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New Sport & Leisure Gateway to Colchester
The Council as Developer
Colchester Borough Council is acting as a development partner in
Northern Gateway, by retaining ownership of the land and letting it
out on long leases. This provides a revenue stream that can help fund
Council services. It also keeps the land in public hands for future
generations who will benefit further when leases come up for renewal.
Involvement in development activity is also being seen further into the
town centre at the former Sheepen Road Car Park which became
surplus to requirements when the new Park and Ride scheme
opened. A purpose-built 19,700 sq ft office for local solicitors Birkett
Long, which will rent the building
from the council on a long lease, is
being developed – in this case the
Council is developing the scheme
itself without a partner. The council
also has a second, adjacent site,
which could accommodate a
building of 13,000 sq ft.
Northern Gateway Profile
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It is hoped that Ultrafast Broadband will come to
the Northern Gateway in 2016/17 - faster than 99%
of the UK and 89% of the EU
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Fully installed Low Carbon Heat Network in place
which means businesses can be heated more
efficiently and save costs with lower energy bills
The David Lloyd Leisure centre will provide unrivalled racquet sports
facilities at Colchester’s new leisure destination.
CGI of the new Cineworld development at Colchester Northern Gateway, one of only 12 regional destination multiplex cinemas in the UK.
Home to Colchester
United FC and host of
gigs by global artists
such as Sir Elton
John and Lionel
Richie, the Weston
Homes Community
Stadium is central to
the sport and leisure
destination ambitions
in Colchester’s
Northern Gateway.