Creating a place for people to connect, through work, live and play. Supporting nature within the city, and connecting communities through a sustainable transport hub.
Introduction
The area around Winchester Railway Station is an important gateway to the city. Winchester City Council’s emerging local plan identifies the ‘Station Approach’ regeneration area. It is allocated as a mixed-use site in the plan with potential to deliver up to 250 homes and aims to achieve the following aspirations:
- Ensure the area around the Station enhances the economic vitality of the city, offering improved employment opportunities.
- Create a high quality and welcoming arrival point that improves wayfinding so that pedestrians and cyclists can find their way to the city centre and other key destinations safely.
- Create an area that appeals to a variety of people and adds to the existing commercial and cultural life in the city.
- Enhance how the area looks and improve the environmental impact of the area, including keeping important trees and opportunities for new planting.
- Safeguard and enhance strategically important views to and from the site, and to respect and enhance the character of the area.
- Create a cohesive high-quality townscape, and improvements to public spaces.
Where is the Station Approach project?
- Gladstone Street car park (108 public spaces), the leased parking next to the former register office, and the leased parking to the south of Hampshire County Council Record Office.
- The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) site currently used as a base for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force, Minden Company and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Training Corps. This may become a site for consideration if the DIO choose to release this site for redevelopment.
- The decked car park to the North of the Station. Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (NRIL), operated by South Western Railway (SWR) – comprising of 265 spaces.
- Surface car parking along the western side of the railway line and the decked car park to the West of the Station (owned by NRIL, operated by SWR) totalling 477 parking spaces.
- Cattlemarket car park owned by Winchester City Council comprises of 338 surface car parking spaces over 2 stepped levels (sloping site).
Winchester City Council appointed local architects Design Engine to develop a Concept Masterplan. The Project Team consists of Design Engine Architects, NEW Masterplanning, Steven Bee Urban Counsel, Urban Movement and ARUP Engineering. There will be a requirement that any future planning application must take into consideration the concept masterplan for the entire site.
