Newark ConservationArea Grant

Newark Conservation Area Granted High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) Status

Following Newark Conservation Area being granted High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) status, Newark and Sherwood District Council, with funding from Historic England, is working with local people and partners to help breathe new life into high streets and buildings that are rich in heritage.

Newark Conservation Area has been awarded £275,000 High Street Heritage Action Zone funding from Historic England for regeneration in the area. Newark and Sherwood District Council match funding and private sector investment result in a total of £550,000 for the project. The focus is on repairing and refurbishing key historic buildings in the town centre, re-designing the public realm to build a more connected area and helping to boost the local economy.

Which works will be funded?

Newark’s HSHAZ programme will help transform and restore disused and dilapidated buildings into new homes, shops, workplaces, and community spaces, bring back local historic character and improve the public realm. Significant listed buildings include the Grade II* listed former White Hart on the Market Place and the Grade II listed Corn Exchange. Throughout the three-year project they will be working on: · Providing grants for

building work and

refurbishment – grants will become available for those undertaking physical works to properties with significant heritage character in the HSHAZ area, including refurbishing and replacing out of character shopfronts. · Public realm improvements – researching ways they can create a more connected and safer town centre which is clear and practical to navigate, including looking at how to better connect the Potterdyke areas at Beaumond Cross and Martindale Lane. · Implementing a cultural

programme and building

community engagement – a three-year programme of events and activities led by Newark’s Cultural Consortium celebrating Newark’s heritage and community. The programme will generate greater use of high streets, create a sense of pride, community, and well-being, and help local organisations, communities and stakeholders to embed and sustain the benefit of the HSHAZ programme in the future.

The focus is on repairing and refurbishing key historic buildings in the town centre.

For more information about the HSHAZ, including enquiring about your property or suggestions for the town please contact conservation@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk