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This section introduces the town centre policies. Town centres serve local communities, support economic growth and act as focal points for retail, commercial, cultural, leisure, community and civic life. Changing habits, including the growth of internet shopping and the effects of the Covid pandemic, are reshaping high streets. The plan therefore aims for a flexible framework that keeps town centres vital and viable, encourages a wider mix of uses and improves the quality of the public realm.
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4.3 Supporting our Changing Town Centres
Policies within this section contribute to achieving the following Strategic
Objectives:
SO2. Delivering homes that meet the needs of all our communities
SO3. Developing opportunities for jobs and growing the economy
SO4. Making effective use of land and natural resources
SO6. Creating attractive places and spaces
SO7. Protecting and enhancing our heritage and cultural assets
SO8. Improving the quality of life of our communities
4.3.1 Across South Warwickshire, town centres play a major role in serving local
communities, supporting economic growth and encouraging investment. They also
form an important part of the areas identity and character and are focal points for retail,
commercial, cultural, leisure, community and civic activities. Thriving town centres
support local economic growth and encourage investment. Changes in consumer
habits such as the growth of internet shopping and the impacts of the Covid pandemic
are changing the traditional composition of our high streets. It is therefore essential that
the Local Plan sets a policy framework that is flexible enough to maintain and enhance
the ongoing vitality and viability of our town centres.
4.3.2 The SWLP aims to maintain the vitality and viability of our town centres by
supporting proposals that enhance their respective roles in the town centres hierarchy.
Proposals will also be encouraged that help to diversify the range of uses in town
centres, making them more attractive to residents, employers, shoppers and visitors
alike. It is also important to ensure that opportunities to improve the quality of our town
centre environments by enhancements to the public realm are considered as part of
future development proposals or town centre enhancement programmes including the
work of the Transformation Framew