Halton Borough Council - Property Availability & Cost
Overall Summary
There are 16 key industrial areas and three main retail areas in Halton, and industrial premises vary from small units suitable for start-ups to premises in excess of 100,000 sq ft. Premises are available on a leasehold or freehold basis.
Available development sites vary from 1/2 acre to more than 50 acres, the majority of which are freehold sites suitable for design and build projects for the service and manufacturing sectors.
Halton Borough Council’s Economic Regeneration Service manages a free interactive property finding service.
More information on available premises in Halton.
Manufacturing/Industrial
The Borough of Halton is an attractive choice for many manufacturing businesses. IT offers a wide range of industrial premises, from light to heavy industrial usages, and covering all price ranges. There is also a readily available local workforce for businesses investing in the area, of for local expanding companies.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £6 per sq. ft.
Warehousing/Distribution
Manor Point offers a modern high bay warehouse covering 128,000 sq ft, and Manor Park 3 - the third phase of development – will include office space on a 105-acre site.
A variety of quality, renovated buildings are available on leasehold or freehold terms, between 3,000 and 340,000 sq ft, and are just minutes from the M56, and 25 minutes from Manchester International Airport.
The Mersey Multimodal Gateway is a unique piece of infrastructure with rail access from the West Coast Main Line, high bay warehousing, an operational intermodal terminal facility and 750,000 sq ft of existing distribution sheds, with outline consent for a total of 1.8m sq ft of new buildings, rising eventually to 3.5m sq ft.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £4 per sq. ft.
Headquarters/Regional Offices
Manor Park 3 is the third phase of development for office, R&D, distribution, and light industrial activities, on a 105-acre site.
The 225-acre Daresbury Park offers high quality space for head offices and is situated next to the M56 (Junction 11).
Daresbury Park is included in Halton’s Unitary Development Plan as a major employment site, noted by the North West Development Agency as a key strategic site. The Park is also located in the North Cheshire ‘office triangle’, constituting Chester, Warrington and South Manchester.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £20 per sq. ft.
Back Offices/Call Centres/Administration Centres
Annual Rent Range: Up to £10 per sq. ft.Serviced Office Accommodation
Heath Business and Technical Park
The 60-acre Heath Business and Technical Park is owned and managed by award-winning SOG Ltd, the biggest commercial operator of multi-occupancy science facilities in the UK.
The Heath offers 200,000 sq ft of serviced office space, and is well suited for businesses of varying sizes, in a broad range of sectors. The Park also offers a wide range of business support services.
Services and Facilities:
- Engineering and Laboratory Technician Support
- Health and Safety Services (www.sog.ltd.uk)
- Use of the Conference Centre with 120-seat lecture theatre
- Restaurant and café with wireless internet access
- Heath Leisure Suite – gym, fitness and health facilities
- Mail and Stores services
- Newsagent
The Heath offers flexible and competitively priced accommodation packages and services. Tenants include LGC, Ineos, ACAL Energy, AM Technology, Saffil Automotive and Manchester Organics.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £15 per sq. ft.
Light Industrial
Speke Approach
Speke Approach is the result of a major regeneration project of a 50-acre Brownfield, which now provides 19 high quality industrial units between 8,000 and 30,000 sq ft, suitable for B1, B2 and B8 uses. The site is next to the A562 Speke Road and A5300 Knowsley Expressway, making it very easily accessible. A new link road also gives the site direct access to the region’s motorway network, making it just minutes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £6 per sq. ft.
Business Parks
Manor Park
Manor Park in Runcorn is one of the region’s most attractive business parks, offering high quality offices and light industrial units on a landscaped site. Tenants include Lidl UK, Atos IT, Origin, and Fresenius Kabi.
Daresbury Business Park
Daresbury Business Park is a 225-acre site, just off the M56 (Junction 11), accommodating head-office, financial services and high-tech activities. Price Waterhouse Cooper namedit as one of the best ‘offers’ in the North West.
Current tenants include British Nuclear Group, Vistrom, ABB Eutech and HS Administrative Services.
Design and build opportunities from 20,000 to 500,000 ft2 are available.
The Heath Business and Technical Park
The Heath is a 60-acre site owned and managed by award-winning SOG Ltd, the country’s biggest commercial operator of multi-occupancy science facilities.
The site has 84,000 sq ft of serviced laboratory space and 200,000 sq ft of serviced office space, with comprehensive support services.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £10 per sq. ft.
Research & Development, Innovation, Science Parks
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus
One of just two national science and innovation campuses in the UK, the Campus has a world class reputation, and serves a multitude of businesses. The Campus offers an environment ripe for innovation, knowledge share, business growth, collaboration and networking.
The Campus has Enterprise Zone status and offers tax breaks, faster planning permissions and relief from business rates for up to five years.
Daresbury Innovation Centre and Vanguard House
Daresbury Innovation Centre and Vanguard House bring together large and small, public and private sector companies on a dedicated science campus next to Daresbury Laboratory. The Centre is particularly attractive to companies operating in science and advanced technology.
Daresbury ITAC
The Innovations Technology Access Centre (I-TAC) is a unique, fully equipped space for innovation and R&D, providing flexible access to offices, laboratory space, clean rooms, workshops, "hot-labs" and high specification scientific equipment.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £15 per sq. ft.
Land/Greenfield Sites
Cost Range: Up to £500,000 per acreRetail
There have been many recent high quality retail developments in Halton. Recent in-movers include well-known high street brands such as Marks & Spencer, BHS, Boots and Next. A Tesco Extra store is currently being constructed in Widnes Town Centre, due to open March 2012.
Annual Rent Range: Up to £20 per sq. ft.
