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Chatterley Whitfield Community Meeting
Selena Pearce, English Partnerships
3 December 2007
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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.
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
Pit head area 24 hectares, within wider colliery area of 80 hectares
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
First used as a coal yard 1750
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
Coal mining from 1850 onwards
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
Workforce of 4,000 in 1939
Nationalised in 1947
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Colliery closure
Site closed in 1976, but mining continued from Wolstanton Colliery until 1986
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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.
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• 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)
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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.
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• Regeneration partnership:–English Heritage - £3.3M;–European funding - £2M;–English Partnerships - £16.7M;–Managed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
Funding – who and how?
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What will Phase 1A and 1B achieve?
Safety & heritage work
Other economic uses
Reclamation and landscaping
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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.
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Flood prevention
Playing fields
Public open space
Nature trails
Heritage trails
POTENTIAL
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Access links and Green Routes
POTENTIAL
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Open space
POTENTIAL
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A challenge for Chatterley Whitfield
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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.
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Chatterley Whitfield
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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
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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.
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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.
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POTENTIAL
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Regeneration of Chatterley Whitfield
www.englishpartnerships.co.uk