TOWN Hall chiefs at Warrington have approved a proposal to fund a marketing exercise for Birchwood Park to consider offers for a possible disposal.
Members of the borough council’s cabinet approved the proposal after receiving a report from Cllr Denis Matthews, cabinet member for finance, assets and investments.
But it was stressed that it was not a proposal to sell Birchwood Park at this stage.
Any disposal of the property would be subject to a further cabinet report, following a marketing exercise.
Disposal of the property, if considered, would be for economic regeneration, growth, debt reduction and financial capital receipt purposes.
The reason for the decision was said to be because it is recommended to progress the proposal as it is considered best value for the council and in the best financial interests of the council.
The 49-hectare business park is one of the biggest employment areas in the North West and is home to a number of high profile companies including Rolls Royce SMR, Amentum, Cavendish Nuclear, Vesta Wind Technology, Mirion Technologies, Nuvia and the Government’s National Nuclear Laboratories.
Sellafield Ltd have their headquarters adjacent to the park.
Among other occupiers of Birchwood Park are household appliance manufacturer Hoover Candy, Haier, IT management solutions company Flexera Software and new online retailers and distribution centres ArneClo and Manière de Voir.
More than 165 companies occupy the park, employing more than 6,000 people
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The penny has finally dropped !
WBC finally accept that the town is 2 million gbp in debt. And the only way to reduce it is to offload property to pay the debt off.
I wonder if polluting the site with all kinds of nasties this new fire test warehouses I keep hearing about is soon to bite them in the arse. I hope potential buyers know about it