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14th
May 2007
Developments at Abbey Meadows - the area around the National Space Centre and the nearby waterside in Belgrave - are hotting up, with work on major sites now underway. Abbey Meadows is one of the five key areas in the Masterplan for the city’s regeneration, drawn up by Leicester Regeneration Company and its partners, including Leicester City Council, East Midlands Development Agency and English Partnerships. The area will include a world-class science park, and more than 3,000 waterside homes. At Abbey Meadows West - a site located between Abbey Park Road, Abbey Lane and the National Space Centre - work has started on the construction of a new access road that will link the National Space Centre with the A6. Work on the road is set to be completed in October, with work on the Science Park to start in the New Year. The timescale for the development is three to five years. The science park aims to help retain graduates from the city’s two universities in the city, by creating new jobs in science-based businesses. Plans for a new Audi car showroom have been unveiled. The 30,000-square-foot development will also include a service centre. Work is set to begin next month (June) and to be completed in January. At Wolsey Island - a triangle bounded by the river, the canal and Abbey Park - the first development is on site, with the conversion of the Shoe Factory into 44 loft style apartments. Work is set to be completed later this year. Planning applications have been submitted for around 1,600 homes on the former Courtauld and British United Shoe Machinery sites. Morris Homes has obtained planning permission for over 300 luxury apartments on the former Miles Platts site overlooking Abbey Park. Work is set to start on site in Summer 2007. John
Nicholls,
chief executive
of Leicester
Regeneration
company,
said: “It’s
wonderful
to see
this amount
of development
happening
at Abbey
Meadows.
The area
is a key
component
of the
masterplan
for regeneration
in central
Leicester
and is
set to
become
one of
the most
exciting
areas of
the city.”
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