Copart to increase storage capabilities

Global leader in online vehicle remarketing and recycling, Copart UK, has secured final planning permission to expand their site in Wisbech, adding 50% to their vehicle storage capabilities in Cambridgeshire.   

Originally announced last year, expansion works can now commence at Copart’s Operation Centre in Wisbech, which will support the company’s continued growth in the East of England. 

Once completed, the expansion will make Wisbech a 20-acre site, increasing vehicle storage capacity by 50%.

This expansion is part of Copart’s extensive reinvestment strategy to meet continued demand from their customers, including most of the UK’s major insurance companies and thousands of nationwide automotive customers.

This includes a programme of land acquisition alongside continuous improvement at existing sites and reinvestment in transport, services, and technology.

This news follows a series of similar growth and investment announcements from Copart over the past year, including continued expansion at their Super Centre in Bristol, a new 31-acre site in East Kilbride, and a nationwide sustainability refurbishment programme at existing Operation Centres.

Copart anticipates the full 20-acre site at Wisbech to be operational by spring 2024.

Phil Briggs, Copart UK’s Director of Operation Centres, Transport & Engineering, said:

“We’re fully committed to continuously growing and improving services to our customers, so we’re pleased to be extending our Wisbech Operation Centre, more than doubling its storage capacity in the East of England.

“Not only will this further strengthen our unrivalled operational capabilities in this part of the country in line with the continued growth of the UK car parc, but with extreme weather events becoming more prevalent the provision of latent storage capacity for our customers is more important than ever.”