Union Street

Church Lane

Rear of properties on Union Street create a continuous frontage to the eastern side of the lane, giving it a more enclosed human scale than Union Road. Mixture of uses including residential dwellings and mews developments;

* Important vista to the north across The Solent should be conserved and considered when assessing impact of planning applications for new development;

* St Thomas’s Church and Brigstocke Terrace are important landmark buildings. The gardens associated with both buildings provide important areas of vegetation in an otherwise built-up area. Views to these areas should be protected;

* St Thomas’s car park at the northern end of Church Lane is poorly connected to Union Street and the town centre. Opportunities to create more through-routes should be explored, especially via Royal Victoria Arcade; (see 51)

* The lane is very narrow, with an inadequate footway width. It would benefit in both visual and practical terms from a block paved shared surface for both vehicles and pedestrians.

8. Yelf’s Road

* Eastern end of Yelf’s Road has been closed to traffic, creating a popular outdoor seating area for the adjacent Yelf’s Hotel bar;

* Examples of original limestone paving should be conserved;

* There are many opportunities for creating other similar spaces in the town centre; especially off Union Street and High Street.