PLACE SHAPING IN TEES VALLEY

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PLACE SHAPING IN TEES VALLEY

• Richard Alty
• Assistant Chief Executive Regeneration
• Darlington Borough Council
• Richard Buckley
• Director of Development
• Tees Valley Regeneration

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TEES VALLEY VISION

• Three areas with complementary strengths
• Embedded in all key strategies
• Regional Spatial Strategy Regional Economic
  Strategy
• Northern Way Growth Strategy
• Tees Valley City Region Business Case
• Community Strategies Development Plans
• An Urban Regeneration Company for the key complex
  physical regeneration projects

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Key Regeneration Projects
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STRUCTURE
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DARLINGTON GATEWAY
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VISION DARLINGTONS ROLE

• Darlington Gateway hypothesis
• Accessibility
• Quality of Life
• can attract development and
• economic activity to Tees Valley and region

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TOWN CNTRE FRINGE

• Latent demand - create sites and business space
• Focus on key sites on transport corridors

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OUTCOMES / TARGETS

• Reducing the gap in unemployment between
  Darlington and the national economy
• Narrowing the economic gap between the least and
  most deprived parts of the Borough
• Growing higher level jobs to bring change from a
  low-wage economy
• Increasing GVA

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MORTON PALMS
City Northern Projects
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• MORTON PALMS
• 37 Million
• ONE, DBC and City Northern
• 11.3 ha site
• 30,000 sq. m. high specification offices
• Rents approaching sustainable market levels

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CENTRAL PARK
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CENTRAL PARK
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CENTRAL PARK
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CENTRAL PARK
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• CENTRAL PARK
• 170 Million
• Tees Valley Regeneration, ONE, DBC, EP
• Commercial Estates Group, Keepmoat, Yuill
• 30 ha, potential to create 2,000 new jobs
• 28,000 sq.m. high quality offices, hotel,
  conference and leisure facilities, 600 new homes

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• DARLINGTON COLLEGE
• 35 Million
• 6 ha site
• State of the art Learning Park
• Young Peoples Centre
• Higher Education Centre
• A University Centre for Darlington

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LINGFIELD POINT
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• LINGFIELD POINT
• 30 Million
• 43 ha mixed business park
• Potential for 1,400 Jobs
• Modern business units in converted buildings
• RICS national award
• Consultation on new masterplan

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DARLINGTON EASTERN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR

• 13.7 Million
• DfT, DBC
• Completed 2008
• Future development land

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FAVERDALE EAST
Argos Regional Distribution Centre
Easter Developments
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FAVERDALE

• Faverdale East
• 50 Million
• New business park
• 35 ha of greenfield development
• Potential for over 1,000 jobs
• Potential for larger, regional logistics park

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WEST PARK
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• WEST PARK
• 100 Million
• 49 ha site
• 600 new homes
• New school, hospital, park, 46,000 trees,
  village centre, Rugby Club, themed public art
• Sustainable Communities and RICS Awards
• Potential tourism preview centre, Northern Cross

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PEDESTRIAN HEART

• 9.2 Million
• DBC and ONE
• A unique Town Centre environment
• To attract shoppers, trade and development
• Shop-front grant scheme

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• THE OVAL
• 90 Million
• 29,000 m2 development
• 34 retail units plus department store
• cinema and leisure
• 850 space multi-storey car park
• residential

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FEETHAMS DEVELOPMENT SITE
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TOWN CENTRE FRINGE
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Skylink International Business Park Durham Tees
Valley Airport
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DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT
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DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT
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OVERALL OUTCOMES AND LESSONS

• 2,000 jobs 2003-2008
• 54M public funding 420M private
• Evidence of sustainable office market
• ICC Sept 08 2nd most improved UK area for
  competitiveness
• Clear, simple vision and evidence-based strategy
  allied to can-do culture

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KEY INDICATORS WAGE LEVELS
Darlington 2000 304.37 2007 432.20
Tees Valley 2000 336.43 2007 423.90
Great Britain 2000 360.73 2007 458.12
Average wage levels up 42 from 2000 to 2007 (TV
26 GB 27)
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KEY INDICATORS NARROWING THE GAP
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OTHER KEY INDICATORS

• Overall Economic Activity Rates now above
  national average
• 2007 Darlington 79.4 Tees Valley 75.5, GB
  78.8
• 2002 Darlington 77.8 Tees Valley 72.9, GB
  78.3
• Gross Value Added overall prosperity up
• 93 of GB average in 2000 94 in 2005
• Tees Valley 78 in 2005
• Above GB average if London (250) excluded

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TWO NATIONAL TRANSPORT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Cycling Demonstration Town
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DARLINGTON GATEWAY