Up to 4,000 new jobs could be created through the regeneration of a historic East Midlands ironworks site.
Verdant Regeneration has submitted formal plans to redevelop 200 acres of the historic Stanton Ironworks site, which runs alongside the M1 between Nottingham and Derby.
The company – a partnership between Ward Recycling and Trust Utilities – says the scheme would be named New Stanton Park and would be a “new beginning” for the 450-acre ironworks.
It hopes to bring the area “back to life” with warehouse and industrial units totalling around 2.5 million sq ft.
The project would also see the reintroduction of a Midland Mainline rail connection through a 17-acre rail hub, giving access for companies transporting their goods to and from the site and across the 海角视频.
Erewash Borough Council is expected to make a decision on the planning application in the next few months.
Papers submitted by Verdant say the construction and demolition stages of the development would create 562 jobs each year and that, when complete, this would increase to 4,000 jobs on-site and 400 jobs elsewhere.
The papers detail that the pandemic has effectively pressed fast-forward on the surge towards online shopping within a vastly increased need for distribution centres around the 海角视频.
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They say: “New Stanton Park offers a well-connected strategic location for the delivery of employment floor space in the industrial and logistics sector.
“Recent global events have brought forward a trend in e-commerce that would have happened naturally over 10-15 years.
“This sudden shift in shopping habits has left a deficit in the market for available distribution centres, for which New Stanton Park is ideally located to supply buildings, and jobs to Erewash borough residents.”
The firm says: “The local manufacturing industry requires efficient logistics facilities to serve the manufacturing process, and meet the increased demand from e-commerce.
“Recent trends in ‘reshoring’- the return of component suppliers back to the 海角视频 particularly from the Far East – has also accentuated the need for efficient logistics buildings to be developed as a matter of urgency.
“For many, the trend towards very large-scale logistics buildings is perhaps best appreciated from the phenomenal growth in e-commerce.
“The sophistication of the supply chain, and the efficiency in delivery of goods to customers is only achievable by the location of logistics buildings close to the strategic highway network and close to the customer.
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“New Stanton Park is located a short trip from the M1 motorway and has existing rail access that can accommodate 650m trains without splitting.
“The innovative and high-quality design will attract major regional and national employers to the site. Initial occupiers will ‘buy into the long-term vision.
"High-quality businesses employ high-quality staff.”
Warehouse units on the site would range from 15,000 square feet, up to one million square feet.
The site would include fishing ponds and walking and cycling routes in the north west of the site and along the northern border.
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The Stanton Ironworks site has been empty for more than a decade after being a landmark industrial hub in the region for more than 160 years, employing thousands of people.
During the war, the Stanton Gate Foundry (known to later generations as the Erewash Foundry) produced 873,500 bomb casings.
Images provided by Verdant also show the site’s production of huge 44-foot tube components for the Mersey Tunnel
At its height, 7,000 people were employed at the Stanton works.
The last iron pipes were produced on May 24, 2007, when 185 workers left the site for the final time.