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BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
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Developer appointed for former Spode Works potbank in Stoke
Fresh plans to redevelop a former ceramics factory will include a proposal for more than 100 new homes after a developer was City Council agreed to appoint Capital & Centric as the developer for former potbank the Spode Works, in Stoke, on scheme would build on an existing Spode Works masterplan approved by the authority last year, adding plans for 116 flats and works to bring the historic China Hall back into site was previously awarded £10m from the government's Levelling Up Fund, and £6.5m will now be allocated to the developer. According to the developer's business plan, the proposals would additionally repurpose 820 sq m (8,826 sq ft) of floor space and create 650 sq m (6,996 sq ft) of new commercial first phase would see the submission of a planning application, with key buildings repaired for commercial with no "significant heritage value", including Gordon House in Kingsway would be demolished, the plan bids will also be submitted by the developer to restore the China Hall, which is the largest building on the two would involve further restoration works and the residential to government rules, the authority must spend the Levelling Up cash by next Finlay Gordon-McCusker said the appointment was a "major step forward" for the Spode Works and avoided a lengthy procurement added the regeneration "honours our past, delivers for our present and actually builds a future where Stoke town is alive with activity and culture and opportunity".Capital & Centric has already taken on the Goods Yard site in Stoke and is set to redevelop the Midway car park in applications will be submitted in the winter. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Stoke-on-Trent Spode pottery developer set to be appointed
Plans to regenerate a historic pottery site are set to move forward after councillors were asked to approve the appointment of a City Council hopes signing up Capital & Centric will "unlock new opportunities" at the former Spode pottery in the council's cabinet is to consider allocating £6.5m to the firm from its Levelling Up fund, as part of a wider scheme for the developer has already taken on the Goods Yard site, also in Stoke, and is also set to redevelop the Midway car park in Newcastle-under-Lyme. A new deal at the Spode works would allow Capital & Centric to bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to bring the China Hall, a vast space in the old factory, back into operational use, the council would be subject to planning permission, with work expected to include demolition of some buildings with no heritage value and the development of new suggested partnership does not include the whole site, which will continue to host a range of tenants. Councillor Finlay Gordon-McCusker, cabinet member for regeneration, said the authority would be proud to work with Capital & Centric again."Together we'll make sure Spode continues to be a success story, not just for the creative industry in the city, but for heritage regeneration too," he have previously expressed frustration over the slow progress of plans for the Spode was acquired by the council in 2010, two years after the factory closed and went into 2022, the authority secured £10m of Levelling Up cash to invest in the site and bring it back into August 2024, it has been working to remove asbestos in some heritage buildings and refurbishing two units to provide more space for the Spode Museum.A decision on the partnership is expected be made at a cabinet meeting on 27 May. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
