COUNCILLORS have given the green light to a multi-million pound town centre leisure and retail complex.
Burnley's Development Control Committee approved the Pioneer Place plan for the borough's main town centre on Thursday night.
The £21million scheme in Burnley town centre includes a new seven-screen Reel cinema and 12,750 square feet of leisure and retail floorspace across five units, centred around a new public realm and a refurbished Curzon Street car park.
It is envisaged that work to prepare the site for construction could begin in the summer with the revised scheme being completed by spring 2023.
Nik Puttnam, senior development manager at Maple Grove Developments who are building the complex. said: “We are hugely encouraged by the decision to grant planning for this phase of the scheme which will provide a new day and evening leisure offering in the town centre.
"The importance of a vibrant town centre can’t be underestimated as we emerge from the Covid pandemic. With planning now secured we are looking to appoint Eric Wright Construction over the next couple of months and start on site this summer and Pioneer Place opening in spring 2023.
“We have interest in the restaurant units from regional and national operators and from independents.”
Kate Ingram, the Burnley Council’s strategic head of economy and growth, said: “This is a significant milestone in bringing forward this key project in our Town Centre Masterplan.
“All the project partners have worked hard over the last year to bring forward a scheme that reflects the current market but delivers a well-designed town centre cinema and leisure development, with scope for future expansion."
The committee approved a scaled-down version of a previously agreed scheme on the former Pioneer supermarket site in Curzon Street.
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