Suffolk Park secures outline consent

Jaynic has secured consent for its 114-acre Suffolk Park business development in Bury St Edmunds. St Edmundsbury Borough Council granted outline planning permission for the scheme for office, R&D and industrial uses, together with reserved matters approval for the main internal road linking the Eastern Relief Road with Lady Miriam Way South. It also includes manufacturing consent on a 10-acre site, which was presold to beverage ingredient manufacturer Treatt at the beginning of the year. Under the plans, Treatt will consolidate its six units into one 200,000 sq ft global headquarters. The site has enterprise zone status on 35 acres. Jaynic has already gone out to tender for the infrastructure works with the intention of having the chosen contractor on site so that the main estate road between the Eastern Relief Road and Lady Miriam Way are completed by the end of 2017. Offices could also start subject to approval. This means companies could be in occupation and operational early in 2018. Nic Rumsey, managing director at Jaynic, said: “We are grateful for the active support and assistance of St Edmundsbury that has enabled us to present a planning application that could be granted planning consent within only three months. This consent proves that Suffolk Park is a reality. It is currently the only major allocated employment site in Bury St Edmunds with an outline planning permission. “We have already sold a substantial site to a major local company, and talks are progressing with other interested parties. The site is unique in the town and region for the scale of buildings it can offer. Occupiers’ requirements for buildings from 10,000 sq ft up to 700,000 sq ft can now be accommodated 12-15 months from now.” A spokesman for St Edmundsbury Borough Council said: “This is a significant step in successfully bringing forward this major employment allocation on the east side of Bury St Edmunds.  The council has worked hard to achieve this, loaning money to developers to design the Eastern Relief Road, investing money in the road itself and negotiating the land deals. “We then worked with New Anglia LEP to secure enterprise zone status for 14 hectares of the Suffolk Business Park, offering business rate incentives over a 25-year period, to encourage both the expansion of existing businesses that previously may have been considering locating away from the area in order to find the space to grow, and to entice new businesses to the St Edmundsbury area. “All of this is part of our strategic priority to enable economic growth, lifting skills and expertise across West Suffolk and with it levels of pay, creating new opportunities for younger people as they leave education.” To send feedback, e-mail Shekha.Vyas@egi.co.uk or tweet @shekhaV or @estatesgazette