Plans for a new West Cumbrian business park on the site of a former mill have been lodged.
Genr8ated want to demolish buildings on the Cleator Mills site and build a new warehouse and offices. The scheme would create 15 full-time jobs.
It has applied to Copeland Borough Council for permission to carry out the work.
The site started life as flax mill employing 600 people. It also set the stage for a leap forward in rights for women workers when the female workforce went on strike in 1915.
The latest application, involving the development of a warehouse and demolition of redundant buildings reveals that operations at the site involve the hiring of plant and equipment on a commercial basis in connection with work at Sellafield.
The former flax mill buildings are described as “dilapidated” but the wider vision for the site is for the larger of the three buildings to provide a café and conference facilities on the ground floor.
Plans will not involve any new or altered vehicle access to the site, any new public roads or pedestrian access.
There is currently no formal parking spaces at the site but the development will create 19 for cars, two disability spaces and two for motorcycles. No protected or priority species are found at the site.
