Freeport site in Anglesey hits market

The 61-acre former Octel Bromine Works is up for sale, with agent Legat Owen touting its potential as a future tourist site, energy facility, or mixed-use development.

A guide price has not been provided for the five freehold titles that make up the former plant site located in Amlwch on the north-east coast of Anglesey.

Situated off Craig y Don Road, the site sits within the future Anglesey Freeport, an area that will provide tax and planning incentives.

Chemical company Associated Octel spent decades manufacturing bromine from seawater at the site. The bromine made by Octel could be used in a variety of materials as a flame retardant. Bromine can also used in creating pharmaceuticals, water treatment, energy storage, and rubber enhancement.

Octel shut down the facility in 2004. Two years later, Anglesey LNG purchased the freeholds, two of which cost £1.25m, according to HM Land Registry.

Most of the former bromine plant has been demolished to slab level, but a few buildings still remain and have proven to be popular photograph locations for urban explorers.

The site has 48 acres of net development area, according to Legat Owen. The agent noted that planning permission had been previously granted to erect a liquid natural gas plant on the site. Pre application advice has also been given for a possible holiday park.