New Liverpool depot for delivery firm DPD

PARCEL delivery firm DPD has submitted plans for a 70,000 sq ft depot in Liverpool which is expected to create 230 jobs.

The business, a division of France’s GeoPost, is working with developer St Modwen on the scheme at Stonebridge Industrial Estate in Fazakerley, north Liverpool.

If approved it will be DPD’s first base in the city and is one of 15 new depots being planned by the company as part of a £75m investment announced in April.

The site, on open land close to the East Lancs Road and junction 4 of the M57, would employ 48 warehouse staff and 170 drivers, according to planning documents.

Liverpool City Council is still hoping to lure Amazon to a 1.2 million sq ft distribution base that has been proposed by a joint venture between Gallan and Stoford for nearby Stonebridge Cross.

GeoPost, France’s biggest parcel delivery firm, is owned by the state-owned mail service La Poste.