NEW plans for an office campus at Glory Mill have been submitted to Wycombe District Council which could lead to up to 1,000 jobs for the area.

Hanbury Securities wants to develop the 12.5 acre site in Wooburn Green with four three- and two-storey buildings totalling 200,000 sq ft plus parking for 750 cars.

The site, formerly part of a paper mill, would be known as Glory Park. The proposals include a new access road with traffic lights and speed bumps, road widening along Boundary Road and a new roundabout at the entrance to the campus in Watery Lane.

These measures have been agreed in principle with Buckinghamshire County Council.

The plans allow for more than two acres of landscaped amenity space along the River Wye which would be open to the public.

The new proposals follow Hanbury Securities' withdrawal of its application to build a single 250,000 sq ft eight-storey office building for a major international company looking for a state-of-the-art European headquarters.

The parent company in the USA decided not to go ahead after a representative attended a public meeting on November 15 last year where residents strongly objected to the proposals.

The four buildings, which would be let, would form an informal quadrangle leading from the new entrance road from Watery Lane.

As part of its proposals, Hanbury Securities wants to create a path on the eastern bank of the river Wye so the public can walk from Glory Mill Lane to Old Watery Lane, crossing by a footbridge just before the end of Old Watery Lane.

Richard Sanders, managing director of Hanbury Securities, said: "These plans are the final stage in the redevelopment of the Glory Mill site. It is hoped that the office campus and its landscaped corridors will become as much a symbol for Wooburn Green as the old mill and its distinctive chimney."

Wycombe District councillor John Dalton, who is also vice-chairman of Wooburn Parish Council, said: "Having lost so many jobs in Wooburn Green with the closure of Vitramon and Deanes Furniture, for example, it is vital that the site remains an employment area."

A spokesman for Wycombe District Council said last week the application was not yet available for public scrutiny as the council was awaiting further details from Hanbury Securities before registering the plan.