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Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan

What is the Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP)?
The Camberley Town Centre AAP will form part of the Local Development Framework for Surrey Heath and will set out policies relating to the future development of Camberley Town Centre.

The Area Action Plan will look at:

• A vision of how Camberley Town Centre should evolve.
• The scale and location of new shopping facilities.
• Managing the town centre to enable the full range of shopping facilities to be provided.
• The range of leisure, cultural and community facilities in the town centre.
• The level and location of employment uses such as offices in the town centre.
• The level and location of housing in the town centre.
• Improving transportation to and around the town centre.
• Enhancing and protecting the environmental design quality of the town centre.

Camberley Town Centre AAP Preferred Options Public Consultation
A Preferred Options Paper has been prepared which sets out the Council's preferred approaches to the development of Camberley Town Centre. The Paper is accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) Report which sets out the predicted sustainability implications of each of the Preferred Options.

The Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP) Preferred Options Paper and SA/SEA Report were consulted on Monday 21st April to Monday 2nd June 2008. The documents are available by clicking on the links below:

• Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan Preferred Options Paper: Chapters 1-5 Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper: Chapters 6-8 Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper: Chapters 9-10 Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper - Appendices Opens in a new window
• SA/SEA Report and Appendices Opens in a new window

An exhibition about the Area Action Plan was held in The Square, The Mall, Camberley between Monday 21 April and Sunday 4 May. The link below gives the information provided in the exhibition and is also a useful summary of the main points in the Area Action Plan.

• Area Action Plan Exhibition Opens in a new window

A hard copy of the Camberley Town Centre AAP Preferred Options Paper or the SAR may be obtained by contacting the Council on 01276 707100 or by e-mailing planning.policy@surreyheath.gov.uk. Large print, braille or foreign language copies are also available on request.

Comments will be publicly available and cannot be treated as confidential. Details of addresses and telephone numbers will not be published on our website but your name and comments will be.

A 'Notice of AAP Matters' was also produced and is available by clicking on the link below:

• Notice of Proposals Matters and Consultation Statement Opens in a new window

In addition, the following supporting documents were prepared and can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

• Camberley Town Centre Urban Design Appraisal: Chapters 1-2 Opens in a new window
• Camberley Town Centre Urban Design Appraisal: Chapters 3-5 and Appendices Opens in a new window
• Surrey Heath Retail Study - Main Report Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper: Retail Study: Appendices A - J Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper: Retail Study: Appendices K - M Opens in a new window
• Preferred Options Paper: Retail Study: Appendices N - T and Plans Opens in a new window
• Camberley Retail Study Supplementary Report (December 2007) Opens in a new window

Responses to this consultation will be analysed and will inform the submission version of the Camberley Town Centre AAP Preferred Options Paper and Final SA/SEA Report.

The responses to the consultation exercise on the AAP Preferred Options Paper can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

Reponses to the AAP Preferred Options Paper Opens in a new window

Camberley Town Centre AAP Options Public Consultation
The Council held a public participation exercise on the Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan - Options Paper, which ran from Monday 12th March to Monday 23rd April 2007.

The options were appraised to document their sustainability implications and this is recorded within the Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) Progress Report.

The Camberley Town Centre AAP Options Paper and Progress Report can be downloaded by using the links below.

• Camberley Town Centre Options Paper PDF Opens in a new window
• SA/SEA Progress Report - Main Report Opens in a new window
• Appendix 1: Responses to Scoping Report Opens in a new window
• Appendix 2: Plan, Policies, Programmes and Sustainability Objectives Opens in a new window
• Appendix 3: Baseline data Opens in a new window
• Appendix 4: Internal compatibility of SA Objectives Opens in a new window
• Appendix 5: Summary table of AAP Objectives against SA Objectives Opens in a new window
• Appendix 6: Appraisal of Options Opens in a new window
• On-line SA/SEA Progress Report Response Form

A summary of comments received on the Area Action Plan Options Paper & the Progress Report can be downloaded using the link below:

• Comments on Options and officer responses Opens in a new window

Camberley Town Centre AAP Issues and Options Consultation
A public participation exercise on the Camberley Town Centre AAP Issues and Options Paper took place between 6th November and 8th January 2007.

Two versions of the Paper were produced, a brief version and a full version.

Copies of the Camberley Town Centre AAP Issues and Options Papers can be downloaded by using the links below.
A summary of the responses received to the Public Consultation exercise and issues raised at the Design Workshop in December 2006 can also be viewed below.

• Camberley Town Centre AAP Issues and Options Paper (pdf) - Full version Opens in a new window
• Camberley Town Centre AAP Questionnaire - (pdf) Full version Opens in a new window
• Camberley Town Centre AAP Issues and Options Paper (pdf) - Brief version and Questionnaire Opens in a new window
• Summary of Responses to Brief and Full Versions Opens in a new window
• Summary of Responses to the Camberley Town Centre Design Workshop 12 December 2006 Opens in a new window

Camberley Town Centre SA/SEA Scoping Report
The Scoping Report is the first stage in the SA/SEA process of producing the AAP. The report sets the context of the AAP by:

• Identifying other plans, policies and programmes that may influence the content of the AAP.
• Gathering relevant baseline information to inform the AAP.
• Identifying issues and problems that need to be addressed when producing the AAP.
• Developing a framework for appraising the AAP to identify the key sustainability effects.
• A consultation was carried out on the SA Scoping Report for the Camberley Town Centre AAP between 31st July and 4th September 2006.

The report can be downloaded below:

• Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan - SA/SEA Scoping Report Opens in a new window

The responses received to this consultation can be viewed by using the link below.

• Summary of comments to SA/SEA Scoping Report Opens in a new window

Next Stages
Responses received to the Camberley Town Centre Options consultation and the SA/SEA Progress Report will be analysed and help us to develop a Preferred Options Paper and a SA/SEA Report which will be published for consultation later in the year.

Timetable
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out a timetable for the production of the AAP and can be viewed via the link below.

• View the Local Development Scheme

The LDS is currently under review. The intended date of future stages of the AAP including the Preferred Options stage will be stated on this webpage once the revised LDS is approved.

This page will be updated as the document is progressed.