Mill site explosion memorial plan includes 58 homes

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 06:32 · Archive

Plans include up to 58 homes and industrial development on the Bosley mill site where four people died in a 2015 explosion.

Plans have been submitted for up to 58 homes and industrial development on the site of Bosley Works in Cheshire, where four workers died in an explosion at the Wood Flour Mill in July 2015. Derek Moore, Dorothy Bailey, William Barks and Jason Shingler were all killed in the explosion and fire.

Boden and Davies Ltd is seeking full planning permission for the demolition of some buildings and the erection of additional and improvement of existing industrial development on land at Bosley Works off Tunstall Road. The applicant has also applied for outline permission for a residential scheme of up to 58 dwellings, alongside community development, public realm, a memorial, landscaping and infrastructure.

A planning statement submitted to Cheshire East Council by AshtonHale states that the proposals would respond sensitively to the site's industrial heritage and its setting adjacent to the River Dane and Macclesfield Canal. It says the scheme would retain and rationalise existing employment uses on site, provide additional flexible industrial floorspace, and generate temporary construction employment and expenditure, supporting the wider rural economy.

How it is being reported

• Homes plan for Cheshire mill site where four people died in 2015 explosionThe plans also include an industrial development and a memorialCheshire Live · 14 Oct, 06:00
• Homes and industrial proposal for mill site a decade after devastating explosionPlans have been submitted for an industrial development and up to 58 homes on the site of a Bosley mill where four people died following a devastating explosion in 2015.Northwich Guardian · 12 Oct, 15:25

In this story: Bosley Works · Cheshire · Boden and Davies Ltd · Derek Moore · Dorothy Bailey · William Barks · Jason Shingler

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem