Regeneration proposals aim to create neighbourhood of up to 1,000 homes

Bradford Council’s plans to create a new ‘City Village’ in the heart of the city centre will go before its Executive Committee next week.

The plan focuses on creating a safe, healthy, attractive and resident-friendly environment with high-quality public spaces, landscaped and traffic calmed streets to establish a desirable new neighbourhood of up to 1,000 homes.

Key elements of the scheme will see highway infrastructure and landscaping/public realm improvements to create a green, traffic reduced, healthy and sustainable environment.

It is intended to encourage private developers and owners of existing properties in the area to undertake more and better quality conversion schemes, facilitating new-build homes on council owned sites and revitalising the local retail, business and leisure activities.

Bradford Council’s executive will be asked to approve the procurement process of a preferred private sector Development Partner to progress the scheme.

Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw, Bradford Council’s executive member for regeneration, planning and transport, said: “City Village is a large and ambitious regeneration project. We’re already showing some of what the City Village area will be like with the new market and this is huge opportunity to reshape the city centre with sustainable and quality new housing, public spaces and business developments.

“With Bradford Live, One City Park and Darley Street Market, this scheme extends our pipeline of exciting regeneration projects in the city centre for years to come.”