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LCCC submits Old Trafford proposals
£32m Edgbaston
Major redevelopment scheme forms part of wider regeneration of Trafford area
plans under threat
The £32m plans to expand the By Tom Walker
Edgbaston cricket ground in
Birmingham have come under Lancashire County Cricket Club
fire from local residents. The (LCCC) has submitted plans for
Cannon Hill Neighbourhood a major £200m redevelopment
Forum has asked local law firm of the Old Trafford cricket
Public Law Solicitors to seek a ground in Manchester to the
judicial review over a decision to local authority.
grant Warwickshire County Trafford Council will now
Cricket Club planning permission. consider the proposals, which
The forum claims the council's form part of a wider sports-led
planning committee did not regeneration project to
study the effects of an enlarged transform a 50-acre area
stadium – and its night time test surrounding the venue. The Point – a new £12m conference suite set to open in July 2010
matches – on local residents. Construction company
Morgan Ashurst has already BDP, feature an enhanced The proposals, which also
Blaenavon hotel set
commenced work on the first pavilion, a hotel, new player include a Tesco supermarket,
for new lease of life
stage of the stadium redevelop- and media facilities and an are designed to safeguard Old
An empty hotel in the centre ment, which includes a new extended indoor cricket school. Trafford as an international
of Blaenavon, Gwent, is set to be £12m conference and events Two new grandstands will venue, while also helping to
transformed into four-star bed suite – The Point – due for boost the venue's seating reverse local economic decline.
and breakfast accommodation as completion in July 2010. capacity to 15,000, which can LCCC is working in partner-
part of the Heads of the Valleys Designs for the second stage be increased to 25,000 with ship with Trafford Council,
regeneration scheme. The Lion of the project, drawn up by the installation of temporary Tesco and Manchester-based
Hotel, which is due to open Manchester-based architects seating for major events. Ask Developments.
ahead of the Ryder Cup in 2010,
will include 11 en-suite rooms
and a bar and restaurant, as well
Rhyl seafront
plans in doubt
DCMS announces coastal grants
as a fitness suite. The property
is set to become an important An £85m seaside scheme By Pete Hayman
tourist facility and has been in Rhyl, North Wales,
recognised by Torfaen County remains on hold while a Seven coastal towns have been
Borough Council, which will new buyer is sought to handed grants through the
manage the restoration. take the Ocean Plaza government's Sea Change
project forward after the initiative in order to help fund
Central London hotel
developer behind the schemes designed to regener-
put up for sale
scheme – Modus – went ate resorts across England.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) into administration in June. Funded by the Department
is selling a partially constructed Simon Allport and Tom for Culture, Media and Sport
five-star hotel on the Strand in Jack of Ernst & Young LLP (DCMS), the three-year scheme £1m will help revitalise Roker
central London for bids of more told Leisure Opportuni- is led by the Commission for
than £110m. Architects Foster + ties: "The options for the Architecture and the Built Roker, Sunderland, has been
Partners designed the existing site are being assessed by Environment (CABE). handed £1m to help fund the
development to include 173 the administrators and the Plans to revitalise a heritage creation of a trail inspired by
bedrooms and 79 residential various stakeholders of theme park in Margate, Kent, the town's heritage and culture,
apartments, but the new the development in order have received £3.7m, while £2m while St Ives in Cornwall is set
purchaser would be entitled to to progress the Ocean will go towards the revamp of a to receive a grant of £900,000
amend the proposed scheme, Plaza scheme forward." Grade II*-listed station in to revamp the Grade II*-listed
subject to planning approval Tynemouth, North Tyneside. Portmeor Studios.
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