A Yorkshire planning and design consultancy has helped to secure final planning permission for the largest speculative warehouse development in the country.
Selby District Council has approved detailed plans for the first 1.1m sq ft of logistics space at the giant 136-acre Konect 62 industrial park, on the site of the former Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire.
The largest unit to be developed will be a 735,896 sq ft warehouse complex called ‘Big K’, after the nickname of Kellingley Colliery, the final deep coal mine to close in the UK.
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Based close to the M62 and A1(M), the huge development places 3.2m people within a 45-minute van journey and 37m people within a 4.5 hour van journey.
Developers Cole Waterhouse and Henderson Park are planning 4,000 trees in the first phase of Konect 62, and the development will also have electric vehicle charging points as well as 400 cycle parking paces.
Barton Willmore – which is known as Barton Willmore, now Stantec since being acquired in March – provided planning advice to developers Cole Waterhouse and Henderson Park on the reserved matters application for the first phase of Konect 62.
The consultancy also helped secure outline planning permission for Konect 62 in February 2019 for Harworth Estates and worked with the developers to get detailed plans for the unit approved and to discharge a range of planning conditions.
James Hall, partner in the Leeds office at Barton Willmore, now Stantec, said: “We are delighted to have helped our clients to secure the final planning permission for this first phase of Konect 62.
“This is a real landmark speculative development for the region and Big K is significant on a national scale as the largest single industrial logistics speculatively built unit due to hit the UK market in 2023.
“It’s also a great example of how former colliery land can be repurposed to provide important assets for the region and create jobs.
“Konect 62’s location on the axis of the M62 and A1(M) makes it ideal for industrial and logistics operators and demand for this kind of space, particularly with the grade ‘A’ spec which the unit will have, is extremely high.”
