Flagship regeneration projects overview

Question 1

Key facts - Cambridge science park

Answer 1

• Mott Commitee report suggested building an area to take adantage of university research
• Planning permission granted in October 1971
• First player, Laser-scan, moved onto the site in in 1973.
• 3i, a venture capital firm moved onto the site in the 1980s
• By 2000, 35,000 jobs were created at the site

Question 2

Key Facts - Powys

Answer 2

• Eco Tourism Project
• Players involved were Powys Council and Cambrian Mountains Initiative
• Ecotourism developed, energy expertise developed, economy diversified
• Provides increased job opportunities, improves environmental quality and more renewable energy resources.
• 26000 volunteers available

Question 3

Key Facts - Belfast

Answer 3

• Titanic Quarter developed
• 893 jobs created
• £105 million generated by tourism
• 4 Star Hotel planned to transform Harland Wolff headquarters
• Removes negative stigma of social and political unrest from the 1900s.

Question 4

Key facts - Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Answer 4

• The Olympic delivery authority began a comprehensive redevelopment of the park
• Retail developments like the Stratford Westfield shopping centre entered money into the local economy
• 7000 new homes constructed on the edge of the park
• TfL and the FCA have opened new offices in the site, creating 25,000 jobs
• 2 universities have opened campuses on the site

Question 5

Key Facts - The Lake District

Answer 5

• Branded “Taste District” to increase trade and tourism.
• Every £1 spent, £60 goes back into the area
• Branded adventure capital through creation of outdoor adventure centres such as Derwent Hill.
• Branded Literary Heritage as tourists can visit the homes, villages and graves of famous people local to the area.
• Visitors spent £1.48 million in 2018
• 19.38 million tourists visited in 2018
• 15000 residents in Cumbria work in tourism and 2500 work in farming

Question 6

Key facts - Aylesbury

Answer 6

• Bucks Herald Printing Press was regenerated into a theatre
• Bucks new University founded
• Waitrose and Nandos both opened new locations in the immediate surrounding area