Tees Valley Regeneration Explained

Teesside Valley Regeneration
Formation:	2002
Dissolved:	2010
Headquarters:	Cavendish House Teesdale Business Park, Thornaby-on-Tees
Language:	English
Leader Title:	former Chief executive
Leader Name:	Joe Docherty
Website:	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opportunity of a different dimension . . 14 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090628045536/http://www.urcs-online.co.uk/companies/company.asp?id=3 . 28 June 2009 .
2. Web site: Tees Valley Regeneration to close after seven years . Sandy . McKenzie . Gazette Live . Evening Gazette . Teesside . 24 March 2009 . 14 August 2009.
3. Web site: Tees Valley Giants . Tees Valley Giants . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144718/http://www.teesvalleygiants.com/about . 23 March 2012 .