SGP secures planning for new units at expanding Derby business park

Stephen George + Partners (SGP) has secured planning permission for two speculative warehouse units at the popular and expanding Infinity Park, Derby. Plot A2 is a 167,500 sqft GIA B2 / B8 warehouse with quality office space, and Plot B1 is a 194,375 sqft B8 warehouse including office space, mezzanines and gatehouse. Both plots include external yards, parking, photovoltaics, SuDs drainage, landscaping, engineering works and site access.

Says Chris Webster, Studio Director at SGP: “We are delighted to have received planning permission for our latest two units at Infinity Park Derby, the leading advanced manufacturing and logistics location in the East Midlands. We have already been working with Infinity Park Derby LLP and several end users to design and deliver outstanding buildings such as the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) and a bespoke production facility and warehouse for Oregon Timber Frame Ltd.

These new buildings on Infinity Park Derby conform to a previously agreed set of design parameters, developing clear technical objectives and specifications to inform the overall look and feel of the site.

The warehouse on Plot A2 has been designed to suit various potential end users and their operational or manufacturing requirements. It has 16 loading docks with variable ramps and shelters, two of which are Euro docks to suit double decked trailers, plus a further three level access doors.

The warehouse on Plot B1 has been designed to suit a specific end user and their operational requirements. The unit will have an 18m haunch height, two level access doors and 21 loading docks with variable ramps and shelters, two of which are Euro docks to suit double decked trailers. The service yard wraps around the building and there is an additional dock area with three pod loading docks serving the internal chilled storage area of the unit.

Both units are targeting EPC A and BREEAM Excellent ratings and include a provision for photovoltaic panels.

The plans include an important new wetland ecosystem to link with existing extensive green space on the park, improving bio-diversity and climate resilience on the site and supporting physical and mental well-being for staff and visitors alike.”

In addition to planting native trees and hedgerows and grassland areas, the proposals include a range of peripheral habitats including surface water attenuation lagoons and swales.

Infinity Park Derby is a unique collaboration between Derby City Council, the Harper Crewe Estate, Rolls-Royce, developers IPD LLP, Wilson Bowden and Peveril Securities, and is located near to the existing manufacturing facilities of Rolls Royce, Toyota, JCB and Alstom.