Chester’s One City Plan (OCP) was first produced in 2012 and revised in 2022 through a large engagement process coordinated by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Its time period now covers 2022 to 2045 with its vision for Chester as a place ‘that is proud of its history and confident about its future’.
April’s crowded lecture from Andy Farrall provided an expert update on the 45 action areas to be delivered by 2045. A link to his informative slides is here.
The plan is now in delivery mode, being achieved through 5 partnership delivery groups:
- Making – development, regeneration, investment, heritage, the environment, green and blue networks, enterprise and skills, digital and the public realm.
- Connecting – transport and mobility
- Experiencing – culture and health
- Visiting – the visitor economy and tourism
- Being-in – safely, management and maintenance.
More information on the Chester OCP is here: Chester One City Plan – where you can also subscribe to the OCP newsletter.
Speaker Andy Farrall BA(Hons) MA PGDIP MRTPI chairs the ‘Making Group’ – the delivery partnership that is delivering the development, regeneration, economic growth, environment, heritage and investment stream of the Chester One City Plan.
Born in North Wales, Andy is a chartered town planner and urban designer of some 45 years-experience working in the private and public sectors. Starting in South Wales and in the city of Hull, Andy then led the planning and urban design team at London-based Tibbalds working on major commissions across the UK for major public and private sector clients.
Andy was Executive Director, Development and Regeneration at Chester City Council and then Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director at Warrington Borough Council. He then become Managing Director for Marketing Cheshire and Deputy CEO at the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. He now leads his own firm, Andy Farrall Limited, providing consultancy advice for developers, investors, government agencies and local communities. Andy is also a trustee of the Chester Bluecoats Charity and serves on the board of Chester BID.
The talk took place at the Grosvenor Museum on Wednesday 15th April.
