Originally Posted by
Balair
Freeport
A map showing the location of the Freeport tax sites which will be centred on and around the airport can now be viewed on the GOV.UK website.
The main site is a huge area to the South of the airport stretching between Diseworth and Donington Services. The area is roughly that of the Segro EM Gateway which also now includes three new tax sites.
There are are two sites shown on the airport itself. One covers the majority of the central maintenance area, including long stay car park one. The other is the area at the extreme Western end of the airport which is currently used for car parking.
Indications show that provision has been made here for a sizeable extension to the Western ramp. I would imagine therefore, that this location will probably be used for additional freight facilities.
One area that has not been included in the Freeport planning is that to the East of the new UPS hub, so it could be that this is already earmarked for a new ramp to cater for UPS’s future expansion.
It remains to be seen what transpires, but with the continued growth in airfreight at EMA I can imagine more ramp space will be required sooner rather than later.
Flew a glide approach into the airfield yesterday coming inside the M1 over the new Amazon buildings on the north side, to land westerly. The site is a huge footprint when viewed from directly above.
Mentioned this to my Brother today over a coffee. He spent a lifetime at LCC covering NW Leics planning permissions. He mentioned that the land south of the A453 between the M1 services and the a/p entrance has long been ear marked for freight warehousing development - plus a load of new homes toward Dizzyworth for the new employees.
He suggested this will move forward now. We shall see.