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Wakefield Council Wakefield Metropolitan District Council has approved plans from Moorfield Group for a 100,000 sq ft extension at the Ridings Shopping Centre. 05-Mar-2008 Wakefield Council is to transform Bretton Hall stately home into a luxury hotel and spa, in partnership with Leeds-based property developer Rushbond. 05-Nov-2007 Wakefield Council has secured a £5m lottery grant to build a £26m Hepworth gallery and arts centre by October 2008. 03-Jul-2006 Wakefield Council is to consider plans to extend the Theatre Royal, including a new foyer, bars, box office and education suite. 28-Feb-2006 Wakefield Council is to receive plans from Waystone for the development of a £200m rugby stadium in Glasshoughton for Castleford Tigers. 13-Feb-2006 Wakefield Council is considering plans for a £50m redevelopment of the town centre, including an extension to the Carlton Lanes shopping centre. 29-Nov-2004 Wakefield Council has approved plans from Capital & Regional Investments for the development of a £40m Xscape ski slope and leisure complex in Castleford. 31-Aug-2001 Wakefield Council has approved plans for the £5m redevelopment of the National Coal Mining Museum. 24-Jan-2000 Wakefield Council is considering plans from Bass Leisure Retail and Peel Developments for the construction of a hotel and pub at Durkar. 21-Jan-2000 Wakefield Council is to consider plans for the construction of a car supermarket at the Calder Island development, which would create 55 jobs. 14-Jan-2000 Wakefield Council is considering plans from Coalgas UK for the development of a 10MW generator fuelled by waste gas at five abandoned mines at the Wheldale Colliery. 16-Dec-1999 Wakefield Council is planning a £0.5m project to transform Sandal Castle into a tourist attraction. 21-Oct-1999 Wakefield Council has approved plans from MED Contracting for a reclamation scheme at the former Woolley Colliery, which will involve opencasting about 164,000 tonnes of coal. 17-Mar-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008