NORTHERN TRUST AND CLOSELINK APPOINT SAVILLS TO MARKET PRESTIGIOUS WHYNDYKE SITE IN BLACKPOOL

11th October 2018

Northern Trust and development partners, Closelink are pleased to announce that they have appointed Savills to market their site at Whyndyke near Blackpool.

The planning permission covering the whole site which extends to 200 acres and includes an allocation for 1,400 new homes, 20 hectares of employment land and related development inclusive of local centres, a primary school and community facilities.

Steve Glenn, Land Executive for Northern Trust commented “We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Savills to market this site, which is situated in a great strategic location and will bring about significant investment into the area and provide major benefits to the local community.”

Ed Rooney, Director at Savills said “We are excited to now bring this site to the market on behalf of the landowners. The site will be marketed by ourselves on the basis of phased disposal or as a single entity. The greenfield site benefits from an attractive semi-rural location to the eastern fringe of Blackpool, with the benefit of close proximity to the M55 motorway. The residential element of the site has the benefit of a planning consent and provides the opportunity for developers to build out high quality, new homes in the short term.”

The site is predominantly located to the east of Blackpool Town Centre, on the edge of the built up area of Marton. It is contained by Mythop Road to the North, Preston New Road to the West, the M55 to the South and substantial woodland belt to the East. The site is in close proximity to the M55 motorway, providing good connections to Preston, Manchester and Liverpool

For more details please contact Savills: Ed Rooney, Director on 0161 602 8211 or via email ERooney@savills.com

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