Benefits

• Providing much needed affordable homes in Christchurch.
• Specialist retirement living apartments, which help free up properties for younger buyers for generations to come.
• Regeneration of a brownfield Town Centre site to reduce pressure on the need to develop on the Green Belt.
• A multi-generational housing development to help Christchurch meet its housing goals.
• The provision of a multi-generational community in this location would help to bolster the high street through increased localised spending to foster a healthy high street economy.
• Landscaping proposals to improve the appearance and bio-diversity of the site.
• Retirement Living apartments, which help to reduce the risk of health challenges, and contributes fiscal savings to the NHS, while increasing spending on the local High Street.
• Easily accessible location, reducing the need for owners to use cars for transport.
• Creation of a distinctive quarter, which draws inspiration from the character of Christchurch, but has its own character.
• The proposed development would complement and be a catalyst for the future redevelopment elsewhere in Christchurch Town Centre.
• The proposals would also help to repair the uncharacteristic gap in the Bridge Street street scene.

Economic Benefits