A MAJOR County Durham development has entered its next phase with construction of a range of industrial units about to start. Work gets underway this month on Station Place, which is part of the wider £90m Merchant Park industrial scheme in Newton Aycliffe – a 65-acre development at Aycliffe Business Park off J59 of the A1(M) and home to Hitachi Rail. The new £4.8 million scheme on Site 2 at Merchant Park is set to provide 50,333 sq ft of new industrial space to support new and expanding businesses at Aycliffe Business Park. The scheme is due to complete in early 2022 and will deliver ten new industrial units ranging in size from 5,000 sq ft for start-up and growing businesses and creating 130 jobs.