KENDAL VISION - INSPIRATION FOR CHANGE IN KENDAL

OPPORTUNITY AREAS CANAL HEAD - FROM THE RIVER TO THE CASTLE THE CHALLENGES • The traffic on Miller Bridge and Aynam Road severs the Canal Head area from the town centre. • The one-way system severs the river from the town centre, particularly at New Road and Aynam Road. • The domestic waste centre attracts continuous traffic from the town and further afield. • The Council depot underutilises a magnificent town centre site, which is overlooked by the castle. • There are low-grade industrial buildings situated amongst older noble buildings. These have the potential to be repurposed and developed to provide more intensive town centre uses. • The Mealbank Property sites, including the extensive car parking areas, have the potential to provide higher density mixed- use spaces for innovation businesses, making and housing in the town centre, which requires less traffic dependency. THE POSSIBILITIES • The old industrial buildings are a legacy of the canal and provide the opportunity to reopen Canal Head, offering a distinctive setting for dense new housing, flats and cafes. • The scale and nature of the warehouse buildings on Canal Head North were recognised as distinctive and of an appropriate density for the new development around canal head. • The areas below the castle provide ample opportunity for significant new housing. • The emerging making and bar culture at Canal Head can be expanded and extended to create a new destination in Kendal. • The strategic planning policies should identify the canal area as one for new affordable and private for sale flats and homes, in addition to food and drink businesses and mixed-use commercial buildings. KENDAL VISION 2020 | THE POSSIBILITIES 90