The Northgate Development

The Northgate Development will create a new, vibrant quarter for the people of Chester, which totally integrates with the city's historic townscape. This £400million scheme will create new shops and restaurants, a new bus station and car park, new homes and offices, a new library and new public spaces. The project will occupies almost one quarter of the area within the city walls - about 4.6 hectares.

What's Being Created

The new development will provide over 60 shops and will dramatically improve the range and diversity of outlets within the city. In addition there will a new House of Fraser deparment store and a new maket hall with better facilities and more efficient layout.

To help visitors to the City there will be a new multistory car park (625 spaces), new bus station, bicycle and motorcycle parking, new taxi ranks and 25 shopmobility spaces to replace the existing blue badge provisions in Trinity Street.

The project will improve the opportunities for cultural and night time activity in the city. A new performing arts centre will provide a new modern venue for a wide range of cultural activities. Surrounding this new facility will be restaurants and cafes. A new library will be twice the size of the existing one.

123 new homes will be built, 33 of which will be affordable or low cost.

Here is a list of the seperate developments:

• 60 new shops
• A major new department store
• A new performing arts centre catering for more than 800 people
• A new market
• A new library twice the size of the present one
• 123 new homes
• 652 well lit, modern, safe and secure parking spaces
• new bus station
• Town Hall refurbishment
• Improvement of public space including Town Hall Square