Proposal for the Rejuvenation of Commercial Road, Penryn

Description

Penryn Town Council (PTC) in partnership with Penryn Place Shaping Board (PSB) propose to engage a positive and vibrant multidisciplinary consultancy team including urban designers, planners, landscape architects, economists and public consultation specialists to revitalise Commercial Road in Penryn, following the receipt of a grant from the Town Centre Revitalisation Fund. The project is supported by Cornwall Council, PTC and the PSB. The core of this project is to advance beyond previous strategies and policies and create a clear vision for the town, focusing towards delivery. Whilst only concept plans these previous studies saw a common denominator of enhancing/regenerating Commercial Road, the town centre and the waterfront. This will transform these spaces making them more inviting and pleasant for pedestrians and cyclists to use and experience. Necessary actions are already set out in these strategies - we now need to bring these together and develop a realistic and deliverable overarching proposal that will drive our own strategy forward over the next five to ten years. In readiness to meet these challenges we need to: • Procure sensitive design • Density of proposed development • Formulate a Plan for a Sense of arrival • Detailed Scheme & Initial Costs Importantly, the revenue funding being sought through this application will enable a detailed scheme for Commercial Road and the scheme to be costed. This approach would enable the Town Council and its Place Shaping Board to move forwards towards the creation of an outline business case to support future applications for capital funding to help deliver any scheme on the ground. This step has been missing in previous years and why previous concept schemes have not been brought forward or delivered in part or in full. Building on the extraordinary natural heritage and built assets of the town, the successful team will work with the local community to address the significant challenges. They will identify a range of ambitious but fully deliverable interventions which will match our ambitions and prepare us to capture new funding opportunities as they arise and to attract appropriate inward investment. The Contract will be with PTC, who will be responsible for overseeing the terms of the contract, issuing formal instructions/change requests and releasing payments. Day-to-day interface on matters of service delivery/outputs will be with PTC and PSB who will advise on the progress towards milestones, and who will provide steering and direction, where needed. The Consultants will be expected to report regularly at meetings of the PSB. If this sounds like your team then please read the full project description, invitation to tender and associated documents. PTC looks forward to hearing from you!