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Comment

Representation ID: 25292

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Conservative Group

The group believes in a general shift of the focus of Ipswich Town Centre from its current east/west axis to more of a north/south axis. The edges of the current town centre (Carr St & Westgate St) are perfect examples where a change of usage should be considered. Many of the retail units are either empty or filled with temporary shops and those retail units that are successful could easily be relocated to other areas. We could introduce more town centre living and then concentrate the retail and leisure offering from the current town centre towards the waterfront. Ipswich is not big enough to be able to develop the area towards the waterfront whilst still attempting to retain the same length of high street running through the centre.