Persimmon Homes - Major East Coast Leisure scheme gets green
light
On behalf of Persimmon Homes, P+HS Architects has
secured planning approval for Coatham Links, a
regionally significant £89 million leisure and linked
housing redevelopment plan for a 35 acre coastal site to
the west of Redcar Town Centre in Cleveland.
After more than five years in planning, including
extensive discussions with key stakeholders and a series
of public consultations during 2003 and 2005, the
development team has finally arrived at a masterplan
that could generate over 200 jobs in the area once
completed.
The flagship scheme includes new tourism, sport,
recreation, leisure, linked housing and community
facilities and incorporates new highways and
infrastructure works falling in line with a development
brief set by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.
Specifically, the new leisure complex will provide a
swimming pool and bowling alley, a visitor centre, a
cinema, and performance and exhibition spaces
incorporating a viewing platform with panoramic sea
views. Together with other leisure facilities planned
for the site, the scheme is set to place Redcar back on
the map as a popular tourist, seaside, visitor and
cultural destination.
P+HS has developed the masterplan on behalf of long term
client Persimmon Homes that also intends to build 200
sea front apartments and 140 family homes around a
series of linked squares and landscaped public spaces on
the site.
The new accommodation has been designed to reflect the
surroundings and will create a fully integrated
community in the heart of Redcar, linking the current
town centre and proposed new leisure uses. It is also
hoped the new housing will address the problem of
population loss that the town has long suffered, by
offering a range of different accommodation types.
Peter Jordan, Regional Projects Director of Persimmon
Homes “We are delighted to have secured planning
approval for Coatham Links. The team at P+HS Architects
has worked tirelessly to arrive at a masterplan that
really works to unlock the full potential of the site.
The seafront site offers huge potential for tourist and
leisure trade that is currently under utilised and there
is no doubt that it will create a sustainable
environment and act as a major catalyst for urban
regeneration in and around the Redcar region.”
It’s estimated that the transformation of the site will
take around 5 years and will be delivered in stages.
Construction for the leisure complex and the first phase
of residential units is expected to start in early 2008.
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