Key projects
Within Bath & North East Somerset there are a number of key projects currently coming to fruition or at the planning stage. They will reinforce the area's successful economic base, support key employment sectors and assist in regenerating derelict and vacant land.
Bath Business Park
The Bath Business Park, situated six miles outside of the city at Peasedown St.John, provides a major location for business in the Bath & North East Somerset area. The 24-acre site offers significant opportunities for Office, Industrial and Warehouse premises, along with the potential for other uses subject to planning. Each plot has a good planned parking provision and the site benefits from a direct transport link to the city along with relative proximity to Bristol and the nearby International Airport. Further information can be obtained at www.bathbusinesspark.co.uk.
Thermae Bath Spa
The City Centre Thermae Bath Spa is now finished and has opened following a multi-million pound development which has included refurbishment of existing Roman, Medieval, Georgian and Victorian buildings.The new Spa contains three separate bath facilities, meeting rooms, a restaurant and visitor centre. The Thermae Bath Spa attracts around 150,000 visitors per annum. For more details visit www.thermaebathspa.com
Southgate
The first phase of the Southgate development, Bath opened last November creating 150 new jobs for the area. Phase one introduced a number of new retail brands into Bath alongside retailers including Boots, Sainsbury's and a New Look store. When complete the development will provide 417,000sqft of retail and leisure space, 98 residential units together with the creation of new public realm improvements, new bus station and rail station improvements. The next phase of the development is planned to open in May with the third phase including the Debenhams store, planned for September 2010. Completion of the £360million project will create an estimated 1500 new jobs for the city centre.
Visit www.southgatebath.co.uk for more information.
Bath Western Riverside
Covering approximately 87 acres (35 hectares) of land to the west of the City Centre and adjoining the River Avon, Bath Western Riverside is one of the largest brownfield regeneration projects in the South West. Bath & North East Somerset Council is working in partnership with Grosvenor and the Regional Development Agency on a comprehensive masterplan for a mixed use scheme including an integrated public transport system, new houses and affordable housing, office space, leisure, retail and restaurant provision and new cultural and community facilities including a new primary school. The project is the last major opportunity for Bath to deliver a platform for the City's future economic and social prosperity, and it is therefore critical that the great potential of this opportunity is fully realised.
The Master Plan was submitted at the end of 2004 and set out a 10 – 15 year development programme.
For more information visit www.bathwesternriverside.co.uk
Radstock Railway Land
The Norton Radstock Regeneration Company (NRR) owns 18 acres (7.3ha) of derelict railway land in the centre of Radstock. NRR has developed a masterplan that seeks to ensure development acts as a cataylst for wider regeneration. The masterplan makes provision for: housing which has a mixture of tenure and size and is of high quality, new retail space in order to build and strengthen the existing, new opportunities for enterprise and workspace, improving movement and linkages around the site and between the towns for pedestrians and cyclists, workshops and gallery space for arts and craft industries, improving the delivery of community services and providing opportunities for cultural expressions within a new Community Resource building, making effective use of existing environmental assets and provision of new public spaces. NRR has appointed Bellway as their development partner. Plans have now been submitted and NRR are working to overcome any last milestones or queries held by any parties.
NRR is currently undertaking research to gauge the level of interest in office accommodation, workspace or artist workspace. If you are looking for business accommodation and would like to register your interest please call 01225 396596 or go to www.nrrcompany.co.uk
Knowledge West
Knowledge West develops collaborative Flagship Initiatives for business, provides continuing professional development, events for business themed on business innovation and the knowledge economy, and advice about business innovation networks.
The project is led by the University of the West of England in collaboration with the Universities of Bath, Gloucestershire, and Bristol, the Royal Agricultural College, Bath Spa University and GWE Business West. For further information go to www.knowledgewest.org.uk
Recommended Links
- Bath Southgate
Website of Bath Southgate - Bath Festivals
Website of Bath Festivals Trust - Bath Western Riverside
Website of the Bath Western Riverside site - Knowledge West
A joint initiative between Universities of the West of England, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Bath, Bath Spa University, the Royal Agricultural College and Business West, developing links between universities and businesses