High Street Pop Up Parks

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Artist impression of a Pop up Park

Background

The pop up parks will provide small pockets of greenery on the High Street bringing colour and life to underutilised areas and key access points to the High Street. The proposals include seating, planting, lighting and play. These spaces will enrich the visitor experience, help drive economic growth, enhance biodiversity, and contribute to community wellbeing.

Proposal

The proposed locations of the five pop up parks are: 
  • High Street north approach: a key pedestrian route from Southend Victoria Train Station and is a gateway entrance to the High Street 
  • Southchurch Road: will link to the future Better Queensway scheme 
  • Queens Road: west side of the High Street connecting through to The Forum and local businesses on Queens Road 
  • South of the railway bridge: extensively paved and would benefit from increased greening and currently lacks interest and activities 
  • Southern end of High Street: long narrow areas of paving which have the opportunity to be enhanced and increase greening 

The Consultation

The consultation ran from 20 September to 16 November 2023 and was open to all residents and businesses living or trading in the Borough.

Survey interaction

The main consultation was delivered through the Southend-on-Sea City Council online consultation portal. A total of 1,100 residents and businesses participated. The responses varied and of that over 800 were informed which indicates they had visited the project page and viewed the survey and documents but chose not to comment, 145 responded online.

Results of the Consultation

High Street pop-up Parks Consultation Analysis

High Street pop-up Parks Consultation Comments

Discussions are still ongoing on a way forward which will follow the Councils cabinet process.

Background

The pop up parks will provide small pockets of greenery on the High Street bringing colour and life to underutilised areas and key access points to the High Street. The proposals include seating, planting, lighting and play. These spaces will enrich the visitor experience, help drive economic growth, enhance biodiversity, and contribute to community wellbeing.

Proposal

The proposed locations of the five pop up parks are: 
  • High Street north approach: a key pedestrian route from Southend Victoria Train Station and is a gateway entrance to the High Street 
  • Southchurch Road: will link to the future Better Queensway scheme 
  • Queens Road: west side of the High Street connecting through to The Forum and local businesses on Queens Road 
  • South of the railway bridge: extensively paved and would benefit from increased greening and currently lacks interest and activities 
  • Southern end of High Street: long narrow areas of paving which have the opportunity to be enhanced and increase greening 

The Consultation

The consultation ran from 20 September to 16 November 2023 and was open to all residents and businesses living or trading in the Borough.

Survey interaction

The main consultation was delivered through the Southend-on-Sea City Council online consultation portal. A total of 1,100 residents and businesses participated. The responses varied and of that over 800 were informed which indicates they had visited the project page and viewed the survey and documents but chose not to comment, 145 responded online.

Results of the Consultation

High Street pop-up Parks Consultation Analysis

High Street pop-up Parks Consultation Comments

Discussions are still ongoing on a way forward which will follow the Councils cabinet process.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Pop Up Parks - Survey

    Consultation has concluded
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