Transport hub greenlit for Teesworks
Parking for cars and HGVs, a refuelling station, bus stops and access roads have been approved for an 180acre plot north of the Tees Dock Road roundabout, to service the regeneration area.
Planner Lichfields took the application through the planning process. The site lies north of the A1053/A66 junction, and south of the former Lackenby Works.
The transport hub will deliver improved parking facilities, offering around 150 articulated HGV parking spaces and 204 car parking spaces.
New security fencing with gatehouses controlling onward access into the Lackenby and British Steel sites and a footpath link to enable HGV drivers to gain access to nearby retail and leisure facilities, will also be built.
Alterations to the Tees Dock roundabout have also been approved, which include a new leg to provide access to the Lackenby development site together with the widening of the current highway to provide an additional lane on the existing carriageways.
The initiative is part of ongoing investment in the transport infrastructure to better serve the increasing number of vehicles using the Teesworks site, and follows funding approved by the Tees Valley Combined Authority as part of a £1bn transport masterplan earlier this year.
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said: “We can now get cracking with this new access road and lorry park paving the way for this huge investment in Teesside that will restore the heart to our industry.
“We have a record of getting things done and this is another thing ticked off unlocking hundreds of jobs on the site. More investment. More jobs. More progress.”
Neil Westwick, senior director at Lichfields’ Newcastle office, who secured approval for the scheme from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, said: “Planning approval ensures the increasing demands on the site’s infrastructure will be met as British Steel’s new development comes on-line, and more investors move onto the site.
“It’s part of wider plans to create jobs, investment opportunities and prosperity for Teesside, driving forward the region’s position as a global centre of industrial excellence.”