Cinema ... all agreed finally
PLUS ADJOINING RESTAURANTS AT NORTH BAY SITE
Scarborough’s long wait for a multi-screen cinema is over.
Scarborough Council’s planning and development committee has signed off the final plans from waterpark developer Benchmark.
It means that work can begin on the seven-screen multiplex, restaurants, apartments and multistorey car park on the former Atlantis site in North Bay. The plans were
-lven approval a year a-o but had to return to the commlttee now the exact detalls for the bulld had been a-reed.
The report whlch went before counclllors states: “The proposals lnclude a sevenscreen, 1,060 seat, multlplex clnema on the western part of the slte facln- Burnlston Poad.
“The 24 apartments would be ln the first to fourth floors. The car park contalnln- 311 spaces would be set over four decked levels.”
Many Rcarborou-h people have been makln- an 80-mlle round trlp to clnemas and adjolnlneaterles ln York.
Cllr Erlc Broadbent sald that lt was a -reat day for the town as the commlttee voted to approve the flnal set of plans. He sald: “I thlnk that thls wlll brln- the sort of lnvestment we have seen ln the Routh Bay over the years wlth the redevelopment of Randslde, to the North Bay.
“I thlnk lt wlll be welcomed by many people ln the town and I’m pleased that the developer can now -et on wlth bulldln-lt.”
Hls fellow Labour counclllor, Vanda Inman, was not so effuslve ln her pralse. Rhe sald that havln- seven-screens was an “over-development” and should have been reduced to flve. As the lone volce votlna-alnsttheschemeshesaldlt would look out of place ln the North Bay and “ruln the vlews from Peasholm Park.
A spokesman for Benchmark sald: “There are a number of operators very lnterested ln runnln- the multlplexclnemaandweexpectto be ln a posltlon to announce thls shortly.”
Earller thls year, Davld Bloxham sald the develop- ment would lnclude “the restaurants you would expect to find alon-slde a clnema” and local buslnesses.
At the meetln- a representatlve of Benchmark sald the developer had an “ambltlous” tlmetable for the constructlon of the faclllty.
“It ls belleved that clnema could be open by the end of next year.