Dover Town Investment Zone
Dover Town Investment Zone is the area by Woolcomber Street,
Castle Street, Russell Street, and Townwall Street. This is
planned to be a mixed use development encompassing an anchor food
retail store, some other large retail stores and residential
accommodation. This will also include a Hotel on the corner
of Woolcomber Street with a L.E.D Mast displaying Public Art to
conceal the telephone masts which are currently situated on
Burlington House.
The Council has chosen Bond City as its development partners for
this project as they have a proven track record
of regeneration in cities like Manchester, where innovative
design and public art have been combined to ensure that the new
communities and facilities have seamlessly fitted into the existing
landscape.
What point is the Council at with this redevelopment?
This planning application was approved by the Planning Committee
in October 2006 and since this time the Council and the developers
have been working to ensure that all the conditions of the planning
committee are being met. This resulted in permission being
finalised in August 2009, including negotiating developer
contributions to the existing community. The addition of £10m
of grant funding from SEEDA and English Partnerships has enabled
the Council to purchase a number of key properties including the
former Stagecoach Depot.
What are the next steps for this physical regeneration
project?
Now that the Stagecoach Building has been demolished this
physical regeneration project has begun in earnest. The Hotel
on the corner of Woolcomber Street and Townwall Street will be the
first building to be constructed. The Council and the
developers are continuing negotiations with the landowners and the
leaseholders who are within the development to reach agreement to
purchase their interests.
The proposed anchor tenant, Asda, withdrew from the project
in March 2010. This will ineveitably lead to some delays but the
developers, working with the Council, will be making every
effort to secure a replacement tenant as soon as possible. A range
of options are being considered and a detailed proposal will be
submitted before the end of 2010.
Contact Regeneration
Email: regeneration@dover.gov.uk
Tel: 01304 872424
