The first units in a new £56 million enterprise park will include a raft of environmentally-friendly measures, according to the developers.
North Kesteven District Council says the first buildings on the Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park in Lincolnshire, will have solar panels, electric vehicle charging points and shelters, bicycle storage areas and thermal energy saving measures such as super-efficient insulation.
The units will be set in native tree and self-watering planting areas sculpted to collect and make use of rainwater, along with hedging and wildflower meadows to support pollinating insects.
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The council says there will also be bat and bird boxes, hedgehog homes and log piles for reptiles, insects and invertebrates.
Pending planning permission, plot one of the first phase of development will have nine units ranging from 1,300 sq ft to 2,060 sq ft. Plot two will have six slightly bigger grow-on units ranging from 3,370 sq ft to 5,100 sq ft.
Planners are currently considering the application for this first phase, and if approved both plots would be built speculatively and could be complete before winter next year.
North Kesteven District Council leader Coun Richard Wright said: “We couldn’t be more pleased to share these plans for phase one of our Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park.
“In total these units would create an extra 2,367 square metres of new space for business, bringing fresh potential for jobs and economic growth.
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“We have already received a substantial amount of interest in Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park which we feel demonstrates two things – that there is demand for new business space in our District because it is a great place to live, work and invest, and that there is a need for developments which build back better.
“We hope that the range of energy-saving and wildlife conscious measures in this first phase of units will not only support our actions on climate together in the District but ripple out and inspire a greater level of change.”
This reserved matters application for phase one of the park follows a hybrid planning application for the enterprise park approved earlier in the year.
Tendering work is underway to find a main build and construction contractor for the main infrastructure and construction works on the site including the civils, spine road construction and delivery of the phase one units.