Meeting documents

Amended Radstock Regeneration Principles for Approval

Amendments underlined

Form

Function

Historically a coal town, Radstock now has an unclear role. A future regeneration principle will be:

Economy, Uses & Activity

Originally, a town dominated by heavy industry and providing local services. Now it is dominated by a superstore with a range of services but lacks vitality. A regeneration principle for the future of the town will be to develop its latent potential:

Living

In an area of pit-head settlement with housing concentrated on the surrounding hillside, there is currently little town centre living. A future regeneration principle will be:

Community and Services

Radstock has a strong tradition of community activity, education and self-help. This continues but lacks focus and, despite recent exemplars such as the new school, is diluted by poor and disparate facilities. For the future of the town a regeneration principle will be:

Connection & Public Realm

Once a rail town, Radstock is now a through town dominated by traffic and affected by peak hour congestion. Pedestrian and cycle movement is severed and curtailed and while the centre is an important hub for buses, interchange facilities are poor. A regeneration principle is therefore:

Buildings & Natural Assets

Radstock has grown up as a distinctive industrial town in a rural setting. It has previously been at the centre of a local industry supplying fossil fuel. Today the town's character is diluted by poor modern development and it has no particular `energy profile'. A principle for future regeneration is therefore:

Equality of Opportunity

Radstock has a tradition of seeking to address social and economic disadvantage experienced within the local community. For the future a regeneration principle is therefore: