Chatterley Whitfield Community Meeting

Selena Pearce, English Partnerships

3 December 2007

English Partnerships

Who we are - National regeneration agency helping the Government to support high quality sustainable growth in England.

Our overall aim - To achieve high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work

and enjoy.

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery

Pit head area 24 hectares, within wider colliery area of 80 hectares

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery

First used as a coal yard 1750

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery

Coal mining from 1850 onwards

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery

Workforce of 4,000 in 1939

Nationalised in 1947

Colliery closure

Site closed in 1976, but mining continued from Wolstanton Colliery until 1986

After the colliery closed (Part 1)

• 1978 – CW Mining Museum Trust - Deep Mine;• 1979 – British Coal land transfer to Stoke CC;• 1986 – Closure of Wolstanton Colliery - underground

maintenance and safety problems; • 1987 – Underground Experience replaces Deep Mine;• 1992 – Further land transfer to Stoke CC;• 1993 – The Trust folds;• 1994 – English Heritage lists some buildings and

designates whole site as SAM.

• N Staffs job losses since 1975 – • 8,000 in coal mining • 25,000 in ceramics • 33,000 in manufacturing• Below average wages

After the colliery closed (Part 2)

National Coalfields Programme

• Legacy of coal mining industry collapse and colliery closures;

• How do we help?–Site reclamation - high quality open spaces;–Jobs and workplaces;–New homes;–Self-sufficient and sustainable communities.

• Regeneration partnership:–English Heritage - £3.3M;–European funding - £2M;–English Partnerships - £16.7M;–Managed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

Funding – who and how?

What will Phase 1A and 1B achieve?

Safety & heritage work

Other economic uses

Reclamation and landscaping

Potential businesses and jobs• So far, 50 new jobs created or

safeguarded from companies relocating to the site offices.

• In future, up to 10 times more working space created from buildings repaired and refurbished.

Flood prevention

Playing fields

Public open space

Nature trails

Heritage trails

POTENTIAL

Access links and Green Routes

POTENTIAL

Open space

POTENTIAL

A challenge for Chatterley Whitfield

Why is this hard to do at Chatterley?

• Designated scheduled ancient monument (SAM);

• Possible contamination;

• Conservation value of undisturbed land;

• River engineering/ flood alleviation works;

• Location;

• Competition with other regeneration areas in Stoke/ North Staffordshire.

Chatterley Whitfield

How much and when?

Phase 1A – Offices & access roadStart 2005, Complete 2006

Phase 1B – Reclamation and landscapingStart 2007, Complete 2010

£20M

Phase 1C – SAM remediation and restorationComplete 2006

Phase 2 – Restoration of buildings/ other usesSome time in the future?

Phase 3 – Restoration of buildings/ other usesSome time in the future?

+£M

National Coalfields Programme

• 107 coalfields sites;• Key objectives – sustainability,

regeneration catalyst, innovation and engagement with local communities;

• Principal stakeholders – Coalfields Communities Campaign, Coalfields Regeneration Trust, regional development agencies, local authorities, other public bodies, private sector companies and members of the public.

Results?

• Total investment £1.04 billion;

• £379M/ £665M public: private sector investment ratio;

• 1,946 ha brownfield land reclaimed;

• >0.8 million m2 of commercial floorspace;

• >2,000 high quality new homes;

• 16,345 jobs created.

POTENTIAL

Regeneration of Chatterley Whitfield

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