Kings Quarter

The comprehensive regeneration of the Kings Quarter area provides the opportunity to transform Gloucester′s retail economy and create an attractive new shopping destination for the city centre.

An international design competition will launch the transformation and remodelling of Kings Square which, together with a new department store and nearby environmental improvements, will revitalise this important retail quarter of the city.

The new, continental-style Kings Square will continue to be Gloucester′s principal outdoor events and festivals venue and the whole area will be served by a range of much improved bus, rail and car parking facilities.

Site description

Kings Square itself is the largest and most important open space in the city centre. It is surrounded by 'tired' retail and leisure outlets, however, the area has responded well to recent facelifts. There are a number of empty properties awaiting redevelopment in the surrounding streets, especially between Kings Square and the Inner Ring Road.

Outputs

• 1.4 ha brownfield land redeveloped
• 25,000 sq m comparison retail
• 200 new homes
• 1,000 new jobs
• 6,750 sq m offices
• £80m private sector leverage

29th February 2012

Kings Quarter

Draft heads of terms for the development between Stanhope PLC and the City Council were approved by the Council’s Cabinet on 12th January and endorsed by the full Council on the 19th January 2012.

The City Council has published a ‘Planning Concept Statement’ for Kings Quarter. The purpose of the Statement is to provide guidance on the redevelopment of the area – incorporating Kings Square, the Bus station, Market Parade, Spread Eagle Road – including the planning & urban design parameters & proposed uses to guide landowners, developers and the community and to guide the preparation of a masterplan and provide market confidence as to what is expected from future schemes.