Matthew Critchell

5 days ago | bbc.com | Matthew Critchell

1970s-built shopping centre to get £2m revampMatthew CritchellLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceCastle Point Council/Ingleton WoodThe work will create a brighter, safer and appealing centre, the council said A 1970s-built shopping centre will undergo a £2m refurbishment after a council agreed to fund the scheme. Knightswick Shopping Centre in Canvey Island, Essex, was bought by Castle Point Borough Council as a "regeneration project" in 2019, when it had not been modernised for many years.

1 week ago | yellowad.co.uk | Matthew Critchell

A “very run-down” shopping centre is set to be revamped, costing more than £2 million. Castle Point Council has agreed to spend £2,154,600 on the refurbishment of the Knightswick Shopping Centre on Canvey Island and to provide a further  £816,700 of funding for the project as part of the final figure. According to council documents, the centre has 28 ground-floor shop units inside and around a covered mall built in 1978. The council purchased the shopping centre in October 2019.

1 week ago | yellowad.co.uk | Matthew Critchell

Plans for a retirement complex with bungalows, flats and a care home, on green belt land in Wickford have been scaled back. Great Broomfield Developments Limited submitted plans for the demolition and partial demolition of existing commercial buildings and construction of six retirement bungalows, 29 retirement apartments and a 70 bedroom care home at Great Broomfields, Cranfield Park Road. These plans were submitted to Basildon Council in December 2022 and later withdrawn in late 2024.

1 week ago | echo-news.co.uk | Matthew Critchell

Artist impress of how Fodderwick, Basildon could look in the regeneration plans for Westgate Shopping Park (Image: LDRS) A 95-room hotel with a rooftop bar, shops, restaurants and 525 new homes could replace empty units at an Essex shopping park. Basildon Council is planning to overhaul the Westgate Shopping Park and plant trees beside it to “create a pedestrian-priority street.” Plans for the development say building work would happen in phases.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Matthew Critchell

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