The demolition of existing switch room and an existing drum store and the construction of a new 3 storey manufacturing building to the east of the existing manufacturing building. At ground floor level the new manufacturing building will comprise warehouse area with two loading docks, a main production area, changing facilities, entrance area, offices, circulation corridors, workshops and a quality control laboratory. First floor level will comprise laboratory accommodation, offices, meeting rooms, circulation corridors, mechanical and electrical plant rooms. Second floor level will comprise process, mechanical and electrical plantrooms and circulating corridors. Roof level will comprise double stacked air handling units, chillers, miscellaneous mechanical pipework and electrical cable tray on pipe bridge structures traversing the roof. The development will also consist of a new single storey drum storage building & a 2 storey central utilities building accommodating boilers, air compressors and electrical switch rooms. A pipe Rack structure will carry electrical cable tray and pipework between the main production building, the drum store, the central utilities building and a new wastewater treatment plant. External works will comprise: The provision of a new internal road serving the south side of the main production building and along the west side serving the new central utilities building and drum store. The hard-standing area between the drum store and central utilities building to accommodate a process regenerative thermal oxidiser accessible by a service road between CUB and drum store. The provision of a hard-standing area east of the drum store and central utilities building accommodating a replacement switch room, regenerative thermal oxidiser serving the WWTP, a fire water storage tank, a used pallet storage area, a pump house, a foam pump house and an area to locate emergency generators. The height of the existing fire water retention pond is to be increased by 500mm for increased capacity. An extension to the wastewater treatment plant serving the new development will comprise an electrical switch room building, multiple tanks and bunded areas to be located on the east side of the site. Expansion of the existing tank farm will comprise the installation of mechanical equipment and solvent recovery units, serviced by a new tanker loading bay. The provision of a new main electrical switch building adjacent to the existing security cabin. The existing incumbent contractors compound / carpark is to be relocated to the west side of the existing firewater retention pond. This application also includes a temporary contractors construction compound (for the construction duration of the project only) comprising double stacked portacabins, truck wheel wash area, workshops and materials set down area. The development will require a relocated staff carpark overall car parking on the site is to be rationalized into one car park area serving the entire site providing 434 car park spaces including 10 disabled parking spaces, 205 electric charging spaces (including 1 disabled parking space), 10 motorcycle parking spaces, 52 covered bicycle spaces, a covered bus stop, security turnstiles with glazed canopy and an EV charging switch room, all enclosed within a 1m high boundary fence and all associated site works.
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