I support the planning applications for Eagle Quarter because I would like to see:

New bespoke commercial units that are targeted to local, independent and artisan businesses and offered on flexible sizes, terms and uses that will invigorate the retail and leisure offering in this part of the town centre, without prejudicing the viability of other retail offerings such as that at Parkway

A new Health Centre/GP Surgery facility, to provide increased capacity and modern fit-for-purpose premises

Retention and improvement of the Vue cinema and leisure facilities

New streets that will create a new pedestrianised link between the railway station and the Town Centre & bus station

A new state-of-the-art environmentally sustainable headquarters office building provides a golden opportunity to an existing major employer to relocate to modern purpose-built offices in the town centre, avoiding the continued leaching of office jobs to the edge of the town or out of the District completely

The tech incubator hub will provide flexible office space for high-tech and other start-up businesses, providing a valuable new facility that it currently lacking in Newbury and ideally placed to take advantage of the high-tech cluster in Newbury

The removal of an outdated and underused shopping centre in favour of a comprehensive regeneration scheme that will provide a catalyst with wider regeneration benefits to the town centre and its urban rejuvenation

New sustainable homes in the Town Centre will that will drive footfall and increase the patronage of existing local shops and businesses

Creation of a new mixed-use quarter which will enhance the attractiveness of the Town Centre as a destination, with new spaces for local, independent and artisan businesses that will help enhance Newbury’s unique and special identity

Redevelopment that will make a significant contribution to reducing CO2 emissions in a major and positive response to the locally-declared Climate Emergency

The hundreds of permanent new jobs will be created both on the site itself and in the wider economy

New public spaces form part of the high quality public realm, incorporating street trading opportunities and public performance spaces – including a new bandstand

Hundreds of new homes for rent without the need for a mortgage of a large cash deposit

Use of Ground-Source Heat Pump technology to provide carbon-free hot water, heating and cooling to the development without the use of any onsite fossil fuels and save 350 tonnes of annual CO2 emissions

The addition of photovoltaic panels to the existing multi-storey car park, as well as on the roof of the new offices, which will save 45 tonnes of annual CO2 emissions

Provision of an onsite car club

Additional electric vehicle charging points in the existing multi-storey car park

An onsite cycle workshop including day-to-day repair facilities, cycle servicing and cycle hire facilities including electric bicycles and potentially electric scooters, complementing the 610 onsite cycle parking spaces

A net biodiversity gain through the provision of targeted habitat enhancements

The pedestrianised new streets will feature new trees and planting resulting in urban greening of this part of the Town Centre, with a sense of place and identity for the town

Betterment of the existing multi-storey car park turning it into a solar car park including additional car parking spaces, additional electric vehicle charging points, rooftop solar panels, new lifts, lighting and signage.

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