NEW IMAGES have been released to show what the future of Bordon will look like should plans for the town centre’s regeneration go ahead.
A planning application has been submitted for the first phase of the new town centre at Whitehill and Bordon, which will see the creation of a retail, leisure, entertainment and office zone, set to open in 2020.
If approved, it would see the new town centre built on land adjacent to Budds Lane and the A325 and would provide a vibrant centre for the new-look town.
Whitehill and Bordon is one of the largest regeneration projects being undertaken in the UK and is one of 10 developments that form part of the NHS Healthy New Towns scheme.
The first phase will include up to 27 new shops and restaurants across 71,000 square feet, a 20,000 square feet supermarket, a theatre and a six-screen cinema, alongside a start-up business hub, 19,000 square feet of office space, an indoor market place, heritage centre and 178 new homes.
The new town centre forms part of Prince Philip Park, which on completion will feature 2,400 new homes, a new secondary school, extended primary school, sports pavilion and pitches, hotel and spa, one of the biggest natural spaces of its kind in the UK and a number of new health facilities surrounded by some of the most attractive landscape in Hampshire.
Director of the Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company Lee Bishop said: “Prince Philip Park is part of one of the most exciting, innovative and largest regeneration projects in the UK which will create one of the largest towns in Hampshire.
“It will be one of the most desirable places to live, work and play in the region and the newly-built town centre will not only act as the focus point of the new community, but will draw in visitors from across the county, including many of its most affluent villages.”
Separate applications are expected to be submitted for a leisure centre with a 25-metre six-lane pool, a 100-station gym, spinning studio and dance studios.
Subject to approval, work will begin in the spring.