Bid to build £51m national creative industries centre at Langthwaite Business Park

A bid has been made for the major facility to be built at Langthwaite Business Park, near South Kirkby.

Langthwaite is already the base for Production Park, a world leader in providing rehearsal and filming space for some of the world’s biggest stars including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Arctic Monkeys and the Rolling Stones.

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) meeting heard the project could bring new jobs and investment to the area.

WYCA submitted the ‘CoSTAR bid’ in February this year as part of a nationwide competition. If successful, Langthwaite will become home to a ‘national centre for the convergent screen technologies and performance in real-time’ (CoSTAR).

Speaking at a regeneration committee meeting, Ms Andrew said: “If successful it expected that the innovation hub would attract further investment to the area from creative industries, creating opportunities for people across West Yorkshire to pursue careers and skills development in the culture and creative sector.”

A decision on the bid is expected in August.

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