BAE Systems wants to take over the former Robert McBride site to use it for storage – employing up to 40 people.
The Park Road site of the cleaning products firm closed in 2019, with the loss of 106 jobs.
Now BAE Systems has applied to Barrow council to use the site.
Its proposal said: “Operations would be carried out on a 24/7 basis, and the facility would ultimately employ up to 40 employees.”
The current site comprises 13,470 sq m of floorspace and is a former industrial facility made up of sheds and a double-storey administrative building and plant.
The proposed work would see a 3m mesh fence erected around the high-voltage switchgear compound as well as a new section of 3m mesh fence to block the existing road and connect the existing fence line.
A number of other work is proposed, including line-painting within the car parking and loading areas and pruning of trees and vegetation.
The planning statement says: “Car parking – totalling 124 spaces – loading and external storage areas are situated on hardstand adjacent to the side and rear site boundaries.
“An effluent plant, sprinkler tank and a further tract of land are situated within the land ownership boundaries to the rear of the application site which constitutes the main developed area.
“The overall land ownership site exhibits a land area of 6.64 hectares.
“The site benefits from two access points at the north-eastern and south-eastern corners of the site, facilitating direct access from Park Road for light and heavy vehicles, respectively.”
The transport assessment submitted as part of the application says: “Access to the site would remain as existing, with two direct accesses from Park Road.
“The southern entrance is primarily for delivery vehicles and some staff parking, and the northern access is for staff and visitors.
“A further staff car park is located on the western part of the site and this is accessed from Park Road via a shared access road through the neighbouring Gilmour site to the north of the site.”
A decision on the application, which would see the site become class B8 (storage or floorspace), is pending.
