Silverlake Automotive Recycling has submitted plans to improve existing facilities at the Botley Road site in response to the automotive sector’s accelerating transition towards electrification and other alternative fuels.

About Silverlake Automotive Recycling is an established family run business founded in 1946, which remains under the management of Allen Prebble, the son of the original founder.

 

 

 

 

 

Silverlake Automotive Recycling is one of the UK’s leading vehicle recycling and scrap yards, offering a wide range of services, from vehicle recovery, daily breakers and auctions, salvage and recycled car parts through to full environmentally friendly recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The company has expanded significantly in recent years with continuous investment at the main site in Shedfield, the launch of an online store, self-service autoparts facility (U-Pick-It) and a scheme to support charitable causes (U-Donate-A-Car).

 

As the automotive sector enters a new period of extensive and rapid change in readiness for life after petrol and diesel, these plans will future-proof Silverlake’s operations to enable good growth, provide more local jobs and training, and solidify Silverlake’s position as a highly-skilled, nationally-significant player in the motor-recycling and management market.

Our Vision
The proposals will help to overcome three primary issues:

1- As major car manufacturers transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles, it is becoming harder and more expensive for drivers to find replacement parts for their current vehicles at an affordable price. These proposals will enable Silverlake to enlarge its physical and online parts sale business, as well as its u-pick-it yard, which allows anyone to come along and safely choose the recycled parts they need from vehicles which are no longer road worthy but still have many safe and undamaged, useable parts that would otherwise be scrapped.

 

 

 

 

 

2- When electric vehicles are involved in accidents, their batteries need to be carefully stored, managed and monitored. The skills and facilities required to deal with evolving private vehicles are not readily available in the UK. These plans will enable Silverlake to become a market-leading training and recycling facility for every generation of private vehicle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 -The UK has very few existing facilities with the capacity, skilled workforce, and room for growth to meet the challenges of private vehicle evolution. International carmakers have a responsibility to help manage their products through to end of life and recycling. They are therefore looking for UK partners to work with who can help them manage electric vehicles once they are no longer road worthy. These proposals will help Silverlake attract international investment to Hampshire, and will support the UK in competing on the international stage with countries like France who already have state of the art facilities of this sort.

 

As well as meeting these challenges, the proposed extension of the existing site would provide the benefits outlined below:

INCREASE IN REUSE & RECYCLING CAPABILITIES

Expanding the site will increase the recycling capabilities, diverting material away from landfill.

INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS

Company growth will increase the level of community involvement and opportunity to educate the public on the importance of recycling.

PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL JOBS

Company growth 
will provide new jobs 
for the local area.

GROWTH OF SILVERLAKE

Current site operations are over-capacity, restricting company growth.

SITE EXPANSION

The overall site area provides the opportunity to expand the site into the adjacent arable field.

For these reasons and more we would like to get your support.

If you want to know more about our plans please visit https://www.silverlakeconsultation.co.uk