City Centre Theme - Shopping and Leisure

The city centre will continue to be the main shopping destination in Derby and an attraction of sub-regional importance.

At the moment though, it has too much floorspace and this is contributing to high rates of vacancies and a general air of decline.

We therefore need to focus shopping activity into a more concentrated area to create better vibrancy and encourage a more diverse range of uses.

We also need to define clearer, complementary roles for different shopping areas, so that they support each other rather than directly competing.

Within this theme:

• Shopping and the city centre
• The Derbion Centre
• Derby Market Hall
• Diversifying and concentrating the retail core
• Developing visions for parts of the city centre
• Supporting businesses
• The early evening and night-time economy