The Marchon site is a 52-hectare brownfield site located on the outskirts of the coastal town of Whitehaven. Marchon is uniquely positioned alongside St Bees Head, which is only Heritage Coastline in the North-West of England, while the site also has views across to the east that are framed by the Western Lakeland Fells. The site is included in the recently adopted Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 under two separate allocations. The northern part of the site is allocated for some 500 homes, whilst the remainder of the wider site is identified as a wider regeneration opportunity site suitable for a range and mix of uses including office, employment, residential, tourism associated development, community spaces, biodiversity and public open spaces.
We are keen to see the redevelopment of this significant brownfield site to deliver housing to meet the current housing needs in Whitehaven. The site requires remediation and we are working to establish a route for bringing the site forward for housing development.
We have an active and willing landowner and we now have the opportunity to approach development of the entire site in a masterplan-led manner, to ensure the extensive potential of the site is fully unlocked delivering significant benefits to the town.