Issa brothers outline 592,000 sq ft Blackburn industrial
Monte Blackburn’s proposals focus on a 48-acre site off Junction 5 of the M65, a plot set to be released from the Green Belt under the borough’s emerging local plan.
The Issa brothers’ development company has unveiled its plans to deliver 592,000 sq ft of industrial space between the villages of Belthorn and Guide, with a consultation now open for the scheme.
The consultation can be accessed at central65.co.uk and will be open for comments until 1 December.
Illustrative plans drawn up by Campbell Driver Partnership indicate that the project would be made up of seven large units for industrial and storage use.
Named Central 65, it is estimated that the scheme would create around 650 new jobs.
The development site sits on a larger parcel of land that is allocated for up to 774,500 sq ft of employment space under the emerging Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Local Plan, which is expected to be formally adopted in January.
Monte Blackburn is aiming to submit a planning application for the plot before the end of this year.
Every week it appears Blackburn with Darwen are building more homes and more employment site shows the benefits of a ambitious long term local plan
By George
If that gets built, then we may aswell just build everywhere and anywhere! its in the middle of greenbelt, come on??? plenty of brownfield sites to build on, stop being lazy.
By M
We have population growth of 400,000 + per year – we need houses, shops, more roads, leisure facilities, super markets, ports, airports etc etc. if migration continues at this level net zero is a complete pipe dream and so will any resemblance of the country side
By Stuart wood
No !!!! Not on green belt!!
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