Leicestershire Warehousing Study
Client: Leicestershire Planning Authorities
Date: 2020-2021
Summary: Forecasting future new-build rates for large-scale warehousing in Leicestershire and the wider East Midlands to 204
The Question
• How much additional land will be needed to be brought forward in local plans for warehousing in the area to accommodate demand up to 2041?
• How will issues such as decarbonisation, the growth of e-commerce and rail freight, affect the sector up to 2041?
The Solution
• Quantified existing large-scale warehouse floor space capacity nationally, in the East Midlands and in Leicestershire, using the MDS Transmodal Warehousing Database
• Forecast future new-build rates to 2041, informed by MDS Transmodal’s Warehousing Database (existing capacity) and the GB Freight Model (forecast traffic growth)
• Compared existing land supply with the forecast new-build rates to determine the quantum of new land that will need to be brought forward to 2041 in local plans
• Provided advice on drafting new local plan policies on phasing and sequencing
Outcome
Final Report published by Leicestershire authorities in April 2021
(https://www.nwleics.gov.uk/pages/strategic_distribution_study)
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