Staveley Infrastructure Maintenance Depot Chesterfield Borough Council 20 th July 2016
Staveley Infrastructure
Maintenance Depot
Chesterfield Borough Council
20th July 2016
• Masterplanning started
pre-HS2
• Collaborated with DCC
and landowners
– Economic benefits of
IMD
– Highways and
transport impacts
(CSRR)
– Health impacts
Background
• 200-500 direct jobs
• 100-125 indirect
• Net benefit
• Lobbied for changes to
layout
• Good skills fit
Emerging Masterplan
• Remediation of 150ha brownfield land• 1500 new homes• 30ha new employment floorspace• Up to 800 new jobs on site (supporting 100-125 in wider
area)• New local centre• Green and blue infrastructure (including Chesterfield
Canal)• Flood mitigation
Phasing
Revised Layout
• Results in better road layout• No more orphaned land parcels• Uses existing rail line• Questions about levels and access to depot• Potential as construction site
Access to IMD
• Hall Lane• Chesterfield Canal• Markham Vale
Enterprise Zone(Plot 14)
• Potential for ‘hands on’ training at satellite
facility
• Links to existing industry at Barrow Hill
• In contact with Doncaster College
HS2 Rail College
• Possibility of station
• Benefits to Chesterfield,
Bolsover and North East
Derbyshire need to be
explored and case made
• Balanced against impact
for other areas
The Chesterfield Spur
Station Masterplanning
• Head Start with adopted Town Centre Masterplan
• Link Road to improve access from South
• Commercial office led redevelopment
• Improved station forecourt• Links to Chesterfield
Waterside scheme (1500 homes and 30,000 sqmcommercial office floorspace
• Technical questions
– IMD access
– Chesterfield Canal
• Case for Chesterfield Station
– Economic benefits
– Compatibility with town centre masterplan
• Rail College – working with education and skills
providers
• Timing of access improvements (Regeneration route)
Next Steps