BAE SYSTEMS PLC ROF BISHOPTON Traffic Management Plan

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
ROF BISHOPTON
Traffic Management Plan
24 th October 2010
facilities and welfare facilities dating back to initial operations at Georgetown
which commenced in 1915, involving shell filling during the great war, until
1919. Subsequently, in 1940 operations recommenced in 3 new factories to
manufacture propellant for the British Army and Royal Air force – The factory
was finally closed in 2000, however an operational Environmental Test Facility
(ETF) remains on site and will remain operational for the foreseeable future.
The ETF is outwith the scope of this document and will be isolated from the
main site by way of security fencing and utility service alterations and
diversions.
The ROF Bishopton Site remains an explosives Licensed Site under license
from the Health & Safety Executive, however, the boundary of that license will
be revised over time to reflect completion of remediation works and handover
of each area to developers.
As all factory sites are now redundant, BAE Systems Plc have undertaken to
carry out a programme of remediation and infrastructure works to prepare
elements of the site for sale to housing and commercial developers which
includes the provision of community facilities. Of the 1000ha within the site
ownership boundary approximately 230ha will be developed as a Core
Development Area (CDA) with the remainder converted to Woodland Park for
public use. Remediation standards will reflect the future proposed uses of the
site. A Masterplan drawing is included within Appendix A.
Structures on site are of varying vintage and are currently disused. With no
practical current use they are therefore largely surplus to requirements
BAE Systems will continue to operate commercially the ETF situated at the
southeast corner of the site and occupying approximately 170 hectares of
land. This facility employs around 40 permanent staff. Access to and from the
facility is to be maintained throughout the redevelopment of the rest of the
ROF site.
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