High Street South - Regeneration Project Updates

The vision for the High Street South area is to create a high quality residential neighbourhood for all generations.

These emerging regeneration proposals and investment commitments will lead to the development of new homes for our residents, and in turn provide support for our town centre and local businesses. This is just one of many projects that will make the centre of the town a more attractive, inviting and prosperous place for everyone to enjoy.

As per the recommendations of the Cabinet report 20 May 2025, this page will be updated in due course and will be a source of information and updates on the project going forward.

Artist's impression

High Street South - Artist's impression

Artist's impression

Current position

On the 20 May 2025, Cabinet confirmed the council's commitment to the High Street South regeneration project.

The report to Cabinet outlined the below, and was approved by elected members:

a revised boundary for the regeneration area
the Council will continue to purchase land by agreement for redevelopment
our commitment to proactively engage with residents, businesses, land and asset owners in the area

To summarise the current position of the project:

Over the past few years, we've been buying privately-owned properties by negotiation agreement with willing sellers to create one big space that we can transform into a brand new neighbourhood that would regenerate the High Street South area. The Council has always been open to negotiations with any willing seller and that still remains the case today and will remain the case going forward.
We are now down to a short list of remaining properties that we need to buy.
We are committed and we have financial resources approved to complete the purchasing and demolition of properties and land.
We want to create a place more people want to visit and enjoy- somewhere Gateshead residents can be proud of and that supports our amazing local businesses inline with the refreshed Exemplar Neighbourhoods masterplan and SPD 2023.