Greenlight for Teesworks service site
Plans for a 160-bed hotel, restaurant, two drive-thru units, a petrol station, and shops on a 10-acre plot in the south west section of the industrial zone have been approved by North Yorkshire’s Redcar & Cleveland Council.
South Tees Development Corp applied for permission to develop the brownfield site, supported by Lichfields, naming Teesworks Ltd as the developer.
Situated north of the A1053 Trunk Road roundabout and south of the former Lackenby Steelworks, it will be designed to provide services for workers and visitors to the giant 2,500-acre Teesworks site.
The service centre will also provide two terraces of leisure units, one with five shops and one with three, and car parking.
Teesworks Ltd chairman Chris Musgrave said: “As the Teesworks site continues to take shape and more companies arrive on site, the need for more facilities to accommodate workers and visitors is growing.
“That’s why it is really important for us to be able to offer people coming to the site in a variety of different capacities the services which they will be expecting to find, from overnight accommodation to food and drink.
“With planning permission now secured, we’re keen to get the ball rolling and will be talking to various operators about taking space there.
“This creates further beneficial economic activity in the area from companies and people providing those facilities, helping to create more jobs and bring further investment into the area.”
