John Ladley, Service Director for Major Projects, Wakefield Council. Introduction to Regeneration in Wakefield

1. Wakefield City Renaissance
Manual for Streets Workshop – Beam 22nd
September 2010
John Ladley – Service Manager U&NR

2. Wakefield City Renaissance
Good Morning
Welcome to
Wakefield

3. Wakefield City Renaissance
Objectives
• Regeneration
• Commercial
• Residential
• Retail
• Public Realm
• Emerald Ring

4. Wakefield City Renaissance
Principles
• New Key Development
Sites to drive growth
• Emerald Ring
• High Quality Public
Space/ Street Design links
• Culture, Creativity and
Heritage

5. Wakefield City Renaissance
Key Projects
• Flagship Projects
• £300m+ Investment
• Wide partnership
• Delivery

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Merchant Gate
• Regeneration
• Offices
• Residential
• Emerald Ring
• Multi Storey Car Park

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Merchant Gate
• English Cities Fund
• £40m phase 1 open
• Phase 2 – Civic offices
• Future new station
• Further development

8. Wakefield City Renaissance
Trinity Walk
• Regeneration
• Retail
• Public Realm
• Emerald Ring

9. Wakefield City Renaissance
Trinity Walk
• New developers
• £120m investment
• Opens Spring 2011
• 1500 new jobs

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Trinity Walk
• Market Hall
• David Adjaye

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Waterfront
• Regeneration
• Heritage
• Commercial
• Residential
• Leisure
• Destination

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Waterfront
• CTP/St James
• £40m phase 1
• residential occupied
• Redcats relocated
• Future phases

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The Hepworth
• Regeneration
• Culture
• Heritage
• Tourism
• Destination

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The Hepworth
• Wakefield MDC
• Opens May 2011
• 170,000 visitors

15. Wakefield City Renaissance
Public Realm
• Programme
• Linkages
• Exemplars

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Street Style Design
• Adopted 2006
• Gillespies
• Enhance Streets
• Design Principles

17. Wakefield City Renaissance
Emerald Ring
• Completions
• Further phases
• Future

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Crown Court Yard
• Regeneration
• Public Realm
• Emerald Ring

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The Bull Ring
• Regeneration
• Public Realm
• Connectivity

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The Bull Ring ,
Westmorland
Street and The
Springs
• Regeneration
• Public Realm
• Connectivity

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Thank You
• Questions?
• Comments?