Goole industrial park approval: infrastructure and logistics notes for project teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Planning consent has been granted for Freeport 36, a 5.5 million sq ft industrial and logistics park on a 300-acre site off Junction 36 of the M62 at Goole, promoted by Henry Boot Developments and St John’s College Cambridge. The outline approval allows units from 40,000 sq ft up to more than 1 million sq ft, with the first phase expected to deliver around £130m in gross development value. Located within the Humber Freeport Goole tax site, the scheme targets manufacturers and logistics operators seeking freeport tax incentives and proximity to existing occupiers such as Siemens Mobility and Tesco Logistics.
Technical Brief
- Outline consent is subject to completion of a Section 106 agreement before being formally issued.
- HBD only joined the scheme in 2023, then progressed straight to an outline application stage.
- First development phase is forecast to generate approximately £130m gross development value on partial build‑out.
- Buildings can be masterplanned flexibly from 40,000 sq ft units up to single footprints exceeding 1m sq ft.
- The 300‑acre plot sits immediately off M62 Junction 36, giving direct strategic motorway access for HGV flows.
- Site lies inside the Treasury‑designated Humber Freeport Goole tax zone, enabling enhanced capital allowance structures.
- Existing adjacent occupiers include Siemens Mobility, Tesco Logistics and Guardian Glass, forming a pre‑established industrial cluster.
- Detailed design work is planned next, with potential physical start on site before year‑end, subject to conditions.
Our Take
Within our 411 Infrastructure stories, very few UK schemes match Freeport 36’s 5.5 million sq ft and 300-acre scale, signalling that Goole is being positioned as a national rather than purely regional logistics and manufacturing node.
Being inside the Humber Freeport Goole tax site means occupiers such as large manufacturers or logistics operators can typically access enhanced capital allowances and business rate relief, which tends to pull in more capex-heavy, long-term operations than standard industrial estates.
Phase one’s £130m gross development value suggests Henry Boot Developments and St John’s College Cambridge are structuring this as a multi-phase platform; in our database, similar UK logistics parks often use early phases to fund enabling works and utilities sized for later large-footprint buildings over 1 million sq ft.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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