Plans for huge new industrial estate
SWATHES of green fields sandwiched between the A5 and M69 near Burbage have been earmarked for a massive new industrial estate.
The rural site, adjacent the Jurys Inn Hinckley Island hotel is subject of a scoping statement by consultants Turley working for developers IM Properties PLC.
The submission, recently made to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, is an early indication of plans to turn the 54-hectare plot into warehouses, workshops and service yards.
Turley say the site would feature three zones, with the first two the subject of a full plan- ning application to be made at a later date.
Outline planning permission would be sought for the third zone.
The new tri-hub would boast a total of 142,000 sq m of floorspace and consist of a 40,000 sq m zone, one distribution warehouse with service yard, vehicle maintenance unit and garage, security office, gatehouses, car parking and associated landscaping and infrastructure.
Zone two is envisaged to comprise 50,000 sq m units for light industry, general industry and distribution warehousing while zone three would be a similar configuration across 40,000 sq m.
Entrance to the site would be gained from a new roundabout off the A5.
A statement from Turley said: “The site comprises approximately 54 hectares of land. Its predominant use is agricultural, comprising a number of fields of mainly arable/ improved grassland. The fields are interspersed by some small areas of woodland, hedgerow and two ponds. ‘Soar Brook’ is a small brook which runs centrally across part of the site.
“The outline element will be subject to a series of parameters determining development plots, landscaping and attenuation areas, maximum and minimum building dimensions including building heights, levels of car parking, and a range for proposed floor levels.
“Landscaping will be incorporated across both outline and full elements of the proposals, in order to help soften and screen the development. Existing key landscape features will be retained where possible.”