The Place for Innovation
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
THE PLACE FOR INNOVATION DELIVERED BY TELFORD & WREKIN COUNCIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY DESCRIPTION EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT LAND SOUTH OF THE A518 AND WEST OF THE A41, NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE, TF10 7BX. A THRIVING UNIVERSITY TOWN IN THE BOROUGH OF TELFORD AND WREKIN, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY WITH EASY ACCESS TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. NI.PARK COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES (10 HECTARES) OF CLEARED, GREENFIELD EMPLOYMENT LAND PHASE 1 PROVIDES A RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS RANGING FROM 66 SQM – 351 SQM (710 FT2 – 3778 FT2) TO LET FURTHER PLOTS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE EITHER FREEHOLD PARCELS OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT OR THE POTENTIAL DELIVERY OF TURNKEY SOLUTIONS TO SUIT OCCUPIERS’ REQUIREMENTS SUITABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT USES THAT FALL WITHIN USE CLASS E (SUBJECT TO LAND OWNERS CONSENT), B2 OR B8 DELIVERED BY TELFORD & WREKIN COUNCIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY 2 LOCATION HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY 3.7 MILES. ADJACENT TO AUDLEY AVENUE ENTERPRISE PARK JUPITER MARKETING AND ALDI. NEW RETAIL CORRIDOR ADJACENT TO A41 LIDL, M&S FOOD, BP AND MCDONALDS. TELFORD INTERNATIONAL TRAIN STATION 8.3 MILES, STAFFORD TRAIN STATION 12 MILES. SHIFNAL AND OAKENGATES TRAIN STATIONS 8 MILES. M54 MOTORWAY, JUNCTION 3 9 MILES. 3 Thurso Stornoway Wick Ullapool Lairg Elgin Portreee Inverness Kyle of Lochalsch Mallaig Aviemore Aberdeen Aberdeen Fort William Pitlochry Oban Oban Montrose Dundee Dundee St Andrews Stirling Perth Greenockeenee Kirkcaldy Greenock Clydebank Rosyth Glasgow Leith Glasgow Motherwell Edinburgh Edinburgh Berwick-upon-Tweed Kilmarnock Coleraine Ayr Londonderry Ballymena CONNECTIVITYHawick Larne Dumfries Stranraer Belfast Newcastle Bangor Carlisle Belfast Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Carlisle South Shields Portadown Durham Sunderland Whitehaven Penrith Newry Darlington Middlesbrough Durham Tees Valley Douglas Kendal Barrow-in-Furness Northallerton Lancaster Scarborough Harrogate Bridlington Blackpool YoY rk Preston Leeds Leeds Southport Bradford Dublin Bolton Hull Liverpool Hull Holyhead Liverpool Huddersfield Scunthorpe Conwy Birkenhead Manchester Humberside Grimsby Liverpool Doncasteraststerter Bangor Robin Hood Sheffield Chester Buxton Chesterfield Crewe Lincoln Stoke-on-Trent Newport Derby Shrewsbury StafSEastfor Midlandsd NottinghamN Boston Aberystwyn Lichfield King’s Lynn TelforWolverhaolverhamptond Welshpool 30 miles Dudley Leicester Birmingham Peterborough Norwich Llandrindod Wells KidderminsterterteerBirmingham Great Yarmouth Fishguard Coventry 60 miles Worcester Lowestoft HHereford Thetford Stratford Northampton Bury St Edmunds Milford Haven Tewkesbury upon-Avon Merthyr Tydfil Cheltenham Pembroke Bedford Cambridge Ipswich 90 miles Gloucester Swansea Luton Felixstowe Avonmouth Oxford Stansted Felixstowe Newport Harwich Port Talbot Swindon St Albans Colchester 120 miles Cardiff Bristol Chelmsford Bathh Readingg Barnstaple London City Heathrow TilburySSoSouthend-on-Sea Guildford Margate Taunton LondonMaidstone Gatwick Salisbury Canterburerburerbbury Winchester Tunbridge Wells Dover Exeter Southampton Dover ChichesterC Newquay Southampton Lewes Folkestone Poolee Calais Portsmouth Portsmouth Truro Weymouth Bournemouthh Brighton Hastings Penzance St Austell Plymouth Torbay Eastbourne Boulogne 4 Ashelds Hinstock Ellerton The Marsh Shebdon Batchacre Hall Child’s Ercall Sambrook The Nook Standford Bridge Howle Acton Norbury Eaton upon Tern Grinshill Reynald Moreton Corbet Ercall Heath Butlersbank Sansaw Moreton Mill Heath Oulton Ellerdine Little River Meese Heath Bolas Sutton Edgebolton WALES 80M Bolas Heath LIVERPOOL 67M Chetwynd A41 Park Cold Shawbury Muckleton Hatton Cold Hatton Great Forton Heath Heath Bolas Ellerdine Lanes River Meese Meeson Edgmond Meretown Tern Marsh Hadnall River Tibberton Meeson Rowton Heath HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY Islington Cherrington Conquermoor Heath Edgmond Waters Pipe Strine Coley Mill Lakemoor Brook Upton Newport Astley A41 Osbaston AUDLEY AVENUE ENTERPRISE PARK Cherrington Adeney Walton Moortown Moor Bings Heath RETAIL CORRIDOR Upper A518 Astley Outwoods Crudgington ook Church High Strine Br Ni.PARK Ercall Aston The Weald Chetwynd Moors A518 Aston Moreton M54,M6 Kynnersley Kynnersley Cheswell TELFORD 9M WOLVERHAMPTON 19M Roden Moor BIRMINGHAM 35M Battleeld River Roden Brockton Stockton Haughton 5 Harlescott Longden Lynn Sleapford on Tern Lilleshall Woodcote Preston upon the Weald Moors Honnington Eyton upon the Weald Moors Rodington Great Somerwood Heath Chatwell Rodington Clock Marsh tower Heath Green Hill Bratton Muxton Ufngton Isombridge Shawbirch Hortonwood Industrial Estate Weston Heath Donnington Lilyhurst Dothill Shewsbury Withington Allscott Admaston Blymhill Princess Common Downton Royal Cross Hospital A&E Leegomery Granville Green open 24hrs H Country Park Trench Upton Magna Donnington Wrockwardine Sheriffhales Wellington Wood Lodge Mount Walcot Hadley Wrockwardine Hadley Learning Community (HLC) Haybridge Public right of way through HLC Wood Wombridge Leaton Berwick Burlington Wharf Charlton Overley Oakengates Crackleybank Ketley River Tern Haygate Arleston Red St Georges Redhill Lake Emstrey Cluddley Bluebell Priorslee Uckington Steeraway Uppington Snedshill Norton The Rock Old Park Atcham Stafford Park Telford Industrial Estate Haughton Dawley Lawley Bank Malinslee Hollinswood Southwater One Southwater Telford Town Park Wroxeter Rushton Visitor Centre Norton Huntington Dawley Shifnal The Wrekin Randlay Stanton Cross Houses Nedge Tong Coalmoor Hill Upper The Wyke Berrington Little Longwood Wenlock Horsehay Stirchley Eaton Doseley Eyton on Constatine Severn Little Dawley Brookside Lightmoor The Hem Leighton Haleseld Industrial Estate Upper Coundlane Evelith ook Cound Cound Row Br Buildwas Woodside Tweedale Coundmoor Br Kemberton Coalbrookdale rn ook River Seve Madeley Cressage Sheinton Ironbridge Pitchford Sutton Whiston The Iron Hill Bridge Brockton Cross Grindle Maws Acton Craft Centre Pigott Ryton Coundmoor Jackeld Coalport Benthall Wyke Acton Broseley Burnell Beckbury Harley 0 1mile Sutton Homer Maddock ook Hartley Br Norton Burnhill Green Newtown Kenley Barrow Ruckley Much Wenlock orte River W Stockton Badger Darley Crowgreaves Willey Stanlow Hifnal Linleygreen ook Hughley Br Church Stableford Preen Ackleton Apley Forge VISION OUR VISION IS TO CREATE THE WORLD’S LEADING AGRI-TECH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION HUB, PUTTING THE UK AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIGH EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE. NEW INDICATIVE SITE LAYOUT HIGHLIGHTING PHASE 1 Ni.PARK WAS CHOSEN AS A PILOT SITE TO LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE SECRETARY’S NEW HIGH POTENTIAL “ OPPORTUNITIES SCHEME. THIS IS AIMED AT DRIVING NEW INVESTMENT INTO THE UK “ 6 VISION 7 VISION 8 It is home to the National Centre of Precision Farming which researches, evaluates and promotes HARPER ADAMS the technologies that provide solutions for modern farming and is a proving ground for innovations that UNIVERSITY make farming more efficient and productive. Harper Adams University is a world One of the UKs four Agricultural Engineering class specialist university at the Precision Innovation (Agri EPI) Centres is also based at the University, providing a global centre forefront of future food production, for agricultural engineering and precision farming. processing, animal sciences, The centre delivers research, development, engineering, land management and demonstration and training on precision agriculture and engineering for the livestock, arable, horticulture sustainable business; the ideal partner and aquaculture sectors. The Agri-EPI Centre is to deliver Ni.Park. owned by a consortium of key organisations in the field of precision agriculture and engineering, Named UKs Best Modern University (The Times bringing together expertise in research and industry. Good University Guide 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) A further 69 companies support the Centre, including the University was also the recipient of The Queens large supermarkets, food producers, farmers, Anniversary Prize for its work leading innovation processors and engineering and technology firms. in agricultural engineering. Close to 60% of the research by Harper Adams in Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science is deemed to be internationally excellent or world leading according to the UKs Research Excellence Framework (REF) with teaching awarded as Gold standard in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Harper Adams University is always looking for industry partners to work with students and graduates and has one of the highest graduate employment rates of all UK universities with 98.8% graduate employment, 15 months after graduation. (Graduate Outcomes July 2020). The University’s Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated. 9 HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY – AHEAD OF ITS FIELD FOR INNOVATION Through its Hands Free Hectare project Kit Franklin, Senior Agricultural Engineering Lecturer, said: “We want the farm to become a testbed for in 2017, the University undertook agricultural innovation. Once the farm’s established, ground-breaking research and became we’ll be encouraging companies to come and test the first in the world to plant, tend and and evaluate their technologies. harvest a crop with only autonomous “It’s also great that the project will remain on the vehicles and drones. This has now developed university campus, so that students will be able into 35 hectares of Hands Free Farm, with Automated to learn from it, watch our progress and see how machines growing crops