17.07.2017

Community consulted on Kingsbridge plans

LHC’s urban design team has been working with South Hams District Council to develop a masterplan to improve Kingsbridge Quay and surrounding allocated sites. A consultation event has been held during July and feedback from this and several earlier stakeholder workshops is helping to shape the emerging plans.

LHC was asked in mid-2016 to develop an overarching masterplan vision for the underused quayside, with a brief to reconnect the area to the town centre, and provide around new homes and new employment land.

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Proposals include improved public realm around the harbour side and the adjacent town square. New links between the town square and Fore Street to create a more pedestrian-friendly zone. Potential development could include 100 new homes with 40% designated as affordable, plus opportunities for cafes and restaurants along the waterfront, a new pontoon bridge and increased activity on the water.

The developing masterplan is intended to be both visionary, whilst also being commercially and politically viable, and proposes a mixed-use scheme which celebrates and builds upon Kingsbridge as a gateway to the Kingsbridge Estuary and the South Hams.