Hundreds of jobs could be created on the Isle of Wight as the second part of a major delivery depot development has been unveiled.
Due to the rise in online shopping, plans have been submitted to build a warehouse and parcel collection centre at Whippingham Technology Park, opposite the Isle of Wight College’s CECAMM Centre.
Proposals have been submitted by a West Sussex pension scheme, Chartwood Holdings, although some plans have been devised for company, Logistics 4U.
Smaller warehouse and parking bays
In April this year, plans for a larger warehouse at the back of the technology park next to Certas Energy were submitted to the Isle of Wight council, but have yet to be determined.
The new plans, recently submitted, could see a smaller warehouse also built at the technology park, with 21 parking bays for lorries.
200 new jobs
Between the two units, 200 full-time jobs would be created in the delivery business.
It would have a parcel collection area for customers on the ground floor and offices and a boardroom on the top floor.
Permission was granted in 2017 for a warehouse opposite CECAMM but the proposals have now changed to take account of current market requirements and business growth, planning documents say.
Important opportunity for investment and economic regeneration
The Planning and Development Hub says the proposals represent an important opportunity for investment and economic regeneration.
The plans say 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.
During the day, it is proposed four 40ft lorries will come and go from the site, as well as 32 vans, leaving at different times of the day.
View the plans
You can view the plans, 22/02284/FUL, on the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee.
The public consultation runs until 17th November 2023.
If both applications go ahead all plots of the technology park would be full.
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