Berwick Leisure Centre
Work on a new leisure centre in Berwick was suspended at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, but it is still hoped that its first phase could open in 2021.
When finished, the centre will boast a 25-metre swimming pool, a sports hall, trim trail and a 3G playing pitch.
Berwick Hospital
Plans for a £25m new hospital in Berwick have been formally submitted in the last few weeks after years of uncertainty over the future of the town’s health facilities.
The two-storey building on the site of the current Berwick Infirmary will incorporate the current infirmary’s bell tower, and provide a range of health services.
Tyneside View Retail Park
Work on the retail park at Prudhoe is expected to be completed in time for shops to early at the end of this year.
The development will include an Aldi supermarket and B&M store, as well as a garden centre, a drive-through restaurant and a cafe.
Energy Central
It is hoped that up to 10,000 jobs could be created with the conversion of the former Blyth Power Station site into a hub for offshore energy companies.
Advance Northumberland and the Port of Blyth are working on the scheme, which includes the North Sea Link project bringing hydro-electric power from Norway to the UK’s National Grid.
Morpeth Leisure Centre
Work could begin on a £21m leisure centre in Morpeth by this autumn, with the facility due to open in 2022.
The centre on Gas House Lane will include a six-lane swimming pool, spa facilities, a four-court sports hall and a fitness suite, plus the town’s library and an adult education centre.
Ashington cinema
The ‘Ashington hole’ - left when the incoming county council administration cancelled plans for a new county hall in 2017 - has been a source of some annoyance at the town.
But plans for Portland Park, with a seven-screen cinema and restaurant space plus outline permission for retail and restaurant development on a second plot, were approved in January.
Ad Gefrin
The Ferguson family are looking to create around 50 new jobs with the creation of a whisky distillery and visitor centre on the site of the former Redpath’s Yard in Wooler.
The project, which was given planning permission last year, takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon palace beneath Yeavering Bell.
Lilidorei
Plans at Alnwick Garden for what is decribed as the “world’s biggest play village” have received £5m of funding from the Borderlands Growth Deal and £10m raised from a charity bond issued in March.
It is hoped that the project will create around 50 new jobs and put £68m into the local economy over the next 10 years.
Northumberland line
Northumberland County Council and the North of Tyne Combined Authority are seeking to improve transport services in south east Northumberland with the re-opening of the former Ashington and Blyth rail line.
The council committed nearly £10m towards the project earlier this year, following an announcement from the Government that it was one of the schemes it was looking at to reverse the Beeching cuts of the 1960s.
A1 dualling
Plans to dual two sections of the A1 in Northumberland - after decades of campaigning by pepole in the county - were first announced by then Prime Minister David Cameron on 2021.
Preparation work on the work is still ongoing but it is hoped the upgraded roads will be open by 2023.
