Economic regeneration

There are a number of organisations involved in Hull's continued regeneration. These public, private, community and voluntary sector organisations are brought together in a local strategic partnership - CityVision.

Hull's urban regeneration company, CityBuild (now known as Hull Forward), has produced masterplans for the city centre and West Hull. These aim to transform areas that have experienced social and economic decline.

The regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward, is a key partner in Hull’s regeneration. Use the link on the left to visit the Yorkshire Forward website.

We play a vital role in developing and delivering Hull’s regeneration strategies, and promoting further development opportunities through business growth and investment.

Hull's major regeneration projects -

• City Centre Masterplan
• St Stephen’s
• East Hull Employment Corridor
• River Hull Corridor
• City Living
• Hull Seafood Village
• Hull Innovation & Technology Park
• Orchard Park
• Knowledge Based City

City centre masterplan

The delivery of the city centre masterplan is managed by CityBuild, with funding principally from Hull City Council. It is a long term plan for improving Hull city centre, providing shopping and leisure facilities, offices, homes and employment opportunities as a result. The masterplan’s five Strategic development areas are -

• Humber Quays
• fruit market area
• east bank of the river Hull
• Albion Square and heart of the city
• Quay West

Use the link on the left for further information.

St Stephen’s

In partnership with Yorkshire Forward and ING Real Estate, we developed St Stephen’s which has generated permanent jobs and transformed over 40 acres of the city centre. Find out more about the St Stephen's development.

East Hull employment corridor

Working in partnership with Yorkshire Forward, the council is currently bringing forward a number of development sites in East Hull for employment use -

• Hedon Road – the former Hull Maternity Hospital site
• Burma Drive, Marfleet
• Wyke-Works

River Hull corridor

• Anderson’s Wharf – a development of student accommodation
• 'The Boom' – residential development ad ancillary development

City living

Facilitating the development of a number of conversions within the city centre for residential use.

Hull seafood village

Working with the private sector to relocate seafood processors into new, modern facilities.

Malmo Park

Malmo Park is a dedicated food innovation and technology park on Sutton Fields Industrial Estate which has been developed to provide a range of units for the food industry.

The development -

• is aimed at businesses looking to add value, innovate or develop new products and business start-ups
• is managed by Hull City Council the provide a range of flexible sized units between 1,500 sqft and 6,000 sqft
• has units that conform with current retail and Efsis standards and which provide office and staff facilities
• has a main administration building which offers a range of meeting, training and product showcase rooms as well as a product development kitchen/training kitchen.
• uses green technologies to reduces energy costs such as waste water recycling 
  

Orchard Park

We are working to renew the centre of Orchard Park; providing a village 'centre' as the catalyst for regeneration in the area.  By working with partners in the health sector, it will create a Neighbourhood Integrated Service Centre (NISC) including a customer service centre at the Orchard Park Centre as well as enabling the provision of new retail and community facilities.

Knowledge based city

We are working to ensure that the city is maximising the opportunities that technology can bring. We exploring how technology can help to regenerate the city and create jobs.

As well as working on a strategic level the council is actively involved in a number of partnerships and projects:

• Hull CityDigital, a contact point for digital activities in the City. Includes partners from private and public sector. 
• Hull ICT Alliance a public/private sector consortium that brings together innovative organisations with the aim of encouraging and assisting the development and use of ICT among firms in the Hull area. Click on the 'hullictalliance' link for more information. 
• Digital Home Showcase, a purpose built flat demonstrating how broadband enabled services can be delivered directly to the home, also testing interoperability of different applications. A key element in our wish to be a Digital Laboratory.
  Click on the 'digital-home-showcase' link on the left for more information.
• Connected Hull looks at the infrastructure and service needs of the future – ensuring Hull can remain the Capital of broadband Britain.
• Eurocities’ Knowledge Society Forum – Telecities, Hull represents the UK on the Advisory Board of a trans-European network, working actively to lobby EU policy on issues relating to the Knowledge Society and the Knowledge Economy. Use the 'eurocities' link on the left for more information.
• Interactive TV programme delivered by a Special Purpose Delivery Vehicle called Broadband Capital. Revolutionising Teaching and Learning provides video-rich learning through digital interactive television and broadband-enabled PCs for school-age pupils, young people and adult learners. Humber Business TV enables local small and medium sized enterprises to access video-rich training materials and news programming on-demand. Use the 'broadbandcapital' link on the top left for more information.

Contact us

Regional development 
First Floor, North Block
Kingston House
Bond Street
Hull
HU1 3ER
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Tel: (01482) 300 300
Email: regionaldevelopment@hullcc.gov.uk