£10m speculative warehouse scheme gets green light

Barberry Developments’ proposed £9.8m speculative development of a 72,000 sq ft warehouse unit at the site of a former DIY store in Northamptonshire has been given the go-ahead by planners.

Barberry’s planning application for the development of a 3.5-acre site at Sopwith Way, Daventry, has been approved by Daventry District Council. Worcestershire-based Barberry secured the site for an undisclosed sum from New River Retail.

The Daventry development will be on the site of the former Focus DIY store, which has been vacant for several years, and will generate around 90 jobs and investment in the area, Barberry development director Jon Robinson said.

“We are looking forward to delivering a high quality warehouse unit in the highly sought-after mid-box range in what is an excellent location. After gaining planning consent, we expect construction to begin in Q3 this year, with practical completion in Q2 2020.” said Robinson.

“This will be a speculative development, demonstrating our confidence in both the product, the location and the appetite within the industrial and logistics sector for warehouse units of this size across the Midlands market.

“We are committed to executing our business plan in key strategic locations within the UK. We currently have a logistics/industrial pipeline of circa 2.8 million sq ft. All of our warehouses are available on both leasehold terms or as freehold purchases.”

Other major occupiers near the site include Amazon, Tesco, Ford, Wincanton and Cummings.