Chester £1billion redevelopment plans go to consultation

PEOPLE living and working in Chester are being invited to give their views on ambitious plans for a £1bn redevelopment of part of the city. This is great news if you’re a Chester b and b.

Public consultation is to begin next Monday on a “vision document” and development framework to create a Central Business Quarter for Chester.

This is the first stage of a £1bn Cheshire West and Chester Council and Chester Renaissance project that they claim could create thousands of jobs.

The aim is to present an overall picture for the transformation of the area east of the City centre beyond the City Walls and centring around the railway station which is deemed to be ‘critical to Chester’s ambition to be a world class city.’

Regeneration director Charlie Seward said: “The NWDA identification of this area as a Strategic Employment Site provides us with a wonderful opportunity to create a development which will greatly benefit Chester, but also the Cheshire and Warrington Sub Region and the whole of the North West.

“There has been significant interest from the local business community and major regional and national investors.

“We believe that the area is a natural location for a Business District, being served by the Railway Station with its hourly links to London and Crewe and easily accessible motorway complex.”
The council said the new “Business Quarter” will provide Chester with “the opportunity to integrate world class solutions into a historic city – overcoming physical constraints, conserving sensitive assets and promoting sustainable growth”.

Council leader Mike Jones said the plans were “very exciting” although he acknowledged it would take years to bring to fruition.

He said: “We are an ambitious council and we want to see things happening.”

The proposed scheme will focus on low energy consumption, recycling and conservation techniques. Social, economic and environmental sustainability will be key principles in its design.
All will be set within new high quality planned public spaces- greens, plazas, squares gardens and activity parks, with a wide range of amenities.
The public consultation process will involve meetings with local organisations and residents; a four week exhibition at Chester Railway Station and hundreds of letters to local business and residents outlining the aims of the scheme and providing website links to the council’s draft Development Framework .

Chief executive of Chester Renaissance, Rita Waters, said: “This development will secure the future of Chester for generations to come, providing new quality employment opportunities and securing inward investment into the heart of our city.”

The development framework should be complete by July, when the council executive will be asked to endorse the final version.

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