Carterton Town Centre We note that there is a clear commitment to enhancing the shopping and leisure offer in Carterton, above and beyond the foodstores that have recently been implemented and are proposed in this location. Whilst we acknowledge that this will be necessary in order to address a qualitative deficiency in comparison goods provision (as identified in the Retail Needs Assessment Update), we would urge WODC to make clear within its policies that any additional retail floorspace in C

Core Policy 30CartertonTownCentre Strategy

Core Policy 16 and core policy 30 – Town Centres The Council supports these policies but in addition would like to see reference to:

"Carterton Town Centre will become the local retail centre of choice for those living and working in the town and surrounding villages" - good luck!

Carterton Town Centre In summary · Developing theMarket Squareto house the Thursday Market is a priority · The need to support existing town centre retailers should be included · The need to improve the overall design of the town centre and the importance of the Design Strategy to guide short and medium term development should be recognised · The importance of ensuring any new major development includes strong measures to encourage the residents to use the town c

With regard to other aspects of the vision for Carterton and its Sub-Area, we support the aim of expanding the ~ of services and facilities in the town centre. However we do not agree that current proposals for a third major food store will do anything to achieve this aim, and fear that it may even be counterproductive.