Hartlepool Town Centre Masterplan
Summary Masterplan Report
The aim of this Masterplan is to renew and reshape Hartlepool Town Centre in a way that improves experience for residents and visitors, drives economic growth and ensures environmental sustainability.
The Masterplan sets out a long-term framework for Hartlepool, with individual projects and interventions identified across the town centre. Delivery will need to involve a variety of partner organisations and funding mechanisms.
Arcadis and Genecon have been commissioned by Hartlepool Borough Council to develop a programme of transformative, structural change that will enable Hartlepool town centre to evolve and adapt to the challenges of vacant retail space, declining footfall, declining market share, poor quality public realm and a fragmented retail and leisure offer within the town.
The Masterplan presents a vision and ambition for change for Hartlepool that responds to contemporary consumer expectations, including an emphasis on experience, convenience, services and a sense of community. Further, the Masterplan has been developed at a time when town centres across the UK are going through a period of significant change, and when the drive for economic recovery has never been more important.
The Masterplan contributes towards Hartlepool’s Town Deal proposal – funding set aside for Hartlepool by central government to develop specific projects and opportunities. This funding will provide a mechanism by which transformative projects within the town centre can be delivered.
