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Planning permission has been granted for a brand-new hotel and pub/restaurant at Capitol Park Barnsley, the £60 million business park by Junction 37 of the M1.
Hotel group Ramada and pub chain Toby Inns have been given the go-ahead for a 120-bed hotel and an adjacent pub and restaurant respectively at the front of the business park by Barnsley Metropolitan Council.
Together the Ramada Encore hotel and the Toby Inn pub and carvery will create 60 new jobs.
Leading Yorkshire property developers Sterling Capitol are developing the site, which is expected to create over 800 new jobs.
It is a classic mixed-use scheme, featuring 450,000 sq ft of quality office and industrial space, plus the new hotel and pub/restaurant and provision for a 250-space park-and-ride facility.
This prestigious park, which is being built in conjunction with a new by-pass for the village of Dodworth, is transforming the area north west of Junction 37 of the M1.
Martin Croxen, the chief executive of Sterling Capitol, commented: "We are very pleased to welcome such popular brands as Ramada Encore and Toby Inns to Capitol Park, Barnsley. They have an excellent position on site and will provide wonderful facilities for the other occupiers of Capitol Park, for the Barnsley area and for motorists on the M1.
Mr Croxen explained: "This is a very exciting scheme for Barnsley, a town with a proud industrial past and a great future. We are delighted to be involved in a development which will assist in the regeneration of one of South Yorkshire's most important towns".
"As developers Sterling Capitol has a proven track record in delivering highly successful business parks in prime motorway locations in Yorkshire. Capitol Park Thorne and Capitol Park Leeds have revitalised their communities and created more than 2,500 jobs between them. I have every confidence that Capitol Park Barnsley will be equally successful," said Mr Croxen.
Tony Palmer, a spokesman for leading pub and restaurant Mitchell and Butler, who own Toby Inns, commented: "We are delighted to be moving on to Capitol Park, Barnsley. This is a landmark development in a superb location and we are proud to be part of it.
He added: "This is part of our joint development project with Ramada and we have every confidence that it will be a tremendous success"
Meanwhile work is nearing completion on the new by-pass and the park's infrastructure and construction of a speculative first phase of high quality hybrid units, ranging from 2,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft and Grade A offices from 4,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft, is well advanced. Units will be available for occupation from July this year.
Regeneration specialists Priority Sites, who are building Grade A office accommodation in units ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 sq ft, believe these are ideally located to serve local and regional markets.
The development has been supported by a £2.65m public sector grant from Objective One and has been carefully planned and brought forward working closely with Renaissance South Yorkshire, Yorkshire Forward and Barnsley Development Agency.
The agents for the development are the Leeds and Sheffield offices of Knight Frank.
Mike Dove, the partner in charge of Knight Frank's Leeds office, commented: "Sterling Capitol has established an enviable reputation as developers who deliver. Their development is excellent news for Barnsley and excellent news for South Yorkshire, because it will provide jobs and business opportunities across all sectors".
"There are imaginative plans to transform Barnsley into a market town for the 21 st century and Capitol Park Barnsley will be the perfect complement to this. The future is bright for this proud and historic town," he added.
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