Warton Aviation Enterprise Zone Brochure

Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster

WARTON AVIATION ENTERPRISE ZONE

Co-locate with your customers The easiest way to grow your business, increase your sales and reduce distribution costs. Enterprise Zones are establishing themselves as the driving force of local RIVER RIBBLE economies as they unlock key development sites, consolidate infrastructure, attract business and create jobs.

A straightforward planning process Need a new building to meet your business needs? Simplified planning rules could save you time and money.

Simplified planning through Local Development Orders that grant planning permission for certain development (such as new industrial buildings or changing how existing buildings are used) within specified areas.

Business-ready infrastructure WARTON 3 Superfast broadband, easy access to transport links, and a local highly skilled labour pool.

What benefits does the Enterprise Zone offer?

Businesses that locate on the Enterprise Zone can access a number of benefits: 75 hectare • The Warton Aviation Enterprise Zone benefits from a masterplan, and local development order to simplify the planning process. site situated • Superfast broadband will be available on site. alongside BAE Systems’ operations LYTHAM BLACKPOOL

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ATTRACTING INWARD INVESTMENT

Nationally, Enterprise Zones are helping to attract more investment into the country, bringing jobs and businesses, delivering long-term, sustainable growth based on cutting-edge technology and enterprise.

Businesses are clustering around centres of excellence in key sectors including here at Warton, part of the Lancashire Advanced Engineering and Energy Cluster (LAMEC).

Since 2012 Enterprise Zones have attracted over £2.4 billion pounds of private sector investment, building world class business facilities and transport links and have attracted nearly 24,000 jobs. Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster

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A streamlined planning process will enable building OPPORTUNITIES development schemes to get off the ground quicker, PRESTON & M6 making the location more attractive to investors by & AVAILABLITY reducing the complexity and timescales with the planning process, enabling businesses to quickly secure approval for their specific development plans. Warton has been divided into three Enterprise Zone areas:

• North Enterprise Zone – 39.7ha Warton Aviation Enterprise Zone offers a unique opportunity to • South East Enterprise Zone – 21.3ha locate alongside BAE Systems’ Military Air & Information business • South West Enterprise Zone –13.5ha which has developed some of the most advanced engineering and manufacturing capability anywhere in the world. The Warton Aviation Enterprise Zone heralds an era of high quality commercial development that will attract With a rich history of over 100 years of aviation innovation the global knowledge intensive businesses. Warton Aviation Enterprise Zone is the only UK private fast-jet testing facility. Innovations at Warton include BAE Systems The development of the Enterprise Zone is to be managed recent installation of a brand new state-of-the-art cockpit and co-ordinated through the Lancashire Enterprise development and training facility. The £2.3m Training and Partnership in association with Landowner BAE Systems. Simulation Integration Facility (TSIF) developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering contains simulation Phase 1 which comprises 8.5ha areas within the North capabilities for multiple aircraft co-located and connected under Enterprise Zone known offers flexible opportunities for a one roof. range of unit sizes (B1, B2, B8) for which the Masterplan creates a flexible and deliverable framework that can TSIF forms part of a wider investment in training from BAE respond to a variety of development and user demands. Systems which will see the company invest more than £10M in As user requirements arise, various development and re- training and simulation facilities at its Warton site. use of existing building opportunities can be provided.

Although its adjacency to BAE Systems’ operations is key to the The Warton Enterprise Zone Phase 1 Site will help to Enterprise Zone, the Zone will be a focal point for a broad range deliver world class facilities for advanced engineering of advanced engineering and manufacturing businesses – by no and manufacturing ensuring that the objectives of the means limited to aerospace. Enterprise Zone as a national and international focus for these sectors are realised. Other occupiers include global management consultancy, technology and outsourcing giant Accenture and they are joined by worldwide specialists in calibration and asset management The site offers opportunities services, Trescal, which works with global leaders in industries such as aerospace, automotive and defence. for companies to locate

The presence of BAE Systems has attracted strong regional alongside BAE Systems’ Military supply chains in many areas ranging from design, testing and manufacturing, to repair and maintenance. Air and Information Division

The Enterprise Zone builds on the Lancashire’s outstanding The western zone can provide industrial type of record of innovation, capabilities, experience and skills – with development and the eastern zone can provide office, 30,000 people employed in the aerospace industry. This research & development and light industrial type represents the single largest concentration of aerospace activity development –through refurbishment & redevelopment – in the UK, while North West England is rated as the fourth-largest this strategy provides for a flexible response to the various aerospace cluster globally. sectors that may have an interest in locating on the site.

The southern side of the site includes areas within this zone with existing buildings which have been used for office and training, with refurbishment these would be suitable accommodation particularly for SME’s and business start-ups and they could be available in the short term to interested parties.

The planned creation of attractive, contemporary ‘Gateways’ at access points to the estate and at individual plot entrances will provide a distinctive and recognisable identity for the Enterprise Zone. FLEETWOOD Edinburgh 2hr 24m

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Lancashire - nationally and globally connected

The county’s transport connectivity is first class, with the M6 forming the north-south spine of the road network while the M65, M55, M61 and M58 radiate out to East Lancashire, the Fylde, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and beyond.

Rail links are equally efficient, with the West Coast Main Line placing many areas of Lancashire are just over a two-hour train journey of London.

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Partnering with academic and industrial leaders we develop new technologies to support our future product strategies.

BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace and security company employing around 82,500 people worldwide.

Our Military Air & Information business is based predominantly in the North of England and is the hub of our expertise in the design, manufacture and assembly of military combat aircraft and military training aircraft, as well as providing training, support and information services for our global customers.

We have a long history of being experts in the development, delivery and support of military aircraft and currently work on world-leading aircraft including the Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35 Lightning II and the next generation of military aircraft, such as our unmanned technology demonstrator, Taranis.

Our people are dedicated to help safeguard and enhance our customers’ military capabilities. www.baesystems.com

Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster

LANCASHIRE ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

The cluster has a strong and The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has been complementary industrial focus, successful in securing Enterprise Zone (EZ) status for four building on Lancashire’s national separate sites across Lancashire; the largest number of EZ and international strengths in the sites awarded to a single LEP. aerospace, advanced engineering These sites are at Samlesbury and Warton which are adjacent to BAE Systems’ operations, Blackpool Airport and Hillhouse in Wyre. and manufacturing, energy and The four EZ sites have a strong and complementary industrial focus, building on chemicals industries. Lancashire’s national and international strengths in the aerospace, advanced engineering and manufacturing, energy and chemicals industries; and collectively will help to create over 10,000 highly productive high value jobs and an economic and investor offer of truly Northern Powerhouse significance.

Sector focus: Sector focus: Sector focus: Sector focus: Advanced Manufacturing Aviation, Energy & Energy, Chemicals & Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering Advanced Manufacturing Polymers & Engineering

The UK’s newest Blackpool Airport offers Hillhouse Technology The site offers opportunities Advanced Engineering bespoke aviation solutions Enterprise Zone offers full for companies to locate and Manufacturing site and other commercial airside COMAH status and provides alongside BAE Systems’ immediately adjacent to a activities including helicopter facilities for the chemical Military Air and Information manufacturing centre for BAE and private flights, and the sector on an existing, Division, which has Systems, one of the world’s flagship Lancashire Energy HQ internationally recognised developed some of the most most advanced, technology- will act as a training base for business park. advanced engineering led defence, aerospace the national energy sector. and manufacturing capability and security solutions anywhere in the world. companies. KEY CONTACTS

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