UK Coal has got the go-ahead to redevelop the oldest mine site in Britain into a residential-led regeneration scheme. UK Coal has won planning from Wakefield Council to develop 917 homes and a business park on the 300-acre former Prince of Wales Colliery site at Pontefract in West Yorkshire. The scheme also includes retail outlets, restaurants and community facilities including a medical centre and nursery, as well as parkland. UK Coal chief executive Jon Lloyd said: “Wakefield’s decision is a major milestone in the regeneration of an area. The close working relationship and understandings developed with all the interested parties over recent years augurs well for the future. We look forward to turning the blueprint of a new future into a reality.”

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18 August 2008
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