City Centre De-cluttering Update

19 April 2011

The evaluation of the city centre A-board de-cluttering pilot is currently underway

A number of opinion surveys have been carried out in order to gauge public opinion on de-cluttering. The results of these will contribute to the wider evaluation process and will be considered within the context of the Council's longer term policy and strategy objectives.

One of the surveys was an electronic one sent out to a range of stakeholders from the City Centre Neighbourhood Partnership database on the 3rd December 2010. From the 124 responses received, 55.7% (68 of those who responded) indicated that they did not think that the A-board ban had improved the appearance of the area while 56.5% (70 of those responding) did not think the ban had improved accessibility and the freedom of movement.

We will keep you updated on the wider evaluation over the coming weeks.