Plans to build a huge cardboard box manufacturing facility spanning almost 800,000 sq ft next to the M53 in Ellesmere Port are on the verge of securing the green light.
A hybrid planning application by Peel Investments (North) to transform the 45.5-acre site of the former Cabot Carbon plant, which closed in 2009, is set to be discussed by Cheshire West & Chester Council's planning committee on Tuesday, 5 September 2017.
Full planning permission is sought for phase one of the UMC Architects-designed scheme which comprises a 327,976 sq ft corrugated cardboard and cardboard box manufacturing facility, while outline consent is requested for phase two which features an additional manufacturing facility of up to 468,230 sq ft. The investment required to bring forward phase one alone would be approximately £120m.
The end user for the proposed development is German manufacturing giant Prowell, which already has premises in Ellesmere Port. The scheme would generate approximately 68 jobs.
In advance of the committee meeting, a planning officer's report has recommended that the scheme should be approved.
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