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COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Spring 2020

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START OF CONSTRUCTION Working safely AT MERCIA PARK The health and wellbeing of our Following the granting of planning approval in Autumn 2019, people and the communities near our sites is of paramount importance and IM Properties is beginning the construction of Mercia Park, we are implementing and regularly a major new high-quality employment park in north west reviewing appropriate safety adjacent to Junction 11 of the M42. measures in line with Government and Public Health guidance Our appointed contractor Winvic stakeholders about how the project on Covid-19. Construction, will be on site from is being delivered. 18 May 2020 to begin site works. The nature of our first phase of Initial work will involve earthwork You can read more about the construction, which involves earth excavation, ground remodelling, proposed construction programme moving works and infrastructure, site infrastructure, drainage, and and how we are planning to minimise together with the scale of the site preparing the development’s main disruption and manage our impacts will ensure that we are able to building plots. in this newsletter. strictly adhere to the recommended measures on social distancing. This is an important milestone If you would like to contact us about for the project and an appropriate any aspect of the development, time to update our neighbours, details are provided below and on the local community and wider the back page of this newsletter. Contact us

If you have any questions about A home for leading businesses construction-related activity or queries about anything you have Mercia Park will become home to in north west Leicestershire and the seen on site, from 18 May 2020 you leading international businesses surrounding area. can contact the site team directly by Jaguar Land Rover and DSV Group, calling 01604 678 960. which are the two principle operators IM Properties and Winvic are in that will occupy the majority of the continuing discussions with North Alternatively, for non construction new employment park. West Leicestershire District Council, related enquiries please email us on local training and skills providers and [email protected] The site will ultimately support up to the Department for Work & Pensions, 3,400 jobs when fully occupied and to seek to ensure the employment generate around 170 construction and local business benefits during jobs per year during the build phase, construction are maximised. helping to drive economic growth Introducing

Winvic is a privately-owned contractor CCS is a not-for-profit, independent All of Winvic’s projects are registered that operates across the country in organisation founded in 1997 to raise with CCS, with its audited scores a range of sectors. Winvic’s work standards in the construction industry. regularly exceeding the industry at Mercia Park will be carried out For those wishing to find our more, average to place it within the top 10% in line with a detailed Construction details can be found at: of companies nationally. Environment Management Plan www.ccscheme.org.uk (CEMP) agreed after discussions with The company’s commitment to officers at North West Leicestershire operating to the highest professional District Council. standards has seen it win seven prestigious Considerate Constructors Considerate construction Scheme National Site Awards in the last two years. Winvic is an official partner of the Considerate Constructors Scheme Find out more at: www.winvic.co.uk (CCS) and always aims to achieve best practice as defined by its five-point code of practice.

FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT

Reducing HGV movements The material that we move will Construction and infrastructure help to create the many ‘bunds’, or phasing The first phase of work on site will mounds, that will help to screen involve earthwork excavations the buildings along with a planting The two-year project to deliver the new and preparing the development’s scheme that will be delivered later in Jaguar Land Rover facility will involve a main building plots. Our aim is to a comprehensive manner. number of broad phases: transport as little excavated material from the site as possible as part of All site work will be carried out from • Earthworks our commitment to reducing HGV 07:00 to 18:00 on Monday to Friday • Drainage movements on local roads. and 07:30 to 13:00 on Saturdays. • Site utilities • Highways and footways • Landscaping • Construction of buildings Our contractor Matrix Networks Ltd Both sets of these utility works are – a leading accredited independent phased, and their impact will be connections provider – has already localised and temporary. As the begun a programme of utility works will be taking place throughout connection works. the year, updates will be provided to local parishes and stakeholders and This involves installing a new gas main any directly affected local residents from the site along the A444 and will be notified by Matrix Networks Acresford Road into Ashby de la Zouch, individually ahead of work starting in and, separately, a new foul water pipe each area. along the B4593 to Ashby Road Bridge and electricity cables to Bolebridge We would like to reassure you that Street in Tamworth. together with our contractors we will work to ensure any disruption For further details about the phasing to local communities and residents UTILITY and an indicative schedule of the is minimised. connection works, please see the WORKS latest maps and information on our website: merciaparkconstruction.co.uk/ utility-works

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

From 11th May, South Staffordshire While the new water main is to support Water will be laying a new water main Mercia Park, the work is being carried from the Waterworks in up to out by South Staffordshire Water and we the No Man’s Heath road. do not have direct control or oversight of their programme or communications. This will require the road to be temporarily closed for up to sixteen In addition, due to the nature of the initial weeks and a diversion will put be in place. phase of construction operations, the public rights of way across the site are Details of the diversion routes available also temporarily closed. to all traffic can be viewed at: bit.ly/2WsDxic

Community Liaison Group

To help keep local parishes and Members have been invited to discuss Organisations invited to the CLG stakeholders updated about the any issues of concern which may arise are shown below: construction of Mercia Park, we have and discuss how communities can established a Community Liaison benefit from the development, playing • Parish Council Group (CLG) as a way of managing an active and constructive part in the • Chilcote Parish Council and sharing information relating to discussions that take place during the • Clifton Campville Parish Council the project. The first meeting was CLG meetings. • Parish Council held earlier this year. • Netherseal Parish Council Although meetings are by invite only, • , Seckington The CLG is a meaningful and all minutes, presentations and project & No Man’s Heath Parish Council transparent discussion platform documents are available on our project • , & where both positive and negative website: merciaparkconstruction.co.uk/ Acresford Parish Council issues can be raised by both CLG community-liaison-group. • Parish Council members and IM Properties’ team for • Parish Council open and honest discussion. If you have any questions, please • Residents Against Project Mercia contact your local parish council who • North West Leicestershire District can put you in touch with your CLG Council representative or get in touch with us directly. MERCIA PARK COMMUNITY FUND

Local community groups will be able Grants from £2,000 to £5,000 will be to submit applications to the Mercia available for a 12-month project and Park Community Fund when it officially groups already successfully working launches on June 1st. to improve local communities or the natural environment will also be The Community Fund, which will be welcome to apply for £3,000 towards administered by the Leicestershire operating costs for up to three years if & Rutland Community Foundation they can clearly demonstrate how the (www.llrcommunityfoundation.org.uk) organisation will thrive in future years, has been specifically set up to help once the grant has finished. strengthen local communities and support projects that can improve the Applications will be assessed Details about how to apply will natural environment. independently by a panel, which be available on the project includes local people who are members website on 1 June. of the Community Liaison Group. www.merciaparkconstruction.co.uk

IN SUMMARY, MERCIA PARK WILL:

PROVIDE A HOME FOR LEADING SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES AROUND 170 INCLUDING JAGUAR LAND CONSTRUCTION JOBS ROVER AND DSV GROUP PER YEAR DURING THE SUPPORT AROUND BUILD PHASE 3,400 JOBS

CREATE EXTENSIVE GENERATE MORE THAN LANDSCAPING INCLUDING £7 MILLION UP TO PER ANNUM 30 ACRES IN BUSINESS OF NEW WOODLAND RATES BRING AN ANNUAL £7m CONTRIBUTION OF £139 MILLION GVA TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY

About Get in touch IM Properties During construction, and once the Early insight to any issues the As one of the UK’s largest privately- site becomes operational, we remain community may have, will allow us owned multi-disciplined property fully committed to engaging with the to respond in a timely manner. companies, we have a significant track local community. record of sustainable development For any other questions about along the M42 corridor. If you have any questions about the project, including about the construction-related activity or Community Fund, you can In north we transformed queries about anything you have email us on Birch Coppice from a disused colliery seen on site, from 18 May 2020 you [email protected] into an award-winning business park, can contact the team directly by creating over 6,000 jobs locally. calling 01604 678 960.

We are also the owner of Fore Business Park and Blythe Valley Park, a thriving mixed-use community set within 122 acres of parkland near Junction 4 For more information about the project, please visit our website: of the M42. www.merciaparkconstruction.co.uk