Industrial developer Panattoni has secured planning permission to redevelop the 90-acre former Aylesford Newsprint site in Kent, into a £180m warehousing scheme.
The 1.9m sq ft scheme, called Panattoni Park Aylesford, is expected to be fully developed and occupied by 2024. The development, which has been empty for six years, will include a new £7m link road.
Panattoni will have scope to build a single unit measuring up to 1.2m sq ft alongside other warehouse facilities, subject to a detailed planning application.
The development, approved by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, is designed to secure a 10% biodiversity net gain as required by the government. Each building will feature a “super-tight” envelope, air source heat pumps, photovoltaic panels, roof lighting and energy efficient building materials.
Anthony Watkins, development director at Panattoni, said: “Aylesford will be our flagship development in the UK and it offers the all-important location, combined with space, height, power, ample gas and water supply, demanded by today’s logistics industry.
“Since announcing our proposals at Panattoni Park Aylesford we have received very strong levels of interest at this stage in the project from potential tenants to take space here in Kent.”
Barton Willmore advised Panattoni on planning matters. CBRE, Avison Young and JLL are the agents for the site.
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