Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to appoint Capital&Centric as development manager for the redevelopment of a former pottery works in the city.
The council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the appointment of Capital&Centric on the Spode scheme at a meeting next week. The site was acquired by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 2010, two years after the factory closed and went into administration.
In 2022, the council secured £10m of Levelling Up Funding to invest in the site and bring it back into use and since August 2024 work has progressed on the delivery of a new masterplan for Spode.
The proposals for the site include the demolition of some buildings with no heritage value as well as the development of new high-quality residential buildings to create a thriving neighbourhood across the historic site.
Capital&Centric intends to submit a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for funding, which would enable it to bring the China Halls back into operational use.
Finlay Gordon-McCusker, cabinet member for transport, regeneration and infrastructure at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: “The regeneration of the Spode site will provide the opportunity for businesses and organisations to operate from a unique location, in the heart of the city. It will create employment and economic benefits, which will help to ensure the long-term survival of this site and bring with it the potential of attracting further external funding that otherwise would not have been possible.
“Capital&Centric has a long track record of delivering regeneration projects and is already working closely with the council to deliver Goods Yard, next to the railway station. We are pleased that they are committed to working with us in the future to develop another important heritage site in the city.”
