First plots under offer at landmark mixed-use development

The first plots of land are under offer at a major new mixed-use industrial development which forms part of a £1bn plan to transform a Midlands town.Partners involved in the Station Island development at Wellingborough say offers have been submitted for affordable homes on two separate plots amid “significant” interest in the “once-in-a-generation” project.And they have unveiled artist’s impressions of how one of the town’s most historic buildings could be given a new life under the plans.The scheme is part of the Stanton Cross development which will create more than 3,000 new jobs, open up over 1.5m sq ft of commercial space and see the building of 3,650 new homes and community facilities.Michelle Mills, partner in Coventry-based Bromwich Hardy which is marketing Station Island jointly with Drake Commercial for Stanton Cross Developments, said interest in the project had been exceptional.Nicholas Roberts, of Drake Commercial, said the plans for the roundhouse illustrated the quality and attention to detail associated with the whole scheme.