Royal London Wilmslow campus goes on sale for residential development

Financial services firm, Royal London, has brought its Wilmslow campus to market with a outline planning consent for 60 new homes on the site.

Royal London is selling 9.1 acres of its Wilmslow campus as the financial services firm continues to plan a move to Alderley Park.

Agents for the sale, Colliers International, are inviting offers from housing developers with a track record of developing similar sites. Director of Residential Development at the firm, Mike Brassington said of the ‘Westlands’ site to the west of Alderley Road:

Westlands represents an excellent opportunity for a housebuilder to acquire a ‘ready to go’ site in a desirable and well-established residential area. Being generally level and rectangular in shape the site naturally lends itself to development and will be attractive to housebuilders, whilst the prominent road frontage makes for a highly accessible site from both a construction and occupational perspective.

“Fulshaw Park [Royal London’s campus] is located within walking distance from the highly desirable town centre of Wilmslow, which boasts a wide range of local amenities including excellent schools as well as high-end retail and leisure facilities. The site’s prominence on Alderley Road, the ‘southern gateway’ to Wilmslow, means it also benefits from proximity to Alderley Edge; an equally desirable town within Cheshire’s ‘Golden Triangle’.” 

Colliers International is also advising Royal London on redevelopment of its Fulshaw Park campus ahead of the firm’s 2021 move from Wilmslow to Alderley Park. The northern part of the site has already secured outline planning permission, with plans to incorporate 17,000 sq m of new office space, as well as car parking and new pedestrian and cycle routes on the remainder.