Scheme described as a “nationally significant” with potential to create 5,500 jobs in Yorkshire and Humber region
Henry Boot’s development arm, HBD, has secured outline planning permission for a 5.5msq ft freeport development in Goole, East Yorkshire.
The consent, secured with landowner St John’s College Cambridge, allows for the construction of a major industrial and manufacturing park on the 300 acre site, with buildings ranging from 40,000sq ft to one million square feet.
The Sheffield-based firm described it as a “nationally significant industrial and logistics scheme” with the potential to create 5,500 jobs in the wider Yorkshire and Humber region.
It is located adjacent to Junction 36 of the M62 with convenient access to Goole Docks and the M18.
The planning consent is subject to the conclusion of a Section 106 agreement. “The next step will be to draw up detailed development plans, with the potential to start on site before the end of the year,” the company said.
Henry Boot said the first phase of its project would deliver around £130m gross development value.
“The location and sustainability credentials of the development will attract high-quality, long-term occupiers in their own right, while advantages of the the scheme’s strategic positioning within a freeport tax site will act as a further draw,” Tim Roberts, chief executive of Henry Boot said.
The permission comes after Finnish manufacturer Metsä Tissue secured full permission to create the UK’s largest tissue paper mill on the site last September, in collaboration with commercial developer Wykeland Group.
Humber Freeport Goole was designated as a freeport by HMRC in February 2024 in a bid to increase investment into the surrounding area.
Freeports provide businesses with a range of incentives, ranging from enhanced capital allowances and employer national insurance contributions to stamp duty land tax relief.
The Humber Ports complex, which includes the four major ports of Hull, Goole, Immingham and Grimsby, is the busiest port complex in the UK, handling around 17% of the UK’s trade.
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