New Telford business park could create more than 110 jobs
More than 110 jobs could be created under a scheme to build a business park in Telford.
Morris & Company and the Homes and Communities Agency have jointly applied to build seven industrial units on land at the rear of Hadley Park House Hotel, in Hadley Park East.
It could provide up to 28 separate units, according to the plans lodged with Telford & Wrekin Council.
The development would be built in 'zones'.
A report, submitted with the planning application, states: "The layout is commercial in nature but welcoming and positively landscaped to a good standard bringing many new qualities to the area.
"The layout is uncluttered, easy to navigate and opens up views from the A442 making for good advertising potential.
"This planned development creates seven light industrial buildings, each capable of being let to 28 individual tenants or variations there of, plus associated landscaped parking."
It says the development offers 'flexible employment opportunity' and on a site that offers 'good accessibility'.
The report continues: "Creating a flexible business park will help to strengthen a local work live balance in terms of meeting the needs of existing businesses through greater diversity in the economic regional community."
According to the planning application, the development could create 112 full-time jobs.
There would also be 197 car parking spaces provided, as well as 80 spaces offered for bikes.
The development is earmarked for the rear of Hadley Park House Hotel – a Grade II listed building believed to date from the late 18th century.
A decision on the proposals is expected to be made by Telford & Wrekin Council in the upcoming months.
It emerged last year that Shrewsbury developer Morris Property had bought the five-acre site, with plans to turn it into a set of trade counters.
While a different concept, the speculative development could replicate the success of Morris’s trade counter developments at Battlefield in Shrewsbury in recent years.
The developer has exchanged contracts with the Homes and Communities Agency and Telford & Wrekin Council on the land.
This site forms part of Telford & Wrekin Council’s Land Deals programme and its inward investment service, Enterprise Telford negotiated the transaction on behalf of the partners.
The land fronts the A442 Queensway, known locally as the Eastern Primary.
Morris Property is part of a fifth-generation family business working in property investment and management, new build residential and commercial developments and restoration schemes.
