Batley Blueprint

Welcoming a new era for Batley town centre

We're undertaking major improvements in Batley Town Centre to create a more modern destination, and a safe and inviting environment for everyone who lives in, works in and visits the area. Our blueprint for investment across the town centre will help bring new life and connectivity to Batley and the local community.

For the last three years, we have been speaking to our community, developing plans and securing funding to deliver for Batley through our Batley Blueprint. Find out about how we've used community feedback to shape the design, our funding and the project timeline.

• The journey to this design
  See the timeline of consultation, engagement and decision-making that has resulted in this design.
• Six key themes that have shaped our design
  From helping people get around to creating a more family-friendly town centre, find out more about the themes that are the focus of our new design.
• The new design for Batley town centre
  Understand what changes we're making, and how they've been shaped by your feedback.
• The details of the design - by location
  We've divided the town centre into six locations, from Market Place and Brunswick Street to a new 'Commercial Street Link'. Take a detailed look at our design by location.
• Welcoming a new era for Batley Town Centre - Blueprint Boards

Why we are engaging with the community now

This design has been shaped by your input in consultations across the last three years. We're engaging with you now, because we want to show you the design we've reached before we enter the next stage of the project.

We want to hear what you think about the design we've reached and - most importantly - give you a say in shaping some of the details that will bring it to life. From the colour palettes we'll use in planting, to the street furniture and elements of play we'll incorporate to bring new life to Batley.

How the investment is funded

This design has been developed by a design team appointed after Kirklees Council secured dedicated funding from UK government. It builds on past consultation, early masterplan designs, and recent focused engagement with the Batley community.

We're proud to have secured £12million of funding for Batley from the government.

The funding will be complemented by about £2.5million from Kirklees Council's Local Centres funding and from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

How you can shape the design further

Through our survey, we want your inputs on a number of design touches which will bring life to our project. Including:

• Colour palettes we'll use in planting
• The types of trees we'll plant
• The style of street furniture
• Elements of play
• The types of lighting we'll introduce
• Community and heritage elements

What is happening now and what happens next 9th January to 28th February

Right now, we are in a period of engagement with the community around this design, which will run until 28th February.

In this time, we want you to explore the design through this page - or by attending our Open Daycommunity open day event on Saturday 18th January - and complete our survey to let us know what you think and have your say on the design details which will bring our design to life.

The inputs you provide throughout our engagement period (9th January - 28th February) will feed into the creation of a detailed design. This will take us into an important stage of the project - where we submit planning applications and secure contractors to begin bringing this project to life.

The project is committed to a timeline of works beginning in 2025 and completing in 2027.