TC8 - Wellington Place and Albert Road, Cinema, Queens Road, 1-7 Wellington Place

Site reference: TC8
Site name: Corner of Wellington Place and Albert Road; Cinema, Queens Road; 1-7 Wellington Place

Focus Area/Strategic Policy: Focus Area 1: Hastings Central 

Use: Commercial/employment led mixed use, with retention of the cinema.  Option to include residential uses.

Indicative capacity (net residential dwellings/floorspace): 3,500sqm

Site specific development considerations based on draft Local Plan policies:

Development on this site should:

• Provide 25% affordable housing where new residential development is built in line with policy SP2
• Seek to develop in a comprehensive or coordinated manner on this site which is in an  important location and forms a prominent gateway between the seafront and Town Centre
• Retain the cinema on site or secure replacement provision within the Hastings Central area
• Enhance the setting of the conservation area, including views of and from Hastings Castle
• Manage the flow of traffic within the pedestrianised portion of the site
• Enhance the public realm focused on the Roundel in the centre of the allocation to create a safe, legible and attractive streetscape to encourage positive daytime use
• Secure parts of the site between dusk and dawn to support community cohesion
• Introduce policy compliant 'greening' to the site in a form appropriate to the urban setting
• Mitigate the impact of noise on residential dwellings with appropriate measures due to its location within the active night time economy setting of this area

The following image shows a map of the site boundary

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