please log in to view this image LONG-TERM facelift plans for Hullâs Fruit Market have been revealed for the first time. An early version of a masterplan for the area between the River Humber and Castle Street features a mix of the new and the old. Up to 110 new homes are earmarked across several sites, including two courtyard-style developments. New commercial and retail units are also being proposed along with a major new international-class art gallery next to Castle Street overlooking Myton Bridge. The plans also envisage Humber Street and Pier Street being totally pedestrianised, with many existing empty former wholesale fruit trade warehouses being refurbished and offered for new use. The early ideas to create a distinctive arts-based cultural quarter in the city centre were unveiled during a public consultation event on Monday. They have been drawn up by Hull-based developers Wykeland and housebuilders Beal Homes, who have formed a joint venture company Wykeland Beal to bid to become the city councilâs lead development partner for the Fruit Market. View the Fruit Market masterplan The Fruit Market masterplan will be on display for the rest of the week at Kingston Art Gallery in Humber Street. As well as viewing indicative development proposals for the area, people will also be able to submit their views and comments on feedback forms at the venue. The exhibition is open from 11am to 4pm up to and including Sunday. Once a lead development partner is officially appointed by the city council, a more detailed masterplan is expected to be drawn up followed by the submission of a formal planning application. If successful in bidding for lead partner status, the joint venture company set up by Wykeland and Beal Homes would be expected to bring forward investment in new residential and commercial projects as well as refurbishment work to existing properties. That investment would be added to funding from the city council and the Homes and Communities Agency. Earlier this year Wykeland secured planning permission for a £15m digital innovation centre on a site next to Humber Street. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Reve...tory-20299520-detail/story.html#ixzz2n3umMvT3 They seem decent plans, but I suspect they very much depend on the A63 land bridge going ahead.
How can they put plans for a scheme up, when individual changes of use would need planning permission?
It looks from this illustration very similar to the market place in Lincoln just behind what they call the Corn Exchange and just off the High Street. If this comes off it will look great. In Lincoln it is a minute or two walk away from the shopping centre of Lincoln. This obviously would be a bit further away, if you class the city centre as the shopping centre so to speak! So I suspect you're absolutely right OLM about this being dependent upon the A63 land bridge!
As with any major development, they'd make any necessary changes to the use as part of the development.
I'm not sure they can legally without going through the planning process. I guess the scheme is proposed subject to permissions.
The council are pushing the development and own a lot of the properties, they'll grant whatever planning permission is necessary.
I went to that digital innovation centre a few weeks ago (there's already a smaller one in one of the offices on Humber Street) and they were talking about big plans starting early next year to expand around the dry dock and it included the amphitheatre which was discussed on here a while back. I thought that waa still just a proposal but he said work is starting in a few months. He was also raving about KC Lightstream so he clearly knew his stuff.
Fantastic. Large swathes of unused or previously derelict areas will be reinvigorated as we approach 2017. How exciting.
Would of thought that there maybe some rethinking of the A63 setup following the flooding. After all a underpass as proposed would be impassable.
My first thought was similar to merchantman what about the flooding? Obviously the tidal surge was the worst for 60 years and unlikely to happen any time soon but you need to prepare, and surely this would require some sort of flood planning?
