Residents have until September 10 to register views on changes made to the Royal Arcade development in Crewe, writes Belinda Ryan.
And among the changes are the addition of two large panels of green wall of the car park facing Delamere Street.
The application to redevelop the main part of the town centre was submitted in April by Peveril Securities, which is developing the site on behalf Cheshire East Council.
But following criticism of aspects of the scheme during the first consultation period, the developer has made some amendments.
And members of the public have until September 10 to make comments on these amendments.
The developer states: “The green wall areas have been positioned at either end of the southern elevation to ensure cross ventilation can still occur in the car park without the need to introduce any mechanical ventilation equipment.
“In addition, a landscape architect has been retained to prepare the submitted scheme for the 11m strip of land in front of the car park up to the back of the footway on Delamere Street.
“This has been designed to provide an attractive area of landscaping with seating and SUDS planting.”
The developer has also increased the number of electric vehicle charging points in the car park from six to 20.
And they have removed the half-deck from the top floor of the car park, which has reduced the overall height, scale and mass of the building.
As a result, parking spaces have been cut from 411 to 401.
And the heritage wall, containing relevant imagery of Crewe, has been relocated from the northern elevation to the western elevation above the bus station.
The developer added: “This feature will be seen by people coming into the bus station along with vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists approaching the town centre from the west.”
The planning application has been split into two phases.
A full application has been submitted for the first phase, which is the demolition of the existing bus station and creation of new bus station together with multi-storey car park and associated landscaping.
An outline application has been submitted for the second phase – the mixed use aspect of the development which includes café/restaurant, a gym, bowling alley, complementary retail uses, cinema and associated public realm works.
Cllr Jill Rhodes (Lab) told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “As leader of Crewe Town Council I’m pleased with the changes which have been made by the developer. It’s aesthetically pleasing.
“It has some green aspects.
“I hope it can be passed by planning and we can get on with the development.”
Cheshire East bought the Royal Arcade site in April 2015, for £6 million.
Demolition work began on Victoria Street and Queensway towards the end of last year.
To view the application and make any comments visit the planning portal on the Cheshire East website.
The application number is 21/2067N.
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