Motherwell, Ravenscraig and Wishaw Action Plan
This report was commissioned by North Lanarkshire Council to provide context for consideration of an outline planning application for the redevelopment of the Ravenscraig site, including the creation of a new town centre.
The brief calls for a strategic view of the future roles of Motherwell and Wishaw town centres if a new town centre is developed at Ravenscraig, an action plan to achieve those roles, an outline work programme, with indicative costs, identification of funding sources and recommendations for a delivery mechanism for the action plan. The report sets out a strategy and outline action plan for the restructuring and regeneration of Motherwell and Wishaw town centres.
The report was commissioned by North Lanarkshire Council to provide context for consideration of an outline planning application for the redevelopment of the Ravenscraig site, including the creation of a new town centre. The brief to the consultants called for:
- a strategic view of the future roles of Motherwell and Wishaw town centres if a new town centre is developed at Ravenscraig
- an action plan to achieve those roles
- an outline work programme, with indicative costs
- identification of funding sources
- recommendations for a delivery mechanism for the action plan
The report contains the proposed strategy and an outline action plan. We were not asked to comment on the Ravenscraig proposals, but only to address the implications for Motherwell and Wishaw if the proposals are implemented as set out in the application. In responding to the brief we have concluded that a response based exclusively on Motherwell and Wishaw town centres would be inadequate. We have therefore framed our proposals for the two centres in the context of an action plan for the wider urban area. This approach is in line with the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan, which identifies Motherwell-Ravenscraig-Wishaw as a metropolitan flagship initiative.
The lead consultant for this study is yellow book with Kevin Murray Associates, WMUD, McLean Hazel and Turner & Townsend.
