Caerphilly ‘fantastic example’ of town centre revitalisation
Caerffili yn 'enghraifft wych' o gynllun adfywio canol tref
The Caerphilly 2035 Placemaking Plan outlines bold and ambitious plans to enhance and regenerate the area of Caerphilly and Caerphilly County Borough Council has received significant investment from the Welsh Government to identify opportunities encourage growth and improve their town centre offer.
More than £350,000 has been provided from the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns Programme to support the commissioning of the Caerphilly Vision 2035 Placemaking Plan and bring together the necessary skills and expertise to help deliver a range of projects.
Transforming Towns provides support to revitalise town and city centres across Wales, creating a sense of place and community where people live, work, shop or study.
On a recent tour of Caerphilly’s town centre, the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Jayne Bryant, said: “Caerphilly is truly a fantastic example of how local authorities can utilise our Transforming Towns Programme to revitalise town and city centres and create a sense of place for their communities.
“Our investment has helped Caerphilly retain a town centre market provision with the opening of Ffos Caerffili, encouraging more footfall and active travel in the area.
“I’m so pleased that we’ve been able to provide full funding for the commissioning of the Placemaking Plan which support so many other worthwhile projects in Caerphilly.”
The Cabinet Secretary was also able to visit a number of projects that are receiving support from Transforming Towns support, including the development of a commercial block of flats on Pentrebane Street.
The dilapidated site is located in the heart of Caerphilly Town Centre, within walking distance of the main retail street and train station.
The project proposal is to acquire and redevelop the buildings to provide a mixed-use development comprising of healthy, energy efficient homes, business incubator and event space and live/work units.
The Cabinet Secretary continued: “Regeneration requires a partnership approach and I’m excited to seeing how our town centre partners continue to utilise the funding to strategically develop and regenerate their communities to create vibrant highstreets and long-term sustainable growth.”
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