Local benefits

Gloucester Quays will be a new residential and business community in the City and a visitor destination bringing new leisure, shopping, tourism, recreation and commerce to breathe new life into Gloucester.

Benefits of the Gloucester Quays scheme include the following:

• Enhancing the waterfront facilities whilst conserving the heritage and environment.
  
• Attracting people back to the County’s only City – to live, relax, socialise and visit.
  
• Investing in education.
  
• Reducing the need to travel and improving public transport.
  
• Encouraging spending within local businesses.
  
• Creating new jobs and promoting commerce.
  
• Stimulating the City’s physical and economic regeneration including large areas of previously undeveloped land, most of which is derelict.
  
• Removal of through traffic from the City Centre with the completion of the Inner Relief Road creating real public transport options and a reduction in City Centre traffic.
  
• Re-use of listed buildings and other buildings of conservation interest.
  
• Enhancement of the setting of Llanthony Priory and protection of its features of interest.