Blackpool Central Masterplan News Today

Dan Whelan Dutch firm Ballast Nedam has been selected to deliver the 1,300-space multistorey car park at Blackpool Central, part of the enabling phase for Nikal and Media Invest’s 17-acre leisure development.  Speaking to  Place North West, Nikal chairman Richard Fee said a hybrid planning application for the project is to go live on Friday and, subject to approval, Ballast will start the 15-month car park build in November.  Nikal and Media Invest Entertainment are to seek full app...

Dan Whelan The former managing director left to pursue other interests, as the company prepares to roll out a revised business model that will see it move away from development towards a more investment-led approach.  Nick Payne, who co-founded developer Nikal Group with Alan Murphy in 2003, told Place North West that his departure from the company at the start of the year had been amicable.  “I spent 18 years at Nikal and it seemed like the right time to go and explore new ideas before I ...

Dan Whelan Developers Nikal and Media Invest Entertainment aim to submit a planning application for the first phase of the leisure project in April. Proposals include a 1,300-space multistorey car park and a heritage quarter. “We’re looking to create something never seen before, with world-class rides and family entertainment, Blackpool Central will provide year-round attractions that will complement and future proof the town’s tourism offer,” said Norbert Reichart, chief executive of�...

Whatever Blackpool council does it won’t reflect local people’s views, you only have to look at the democratic masterclass that is the Stanley Park golf course development. When the council builds anything you can bet your life it looks shabby in five years. Look at parts of south promenade rusting already and who will be paying for this replacement of cheap materials? – the local people. As for any newly laid precincts give the council a couple of months before it’s dug up and patched ...