CoReS was established in June 2002, following the announcement by British Nuclear Fuels [BNFL] that its intention was to cease generating electricity at Chapelcross by March 2005.

It was estimated at the time that the closure would result in the loss of 430 high quality jobs at the site with potentially an additional 300 job losses in the area due to the impact of the closure.

As a result of discussions and meetings between Dumfries and Galloway Council Scottish Enterprise, workforce representatives and other key stakeholders, the CoReS steering group was formed to oversee the development of the corridor regeneration strategy taking in the principal towns of Gretna – Lockerbie – Annan [GLA].

The role of the steering group on its formation was to develop a co-ordinated partnership approach to respond to the closure announcement at Chapelcross and to develop a regeneration strategy for the GLA corridor.

The CoReS group works closely with Chapelcross Site Stakeholders Group SSG and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [NDA] to deliver regeneration strategies within the GLA corridor and to support funding applications to the NDA socio-economic fund that will enable regeneration projects to be delivered that will assist in sustaining the area up to and following the full closure of Chapelcross.