Hope for 11,000 jobs at ex-steelworks as region s biggest ever planning application is submitted
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen says that the project had hit a major milestone
00:01, 21 DEC 2020
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Plans have now been submitted for more than nine million sq ft of business and industrial space on Teesside s former steelworks site in a major regeneration milestone.
PLANS for the regeneration of a former steelworks site have taken a step forward after an application for more than 780 acres of land was put forward. Proposals for more than nine million sq ft of business and industrial space, the region’s biggest ever planning application, have been submitted for the former SSI site in Redcar – now known as Teesworks – across an area of land as large as the City of London. If the plans come to fruition, it is hoped they will create up to 11,400 jobs in Teesside. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said: “This is another major milestone for the former Redcar Steelworks site just days before Christmas.