Farnborough Town Centre Parking Study

Rushmoor Borough Council has an ambitious regeneration programme which seeks to build on existing assets and create distinctive, mixed-use town centres with a high-quality housing, retail, leisure and employment offer. The recently adopted Local Plan contains policies which support this programme in Farnborough town centre.

Farnborough has a rich heritage based around aviation and the town centre is focussed around a purpose-built pedestrianised shopping environment. The Local Plan is seeking to revitalise the town centre by encouraging a good mix of active uses and integrating it with new mixed-use development in the Civic Quarter, which includes proposals for high density residential development.

The Council adopted a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in 2017 on Car and Cycle Parking Standards which sets out a minimum parking standard for town centre residential development of 1 space per dwelling. Non-residential car parking standards are expressed as maximum standards to encourage minimisation of car use.

Farnborough is well-served by public transport, with a mainline rail station connecting it to London Waterloo and priority bus services and infrastructure.

In light of this, the Council is seeking to understand:

The Council requires a consultant that has the ability to: