Regenerating King's Lynn

The regeneration of King's Lynn is one of the highest priorities in our Corporate Strategy.

The Borough Council and its partners have developed a clear vision for King's Lynn (pdf 75.5kb) in developing its role as a regional centre using the major heritage assets of the town as an asset for encouraging sustainable growth. The vision for King's Lynn is that:

'King's Lynn will be an attractive, vibrant and prosperous town, where people will choose to live, work and visit.'

King's Lynn as a Growth Point

It is envisaged that up to the period 2021 the population of the urban area of King’s Lynn will grow from 41,500 to 50,000 people and will accommodate 7,000 of the 12,000 new houses earmarked for the borough. New development will primarily be located on the previously developed brownfield land.

Government announced in May 2008 that King's Lynn has been designated Growth Point status to support the housing and jobs required in the town. Securing New Growth Point Status not only opens up the opportunity to access Department for Communities and Local Government growth funding, but also provides access to funding from East of England Development Agency, Homes & Communities Agency (formerly English Partnerships) and Department for Transport.

We submitted an Integrated Programme of Development (pdf 515Kb) outlinging the support required to grow King's Lynn during the period 2009/11and received £1,878,053 of capital funding to support the delivery of this programme.

The Integrated Programme of Development is based on the regeneration policy framework called the Urban Development Strategy. The Strategy was adopted in 2006 to guide the overall regeneration of King's Lynn and is part of a family of documents from the Urban Renaissance Strategy.

Local Investment Plan Agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency

The Borough Council and partners have been working with the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) to pilot the ‘Single Conversation’ in the eastern region. The Single Conversation is the HCA’s way in which to agree and secure delivery at the local level in support of our national objectives. The term ‘Single Conversation’ refers to a comprehensive approach of housing, infrastructure, regeneration and community activities.

A Local Investment Plan (pdf 1.42Mb) has been produced as a result of the Single Conversation process and was endorsed by the Borough Council and the Homes and Communities Agency on 31 March 2010.

Regeneration Summary Leaflet

King's Lynn has a number of large regeneration programmes and projects underway which are incorporated into the Growth Point Integrated Programme of Development.

A 'Regenerating King's Lynn Summary Leaflet' is produced on a regular basis to provide an overview of the progress being made on projects;

Issue 1 September 2008 Summary leaflet (pdf 1.34Mb)

Issue 2 May 2009 Summary Leaflet (pdf 3.48Mb)

Issue 3 Spring 2010 Newsletter (pdf 351Kb)

Information on these programmes and projects is available using the links at the left of this page.