Council approves massive expansion at JLR

A massive expansion plan at Jaguar Land Rover in Gaydon which is expected to create nearly 2,000 extra jobs was approved by Stratford District Council last night.

The proposals are said to be capable of generating ‘financial benefits’ worth more than £1.2billion, and involve increasing the total floor space at the Gaydon Test Centre from 110,000 square metres to 168,000 square metres — a 51 per cent expansion.

The wide-ranging proposals for the site are contained in four separate and highly-detailed planning applications that also include an enhanced entrance to the British Motor Museum and JLR, including a new carmaker’s visitor entrance building, enormously increased car-parking areas, and new vehicle and pedestrian bridges.

It is expected to create an additional 1,700 jobs and the replacement of the current Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) building an extra 120 jobs.

Around 6,000 staff are already employed by JLR in Gaydon.