(19 Jan 2014, 4:31 pm)aureolin wrote That site is completely unsuitable for an industrial unit. There's no access for a start. Two buses can barely get past each other on Picktree lane, never mind trying to swing one in and out of a junction. I doubt anything of the such would ever get approved for that plot of land or the one just north of it, as it would likely face fierce opposition from the residential builds.
On the Main Road itself there is 2 Access Points onto that bit of land, to be honest that road is a Deathtrap for Cyclists like myself, far to narrow but on the flipside the road could always be widened to Accomodate Buses coming in and out of the Depot, also with a Reduced Speed Limit also, I also thought that an access point from the Rear of the Site on the Slip Road coming off the A1 from Washington could also be put into place to ease Congestion on the Main Road. Other than Drum I can't think of anywhere else GNE could possibly move the Chester le Street and Washington Operations to, Although there is that huge plot of land on the Opposite side of the A1 accross the Road from Birtley Industrial Estate where Kingsleys are Based, and that alone more than likely treble the size of the Plot of Land I had Originally Suggested.