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Newton Aycliffe Regeneration Masterplan August 2013 Draft 4, Version 11 (Final, Corporate Management Team) Newton Aycliffe Regeneration Masterplan August 2013 Draft 4, Version 11 (Final, Corporate Management Team) Durham County Council will: Support Aycliffe Business Park, company expansion and the Hitachi Rail development as a major employment opportunities Work with the private sector to deliver successful and sustainable housing expansion; Work with partners to deliver the Aycliffe Shopping Centre Masterplan Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft Contents Page 1.0. Introduction................................................................................................ 3 2.0. Profile of Newton Aycliffe........................................................................ 4 3.0. Strategic Context .....................................................................................14 4.0. Opportunities............................................................................................18 5.0. Project Delivery ........................................................................................22 6.0. DELIVERY PLAN ......................................................................................28 APPENDICES........................................................................................................32 APPENDIX 1 – SWOT ANALYSIS......................................................................32 Newton Aycliffe – Industry and Housing in a Rural Setting Draft 4, Vs 11 Page 2 of 32 Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft 1.0. Introduction 1.1. Purpose This masterplan provides a summary of the detailed programme of regeneration and investment activity that is taking place or is planned in Newton Aycliffe. It identifies the strategic context which underlies delivery and key principles to co-ordinate and focus investment in the town for employment, retail, leisure and housing. Newton Aycliffe is a major regional employment centre the masterplan will support its current businesses and encourage new expansion. Housing continues to expand to create an attractive town to live and work in with good links to other employment centres. New housing should build upon the new town qualities of open space and layout. The town centre needs to adapt to fulfil its role as the local service centre for the existing and growing population. Through the emerging County Durham Plan and its actions the council will: Support Aycliffe Business Park, company expansion and the Hitachi Rail development as a major employment opportunities Work with the private sector to deliver successful and sustainable housing expansion; Work with partners to deliver the Aycliffe Shopping Centre Masterplan Including the longer term County Durham Plan proposals, the anticipated public investment in the town is £16 million with the potential to generate up to £224 million in private investment over the next 30 years. Draft 4, Vs 11 Page 3 of 32 Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft 2.0. Profile of Newton Aycliffe 2.1. Summary Newton Aycliffe has established itself as the county’s major employment centre and an attractive place to live close to work and with commuting opportunities. The location of Hitachi Rail in the town and opportunities to feed into both Nissan’s supply chain and Tees Valley process and offshore industries underpin an already strong and regionally significant employment base. Housing has grown from its initial new town roots to offer a greater range of private housing retaining and building on the strengths of a planned open space layout. 2.2. Location The town and adjacent settlements are situated to the south of the county with excellent transport links including the A1 (M) offering links to Yorkshire and the South. The A167 runs the length of the town providing easy access to the large centres of Darlington and Durham. There is sustainable transport through rail access and the east coast mainline is accessible at Darlington Station, 8 miles away. Two halts at Newton Aycliffe and Heighington serve the town and industrial estate. Newton Aycliffe Railway Station 2.3. History 1,2 Historic settlements, some dating from the Norman period, have remained as the conservation villages with distinctive identity fringe the new town, adding to the range of housing available. Heighington Aycliffe Village 1 Great Aycliffe Town Council Website, History of Aycliffe, http://www.great-aycliffe.gov.uk/info/about- aycliffe/history-of-aycliffe.html 2 Durham County Council - Keys to the Past www.keystothepast.info – various historic asset and general references and DCC historic OS mapping Draft 4, Vs 11 Page 4 of 32 Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft Aycliffe Village grew in the 18th and 19th centuries due to is location on the Great North Road and is now adjacent to Newton Aycliffe but retains its separate identity. Middridge remains a distinctive conservation village on the road from N. Aycliffe to Shildon. 2.4. How Newton Aycliffe Grew 3 During the Second World War the Government considered Aycliffe, its rail connection and cheap available farmland an ideal location for the Royal Ordnance Factory. This factory employed up to 17,000 men and women in the making of bombs and munitions. There is now a Town Council memorial commemorating the valuable service carried out by those now known as the Aycliffe Angels. Post war need to stimulate the economy and improve housing was a fundamental issue leading to the William Beveridge Report (1942) and the New Town Act. Newton Aycliffe was one of these, being founded in 1947 on the site of the now redundant ordnance factory. Photograph Link 4 Photograph Link 5 Subsequently the town and industrial estate on the remainder of the ordnance works steadily grew up to the1980’s, since when both have been changing as opportunities have developed. The town population is circa 25,0006 with capacity to expand; its 1966 population target being 45,000. Service infrastructure has evolved as the town has stabilised. This is supported by the leisure centre also forming a council service hub and major attraction. Since the 1980s there has been 3 Great Aycliffe Town Council Website – The Newton Aycliffe Story, http://www.great- aycliffe.gov.uk/info/about-aycliffe/the-newton-aycliffe-story.html 4 Part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) View across one of the newly constructed residential neighbourhoods of Newton Aycliffe new town http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=t+59595&submit=&items_per_page=10 5 Part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) The cutting of the sod ceremony on 28 June 1948 to mark the start of construction work on the new town of Newton Aycliffe http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=t+9665&submit=&items_per_page=10 6 As used in the County Durham Plan Settlement Study 2012 Draft 4, Vs 11 Page 5 of 32 Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft substantial private housing development has taken place and is concentrated to the north at Woodham and Cobblers Hall. The new town has evolved to become a mature and well positioned commuter town with substantial local accessible employment opportunities. The recent agreement of Hitachi Rail to locate on the industrial estate will provide substantial new opportunities for the town in addition to existing major businesses. The growing identity of the new town, adjacent villages (including Middridge) and business estate when combined now create a substantial settlement cluster with areas of distinctive identity. This is distinguished in the Great Aycliffe name taken by the town council and Great Aycliffe and Middridge Area Action partnership (GAMP) 2.5. Aycliffe Business Park The Business Park covers a substantial area to the south of the town. It has four areas - Heighington Lane Business Park where Lidl have a main distribution centre, Aycliffe Industrial Estate, Aycliffe Industrial Park (nearest to the town) and now also Merchant Park (site for Hitachi Rail). St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Business Park is an employment location of regional significance and the largest in County Durham. Its status is based upon: Over 50 years association with manufacturing and engineering A site area of 270 hectares (ha) A critical mass of over 250 businesses Major employers such as Tallent Automotive; Husqvarna, Ebac, Permoid, INEOS, Lidl and Stiller, 3M (UK) Plc and now Hitachi Rail. Providing 8000 jobs The business park lies on the southern periphery of the ‘just in time’ zone for supply to Nissan in Sunderland. It is also well placed for specialist suppliers supporting process and off-shore industries in Tees Valley. Hitachi Rail Europe’s location for its UK train manufacturing facility on Merchant Park has served to further underline its importance as a major employment area with real opportunities for growth. The former RFMD factory now houses Draft 4, Vs 11 Page 6 of 32 Newton Aycliffe Masterplan – Draft Compound Photonics, a laser diode, high/ultra definition light engine manufacturer. Hitachi Rail is part of the Agility Trains consortium which has just been awarded a £4.5BN contract to construct, maintain and service the next generation of approximately 850 intercity carriages to improve the UK’s mainline rail services. Construction of the factory will start in 2013 and the facility will be operational from 2015. 730 jobs will be created along with a further 200 construction jobs. There is substantial potential to accommodate new businesses on the business park and to support Hitachi Rail’s supply chain and other growing companies. There is an identified opportunity for further 53ha estate expansion southwards at Newton Park
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