Retail Health Checks and Surveys

Retail Health Checks are produced annually to monitor the performance, or health, of the main retail centres within the Royal Borough, namely Windsor, Maidenhead, Ascot and Sunningdale.  The report is based on the guidance in Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres.  The topics and indicators covered are:

• Diversity of main town centre use;
• Retail outlet representation and intentions to change representation;
• Shopping rents;
• Proportion of vacant street level property;
• Commercial yields;
• Pedestrian flows (footfall);
• Accessibility;
• Customer and residents' views;
• Perception of safety and occurrence of crime;
• State of town centre environmental quality.

The document is available to view and download below.

•   Retail Health Check: Windsor, Maidenhead, Ascot and Sunningdale - May 2008 (pdf 405KB)

Retail surveys are conducted every six months to monitor changes in shop types. This ensures RBWM town centres continue to deliver a suitable diversity of shops and businesses for Borough residents. These retail surveys are organised by street name, providing information on the occupant and business type. Vacant outlets are also recorded. Below are the most recent retail surveys for Maidenhead and Windsor town centres.

•   Retail Survey Maidenhead Town Centre September 2008 (pdf 63KB)

•   Retail Survey Windsor Town Centre September 2008 (pdf 65KB)