Tees Valley Regeneration

Tees Valley Regeneration was an urban regeneration company covering the Tees Valley area of North East England^[1] and at one time was the largest urban development agency in England.^[2] The headquarters were at Cavendish House, Teesdale Business Park in Thornaby-on-Tees.

Tees Valley Regeneration started in 2002, operated for seven years under the leadership of Joe Docherty, who left the organisation in 2009, and closed in 2010; responsibility for regeneration was transferred to local councils.^[2]

Projects

Tees Valley Regeneration's main regeneration projects were:

• Central Park in Darlington,^[2] including the new Darlington College.
• Skylink International Business Park at Durham Tees Valley Airport.^[2]
• Middlehaven in Middlesbrough,^[2] in particular the development of the new Middlesbrough College and Anish Kapoor's Temenos in Middlehaven Dock,^[3] one of the Tees Valley Giants.
• North Shore in Stockton-on-Tees,^[2] in particular the development of Infinity Bridge, expansion of Durham University's Queen's Campus and the North Shore development.
• Victoria Harbour in Hartlepool.^[2]

See also

• Tees Valley

Other local and regional development agencies

• One NorthEast (closed 2012)
• SMi - Stockton Middlesbrough Initiative
• Teesside Development Corporation (defunct 1998).
• Middlesbrough Development Corporation
• Hartlepool Development Corporation

References

54°33′54.5″N 1°18′22.4″W / 54.565139°N 1.306222°W / 54.565139; -1.306222