York Place, Midway & Ryecroft,
Newcastle-under-Lyme.

A new chapter for Newcastle-under-Lyme.

We’ve been conjuring up plans to breathe new life into Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre whilst celebrating and preserving the town’s charm.

Together with the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, we are mapping out an overhaul of three town centre locations, delivering new homes, high-quality spaces for businesses and green, outdoor spots for the community to enjoy.

The team have already undertaken a raft of early technical work, now we want you to have your say before we submit planning applications to the council later this year.

The plans.

As a historic market town, Newcastle-under-Lyme has bags of character, but some of the 1960s buildings are now past their best. 

Developing three prominent locations is part of a joined-up approach to writing the next chapter for the town centre, as a place that people call home, go to work, shop and hang out.

Our plans go beyond bricks and mortar, it’s about creating vibrant spaces for businesses and people.

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Midway car park.

With a new town centre car park in the works, we’ve got the chance to repurpose the redundant Midway car park into a thriving new neighbourhood. The brutalist structure will undergo a radical makeover, saving a shed load of embodied carbon by repurposing the existing building rather than building from scratch. It’s planned to feature:

  • Around 100 1, 2 & 3-bed apartments (a mix of repurposed and new build spaces)

  • A 3-floor open atrium at the heart of the building

  • Lush green landscaping, balconies and roof terraces

  • Resident amenities such as a social hub, gym, mini-cinema, and lounge

  • Onsite car parking for residents

York Place.

With the York Place shopping centre now empty, we want to reboot it as a vibrant new heart of the town centre. We’re planning to keep most of the main concrete structure, but totally reimagine it, with features including:

  • Shops, bars and cafes on the ground floor

  • A new green public square

  • Around 50 apartments above the retail spaces

  • A new music venue

Ryecroft.

The vacant Ryecroft site will be split into two plots. We plan to transform the disused industrial land into a mixed use neighbourhood, with homes set among stunning new green spaces. It’s planned for the two sites to feature: 

  • Capital&Centric’s Neighbourhood 3 and 4-bed suburban family homes and new build apartments

  • A mix of new affordable homes

  • A 110-bedroom hotel

  • New commercial spaces

  • A new urban park for community use and pop-up events

  • A shared new parkland

Have your say.

If you can’t make the drop in, there are still loads of ways to take part in the consultation before we submit a planning application to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. You can:

  • Fill out our questionnaire: Let us know what you think or get in touch if you need a paper copy

  • Write to us: on Freepost HAVE YOUR SAY (no stamp needed)

  • Call us: on Freephone 0800 689 1095 (during office hours)

  • Follow us: on social @CapitalCentric

The consultation closes on Monday 20 May 2024 so please send us your comments before then. Your feedback will help shape the final plans before we submit them later this summer.

So, who are Capital&Centric?

We’re social impact developers that work across the UK to create awesome places to live, work and hang out. Whether restoring historic buildings or creating award-winning new build spaces, all our projects are aimed at creating amazing places the community can be proud of.

Our nearest project is in Stoke on Trent – where you may have seen we’re working to deliver  Goods Yard, a new destination neighbourhood next to the main line train station.