Significant remediation work has already taken place on the North Magazine, including extensive ground investigations and earth movement/sifting in preparing the site for further development. Detailed design work for the required infrastructure has now also been completed following the masterplanning exercise carried out in Summer 2020.

The council is now ready to commence the construction phase at the North Magazine following a successful tender exercise which will include the installation of the estate roads, utility trenches, SUDS, foul drainage, walkways / cycleways and landscaping features. The work will see the North Magazine sub-divided into a number of smaller plots in line with identified investor interest.

Owen Pell Limited have been appointed following an open tender exercise which was carried out via the pro contract system, and evaluated against both cost and quality. The council’s contract procedure rules have been followed with support from the commercial team.