About this property

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 2024/2025 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.

Latest developments on the site include:

Fisher Farms
5 acre site purchase
State of the art vertical farm facility
Recently completed and operational

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

Original Holding Company
9 acre plot purchase
For a new large scale wine processing facility

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

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.

Services

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 2024.