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Why Leicester
needs
a plan
Leicester
is a thriving city,
but there are existing
and foreseeable problems:
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An
over-dependence
on
declining
types
of
manufacturing,
with
low
average
incomes
and
limited
job
opportunities,
particularly
a lack
of
office
employment
-
Poor
retention
of
graduates
and
little
spin-off
from
University
science
excellence
into
the
city’s
economy
-
Very
attractive
areas,
fragmented
by
areas
of
poor-quality
buildings,
with
land
being
used
well
below
its
potential
-
A
poor
external
image
- A
retail
centre
which punches
below its
weight
The
masterplan
provides
inter-linked
solutions
to these
inter-linked
problems.
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How
the
plan
was
formed
The masterplan
is built on
solid research.
It was created
by an experienced
range of consultants
led by Roger
Tym & Partners.
Initial research
identified
Leicester’s
strengths and
weaknesses.
It defined
how physical
change in central
Leicester could
address the
city’s
problems and
build on its
assets.
A draft plan
was then proposed,
and put forward
for public
consultation.
The feedback
was used to
create the
final version
of the plan.
How
it will
be delivered
The masterplan
will be delivered
over the next
ten to fifteen
years. It will
require substantial
investment.
Most investment
will have to
be attracted
from the private
sector. LRC’s
role is to
co-ordinate
the use of
its public
sector partners’ money
and powers
to get each
key project
to the point
where the private
sector can
deliver it
in accordance
with the plan.
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Next
Steps
The
public and
key stakeholders
were consulted
on the masterplan,
which was then
amended and
endorsed by
all LRC’s
partners. The
next steps
were:
- To
produce “Development
Frameworks”
for each
Key Project,
interpreting
the masterplan
into detailed
urban design,
costings,
programme
and proposed
means of
delivery (complete)
- For
the City
Council
to produce
Supplementary
Planning
Guidance
(SPG)
for each,
incorporating
it into
their
statutory
planning (in
progress)
- For
LRC’s
partner
bodies,
emda
and EP,
to start
assembling
the necessary
land (in
progress
– over £30m
already
committed)
- For
developers
to be
selected
to take
these
projects
forward (work
on site
in four
of the
five
key projects)
• Find
out
more
on Key
Projects
• View
the final
version
of the Masterplan
as a PDF
file (2.5mb)
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