We are on an exciting journey for Peterborough City Centre - transforming the heart of the city into a place:
- That our residents want to spend their leisure time
- That attracts visitors from far and wide
- In which existing businesses want to relocate and new businesses want to set up
We want the people who live, work, visit and do business here to help us shape that future.
City Centre Visioning Project engagement
Between January and May 2026, we have been talking to residents, businesses, education providers, leisure and entertainment providers, the voluntary sector, faith and community groups, and cultural organisations, to get an insight from them about the strengths and weaknesses of the city centre, and how they think it can be improved and revitalised for the future.
We held:
- Three pop-up roadshows in the city centre, where more than 100 people gave their views
- Seven workshops with key stakeholders
- Six one-to-one in-depth interviews with key stakeholders who play a key role within their sector
- Four workshops with young people at local schools and colleges
- An online survey to gather views from residents and visitors, which we promoted on our website, on all of our social media channels, within our internal and external e-newsletters and to partner organisations
When the online survey closed at the end of April 2026, 781 people had sent in their views.
We would like to thank everyone who has taken part in any of our engagement activities. Your views, opinions and suggestions are now being reviewed.
What happens next
We are currently collating and analysing all the results of all our engagement activities to pull together key themes and a draft of recommendations we can deliver to improve the city centre.
The feedback from the engagement will also inform future plans for the development of the city centre.
The Peterborough Visioning Project is being driven by Peterborough City Council in collaboration with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s Strategic Place Partnership with Homes England to drive housing, economic growth and regeneration in the region. The project aims to bring forward a vision to create a truly inclusive city centre which attracts residents, visitors and new businesses to invest.
The newly approved Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Growth Plan (LGP) highlights Peterborough as one of the most important locations for economic growth in the area. The Peterborough Fast Growth City Opportunity Zone aims to drive this growth forward, with investment in transport, housing, and regeneration in the city centre. The Peterborough Visioning Project and Strategic Place Partnership will support those goals, with the LGP ultimately aiming for a tripling of the size of the region’s economy by 2050.
Boundary of the city centre
The area of Peterborough included in the city centre quarter is shown on the map below.
Why this work matters
A new city centre vision will help Peterborough set a clear direction for the future. It will:
- Create a long-term plan for an accessible, safe and vibrant city centre
- Draw on lived experience from residents, businesses and visitors
- Build on strong data and evidence
- Provide confidence for future investment
- Ensure quality of life is central to every decision
This vision will act as a foundation for improvements over the coming decades. It will guide development, regeneration, business planning and public space enhancements.
Contact information
For more information, please email growthandregeneration@peterborough.gov.uk.