Bassetlaw District Council is committed to bringing forward the A1M site at Harworth as a major investment site for Bassetlaw and the Sheffield City Region, despite missing out on Enterprise Zone status.

To ensure that the site is brought forward as quickly as possible the Council is allocating a dedicated resource towards the development of A1M. A senior planning officer will lead a team of officers who will work with landowners, developers, the local community and land agents to market the site and attract businesses to locate to A1M.

Councillor Graham Oxby, Leader of Bassetlaw District Council said:

“Obviously we are disappointed, we felt that our application was very strong and the Local Enterprise Partnership thought our proposal met a lot of the criteria set out by Government. However the LEP decided that by combining a number of different sites they could offer more to the City Region than the Harworth site alone.”

“As far as we are concerned, this is just the beginning for A1M. Not getting Enterprise Zone status does not remove the benefits of the site: it is still incredibly well connected with the motorway network, still close to the airport, is still easy to develop and still has a local authority ready and willing and able to make this happen. We believe this site can still play a positive role in future of the City Region.”