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4 The Link Magazine • March 2004
Is your PC Town centre plans to make a come back
bugging you? Swindon's edge of town shopping and retail parks have been attracting the shoppers over the last few
years. Now at last there are definite plans and time scales to start the regeneration of the town centre
Call Practical following formal planning consent to The Wilmslow Partnership which comprises Hermes and Westfield
Applications Ltd. Holdings.
for a friendly service Westfield, which bought the sfuiA ^~r
• Upgrades Repairs Brunel Centre from Swindor
• Networking & the internet Council for £100 million in the
• Home visits, collection 1990's is proposing to invest £15 O
& delivery million to extend the Brunel Cen
tre to incorporate Havelock Street, _ ^ I
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and retail premises on Regen
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E-mail: [email protected] The outline plans received wide "` ^ tJ, t1
www.practicalapplications.co.uk support during a public exhibition
uklinks4 Digital Cameras in summer 2002 and the tinani- and Swindon Council which will
provide a £5 million investment in
mous support of the planning com-
PCs, Laptops
mittee in January 2003. public art, improvements to the
& Accessories However, shopkeepers in pedestrianised streets, new cycle
There are some Havelock and Morley Street are paths, more frequent non-peakbus
Specialising in supplying '
great resources and sourcing pre-owned, I dismayed that their existing units services and highway upgrades.
refurbished & end of line are to be taken over. Swindon John Burton, Development Di-
on the Internet. Council has indicated a willing- rector of Westfield explained, "to-
Also PC Services ness to use Compulsory Purchase gether with Swindon Borough
But do you know Setup, spares, upgrades, tuition etc. Powers to assemble the land into a Council we have taken a crucial
Please telephone, fax or email coherent development package if step in agreeing the details of this
where they are? with your requirements agreement with the businesses can- i mportant development. The
not be achieved. granting of planning consent
y
Amos Computer Technolog Solutions
We do! T: 01793 531201 M: 07747 747000 The proposals would add 32,000 brings us closer to creating an ex-
Fax: 01793 430774 square metres of new retail floor citing retail and leisure destina-
space taking the Brunel Centre to tion for the people of Swindon."
Email: [email protected]
www.uklinks4.com website: www.am os-uk.com 81,000 square metres. They include Peter Andrews, Chief Executive
a landmark building for a new of The New Swindon Company
department store, 100 quality re- (Swindon's urban regeneration
tailers, a 10 screen cinema com- company) commented, "as part of
plex, coffee shops, restaurants and the overall regeneration of the
an 800 seat food court offering a town centre, I am delighted that
wide international cuisine. Addi- progress is being made on this key
tional car parking spaces for 1,400 development which will deliver
vehicles and improved security the kind of retail and leisure op-
and more customer services are portunities that Swindon de-
also part of the scheme. serves."
The formal granting of planning Westfield hope to complete the
consent follows the completion of redevelopment in time for Christ-
an agreement between Westfield mas 2007.

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