Cross Gates Wetherspoons opening delayed after contractors go into administration

Castleford-based Sanderson Construction confirmed it appointed administrators last week.

The company had delivered a number of fit-outs and refurbishments for major pub and hotel groups, including Wetherspoons sites at Heathrow Terminal 5 and St Pancras station in London.

The Charles Henry Roe in Austhorpe Road, Cross Gates, was set to open on Tuesday, March 3.

But the opening will be delayed by at least three weeks, and likely longer, according to a Wetherspoons spokesman.

A new official opening date is yet to be announced.

JD Wetherspoon faced a long battle with Leeds City Council in its discussions to open the pub, which is in an old doctors surgery.

The firm won an appeal in 2018 after councillors failed to make a decision about whether to approve the proposal.

The pub will have a beer garden with capacity for up to 70 drinkers.