Development starts on new business park at Gloucestershire Airport

Work on a flagship new development at Gloucestershire Airport has begun on what its owners say will be a “flagship new development” for the county.

CGX Connect is a new commercial development located on land within the northern perimeter of Gloucestershire Airport between the existing Anson and Meteor business parks. When completed it will provide around 30,000 sq metres of flexible floor space in a prime location for businesses operating in the logistics and industrial sectors – and could deliver more than 1,500 new jobs.

Worcester-based Montel Civil Engineering will create an entrance into the development, widening access to the B4063.

Work is expected to take 20 weeks in total, with completion scheduled for spring.

GFirst LEP is providing £1.885 million in Growth Deal funding to support the infrastructure work needed to deliver the new development.

Karen Taylor, Managing Director at Gloucestershire Airport, said: “With such a good location close to the road network and with the airport on its doorstep, we’re already seeing interest in CGX Connect from businesses.

“It will play a key part in our sustainable business growth in the decade ahead, so we’re excited to now be at a point when we can start to unlock CGX Connect’s potential.”

Mark Price, Managing Director at Vitruvius Management Services which is running the project, said: “It’s hugely satisfying to see work getting under way, having partnered with Gloucestershire Airport on CGX Connect as part of its ambitious 10-year plan.”

Plans for major regeneration on the site of Coventry’s world-famous Daimler car factory into a new neighbourhood for living, work and leisure have taken a significant step forward.

Warwickshire-based property and development company The Wigley Group has submitted an outline planning application to Coventry City Council for the mixed-use development on Sandy Lane in the Radford area of the city.

The seven-acre brownfield site sits alongside the Coventry Canal and is currently a business park and industrial estate. It is designated for housing by Coventry City Council.

Central to the proposals is the integration of the site — to be known as Daimler Wharf — with the existing community by reconnecting the area to Coventry Canal and creating a large public common.

Droitwich business park to double in size

Potter Space, which owns, develops and operates five business parks across the UK, plans to double the size of its Droitwich site to more than 470,000 sq ft in the next five years.

Covering 38 acres, the business park currently has approximately 286,000 square feet of industrial units and warehousing, which are close to 100 per cent occupancy.

With demand high for industrial units, Potter Space intends to start work on the first phase of the development this spring, which will comprise four units totalling around 105,000 sq ft.

Head of commercial delivery at Potter Space, Jenna Strover, said: “The company has traded successfully for more than 50 years and, during that time has created an impressive estate extending to 250 acres, with 1.6 million square feet of units across the five business parks.

“We are now really looking forward to embarking on the next stage of our journey to deliver the ambitious development strategy in Droitwich.”

The outline planning application includes up to 480 new homes made up of a mixture of one, two and three bedrooms, and flexible “work-live” units.

The first phase of the Daimler Wharf scheme has already been completed, with the refurbishment of the Daimler Powerhouse building — the only part of the car factory to survive Second World War bombing — into a creative hub.

Potter Space has appointed local property agents, Fisher German and Harris Lamb.

Rob Champion of Fisher German said: “Potter Space has the benefit of being in the heart of the West Midlands and within easy access of the M5, M40 and M6.”