melton mowbray town centre masterplan

In February 2007, the Council started to prepare a Town Centre Masterplan for Melton Mowbray.  The Masterplan identifies the retail, office and other uses needed to contribute to the regeneration of the Town Centre and considers the opportunities for locating new developments.  However, the majority of the Masterplan was prepared prior to the fire which has resulted in the demolition of the majority of the Council’s Offices and has led to the Council decision on 4 March 2009 to dispose of the Nottingham Road site for redevelopment.  The Masterplan was so far advanced at the time of the fire that the availability of the Nottingham Road site and the potential development of Council Offices at Burton Street has not influenced the report in its entirety.

Nevetheless, the Masterplan provides a Strategic Vision for the Town Centre and seven Regeneration Themes which have been used to develop project options which have the potential to transform the current central area into a vibrant, high quality and integrated Town Centre.   

A draft updated project plan has been prepared. The plan sets out which projects could be pursued at this time.  Where projects are to be pursued an indication is given of which of the Councils service areas or partner organisations this involves.   The plan will be reported to committee on 1 April 2009 and the final version will be made available here.

The projects can be grouped into packages of activities.  Generally, this results in the following areas of work that could be focused on to regenerate the town;

• Pursuit of regeneration opportunities at principal sites within the town centre; the Cattle Market, Wilton Road/ Brooksby College, Burton Road and Nottingham Road.
• Preparation of an Area Action Plan for Melton Mowbray Town Centre as part of the Melton Local Development Framework
• Preparation of a comprehensive Public Realm Strategy
• Preparation of a Green Infrastructure Strategy

The original Masterplan document may also be downloaded, although the project plan should be consulted to see which projects are currently being pursued.