US EditionPost-Brexit border control post in Wales to sit empty
- Huw Irranca-Davies MS and the Welsh Government chose not to move forward with fully activating and staffing the £51 million Holyhead border control post at Parc Cybi.
- This decision follows the UK's 2020 EU departure, ongoing UK-EU negotiations on sanitary and phytosanitary agreements, and the May 2025 Common Understanding to potentially exempt many imports from SPS checks.
- Construction of the Holyhead BCP began in March 2024 with Kier Group awarded a £41 million contract, and the facility is nearing completion with planned handover this autumn but will sit empty for now.
- Huw Irranca-Davies emphasized the importance of keeping the site prepared to serve as a possible BCP facility and confirmed that traders will be given adequate notice if new border inspections are implemented.
- The Welsh Government will wait until the UK-EU SPS agreement is finalized before deciding on the future use and development of the Holyhead border facility.
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‘Ready But Redundant’: £51m Holyhead Border Post May Never Be Used
A £51m border control post built for post-Brexit checks will sit empty, the Welsh government has said.The facility at Parc Cybi near Holyhead port in Anglesey received £44m in funding from the UK government, and was built to allow checks on animals and plants entering the UK from Ireland after the UK left the EU.But despite it being finished, a new deal negotiated between the EU and the UK now means the majority of the imports might not need to …
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