A major attraction for the Garden City, adding a new dimension to the town’s retail ‘offer’.

The development will provide:

• NEW retail space for a range of traders.
• A NEW food store.
• A children’s play centre.
• A NEW car park for visitors, food store customers and residents.
• A range of attractive residential accommodation above retail units.
• Strong pedestrian links to the new ‘town square’ on Leys Avenue, The Arcade and Station Road.

Retail and Residential

A combination of retail, residential and public space, adding vitality and vibrancy to The Wynd.

This will provide:

• 23 ground floor shop units of varying sizes
• 112 apartments [52 one-bed, 60 two-bedroom] at first floor level and above, many with access to communal roof top gardens.
• Strong pedestrian links from Leys Avenue, The Arcade and Station Road leading to a NEW ‘Triazza’ feature and café restaurant.

New Food Store

‘Star attraction’ bringing in shoppers.

This will provide:

• 2,615 square metres of retail space (just over a third of the size of Morrisons).
• It will provide 358 car parking spaces on two levels for shoppers and residents. This includes disabled parking and replacement parking for St Michaels House.
• The car park will be accessed from both Station Road and Norton Way South.
• The new store will tastefully transform the street scene on Station Road providing a strong landmark which is integrated sympathetically with retained, existing buildings.

New Pedestrian Entrance

Strengthening links to the rest of the town.

• A new gateway to The Wynd will be marked by a pair of contrasting buildings. To the left, the building will feature a curved rendered wall drawing the eye into the site. To the right, a small ‘landmark’ tower and adjacent buildings with pitched roofs.
• The existing Leys Avenue entrance to The Wynd (between the former Gift and Halifax buildings) will be closed.
• The new pedestrian street will lead to the ‘Triazza’ in the heart of the new development with connections to The Arcade and Station Road.

People friendly

Designed for shopping, living and leisure.

• The play centre will be a key attraction for young families with a dedicated ‘dropping off’ area and easy access to car parking. Its design will be lightweight both visually and structurally and above all fun.
• Living space will be split between two contrasting aspects – ‘urban edge’ which looks over new and existing public spaces, and ‘garden court’ which over look the proposed roof top gardens.
• Increased space for retailing will provide residents and visitors with the shopping choices, quality and experience that meets their needs. Transforming an underperforming yet important part of Letchworth Garden City Town Centre.