Work is progressing on the £25m mixed-use regeneration plan for Catterick town centre in North Yorkshire, with civil and structural engineering consultancy JPG appointed to advise on the scheme.

The Leeds-based firm is currently working on ground preparation and structural elements required to deliver the project for joint venture partners Kier Property and Lingfield Securities, which recently secured planning consent from Richmondshire District Council.

The project involves the redevelopment of a central 150,000sq ft (13,935sq m) site in Catterick that ultimately proposes to create around 700 new jobs. It will include a multiplex cinema, ten new retail units, a 60-bedroom hotel, cafes, restaurants and bars as well as 400 car parking spaces.

JPG is tasked with helping to plan the development on a level plateau, while minimising the need for costly site excavation.

“The site is sloping with ground level differences up to eight metres (26ft),” said Kim Han, project director at JPG. “The new uses proposed need to work on one level not least to facilitate easy access and better interaction of facilities.”