Gong for £24.5m City Park scheme

Bradford’s City Park has won another award to add to its growing trophy cabinet.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jun 2013, 01:01 BST
Bradford's City Park was used to stage a Bollywood production of the opera Carmen for the BBC last monthBradford's City Park was used to stage a Bollywood production of the opera Carmen for the BBC last month
Bradford's City Park was used to stage a Bollywood production of the opera Carmen for the BBC last month

The £24.5m scheme has been awarded first prize in the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Yorkshire Region Planning Excellence Awards for 2013.

Stan Driver, chair of the RTPI Yorkshire Region, said: “The judging panel were particularly impressed by its planning content, its originality and its impact on the city.”

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The city centre park beat off competition from six other finalists in the Yorkshire region to take the trophy.

Coun Val Slater, Bradford Council’s executive member for planning, said after the award: 
“I’m delighted City Park has won this award and that the quality of the professional work of our 
town planners has been recognised.

Competition entries were judged on originality, creation 
of economic, social and environmental benefit, community involvement and impact and 
our City Park ticks all the boxes.”

The park, which contains the UK’s largest man-made city centre water feature, has won eight awards since it opened just over a year ago.

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