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There was broad support for the principles set out in the consultation document among many respondents. There were also a lot of constructive contributions relating to why the principles and guidance are helpful and also how they could be improved. Stakeholders held a range of views related to both engagement and design in town centres and busy streets relating to the quality of the design and also potential cost, enforcement and feasibility issues of implementing high quality engagement and design.

In the consultation responses there were several themes that emerged across principles. For the first five (engagement) principles, a number of responses related to engagement topics that did not precisely align with the principles and have been presented under themes after the principle response summaries. For the last five (design) principles the summary of responses has been split into some themes as well as principle-specific summaries.

Agree and disagree all principles

A number of comments restated what is positive and helpful about the principles. This report focuses mainly on the value added via the additional comments provided. At the same time, it is worthwhile emphasising the level of support for the principles that came in via this consultation. There were a total of ten comments disagreeing with various principles. Among the ten comments that disagreed, reasons for disagreement included the need for emergency vehicle access, which staggered crossings are problematic because there may not be enough space on the island for a wheelchair, and that disabled pedestrians should be able to move around on pavements without worrying about cars, cycles or e-micro-mobility devices.

The remaining comments which were not clearly agreeing or disagreeing made other sorts of contributions of additional considerations for instance or making a wide variety of points. Because of this the numbers of responses in the table below will not add up to a total number of respondents.

Table 2 - Agree and agree with additional comments responses

Principle	Agree	Agree with additional comments	No response given to this particular question
1	10	23	10
2	12	18	11
3	15	13	11
4	8	19	10
5	13	11	11
6	6	17	8
7	10	20	6
8	14	11	9
9	13	10	11
10	11	6	17