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Go-ahead given for 1,400 homes, hotel and health centre on old chemical works site

Source: https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/

Plans to transform Castleford’s old chemical works into a vast housing and leisure complex have been approved. Up to 1,400 new homes could be built on land which also includes the town’s former Nestle factory, which closed in 2012.Shops, restaurants, a hotel, health centre and care home have also been earmarked for the site, off Wheldon Road. Supporters of the scheme believe the proposals will change the face of the area, part of which has been unused since the chemical works shut 11 years ago.