Hundreds of jobs could be created at a major warehouse development on the Isle of Wight.
A distribution building has been proposed at the Whippingham Technology Park, joining the Isle of Wight College’s CECAMM centre and Certas Energy fuel depot.
The application has been submitted by Chartwood Holdings Pension Scheme, based in West Sussex, although some plans have been devised for company, Logistics 4U.
It forms part of a larger development proposed for the site next to GKN, with the first phase building a smaller distribution centre on the remaining part of the park.
The first phase, which is also proposed by the same applicant, has yet to be submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.
If both applications go ahead all plots of the technology park would be full.
The building in phase two, could be 1,680m² and have 24 distribution bays.
It could create 200 jobs, documents submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, by the Planning and Development Hub, say.
The planning agents say, as the company behind the proposal grows and demand increases from online shopping, the jobs would have ‘generally higher value salaries’ than the Island’s average.
The development represents an important opportunity for investment and economic regeneration, it says.
Under the outline permission, the scale and access for the site are proposed.
The Planning Hub argue the proposals already have planning permission, given the consent granted in 2011.
When the technology park was first developed, outline permission was granted to construct nearly 17,000m² of business, office, storage, distribution and warehouse space.
It is said the technology park has been designed and laid out to accommodate commercial levels of traffic and the potential increase in traffic has already been accounted for.
Traffic movements from the site would include four 40ft lorries and 32 vans.
The lorries would arrive via Red Funnel in the morning and then leave at staggered times back to the mainland.
The vans would leave the site in the morning and return in the afternoon.
You can view the plans, 22/02293/OUT, on the council’s planning register. Comments can be submitted until June 5.
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