A milestone has been marked on the new St. Modwen Park Chippenham development.

St. Modwen and Winvic have begun work on site, which will see a 106,000 sq ft speculative unit developed.

The site, formerly known as Chippenham Gateway, secured planning permission from Wiltshire Council in August 2018 and has permission to build a variety of units ranging from 100,000 sq ft to 1,000,000 sq ft on the 79-acre site.

Once completed, the whole site is expected to create around 1,300 jobs once complete as well as skills, training and apprenticeship opportunities through a planned partnership with Wiltshire College.

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Peter Davies, Development Director at St. Modwen Industrial & Logistics, said: "St. Modwen Park Chippenham is a key industrial and logistics site in the south west region. We have already had a significant amount of interest due to its excellent location and we are able to meet specific occupier requirements with build to suit solutions in addition to our high-quality speculative build programme."

Alistair Cunningham, Executive Director at Wiltshire Council, added: "St. Modwen Park Chippenham is an important site with real potential for growing employment in the north of the county. Once complete, the site will drive economic development as well as bring job opportunities to the area."

(CM/MH)