REGENERATION IN

CHESTERFIELD

Construction Forum

January 2013

Chesterfield – The Place

Chesterfield – Key Challenges

� Legacy of coalfield and industrial decline

� Manufacturing closures in last 10 years

� Bryan Donkins (relocates) - 24 acres

� Chesterfield Cylinders - 25 acres

� Arnold Laver - 10 acres

� Dema Glass - 25 acres

� Trebor Bassett - 6 acres

� Robinsons - 22 acres

� Staveley Works Corridor - 370 acres

� GKN Sheepbridge - 12 acres

� Over 500 acres of redundant industrial land

� Productivity - GDP 75% of UK average

� Property market

� Skills and youth unemployment

� Road congestion

Chesterfield – Advantages

� Sub-regional centre for northern Derbyshire - 48,000 jobs, 20,000

in commuters

� Close to major centres of Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby

� Gateway to Peak District

� Transport links – M1, Midland Mainline, A61

� Strong Town Centre - ranked 6th in the East Midlands, low vacancy rates, independent offer

� Wealthy catchment – 1.1 million

� Quality of life

Chesterfield – Modern Awakening?

• New football stadium and Tesco Extra - £40m – completed 2010

• Casa Hotel – 100 bedroom 4* hotel - £20m – completed 2011

• Market Hall redevelopment - £4m - 2013

• Chesterfield Waterside – 1,500 homes, 30,000sqm office - £340 million – start 2013

• Northern Gateway – town centre development - £50 m - 2015

• Markham Vale – 85ha commercial/ business park – on site

• Peak Resort - £300 million tourist leisure resort - imminent

• National recognition - Regeneration and Renewal Awards 2011 –2nd to the Olympic Park

• Town centre – 3rd lowest vacancy rate in UK

• New business formation – growth above UK average

• Housing Growth Plans – 7600 new homes 2011 – 2031

• Former Tesco Site – New HQ for Go Outdoors plus a new store 2013

Former Dema Glass site – 2010

Casa Hotel – Lockoford Lane

� Former Car Auction site

� 100 bed hotel with function &

conferencing facilities

� HQ offices for Global Brands

� 7 storey building on gateway site

� 350 jobs

� Opened – Nov 2010

Chesterfield Waterside

� Innovative public-private sector partnership

� £340 million development

� 50th largest regeneration project in UK

� Masterplan

• -1,500 Houses & apartments

• -30,000 sq.m. office space

• -Canal basin

• -Shops, restaurants & leisure

� Outline planning consent secured 2010

� £2.4 million GPF funding for canal link - 2012

� On site mid-2013

Chesterfield Town Centre Masterplan

Vision for the future:

expansion and improving

quality of offer.

8 key development projects:

� Northern Gateway

� Spire Neighbourhood

� Station Approach

� Railway Terrace

� Lordsmill Square

� West Bars Gateway

� Civic Quarter

� Town Wall

Northern Gateway

•Anchor for north side of Town Centre

•Retail led mixed use redevelopment including

foodstore, retail, restaurants, cinema, 85 new

homes, 700 new car parking spaces, offices,

new public space

•Wilson Bowden - development partner - June

2012.

•Currently seeking occupiers

•Attract £40 m of additional spend

•Place Chesterfield in the top 100 centres in the

UK.

Market Hall Refurbishment

� Grade II Listed Building

� 1980s refit – dated

� Increasing vacancies

� Multi level

� Poor lift access

� Proposals:• Glazed roof – atrium

• New market stalls

• New lifts

• Assembly Rooms

• Gallery

• Offices

� £4.3 million project

� £1.8 million ERDF

� Started October 2012

� Complete autumn 2013

Before… …After

Markham Vale

� 200 acre former colliery site

� Restoration

� New motorway junction

� Industrial, office and warehouse park

� 265,000 sq. metres of space

� Up to 5,000 jobs

� Part of Sheffield City Region

Enterprise Zone

Peak Resort - Birchall

All-weather tourist resort

Facilities will include:

� Visitor accommodation

• 212 apart-hotel condominium

• 250 woodland lodges

• 26-bed golf hotel

� World class golf facilities

• 18 hole championship course

• 8 hole practice course

• Driving range

� 300 acres park and woodland

� Sports injury clinic

� Indoor climate controlled water sports,

adventure and other leisure

� Three phases - 3,000 jobs

� Centred on unique Ecodome

� Detailed planning permission

Staveley Works Corridor

� 150ha of former industrial land

� Site remediation needed

� Connected to M1

� River and canal corridors

� Preparing Area Action Plan

� Working with landowners

� Long term – 15-20 years

Local Supply Chain,

Employment and Training

•Corporate priority

•Promoting opportunity for local people

and businesses to benefit from

regeneration activity – commitment

secured through planning process

•Meet the Buyer days to engage the local

supply chain

•Partnership approaches with Jobcentre

Plus and Chesterfield College

•Events held for Market Hall, Turning

point, Sheffield Road, Foolow Court