PLANS for Hayle's marine renewables business park are set to be submitted to Cornwall Council this week.
Representatives of the Cornwall Development Company (CDC) spoke to Hayle town councillors at their meeting last Thursday to talk about the next step in growing the marine renewables sector in the duchy.
CDC has worked with St Ives-based architects' firm Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole (PBWC) to come up with the designs for the park, which will provide support for the developers of the £42 million Wave Hub project.
PBWC project architect Cian Spowart said the materials used would include timber boarding, render and natural slate and that photovoltaic solar panels were also likely to feature.
He showed councillors plans detailing an office building for the southern tip of the site on North Quay and seven industrial units to the north.
These units will shield the noise and mess of the industrial assembly area from view.
CDC's Trevor Goff said: "When we set out to design the business park the team was instructed to ensure that the design fitted in with the already consented design for Hayle harbour developments."
In 2011, Cornwall Council's head of economic development, Dr Sandra Rothwell, told the council that up to 200 jobs were set to be created.
Town councillor Clive Polkinghorne asked whether the designs would support this.
He said: "I am very keen on employment in that area. I am hoping what I heard you say was that no one can come along (from the marine energy industry) and use it solely as a store."
Mr Goff said it was a possibility and that some companies would use the site as a store and there was a need to be flexible.
"What we are being told is that a lot of the operational aspect of Wave Hub will bring in self-contained containers," he said.
"Anything we can do to facilitate getting operations out onto Wave Hub will have to be considered."
It is hoped the business park will attract a wide array of private sector businesses from the marine energy industry.
These could include companies specialised in ecosystem modelling, coastal process understanding, underwater technology, modelling and design, composites, moorings and the development and deployment of wave devices.
