Programme and Project Details
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Project Details for Cobridge (City Centre North West)
Cobridge masterplan
A masterplan has been produced for Cobridge (City Centre North West), which will guide the transformation of the area. It is a vision for the future that shows how the area will be developed for the better.
Portland Street area
The redevelopment of the former Churchill Pottery site, and its immediate surroundings, lies at the heart of RENEW North Staffordshire’s regeneration programme in the City Centre North West area.
Working with our partners, Great Places and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, we aim to provide a high quality new residential neighbourhood on the site, which will act as a ‘catalyst’ for regeneration in the area. Improved, accessible public spaces will underpin the new neighbourhood and green links through the development, connecting the major parks – Central Forest, Festival Park and Sneyd Hill – will be created.
The scheme will involve the creation of a 90-bed Extra Care Facility - accommodation for people over the age of 55 - new two, three and four bedroom houses as well environmental improvements.
Portland Street area
The terraced streets in the Portland Street area have issues around the poor quality of the housing, low demand and social problems - there are around 80 long-term vacant and abandoned properties.
The next stage of the City Centre North West regeneration programme is to undertake a Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment (NRA) study within the Portland Street area. The process has been explained to the local community, and the assessment is expected to start in September 2009 with completion and recommendations in Spring 2010.
The NRA will look at the condition of properties in the area, which will help RENEW identify and plan the level of future housing investment needed in the years to come.
The NRA will cover three areas - please see NRA map below - that are showing signs of more housing problems. Properties outside of these three areas will be subject to sample surveys of individual properties, so if you live or own a property in this area, it may not be surveyed.
The NRA will be carried out by environmental health officers from the city council, who will use a government method of assessing the condition of properties known as the Housing Health and Safety Rating System. Details of this process can be found at Housing - Communities and Local Government.
Click here to see the NRA plan.
