New Staffordshire industrial development planned.

Plans have been submitted to develop a 15-acre site into a light industrial employment site.

Development company Cole Waterhouse and funding partner Peveril Securities has submitted the plans for the scheme at Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-Under-Lyme in Staffordshire.

It is hoped that this development will create more than 630 jobs and inject up to £37.3m GVA for the local economy. The estimated two-year building period would also supply around 144 construction and 169 supply chain jobs.

The exact result of the development is currently undecided. The end result will be a maximum of 300,000 sq ft, but this could be spread over one or multiple different industrial units.

Cole Waterhouse chief executive Damian Flood said: “Our plans will create significant new local employment opportunities and secure a thriving future for the area.

“It is in an excellent location surrounded by existing light industrial buildings, offices and warehouses and we are excited by the potential to breathe new life into a currently unused brownfield site and bring additional and complementary facilities to this thriving employment area.

“The project team has been consulting closely with the Council, key stakeholders and local residents to create an employment-led scheme which will deliver maximum economic benefit to the local area.

“We are really pleased to be moving into this new development sector with this exciting scheme and we will be aiming to secure more industrial and logistics projects as the year progresses.

“Cole Waterhouse will be focusing on growing its student and high-rise residential portfolio through 2020 and will also look to branch out into care home sector, hotels, strategic land, and asset repositioning opportunities.”

Moving into a new building is an exciting time for any business. However, it is vital that they have a way to keep track of visitors coming and going throughout all the new areas of the business park, to avoid confusion and possible security risks.

Time and Attendance Midlands can offer our Management of Contractors and Visitors Software to help everyone be in the right place at the right time. This network-based application allows you to advance book visitor appointments and pre-book on site contractors.

These bookings can be made either via the PC based application or a user’s Internet browser. As soon as an appointment is booked, notification emails are sent to both the visitor and their host informing them of the appointment’s date, time and location.

If there is no reception area in your workspace, or if there is not a designated receptionist, we can also offer you the Self-Service Visitor Management App, which enables visitors to check themselves in for appointments using a touchscreen. This can send an email directly to the person who will be hosting them. Using the app instead of a receptionist can save you money and free up staff to be more productive elsewhere.

If the appointment is for a visitor or contractor who needs to go around alone, MCVS provides a Welfare Check page to set up welfare notification reminders. These reminders (an on screen popup or an email) prompt the host to perform a safety check on the lone worker.

This means that you are kept up to date and there can be no ambiguity about location. A history of these welfare checks, along with full details of the visitor entry and exit times, is also recorded for audit purposes.