Transforming Tyisha

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Carmarthenshire County Council wishes to appoint a development partner to drive forward an exciting and ambitious redevelopment regeneration of the Tyisha ward, Llanelli. The development partner will deliver sustainable, high quality, mixed use housing-led developments that considers the character of the area and helps the area to thrive through housing, employment, and environmental improvements. The developments will aim to become a prosperous gateway connecting both strategic sites of the new Pentre Awel development and Llanelli town centre. Lot 1: The development partner will work with Carmarthenshire County Council to provide good quality affordable homes for families, elderly and disabled. The properties will need to be of a mixed tenure and be affordable to rent and buy. This will need to be delivered in line with our corporate strategic regeneration plans to deliver new affordable homes across the county. The development partner will provide significant investment and regeneration expertise and contribute to transforming the overall economic, environmental, cultural, and social well-being of the Tyisha Ward. Alongside the housing-led developments, the partner will improve aspects of the public realm, community facilities, and restoring or redeveloping existing buildings at the key sites. The Council requires the partner to jointly develop initiatives to benefit local economic development while improving skills, ambition, health and resilience across the Tyisha ward ensuring communication and engagement is key during the delivery. The aim of this Notice is to assist Carmarthenshire County Council to ascertain how potential development partners will develop new innovative solutions to achieve the above objectives. A previous successful Early Market Engagement was conducted in 2022 and the Council is now looking to progress with finding a suitable partner to help achieve the existing ambitions for the area with a partner appointment planned for spring / summer 2024. Further information on the key sites and objectives for the overall place making project can be found at: https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/business/development-and-investment/tyisha