4.0 Bassetlaw Vision and Objectives
A vision for Bassetlaw in 2037:
4.1
In 2037, Bassetlaw District will be a vibrant, prosperous place known for providing residents with a high quality of life, increased access to: quality, suitable housing, a wider range of higher skilled, well paid jobs, high quality services and facilities which promote healthy and active lifestyles within a low carbon environment.
4.2
The District will have a diverse and thriving economy, with Worksop, Retford and Harworth & Bircotes, and the Large Rural Settlements acting as employment and service centres for their surrounding rural areas. The diversity and quality of Bassetlaw’s countryside, natural and historic environment will have improved for the benefit of residents and visitors. There will be better access to the countryside and an improved range of parks and open spaces for local people to enjoy.
4.3
Bassetlaw will have successfully transitioned to a modern manufacturing, logistics and service led economy with a greater variety of more better paid, higher skilled employment available, encouraging more people to live and work in the District. The economic base of the District will have been strengthened through the fostering of new enterprise and the sustainable growth of existing businesses. All will have maintained their significance to the local, sub-regional and regional economies in terms of employment provision.
4.4
Prominent businesses in key growth sectors of: manufacturing; logistics; modern methods of construction; renewable and low carbon energy production and engineering; will be capitalising on the District’s locational advantage in terms of proximity to the A1, the A57, Sheffield Doncaster Airport and easy access to existing energy infrastructure which will have facilitated a significant shift in the District’s economic base and attracted significant investment to the District.
4.5 A significant amount of employment in the green energy and green technologies sector will have been delivered at the High Marnham Green Energy Hub and at the Bassetlaw Garden Village, putting Bassetlaw on the map as a key location for developing and promoting emerging green technologies. 4.6
New development will have been delivered in the most sustainable locations. Worksop will have sustainably grown, with new road and community infrastructure in place to support the needs of the new residents and existing communities alike. Worksop town centre and the wider area will be benefitting from the start of comprehensive regeneration and associated environmental improvements bringing with it an improved community, commercial and leisure offer to the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors.
4.7
The historic market town of Retford will have grown in a sensitive and sustainable manner, with a wider range of new housing available better suited to meet local residents needs irrespective of time in life, while a new country park, community infrastructure and connectivity improvements will enhance the town’s character, whilst the growing population will be making good use of an enhanced town centre offer, which provides an attractive base for cultural and visitor economy events. The regeneration of Harworth & Bircotes town centre will be complete: additional services will have positively added to the retail and town centre offer, while the impact of heavy goods vehicles and traffic more generally in Harworth & Bircotes will have been reduced and the environmental quality improved.
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