Prime Waterside Development Opportunity Former Harry Fairclough Office

Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2FU

Former Harry Fairclough Office, Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2FU 2

Key Considerations • For sale on behalf of the joint administrators of Harry Fairclough Limited. • Existing office building and storage yard. • Cheshire waterside location. • Could be suitable for redevelopment subject to planning permission. • Existing office extends to approximately 12,000 sq ft on a site of 1.4 acres. • Short distance to Warrington town centre.

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situation Planning tenure Warrington is a strategically located town in Cheshire, located The site was previously occupied under a B1 office use with Freehold between Manchester and Liverpool. It was historically founded associated storage yard to the rear. Whilst the property due to its location around the River Mersey and Manchester Ship could be re-occupied on this basis, the site presents a good Canal, and more recently the M6 motorway which forms the redevelopment opportunity subject to the relevant planning Services eastern boundary to the town. consents. Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries to Given its location as above and with the M62 running to the north, The site is under the jurisdiction of Warrington Borough Council the town has benefitted significantly from the development of the relevant Authorities as to the suitability, capacity and exact and whilst its current use is clear, the site historically held a location of services. Omega which offers a key logistics destination that is now home residential planning consent for some 100 residential units to The Hut Group, Hermes and Travis Perkins. The M62 bridges however this was never implemented and has now lapsed. Warrington to Manchester and Liverpool and also to the M6 motorway. Savills Planners have reviewed the site and comment that whilst Legal costs the site has not been identified for a specific use, given the The town itself has more recently seen significant investment by proximity to existing residential properties and the previous Each party will be responsible for their own legal costs associated both private and public bodies. The town centre, specifically, has commercial use mean that there is a good planning case for with this transaction. been targeted by Warrington Council with Muse Developments either a residential or commercial use ont he site. A planning and now features a Cineworld Superscreen Cinema and a new appraisal produced by Savills Planners will be included within the “The Botanist” flagship restaurant. data room. The site itself is located towards the eastern edge of the town on the northern bank of the River Mersey. In the immediate vicinity, Persimmon have relatively recently completed a scheme mixing apartments with traditional housing, meanwhile the Howley Lane Industrial area lies across Padgate Brook to the west of the site. description The property occupies a prime waterside site off Howley Lane, fronting the River Mersey. The site is triangular in shape and is bound to the west by Padgate Brook, to the east by the Persimmon development and the south by Howley Lane. To the front of the property are two parking areas both accessed off Howley Lane, meanwhile the yard is to the rear of the property. The whole site extends to approximately 1.4 acres. The existing office building comprises a two storey purpose built office building that features solid floors with perimeter trunking, suspended ceilings with CAT II lighting and wet radiator heating system. There is also a modern extension at the rear of the property which provides air conditioned office space to the first floor and a workshop at ground floor level. The yard to the rear has primarily been used for storage purposes but features a concrete slab and gives way to a further storage building at the very north of the site, albeit this is in a poor state of repair. Former Harry Fairclough Office, Howley Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2FU 4

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Price Price on application. Interested parties are required to confirm their interest via e-mail. Thereafter, access to a secure data room will be provided and a bid deadline issued. All offers are to be submitted in writing, for a fixed and specified sum, for the attention of Ned Brooks or Andrew Cooke – contact details below.

Contact For further information please contact:

Savills Manchester Belvedere 12 Booth Street Manchester M2 4AW

Ned Brooks Andrew Cooke +44 (0) 161 277 7218 +44 (0) 161 602 8218 [email protected] [email protected]

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