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England: Casino plans set for go-ahead29 October 2008YARMOUTH, England -- As reported by the Norwich Evening News: "The race to build the only large casino on the East coast will be stepped up later this week when Yarmouth councillors consider plans for a £35m casino and leisure complex next to the resort's Pleasure Beach. "The borough council's development control committee is being recommended to support the scheme - predicted to create about 1,000 jobs - in a report prepared by independent planning consultant Richard Wingate, especially commissioned to avoid any accusations of bias. "...Ahead of Thursday's Town Hall meeting, Pleasure Beach boss Albert Jones, whose company Pleasure and Leisure is spearheading the scheme, said he felt planning approval would put him in pole position to clinch the town's prized large casino licence, one of eight to have been granted across the country under the new gambling legislation. "...A proposed four-star hotel, originally billed as 180 rooms, has been slightly downscaled to 138 rooms, to be built on six floors, instead of eight floors, above the casino..." |