Bid to build £5.5 million offices
Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound new office complex on a Telford business park. Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound new office complex on a Telford business park. Planning applications have been submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council for 10 new office blocks with parking spaces for more than 350 cars. The development - expected to cost at least £5.5 million - is planned for land off Hollinswood Road in Central Park, Snedshill . It will comprise 10, two-storey office blocks, covering more than 10,000 sq metres of land. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound new office complex on a Telford business park.
Planning applications have been submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council for 10 new office blocks with parking spaces for more than 350 cars. The development - expected to cost at least £5.5 million - is planned for land off Hollinswood Road in Central Park, Snedshill .
It will comprise 10, two-storey office blocks, covering more than 10,000 sq metres of land.
Mike Homer, the architect behind the scheme, said the development had been split into three phases, with the first was expected to cost £1,750,000.
An application has been submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council for full planning permission for the initial phase, while outline planning permission is being sought for the second and third.
Mr Homer said: "I would say over the three phases we're looking at a minimum development cost of something in the order of £5.5 million.
"With phase one we're trying to appeal to young businesses starting up.
"With the internet, there are a number of small companies that start up from home and as they grow and develop, they will need to branch out into their first office unit.
"These are the kind of offices we're hoping to create."
Neil Crowther, who is acting as planning agent for the developer Thomas Vale Developments, said the site was already a business park and was allocated for commercial use in the council's local plan.
He said phase two would include six office blocks 97 parking spaces, while phase three would comprise one large office block and 172 parking spaces.
"As part of the application proposals there are a number of highways measures," he said.
"These include providing a crossing point on Holyhead Road, between Furnace Road and Hollinswood Road in the town centre.
"We're also offering a financial contribution towards improving pedestrian and cycle routes."
The planning applications for the development are due to go before the council's plans board in the coming months.
By Becky Parkinson