Gloucester City Council
The project will see the renovation of the shopping centre and the creation of space for community activities, a new market and restaurant, parks and gardens.
There are fears that multi-million pound plans to redevelop Eastgate Shopping Centre will be scrapped due to spending cuts from the new government.
Gloucester City Council’s bid for £11 million of government funding was approved in November, but in July civil servants confirmed the grant had not been processed.
Council leader Jeremy Hilton said: “This is frustrating and disappointing as this redevelopment project is so important to the continued improvement of Gloucester.”
Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre said “more information” was likely to be shared in the draft budget.
The project will see the complete renovation of the shopping centre and include space for community activities, a new market and restaurant, parks and gardens.
A multi-purpose performance space is planned for the current Market Hall, hosting dance, music, fitness, film, community and leisure events.
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Gloucester City Council’s project would be built on the site of the 13th century Greyfriars Abbey.
Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre said no announcement had been made about the proposed upgrades since the change of government.
“It’s clear that just before the recess the finance minister made an announcement about the fact that there are a whole host of projects that were promised by the previous government but were not funded,” he said.
Mr McIntyre added that Treasury Secretary Darren Jones was “going line by line through every promise made by the previous government to make sure funding is available”.
“I expect we will see more information on this in the budget announcements later this year,” he added.
Gloucester City Council
A multi-purpose performance space is planned for the current Market Hall, hosting dance, music, fitness, film, community and leisure events.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (formerly the Ministry of Equalisation, Housing and Communities) has been asked by the Local Democracy Press Service to confirm whether funding for the Greyfriars project has been allocated and protected from cuts.
But they could not give a definitive answer, explaining that local authorities across the UK were seeking clarification on the equalisation of funding.