Some developments on Victoria Road illustrate this. Adjacent large-scale retail developments have secure boundaries with no means of access between them. It is therefore necessary to exit to the road frontage in order to make access to an adjacent site. In view of the large site areas, this can involve considerable inconvenience, especially for pedestrians. An unpermeable environment has been created.
Festival Park provides a further illustration of pedestrians receiving a low priority in design.
The layout is essentially a result of traffic management. The entrance is less attractive for pedestrians and it is interesting to note that an informal path has been trodden through the planting area to the site frontage, demonstrating that the layout has little in common with desire lines of movement. Generally, permeability, especially for pedestrians, would appear to have been given a low priority in much recent development, including that of significant sites. The existing circulation networks in the City need to be complemented and expanded by new development so as to increase choice of movement.