Hinckley Town Centre

Developments

24 March 2011

WHAT WE WILL COVER

1. Key Development Sites.

2. Regent Street.

3. Station Road improvements.

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£200m TOWN CENTRE INVESTMENT

New Development Prospectus

INWARD INVESTMENT(PRESENT AND PROGRAMMED)

INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

c. £1bn. Borough-wide.

c. £200m. Town Centre:

INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

c. £1bn. Borough-wide.

c. £200m. Town Centre:

THE CRESCENT (Bus Station)

– 5 screen cinema– Food store – 100,000 sq ft [gross] 12 lane bowling– 28 retail units – 75,000 sq ft 560 car spaces

– 10 restaurants and cafes New bus station

£80m Scheme

THE CRESCENT

THE CRESCENT

1. Planning consent granted!

2. Preliminary demolition works start this year.

3. Works programmed to commence Summer 2012.

4. Scheme opens 2014.

Original concepts

STATION ROAD

• £300k of street improvements secured from The Crescent scheme.

• What happens next.

ATKINS BUILDING

Lower Ground floor - LetGround floor - Café let.First floor - 50% letSecond floor - AvailableCar park : 96 spaces

Unique flagship town centre project.

45,000 sq. ft. mixed-use refurbishment.

£9.2m project (HBBC & EMDA funded).

Opened 28 September.

Award winning project

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NORTH WARKS & HINCKLEY COLLEGE

Performance art.

Media.

Graphic design.

Creative Arts.

Studio theatre.

NEW COLLEGE

Works on Programme.

Opens Sept 2011.

£18m investment.

‘HINCKLEY HUB’

• Developer: MRP Developments

• Planning consent in place.

• Works started!• Council move in 2012.

MRP Development’s scheme

Old Fludes factory

HINCKLEY HUB

MRP Development’s scheme:

• Operational offices, council chamber, reception, parking.

• Accelerated single move to high eco rated (‘BREEAM’) offices.

• Green Travel: close Rail and Bus routes.

MRP Development’s scheme

SKETCHLEY BROOK

GOODMAN’s Scheme:• 350 Dwellings.• 2,000 jobs.• Local centre.• B2 B8 ‘sheds’• A5 access.• New parks.

Planning consent granted!.

£0.25m contribution to town centre transport improvements.

Tesco

Station

RAILWAY STATION AREA

Station

Richard Roberts factory site

Tesco

Hinckley Hub

Bus station

Sparkenhoe

Lidl

Sketchley Brook

ARGENTS MEAD

1. Council moving out in 2012.2. Retirement Village concept.3. Public consultations

completed.4. Pledge to keep and improve

key park areas.

Options 1 & 2 Option 3

Mount RoadMount Road

Mount Road

Castle Street

Hospital

Baptist Church

Baptist Church

The Council has not yet taken any decision to progress any scheme here.

CHURCH WALK CAR PARK

View from Castle Street

Possible new car park deck

1. Masterplan design concepts for new shops and car park

2. Outline proposals only at this stage.

Britannia Centre

Co-op

REGENT STREET

•Revised highway options study underway.

•Options.

•Study funded by Council, EMDA and BID Co.

2,000 new jobs.750 acre site.30 year growth plan.Cutting edge technology.Home to 32 world class

companies.

1. MIRA launch of £300m Technology Park investment programme

2. Major ‘RGF’ Bid submitted.

3. Huge boost to Hinckley’s profile.

4. Planning Application to be submitted March 2011.

ANY QUESTIONS