THE Kingsgate Centre has been given more time to expand.
The shopping centre’s owners won permission for the extension in 2008.
But the move was put on hold because of the recession.
Yesterday councillors gave W D Kingsgate a three-year extension to planning permission.
Clr Ken Sims spoke in favour of the move at yesterday’s meeting of Kirklees Council’s Huddersfield Planning Sub-committee.
“As we all know, things aren’t moving at the moment but we want to give Kingsgate the chance when the time is right,” he said.
The sub-committee unanimously backed the extension.
The Kingsgate 2 development would take in 0.6 hectares next to the centre, including Oldgate House, Wildcats nightclub and the former Palace Theatre.
The extension would include one shop fronting on to Kirkgate and seven smaller stores. The two-storey extension would enlarge retail space by 11,154sq metres. A further 190 parking spaces would be made
