Squire & Partners has submitted plans to replace a former Debenhams department store in Guildford with 215 flats and 21,000sq ft of retail and restaurant space.

The 1960s building – which shut in May after the 242-year-old chain went into administration – was bought by developer Native Land for £20m.

It hired Squire & Partners to design a 310,000 sq ft redevelopment of the 1.7ha town centre site. The project will include almost an acre of new riverside public realm, giving access from the high street to the River Wey for the first time in 50 years.

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