Plans have been approved for a £300 million expansion project at Meadowhall shopping centre in South Yorkshire.

British Land will build a 330,000 sq ft Leisure Hall extension to the centre which will integrate with the centre's front. Features include dining and entertaining options, a new cinema, café court, gym, open-air terrace and space for leisure, event and community use.

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The project will follow a £60m refurbishment project at Meadowhall which will transform the centre's look and feel.

Charles Maudsley, Head of Retail, Leisure and Residential for British Land, said: "We are delighted with the Planning Committee's decision and will now work with our partners and other stakeholders over the coming months on the detail of the Leisure Hall to ensure Meadowhall delivers the maximum benefits for customers, retailers and the wider Sheffield City Region.

"The refurbishment completing later this year, our continued leasing success, significant store investment by retailers and the Leisure Hall proposals are all significant steps in the centre's continued evolution."

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