Turnstone Estates has submitted a new planning application to Colchester Borough Council for its 200,000 sq ft, Northern Gateway leisure development in Colchester.
Set for completion in 2022/3, the Colchester Northern Gateway site now provides a 12-screen Cineworld cinema (with Superscreen and 4DX), a Hollywood Bowl bowling alley, a Putt Stars indoor golf centre, a Jump Street run climbing centre; seven restaurants, two drive thru restaurants and a 90-bed hotel.
In addition to parking for 750 cars, the scheme will have eight electric car rapid charging points.
Subject to approval, work will start early next year.
Cllr David King, portfolio holder for Business and Resources, said: “We warmly welcome these revised plans from Turnstone Estates. They represent an exciting and significant step forward in the development of a project that will bring some fantastic new leisure facilities as well as more hugely valuable new jobs and investment into Colchester. It shows again the confidence of others in Colchester’s future as a great place to live, work and visit.”
Chris Goldsmith, managing director of Turnstone Estates, said: “Despite the current uncertainty around the leisure sector, we have been buoyed by the continued level of occupational demand for Northern Gateway. Our revised plans will help to deliver an exciting, state-of-the-art leisure development for Colchester in a post-Covid environment.”
Turnstone is being advised by Whybrow and Wareing and Partners.
