Commercial Property
Bat Cave due for an overhaul
PRIMO by Gladedale
has been awarded
planning permission
by Sunderland Council
for an £8m project.
The leading housebuilder is set
to redevelop land to the rear of
Neil Street, together with the former
Bat Cave Public House and
Cross House on the junction with
Pemberton Bank, Easington
Lane's main road.
The building, which has lain
derelict for 15 years and has been
persistently targeted by vandals,
will be demolished and replaced
as part of the development which
comprises of 77 two, three and
four-bedroom affordable homes.
Gladedale is also investing over
£350,000 in the local community
to provide much-needed improvements
to a number of local
amenities.
These will include the provision
of new children's play facilities,
public open space as well as
investing in new educational facilities.
Part of the Gladedale Group,
Primo is one of three developers
investing in the Easington Lane
coalfield regeneration programme
and is the first to kickstart
the transformation of the
area.
Len Worsfold, managing director
of Primo by Gladedale, said:
"The Bat Cave is set within a
prominent position in the village
but over the years has fallen into
disrepair and has become an eyesore.
We will replace it with welldesigned,
two-storey apartments.
"Our investment will create
much-needed new housing and
transform this now derelict site
into a vibrant and highly soughtafter
housing development, and
follows the successful developments
in both Hetton le Hole and
South Hetton."
Demolition work on the Bat
Cave Public House is expected to
begin in May 2008 and Primo by
Gladedale will also demolish
Cross House in order to give
much needed improvements to
the junction for road safety.
The project is part of Primo by
Gladedale's £45m development
programme to create more than
430 new homes in the North-
Eeast in the first half of 2008.
1:56pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
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