Lancashire butchers granted permission for factory
Lancashire-based Althams Butchers have received planning consent for a meat processing facility in the area to supply foodservice providers and retailers.
The company, which employs over 100 staff and supplies prime beef, pork, lamb and fine foods, has outgrown its existing premises at White Lund, Morecambe, and is expecting that the expansion will create 20-25 new jobs.
Harrison Pitt Architects has designed the purpose-built facility which will be built at Hillside Farm, Morecambe, where a free-range pork farm had previously operated, but closed in 2012, and the farmhouse and outbuildings have been unused since.
The redundant buildings will make way for a 5,100 sq m facility that will feature the latest preparation, packing and refrigeration facilities.
Richard Parker, a director of Harrison Pitt Architects, commented: “This new facility will allow the business to operate more efficiently and will also provide an economic boost to the area by allowing new jobs to be created.
“This is another project that demonstrates our expertise in building design for the food manufacturing sector.”
The building, which will be clad in timber, has been designed to give the appearance of a series of linked agricultural barns, while tree planting around the site is expected to reduce its visual impact.
Work on the new premises is due to begin later in 2018.
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