15/07/2010
PLANNING APPLICATION FOR £150M GATESHEAD TOWN CENTRE REGENERATION SUBMITTED
A planning application for the regeneration of Trinity Square has been submitted to Gateshead Council by Spenhill, the regeneration subsidiary of Tesco.
Planning Application for £150m Gateshead Town Centre Regeneration
Submitted
A planning application for the regeneration of
Trinity Square has been submitted to Gateshead Council by Spenhill, the
regeneration subsidiary of Tesco.
The application follows the
signing of a development agreement between Spenhill and Gateshead last
month, which included an agreement to demolish the multi-storey car
park that currently dominates the town centre.
Designed by
3DReid, the £150m proposals include a new town square, 45 retail units,
offices, a student village with over 900 beds, town centre parking and
a Tesco store as well as the potential for a hotel. Pedestrian links
will also integrate the town centre with the existing regeneration
successes at the quayside. The scheme will transform Trinity Square into
a vibrant centre that the people of Gateshead can be proud of and
want to visit.
The town centre revamp will increase Gateshead’s
standing as the regeneration capital of the North East, adding to its
major regeneration developments at Gateshead Quays and surrounding town
including Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Sage Gateshead,
Gateshead International Stadium and the Metrocentre.
Much of the
demolition has already begun on the site with work on the multi-storey
car park and the remainder of the site recommencing shortly.
Doug
Wilson, Corporate Affairs Manager for Spenhill said: “We have been
working closely with the Council to deliver the best possible town
centre for the people of Gateshead.
“With demolition of the
car-park starting soon, local people will now see progress being made.
The regeneration of Trinity Square also reflects the confidence we have
in the future of Gateshead and its potential for growth. We are very
excited to have arrived at a scheme which provides fantastic facilities
that will transform the town centre into a place people want to
visit.”
More information will be made available on the website at
www.yourtrinitysquare.co.uk.
For more information, please contact:
Sebastian Hanley,
FD, on 020 7269 9357 / 07930 911 873 or email sebastian.hanley@fd.com
Note
to editors
The scheme includes:
- Over 45 new
retail units for high street chains, independent shops and banks,
ranging from kiosks of a few hundred sq ft up to 30,000 sq ft with
the potential for nearly 200,000 sq feet of new retail space
- Provision
for cafes, bars and restaurants
- A new town square
- A
993 bed student village with management and social facilities
- A
Tesco Extra Superstore
- Approximately 38,000 sq ft of office
space
- The potential for a 120 bed hotel facing the town square
- Pedestrian links to connect the scheme to the rest of the town
centre
- Approximately 700 parking spaces