21-511: QD may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] QD stores , a chain of discount retail outlets in England Dobrolet (low-cost airline) (IATA airline designator QD), a Russian low-cost carrier JC International Airlines (IATA airline designator QD), a Cambodian airline Science and technology [ edit ] Quantum dots , in nanotechnology N-Gage QD ,
42-560: A frozen food section. In August 2022, QD opened their 30th store in Maldon, Essex . Anglia Square Anglia Square is a shopping centre in the north of Norwich city centre, in Norfolk , England . Opened in 1970, it was part of a larger Norwich redevelopment during this period, which was also complemented by the establishment of the nearby HMSO building, Sovereign House, which opened in 1969. The square took six years to build, but
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84-605: A new public square. In early 2018, Weston Homes and landowner Columbia Threadneedle submitted regeneration plans for the site. These include 1200 homes, of which 120 will be affordable, a major supermarket, hotel, green squares and central courtyards, along with a 20-storey tower. The project was opposed by Historic England, civic watchdog the Norwich Society and the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral. The plans were rejected but later revised in 2023, which were approved by
105-678: Is an independently owned discount retailer operating in the United Kingdom , primarily in East Anglia and the East Midlands regions. Products stocked include a mixture of items for the home and garden, basic groceries and a range of clothing and footwear. The company also run Cherry Lane Garden Centres . The first QD Stores branch was opened in Norwich in 1985, with the initials QD standing for quality discounts . During
126-497: The 1990s QD Stores purchased the small department store Lathams of Potter Heigham, which it still operates under the original name. It also established Cherry Lane Garden Centres in 2001, which by 2008 had become the eighth biggest UK gardening centre group. The number of QD Stores locations has grown relatively slowly since 1985. Notable changes to the store estate include the opening of eight new stores in former Woolworths locations following that company's closure in 2009. However
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168-470: The centre was bought by investment manager Threadneedle Investments for £7.5 million. The current owners and their partner Weston Homes announced in November 2016, they have been holding talks with chief officers at Norwich City Hall . Plans submitted include the demolition of Anglia Square, the former stationery office and Gildengate House. More than 1000 homes are planned to be built above shop units and
189-492: The centre was bought by investment manager Threadneedle Investments for £7.5 million. In early 2018, Weston Homes and landowner Columbia Threadneedle submitted regeneration plans for the site, which included a controversial 25-storey tower block, but due to intervention, subsequent plans reduced the height to 20-storey. The updated plans were rejected in 2020 by the secretary of state, Robert Jenrick . Subsequently, in April 2021,
210-619: The city centre, creating ambitiously titled “gates” (aka roundabouts) at every major intersection. Although it was unrealised in its entirety, the western and part of the northern sides of this ring road became the Inner Link Road, constructed between 1968 and 1975. Many historic buildings were cleared in the making of Anglia Square and the subsequent inner-ring road. One of the oldest was the Kings Arms public house on Botolph Street, which on its gable end in large iron characters were
231-570: The developer announced it would work on new proposals for the site; The revised plans were approved by the city council in April 2023, but these plans were later scrapped in February 2024. The area where Anglia Square stands today was part of the Saxon settlement of Norwich, which was defended by Anglo-Scandinavian defensive ditches running along what is now Botolph Street and Anglia Square car park. Magdalen Street and St Augustine's, which are two of
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#1732772888940252-542: The former Norfolk Chamber of Commerce site on the corner of Barrack Street and Silver Road. The company added 11 more shops to their portfolio through the purchase of fellow East Anglian discounter Thingmebobs in early 2013. These stores retained their separate identity and a new parent company, QD Commercial Group Holdings, was set up to operate the various related companies. The Thingmebobs Stores were re-branded under QD in 2022. QD Stores established an e-commerce site selling goods online during 2014 and followed this with
273-546: The group completed the closure of their flagship store in St Stephens Street, Norwich in late 2012. In 2010, the company opened its first store outside England in Wrexham, north Wales. Housed in a former Marks & Spencer branch, the store traded for ten years before declining local trade led to closure plans being announced in 2020. In 2011, the company moved its headquarters from Anglia Square in Norwich to
294-489: The introduction of a 'click and collect' service the following year. The Cherry Lane Garden Centre group was continued to grow with the purchase of Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre in Nottinghamshire in February 2022, their 16th garden centre across East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire. The company announced in April 2022 that it would be joining fellow discounters Poundland and Home Bargains in offering
315-507: The letters "I" and "C" and the date "1646", now preserved in one of the Norwich museums. Also demolished was the Regency bank at the junction of Magdalen Street and Botoph Street, some other Georgian and Victorian buildings along St George's Street, that survived the war bombings, as well as gabled and jettied Tudor buildings. The cleared areas near where The Shuttles pub stood were never built on, and remain an empty wasteland today. The centre
336-471: The local Hollywood Cinemas chain, in July 2013 the cinema hosted the world premiere of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa following an "Anglia Square Not Leicester Square " campaign. In 2019, the cinema closed permanently. Anglia Square and the surrounding area is to be the centre of a major redevelopment with a suggested name of Calvert Square (Calvert Street is nearby). During 2008 the public were invited to view
357-582: The oldest streets in Norwich, date back to those times. During the 19th century, a Crape Manufactory – a factory which produced a fabric often worn when mourning, was built where Anglia Square now stands. The area was badly bombed during the Baedeker raids in April 1942, during World War II and the area was deemed suitable for post-war development. The 1945 Norwich Plan, prepared for the city council by C.H. James, Rowland Pierce and Norwich City Engineer H.C. Rowlet, envisioned an urban dual carriageway encircling
378-510: The proposals. Work was due to start in 2009 but plans were scaled down due to the credit crunch . In January 2011 new plans for the square were lodged and the developers hope to gain approval before the end of April 2011. In November, 2009 the public were asked to have their say on the proposed development. The multimillion-pound plans are to be part of the Northern City Centre Area Action Plan. In 2014,
399-492: The title QD . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QD&oldid=1222188871 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages QD stores QD Commercial Group Holdings Limited, trading as QD Stores
420-426: Was designed by Alan Cooke & Partners who handled the whole development. The single storey shops include discount supermarkets and a wide range of privately owned and high street stores. The covered square features a selection of street stalls. Built on a concrete raft and rising above the centre is the former Odeon cinema which opened on 8 July 1971, replacing a nearby 2,000 seat pre-war cinema. Later part of
441-455: Was never actually finished. Pedestrian shop-lined walkways lead onto Anglia Square which was originally open to the elements but is now partially covered by a steel and glass structure – added in the late 20th century. The red brick and concrete buildings are finished in the brutalist style. Forming the western boundary of the centre is the former HMSO building, Sovereign House. The building now stands empty and due for demolition. In 2014,
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