Tritax Big Box Developments, a logistics and industrial property development company, has launched an informal non-statutory consultation on proposals for Intermodal Logistics Park North (ILP North) in the Newton-le-Willows area.
The project would deliver a new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) – a modern distribution and warehouse park linked to both the strategic rail freight and road networks – that would better connect the North West to local, regional, national and global markets; with potential to create thousands of jobs, drive growth and investment in skills for the region.
The site is strategically located between Liverpool and Manchester, benefiting from excellent access to the UK’s West Coast Main Line (north-south) and Liverpool-Manchester TransPennine (east-west) rail freight infrastructure. These rail links provide access to the UK’s coastal ports, offering potential to facilitate a significant shift from road to rail freight to move goods in and out of the North West.
ILP North could deliver up to c.767,000 sq. m. (c.8.2m sq. ft.) of warehousing and ancillary buildings with a total footprint of c.590,000 sq. m. (c.6.3m sq. ft.) and c.177,050 sq. m. (c.1.9m sq. ft.) of mezzanine floorspace.
Tritax Big Box Developments is committed to meaningful consultation with the local community and will be running a first round of consultation from Monday 27 January 2025 until Friday 21 March 2025. Residents are encouraged to find out more by attending one of the following events:
• Monday 10 February 2025 at Crownway Community Centre, 2pm-7pm
• Thursday 13 February 2025 at Golborne Parkside Sports & Community Club, 2pm-7pm
• Friday 28 February 2025 at Winwick Leisure Centre, 2pm-7pm
• Saturday 1 March 2025 at Newchurch Parish Hall, 10am-2pm
• Wednesday 5 March 2025 – Online Webinar, 6.30pm-8pm
Detailed information about the proposals, and how to provide feedback can be found at the project website: www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk/our-spaces/intermodal-logistics-park-north/. The project team can also be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone on 01744 802043.
People can also sign up for updates from the Planning Inspectorate PINS on their website: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR0510001/get-updates/start.
Feedback on the proposals during this round of informal consultation will be accepted until 11:59pm on Friday 21 March 2025. The project will then be refined before it is presented for further consultation during the statutory consultation phase, anticipated to be undertaken at the end of 2025.
David Travis, Head of Manchester Office at Tritax Big Box Developments said: “Our informal non-statutory consultation is a key milestone as we set out our early plans for ILP North in the Newton-le-Willows area. It has been a long-held ambition of St Helens Borough Council and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to bring such a development forward and we are delighted to be bringing their long-standing vision to fruition.
“The development of an SRFI at this location is an integral part of Liverpool City Region’s Freeport and is aligned with the UK Government’s target to increase rail freight by at least 75% by 2050; with potential to deliver a scheme of local, regional and national importance. The project is classed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, meaning that permission will be determined directly by the Government by way of the Development Consent Order (DCO) process.
“We are committed to working with the local community and other stakeholders to inform the quality and design of the project as we go through the various stages of the consenting process and look forward to commencing our initial engagement with them over the coming weeks.”
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Tritax Big Box the name makes them sound like a childrens toy manufacturer. Anyone would wonder why such a ‘Friendly’ sounding company would want to tear up hundreds of acres of greenbelt and destroy wildlife habitats in the process making what precious little wildlife we have left either dead or homeless😢. God forbid anybody would want to improve the area instead, but I suppose creating new woodlands and wildlife habitats for the community doesn’t make any money for these inhuman corporations who make these decisions from behind their desks hundreds of miles away not giving a thought to the human and wildlife cost. Obviously hearing owls and birds in the nightsky will become a distant memory so people make recordings of them because if this apocalyptical monstrosity goes ahead your memories will be all you have left.