Funding of £9.35 million to revitalise Loftus High Street has been secured from the Council, the Tees Valley Combined Authority, and the Future High Streets Fund.
Currently in progress:
- Handale Car Park – We are creating new parking capacity close to the High Street, including e-charge points.
- The former Barclays bank building is being restored and converted with retail opportunities and visitor accommodation above. (See artist impressions below).
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Coming this year:
- Major highway improvements at Zetland Road/West Road; creating new short-stay parking lay-bys and better footpaths.
- United Reformed Church is to be renovated into a new cultural space with mixed community and business space.
- Lighting up Loftus Town Hall with feature lighting, as well as other heritage buildings on the high street.
- Market Place – creating a more flexible public event space as well as creating new car parking spaces.
- Arlington Chapel is to be cleared to make way for future sustainable development.
- Arlington Highway improvements – new speed control measures to this end of the High Street, to assist visitors to easily access Loftus High Street.
Coming 2022/23:
- Temperance Square – a new contemporary square and a ‘Skills and Training Hub’ for the community.
- Zetland Road Townscape – to preserve and enhance the facades of the buildings on the high street.
- Duncan Place and Coronation Park (pictured below) – a rejuvenated community hub with a new library facility added, along with an enhanced park.
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Coming 2023/24:
- Creating a new visitor car park at the existing library site.
For more information, please visit the Loftus Future High Streets Fund website.