{"id":1390,"date":"2017-07-04T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2017-07-04T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:23:56","slug":"regeneration-masterplan-target-deprived-wigan-council-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/regeneration-masterplan-target-deprived-wigan-council-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Regeneration Masterplan to Target Deprived Wigan Council Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/paliwarrington.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/04\/regeneration-masterplan-to-target-deprived-wigan-council-estate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/paliwarrington.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Worsley-Mesnes-Blog-image-e1499175508902.png?resize=300%2C61\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Landscape architect and masterplanner Gillespies has presented a regeneration masterplan for the Worsley Mesnes estate in Wigan, which is set for a multi-million pound transformation, one of the biggest overhauls in the area since the 1980\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The proposal includes 278 new homes, remodeling of the 1960\u2019s streets, improved greenspace and a hub development which will comprise of shops, community space, a neighbourhood square, and 18.5 acres of improved green space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The area is one of the most deprived in the North West, with twice the national average of people with bad or very bad health, and higher than average crime and unemployment problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The aim is to deliver long-term improvements to the area, with Wigan Council keen to access funding from central government, following an announcement in December 2016 that up to \u00a3172m is available to regenerate deprived estates across the UK.\u00a0 Wigan Council is keen to hear the views of the local residents and organisations within the community to ensure they get the regeneration of the estate right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The masterplan will be delivered in phases over the next 10 years, and can be viewed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/housing.wigan.gov.uk\/Docs\/About-us\/Consultations\/Worsley-Mesnes\/Worsley-Mesnes-estate-masterplan.pdf\">http:\/\/housing.wigan.gov.uk\/Docs\/About-us\/Consultations\/Worsley-Mesnes\/Worsley-Mesnes-estate-masterplan.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Originally published by Caroline Hymers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The original article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/?p=1390&amp;preview=true\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Hymers from Pali Warrington takes us through the proposed multi-million pound master-plan to reinvent a deprived council estate in Wigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,49],"tags":[28,19,14,16],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-property-market","tag-conveyancing","tag-pali","tag-pali-warrington","tag-wigan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}