Central Stockton and North Thornaby Blueprint
We've always innovated. We're innovating right now. And we'll continue to do so in the future.
This Blueprint shows our vision for future development plans in Central Stockton and North Thornaby.
We're going to deliver modern, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods and have great plans to create a stronger central area in the town centre.
The River Tees is an important part of our story. It's the focus for much of the regeneration of the central areas, helping to provide a safe and welcoming place to live, work, stay and play.
We want people to find their perfect place to call home in Stockton-on-Tees. Our plans will attract a young and skilled workforce and make sure they are here to stay.
Our vision
Stockton-on-Tees will be:
- the perfect place to call home to live and work in the Tees Valley
- a place that nurtures health and wellbeing
- a place with a lively town centre full of diverse shops, bars, restaurants and cultural venues
- a place where everyone can live, work and play without having to leave
Blueprint ambitions
We are building on the ambitious plans that will transform Castlegate Shopping Centre into a new urban park and will reconnect the town centre to the River Tees once more.
The Blueprint will create the conditions for healthy, sustainable and quality town centre living, with good access to all services.
It also proposes a Care and Health Innovation Zone in North Thornaby to link with plans for the NHS' Tees Valley Diagnostic Centre. This will help address health inequalities and support growth in this area.
Our fantastic cultural venues like Stockton Globe, the Hampton by Hilton Hotel and the Georgian Theatre are already changing perceptions. The Blueprint will use this to spur the area's transformation and deliver a bright future for everyone.
Delivery
We are determined to make our vision happen. Our biggest challenge is making sure that our ambitions are achieved within the difficult economic climate.
We know the UK construction industry is struggling with rising costs of materials and labour. This challenge is bigger due to low property values in Central Stockton and North Thornaby. But this context won't stop us.
We will seek out grant support, which would then work as drivers to alter the market in these areas and allow the development of future projects.
Other towns across the UK have used similar strategies, attracting development through approaching the delivery of schemes differently. In Stockton-on-Tees, innovating to make our future is what we do best.
A Care and Health Innovation Zone in North Thornaby would transform job prospects in the area and allow a diverse community to call central areas of the Borough home.
Making the Blueprint a reality will improve perceptions by increasing and diversifying the population and economy of the town centre. This will lead to greater footfall and spending power, combined with successful retail and leisure uses, higher market values and more development interests to create these projects.
