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A SCHEME to transform a railway station into a transport hub for the Tees Valley fit for the 21st century is set to take another step forward with the submission of Compulsory Purchase Order plans for more than 40 sites surrounding the proposed development. Darlington Borough Council said it would shortly lodge proposals with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to enable it to buy sites in the area surrounding Bank Top Station. The proposed orders range from 3,803sq metres of roads including Adelaide Street, St John’s Place, Neasham Road, Garbutt Square, Victoria Street, Princes Street and Albert Street and 5,601sq metres of Garbutt Square Car Park to a parcel of land measuring just one square metre by St John’s Church.
A SCHEME to transform a railway station into a transport hub for the Tees Valley fit for the 21st century is set to take another step forward with the submission of Compulsory Purchase Order plans for more than 40 sites surrounding the proposed development. Darlington Borough Council said it would shortly lodge proposals with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to enable it to buy sites in the area surrounding Bank Top Station. The proposed orders range from 3,803sq metres of roads including Adelaide Street, St John’s Place, Neasham Road, Garbutt Square, Victoria Street, Princes Street and Albert Street and 5,601sq metres of Garbutt Square Car Park to a parcel of land measuring just one square metre by St John’s Church.
Ambitious plans for Teesside town centres revealed AMBITIOUS efforts to buy up swathes of a town and make improvements to others centres across Teesside have been unveiled. Leaders at Stockton Council will vote on a raft of new schemes next week – including taking control of Billingham town centre, a one way system in Norton, and extra borrowing for the £37m “riverside park” plan to replace the Castlegate Shopping Centre. Chiefs will agree to borrow up to £10m as part of moves to regenerate Billingham before negotiating a price on land including the West Precinct building as well as the nearby car park.