Automaker Bentley Motors has revealed proposals to turn its Cheshire site into a campus-style manufacturing hub.
The firm’s new development framework outlines the long-term future of its factory in Crewe and its position at the heart of the town’s economy.
Drawn up in consultation with Cheshire East Council, Bentley believes the framework provides a platform for the delivery a modern advanced manufacturing base with improved efficiency, security and productivity.
The company’s plan is to build a campus-style site that could expand in line with with its ambitions. The campus would, according to Bentley, be where design, research, engineering, manufacturing and security are "fully integrated within a single site with seamless connectivity that enables the efficient flow of people, goods and services”.
The framework is managed by Cheshire East Council’s arms-length Skills and Growth Company and seeks to outline the design, development and planning policy considerations to be used in the determination of future planning applications at the Bentley site.
Bentley’s aspirations for its expanded facility would see parts of nearby Pyms Lane and Sunnybank Road closed to the public. No decision has yet been made on these proposals, which form part of the consultation.
The framework will go before Cheshire East’s cabinet next week (December 6) for approval as a document for public consultation, following which a six-week public consultation would run from January 3 to February 14.
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