Europarc III - Food Enterprise Zone
Overview
The site is situated between the Ports of Grimsby and Immingham, adjacent to the A180 and benefits from good road access to the national motorway network connecting the site with all parts of the UK – putting 40 million consumers within a 4 hour drive. Access to the ports enables product to arrive in Northern Europe with next day delivery. Humberside International Airport is within a 20 minute drive of the site providing connectivity across the world via daily flights to Schiphol. Europarc III is a high quality Food Business Park with over 725,000 sq ft of business space designed to attract businesses from all aspects of the food supply chain at all stages of their development.
The park is already home to:
The £5.6m Humber Seafood Institute – providing office accommodation, meeting rooms, product development kitchens, refrigeration research facilities, chemical and environmental laboratory equipment, process hall and microbiological laboratories
The Innovation Centre – offering high standard business incubation space, meeting rooms and conference facilities for a quality corporate image on easy in easy out terms
National and international names - Morrisons, 2 Sisters Food Group, Daniels Group, Ultimate Packaging, Albert Darnells, Scratch Meals, Haith’s, Seafish Industry Authority.
Greater Grimsby Boasts the following attributes:
- The busiest port complex in the UK
- The largest concentration of food companies
- The most renewable energy opportunities
- The biggest strategic employment sites.
North East Lincolnshire sits within two Local Enterprise Partnerships; the Humber LEP and the Greater Lincolnshire LEP and on this basis it also sits within the Midlands Engine and Northern Powerhouse areas. result this site can benefit from funding and support from both.
Opportunity
Europarc III Food Enterprise Zone is the flagship Business Park of North East Lincolnshire and is home to some of the region’s leading businesses, with over 2,000 employed on site. It has 47 acres of fully serviced development land with outline planning consent ready for investment. Development plots are available up to 250,000 sqft with options for design and build. Opportunities are also available for freehold and leasehold. Europarc III’s Food Enterprise Zone Status combined with its location within an Assisted Area provides a unique development opportunity.
Project Promoters
North East Lincolnshire Council, Greater Lincolnshire LEP and Wykeland
Scale
A 45 ha (111 acre) full serviced Food Enterprise Zone site ready for immediate development
Sector
Food / Industrial / Ports & Logistics
Location
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Investment Type
Occupiers and end users
Programme
Ready for investment
Planning Status
Outline planning for B1 (Light Industrial), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Warehouse & Distribution) uses