Local residents and businesses in Blackpool have been invited to comment on the multi-million pound Talbot Gateway scheme after plans were put on public display.

Muse Developments, the developer behind £220m regeneration plans, signed a deal with Blackpool Council in March to transform the 10-hectare (24.7-acre) site around the town's North railway station and Talbot Road. New hotels, cafés, restaurants and shops have been earmarked for the site in order to complement a major new office and business space development, as well as a new pedestrianised square and a supermarket.

Blackpool Council leader Peter Callow said: "Talbot Gateway is an opportunity to create a state-of-the-art commercial centre in Blackpool, which will help to attract further investment, improve employment opportunities and offer an attractive, modern focal point where people can meet, do business and spend their leisure time." Mike Horner, regional director at Muse Developments, added: "If local people support our plans then we would hope to start work in 2011, subject to securing planning permission."

The consultation event, held between 5-7 November, was supported by the town's regeneration agency, ReBlackpool.