Jobs joy as Silverlink Shopping Park expansion plan by The Crown Estate is given green light

Hundreds of jobs are set to be created after The Crown Estate was given the go ahead for a 30m extension of Silverlink Shopping Park.

North Tyneside Council has given a resolution to grant outline planning permission for the property giants plans to carry out major expansion plans at the complex one of 16 it owns across the UK.

The former Travelodge site opposite the park will now be converted into a new retail scheme, creating 175 construction jobs and around 300 retail jobs once it is up and running.

Four new retail units will take up 106,000sqft of space, with Next already confirming that it will relocate from its current store at the existing Silverlink Shopping Park to open a flagship Next Home and Garden store at the development, which is scheduled to complete in autumn 2016.

Other furniture and homeware retailers are being sought out for the remainder of the units, to join the lengthy list of tenants already at Silverlink including M&S, H&M, Next, New Look, River Island, JD Sports, Boots, Outfit, Argos and Currys/PC World.

With planning consent granted for the development, construction is set to begin this summer.

And The Crown Estate will work in partnership with the council to deliver two training packages, creating almost 50 new construction jobs for young people.

As well as new retail units, the plans include additional car parking facilities, enhanced landscaping, improvements to access routes into the park, and the widening of footpaths around the site.

Road improvements will also be made to provide a new access to the redeveloped site, the existing shopping park and Cobalt Business Park.

Hannah Milne, regional portfolio manager at The Crown Estate said: Were delighted with the committees decision and look forward to progressing our plans for regenerating this site.

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Jobs joy as Silverlink Shopping Park expansion plan by The Crown Estate is given green light