The Northern Gateway Development Vehicle (NGDV) has submitted an outline planning application to Bury and Rochdale Councils for phase 1 of the nationally significant employment development.
The proposed plans for the first phase would see the delivery of up to 6.5 million sq ft of employment space, suitable for a wide range of industries with a focus on the advanced manufacturing, industrial and logistics sectors. The application also includes proposals for supporting infrastructure and amenities, such as retail and leisure space, a hotel and landscaped green open spaces, all connected by a network of travel routes.
Northern Gateway will represent the largest proposed employment site in Greater Manchester. The planning application represents approximately half of the total proposed floorspace at Northern Gateway, capable of supporting up to 10,000 jobs on-site, including skilled trades such as research & development, AI and robotics and logistics. In its entirety, Northern Gateway is expected to deliver around 20,000 jobs.
Once complete, this phase of the scheme is expected to contribute £630 million of GVA to the regional economy each year and annual business rates of around £20 million to support council services.
This is a major milestone in delivering the nationally important employment destination for the North West. Northern Gateway is a transformative opportunity, many years in the making, that will create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the local area and wider region. With sustainable design at its core, our masterplan will create a thriving environment of high-quality employment units, transport and active travel routes and large areas of new, publicly accessible parkland, attracting leading local, national and international employers.
Bury and Rochdale Councils recently approved the adoption of a joint Supplementary Planning Document for Northern Gateway JPA 1.1, which provides a framework for the determination of future planning applications within the employment-led site.