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Farnworth Town Centre, Bolton

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Facts

Location Client Completion
Farnworth, Bolton Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and Capital & Centric Ongoing

Project details

In 2019, BDP completed a Masterplan for Farnworth Town Centre, the main priority of which was to consider the issues and challenges the town centre faced, identify needs, and produce a vision and framework to underpin efforts to secure continued investment and long term viability.

The Masterplan was supported by a robust delivery and implementation strategy and identified a number of poorly performing sites that offered scope for intervention, principally for housing, but also other uses to broaden the diversity of the town centre.

Following completion of the Masterplan, BDP assisted Bolton Council in preparing a successful bid submission for the Future High Streets Fund. One of the key projects was a proposed mixed use development in the heart of the town centre, incorporating a community hub and urban housing. Bolton Council appointed Capital & Centric to bring forward ambitious plans to regenerate the town’s market place and failed retail precinct, creating a new residential, cultural, retail and leisure heart for the town.

Informed by a study of the morphology and character of successful market towns from across the UK, BDP’s proposal for the new development has been warmly welcomed by local members and residents. Outline planning consent was granted in 2021, followed by Reserved Matters approval in April 2022.

Brief

  • Urban Mixed-use Development
  • Masterplanning, leading to outline planning consent
  • Comprehensive pre-application engagement strategy, integral to securing approval

Results

  • Masterplan and delivery strategy
  • Future High Streets Funding
  • Outline Planning consent

Integrated services

architecture, landscape architecture, civil & structural, town planning