Ryedale Retail Capacity Study
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Ryedale District Council RYEDALE RETAIL CAPACITY STUDY Main Report May 2006 ROGER TYM & PARTNERS 17 St Ann’s Square Manchester M2 7PW t 0161 834 0833 f 0161 834 0818 e [email protected] w www.tymconsult.com This document is formatted for double-sided printing. CONTENTS 1 INSTRUCTIONS AND OUTLINE OF REPORT .....................................................................1 Instructions ............................................................................................................................. 1 Structure of Remainder of Report ........................................................................................... 1 2 THE REQUIREMENTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING POLICIES..................3 National Policy Guidance........................................................................................................3 The Government’s Objectives................................................................................................. 3 Positive Planning for Town Centres: A Plan-led Approach ..................................................... 4 Development Control .............................................................................................................. 9 Monitoring and Review ......................................................................................................... 12 Conclusions and Changes in Emphasis................................................................................ 13 Regional Spatial Strategy for Yorkshire & The Humber (RSS) ............................................. 14 Draft Regional Spatial Strategy: The Yorkshire and Humber Plan (December 2005) ........... 16 3 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY, AND REVIEW OF PREVIOUS TOWN CENTRE STUDIES ............................................................................................................................19 Ryedale District Council – The Ryedale Local Plan (March 2002)......................................... 19 Ryedale District Council – Local Development Scheme (March 2005).................................. 22 Ryedale District Council - Ryedale Local Development Framework: Issues and Options Consultation Paper (January 2005) ...................................................................................... 22 Ryedale District Council – Responses to ‘Ryedale Local Development Framework: Issues and Options Consultation Paper’ (2005).................................................................... 22 Ryedale District Council – Core Strategy (November 2005) .................................................. 23 Ryedale Strategic Partnership – Imagine Ryedale (2003) ..................................................... 26 AMION Consulting – Economic Impact and Needs Analysis: Malton and Norton Market Towns Initiative (May 2002) .................................................................................................. 26 The Malton and Norton Area Partnership – Malton and Norton Healthcheck, Second Edition (March 2003) ............................................................................................................28 Mouchel Parkman – Malton and Norton Transportation Strategy (April 2005)....................... 29 Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners, Carter Jonas and WSP – Malton/Norton River-Rail Corridor Study: Final Report (July 2004)............................................................................... 30 Safeway Stores PLC – Outline Application for Erection of a Supermarket, Pickering (1999) ................................................................................................................................... 33 Safeway Stores PLC – Full Planning Application for Extension of the Safeway Store at Castlegate, Malton (1999)..................................................................................................... 34 4 REVIEW OF KEY RETAIL TRENDS AND LEISURE MARKET TRENDS ............................37 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 37 Retail Sector ......................................................................................................................... 37 Trends in Key Retail Sectors ................................................................................................ 42 Leisure Sector....................................................................................................................... 48 Household Disposable Income and Final Consumption Trends ........................................... 48 5 CENTRE HEALTH CHECKS...............................................................................................53 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 53 Malton Health Check ............................................................................................................ 54 Pickering Health Check ........................................................................................................ 62 Kirkbymoorside Health Check............................................................................................... 65 Norton Health Check.............................................................................................................67 6 SURVEY RESULTS – THE STUDY AREA AND SHOPPING PATTERNS ...........................71 Street-side Survey of Pedestrians ........................................................................................ 71 Main Purpose of Visit to the Centre ...................................................................................... 72 7 CURRENT PATTERNS OF RETAIL SPENDING AND LEISURE VISITS ............................77 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 77 Convenience (Food and Groceries) Shopping Patterns........................................................ 78 Comparison Shopping Patterns ............................................................................................ 79 Leisure Spending Patterns.................................................................................................... 80 8 ASSESMENT OF FUTURE EXPENDITURE CAPACITY (RETAIL) .....................................83 Key Aspects of Retail Spending Patterns ............................................................................. 83 Quantitative Assessment of Need for Further Convenience Sector Floorspace ................... 84 Conclusion on Quantitative Need in the Convenience Sector............................................... 88 Quantitative Assessment of Need for Further Comparison Sector Floorspace..................... 88 Converting Residual Comparison Expenditure to Net Sales Floorspace Requirements ....... 92 Conclusion on Quantitative Need in the Comparison Sector ................................................ 93 9 ASSESSMENT OF SCOPE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL LEISURE PROVIISION ....95 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 95 Malton................................................................................................................................... 95 Pickering............................................................................................................................... 96 Kirkbymoorside..................................................................................................................... 96 Norton................................................................................................................................... 97 Conclusion on Scope for Additional Commercial Leisure Provision...................................... 97 10 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................................99 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 99 Current Hierarchy of Centres ................................................................................................ 99 Current Health of the Study Centres, and Qualitative Need................................................ 100 Quantitative Need in the Retail Sector ................................................................................ 103 Opportunities for Meeting Identified Quantitative Need....................................................... 104 Summary of Key Recommendations................................................................................... 111 Ryedale Retail Capacity Study Main Report 1 INSTRUCTIONS AND OUTLINE OF REPORT Instructions 1.1 In April 2005, Ryedale District Council commissioned Roger Tym & Partners to undertake a retail capacity study to inform the Council’s Local Development Framework by assessing the role and contribution that the District’s four largest centres – Malton, Pickering, Kirkbymoorside and Norton - can make towards meeting future retail needs. The study brief sets the following key aims to: determine the role and function of each of the town centres in Ryedale District, and their position in the retail hierarchy; establish the catchment population that the centres currently serve, including an analysis of retail patterns; undertake a qualitative assessment of the four study centres; assess the current and future need for additional comparison and convenience