Wisbech Gateway, Cambridgeshire

Key Project Information

• Planning permission granted for a new commercial / industrial gateway development on 3.85ha of land on the edge of Wisbech
• A flexible permission to deliver up to 10,762sqm of new floorspace including industrial uses, a hotel, drive thru restaurants, drive-to diners, and a petrol filling station
• £0.5 billion economic benefit to Wisbech and surrounding area
• A high quality business premises offering a range of employment opportunities

We secured outline planning permission for a flexible commercial development comprising a range of industrial uses, a petrol filling station and ancillary retail kiosk, drive thru restaurants, drive-to diners and a hotel.

Working with a consultant team comprising Allied Ecology, Delta Simons, Jackson Purdue Lever, we advised Godwin Developments on how to devise a scheme that would maximise value and opportunity on the site while ensuring compliance with the local planning policy framework.

Scheme benefits

This project will deliver significant economic benefits:

• £0.5bn total economic benefit
• £18.5m total construction benefits from build costs and GVA over a 2-year build period
• 51 direct and 91 indirect full time equivalent jobs over the course of the construction period
• 247 direct full time equivalent jobs, of which 156 will be net additional local jobs, during the operational period
• £7.9m local authority business rate revenues
• £509m GVA over 30 years

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Landscape masterplan. Credit: Godwin Developments

Economic benefits infographic (Pegasus)