The PRS provides proposals for improvements to the streets parks and all publically accessible open spaces within the AAP town centre boundary. The PRS builds upon the policies of the North Northamptonshire Core Spatial Strategy and the Wellingborough Town Centre AAP. The strategy consists of a complementary, layered set of 5 key principles, these are illustrated in the adjacent diagram and include:

1.    A Place for People (an inclusive, accessible and safe environment that creates opportunities for meeting and greeting, recreation and play)
2.    Celebrating heritage  preservation and use existing heritage assets as the basis for visual townscape improvements
3.    A Focus on walkability and sustainable transport (improvements to the pedestrian environment, legibility, more efficient public transport  and a more comprehensive cycle network. Introduction of an ‘arboretum trail’ and improvements to the ‘heritage trail’)
4.    Encouraging the best quality, sustainable public spaces (principles for the improvement of existing open space and guidance for the creation of enhanced or new landscaped open spaces)
5.    Promoting green links and ecology (new green links with tree planting, new ecological habitat, SUDS and an educational arboretum trail.

Additional guidance is provided regarding a materials palette with indicative concept layouts provided for several “focus areas”. An implementation and aftercare strategy was outlined that includes guidance on delivery, phasing and funding as well as generic management and maintenance issues.