Bowmer + Kirkland to begin work on 拢60m Goods Yard project this year
Plans to turn an industrial site in Stoke-on-Trent into a new residential neighbourhood using cash from the government鈥檚 levelling-up fund have been approved.
Bowmer + Kirkland will begin work on the 拢60m project, known as The Goods Yard, which is backed by Manchester-based developers Capital & Centric.
Stoke-on-Trent鈥檚 development control committee yesterday approved the Glenn Howells Architects-designed plans for the development, one of three in Stoke-on-Trent backed by the government鈥檚 拢1.5bn brownfield regeneration fund.
The scheme will feature 174 apartments, as well as workspaces for start-ups, shops, a public square and a caf茅-bar in what is currently a derelict Network Rail signal box.
The locally listed Vaults Warehouse will be restored to create a combined workspace and leisure venue, while the canal-side jetty will be re-opened to the public, creating a potential mooring point for visiting canal boats or a water taxi.
Tim Heatley, co-founder of Capital & Centric, said 鈥渁mbitious indie businesses鈥� were already contacting his firm about getting commercial space.
鈥淲e want to make Stoke-on-Trent proud and create a neighbourhood with real identity, one that nods to the city鈥檚 rich heritage but writes a new, exciting chapter,鈥� he added.
The company worked in partnership with the city council on the blueprint and council leader Abi Brown said approval for the development was 鈥渁nother tangible sign that Stoke continues to be on the up鈥�.
Civic Engineers are the structural and civil engineers, Re-form Landscape Architecture served as the landscape architect, while Ridge and Partners handled sustainability and energy and BREEAM.
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