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Appendix 5: Town Centre and Other Centres Checklist

A5. It is the Council's policy to sustain and enhance the vitality and viability of Fareham town centre and local shopping centres. An attractive and safe environment is considered essential to achieve this. The key to reducing theft, vandalism, burglary and anti-social behaviour that are often associated with shopping centres is to achieve greater pedestrian activity, especially by increasing the use of the centres in the evening and by discouraging the creation of dead and hostile street frontages. Developers are expected to take account of the following:

Mixed Uses
  • The development includes a mix of uses, including residential uses.
Service Yards and Storage Areas
  • Rear service yards are secure with lockable gates.
  • Service yards open to the general public are well lit and have "live frontages".
  • Bin and storage areas are secure and designed to prevent arson and to avoid them from becoming places of concealment.
Private Car Parking
  • Private car parking areas are gated and capable of being locked at night.
Security Shutters
  • Shutters to shop windows are internal and open grille. NB: only open grille shutters will be allowed within Conservation Areas, on Listed Buildings or where the appearance of the premises is important to the street scene (Policy HE9, Local Plan Review).
Lighting
  • New retail development in Fareham town centre has 24-hour internal lighting.
  • Public areas are well lit and of a standard and type that reflects the character of the area.
Landscape Design
  • Hard landscaping e.g. planters and seats, provide an effective deterrent against crimes including ram raiding, whilst taking into account the needs of the blind, disabled and partially sighted.
  • Hard landscaping e.g. paving, is secure and cannot be used to damage nearby properties.
  • Soft landscaping e.g. planting, will not reduce the effectiveness of CCTV surveillance especially in the long term.
CCTV
  • The effectiveness of CCTV is maintained.
  • The opportunity to extend CCTV has been actively considered.
   
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