Project Promoters
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Welsh Government
Scale
£100 million GDV
Sector
Rail Station Development with Office, Residential, Retail opportunities; St Tydfil’s Centre is 180,000 ft2 retail and residential site; Glebeland is 2.5 acre mixed use opportunity
Location
Merthyr Tydfil Town Centre
Planning Status
All schemes are identified in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s adopted Place Making Plan as key regeneration projects
The new Placemaking Plan identifies transformational projects offering investment opportunities in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil town centre.
The new bus interchange provides a catalyst for redefining the lower High Street and the redevelopment of the rail station to deliver a key gateway to the town centre, allowing an opportunity for new retail, office or leisure uses. The acquisition by the Council of the St Tydfil’s Centre, the premier town centre retail area, provides a redevelopment opportunity of 180,000 ft2 of retail accommodation including 48 shops, 50 indoor market stalls and 25 maisonettes. The whole site provides an opportunity to diversify the retail and residential offer.
The immediately adjacent Glebeland site of 2.5 acres is a longer-term aspiration for mixed-use development of high quality residential, retail and accommodation.
The Placemaking Plan has identified 7 core ambitions for Merthyr Tydfil to be realised over the next few years:
- Merthyr Tydfil as the tourism capital of the Valleys and Beacons, leveraging its internationally renowned reputation for industrial and cultural heritage.
- A destination for services (the focus for high quality public services for the communities of the Borough).
- A low carbon Town (designed for the 21st century’s needs of low energy use, renewable energy, low environmental impact and adaptability).
- A better waterside Town (making full use of its location on the banks of the River Taff).
- A smart Town (a digitally fluent so that businesses, public services and citizens can capture the benefits of technology and the application of data).
- An inclusive and engaging public realm (with inviting streets, squares and routes where people feel safe, welcomed and uplifted).
- A resilient Town (with a wide variety of activities and occupiers so that the Town is resilient to change and able to adapt to a rapidly changing world)