Search results
As an economic development company, Opportunity Peterborough’s core responsibilities include: marketing Peterborough and the wider region to visitors and businesses to drive up footfall and attract inward investment, working with investors to make their landing as smooth as possible.
May 11, 2024 · Supporting businesses, growing our economy. Invest in Peterborough. Home to SMEs, innovative start-ups and some of the world’s largest and most successful organisations, Peterborough is an exciting city helping businesses deliver competitive advantage. Annual Bondholder Dinner.
Opportunity Peterborough | 2,474 followers on LinkedIn. We promote Peterborough to attract new investment to the city and support local businesses so our economy...
- Success Breeds Homes
- Fast Growth
- Facilitating Growth
- Urban Renaissance
- Working Together
- Safeguarding Quality
- Viewpoint: The Councillor
- Viewpoint: The Developer
The rapid increase in population – and the homes needed to house everyone – is a product of the city’s thriving economy. Steve Bowyer is Chief Executive of Opportunity Peterborough, a not-for-profit business helping to lead the city’s economic development: ‘We are on a really successful trajectory. Growth is good for a city because it refreshes a c...
New housing development needs a plan. In Peterborough this comes in the form of the Peterborough Local Plan 2011 to 2036, which is currently in its draft phase. The Local Plan sets out how the city and its surrounding rural area will grow and evolve over the next 20 years. The latest version sets a target of 27,625 new homes and outlines where they...
Most new housing in Peterborough is built on urban extensions – sites immediately adjoining the existing edge of the city. These are large sites of anywhere between 1,500 to 6,000 homes that require a significant upfront investment in infrastructure. The city council works to unlock these sites by supporting essential works. ‘Major road improvement...
Much of Peterborough’s earlier expansions comprised of significant urban extensions, such as Hampton or the Ortons. But as the city matures new opportunities become available as previously developed, or brownfield land becomes available for housing. For Simon this is a genuinely exciting opportunity for the city to undergo a major urban renaissance...
Urban regeneration is an exciting new direction for Peterborough. The Fletton Quays development is being led by the Peterborough Investment Partnership, a joint venture company between Lucent Strategic Land Fund and the city council. Simon is Managing Partner and explains how the council has gone from merely facilitating developments like this to a...
The danger of all this growth is that Peterborough loses its sense of identity, or perhaps that quality of life is compromised. Maintaining a healthy, friendly city is as important as facilitating all that new housing. ‘We try to ensure is that growth is sustainable. So the new environments that are created have quality open space, onsite school pr...
Councillor Peter Hiller is Peterborough City Council Cabinet Member for Growth, Planning, Housing and Economic Development. When are Peterborough’s strengths when it comes to housing? Our city’s connectivity is certainly a factor in our success as one of the fastest growing in the UK. The well-maintained road network around Peterborough is the envy...
Karl Hick is Chief Executive of housebuilder and developer Larkfleet Homes. Does the housing target in the Draft Local Plan mean profitable days ahead for developers? Even with sites identified in the Local Plan, developers still have to go through the planning and consultation process, which takes time. With all the individual elements that need t...
Peterborough is one of the UK’s fastest growing cities but we don’t want our growth to come at the expense of the environment. The Circular Peterborough initiative aimed to develop a fully circular economy in Peterborough by 2050, a target to which Peterborough City Council is still committed.
Sep 15, 2020 · Peterborough City Council’s Cabinet will decide on future levels of funding for the city’s business development organisation Opportunity Peterborough. Members of Peterborough City Council ...
People also ask
Why do we promote Peterborough?
Who is Opportunity Peterborough?
Why should you visit Peterborough?
Is Peterborough a good place to invest?
Why was Peterborough chosen as a future city demonstrator?
Does Peterborough need a circular economy?
Apr 17, 2021 · Investors normally consider multiple locations in the UK and it's Opportunity Peterborough's job to show them just how much Peterborough has to offer and why they should invest here.
