Town Centres and Retail

Town Centres and Retail

This section deals with town centre and retail policy, in light of significant changes in shopping habits and national and local policy. 

It is important to ensure that the updated Local Plan remains sound and effective in this area.

Being predominantly rural, the county’s town centres have an important role to play in serving it’s communities. Hereford City serves as the county’s main service and retail centre.  

There are also five smaller market towns. These towns comprising Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington offer a more restricted range of services to their local catchment areas, and the wider rural hinterland.

The reviewed policies will look to update according to existing data, look at the role of town centres and possible opportunities for the way unused shop space is developed. 

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