Making Hartlepool a better place to live and work - ideas wanted for £25million bid

We are one of 100 towns across England that have been invited by the Government to develop innovative regeneration plans to transform their economic growth prospects and secure up to £25million of funding through the Towns Fund.

Each town is required to develop a Town Investment Plan which will help decide how much funding Hartlepool will get to make the plans happen.

As part of the consultation process, two online surveys are running until August 31 for residents and businesses to contribute ideas for regeneration and say what they would like to see.

Bringing life back into the town centre has already been identified as a key area of work for the project.

The survey states: “The available funding will help with our economic recovery from Covid-19 and will continue to help us build a stronger Hartlepool.

"It’s about improving things now and in the future and giving our town the chance for a better future.

"We need to make sure this funding meets local needs and has the biggest impact on improving our communities.”

People are asked to list their top priorities and how they would like the town to be in 10 years time.

Input will inform the development of BIG IDEAS for Hartlepool.

The aim of the Towns Fund is to drive economic regeneration to bring about long term economic and productivity growth through things like urban regeneration, skills and enterprise infrastructure and connectivity.

A Town Deal Board has been established to lead the Hartlepool project made up of local business representatives, senior Hartlepool Borough councillors and officers, MP Mike Hill, Hartlepool United, Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, town colleges, power station and Love Hartlepool campaign.

Alby Pattison, of AP Consultancy Services (North East) Limited is its chair.

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said at the end of last year: “Over the course of 2020, we will invest hundreds of millions into projects to transform our town centres and support bespoke plans to meet the needs of individual local communities.”

To learn more about the project and complete the surveys go to https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/info/20189/regeneration/964/hartlepool_town_deal/1

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