Chronicle Live reports around 500 new jobs are to be created through the redevelopment of a former smelting plant in Lynemouth, Northumberland, after Harworth Estates Investments was given the green light by the local council’s strategic planning committee for a new employment park.

The paper adds, the term ‘employment park’ is being used to cover an array of possible uses on the site, from warehousing and storage to industrial.

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