D-day for £350m YES! project

COUNCILLORS are meeting this afternoon to decide whether a controversial £350 million leisure development should get the go-ahead.
By Michael Upton
Published 17th May 2010, 15:08 BST
Updated 2nd Dec 2016, 12:51 BST

COUNCILLORS were meeting this afternoon to decide whether a controversial £350 million leisure development should get the go-ahead.

The borough council’s planning board is considering Oak Holdings' application for the YES! Project next to Rother Valley Country Park.

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Oak’s plans include an "extreme sports complex" with climbing wall, three hotels, a conference centre, a shopping mall, a "brewery experience", a range of restaurants and an outdoor golf driving range.

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The application is a scaled-down version of plans approved five years ago and is expected to get the go-ahead but countryside campaigners have branded the scheme “completely over-the-top.”

John King, Planning Officer at CPRE South Yorkshire, said: “We can see how things like a chocolate experience and brewing experience sound like exciting tourist attractions but it’s completely over-the-top to build such a massive development on precious, restored green belt land.”