Regeneration
Castle Point forms part of the Thames Gateway, making it the focus for regeneration projects. Castle Point Borough Council has been working with other key local agencies through the Castle Point Regeneration Partnership to look at long-term improvements to the borough.
The first phase of improvements focuses on Canvey seafront. Investment here is designed to make the area more attractive for residents and visitors and also to encourage additional business investment.
Other regeneration projects in Castle Point have included:
- £350,000 from EEDA, enabling Castle Point Borough Council to create Canvey Heights Country Park from a former landfill site.
- The RSPB purchase of land at West Canvey Marsh to create a nature reserve
- The revamp of Thorney Bay, Canvey, by Castle Point Borough Council's street scene partner Pinnacle
The partnership brings together all local organisations working to improve Castle Point through long term regeneration. It includes Castle Point Borough Council, Essex County Council, East of England Development Agency (EEDA), Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership, the Greengrid partnership, the RSPB and many more. They work together to make local improvements in a co-ordinated way and champion the area's interests regionally and nationally.
The partnership has also been:
- Studying ways to support existing businesses at Charfleets Industrial Estate
- Looking at ways to create additional employment
- Consulting about improvements to Canvey Town Centre with a view to making it the heart of the community and to encourage local shopping
- Researching opportunities for the Paddocks area, so it supports the town centre and offers greater community provision.
- Working closely with Essex County Council for improvements to the traffic capacity on the A13 to relieve congestion on Canvey Island.
- Carrying out a study into how Hadleigh Town Centre can be made a more attractive community shopping area
There are long term plans for improvements to Manor Trading Estate in Thundersley and the Benfleet and Thundersley shopping centres.
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