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Gateway North Cluster
(updated August 2011)
The story so far
The Strategic Framework, was agreed by Solihull Council in February 2005 after we consulted residents in 2004. It sets out how the Partnership intends to improve the physical and social infrastructure of North Solihull through major investment in schools, Village Centres, transport and green space.
In January 2009 we consulted residents and stakeholders on our key findings from the review of the strategic framework which included the new way of planning the regeneration, an approach based on Clusters and the Cluster Plan which shows where those key investment areas are.
In Spring 2010 Alan Baxter and John Thompson and Partners (JTP) were appointed by the North Solihull Partnership to work with the local community to develop a new masterplan for the area, which is being refered to as the Cole Valley Vision.The Cole Valley Vision
In summer 2010 we held a Community Planning Event and Community Forum meetings to hear your ideas for a central part of the regeneration area around the Cole Valley. Since then the design team has been developing a masterplan that will guide improvements and change in the area over the next 5 years.
The Cole Valley Vision
In Spring 2010 Alan Baxter and John Thompson and Partners (JTP) were appointed by the North Solihull Partnership to work with the local community to develop a new masterplan for the area, which is being refered to as the Cole Valley Vision.
In summer 2010 we held a Community Planning Event and Community Forum meetings to hear your ideas for a central part of the regeneration area around the Cole Valley. Since then the design team has been developing a masterplan that will guide improvements and change in the area over the next 5 years.
Work is continuing on the preparation of a Masterplan for the Cole Valley area, which includes the North and South Gateway Clusters.
In March 2011, we spoke to residents and stakeholders (e.g. bus service providers, WM Police, WM Fire Service, Care Trust, Environment Agency etc) about our ideas for the Cole Valley including proposed enhancements to areas of open space, proposals to improve access and connectivity through the area and the identification of potential sites for new development including housing. We also started to undertake a series of technical studies for the proposals to help inform our recommendations for the Masterplan.
Our original aim was to be able to present the Cole Valley Masterplan to both the NSP Board and Solihull's Cabinet in June 2011 for approval. However, we are still working on bringing together all of the information that we need to help us make our final recommendations.
We now working to finalise the Cole Valley Masterplan by March 2012.
Click here to download a copy of the display boards and draft plan from the consultation in March.