Jas Bhalla Works - Thriving Centres In New Towns - Flipbook - Page 11
Identifying common issues
Onerous parking
requirements
Banking on early
returns
Many parking standards don’t
support compact and walkable
centres. While new centres will
typically need parking to be
commercially viable - especially
in the early phases - this should
not undermine the quality of
spaces and places.
The delivery of local centres is
commonly delayed by overly
optimistic assumptions about
the financial performance
of non-residential elements.
Commercial and retail spaces
do not generate the same profit
as they once did and will not
be as attractive to operators or
The high parking requirements
for non-residential uses
dictated by policy and adoption
requirements can generate
excessive surface parking,
fragmenting the centre.
delivery partners. Early-stage
non-residential elements need
to be seen as “infrastructure
costs”, which, despite acting as
an overhead in early years, will
ultimately increase the value of
the residential offer in the long
term.
Loss of compact
form through
parking, and
unrealistic
financial
assumptions
