Yorkshire logistics scheme secures planning
Developer Mountpark has secured outline planning permission from Wakefield Council to develop a 1.64 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme at the former Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire.
By Liza helps Property Editor Logistics Matters
THE HYBRID application for the 110-acre site known as the Coal Yard will see the development of a number of warehouses ranging in size from 40,000 ft2 to 640,000 ft2. All will be built to target BREEAM Excellent and an EPC A+ rating.
The hybrid application includes detailed planning permission for site infrastructure works and outline approval for the buildings. Extensive highway improvements from the adjacent A162 into the development are also included within the scheme.
The regeneration of the former Coal Yard site is expected to create upwards of 2,000 jobs
Mountpark (UK & Ireland) development director Brett Huxley said: “Mountpark Ferrybridge represents one of the largest job creation projects in West Yorkshire in recent years, and we hope to attract significant inward investment by creating a high quality industrial and logistics campus for our occupiers.”
Mountpark’s plans also retain the existing railway sidings that bound the scheme with enhanced landscaping, footpaths and cycleways reconnecting Ferrybridge with the local community.
Mountpark’s joint agents on the scheme are Carter Towler and JLL. The wider project team includes Oxalis Planning, SMR Architects, Markides Associates and Hydrock+CPD.
