The important city employer, which boasted record-breaking £494 million revenues earlier this year, previously unveiled plans to build a £9 million factory
Warhammer firm Games Workshop has revealed fresh plans for another new Nottingham factory as part of its major city expansion. The manufacturer of the phenomenally popular Warhammer 40,000 miniatures has plotted another part of the expansion of its Lenton Lane business complex in Nottingham.
The important city employer, which boasted record-breaking £494 million revenues earlier this year, previously unveiled plans to build a £9 million factory at its Lenton headquarters. It has now additionally asked Nottingham City Council for permission to set up a facility that will supply paint for the tens of millions of plastic parts manufactured at its three factories, as customer demand from around the world continues to grow.
The new "upgraded and enhanced" paint plant would be set up at Unit 18 of Easter Park, a business park across the road from the firm's HQ, and would play a role in the company's multi-year expansion plan, according to planning documents. Games Workshop's planners added that paint production was an integral part of its manufacturing.
The company would need to construct an area for its machinery, including a 3000-litre tank for paint, fit new windows, doors, and more air conditioning units, as well as creating a shelter for workers. Planning agents said the vast paint vat and other machinery would be hidden behind a large 2.4m gate and security fencing and that waste water would be disposed of at a licensed site.
Games Workshop explained the building's offices were currently in use, but the industrial space inside was vacant. There are currently 13 people working inside the industrial unit, but planning documents suggest the new facility would provide 37 more.
The fitting out of the paint facility would reduce the number of car parking spaces by 17, leaving 23 for workers. The planning application is pending consideration by Nottingham City Council.
Games Workshop submitted plans in August to knock down Nottingham City Council's old transport services depot off Willow Road ahead of the proposed construction of an extra figurine-making plant on the land. More than 350 staff currently work at the site's three existing Willow Road factories to produce millions of the popular figures, with bosses hoping the planned fourth factory will be open by spring 2026.
It will be part of a five-year or longer programme of significant investment in machinery and infrastructure, according to planning documents submitted by the business, which added this would create new manufacturing jobs. The application for this factory is also currently pending planning permission from Nottingham City Council.
