PRUPIM and Astral believe that the proposals will bring many benefits to the area, including:
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Retaining the existing jobs on site and bringing total employment up to about 1600 jobs, in line with Council planning policies which identify the site for employment uses
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Providing a boost to the local economy, creating an estimated 350 ‘spin-off’ jobs for local firms
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The remediation of the site, which is currently contaminated with hazardous petro-chemicals and asbestos
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Replacing vacant and redundant buildings with a new state of the art business and logistics park
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Providing £3.5 million investment to the local road network to minimise the impact on local residents and improve road safety
The site will be decontaminated and cleaned up as part of the development. It is well screened from all sides by woodland, and the development will not be visible from any residential area. Procedures have been agreed to identify and protect important flora and fauna.
A series of environmental initiatives are proposed including:
- The recycling of the concrete, brickwork and steel currently on site
- A ten-fold reduction in energy uses compared to the former use of the site
- A thirty-fold reduction in water use compared to the former use of the site
- The introduction of rainwater harvesting and recycling to be used for irrigation and landscaping purposes
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