tower Hamlets aimed at delivering a framework for the long term development of all the boroughs town centres. The development of the strategy included detailed research into the borough’s retail and town centre provision and set out a robust vision and development plan for each of the borough’s town centres to 2020. It will be used as a tool to inform the local authority’s Community Plan, Local Development Framework (LDF) and Regeneration Strategy.
The work was undertaken in two distinct phases.
Phase 1 consisted of gathering evidence to understand the function, performance and potential of Tower Hamlets’ town centres and retail provision in meeting the needs of existing and future communities. The research included scoping the socio-economic and spatial properties and value of the borough’s town centres; undertaking a retail capacity study; mapping the local and regional economic context; and identifying growth pressures and development and investment opportunities.
Phase 2 of the work involved the production of a town centre spatial strategy, informed by extensive consultation with a wide range of key stakeholders drawn from across the community.
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