Chester Northgate – plans submitted for a leisure and cultural destination in the heart of Chester

An important milestone in delivering Chester Northgate has been reached. The detailed designs for the initial phase including a new indoor market, six-screen Picturehouse cinema, public square and car park have been submitted by Cheshire West and Chester Council for planning approval. The submission is likely to be considered by the planning committee in September 2019. If […]

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Still time to have your say on Phase 1 of Chester Northgate project

There’s still a chance to have your say on the look and feel of the planned Chester Northgate leisure and cultural destination. Cheshire West and Chester Council is running a formal public consultation in the Forum Shopping Centre until 18 April where staff are on hand to answer any questions and share the ideas behind […]

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Chester Northgate Phase 1 – come and have your say

Cheshire West and Chester Council is moving forward with the look and feel of the designs for the first phase of the Chester Northgate scheme, which will see a new market, six-screen cinema, public square and car park in the heart of the city centre. AHR architects, whose lead architect is also a local resident, […]

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The next phase of Chester Northgate moves forward

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s plans to keep Chester as one of the UK’s top places to live and visit have taken a step forward as Councillors backed proposals to progress to detailed designs for the next phase of the city’s regeneration scheme. The Council’s Chester Northgate Joint Members Working Group has agreed proposals to […]

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Private Sector backing for Chester Northgate Phase 1

A working group of the Chester Growth Partnership set up to feed ideas into the Chester Northgate development met for the first time this week (30 October) and agreed to get fully behind the plans of Cheshire West and Chester Council for Phase 1 of the Northgate leisure and culture project. Chester Northgate is the […]

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Full steam ahead for Chester Northgate as preferred contractor appointed

Plans to build on the city’s reputation as a prime leisure and culture destination are firmly on track, with a preferred contractor now appointed for Chester Northgate. Cheshire West and Council has appointed VINCI Construction UK as its ‘Preferred Bidder’ for the building works that will transform a quarter of the historic centre of the […]

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