Four business park buildings including former Camelot offices could be set for demolition to make way for development.
Such a request comes at a very early stage in the planning process, but it indicates that the developer is seeking permission to demolish the offices there and build 13 industrial units covering 16,241 square metres — more than two football pitches.The existing buildings were only built in 1990, but according to planning documents, they “do not meet the present requirements of modern business-space occupiers”.
Camelot HQ is just across the road from the site and Camelot also operated from one of the four buildings set for demolition.The main HQ, at the corner by the roundabout, is not one of the buildings earmarked for demolition.The council’s adopted screening opinion judged that the proposal “has the potential to increase noise, disturbance, emissions and vibrations resulting from construction and the impact of potential additional traffic movements following occupation of the development”.