Encirc seeks planning consent for automated warehouse at Elton glass plant
Encirc Glass, the container glass producer owned by Vidrala, has filed a planning application with Cheshire West and Chester Council for a new automated warehouse and despatch building at its Elton site in Cheshire. The facility would measure 200m by 82m and 44m high with 12 crane aisles, and is expected to create 16 full-time jobs. Elton already produces around 2.2 billion glass bottles a year and employs more than 900 staff plus 130 contractors.
Why this mattersAutomated despatch at a plant making 2.2 billion bottles a year lifts throughput and buffer capacity without adding furnace or forming capacity.
- Encirc Glass has filed a planning application with Cheshire West and Chester Council for a new automated warehouse at its Elton site
- The proposed building would measure 200m by 82m and 44m high, with 12 crane aisles, on a 25,329sqm site
- The project is expected to create 16 full-time jobs
- Elton produces around 2.2 billion glass bottles a year and employs more than 900 staff plus 130 contractors
- Encirc is owned by Vidrala and also operates sites in Bristol and Northern Ireland
- The application comprises a 180,826 sq ft high-bay warehouse, a 60,117 sq ft dispatch facility and mezzanine office space, filed under reference 26/02766/FUL.
- Demolition of legacy buildings at Elton began in December 2025 and is due to finish in October 2026.
- A separate 657,000 sq ft expansion at Elton, developed with Diageo, was consented in August 2023.
- AEW is the architect and Lichfields the planning advisor on the application.