Masterplan unveiled for future of Hunterston

Plans to unlock the “vast potential” of a former port and industrial site have been unveiled as a consultation on its future is launched.

Peel Ports has announced a masterplan for Hunterston PARC in Nor th Ayrshire which features a dry do ck, a 300 acre brownfield site and deep water.

Hunters ton was origina lly constructed as an iron ore terminal port and used for importing coal for many years, handling a peak volume of 10.3 million tonnes of coal in 2005.

However, there has been no market for coal imports since the closure of Long an net power station in 2016.

Proposals include a train manufacturing plant, a liquid natural gas terminal, a combined cycle gas turbine power station and plastics recycling and storage.