Kingsbridge wins planning consent to build one of the greenest warehouses in the UK

Commercial property developer Kingsbridge has been granted planning consent for a sustainable warehouse and logistics scheme near Southampton.

Fareham Borough Council has approved Kingsbridge’s plans for three units totaling 106,688 sq ft, bringing the former Chartwell Court site, in Segensworth, back into employment use.

The development will be known as Ferne Park, reflecting Fareham’s historic roots as a Saxon village known as Ferne Ham.

Kingsbridge is targeting the highest possible ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM rating, a nationally-recognised standard which measures the environmental impact of commercial buildings.

This will put Ferne Park in the top 3% of BREEAM-accredited industrial developments nationally.

Chichester-based Kingsbridge, working with a joint venture partner, is also targeting net zero embodied carbon for the scheme, an A-rated Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), and a 25% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) for the site – well over the 10% BNG required by the local authority.

Each unit will be fitted with solar panel arrays on the roof to provide sustainable energy and will have access to its own secure yard with electric vehicle charging points.

Chris Fry, Chief Executive of Kingsbridge, said: “We are proud to bring forward our greenest ever logistics project, and one of the most environmentally sustainable schemes in the region – a highly sustainable, biodiversity net gain positive development that unlocks this previously underused site’s potential to deliver best-in-class facilities for employment use.

“Ferne Park represents our ongoing commitment to the highest levels of sustainability, meeting demand from businesses across the south in a way that delivers prosperity and environmental benefits to our local communities.”

Ferne Park‘s three units will each benefit from a self-contained secure yard area. Unit 1 will be detached and provide 18,000 sq ft, while units 2 and 3 may be let together to form an 89,000 sq ft facility, or separately as two units of around 34,000 and 55,000 sq ft.

Ferne Park, at Barnes Wallis Road, is strategically positioned at the centre of the Segensworth Industrial Estate, close to Junction 9 of the M27 and with excellent transport links to Portsmouth and Southampton and across the Solent Corridor.