Rescue team secures permanent base at former GSK site
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 07:02 · Archive
Ulverston Inshore Rescue has secured planning approval for a permanent base at a former GlaxoSmithKline site after the pharmaceutical company donated the land.
Ulverston Inshore Rescue has secured planning approval to occupy the former GlaxoSmithKline site at Canal Foot as its permanent operational base. The pharmaceutical company donated the land to the rescue charity following its departure. GlaxoSmithKline has also provided improved access to the sea and installed mains services to support the new headquarters.
The new site will host storage units, a welfare unit and parking. A flood risk assessment concluded that the development can be carried out safely without increasing flood risk elsewhere. The storage and welfare units will be located within the lowest-risk part of the site.
The rescue team has operated beside the GlaxoSmithKline facility for more than two decades. Station Officer Bruce Chattaway described the donation as a 'godsend', with the team having 'nowhere to go' otherwise. Ulverston Inshore Rescue was established following the drowning deaths of brothers Stewart and Adam Rushton in January 2002 and now provides rescue services across the Leven Estuary, Coniston Water, Windermere and surrounding areas. The team operates boats, a hovercraft, drone technology, quad bikes and rescue vehicles.
How it is being reported
- Rescue team secures new permanent base at former GSK sitePlanning approval was given last week for the change of use of the site after GSK donated the building to the rescue team.Westmorland Gazette · 22 Oct, 06:00
- Rescue team secures new permanent base at former GSK sitePlanning approval was given last week for the change of use of the site after GSK donated the building to the rescue team.NW Evening Mail · 22 Oct, 06:00
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