Approval sought for next phase of Enterprise Corridor scheme

Plans to create a “Station to Stadium Enterprise Corridor” in Huddersfield will take a step forward if senior councillors agree.

At next week’s (21 December) Kirklees Council cabinet meeting, council officers will ask for approval to move to the next stage of development and to include wider consultation for this project.

Initial stages of planning for the Station to Stadium masterplan were first revealed in February of this year.

It aims to revitalise the area between Huddersfield Railway Station and the John Smiths Stadium. The plan should help to identify potential spaces for employment by increasing the use of either empty or underutilised properties within the area.

Councillor Graham Turner, Kirklees Council portfolio holder for growth and regeneration, said: “The Station to Stadium Enterprise Corridor Masterplan sets out an exciting long-term vision for Huddersfield.

“The Transpennine Rail upgrade coming through Huddersfield, the University of Huddersfield’s new Health Innovation Campus and the John Smiths Stadium are each enormous economic drivers but this plan allows us to plan how they are linked together to have an even greater impact.

“The plan sets out several projects that public and private sector partners will now work together to develop.

“This is an exciting next step for an ambitious long-term project that will bring potentially transformative benefits to Kirklees and the wider region in terms of jobs and investment.”

If the current proposals are approved by cabinet, the next stage of development including stakeholder consultation will move forward in early 2023.