Job-creating plans for industrial and logistics hub

Plans have been revealed for a major new industrial and logistics hub at a former petrochemical site in Greater Manchester, with up to 1,600 jobs in the pipeline.Wain Estates is behind the proposals for The Junction, which will provide one million sq ft of employment space.It is the latest phase of Carrington Estate, a long-term project to redevelop the old petrochemical site in the south west of Manchester.Proposals for The Junction will provide significant environmental improvements with extensive native tree and shrub planting. New and varied habitat creation, as well as investment into sustainable transport links with footpaths and cycleways is also proposed.Carrington Estate managing director, Jack Brister, said: “The Junction offers the only location in the region that can comfortably accommodate larger scale units of up to 500,000 sq. ft. which will attract blue chip companies, creating in the region of 1,600 jobs together with multiple training opportunities.”The site is the subject of indicative plans for two large scale buildings and a third, smaller unit all accessed from a new entrance on Isherwood Road.Brister added: “The vast majority of the application site is on previously developed land, much of it now used simply as open storage which provides little in the way of employment or amenity.“The proposals will target net zero, provide a significant ecological enhancement area with investment in a linked sustainable transport network and will positively transform the area without intruding.”A planning application for The Junction has been lodged with Trafford Borough Council. If approved construction could begin at the end of 2023/2024.