£14m expansion plan for Potteries Shopping Centre approved

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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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PLANS to extend a shopping centre by building a cinema and restaurants have been approved.

Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) is invest £14 million in The Potteries Shopping Centre.

Details have yet to be finalised, but plans include opening six restaurants, such as the likes of Nando's, Wagamama, Giraffe and Café Rouge, overlooking a new pedestrian avenue.

There will also be space for al fresco dining and a 10-screen cinema will round off the new development.

An underused brownfield site as well as Bryan Street surface car park and two lower floors of the multi-storey car park, will house the new complex.

Paul Francis, general manager of The Potteries Shopping Centre, said: "Stoke-on-Trent is crying out for investment of this nature and Stoke-on-Trent City Council's decision will be welcomed by residents and the millions of people who shop in Hanley every year."

CSC hopes to start construction on site later this year and open the leisure extension in early 2014. The restaurant and cinema operators will be announced later this year.

At least 140 jobs are set to be created at the complex, plus 100 construction jobs.

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  • Profile image for I_Norris

    by I_Norris

    Saturday, February 04 2012, 2:10PM

    “amartinone: The Tram route is the way the council should have gone,as the new bus station will do nothing to improve the transport around the City.

    But this news about Potteries expanding is certainly good news”

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    by amartinone

    Saturday, February 04 2012, 1:21AM

    “City Sentral / East West will have a big multi-story car park next to it, which will more than replace surface car parks on John, Bryan and Hinde Streets (yes, the park and ride in the city centre is going too).

    I think the real issue though is a lack of decent public transport. It's cheaper, quicker and easier for me to drive then park on my own from Clayton to Hanley than it is to use the bus. If we had a decent public transport network (trams, perhaps?) and made it cheaper than driving, more people would use it, less people would drive and there would be less need for parking.”

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    by stokemaveric

    Saturday, February 04 2012, 12:10AM

    “it makes me laugh when i travel up the a50 and see the tin hut the council have part funded on the old phoenix site [ and that was down graded] to regenerate longton and now they are spending £14 million pounds on hanley,this is a city of 6 towns...the way the city council disregards tunstall,burslem,stoke,fenton and longton is a disgrace...”

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    by stevenweiss

    Friday, February 03 2012, 11:49PM

    “There won't be room to park if any more buildings go up on car parks in hanley. They've already built on the John Street surface carpark, they built on the Port Vale car park in the 80's and now they want to build on Bryan Street car park. Let's all just go somewhere else where there's parking.”

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    by beckym1981

    Thursday, February 02 2012, 11:01PM

    “People make sure nasty and vindictive comments on here, as a resident of Stoke-on-trent I find it quite offensive. I think this is fab news, more jobs created and more facilities for the lovely people who live in this fantastic City!! Deserving people, may of whom work hard and deserve places to spend their hard earned cash!!”

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    by amartinone

    Thursday, February 02 2012, 12:48PM

    “I think it's great that the city has finally started to attract some investment. I just hope that none of these developers visit this website.

    If I was looking to invest in Stoke-on-Trent, and read some of the comments left on this website, I wouldn't bother. I'd instead invest in cities like Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester or Liverpool, where the locals act like they want a better city.”

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    by E_D_Wivens

    Thursday, February 02 2012, 8:53AM

    “they can build what they wan't, I still won't go; packed full of chavs and squawking kids, it's a post-modern Hell for Wivens.”

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    by Wozzer101

    Thursday, February 02 2012, 4:43AM

    “So then amazzeing Sentinal jurno, you don't know what companies will be running the restaurants, and you admit it. Rather daft that, why not just report what you know. Rubbish like that could undermine this and the City Sentral development as wall.”

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    by Jatie1

    Wednesday, February 01 2012, 11:11PM

    “All good news for Hanley, It will bring more money into our city.,
    But and it is a big but.... it will all be more money wasted if they continue to charge the ridiculous parking charges they charge at the minute........”

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    by Anonymonkey

    Wednesday, February 01 2012, 10:13PM

    “what on earth do we want another cinema for? there's one not less than 2 miles away at fes park complete useless waste of time the council are get them all sacked.”

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