The proposal seeks to provide up to 16,700 sq m GEA of Class B2/B8 space, with associated parking, servicing, yard, landscaping and engineering works.

The footprint measures approximately 165m long x 96.4m wide and circa 23.5m to ridge.  The scale and proportion of the building has been designed to accommodate the building owners needs and expanding employment benefits. The internal height is based upon fulfilling the client’s needs for a unit of this size, 18m clear to haunch.

The proposed development has been designed to respond to the surrounding context, scale and massing of the existing buildings; furthermore, the wider landscape and setting. The ridge height of the proposed development is circa 31.000m AOD.  The expected plateau levels are 7.500m AOD, as the existing levels dictate.

The layout of the site is arranged with the active office frontages addressing the inbound service roads, directly off the primary estate road, Tenth Avenue, with car parking and landscaping located in between. The location of the dual access points, serving the parking area and service yards from the primary estate road, also contributing to the layout of the plot.

The on-plot landscaping, provides relief from the industrial nature of the site.

The proposal has been developed to respond positively to the local character. Structure will be created through the creative use of native tree and shrub species, and hedge planting in natural plant associations whilst promoting biodiversity through the introduction of a variety of locally occurring habitats.

This approach provides a comprehensive landscape the main objectives of which are:

• • Create a rich matrix of habitat types in the undeveloped areas of the site;
• • Create a network of interconnected habitats; and
• • Connect the development with the surrounding landscape.

Pedestrian and cycle access into the site are from the existing Tenth Avenue via the 2m wide footway which forms part of the estate road infrastructure. This connects to the development site via a pedestrian crossing between the service yard entrance and car park entrance, adjacent to the main office entrance, where internal pathways and crossings will allow pedestrians to gain access to the distribution centre and associated offices and cycles to access the covered cycle shelters.