PRP appointed to design outline planning for Pydar

Leading UK architecture firm PRP has been appointed by Cornwall Council to design the outline planning proposal for the regeneration of the Pydar neighbourhood in Truro. The ambitious redevelopment is one of the council’s most significant projects within its investment programme, and will create a vibrant, characterful and sustainable new community based on local aspirations, while providing 500 new jobs and strengthening the local economy.

Based on community-participation and collaboration, PRP is developing the design with the local council and stakeholders to complement Truro’s existing offer and meet the needs of local residents and tourists. Extending from the River Allen up to Pydar Street and from the Viaduct down towards the Cathedral approach, the scheme on the four hectare site will regenerate the existing commercial and industrial area with 300 new homes, innovative work and learning spaces, an exciting riverside park and a range of engaging leisure, hospitality and cultural facilities.

Manisha Patel, Senior Partner at PRP, said: “While working closely with all parties we have found that there is a genuine desire to reconnect and reintegrate this neighbourhood with the wider community. Our aim is to build upon these aspirations and the need to transform this unique part of Truro, which has become industrialised, into a new hub for the local residents and visitors through new amenities, attractive public spaces and a stronger night-time economy.”

In the first in a series of stakeholder engagement events, locals were invited to ‘Discover Pydar’ and find out more about the mixed-use development that will connect the market town’s historic core with the River Allen and a Victorian railway overpass to create a new vibrant leisure quarter for Truro.

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