panattoni park swindon

Building for the future at

Panattoni Park Swindon

About Panattoni ................................................................................................ 1

Site timeline ....................................................................................................... 5

Meeting the ambitions of Swindon and the local area .................................... 8

Meeting the demands of modern logistics and manufacturing occupiers ...11

The proposals ..................................................................................................15

The economic benefits to Swindon ............................................................... 21

Sustainable travel and connectivity ............................................................... 23

A sustainable development ............................................................................ 27

Landscaping and biodiversity ........................................................................ 30

Celebrating heritage ....................................................................................... 33

Timeline ........................................................................................................... 35

Next steps ....................................................................................................... 37

Contents


1About Panattoni

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About Panattoni

Panattoni is the largest developer of new manufacturing, logistics and distribution facilities in Europe.

Panattoni has developed over 110 million sq ft of new facilities in Europe to date.

Panattoni’s clients include international, national and regional companies. Panattoni has recently delivered buildings for a wide range of customers including Amazon, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Pilkington and Kellogg’s.

Amazon - Panattoni Park Nottingham

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Panattoni is proud of its track record and has its eyes firmly fixed on the future.

It is committed to innovative building design, developing high quality working environments and playing its role in achieving a decarbonised economy through low and net zero carbon building design.

GLAZING PROVIDING EXCELLENT THERMAL

PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMUM REFLECTANCE,

MINIMISING SOLAR HEAT GAIN

SUPERTIGHT BUILDING ENVELOPE

ROOFTOP PHOTOVOLTAIC

ARRAY TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FROM

THE SUN

Panattoni Park Nottingham

MINIMUM 15% ROOF LIGHTS

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING

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In Swindon, Panattoni is delivering a 2.3 million sq ft logistics centre at Symmetry Park for Amazon.

The development represents £400 million of private investment and will create in the region of 2,000 new jobs in Swindon during the construction and future operational phases.

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Site timeline25


Honda acquired the former airfield site in 1985 and engine production began in 1989.Production of the Honda Accord began in 1992 and of the Honda Civic in 1994.

Honda Motor announced the restructuring of its global operations and the closure of the Swindon plant in July 2019.At the time, Honda made a clear commitment to leave the site in a responsible way, with a sustainable legacy for Swindon.

Production ended on site on 30 July 2021

Handover to PanattoniHonda is currently undertaking an extensive decommissioning process prior to handing the site over to Panattoni in spring 2022.

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2019

2021

2022

JULY

SPRING

Site timeline

Panattoni recognise the importance of the site’s technological and manufacturing history, most recently as the home of Honda’s world class manufacturing in the UK.

1 million cars produced.Celebrations took place on 6 March as the one millionth vehicle rolled off the HUM production line – a CR-V.2003 Department of Trade and Industry minister Nigel

Griffiths and Honda Motor Europe’s President Minoru Harada, commemorating the milestone of one million vehicles with associates.

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The site

The site comprises of the Honda manufacturing and associated grounds, totalling 145 hectares in size.

Since agreeing to acquire the site, Panattoni has focused on working with Honda and Swindon Borough Council and undertaking significant investigative work on site to prepare the plans for redevelopment.

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3Meeting the ambitions of Swindon and the local area

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Meeting the ambitions of Swindon and the local area

How best to support the employees affected by Honda’s decision to close and how to effectively stimulate economic growth in Swindon have been among the key priorities of Swindon Borough Council, political representatives, local partners and Honda since the announcement in 2019.

It is for this reason that Panattoni is progressing proposals, in line with the relevant planning policies, that will retain the site for employment uses and provide a high quality and sustainable development designed to meet the needs of modern logistics and industrial occupiers.

Panattoni has been working closely with Swindon Borough Council and Honda to develop the proposals to ensure they provide the significant boost to the economy and create the employment opportunities for those who have previously worked for Honda and others in the community.

Panattoni is confident the proposals outlined will meet the ambitions of Swindon Borough Council and other local partners by attracting significant new businesses given the quality of the proposals, the scale of investment, combined with the location and a talented local workforce.

Swindon skyline

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Creating the jobs of the future

The proposal will help to create a full range of employment types.

Many of the new buildings will include state of the art automation, robotics, computer software and engineering which underpin the operations of advanced logistics and manufacturing centres, generating many high-tech, skilled employment opportunities.

The proposals will also create employment through the construction phase and support services which occupiers of the buildings will rely on in the wider economy.

Panattoni is committed to continuing to work with Swindon Borough Council, and local partners to ensure residents benefit from the full range of new employment opportunities.

Swindon’s Local Plan

Panattoni will continue to work with the Council to ensure the proposals respond to existing and emerging planning policy including the Local Plan which is currently undergoing a period of public consultation.

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4Meeting the demands of modern logistics and manufacturing occupiers

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Meeting demand

Across the South West of England and the country more widely, the supply of new manufacturing, logistics and distribution buildings has failed to keep up with demand.

10%to the UK non-financial business economy.

While the economy has suffered a severe contraction due to the impact of the pandemic, the demand for new high quality manufacturing, logistics and distribution space continues to grow.

The growth of e-commerce plays an important part in this as customers order groceries, clothes, and many other products online. Logistics, distribution and manufacturing buildings will play a crucial role in helping the local and national economy to recover.

The UK’s distribution and logistics sector is vital for the country’s financial success, contributing

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Panattoni’s proposals will respond to this growing demand and the ambitions of Swindon, by providing new high quality and sustainable buildings designed to accommodate the requirements of modern logistics and manufacturing occupiers, and deliver the much-needed additional capacity in Swindon, Wiltshire and across the region.

The planning application will allow Panattoni to deliver high quality buildings for occupiers from differing industries, big and small. The site will be a catalyst to allow local and regional companies the space to grow and give large, world-class companies a destination to locate and invest for the long term.

Older existing distribution facilities are not designed to accommodate the sophisticated needs of today’s business. They tend to be constrained by space, are inefficient and over-developed, and do not help to facilitate our transition to a zero-carbon economy.

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The vision for the site

Panattoni’s vision is to see the site transformed into a world class logistics and modern manufacturing centre. This will ensure the site is regenerated and significant employment opportunities are realised as quickly as possible following the site being handed over.

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5The proposals

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Panattoni’s emerging proposals are being informed by detailed environmental and technical studies. This will ensure that the unique opportunity presented by the site will optimise the delivery of new employment opportunities and support sustainable economic growth in Swindon.

The emerging proposals are presented here on a number of illustrative master plans.

This will deliver:

• A flexible mix of employment land uses to ensure the site can respond to and accommodate the requirements of the market. It will include B8 Distribution, B2 Industrial and Manufacturing and E(g)(iii) Light Industrial uses.

• A programme for the phased construction of up to around 672,000 square metres of new development.

• An allowance for buildings of varying sizes to suit the needs of local, national and international businesses. The details of which will be secured by future reserved matters submissions.

• A limit to the development of buildings to no more than 35 metres in height within central areas of the site, reducing to no more than 25 metres elsewhere.

• An approach to the design of the new buildings, which considers the importance of visual effects on views from the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

• A hydrogen fuelled energy station using the latest sustainable technology.

• A central facility which will be the base for the dedicated estate management team and include a transport hub.

• An approach which will set a high standard for the work environment for future employees including outdoor areas to relax during break times and outdoor trim trail for exercise.

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The planning application

To achieve this vision, Panattoni will be applying for planning permission to develop the site for a range of employment uses, including light industrial, storage and distribution and general industrial and manufacturing uses, which will help to deliver significant new jobs.

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The ‘Full’ element of the application will seek approval for the demolition of the existing buildings, as well as for the proposed boundary landscaping strategy, the drainage infrastructure, access arrangements to the site, the primary internal road network and development plateaus.

The ‘Outline’ element of the application (comprising the land shaded in white on the plan to the right) will be for the main developable areas of the site, to establish the site’s suitability for employment development.

The Outline application will set the development parameters including the broad locations of the new buildings, their maximum floorspace the height of buildings, and the land uses.

A full Environmental Impact Assessment is being undertaken, which assesses a range of different environmental impacts, and this will be submitted as part of the planning application.

If planning permission is granted, detailed plans would then need to be approved by Swindon Borough Council under separate, more detailed planning applications known as reserved matters. These would cover details of the final built design, including the appearance of the buildings, scale (including height), layout and details of landscape design, which would all need to be within the parameters consented by the outline planning permission.

The planning application will include details that will be submitted both in ‘Full’ and in ‘Outline’.

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Illustrative master plansHere are two illustrations as to how the development could be brought forward but ultimately the building form will be guided by the demands of the industrial and distribution market.

In undertaking the initial assessment of the development opportunity Panattoni has identified four key criteria for development:

1. PermeabilityThe site will be ‘opened up’, allowing for the first time full pedestrian, cycle and bus permeability through the site, with new connections to the surrounding areas provided at appropriate locations. This increased permeability will support sustainable travel choices for the future workers, as well as providing local residents with access to the new open spaces and walks to be created within the site.

2. AccessThe existing ‘North’ and ‘South’ access points will be retained, providing the only access points into the site for all motor vehicle and HGV traffic.

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3. Boundary LandscapingThe proposals have been sensitively designed to ensure that wherever possible the existing boundary vegetation, trees and landscaped bunds are retained and enhanced for their screening and ecological value.

4. Opening up of the culvertThe proposals will see the opening up of the existing culvert, delivering a new water course set within generous landscaping that not only improves flood resilience, but also provides an attractive and ecologically rich corridor through the site.

Illustrative master plans

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6The economic benefits to Swindon

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Circa 9,000 indirect jobs created off site at an annual average of 900 a year in the national supply chain across the UK

860 people working in construction

The ten-year construction period would support direct employment of

The economic benefits to Swindon

Circa 7,000 direct new jobs created on site at Panattoni Park Swindon over the next 10 years.

That’s Gross Value Added: the estimated cumulative added value of goods and services to the area over 10 years

+£1.4bn GVA

Total investment by Panattoni

£700m

A total generation of circa16,000new jobs, of which we expect circa 9,000 new jobs will be taken by the residents of Swindon

All numbers are estimated

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Sustainable travel and connectivity7

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Sustainable travel and connectivity

Panattoni is aware that traffic and transport more generally is an important consideration for the surrounding community.

The project team has had early engagement with both Swindon Borough Council and Highways England (the highways authority for the A419 and M4).

The planning application will be accompanied by the following transport related documents:

Junction 15 of the M4 Motorway, 5.5 miles from the site

Transport Assessment This will provide the details on:

• The opportunities to promote sustainable modes of transport

• The proposed site access arrangements to demonstrate that safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for everyone

• Traffic impacts from the proposed development on the operation of the transport network (capacity, congestion and highway safety) and if these impacts are significant the improvement schemes to effectively mitigate the impacts.

Travel Plan This will provide details on the measures to encourage and enhance provision for sustainable access to and from the site.

Distribution Plan This will be prepared to provide details on how the impact of commercial vehicles on the road network will be minimised.

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Panattoni is currently in discussion with local bus operators about ways to improve bus services in the local area, to make travel by bus

a convenient choice for those who will work there in the future.

Cars and HGVs will only be able to access the site from the A361 to the west (Honda’s existing southern and northern roundabouts). The direct link to Keypoint / the A420 that currently exists will be closed to cars and HGVs.

In recognition of the importance of supporting businesses to move goods by rail as part of their own decarbonising strategies, Panattoni will ensure that access is safeguarded between the site and the rail freight terminal at Keypoint.

Following feedback from Swindon Borough Council and local representatives, Panattoni will introduce pedestrian and cycle links to, and through, the site to help open it up. In addition, the proposed development will assist in bringing forward improvements to pedestrian and cycle infrastructure between the site and the town.

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The Travel Plan will help to facilitate the use of the most sustainable forms of transport.

It will include electric vehicle charging on site and a new electric bike or scooter hire scheme for employees. The scheme will make electric cars, bikes or scooters available to employees who have used sustainable means to get to work.

Panattoni’s dedicated estates management company will ensure that transport arrangements are delivered to the highest of standards and levels of compliancy are maintained.

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8A sustainable development

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Sustainable measures

Sustainability is at the forefront of Panattoni’s business approach and its commitments to its clients and the communities in which it operates.

Site specific sustainability measures will support the construction process.

The demolition of the Honda plant will focus on materials recovery, with concrete and masonry being recycled into aggregate for use in the new development and steel recovered to supply the secondary steel and reprocessing market.

The design of the new development will be undertaken to ensure that topsoil is reused, and that subsoils and excavation materials will all be reused on site. This will minimise the waste generated and avoid unnecessary construction traffic.

Panattoni has been setting the pace in renewable energy and low carbon development for over 20 years, recognising that the global economy must make the transition away from fossil fuels to protect both our economy and the environment.

Panattoni’s team has a proven track record of delivering sustainable

development at scale which considers the embodied and operational carbon costs of a building, the impact on biodiversity, the way local communities and employees interact with a new scheme and how the power it needs during its operational phase is generated.

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Targeting Net Zero Carbon

The project team is targeting a minimum BREEAM Excellent Rating and is putting in place a strategy to target zero carbon across the entire site prior to its completion. This sets the highest standard for sustainable development and building operation on a manufacturing, logistics and distribution site of this size in the UK.

The highest levels of sustainability will be achieved through a number of measures that will include:

• To achieve net zero carbon, the base build will be designed to be Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) A+ rated.

• Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels being fitted to all buildings to reduce CO2 emissions.

• State of the art heating/cooling technology will be provided in the office areas to minimise the CO2 impact of the buildings.

• 20% per cent of parking spaces will be fitted with electric vehicle charging points and the remaining spaces will have ducting installed to allow their future connection.

• Cycle parking will be provided for employees and visitors and the buildings will have facilities such as showers, changing areas and lockers to encourage cycling.

• Highly efficient LED lighting will be provided outside and inside the buildings. This will be controlled with movement sensors and light sensors to make use of natural daylight and save energy.

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Landscaping and biodiversity9

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Landscaping and biodiversity

Panattoni is aware of the unique nature of the site; a significant brownfield site with established boundaries of mature trees and planting and a culverted watercourse.

The project team has undertaken extensive surveys to ensure the ecological value of the site, habitats, established planting and flooding in and around the site is fully understood.

While changes will need to be made to existing trees and planting, Panattoni is committed to delivering a high quality landscaping strategy which will:

Retain and enhance the majority of existing planting on the site’s boundary.

Remove and improve existing areas of non-native planting to allow native species to flourish.

Mitigate for the removal of any existing trees and other areas of planting, with planting of native tree species and other native plants including pollinators.

Provide new and enhanced habitats for wildlife.

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AERIAL VIEW: PHOTO_17

Open the existing culverted watercourse alongside attenuation ponds, to provide landscaping features, ecological wetlands and to accommodate rainwater. These measures will ensure that the contribution to peak river flows made by the site reduces as a result of the development, recognising potential flood risk downstream on the South Marston Brook and ensuring the development contributes to the solution to downstream flooding.

Panattoni will establish and maintain an estates management company for the whole site. This will ensure that high environmental standards are maintained for the long term, via a Landscape and Biodiversity Management Plan.Create tree lined boulevards within the site.

Plant native hedgerows along building boundaries.

Provide landscaped bunds to deliver new habitats, soften views of the buildings and provide acoustic attenuation for the operations on the site.

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10Celebrating heritage

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British Motor Museum

To celebrate the history of the site, Honda is working with the British Motor Museum and will be donating materials charting the history of production in Swindon.

To celebrate the history of the site, Honda is working with the British motor museum and will be donating materials charting the history of production in Swindon. Honda has also recently announced their plans for a new heritage garden that will provide a lasting memorial celebrating achievements of Honda’s associates.

The 1.3-acre Honda Heritage Garden will provide past employees and local communities a green space to visit, will include the relocation of the two Honda memorial trees, which are currently located on the main site to remember associates who passed away during service. The garden will also include a play area, and spaces for schools and local groups to learn about nature.

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11Timeline

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Timeline

The project timeline is as follows:

Summer 2021Review feedback and further development of hybrid application

Autumn 2021Submission of application

Spring 2022Honda vacate the site

Spring 2022Target determination date of application

Spring 2022Future reserved matters submission and consultation

Summer 2022 Demolition and construction phase

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The project team want to hear the local community’s view on the initial proposals for the site and how they can be improved. We appreciate you taking the time to review these documents which set out what the proposals will include.

If you have any questions or comments you can contact us using the details below:

email: [email protected]

tel: 0800 029 71 71

post: CONNECT CONSULTATION Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank London SW1P 4QP

web: www.panattoniswindon.co.uk

Next steps

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