Milton Keynes Council Leader Peter Marland has said that the buildings are in a dangerous state and Historic England should work with St Modwen to preserve what's left as much as possible.

He said; “Milton Keynes Council is responsible for making the decision on the Wolverton Works site, but we are not the land owner or applicant, and the Planning Committee needs to make decisions based on the law,"  

"Wolverton is my ward and I care deeply about the works, as ward councillor I have tried to moderate and improve the designs the land owner has put forward, and I’m first to agree they are not what I’d have ideally liked, but let’s be clear as well as being historic there are still jobs on the site which need modern buildings.

The works are not just history, they still exist and we need to make sure they continue to exist into the future. Historic England have now failed in the High Court, they have failed with an application to the Secretary of State to “call in” the decision and they have failed to engage constructively at all with reality."