Step forward for regeneration project

A £400M urban regeneration scheme in Hull – which recently won a national planning award – is set to take another leap forward next week.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Feb 2010, 12:44 BST
Updated 15th Feb 2010, 12:44 BST

The Newington and St Andrew's area action plan, by regeneration agency Gateway and Hull Council, won a "planning process" award from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

The initiative, one of the largest regeneration schemes in Yorkshire, aims to transform a rundown area of the city including major improvements to 9,000 homes in areas of severe deprivation and shrinking communities.

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On Monday, council leaders will be recommended to adopt the Newington and St. Andrew's Area Action Plan as a statutory planning document.

Mark Jones, head of Economic Development and Regeneration, said it will be the first one to form part of the Hull Development Framework – the planning touchstone for the future development of Hull which is to replace the old Local Plan.

"To adopt such a plan-based approach to the area would deliver certainty to investors and external public funders in order to provide a long term regeneration programme and deliver the greatest investment and funding potential," he added.

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