A presentation at the Planning Advisory Service's Spring Conference.

1. Delivering Transformation - Place
Making in North Lincolnshire
Marcus Walker BA Hons, Dip URP, MA, MRTPI
Planning & Regeneration
North Lincolnshire Council

2. North Lincolnshire

3. North Lincolnshire Economy
• Scunthorpe – Built on Iron and Steel - an industrial Island,
5 rural villages 1861
• 1862 – 1st
Iron works opened
• 1974 – Golden Age 26,000 strong workforce
• Major restructure 1982-4 – 10,000 workforce
• 2011 Tata workforce – circa 4,000 workforce

4. Quality of Life
• World Class Environment - 329 square miles of
Lincolnshire Wolds & countryside
• 80 miles of estuary & rivers; 35 square miles of historic
landscapes; 17 Conservation areas; 1,100 listed buildings
& 50 SPA’s SSSI’s & Nature Reserves
• Choose a lifestyle - An Industrial Garden Town, 6 Market
Towns, 40 villages & 40 Rural Hamlets
• Quality of Life – 4 bed detached 20% below UK
• Nine 18 hole Golf Courses

5. North Lincolnshire Assets
The Energy Estuary
•UK largest refinery cluster 27% capacity
•6% Energy Grid Capacity
•Largest CHP Plan in Europe – 2% UK Energy
•Immingham – busies port in UK 65m tonnes
•South Humber ports – 25% UK Freight
•C-Ro – Largest East Coast RO-Ro facility
•Engineering & Manufacturing – 32% Economy

6. North Lincolnshire – Transformation of
the Economy
• Deliver £5 billion planned investment
• Create 16,000 jobs by 2020
• Transformation of North Lincolnshire
Economy

7. Humber Energy & Renewable
Revolution – The Drivers of Growth
• Crown Estate Round 3 Offshore Wind - £100 billion
investment
• Round 3 Offshore Wind – largest engineering project in
history of UK / 17 year project
• Humber – At Centre of 5,000 of 7,000 Round 3 Turbines to
be built in North Sea
• Emerging hub for Southern North Sea Gas - £2 billion gas
investment off the Humber Coast

8. UK Crown Estate Round 3 Zones
£100 billion Investment
Largest Engineering Project UK History

9. Europe – Offshore Wind Developments

10. Offshore Wind – Next Generation
Turbines
6 – 10 MW Turbines

11. South Humber Gateway
 South Humber bank - last undeveloped deep water estuary in
UK.
 Optimal Location - the closest site in relation to the major Round
3 sites in the North Sea.
 Big Space - Right Place. Largest Development site in Northern
England. 4 square miles / 1000 ha
 Able Marine Energy Park 366.7 ha (906 acres) Europe's largest
Offshore Wind Park
 Able Logistics Park 497.5 ha UK’s (1,229.5 acres) UK’s largest
port & logistics site

12. Able Marine Energy Park

13. Able Marine Energy Park
• State of the art world-scale fully integrated offshore wind
manufacturing and assembly facility
• £450 million direct investment & £1 billion total
investment
• 4,100 FTE on site jobs Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT)
manufacture – 9,000 indirect jobs
• 3,200 FTE’s in OWT installation / 500 construction jobs
• 5,000 FTE’s in YH region and elsewhere in UK
• Total - 9,000 jobs

14. Able Marine Energy Park
• 2nd
Largest Bremerhaven, Germany 200 ha
• Biggest Enterprise Zone in UK 248 ha
• 223 ha is allocated for enhanced capital allowances of 100% for
capital, plant and machinery support major OEM’s
• 25 ha will have business rate relief for 5 years – support Supply
chain & SME’s

15. Able Marine Energy Park
• AMEP Fully developed out 2018
• Direct on site GVA is estimated at £264.5 million annually.
• Total net additional GVA arising from AMEP in the Yorkshire and
Humber Region is estimated at £378 million.
• Additional business activities in the region will generate £186m
• Further business in the UK resulting in the total direct GVA impact
£692 million annually

17. Able Logistics Park
• Largest ports & logistics site in UK - Starts 2015
• Business Park, Hotel & Offices, Data Storage & Services,
Warehousing, Storage & Distribution, Vehicle Storage,
Distribution & HGV Park
• 5,300 FTE Jobs £110 million direct investment

18. London Thames Gateway – South
Humber Gateway 70% bigger

19. C.Gen – South Humber Bank
• 470 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine /
Integrated Combined Gasification Cycle with CCS
• £1 billion Direct Investment
• 200 Construction Jobs
• 60 FTE Jobs
• Start date 2016

20. A160 Highway Improvements
• A160 highway £132m Scheme – Highways Agency
• Improvement access to South Humber Gateway:
• Pre-application consultation 8 April 2013 to 20
May 2013
• Submit development consent order application Early
2014
• Start of works Summer 2015

21. A160 Benefit Costs Analysis 13-1

22. North Lincolnshire - Global Gateway
Humberside International Airport

23. North Lincolnshire - Global Gateway
Humberside International Airport
•Humberside International Airport – One step to the world
•HQ Eastern Airways / Base for 29 Tour Operators
•3 Daily Flights Schiphol / Daily Flight Copenhagen
•17 ha available fully serviced developable business park

24. North Sea Gas, Oil & Carbon Capture
and Storage
Humber - £2 billion Gas investment
Rough & York Gas Fields
C-Gen - £1 billion Carbon capture & Storage
Centrica £29 million Relocation

25. Humberside Airport – 2nd largest UK
Helicopter Facility
Bristow £27millon buyout 49.6% Shareholders –
Humberside Airport (August 2012) 60% Eastern
Airways
Bristow - $2.5 billion Multi-National Company

26. UK’s 2nd
Largest Helicopter facility
Bristow
CHC
Bond
NHV
Unifly
Helicopter Growth – 20% 4 yrs

27. Humberside Airport
Search & Rescue – Bristow Helicopters
1 of 10 UK Strategic Search & Rescue Bases
£80 million development / 70 jobs
Completed & operational April 2015

28. Humberside Airport
Search & Rescue – Bristow Helicopters

29. Perishables Hub
North Lincolnshire Council
Humberside Airport
Air Anglia Cargo
£1.6 million 10,000 sqft Cold Storage
Facility

30. BaE National Training Academy
NLC £4 million Investment
RGF – 20%
60 Apprentices annually
15 Apprentices Guaranteed Humber UTC
Open August 2015

31. Humberside Airport
New Hilton 4 Star Hotel Restaurant & Nightel Hotel
Extension
£6 million development / 80 Jobs
Planning – February 2015
Open 2015
Extension to 106 bed Offshore Hotel

32. Tourism
No Low Cost Operators
In 2014 TUI Flights returned
Restoring a summer programme with Thomas Cook
remains a priority

33. Lincolnshire Lakes – £1.2 billion
Transformational Waterside Development

34. Three Times the size of Venice
8 square miles
2,00 hectares

35. Lincolnshire
Lakes
New waterside
villages development
next to Scunthorpe
 6,000 homes & 5
Villages
 New business park
 New Motorway
Interchange
•Transform the image
and economy of
Scunthorpe

36. Lincolnshire Lakes Area Action Plan - Phase 1 £610
Investment / Total £1.2billion Investment
Public Exam –
Summer 2015
AAP
Adoption –
Autumn 2015
Start date –
Summer 2015

37. Leisure Village & £25 million Sports
Arena

38. Iconic State of the Art Sporting and
Leisure Arena – Planning Decision
Spring 2015

39. Completion July 2016

40. Scunthorpe Town Centre Regeneration

41. University Technical College – £11m
Completion August 2015 - 100 Jobs &
600 Students

42. Town Centre Office Development –
ONGO Homes - £5 million Open 2016
Open 2016
400 Office Workers

43. Simons - £23 million Development
Marks & Spencer's 50,000 m2 store
Debenhams's 50,000 m2 store
Boots 20k store
10k store
Costa Coffee / Subway
November 2013 start Completion October 2014

44. Superfast Broadband – 92.5% Coverage Northern
Lincolnshire Superfast Broadband £11 million /
Completion June 2015. 1st
East Coast Region in UK

45. Funding - £109 million
• RGF
• ERDF
• Leader
• Growth Deal 1 & 2
• DCLG Enterprise Zone Grant
• Springboard
• Baker Dearing Trust – University Technical College
• HCA Capacity Fund
• Broadband UK
• Flood Grant
• Neighbourhood Planning Grant
• New Homes bonus
• Community Grant Windfarm

46. North Lincolnshire Council
Thank you
www.investinnorthlincs.gov.uk
marcus.walker@northlincs.gov.uk