This major redevelopment aims to meet Letchworth Garden City’s problems head on, improving and expanding the retail offer, creating a pleasant shopping environment and providing high quality car parking facilities.

• Bigger & Better retail units. The Letchworth Garden City shopping catchment area represents the perfect target market for many major retailers. The creation of larger, high quality units will make it possible for these retailers, to be attracted to ‘open their doors’ in our town centre.
  
  
• More smaller, better retail units. The town centre currently benefits from a number of strong independent retailers. The creation of better quality units will allow these and new independents to take their businesses to the next level.
  
  
• Good quality car parking is an essential ingredient for any town centre. Top quality , convenient car parking will be created, making Letchworth Garden City an attractive shopping location for people within the town and from elsewhere.
  
  
• Improving the street scene and shopping environment will improve the shoppers’ experience. A high quality visually pleasing environment will attract visitors to our town centre and encourage them to stay longer.
  
  
• Each element of the redevelopment will have a family friendly focus, including specific attractions such as a major children’s play centre.