The original plan, strongly favoured by our Community and Business Forums, was to build a new 22,000- seater community stadium, where Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester City Football Club and local colleges could come together to create a regional centre of sporting excellence.

However, this decision has now opened up other major opportunities for the area which include, first and foremost, bringing employment into this currently derelict area of the City.

Chris Oldershaw
Chief Executive
Gloucester Heritage Urban
Regeneration Company

Railway Triangle

Major development opportunities

Railway Triangle

Opening up major development opportunities.

A masterplan is being completed that will establish new land uses, activities, connections and green space for the Greater Triangle. The masterplan will set down how these new opportunities will be developed, who should deliver them and when change might take place.

Public consultation carried out during April 2009 shared emerging ideas and obtained the public perception and opinions on them. The final masterplan was presented to the URC’s board in early summer 2009.

See bellow Information Boards exhibited at a recent event to obtain public views on the emerging Masterplan

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Site description

The Railway Triangle area contains 19 hectares of mainly brownfield land, most of which is enclosed by a triangle of three railway lines where the Birmingham – Bristol route intersects with the South Wales route on the eastern edge of the city.

Outputs

19 ha of brownfield land redeveloped
400 new homes
250 new jobs
5,000 sq m hotel
7,500 sq m offices
£70m private sector leverage
potential student accommodation

28th May 2010

Railway Triangle

Two separate Masterplan exhibitions held at Gloucester and District Irish Club, Thursday 2nd April 2009 for local businesses / landowners and for residents and community organisations

Subsequent Masterplan briefing & exhibition held at the request of local residents & community organisations in Elmscroft community centre 27^th April 09.

Consideration of the final draft Masterplan was presented by GVA Grimley/ EDAW to the GHURC Board Meeting on the 25^th June 2009

Main Board updates provided at the 27^th November 2009 and 29^th January 2010 meetings

Further on site environmental surveys undertaken February 2010 to inform final masterplan layouts

Board Member site visits undertaken on 1^st & 8^th February 2010. Discussions with Allstones continue in response to land swap proposals requested prior to 28^th May Board meeting

It's about time someone did something with all that wasted land. Ian P. Freely on 08/03/2010 14:37:36
Yeah, I agree. It's pretty depressing to drive past on the way to work everyday. It'll be good to see something done with it. James Ryan on 08/03/2010 14:54:42
I'm really looking forward to that ''urban greenway'' thing! Hopefully they will get around to doing it soon. Hymie Bjornska on 08/03/2010 14:57:17
I think this whole thing will be a massive waste of money. It would be nice to see this area redeveloped, but at what cost? Owain McLeod on 08/03/2010 15:09:04
This area should be used to build a new railway station. With platforms on the Birmingham/Bristol Line and Birmingham/Newport Line. Glos needs a new station on this site and not a parkway. Craig on 20/03/2010 21:02:53
So sad to sea all that sight over grow can somone tell me is all the old sidings are still ther ore have thay bin removed ore are thay overgrown thanx Alex on 24/03/2010 15:19:39

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