Selby shopping centre go-ahead

THE £16m redevelopment of Selby District Centre is on
target to begin in Spring 2008, following Selby District
Council's approval of plans to relocate a telecommunications
mast.

Designed to bring new national retailers to the town, reduce
trade leakage and boost the vitality of the town, the regeneration
scheme will deliver an extension to the town's Market Cross
Shopping centre to create an additional 28,000 sq ft of retail
space, an extension to the adjacent Morrisons supermarket and a new
town centre car park created to service the increase in visitors to
the town.

The Market Cross extension will be constructed on the site of
the existing Selby Abbey Primary School, so developers Dransfield
Properties will build a brand new state of the art school on land
at the rear of the Civic Centre. This land is currently home to the
telecommunications mast, but following Selby council's decision
this week, this will now be relocated to the Onyx Depot on Prospect
Way.

Works are due to start in Spring 2008 with the relocation of the
telecommunications mast being the first phase of works of the
development.

David Hale, development surveyor for Dransfield Properties said:
“We are delighted with the decision from the council to allow
the relocation of the telecommunications mast. We are keen to make
progress with the town centre regeneration plans and this decision
was vital in order for us to move the scheme forward.”