NR9 The Food Enterprise Park, Easton, Norwich

The Food Enterprise Park is a 100 acre development site within the Greater Norwich Food Enterprise Zone, the first 46 acres of which benefits from Local Development Order status with fast track planning to encourage and support food production, processing and agriculture through the co-location of commercial enterprises. Plots are available to buy or lease to accommodate facilities of 10,000 sq ft to 300,000 sq ft.

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46 acres of commercial development land

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The Food Enterprise Park is a 100 acre development site within the Greater Norwich Food Enterprise Zone, the first 46 acres of which benefits from Local Development Order status with fast track planning to encourage and support food production, processing and agriculture through the co-location of commercial enterprises. Plots are available to buy or lease to accommodate facilities of 10,000 sq ft to 300,000 sq ft.

LOCATION

A47 Road Improvements

The Government has agreed to £200m of improvements to the A47, including the dualling of the single carriageway section between North Tuddenham and Easton.

The upgrade works are scheduled for 2024 and propose a direct access to the site with a new roundabout. Journey times to and from the site will be significantly improved.

The Site

All infrastructure works are now in place for Phase One of the Food Enterprise Park. The first phase of the initial road entrance is complete with the new spine road completed. Connection to the upgraded A47 being planned for 2024 with a new entrance vista. The internal services of surface water (with 3 acre infiltration lagoon) and foul drainage are in place, mains water and high speed broadband. UKPN 4MW electricity connection is completed, with plans to further increase power availability to 30MW being developed.

Infrastructure

The main estate road running through the site has now been completed and a planning application submitted for the link road to connect the FEP to the proposed new grade separated junction of the soon-to-be upgraded and dualled A47.

Latest developments on the site include:

Fisher Farms

5 acre site purchase

State of the art vertical farm facility

Under construction - completion later this year

Broadland Food Innovation Centre

3 acre site purchase

A development of 13 food grade production units totalling 38,000 sq ft with Innovation Support

Under construction - ready Autumn 2022

Condimentum Ltd

3 acre plot purchase with 2 acre expansion

State of the art 25,000 sq ft mint and mustard milling facility for Colmans/Unilever

Facility constructed and operational

Coming soon

In addition to the above terms have been agreed on a number of other plot sales and further announcements are due shortly.

A major power upgrade to provide 30 MW of electricity will be available this summer, with a further 20 MW of renewable solar power planned for 2023.