The former Office Outlet store in the centre of High Wycombe has been placed on the market for £6.4m.

The site at the bottom of Marlow Hill had been empty for months in 2019 when the business shut down.

However, a letter seen by the Bucks Free Press at the time confirmed that Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust – which runs the county’s hospitals – revealed it had secured a two-year lease at the time to use the site on Queen Alexandra Road for storage and parking.

Now, the 16,000-square-foot site and the 110-car parking spaces around the unit are up for sale with its redevelopment potential described by estate agents.

Part of the listing reads: “As can be noted from the photographs, the heights of the surrounding buildings are significantly greater, offering the potential for significantly greater massing on the redevelopment of the site, subject to consent."

The site has since been put on the market and states that there would be short-term income from Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust

The building was refurbished and extended in the 1990’s and was originally a bus depot which was converted to a DIY unit in the late 1970’s.

However in 1994, a condition in the original consent restricting the use of DIY was removed.

The unit was previously occupied by Staples and then Office Outlet as a retail warehouse.

Earlier this year, the Bucks Free Press asked readers which retailers they would most like to see in High Wycombe with two names consistently mentioned by hopeful shoppers.

By far the most popular result was home flat pack retailer Ikea, which has a store in Milton Keynes in Reading.

Next on the list was another discount brand, Homesense, which is popular among those looking for luxury home and garden products on a budget, with 77 stores across the country and sites already in Taplow and Reading.

Dozens of readers are also crying out for soft play where children can play whilst parents do shopping.

The market listing of the former Office Outlet comes a week after plans to create 181 new homes off the A40 London Road nearby in the town have been given the green light.

Five office buildings at the 7.5-acre Kingsmead Business Park, Frederick Place, can be converted into self-contained apartments, planners have ruled.

Buckinghamshire Council gave its prior approval to plans, which were put forward by applicant, PJK Mead Ltd.

The company is a joint venture between Jansons Property and the billionaire Pears family who run the William Pears Group and were ranked 53rd on this year’s Sunday Times Rich List.

The council’s approval comes after Jansons’ recent announcement that it had acquired Kingsmead Business Park and the Boulevard in Bracknell.

The property firm said the deal had a ‘gross development value’ of £100 million.