Durham Development Plans: Building back bigger, better and fairer
Built Environment Network
Amy Harhoff,
Corporate Director of Regeneration, Economy and Growth,
Durham County Council
County Durham:
North East’s biggest economy and growing economy
£9 billion Economy
533,100 Residents
101,800 Highly Skilled Workers
14,565 Businesses
254,000 Workers
£30,100 Average Wages
18,800 Students
174,000 Jobs
30,100 Self-Employed
14,565 Businesses
Investment Programme
£2 billion investment programme in 250 schemes across the county
- 10 projects with total value over £20m (equates to £1.3bn)
- 53 projects valued between £5m to £20m (equating to £555m):
- £33.2m Stronger Towns Fund
- £400m Bishop Auckland
- £30m Levelling up Fund
- £78m Leisure Centre transformation
- £58m NETPark phase 3 expansion
- £200m investment on Riverside Durham City
- £19m Durham history centre
- £12m green homes development
- £44.5m Jade Business Park
- £80m DCC Housebuilding Programme
- £25m Towns and Villages Regeneration Programme
- £200m Aykley Heads development
- Durham Pound
Key Investment Case Studies
Approach every opportunity as a partnership to work with different stakeholders
The council can support the private sector to enable developments by:
- investing in site infrastructure
- taking a stake in developments
- directly procuring site development and construction
Integra 61, Bowburn. ‘The largest scale logistics and manufacturing development the North East has seen in a generation’, Invest North East England
Jade Business Park, Murton. A speculative phase 1 development of the 55 -acre site suitable for manufacturing and distribution opportunities fully let within 18 months of completion
NETPark, Sedgefield. Region’s premier science park supporting high value jobs with over 40 companies employing over 600 people from university spin-outs, start ups to more established companies
Why Durham?
£2bn investment planned or underway
Development opportunities, for example Aykley Heads in the heart of Durham City
Excellent connectivity nationally by road and rail, and internationally by air and port
Home to world top 100 university, with four more in the region boasting 110,000 students
A hotbed of innovation, home to businesses in growing sectors
An ambitious council developing an economic strategy with stakeholders that will shape the county’s future for the next 10 years
Driving forward with private and public funding opportunities to deliver economic benefits like the City of Culture Bid, Town Centre Funds
A collaborative partner in Durham County Council keen to work with developers, investors and businesses
Find out more:
www.BusinessDurham.co.uk