28-05-2025
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.
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