TWO planning projects from Warrington are in the running to win at this year’s Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence.
Ten finalists are from the North West – and two of them are from Warrington.
They are the Central Six Regeneration Masterplan, submitted by Kevin Murray Associates and Warrington Borough Council and Omega Warrington, submitted by Miller Developments Ltd.
RTPI’s annual Awards for Planning Excellence are the longest-running and most respected in the UK planning industry. The awards celebrate exceptional examples of planning and the contribution planners make to society not just throughout the UK but internationally.
The climax of the ceremony, which will take place on virtual platform The Awards Room by Evessio on April 19, will be the presentation of the Silver Jubilee Cup, awarded to the project adjudged best overall.
In total, 93 projects, teams abnd individuals across 15 categories have been selected by the independent judges.
The Warrington Central Six masterplan is a long-term project that aims to bring communities within the area together to achieve a cleaner, greener, healthier Central Six area. It covers a wide range of project areas from parks to housing and air quality to employment. Running through all of it is a fundamental principle of making sure the communities that live in the different areas are fully involved in decisions and projects that happen there.
Central Six projects currently in delivery include: Safer Streets – Bewsey and Whitecross; Kingsway House, Latchford – refurbishment plans; Bewsey and Dallam Community Hub Development; Warrington Youth Zone; WBC Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan; Victoria Park 3G pitch
Omega Warrington is the largest mixed-use development site in the North West, extending to some 575 acres. They have entered into a long term development a-greement with Homes England and have developed in excess of 4m sq. ft. of commercial space to date.
The Master Plan also permits 1,400 homes of which some 600 have been sold to various national housebuilders. A 35-acre public park is at the heart of the scheme. The next phase of development will include a retail park that is scheduled to be completed later this year.
Central Six Masterplan
