A DEVELOPER behind 1,300-job business park plans is preparing another bid to turn its £70m vision into reality.

Town End Farm Partnership yesterday signalled its intent to submit fresh proposals to build a huge industrial hub next to Nissan’s bustling Sunderland plant.

Bosses say the scheme will provide a crucial manufacturing supply base to complement the car maker’s impending production of new Qashqai and X-Trail models in the region, adding suppliers are lined up to move onto the park.

Sunderland City Council last year rejected the plans, with officials branding the proposals “premature”.

They also highlighted a potential conflict between Wear Point and the rival 5,000-job International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) blueprint, which the authority is working on alongside South Tyneside Council to service Nissan’s supply stream.

However, Newcastle-born Peter Razaq, Town End director, said its bid, which is known as Wear Point 55 and includes space for two factories on a one million sq ft footprint, can be delivered quicker than IAMP and provide a timely Brexit boost.

Mr Razaq, who co-founded the Kans and Kandy wholesaler group, based in Seaham, east Durham, in the mid-1990s, also confirmed Town End is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against the council’s original decision.

He said: “Our development will secure investment to support the future growth of arguably the region’s most important employer in Nissan.

“This comes at a time when businesses across the country are looking for reassurances that trade and manufacturing with the UK can continue after Brexit.

“Our plans put the North-East at the very heart of the resurgence of the country’s manufacturing sector.”

Nissan previously revealed its near 7,000-strong job Sunderland plant will make next generation Qashqai and X-Trail models after Government talks gave assurance that Britain’s EU divorce will not affect the factory’s competitiveness.

However, senior bosses have since issued caution, saying they will re-consider their decision if there are any material changes to trade agreements.

IAMP officials say their proposed 100-hectare site, which neighbours Nissan’s factory, has the capacity to create more than 500 jobs every year from 2019, boost the car maker’s supply chain and deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of private sector investment.

Henry Boot Developments has been chosen to bring the hub to fruition.