Town Centre First Principle Policy Review

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Aberdeenshire Council’s Town Centre First Policy has been embedded through the decision making process for 5 years. Views are now being sought as to how we can build on the policy and support our town centres through our decisions.

The Town Centre First Policy was approved in December 2016 and allows consideration of both positive and negative implications when making decisions that impact on our town centres. Now part of the online impact assessment tool, the Town Centre Impact Assessment (TCIA) allows officers in all services to identify both the positive and negative effects that budget cuts, road closures and decisions around the removal of assets or services cause on our key town centres and how mitigating actions are put in place. Each department in the council can have an impact on the health of a town centre through the decisions they take.

Town Centres have always been at the front of Aberdeenshire Council’s priorities, Town Centres have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and at no other time has the importance of the Town Centre First Principle been as is now. It is important to ensure that all services are working together to support our businesses, infrastructure, footfall in any policy changes or projects that are carried out.


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Aberdeenshire Council Town Centre First Principle

Town centres are a key element of the economic, social and environmental fabric of Scotland’s towns; often at the core of community and economic life, offering spaces in which to live, meet and interact, do business, and access facilities and services. We must take collective responsibility to help town centres thrive sustainably, reinvent their function, and meet the needs of residents, businesses, and visitors for the 21st century.

Aberdeenshire Council will put the health of town centres at the heart of proportionate and best value decision making, seeking to deliver the best local outcomes regarding investment and de-investment decisions, alignment of policies, targeting of available resources to priority town centre sites, and encouraging vibrancy, equality and diversity.

We commit to: A collaborative approach which understands and underpins the long term plan for each town centre.





Aberdeenshire Council’s Town Centre First Policy has been embedded through the decision making process for 5 years. Views are now being sought as to how we can build on the policy and support our town centres through our decisions.

The Town Centre First Policy was approved in December 2016 and allows consideration of both positive and negative implications when making decisions that impact on our town centres. Now part of the online impact assessment tool, the Town Centre Impact Assessment (TCIA) allows officers in all services to identify both the positive and negative effects that budget cuts, road closures and decisions around the removal of assets or services cause on our key town centres and how mitigating actions are put in place. Each department in the council can have an impact on the health of a town centre through the decisions they take.

Town Centres have always been at the front of Aberdeenshire Council’s priorities, Town Centres have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and at no other time has the importance of the Town Centre First Principle been as is now. It is important to ensure that all services are working together to support our businesses, infrastructure, footfall in any policy changes or projects that are carried out.


CONSULTATION TIMELINE




Aberdeenshire Council Town Centre First Principle

Town centres are a key element of the economic, social and environmental fabric of Scotland’s towns; often at the core of community and economic life, offering spaces in which to live, meet and interact, do business, and access facilities and services. We must take collective responsibility to help town centres thrive sustainably, reinvent their function, and meet the needs of residents, businesses, and visitors for the 21st century.

Aberdeenshire Council will put the health of town centres at the heart of proportionate and best value decision making, seeking to deliver the best local outcomes regarding investment and de-investment decisions, alignment of policies, targeting of available resources to priority town centre sites, and encouraging vibrancy, equality and diversity.

We commit to: A collaborative approach which understands and underpins the long term plan for each town centre.