EP 138, Ellesmere Port is a state-of-the-art industrial unit to let near Chester. The BREEAM Excellent, EPC ‘A’ rating building is less than 10 miles north of Chester, close to J8 of the M53 in Elsmere Port. It is the remaining industrial unit of the two-unit PLP Elsmere Port scheme. The 90,000 sq ft unit has already been let to Bargain Max, testament to the quality of this logistics location.
PLP Ellesmere Port fronts the M53 between junctions 7 and 8, offering instant access to the regional motorway network. The M53 joins the M56 just over three miles south of the scheme, connecting you to the M6 and Manchester to the east and North Wales to the west. The M54 north connects the site to Bromborough, Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, and, of course, Liverpool.
Major brands occupying other industrial units near Chester include Vauxhall Motors, DHL, Scania, SPL International, Essar, and Pro-Group.
Operational specifications for this industrial unit to let near Chester include
Sustainable specifications for this industrial unit to let near Chester include
The industrial unit is also a carbon net zero construction. This means it meets the criteria for carbon net zero as defined in the KU Green Building Council’s framework. This gives any the occupier the opportunity to achieve carbon net zero in operation.
The future proofing of this highly specified new industrial unit to let near Chester extends beyond the sustainable specifications. It has been designed to accommodate additional office floorspace on the second floor.
EP 138 isn’t just an industrial unit near Chester. It’s also an industrial unit within the Liverpool City Region Freeport Zone, the southern boundary of which is just to the north of Chester.
A Freeport customs site (also known as a ‘free zone’) is a secure, enclosed customs zone where some normal tax customs rules do not apply.
Liverpool City Region Freeport Zone allows eligible businesses to apply for Custom Site Operator (CSO) status. Such status can offer exemptions on duty on reexports and flexibility on how any duty is calculated. It also simplifies customs procedures for importing, exporting, storing or processing goods and streamlining the process for bringing goods into and moving goods between customs sites.
PLP’s new industrial unit to let in Ellesmere Port near Chester is ideally located for serving national as well as regional markets. There are 10 million consumers within one hour’s HGV drive of the scheme, an area that contains one third of British industry. Of equal importance, a skilled workforce of 560,000 lives within a 30-minute drive of the site. And national markets are well within reach: A 4.5 hr HGV drive from the site will reach the M25 to the south and Newcastle to the north.
