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Urban Development Strategy

The Urban Development Strategy (UDS) is a model which sets out our aim to develop and regenerate King's Lynn

What is the UDS?

The UDS suggests a programme of structural and other improvements within the urban area of King's Lynn. It aims to facilitate the growth of the town.  

The UDS is a living document which may be added to or changed with time.

The Urban Development Strategy is one part of a family of documents from the Urban Renaissance Strategy.

Strategy aims

There are five principles that guide the implementation of the strategy. These are:

  • built environment
  • transport and movement
  • economy
  • social provision
  • viability

Based on these principles, there are four main aims which form the strategy to regenerate King's Lynn. These are:

Making the most of existing assets and facilities

  • create a marina at Boal Quay
  • reinstate the town's historic urban structure and grain
  • increase and diversify activity in South Quay and waterfront
  • improve first impressions of the town

Focusing development in the town centre

  • focus residential development in the town centre
  • create new and improve existing open spaces in the town

Improving economic viability

  • provide employment premises
  • strengthen north-south movement in the town centre to increase viability of the markets and town centre shops
  • provide mixed use development in the town centre

Improving transport

  • create two or three multi-storey car parks to replace surface parking from the town centre
  • investigate business case for two park and ride facilities from the outskirts of the town
  • provide better bus services
  • create a heritage trail and pedestrian and cycle Green Route through and around the town

The Urban Development Strategy can be found in our document download box below. It's a large document. To ease downloading it has been subdivided into 14 parts.