Town Centres and Retail Dynamics: Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 This research was prepared for the Welsh Government by Genecon. Planning Division Welsh Government Cardiff CF10 3NQ E-mail:
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[email protected] Digital ISBN 978 1 4734 1252 1 © Crown copyright 2014 WG21783 Welsh Government Town centres and retail dynamics Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 Welsh Government Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 Welsh Government Town centres and retail dynamics Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 Reviewed and approved by: Signature(s): Name(s): David Tuck Job Title(s): Managing Partner Date: March 2014 GENECON This report contains 112 pages Ref: DT Welsh Government Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 Welsh Government Towards a Revised Retail Planning Policy for Wales April 2014 Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Study brief and purpose 1 1.2 Key tasks 1 1.3 Overview of national planning policy context 1 2 Overview of retail dynamics in Wales 4 2.1 Introduction 4 2.2 Retail dynamics in Wales as a whole 5 2.3 Retail dynamics in Wales by sub-region 11 2.4 Individual retail centres 25 2.5 Conclusions on retail dynamics in Wales 31 3 Town centre case studies 33 3.1 Llanelli – South West Wales 34 3.2 Newport – South East Wales 40 3.3 Ruthin – North