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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: Pete on April 17, 2012, 04:10:06 PM
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Just read on the Chesterfield Post website that the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board has said that it has approved £2.4m funding from its Growing Places Fund for the Chesterfield Waterside development.
Maybe we'll see some action now. :)
http://bit.ly/HNlHg5 (http://bit.ly/HNlHg5)
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What's the 2.4m for ?
The council are (spending/using funding) more than that doing up the Market Hall, well, eventually.
Can't see it being much more than pocket money for someone. Developers, planners etc.
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>> What's the 2.4m for ?
Apparently it's delivery is locked up. This from John Burrows:
"This allocation of £2.4m will help unlock delivery of the Chesterfield Waterside development through providing the necessary investment to complete the canal link and improve traffic access to the site."
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through providing the necessary investment to complete the canal link and improve traffic access to the site
Access only available currently via Tapton or the Donut.
Oh, nearly forgot, also access from Tesco roundabout through the old Tesco and DCC's site.
Suppose 2.4m could persuade DCC to re-allocate.
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Hopefully it will unlock further funding but building or improving access roads (whcih is my take on it) is just a very tiny first step.
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Early signs are looking good though..there seems to be more happening around Markham Vale and this may knock on to things in the town center too.
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Yes, noticed there's quite a few new units being built.
Plenty more round town with 'To Let' signs though.
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>> What's the 2.4m for ?
Apparently it's delivery is locked up. This from John Burrows:
"This allocation of £2.4m will help unlock delivery of the Chesterfield Waterside development through providing the necessary investment to complete the canal link and improve traffic access to the site."
For a moment there I thought he might have been on about the abandoned bit between Staveley and the other side of the tunnel, but I guess he just means joining the cut up with the recently-built basins in the southern part of the site.
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i think this waterside development has got to be the biggest waste of money in recent years ....they havnt even filled the offices at hornsbridge yet :D
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i think this waterside development has got to be the biggest waste of money in recent years ....they havnt even filled the offices at hornsbridge yet :D
The Waterside development includes more than offices:
• A new canal basin
• Landmark public spaces
• An eco-park
• A waterside residential neighbourhood of around 1200 homes
• Over 30,000 sq.m. business space
• Shops, Bars, Cafes, galleries and hotels
Have a read for yourself: www.chesterfieldwaterside.com (http://www.chesterfieldwaterside.com)
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i think this waterside development has got to be the biggest waste of money in recent years ....they havnt even filled the offices at hornsbridge yet :D
Welcome to chesterfieldonline stu ;)
I must admit, I sort of agree with you :)
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How so, Fly? It's mostly a brownfield site crying out for redevelopment and the river there is pretty grim to say the least.
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The old Robinson site is a mess as well.
Bottom of Derby Rd never got finished.
Big scruffy expance of land left empty.
Markham Vale not quite kicking in yet
etc etc
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All true Fly but Riverside is a mixed use site and therefore I reckon has a much better chance of succeeding.
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End of Derby Road was due to owners / developers going bust, think it's been sold on now
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I'd be a hypocrite to say I back Morrison's bid for Boza, then object every development in town.
There's just too much 'talk' about the town projects, but no solid evidence of happenings.
The only other 'big' project in Boza, was the proposed development of 800 houses near to where I live.
All's gone quite on this now. Are the council just biding their time. There was a lot of local outrage about it.
These are probably the same people who protested about allotments being turned into housing.
Boza would gain it's own swimming baths after many years.
Boza still doesn't have it's own baths, even though the allotment owners were offered alternative plots :o